Volume 15, Issue 9 November 15, 2020 USBF President Brad Moss USBF Vice President Kate Aker USBF COO & Secretary Jan Martel USBF CFO Stan Subeck USBF Recorder Jack Oest Director Will Watson Appeals Administrators Suzi Subeck, Chairman Bill Arlinghaus , Appeals Panel: Rich DeMartino Ron Gerard Marty Hirschman Jeff Miller Jim Munday Alan Sontag JoAnna Stansby Josh Stark VuGraph Organizer Jan Martel Bulletin Editor Suzi Subeck Photographer Peg Kaplan Card Shark! Card—ding! This Just In...Just This Teams Lall Online Justin UNITED STATES BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 “TRIALS” AND TRIBULATIONS—PRE-BULLETIN Teams in Alphabetical Order within RR Groups: Tom Bishel, Capt John Bishel Bjerkan Cheri Bjerkan, Capt Rozanne Pollack Bishel Pam Wittes Ljudmila Kamenova Charley Seelbach Blaine Mullins Janice Seamon-Molson Tobi Sokolow Chris Compton Andy Goodman Bob Bitterman, Capt Bob Cappelli Caprera David Caprera, Capt Anne Brenner Bitterman JoAnn Sprung Danny Sprung Gloria Bart Les Bart Steve Beatty Fred Stewart Donn Sheri Winestock, Capt Uday Ivatury Josh Donn Christal Henner Dinkin Sam Dinkin, Capt Michael Shuster Lynn Baker Karen McCallum Steve Garner Jeff Wolfson Jacob Freeman Finn Kolesnik Donnelly Chris Donnelly, Capt Marley Cedrone Reese Koppel Olivia Schireson Harris Marty Harris, Capt Miriam Harris-Botzum Mike Massimilla Lou Glasthal Donner Gary Donner, Capt Sandra Rimstedt Emma Kolesnik Amber Lin Joe Grue Brad Moss Radu Nistor Iulian Rotaru Hill Kevin Dwyer, Capt Joyce Hill Shan Huang Anam Tebha Feldman Jason Feldman, Capt Jerry Stamatov Jenny Wolpert Lukasz Lebioda Mark Feldman Adam Wildavsky Walter Lee Frank Merblum Lall Hemant Lall, Capt Bob Hamman Reese Milner Peter Weichsel Greenspan Jon Greenspan, Capt Glenn Eisenstein John Diamond Brian Platnick John Stiefel Geof Brod John Rengstorff Greg Woods Lebowitz Larry Lebowitz, Capt Adam Grossack Zach Grossack Michael Rosenberg Gupta Naren Gupta, Capt Vinita Gupta David Grainger Joel Wooldridge Ash Gupta Zia Mahmood Mark Moss Bob Thomson Lewis Paul Lewis, Capt Linda Lewis Mark Itabashi Disa Eythorsdottir Hung Eugene Hung, Capt Howard Liu Ifti Baqai Mitch Dunitz Ari Greenberg Tom Carmichael Adam Kaplan Ron Smith Meyers Kerri Sanborn, Capt Jill Meyers Allan Graves Steve Sanborn Jacobs George Jacobs, Capt Claude Vogel Mike Becker Michael Kamil Drew Becker Larry Robbins Dick Bruno Bob Gardner Nadel Julie Nadel, Capt Billy Miller Leo Bell Bruce Ferguson Levine Michael Levine Eddie Wold Daniel Korbel Jeff Meckstroth Eric Rodwell Mark Lair Mike Passell Nickell Nick Nickell Ralph Katz Geoff Hampson Eric Greco Lo Ai-Tai Lo, Capt Harrison Luba Bobby Levin Steve Weinstein Andrew Stark Franco Baseggio Jill Levin, NPC Alex Kolesnik Jiang Gu Roger Lee, Capt Sylvia Moss Reynolds Tom Reynolds, Capt Lance Kerr Moss Bill Hall John Jones Ish Delmonte Eldad Ginossar Rick Roeder Joe Viola Gary Cohler Billy Cohen Andrew Rosenthal, Capt Aaron Silverstein Robinson Steve Robinson, Capt Peter Boyd Rosenthal Kit Woolsey Bart Bramley Migry Campanile David Berkowitz Marty Fleisher Chip Martel Chris Willenken Jacob Morgan Max Schireson, Capt Cadir Lee Silin Maxim Silin, Capt Carrie Liu Schireson Jim Rasmussen Parul Jain Randal Burns Geeske Joel Mark Aquino Selen Hotamisligil Sarah Youngquist DebbieKevin Rosenberg* Rosenberg Warren Spector, Capt Gavin Wolpert Simson Doug Simson, Capt Jeff Aker Spector Glenn Milgrim Barry Rigal Kevin Bathurst John Hurd Sid Brownstein Ed Davis Vince Demuy John Kranyak Stoltz Eric Stoltz, Capt Roger McNay Jim Johnsen Paul Darin Mike Day Dorn Bishop 2 2 “TRIALS” AND TRIBULATIONS—PRE-BULLETIN Remaining Tournament Schedule Ethics Statement We’re not trying to provide security for this event, as we ROUND OF 16 do when we sometimes have “real” events online. Howev- FRIDAY NOV 13 1:00 - 2:45 SEGMENT 1 BOARDS 1-14 2:55 - 4:40 SEGMENT 2 BOARDS 15-28 er, the provisions of the USBF General Conditions of BREAK Contest regarding ethical obligations and possible penal- 5:30 - 7:15 SEGMENT 3 BOARDS 29-42 ties still apply to this event. The USBF has appointed an 7:25 - 9:10 SEGMENT 4 BOARDS 43-56 Ethics Investigation Committee that will review any com- QUARTERFINAL plaints about ethics violations. If the EIC concludes that a 1:00 - 2:45 SEGMENT 1 BOARDS 1-14 SATURDAY NOV 14 player or pair was acting unethically, they will report to the 2:55 - 4:40 SEGMENT 2 BOARDS 15-28 USBF COO, who may refer it to the USBF Recorder. Ei- BREAK 5:30 - 7:15 SEGMENT 3 BOARDS 29-42 ther the COO or Recorder may bring a Charge against 7:25 - 9:10 SEGMENT 4 BOARDS 43-56 the player to the Board of Directors, who may place a SEMIFINAL player on probation, suspend, or expel a player for cause. SUNDAY NOV 15 1:00 - 2:45 SEGMENT 1 BOARDS 1-14 2:55 - 4:40 SEGMENT 2 BOARDS 15-28 System Regulations & Conditions of Contest BREAK 5:30 - 7:15 SEGMENT 3 BOARDS 29-42 • Normal USBF System regulations apply to this event. 7:25 - 9:10 SEGMENT 4 BOARDS 43-56 FINAL (WILL CHANGE IF TEAMS WANT 60 OR 64 BOARDS) • This event is governed by the USBF General Conditions MONDAY NOV 16 1:00 - 2:45 SEGMENT 1 BOARDS 1-14 of Contest and Special Conditions of Contest for this 2:55 - 4:40 SEGMENT 2 BOARDS 15-28 event. BREAK 5:30 - 7:15 SEGMENT 3 BOARDS 29-42 • The ACBL Open+ Convention Chart applies to this 7:25 - 9:10 SEGMENT 4 BOARDS 43-56 event. 3 There will be delayed kibitzing for all of the JLall1 event. To kibitz, go to https://kibitz.realbridge.online/ , enter your name and click on Log In. That will take you to a screen where you can select the event to kibitz (we do not know whether there will be events with delayed kibitzing other than the JLall1 running concurrently). After you select Kibitz JLall Online Teams #1, you will be taken to a lobby where you will see a list of tables on the left and a chat box and list of people in the lobby on the right. The table listing shows the team & player names at each ta- ble, as well as the board and trick that table is on (that's in the middle of the table, immediately under the table num- ber). Click on a table to kibitz it. At the table, you will see a hand diagram, and the bidding and play as it happens. You will not hear or see the players. There is a chat window on the right of the screen (if your browser window isn't large enough to show it, you can click on the "chat" icon immediately above the UNDO button to open the chat window. For now, anyone can type chat into the chat window. We may have designated commentators for late stages of the event. Some things you can do to get more information: If there is an asterisk next to a bid, that means it was Alerted or Explained. Click on the bid to see the explanation if there was one. -- "Rewind" the play using the slider underneath the "table" with hand diagram. just move the vertical handle on the slider to the left to go to earlier tricks. -- Click on the "Scores" button to the left of the South player's name, you will get a scorecard for the match so far. You can use this to get lots of information: ----Click on a board number to see the hand record and results at all of the tables. ----You can also click on a number in a yellow box to get to the hand record from some screens. ----In the hand record screen, click on a result to see the bidding and play at a specific table. --In the upper left corner: ----Click on the yellow box with 4 little boxes to get the match scores for all the matches (that will be IMPs and will not include scores from previous rounds). ----Click on the yellow box with 3 bulleted lines to get Cross- IMPs for the pairs (that will be just for this match). The Scores information is also available in the lobby using Watching online, the button at the upper right, in case you want to check on Even delayed, scores before deciding which table to watch. Is the best way to see How a hand’s bid and played! 4 Monday, Nov. 9 Premier KO Team Entries open on BW for all Flights Monday, Nov. 23 – Midnight (EST) Entries close for Premier KO Team Entries for Open Flight Wednesday, Nov. 25 – Noon (EST) Deadline for convention cards for Premier KO Open Flight Wednesday, Nov. 25 – Midnight (EST) Entries close for Team Entries for Premier KO Limited Flights Saturday, Dec. 5 – 11:00 AM (EST) Entries open for Premier Pairs 0-1500 Flight Saturday, Dec 5. 11:10 AM (EST) Entries open for Premier Pairs 0-5000 Flight Saturday, Dec. 5, 11:20 AM (EST) Entries open for Premier Pairs Open Flight OPEN KNOCKOUT SCHEDULE (FRIDAY, NOV. 27-SUNDAY, DEC. 6) 0-5000 & 0-1500 KNOCKOUT SCHEDULES (SATURDAY, NOV. 28-SUNDAY, DEC. 6) PREMIER PAIR EVENT, 0-5000 & 0-1500 PAIR EVENT SCHEDULE (SATURDAY, DEC. 5-SUNDAY, DEC. 6) Open Knockout: $300 / team for the entire event. NABC Junior discounts apply* 0-5000 Knockout and 0-1500 Knockout: $240 / team for the entire event. A team may consist of four, five, or six players.NABC Junior Discounts apply.* Open Pairs: $100 / pair / event. Players who qualify for the final play free. NABC Junior discounts apply.** 0-5000 and 0-1500 Pairs: $80 / pair / event. Players who qualify for the final play free. NABC Junior discounts apply.** *Discount = $45 per Junior, maximum four discounts per team **Discount = $30 per Junior player Open Knockout: 1st place 200MP, 100% Gold.