sunday, march 13, 2016 volume 59, number 3 daily bulletin...

Leading from start to finish, the team captained by Dori Byrnes took the maximum carryover of 30 victory points into the final two sessions and had the event virtually wrapped up with a session to go. The team’s final margin over the runners-up, captained by Hannah Moon, was 16.59 VPs.

Byrnes, of Morris Plains NJ, played with Williams Ehlers, Madison NJ; Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Radu Nistor, New York City, and Iulian Rotaru, Bucharest, Romania.

Moon, of Prince Albert SK, played with Jan Zadroga, Todz, Poland; Jerry Stamatov and Diyan Danailov of Sofia, Bulgaria, and Daniel Williams, Henderson NV.

With one round to go, the Byrnes team was in first place with 124 VPs. Any win or tie would guarantee victory, and a loss of up to 16 IMPs

Sunday, March 13, 2016 Volume 59, Number 3

59th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Sue Munday and Brent Manley

Daily Bulletin

Goodwill MessageAccept the decisions of your

director with politeness and grace.Sandy DeMartino, chairAilieen Osofsky Goodwill Committee

Vanderbilt and 0-10,000 KO Pre-registrationcontinued on page 5

For years and years, Tad and Florence Yoshikawa, of Sunnyvale CA, tried to convince their daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren that they should learn bridge. When the Yoshikawas finally got through to the Youngquist family of Palo Alto, they discovered that a fire had

Three generations excited by bridge

Three generations of bridge players: seated, Florence and Tad Yoshikawa; standing, Sarah, Stephanie, Michael and Jonathon Youngquist.

been ignited.Now the Youngquists are bridge

players: father Michael, mother Stephanie, daughter Sarah and son Jonathon. All four, plus the grandparents, are playing at the Spring NABC in Reno.

Sarah, part of a foursome of 15- and 16-year-olds, came in second on Saturday in Bracket 4 of the Educational Foundation Knockout Teams, which started on Thursday. She and her brother have plans to play in the Youth NABC this summer in Washington DC.

At 16, Sarah is the star of the family, at least in terms of masterpoints won. When asked who is the best player in the family, Sarah and her brother pointed at each other.

Sarah took up bridge in January 2015 and quickly found it to be

challenging in a compelling way. “It was a steep learning curve,” says Sarah, “but my grandparents are good teachers.”

She recently presented her father with a

Byrnes dominates 0-10K Swiss Teams

Winners of the 0-10K Swiss Teams: seated, Williams Ehlers and Dori Byrnes; standing, Radu Nistor, Owen Lien and Iulian Rotaru.

Teams must pre-register for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams no later than 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 13.

Pre-registration for the 0–10,000 Knockout Teams is required by Monday at 10 a.m.

See Matt Smith in the Reno Ballroom.

Winners of the Lebhar IMP Pairs: Stan Tulin and Kevin Dwyer

Dwyer, Tulin rally forLebhar IMP Pairs win

Florida players Kevin Dwyer and Stan Tulin, well back in the Lebhar IMP Pairs field after two qualifying sessions, had two strong games in the final two sessions to win the event by 2.04 IMPs. Second place went to Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas, and Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT.

Dwyer, of Melbourne, and Tulin, of Boca Raton, won their second NABC+ event playing together. They were members of the winning squad last fall in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams.

Dwyer has two other NABC+ wins to his credit: the Grand National Teams Championship Flight in 2014 and the Baldwin North American Pairs Flight A in 2013. Dwyer was a member of the winning Mini-Spingold team in 2009.

After Friday’s two qualifying sessions, the winners were lodged in a tie for 44th/45th, 10.18 IMPs out of first. In the first final session, they scored plus 58.91 IMPs to zoom into third place. A final session score of plus 36.18 was enough for them to move into first. Their final score was 95.09.

While the winners were staging their rally, Cheek and Crystal scored plus 63.04 IMPs to climb from 19th with a session to go into the runner-up spot with a final score of 93.05.

would still have resulted in a win.Byrnes left nothing to chance, winning by 17

IMPs to give them the win. It was the first North American championship for Byrnes and Ehlers, the second for Lien. Rotaru and Nistor won the Lebhar IMP Pairs in 2014.

Kay Platinum Pairs enters home stretch

It’s looking like it might be a photo finish in the Kay Platinum Pairs, with qualifiers bunched at the top. The leaders with two final sessions to play, are Frank Merblum and Jeffrey Juster, whose carryover margin is .61 matchpoints over that of the second-place pair, Walter Lee and Li-Chung Chen. The eighth-place pair, Michael Polowan and David Grainger, are just 4 matchpoints out of first.

Sunday, March 13, 2016 Daily Bulletin

Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Talks will be held in the Eldorado Convention Center. Speakers and topics are subject to change.

Sunday, March 139:15 am Barbara Seagram Common Bidding Errors to Avoid6:45 pm Karen Walker The Invisible Gorilla

Monday, March 149:15 am Josh Donn Holding Up6:45 pm Donna Compton Count Like the Experts

Tuesday, March 159:15 am Lowell Andrews Counting6:45 pm Kitty Cooper Opening Leads

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Sunday, March 138-10 am Audrey Grant’s Modern Techniques for Bridge

Teachers. Audrey Grant’s hands-on approach and creative use of the table, cards and bid boxes keeps students engaged, excited and focused. She will share these teaching techniques in this breakfast seminar. Fee: $20 covers breakfast and materials. (Baron CDE, mezzanine level)

9-10 am Marketing Solutions, powered by Pianola. Come learn how your unit or district can build a better relationship with members using Marketing Solutions, powered by Pianola. We’ll show you how to e-market your upcoming regional or sectional tournament, promote your newsletter, and even how to reach out to lapsed members for re-engagement. (Baron 6, mezzanine level)

9:30 am- WBF Meeting. (Circus Circus, Mandalay 6 – go down the12:30 pm escalators/elevator)10-11:30 am Board of Governors. All members of the ACBL Board of

Governors are invited to attend the Spring NABC meeting. This meeting is also open to the general membership of the ACBL. (Reno Ballroom)

10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant. followed by a special game for newer players. Free coffee and pastries will be served. (Baron CDE, mezzanine level)

Noon-2 pm BridgePlus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 MP) players. 14 boards, no card fee. (Eldorado Convention Center – go down the escalators/elevator)

1-6 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ This popular session is designed especially for true beginners, those returning to bridge after long absences and those merely wanting to “test the waters” before committing to formal classes. The concentrated course includes both class instruction and coached play. No pre-registration required. Fee: $20 covers textbook and door prizes. (Baron CDE, mezzanine level)

6:30-9 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ Teacher Accreditation. Teacher training includes information on organizing and marketing LBIAD as well as maximizing retention rates, writing effective grant requests and the presentation of the seminar. (Baron CDE, mezzanine level)

Monday, March 14GOODWILL DAY

9:30-Noon Teacher and Club Owner Roundtable with Patty Tucker. Need some ideas for expanding your club? Want some help in managing lessons? The ABTA, the Educational Foundation and the ACBL are partnering to present an informal meeting where new and potential teachers and club owners can brainstorm with veterans including Barbara Seagram, Betty Starzec, Chuck Hodel and others. Coffee, tea and breakfast pastries will be provided. (Baron 6, mezzanine level)

10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee. (Board Room, mezzanine level)

10 am-Noon USBF Board meeting. (Circus Circus, Mandalay 6 – go down the escalators/elevator)

4-8 pm Professional photographer. ACBL has retained a professional photographer to update images for our publications and website. We are looking for you – Hall of Famers, NABC winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters, soon-to-be Grand Life Masters and Platinum Life Masters, Bulletin contributors, I/N speakers, etc. (Reno Ballroom)

5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee members only. (Baron CDE, mezzanine level)

Tuesday, March 159 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education

course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign up at the door. (Baron 6, mezzanine level)

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITYLate-night snacks will be served at the Silver Legacy at 10:30 p.m. near the Silver Baron Ballroom on the mezzanine level and at 11 p.m. at the Reno Ballroom.

Sunday, March 13Minestrone soup

Monday, March 14Dove Bars, Drumsticks, Nestle Bars and ice cream sandwiches

Tuesday, March 15Hot dogs

Bridge Bucks and check cashing

Bridge Bucks and check cashing services will be available:

Silver Legacy, mezzanine levelOutside (to the left of) the Silver Baron roomsSaturday, March 13 – 9:30–10 a.m. and Saturday, March 19 Noon–1 p.m.Players may purchase Bridge Bucks using

American Express in addition to VISA, MasterCard and Discover.

There is a check cashing limit of $500 a day.

Stay in touchIs your email address on file? Is it up to date?

Let ACBL know! Call toll-free, 800–264–2743 (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time), or email [email protected].

Team event feesEntry fees for multi-session team events are per

person per session; This does not apply to two-session Swiss teams.

This fee structure applies at NABCs to national rated knockouts (Vanderbilt, 0–10,000 KO), national Swiss team events (Jacoby Open Swiss, Machlin Women’s Swiss and 0–10,000 Swiss) and regional knockouts that are at least two days long.

Teams are charged the base price of the event times the number of persons on the team.

For example, an event with a base price of $16 is $64 for a team of four, $80 for a team of five, or

$96 for a team of six.

Vugraph operators neededWe are looking for vugraph operators for the

Vanderbilt Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 18. Start times on Tuesday and Wednesday are expected to be 1 and 7:30 p.m., moving to noon and 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.

Vugraph operators enable live coverage of bridge championships all over the world. These broadcasts are appreciated by our large BBO audience as well as the players at this tournament. ACBL pays vugraph operators $100 a day. As a vugraph operator, you will get a front row seat at the premier event of the tournament.

Please email me at marteljan@gmailcom if you are interested. I will be happy to arrange training if you need it.

‑ Jan Martel


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSDuplicate practices

– part 1By Brent Manley

Bill Ryan tells the story of a club game where his left‑hand opponent, the dealer, passed, followed by 1♣ from his partner. Ryan bid 1NT, which was followed by a pass, and 1♥ from his partner. RHO accepted the insufficient bid by passing and Ryan again tried 1NT. Two more passes were followed by 1♠ (!) from his partner, again accepted by RHO with a pass. For the third time, Ryan bid 1NT. When he landed in 2NT and went down one, he could do no more than reflect that “after bidding 1NT three times, I should have known that was all I could make.”

Players who come to duplicate after playing mostly party bridge sometimes find the landscape difficult to navigate. There are many differences in procedures.

Duplicate is a social game, but during the auction and play, the talk is limited to questions about bids and/or carding agreements.

Yesterday’s column closed with a note about disclosing your agreements, mostly through what you and your partner put on your convention cards.

You may find it helpful to fill out the convention card with your partner. The process of checking the boxes and writing down agreements not covered helps you remember them. It is also a good idea to discuss agreements with your partner so that you are on the same page when the need for a convention arises during the auction.

Note that it is not appropriate for you to consult your convention card during the auction. You may, however, consult an opponent’s convention card at your right-hand opponent’s turn to call.

There are a couple of ways to notify the opponents about what you and your partner are doing. One is by saying the word “Alert,” the other by the method known as the Announcement.

The ACBL convention card makes differentiating between these methods easy. If a call requires an Alert, it is listed in red on the convention card. Some examples:

If your agreement is that all opening two-bids are strong, you must Alert when partner opens 2♦, 2♥ or 2♠, natural and forcing, showing a very strong hand. This is because strong two-bids are rare in today’s duplicate arena. For nearly every pair, an opening of 2♦, 2♥ or 2♠ is weak, usually showing a six-card suit and a range of 5-10 high-card points or something similar. The only strong opening in a suit is 2♣.

If you and partner are fans of the Bergen raises of major-suit openings, you must Alert when partner’s response to your opening of 1♠ or 1♥ is 3♣ or 3♦. Both show at least four-card support, the former with 6-9 support points, the latter with 10 or more points. Within that same scheme, a jump raise of a major-suit opening is weak and non-constructive. This, too, should be Alerted.

If your game-forcing raise of a major-suit opener is 2NT, you must Alert.

Note that when you Alert a call, if an opponent asks about it, you should respond by

giving the details of the agreement, not simply the name.

As for calls that require Announcements, they are listed in blue on the convention card. An example is the opening bid of 1NT. When partner opens 1NT, you must state the range of the bid. Most pairs agree that a 1NT opener shows a balanced hand with 15-17 HCP. When partner opens 1NT, you say only, “Fifteen to seventeen.”

Another common bid requiring an Announcement is the agreement that a 1NT response to a major-suit opening is forcing for one round. In that case, you say only one word: “Forcing.”

If you play transfers to major suits over 1NT and 2NT openings, again you say only “transfer” when partner’s response to your 1NT opener is 2♦ (transfer to hearts) or 2♥ (transfer to spades).

Anything not listed in red or blue requires neither an Alert nor an Announcement.

Tomorrow: more on duplicate practices.

What can go wrong? By Eddie Kantar

Dlr: South ♠ K J 10 Vul: Both ♥ K 9 8 6 ♦ A Q J ♣ 5 4 3

♠ Q 4 ♥ A Q J 7 5 ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ A J 6 West North East South 1♥ Pass 2NT (1) Pass 4♥ (2) All Pass

(1) Game-forcing heart raise (2) No slam interest; in theory denies a

singleton.Opening lead: ♣K You are playing in a team game (IMPs). On

West’s opening lead, East plays the ♣2, attitude, and you correctly play low, hoping West continues

the suit, No luck. West has played this game before

and knows you have the ♣A J. At trick two, he shifts to a low diamond. What is your play? Would it be different if you were playing in a pairs game? Hearts are 2-2.

First of all, at IMP scoring, making your contract is your first priority and you can insure this one by rising with the ♦A, removing trumps and driving out the ♠A. Say East wins and, too late, leads a club. Win the ace, discard the ♣J on a third-round spade winner, and concede a diamond to the king. Making four.

At matchpoints, if you are willing to risk your contract for an overtrick by taking the diamond finesse, go for it. However, you must consider whether the average West player would lead a diamond from the king looking at those diamonds in dummy. Probably not. Bottom line: If West is an expert and you need a big score, take the finesse. If West is not an expert, take the money and run. Go up with the ♦A.

If you are West, it is safer to switch to a

diamond at trick two than a spade even if you have the ♦K! As far as diamonds go, declarer can always take the finesse, so you aren’t risking anything. But spades is a different story. In spades you can’t see the queen. It is dangerous to lead a suit when dummy has the A-J-10-(x) or K-J-10-(x). If partner has the queen and declarer the missing king or ace, your partner’s queen is now history, but you have made a friend of declarer for life. ♠ K J 10 ♥ K 9 8 6 ♦ A Q J ♣ 5 4 3 ♠ 7 6 5 2 ♠ A 9 8 3 ♥ 3 2 ♥ 10 4 ♦ 10 6 2 ♦ K 9 8 4 ♣ K Q 10 9 ♣ 8 7 2 ♠ Q 4 ♥ A Q J 7 5 ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ A J 6


EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO 1 8 Tables 26.72 1 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Jeff Hand, New York NY; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 18.70 2 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA; Marjorie Michelin - Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO 2 8 Tables 14.27 1 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Ross Spiro, Cherry Hill NJ; Karen Rise, Leavenworth WA; Nobi Morris, Wenatchee WA 9.99 2 Kevin Casey, Sherman CT; David Cohan, Doylestown PA; Carolyn Timmermann, Vancouver WA; Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO 3 8 Tables 9.18 1 Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Christopher Gennick, Traverse City MI; Richard Bodette, Suttons Bay MI 6.43 2 Richard Gettmann - Nancy Serne, Bend OR; Scott Chupack - Tracey Guice, Seattle WA

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO 4 8 Tables 6.76 1 Steven Mercer, Yountville CA; Preston Shackelford - Betsy Bolen, Napa CA; Suzie Davis, Sonoma CA 4.73 2 Claire Duffie - Cornelius Duffie - Olivia D’Arezzo - Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 2.40 3/4 Rod Hopkinson - Joyce Hopkinson - Sandra Andre, Auburn CA; Al Crane, Coarsegold CA

SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO 1 7 TablesOtis LoVette - Senna Lovette, Tulsa OK; Sandra Singleton - Kathryn Centoni, Anchorage AK vsBob Wierman, Anderson CA; July Ratley, Redding CA; Dallas Moore, Trotwood OH; Brian Ross, Charlestown IN

Eunice Patton - Ann Schuyler, Bloomington IL; Marilyn Stickel, Lacon IL; Mary Allen, Peoria IL vsTom Beardsley, Richmond KY; Bob Robbins - Sharon Bahry, Reno NV; Paul Owen Hoge, Sebastopol CA

SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO 2 7 TablesKaren Eveland, Lewiston ID; Renee Petersen - Richard Carlson, Moscow ID; Catherine Goetz, Clarkston WA vsAnn Atcheson, Fairfax VA; M David Jackson, Alexandria VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Judy McNeilly, Burlington ON

Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Bobbie Sward, Vero Beach FL; Patrick Callaghan, Greatr Manchest United Kingdom vsCindy Moore - Lori Moore, Bloomington IL; Melda Richardson, Orange CA; Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA

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LEBHAR IMP PAIRS 78.0 Tables / Based on 165 Tables100.00 1 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 95.09 75.00 2 Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 93.05 56.25 3 Wolfe Thompson, Vancouver WA; Marc Zwerling, Portland OR 92.73 44.44 4 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 91.86 40.00 5 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Dan Fowler, Salisbury NC 82.22 36.36 6 Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO; Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO 79.72 37.71 7 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 67.03 30.77 8 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 65.91 28.57 9 Roberto Barbosa - Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 65.49 26.67 10 John Brady, Jacksonville FL; John Moschella, Winter Springs FL 65.04 25.00 11 Crispin Barrere - Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 59.36 23.53 12 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo, Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 56.28 22.22 13 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 52.57 21.05 14 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Tobias Polak, 51.00 20.00 15 Randy Joyce - Kay Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 50.31 24.49 16 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA 48.59 20.82 17 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 48.41 17.39 18 Aaron Jones, Escondido CA; Jay Helekar, Orange CA 47.97 16.98 19 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR 47.57 16.00 20 Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Ovunc Yilmaz, Columbia SC 47.32 15.38 21 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 47.18 14.81 22 Steve Hubbell, Mountain View CA; Michael Hughes, San Jose CA 46.93 14.29 23 Gregory Herman - Burke Snowden, Fort Collins CO 46.63 13.79 24 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 46.55 13.33 25 Marc Franklin, Newport Beach CA; Matthew Franklin, Berkeley CA 45.90 20.00 26 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR 42.97 12.50 27 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 41.85 12.12 28 Scott Benson, Mountain View CA; Floyd McWilliams, Sunnyvale CA 40.80 11.76 29 Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA; Alan Wood, San Jose CA 39.97 11.43 30 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 38.69 11.11 31 Louis Sachar - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 38.57 10.81 32 Douglas Ross, Pittsford NY; Sam Maitra, Rochester NY 37.74 10.53 33 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX 36.82 18.67 34 Joseph Chaikin, Garden Grove CA; Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 36.03 10.00 35 Jay Albright - Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 34.86 14.23 36 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 34.15 9.52 37 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 34.10 9.30 38 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 33.96 9.09 39 Lin Goldstein - Steve Print, Reno NV 31.68 20.15 40 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 31.12 8.70 41 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 31.05 8.51 42 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 30.36 8.33 43 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 29.51 8.16 44 Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Leszek Rabiega, Watsonville CA 28.84 8.00 45 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 28.79 7.84 46 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 27.53 7.69 47 Ayako Miyakuni - Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 27.14 7.55 48 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX 27.05 18.01 49 Art Gulbrandsen, Monrovia CA; Mike Spero, Burbank CA 26.74 7.27 50 Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 25.79

Some people have an extreme sensitivity to fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its members to refrain from using fragrances.

Because duplicate bridge requires players to be in close proximity to each other, individuals who suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among

the commonly reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these individuals, the issue is much more serious than simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health problem.

The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, perfume or scented lotions.

Please be scent-sitive!


long list of conventions she hopes he will learn. Michael, who directs engineering for a company that makes research instruments for scientists, isn’t so sure about that.

His participation in the game, he says, occurred largely because “I got pulled along with the current.”

Michael played in his first newcomer game on Friday and discovered that “one of my favorite things about bridge is that they can’t tell me what they think during the hand.”

Florence is delighted with her children’s interest in the game, aided by weekly bridge games with the Yoshikawas. Both her children, Florence says, “are good at math, and playing bridge keeps their minds active. Their brains are very agile. I am so happy they are playing.”

Sarah says a big part of the appeal of bridge for her is that “there’s always a way to do it better.”

Florence says her parents usually try, mostly with success, to extend the Thursday bridge games with their grandchildren, daughter and son-in-law, and they’re excited at the family’s interest in the game. Says Tad: “We are glad they like to see us.”

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Three generationsKAY PLATINUM PAIRS - QUALIFIERS 14.0 Tables Carryover 1 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 194.17 2 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 193.56 3 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 192.66 4 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 192.18 5 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 192.08 6 Ron Smith - Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 191.61 7 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 190.16 8 Michael Polowan, New York NY; David Grainger, Roseville CA 187.35 9 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY 187.05 10 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 182.18 11 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 181.98 12 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 180.97 13 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Brad Moss, Denver CO 180.80 14 Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 179.87 15 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 179.33 16 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Sartaj Hans, Sydney Australia 177.80 17 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 177.68 18 Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhou, Netherlands; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI 177.51 19 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 176.98 20 Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 176.94 21 Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 176.51 22 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 176.29 23 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 176.25 24 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 175.47 25 John Ramos, West Hollywood CA; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ 175.17 26 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 174.87 27 Steffen Simonsen, Oslo, Norway; Erik Berg, Meldal Sor-Tron Norway 174.31 28 Joe Grue - Valerie Westheimer, New York NY 174.30

Use of the bidding box –Alerts and Announcements

When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time.When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or Announces a

bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made.


Golder NAP Flight B begins play today

Competition begins today in the Golder North American Pairs, Flight B — a grassroots event limited to players with 0–2500 masterpoints.

The first stage is conducted at the local club level and qualifiers advance to unit competition. Those qualifiers then advance to the district finals where three pairs — more, depending upon attendance — qualify for the North American final.

Winners are honored by the Golder Cup and will also receive a certificate of recognition.

The trophy is presented in memory of Benjamin M. Golder (1894–1946) of Philadelphia, who died the day before the close of his term as 1946 ACBL president. He was named ACBL Honorary Member of the Year for 1947.Previous winners:1992 Peter Worley, Kevin Young1993 Robert Sewell, Paul Janicki1994 Brendan Dempsey, Ian Crowe1995 Jay Levy, William Rushmore1996 Robert Johnson, David Rosenstein1997 Bill Drewett, Kirk Twiss1998 Adam Beneschan, Brian Gilbert1999 Andy Kaufman, Greg Burch2000 Hal Hindman, Mark Chen2001 Walter Lee, Jonathan Weinstein2002 Wieslaw Kalita, Marian Krasowski2003 Jordan Chodorow, Harvey Katz2004 Jim Alison, Dayn Beam2005 Pete Whipple, Jamie Radcliffe2006 Fletcher Thompson, Bruce Todd2007 Mark Golding, Rob Kitchen2008 Sidney Kanter, Ron Nelken2009 Robert McCaw, Lewis Gamerman2010 Fred Schenker, Dian Petrov2011 Roger Webb, Philippe Galaski2012 Joseph Rice, Bjorgvin Kristinsson2013 Daniel Jackson, Bill McCarty2014 Miroslav Kovacevic, Aleksandar Vujic2015 Richard Jeng, Andrew Jeng

Golder North American Flight B champs from last year: Richard and Andrew Jeng from District 7.

Masterpoint graduatesIf you make Life Master at this tournament or

achieve a masterpoint milestone such as Silver LM or higher, please visit the Daily Bulletin office to have your photo taken. The Daily Bulletin office is located on the lower level of the Silver Legacy – downstairs from the casino, two floors down from the check-in/restaurant level.

10K SWISS TEAMS 38 Tables / Based on 71 Tables 70.00 1 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Radu Nistor, New York NY; Iulian Rotaru, Bucharest Romania 141.00 52.50 2 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Daniel Williams, Henderson NV 124.41 39.38 3 Steve Cohen, Reno NV; Ron Feldman, Redondo Beach CA; Peter Knee, Canyon Country CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 119.35 31.11 4 Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 114.82 28.00 5 William Grant - Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Kit Humphrey, Berkeley CA; Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA 108.06 25.45 6 Grant Vance - Jessica Lai, Oakland CA; Jo Ginsberg - Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 107.71 23.33 7 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Jack Wynns - Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 106.35 21.54 8 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Terry Terzian, Castro Valley CA; Pat Leary - Jim Leary, Livermore CA 99.71 20.00 9 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Grazyna Brewiak, Mundelein IL; Kamil Nowak - Piasecki Jaroslaw, Kielcc Poland 98.59 18.67 10 Don Sulgrove - Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; Dan Roseberry, Dover OH; Paul Facinelli, Avon OH 97.53 17.50 11 Debbie Feldman - Christopher Cowan, Oakville ON; Ina Demme, Maple ON; Bill Kertes, York ON 97.35 16.47 12 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI; Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH 95.47 15.56 13 Anne Scott, North Vancouver BC; Larry Pocock, New Westminster BC; Yue Su, Vancouver BC; Baixiang Liu, Burnaby BC; Jack Lee, Richmond BC 94.71 14.74 14 Paul Janicki - Miroslav Kovacevic, Markham ON; Aleksandar Vujic, Toronto ON; Margot Hennings, Annandale VA 94.47 14.00 15 Don Domansky - David McLellan - Ross Cody - Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 92.06 13.33 16 Nancy Passell - John Schwartz, Plano TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX; Bill Staats, Southlake TX 89.41 12.73 17 Ronald Carriere, Kirkland QC; Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Montreal QC; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Ranald Davidson, North York ON 89.24 12.17 18 Linzhi Hu - Michael Hu - Qucheng Gong, San Jose CA; Antony Lee, Berkeley CA 88.53 11.67 19 Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Rock Shi Yan - Guoxu Zhang, Richmond BC; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA 87.18 11.20 20 W Reynolds, South Pasadena CA; Lance Kerr, Sylmar CA; Danny Kleinman - Nancy Heck, Los Angeles CA 87.00 10.77 21 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Excelsior MN; Julius Sigurjonsson, Kopavogur Iceland; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 83.88 10.37 22 Edmund Wu - Harlan Hullinger, San Francisco CA; Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH 83.35 10.00 23 H Hunt - Zachary Brescoll - Allison Hunt, Charlotte NC; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 83.29 9.66 24 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 79.94 9.33 25 Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Jim McKeown, State College PA; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL; Michael Ranis, New York NY 79.47


Players in the North American Pairs Flight C, a grassroots event limited to players who have not yet become Life Masters and have less than 500 masterpoints, will begin competition today for the President’s Cup.

The trophy was presented in 1942 by Morgan Howard, ACBL president that year. The trophy previously honored the winners of the President’s Pairs event, held at the Summer NABC.

The competition began last summer at the local club level and qualifiers then advanced to unit competition. Those qualifiers advanced to the district finals and three pairs from each district C more, depending upon attendance C qualified for the North American final.Previous winners:1987 1-2. David Deaderick, Bill Thomas 1-2. Leo Austern, Bernard Pollack 1988 Brad Moss, Aaron Silverstein 1989 Jeffrey Brown, Warren King1990 Moske Harel, Philip Leung1991 Eric Greco, Philip Greco1992 Gail Joelson, Alan Kasner1993 Everett Boyer, Mark Micheli1994 Weizhong Bao, Jingdong Guo1995 Edward Lee, Brett Roby1996 Ruoyu Fan, Yue Zuo1997 Michael Corker, Thomas Franklin1998 Tien-Chun Yang, Fang Wu1999 James Gunn, Harry Shaffer2000 Meredith Beck, John Johnson2001 Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang2002 Jacek Leznicki, Jerry Owczarek2003 John Christensen, Robert Wissman2004 Ryan Connors, Daniel Wilderman2005 Jiang Chen, Nongyu Li2006 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Vladimir Reznik2007 Jon King, Dayou Zhou2008 Dmitri Bourlikov , Abraham Pallas2009 Michael Bodell, Elenalani Lam 2010 Vladimir Oudalov, Stanley Weiss2011 Rajeev Bansal, Michael Hughes2012 Chase Bonnette, Jeffrey Tsang2013 Julie Arbit, Jordan Kaye2014 Donald Richards, Sharlene Tyler2015 Blake Schwartzbach, Adam Gann

Blake Schwartzbach and Adam Gann from District 6 won the North American Pairs, Flight C, in 2015.

NAP–C Pairs compete for President’s Cup

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

during any bridge playing event at an NBAC. This includes electronic smoking devices.

SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 19.0 Tables A X Y 6.77 1 1 Jeffrey Rawlings, Santa Barbara CA; Terrence Rawlings, Sun City Center FL 62.92% 5.08 2 Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Michael Gosnell, Walnut Creek CA 61.53% 3.81 3 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; J. Jay Roll, Clovis CA 60.97% 3.83 4 2 Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; Leon Galecki, Langston AL 60.00% 2.87 5 3 Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA; Denis Racine, North Highlands CA 58.47% 2.15 6 4 Phillip Frankel - Leslie Reynolds, McKinleyville CA 56.39% 2.30 7 5 1 J Michael Slattery, Reno NV; John Prescott, Seneca SC 54.31% 1.73 6 2 Kirk Reagan, Federal Way WA; Brian Reagan, Lakewood WA 54.03% 1.29 3 Beverly Fransen - Lyle Claflin, Boise ID 51.94% 0.97 4 Claire Rolin, Philadelphia PA; Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA 51.67%

SATURDAY MORNING LIMITED PAIRS 12.5 Tables A B C 3.02 1 1 Barbara Norman, Healdsburg CA; Linda Marin, Calistoga CA 73.13% 2.27 2 2 Sal Bulkley - Kats Cannell, Reno NV 68.15% 1.98 3 3 1 Murray Cutten, Goodyear AZ; Linda Lannoye, Mesquite NV 57.14% 1.27 4 4 Karen Rice, Sebastopol CA; Donna Soehrens, Healdsburg CA 56.85% 1.49 5 5 2 Cora Raugutt - Debra Raugutt, Casper WY 54.17% 0.98 6/7 6/7 3/4 Catherine Oetjen, Brentwood CA; Marilynn Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA 53.57% 0.98 6/7 6/7 3/4 Jon Probst - Alice Probst, Reno NV 53.57% 0.63 5 Carie Boucher, Centennial CO; Karen Birck, Wilton CT 52.98%

SATURDAY MORNING NEWCOMERS 9.0 Tables A B C 1.94 1 1 David Welch - Kathryn Welch, Truckee CA 73.51% 1.46 2 Dick Trapp - Gerry Trapp, Carson City NV 61.61% 1.09 3 Sam Earnhardt - Marian Renvall, Walnut Creek CA 57.44% 1.16 4 2 1 Deena Lindstedt, Wilsonville OR; M Fern Momyer, Portland OR 54.46% 0.84 5 3 Marilyn Sugimoto, Fair Oaks CA; Thuy Tran, 53.27% 0.87 4 2 Joanellen Slocumb, Incline Village NV; Lynn Rogers, Tucson AZ 51.49%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 27.0 Tables A B C 8.63 1 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 63.77% 6.47 2 Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 62.62% 4.85 3 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 61.38% 3.64 4 Eileen Easterling - James Easterling, Casselberry FL 59.85% 5.92 5 1 Bradley Komsthoeft, Clayton CA; Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA 58.31% 4.44 6 2 Mitch Miladinovich - Terri Miladinovich, Acampo CA 57.92% 3.33 7 3 Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON; Jim Hutter, Ames IA 57.69% 2.50 8 4 1 J Michael Slattery, Reno NV; John Prescott, Seneca SC 56.77% 1.64 5/6 Florence Yoshikawa - Tad Yoshikawa, Sunnyvale CA 56.69% 1.64 5/6 Ann McDougal - Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 56.69% 1.73 7 2 Jason Tokuda, Livingston NJ; Sean Casey, Atlantic Hlds NJ 54.77% 1.29 3 Michel Poirier, Montreal QC; Carmen Lavoie, Laval QC 49.85% 1.15 4 Stephen Lubeck, Redwood City CA; Susan Barkley, Atherton CA 48.38%


Audrey Grant’s seminar aids practicing bridge instructors.Where: Silver Legacy, Mezzanine level, Baron CDE

When: Sunday, March 13 8 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Join us for the following: • Modern teaching techniques • Elements of Audrey Grant’s Better Bridge

• Live engaging demonstration with Free Lesson from 10 a.m. to noon • Interactive lessons with teacher and student exercises

The cost of the seminar is $20 and covers breakfast and materials. For more information, please email [email protected]

Continuing Education for

Teachers

Handle with careBy Barry Rigal

Some plays are straightforward enough that Daily Bulletin readers will think no one would fall into the trap outlined. This deal from the second qualifying session of the Kay Platinum Pairs is a case in point. Dlr: East ♠ 9 4 Vul: Both ♥ K ♦ A K 10 8 6 ♣ K Q 8 7 6 ♠ A 8 5 2 ♠ K Q J 10 7 3 ♥ A Q 6 4 2 ♥ 8 5 3 ♦ 7 ♦ J 9 3 ♣ 10 5 4 ♣ A ♠ 6 ♥ J 10 9 7 ♦ Q 5 4 2 ♣ J 9 3 2 West North East South 1♠ Pass 3NT 4NT Pass 5♣ All Pass

West’s 3NT showed a spade raise with an unspecified singleton. North’s 4NT showed 5-5 or better in the minors.

The defense led clubs. Glenn Milgrim won and drew trumps, noting that North had two, hence at most a singleton heart. It was very straightforward to lead a heart to the ace now. Even if the king didn’t drop, declarer could return to hand and lead a heart towards the queen to ensure the 11th trick.

Plus 650 was a 60% result. A sizeable percentage of the North-South field sacrificed in five of a minor and exposed themselves to a penalty of minus 800, though by no means did all the field take advantage of the opportunity. A quick look at the results showed that quite a few declarers ended up with only 10 tricks in spades.

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT FLIGHT A PAIRS 66.0 Tables / Based on 105 Tables A B C 37.25 1 Stephanie McAdam, Scottsdale AZ; Linda Saltzman, Aurora IL 131.22% 27.94 2 James Streisand, Sudbury MA; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 129.71% 20.95 3 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 124.37% 15.71 4 Bruce Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 122.18% 12.42 5 Edward Lee, Portland OR; David Green, Sherwood OR 120.75% 10.64 6 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 117.75% 9.31 7 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 116.97% 8.28 8 Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 116.59% 7.63 9 Vicki Lerner - Robin Roche, San Francisco CA 115.67% 6.77 10 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 115.61% 6.21 11 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Paul Gelb, Palm Springs CA 115.37% 5.73 12 Suman Agarwal - Brian Snell, Columbus OH 114.94% 5.32 13 Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA 114.53% 4.97 14 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 114.31% 4.66 15 Harvinder Sidhu, Scottsdale AZ; Ben Blacik, Phoenix AZ 114.26% 5.54 16 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 114.23% 4.14 17 Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 113.28% 3.92 18 Mark Weisman, Glenview IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 113.23% 14.04 19 1 Stephen Cooper, North York ON; Henry Sigal, Piedmont CA 113.00% 10.53 20 2 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 112.92% 3.39 21 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 112.41% 4.50 22 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 112.39% 4.80 23 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 112.29% 8.14 24 3 1 Henry Zhang, Ann Arbor MI; Yanping Zhang, Livonia MI 111.80% 3.08 25 Don Nemiro, Hollister CA; Elizabeth De Paola, San Jose CA 111.62% 3.88 26 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 111.36% 2.66 27 Jay Baudler, San Jose CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 111.31% 2.57 28 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 111.02% 5.92 29 4 Bob Sendall, Morro Bay CA; Edwin Straver, Incline Village NV 110.41% 3.28 30 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 110.35% 3.68 31 Marolyn Imaoka - David Gambelin, San Jose CA 109.49% 4.68 32 5 Beverley Bessey - Glen Williamson, Sarnia ON 109.40% 3.06 33 Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; Phil Clayton, Huntington Bch CA 108.57% 4.01 6 Richard Johns, Okemos MI; Jagjit Singh, East Lansing MI 108.42% 6.11 7 2 Douglas Schmickrath, Los Altos Hills CA; Francine Dais, Sacramento CA 107.80% 4.58 8 3 Xiaolun Yi, Lincoln NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 106.10% 3.68 9 4 Brad Mampe, Medford MA; Steven Willner, West Newton MA 106.02% 2.72 10 5 Bo Xiao, Fremont CA; Jianming Zhang, San Jose CA 103.54% 2.34 11 6 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 103.42% 2.16 12 7 Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ; Marvin Kurtz, Henderson NV 103.31% 2.01 13 8 Ray Robert, Portland OR; Rick Prouser, Lake Oswego OR 102.71% 2.76 14 Lorin Waxman, Martinez CA; Susan Ledford, San Ramon CA 102.44% 1.76 15 William Wood - Jill Wood, Meridian ID 102.10% 1.74 16 Douglas Smith - Gary Nitzberg, Carson City NV 101.40% 1.63 17 9 Raymond Clemmons, Langley BC; Edgar L’Heureux, White Rock BC 101.13% 1.64 18 Sharon Fauss, Central Point OR; Neal Smith, Jacksonville OR 100.87% 2.16 10 Frederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ 100.40% 2.26 11 William Cook, Twin Falls ID; Clyde Coon, Boise ID 100.07%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEWCOMERS 9.5 Tables A B C 2.04 1 1 Mary Willis, Tahoe City CA; Kathleen Semrad, Truckee CA 68.55% 1.53 2 2 Stephanie McCarty, Sparks NV; Dana Davis, Reno NV 63.36% 1.25 3 3 1 Deena Lindstedt, Wilsonville OR; M Fern Momyer, Portland OR 60.85% 0.86 4 Karen Jean Boss - Patricia Mc Glothin, Boise ID 58.01% 0.67 5 4 Jack Urick - Ann Urick, Sedona AZ 56.93% 0.59 6 5 Stephen Nagy, Reno NV; Elsa Gustavson, NV 54.90% 0.94 2 Lecclier Kelly - Frederick Kelly, Reno NV 54.86% 0.70 3 Emma Miller - Matt Oakley, Reno NV 52.80%

New Life MasterLewis Boynton is the first reported new Life

Master at this NABC. The Kaysville UT resident needed 1.74 gold to carry him to the promised land; his win in the Compact KO yesterday netted 9.53.

Lewis played with Bob Donaldson of Ogden UT and teammates Lucia Enica from Belmont MA and John Zamboni from Caldwell ID.

Please come by the Daily Bulletin office and let us know if you achieve Life Master (or Silver LM and up) so that everyone can share in your good news.


The good, the bad and the ugly

By Barry RigalDavid Grainger, North, demonstrated the good

on this deal from the second qualifying session of the Kay Platinum Pairs. Dlr: East ♠ A Q 6 5 Vul: Both ♥ K Q 8 7 6 5 ♦ 6 4 3 ♣ — ♠ 9 8 7 4 ♠ J 10 2 ♥ A J 10 4 ♥ 3 ♦ Q J 5 ♦ K 10 9 ♣ 8 7 ♣ A K 10 6 3 2 ♠ K 3 ♥ 9 2 ♦ A 8 7 2 ♣ Q J 9 5 4 West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♥ 2♥ Pass 4♥ Dbl All Pass

After the normal top club lead (two rounds of hearts is the killer), Grainger ruffed and read clubs as 6-2. He decided to play his right-hand opponent for 4=4=3=2 shape. So, club ruff, ♠K, club ruff, ♠A, ♠Q, spade ruff, East’s ♥3 forcing dummy’s 9. Then came the third club ruff as West discarded. If West ruffs with the ♥10, Grainger discards a diamond and later finesses in hearts. After the club ruff, a diamond to the ace and a fourth club ensured that declarer would score two more trump tricks.

At our table, the deal was a case of largesse distributed to all and sundry. West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♦ Pass 2♣ Pass Pass Dbl (!) All Pass

West’s 1♦ bid showed four or more hearts. You might think North was off his head to double at his second turn rather than bid hearts. I couldn’t possibly comment, but I will say that if partner has five tricks in his hand the double has something to recommend it.

On the lead of the ♥9, declarer won and played a trump. North, who had encouraged at trick one, played the ♥8. When South won the ♦A, he mistakenly played a second heart. Declarer could ruff and cash his diamonds then exit with a spade. This was the position: ♠ A Q 6 ♥ K 7 6 ♦ — ♣ — ♠ 9 8 7 ♠ J 2 ♥ J 4 ♥ — ♦ — ♦ — ♣ 7 ♣ A 10 6 3 ♠ 3 ♥ — ♦ 8 ♣ Q J 9 5

South was on lead, the defense having won two tricks. He played the ♣Q and declarer won to exit in spades and collect one more trump trick.

After the heart lead, maybe North should not discourage (either partner has no more or declarer can ruff).

If South wins the ♦A to play the ♠K and another spade, South can discard his heart loser and ensure three trump tricks for his side and plus 500.

Aries March 21-April 19You’re a take-charge person. You work hard, live hard and play hard, and you like to be out in front. Sometimes you lead when you should be following. In bridge that’s called a lead out of turn. It’s time to check your ego. Call a higher authority – the director – and do what he says.Famous Aries: Thomas Jefferson, Lady Gaga, Larry Cohen, Peyton Manning, Alfredo Versace

Taurus April 20-May 20As a bridge bull, you look for stability in your partnerships. Besides being stubborn beyond belief, you’re a deliberate thinker. Not only do you make your opponents wait for your decisions, but your decisions are invariably right (which endears you to no one but your teammates). A Taurus playing with another Taurus? Frighteningly Meckwellian!Famous Taureans: Mark Zuckerberg, Eric Rodwell, Adele, Jeff Meckstroth

Gemini May 21-June 20Your chatty nature compels you to keep bidding long after the auction should have died. And then you get doubled and your partner, who trusts and adores you, believes you, and redoubles for business and down you go again. For the love of all that’s holy, shut up and pass already!Famous Gemini: Jack Kevorkian, Janice Seamon-Molson, Wild Bill Hickock, Marilyn Monroe

Leo July 23-Aug 22You rule the table with majesty. You set the rhythm, you call the shots. This young gun has to be put in his place. Show him you mean business when you double. And hope partner has the goods to set him!Famous Leos: Barack Obama, Kerri Sanborn, Tom Brady, Davy Crockett, Bob Hamman, Jennifer Lawrence

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22Nothing can unsettle you. Except maybe this hand. While you don’t have a classic notrump opener, sometimes you have to make the least bad bid. Live a little! The chances are pretty good that you’ll be playing the hand anyway, and maybe nobody will notice how very unbalanced you really are.Famous Virgos: Sean Connery, Warren Buffet, Queen Elizabeth I, Gavin Wolpert, Beyonce

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22Life is a balancing act and you’re all about balance. The opponents are onto your propensity to overbalance, however, and like to lie in wait with their red cards. Sometimes letting them try their hand at 2♥ really is OK. All we are saying is give pass a chance.Famous Librans: John Lennon, Alfred Nobel, Paul Soloway, Serena Williams, Ma Barker, Justin Lall

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21Invite aggressively, accept aggressively – that’s a confirmed Scorpio at work in Kit’s Korner. Combative and reflective, passionate and exacting, you love extremes … there’s never a dull moment when you’re at the table. Tip: Brush up on your exclusion Blackwood. It’ll play a pivotal role in the week ahead.Famous Scorpios: Bill Gates, Martin Luther, Eddie Kantar, Indira Gandhi, John Kranyak

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21You adventurous little goat! You reversed into a two-card spade suit and now partner is the one climbing ever higher. Partner is used to your creative ways, but don’t try to pin this one on him if it doesn’t work out. At some point he’ll get the joke and let you off the hook, but how high?Famous Sagittarians: George Custer, Steven Spielberg, David Berkowitz, Taylor Swift, Peter Boyd

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19Today’s tip: The stars are aligned, Saturn is smiling and all signs point to a big win. 6♦ will be your lucky contract. If you think that’s enough to classify Six Diamonds Always Makes as a convention, though, think again. Don’t look now -- Saturn is laughing at you.Famous Capricorns: LeBron James, Al Capone, J. Edgar Hoover, Bart Bramley

Aquarius Jan. 20–Feb. 18Yeah, we know the moon is in the seventh house, but we also know your partner opened 2♥ in third seat – at favor-able, no less – and that his hand is a dumpster fire. Jupiter may align with Mars, but if you make a “competitive raise,” the opponents’ penalty double will knock you to Pluto. Pass, you fool.Famous Aquarians: Ronald Reagan, Rosa Parks, Jill Meyers, Thomas Edison

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20Pisces: old souls. Tired old souls. Tired of the disappointing dummies that partner displays, tired of bitter postmortems where nothing is learned, tired of getting fixed on every board by opponents who have no idea what they’re doing. Death is coming soon, Pisces, to offer sweet release.Famous Fish: George Washington, Justin Bieber, Michael Rosenberg, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Cancer June 21-July 22Lost, so lost. So, so very lost! You sidled sideways like a crab rather than straight forward and now the auction has gone off the rails in spectacular fashion. Close your eyes, pull out the green card (you’ll know it by feel -- it’s the one that’s never been used) and play it quick before you end up in 7NT doubled.Famous Crabs: Amelia Earhart, Joe Grue, PT Barnum, Ely Culbertson

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON LIMITED PAIRS 18.5 Tables A B C 3.81 1 1 Linda Marin, Calistoga CA; Barbara Norman, Healdsburg CA 65.65% 2.86 2 2 1 Ann Munoz - Richard Munoz, Pocatello ID 65.18% 2.14 3 3 2 Stephen Bess - Amy Bess, Oakland CA 59.82% 1.61 4 4 3 May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA; Willa King, Newport Beach CA 58.63% 1.21 5 5 4 Catherine Oetjen, Brentwood CA; Marilynn Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA 57.44% 1.25 6 6 5 Stephanie Youngquist - Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 57.14% 0.88 6 Paula Koeller - David Shute, Portland OR 55.95%


The search for the overtrick

By Barry Rigal Dlr: South ♠ J 8 7 6 2 Vul: N-S ♥ K 9 5 ♦ 10 8 6 ♣ A K ♠ Q 10 9 4 ♥ A J 8 7 2 ♦ Q 2 ♣ 10 9 West North East South Pass 1♣ 1♠ Dbl Pass 1NT All Pass

You, North, lead a spade, won in dummy as South discards the ♣2, calling for a diamond. You are in with the ♣K at trick two.

You play the ♦6: queen, king, 4. Back comes the ♦7: 5 . . . over to you.

The full deal should be an open book. If you win and clear diamonds, declarer has four spades, one heart, one diamond and two clubs for plus 120.

When South shifts to the low diamond, he can’t be able to run diamonds. You have two tricks each in diamonds and clubs already in the bank. Instead of dreaming that partner has an entry, shift to the ♥K in case declarer has a singleton ♥Q or ♥10.

When the ♥K holds, play a second heart and you have six tricks on defense. It may be only an overtrick, but the difference in matchpoints is significant. Minus 120 gets you 17 out of 50 (34%). Minus 90 is good for 29.5 (59%).

Youth and Junior entriesCoupons will be made available for junior

members in good standing for entry into events at NABCs:

Any player under the age of 26 years who is a full-time student (must provide proof of eligibility) will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per session.

Any player under the age of 21 years will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per session.

Any player 19 years and under will be granted free plays for each session of regionally rated events.

Players under the age of 26 years named to teams to represent Zone 2 NBOs in world competitions for NABCs occurring between the time they are named to the team and the world championship will receive free plays at NABCs when playing with members of their team or members of another team representing a Zone 2 NBO.

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH 63.0 Tables 7 5 2 16.50 1 1 Arvind Sharma, Princeton Jct NJ; Bhartkumar Shah, Freehold NJ 62.95% 12.38 2 2 Hurd Baruch - Elliott Weiss, Tucson AZ 62.52% 9.28 3 3 Marcia Wasserman - Andy Wasserman, Piedmont CA 60.71% 6.96 4 4 Michael Shuster - Shelley Mardiros, Banff AB 60.42% 5.50 5 5 1 Anirudh Pandit - Arun Pandit, Mason OH 59.52% 4.71 6 Benjamin Kelley, Federal Way WA; Edward Kelley IV, Annapolis MD 59.08% 3.90 7/8 Harvey Lesser, Murrieta CA; Ted Witt, Sun Valley ID 58.18% 4.19 7/8 6 Robert Wernick, Rancho Mirage CA; Richard Greenthal, Reno NV 58.18% 3.30 9 Linda Akerman, Silverdale WA; Louis Akerman, Tucson AZ 56.99% 3.67 10 7 Gilbert Stockton, Oakland Park FL; Janet Weins, Plantation FL 56.85% 3.26 11 8 Sally Ackerman - Barbara Patterson, Palm Desert CA 56.70% 2.68 12/14 9/11 David Chittick - Jane Chittick, Venice FL 56.55% 2.68 12/14 9/11 Nelson Burros - Marcie Burros, New York NY 56.55% 2.68 12/14 9/11 Mike Amspacher - Elsie Chan, Vancouver WA 56.55% 2.26 15 12 Arlene Special - Yvonne Gallagher, La Jolla CA 56.25% 2.02 16/17 13/14 Arlene Smith, Sault Ste Marie ON; Terry Adamik, Henderson NV 56.10% 2.02 16/17 13/14 John Hindle - Jeff Gosman, Winnipeg MB 56.10% 2.33 18/19 15 Ginger Stone, Aptos CA; Judith Murdock, Capitola CA 55.80% 1.70 18/19 Linda Martin, St Jerome QC; Josee Roberge, Ste-Ag-D-Mts QC 55.80% 1.75 20 16 Linda Thomas - Darrel Mooney, Boise ID 55.51% 3.54 21/23 17/19 2/3 Peg Remaklus - Malcolm Scott, Vacaville CA 55.36% 2.04 21/23 17/19 Timothy Finlay - Eileen Finlay, Ontario CA 55.36% 3.54 21/23 17/19 2/3 Immaneni Ashok, Albuquerque NM; Tom Estenson, Tijeras NM 55.36% 1.68 24 20 Kay Hughes - Louise Ragland, Newport News VA 55.21% 2.27 25 21 4 Marlys Johansen, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 55.06% 1.80 26 22 5 Nancy Cole, Vancouver WA; Anthony Knistautas, League City TX 54.91% 1.46 27 23 Jim Burbidge, Federal Way WA; Paul Evanoff, Kent WA 54.76% 1.92 28/29 24/25 6 James Rider - Cheryl Rider, Dallas TX 54.61% 1.46 28/29 24/25 Henry Kingdon, San Rafael CA; Michael Bowers, Springfield IL 54.61% 1.84 30 26 Richard Shaker - Roberta Shaker, Annapolis MD 54.59% 1.24 31/32 Tom Schlossberg - Kenneth Oberg, Bluffton SC 54.46% 1.45 31/32 Virginia Johnson - Roy Johnson, Winnipeg MB 54.46% 1.45 27 Gary Peterson, Marlborough MA; Christine Pettingell, Everett MA 54.38% 1.45 28 Linda Szilagyi - Peter Wise, Georgetown DE 54.32% 1.83 7 Judy Gallin - Karla Reynolds, Scottsdale AZ 54.02% 1.48 8 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 54.01% 1.66 9 Cynthia Tingey - Jane Bragg, Fresno CA 53.13%

SATURDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 19.0 Tables 7 3 6.66 1 Daniel Loveland, Powell OH; Eva Allen, Westerville OH 59.23% 5.00 2 Joerg Rottenbacher, Arcadia CA; Andrew Rottenbacher, South Pasadena CA 58.70% 3.75 3 1 David Muller, Vancouver WA; Roy Wilkinson, Portland OR 58.40% 2.81 4 2 Eddi Samandar, Encino CA; Lee Hausner, Los Angeles CA 58.38% 2.47 5 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Philip Debus, Centennial CO 58.23% 2.09 6 3 Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA; Melda Richardson, Orange CA 56.82% 2.45 7 4 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 56.21% 1.48 8 5 Carol Schwerer - Cornelius Duffie, Palo Alto CA 56.04% 1.33 9 Leila Mattinger, Cupertino CA; Qing Lu, San Jose CA 55.65% 1.21 10 Jan Summers, Wheaton IL; Jeanne Kowalski, Berwyn IL 55.44%

SATURDAY EVENING LIMITED PAIRS 12.0 Tables A B C 2.89 1 Marcelo Gumucio, Atherton CA; Jim Nixon, Flower Mound TX 70.24% 2.17 2 Mel Chaplin - Marilyn Chaplin, Brentwood CA 69.35% 1.63 3 Gordon Stedman, Sonoma CA; Alan Peterfreund, Amherst MA 59.23% 2.10 4/5 1 1 Marilyn Bookbinder, Berkeley CA; Kathleen Clancy, Oakland CA 58.63% 1.07 4/5 Thomas Bauer - Virginia Ward, Henderson NV 58.63% 0.69 6 William Thompson, Valley Park MO; Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 55.36% 1.58 2 2 Jonathon Youngquist - Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 53.57% 1.18 3 3 Deanna Miller - Terri Nordby, Penn Valley CA 52.98% 1.05 4 4 Linda Meade, Bethesda MD; Darlyn Counihan, Silver Spring MD 51.79% 0.74 5 Victoria Hess, Jackson WY; Elizabeth McKay, Pavillion WY 50.00%


Out of luckBy Barry Rigal

You know you are out of luck when you set up the opponents for a 75% endplay and find you’ve located the only line to go down. Dlr: South ♠ A Q 9 4 Vul: Both ♥ K ♦ Q 10 8 6 5 3 ♣ Q J ♠ J ♠ 7 3 2 ♥ 10 8 5 4 3 ♥ A J 9 7 6 ♦ J 9 ♦ A K ♣ A 10 9 7 5 ♣ K 8 4 ♠ K 10 8 6 5 ♥ Q 2 ♦ 7 4 2 ♣ 6 3 2 West North East South Goren Rigal Padon Milgrim Pass Pass 1♦ 1♥ Dbl 4♣ 4♠ 5♦ Pass 5♥ All Pass

Glenn Milgrim and I played this board against Barry Goren and Dror Padon. A spade to the ace and a diamond shift let Padon win, cash the ♥A then strip off spades and diamonds and exit in hearts.

When South won the ♥Q to lead a low club, declarer finessed twice – the odds play, of course – and ran into the one lie of the cards that would defeat him. This seemed very unlikely to me. With North almost known to be 6-4, only the ♣Q J doubleton is the losing position.

If you want to ruff something. . .

By Barry RigalThe rest of the quote is, “Don’t draw trump!”This adage has irritated countless partners of

mine. The response – “But I drew only one round!” – is generally met with the scorn and derision it deserves. Dlr: West ♠ J 5 2 Vul: None ♥ Q 5 4 2 ♦ K J 6 2 ♣ 10 6 ♠ K 8 4 ♠ A Q 10 9 7 3 ♥ A 7 ♥ 10 9 3 ♦ Q 10 7 5 4 ♦ 9 ♣ K 5 3 ♣ A Q 4 ♠ 6 ♥ K J 8 6 ♦ A 8 3 ♣ J 9 8 7 2

On this deal from the second qualifying session of the Kay Platinum Pairs, most East-West pairs played 4♠. At our table, West declared 4♠ on the lead of the ♣10 (Rusinow: showing the jack or shortness).

At teams, you would claim 10 tricks and move on. At pairs, what is the safest line for the overtrick?

If you duck a heart the opponents might take two club ruffs and beat you if clubs are 6-1.

As declarer discovered, if you draw one trump and duck a heart, a club back scrambles the entries. Now after taking the heart ruff you can no longer draw trumps safely.

The safest line for the overtrick might be to play a low diamond at trick two. After all, if the ♦A and ♦K come down, you might make six!

Even if diamonds break 5-2, you have cut the defensive communications for the two ruffs, so 10 tricks at least are safe.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 1 16 Tables 57.17 1 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma 00197 Italy 40.02 2 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 22.87 3/4 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia 22.87 3/4 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Justin Howard,

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 2 12 Tables 21.61 1 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA; Allan Palansky, Henderson NV; David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA 15.13 2 Paul Pugsley - Brenda Pugsley, Carson City NV; Virginia Kellermeyer - Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV 8.64 3/4 Jim Harp - Mary McGinnis, Dallas TX; Marion Robertson - Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA 8.64 3/4 Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA; David Cohan, Doylestown PA; Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI; John Ionescu, Long Beach CA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 3 12 Tables 18.23 1 Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; Leon Galecki, Langston AL; Norman Marks, Oakland CA; Norman Marks II, Jacksonville FL 12.76 2 James Hamilton - Billie Coopwood, Redmond WA; Margaret Moen, Seattle WA; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 7.29 3/4 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; M David Jackson, Alexandria VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Judy McNeilly, Burlington ON 7.29 3/4 John Jonas - Linda Jonas, Dana Point CA; Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 4 12 Tables 15.01 1 Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA; Paul Lee, San Jose CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA 10.51 2 Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ; Richard Bodette, Suttons Bay MI; Christopher Gennick, Traverse City MI; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ 6.00 3/4 Arthur Donahoe - Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS; Bill Multack, Miami Beach FL; Morris Futernick, Miami FL 6.00 3/4 John Crittenden - Ann Gruidel, Boulder CO; Mischel Postas - Josephine Murray, Campbell CA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 5 16 Tables 14.30 1 Elizabeth Saul - Moises Saul, Bellevue WA; Karen Hudesman - Donald Stark, Seattle WA 10.01 2 Joseph Ashcroft - Mollie Whalen, San Diego CA; Susan Collinson, South Hero VT; Diana Dozier, Edgartown MA 5.72 3/4 Patricia Hertz, Sebastopol CA; Nancy Johnson - Eleanor Wales, Santa Rosa CA; Susan Campbell, Graton CA 5.72 3/4 James Gardner, Northridge CA; S Andrew Sass, Fremont CA; Donna Darvey, Rancho Mirage CA; Anne Harrington, San Mateo CA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 6 16 Tables 11.69 1 Kathy Larson - James Larson, Fort Mohave AZ; Rita Wilhelmi - Margaret Hartman, Bullhead City AZ 8.18 2 Debbie Weinstein, San Carlos CA; Karen Key, Elk Grove CA; Glenna Cook, San Mateo CA; Wendy Benveniste, Belmont CA 4.68 3/4 Lee Smart, Olive Branch MS; Susan Ray, Germantown TN; Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA; Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN 4.68 3/4 Dwight Curry - Richard Proffitt - Steve Upadhye, Lincoln CA; Brian Masunaga, Loomis CA

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 1 16 Tables 30.15 1 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Marc Nathan, New York NY 21.11 2 Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan, Poland 13.57 3 Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw 02-382 Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk, Poland 10.55 4 Naren Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; H. Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 2 16 Tables 22.09 1 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Levy Stern, Rehovot 765371 Israel; Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan

15.46 2 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK; Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Donald Housley, Mesa AZ 9.94 3 Margaret Young, Cincinnati OH; Judy Ruehl, Batavia OH; Dallas Moore, Trotwood OH; Brian Ross, Charlestown IN 7.73 4 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Ana Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Maria Lucia Menezes, Rio De Janeiro Brazil

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 3 16 Tables 16.45 1 Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Franklin Kasle, Flint MI; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 11.52 2 John Cox, Saint Maries ID; Ursula Brzuska, D-21391 Reppens Germany; Sylvia Riewerts, Milwaukee OR; Samuel Asai, Hood River OR 7.40 3 David Lin, New York NY; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Rego Park NY; Jin Hu, Wappingers Fls NY 5.76 4 Hemant Bhatia, Foothill Ranch CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 4 16 Tables 13.66 1 David White, Lancaster CA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 9.56 2 Robert Donaldson, Ogden UT; Lewis Boynton, Kaysville UT; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; John Zamboni, Caldwell ID 6.15 3 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Chris Sloan - Phillip Vest, Nashville TN; Conner Boyd, Key West FL 4.78 4 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Ross Spiro, Cherry Hill NJ; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 5 12 Tables 9.71 1 Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Nancy Fellman, Dallas TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hls TX; Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX 6.80 2 Barbara Vann, Carmichael CA; Kay Wyhlidko, Fair Oaks CA; David Willmott, Folsom CA; Nancy Cook, Sacramento CA 4.37 3 Maureen Schroder, Kirkland WA; Mary Miller - Dianne Cox, Redmond WA; Dennis Duryea, Bellevue WA 3.40 4 Alan Mannheimer - Darlene Mannheimer, Pittsburgh PA; Karen Reese - Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 6 12 Tables 8.85 1 Susanne Thomas, Coupeville WA; Joseph Seemann, Sainte-Julienne QC; Dave Slegel, The Dalles OR; Mardi Dennis, Oak Harbor WA 6.20 2 Renee Ferrera - Holly Hummel, Portland OR; Lynda Hirst, Vancouver WA; Douglas Jansen, Happy Valley OR 3.98 3 Kip Kado - Anne Keyser, Los Altos CA; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Barbara Shukov, Los Altos Hills CA 3.10 4 Arlene Cullen - John Gillette - Jean Picone - Ruth Cohen, Pittsburgh PA

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 7 13 Tables 7.73 1 Jerry Thorpe - Paul Bartron, Tacoma WA; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Arne Wagner, Piedmont CA 5.41 2 Carol Klein - Martin Klein, Valley Village CA; Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 3.48 3 Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA; Stephanie Singer, Belmont CA; Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Arthur Mirin, Castro Valley CA 2.71 4 Larry Wagner - Kathy Wagner, Cupertino CA; William Pearman, Honolulu HI; Renee Hoffman, Seal Beach CA

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 8 12 Tables 6.16 1 Glen Dexter - Margie Knickle, Halifax NS; Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 4.31 2 Jim Walsh, Madison CT; Charles Dearolf, Silver Spring MD; Terry Klein, Brookeville MD; Kevin Casey, Sherman CT 2.77 3 Susan Vogtlin - John Shick, Rio Vista CA; Marlene Mohr, Lodi CA; Alan Morris, Oakley CA 2.16 4 Craig Caldwell - Gigette Caldwell, San Diego CA; Connie Lowry - Lucy Tillman, The Villages FL

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 9 16 Tables 5.87 1 Michael Fehr - Ronald Mulcare - Julian Standen - Linda Bacon, San Francisco CA 4.11 2 Steven Lockwood - Joseph Freedman, Albuquerque NM; Bill Davis, Woodridge IL; D John Cunningham, Lake Forest Pk WA 2.64 3 Brian Haley, Santa Rosa CA; Paul Owen Hoge, Sebastopol CA; Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA; Jean Marchant, San Rafael CA 2.05 4 Michael Schwimmer - Ron Haines - John Swanson, Reno NV; Julie Cardinalli, Carson City NV


The Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs gets underway today. Paid-up ACBL members born before Jan. 1, 1959, who have a Silver, Red or Blue Ribbon qualification are eligible to play.

The Silver Ribbon Pairs consists of two qualifying and two final sessions. The winners are honored by the Leventritt Trophy and will receive a certificate of recognition.

The trophy honors Peter Leventritt of New York, ACBL president in 1954 and assistant treasurer 1945–46. He served as president of the Greater New York Bridge Association and the Card School of New York, which he co-founded.

Leventritt (1916–1997) pioneered the use of the Schenken System in partnership with its inventor, Howard Schenken. He represented North America in the Bermuda Bowl and placed second in 1957, 1961, 1963 and 1965.Previous winners:1992 James Leary, S. Irving Steinfeldt1993 Joan Remey Moore, Helen Shanbrom1994 Virgil Anderson, Jayne Thomas1995 Gene Freed, Peter Benjamin1996 Phil Karani, Martin Hoffman1997 Chuck Said, John Russell1998 Eli Borok, Bill Sides1999 Jim Kirkham, Corinne Kirkham2000 Rhoda Walsh, Charles Coon2001 Fred Hamilton, Steve Catlett2002 Marilyn Hemenway, Mike Albert2003 Roger Lord, Alan Popkin2004 Joseph Godefrin, Ed Schulte2005 Marla Chaikin, Bill Esberg2006 Lew Finkel, Gaylor Kasle2007 Allan Siebert, Alan Stout2008 Sheldon Kirsch, Morrie Kleinplatz2009 Dan Suty, Jim Hilton2010 Les Bart, Gloria Bart2011 Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel2012 James Marsh Sternberg, Fred Hamilton2013 Mike Cappelletti Sr., Richard Wieland2014 Allen Hawkins, Bernie Yomtov2015 Bruce Noda, Mark Ralph

The Silver Ribbon Pairs champs in 2015 were Bruce Noda and Mark Ralph.

Silver Ribbon Pairs

Masterpoint disclaimerResults reported in the Daily Bulletin are

subject to change because of score changes or corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change.

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 28.0 Tables A X Y 8.87 1 Frances Schneider, Riverside CT; Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA 65.98% 6.65 2 Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ; Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV 65.31% 4.99 3 Katherine Ewing - Edwin Ewing, Sacramento CA 62.06% 3.74 4 Steve Shirey - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 61.31% 2.81 5 Don Stack, Kansas City KS; Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK 61.05% 2.10 6 Judi Callaham, Fair Oaks CA; J. Jay Roll, Clovis CA 58.50% 5.51 7 1 Mary Hovda, Sandy OR; Beau Hovda, Bothell WA 58.00% 3.10 8 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Gregory Vernon, Ridgecrest CA 57.85% 4.13 2 1 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; Thomas Koralewski, West Seneca NY 56.25% 3.10 3 2 David Sloane, Glen Cove NY; Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 56.21% 2.32 4 Eugene Sor, Richmond CA; Marcus Ballinger, Burlingame CA 55.65% 1.86 5 3 Ted Van Dyke - Franny Van Dyke, Washington DC 54.46% 1.33 6 4 Chihwen Chen, Arcadia CA; Zu Ming Cheng, Pasadena CA 54.14%

SATURDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS 65.0 Tables / Based on 131 Tables A X 39.77 1 David Gold, Reading RG71Q Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 59.74% 29.83 2 1 Yu Chang, Milpitas CA; Pangjie Xu, San Jose CA 59.26% 22.37 3 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Rich Pavlicek Jr, Santa Clara CA 59.00% 16.78 4 2 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Ronald Powell, Santa Clara CA 58.35% 13.26 5 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 58.27% 11.36 6 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Barbara Nist, Seatac WA 57.92% 9.94 7 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 57.39% 8.84 8 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 57.27% 7.95 9 Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Xiao Yang Lu, 56.86% 7.23 10 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD 56.73% 6.63 11 Gerry McCully, Victoria BC; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 56.50% 11.81 12 3 Sherman Gao, Orange CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA 56.12% 5.68 13 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 55.92% 8.86 14 4 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA 55.77% 7.00 15 5 Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA 55.54% 6.00 16 6 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 55.47% 7.54 17 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 55.34% 4.19 18 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 55.26% 5.25 19 7 David Walker, Salem VA; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 55.04% 5.28 20 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 54.76% 4.67 21 8 Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL 54.71% 5.28 22 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 54.63% 4.05 23 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 54.35% 4.20 24 9 George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ; Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY 54.27% 3.82 25 10 Cecily Kohler, Washington DC; Andy Avery, Jamaica VT 54.07% 3.50 26 11 Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Peter Lit, Elk CA 53.97% 3.23 27 12 Rose Boot, Los Angeles CA; Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC 53.80% 3.00 28 13 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 53.73% 2.80 29 14 Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA 53.69% 2.57 30 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO 53.57% 2.63 31 15 Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 53.24% 2.51 32/33 16/17 Bruce Ruskin, Modesto CA; Allan Deserpa, Tempe AZ 53.19% 2.59 32/33 16/17 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN 53.19% 2.21 18 Joe Houde, Vista CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 53.19% 2.10 19 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 52.88% 2.00 20 Susan Jackson - Stephen Jackson, Roseville MN 52.56% 3.59 21 David Wetzel - Robert Sievers, Champaign IL 52.46%

SATURDAY FLIGHT B PAIRS 25.0 Tables / Based on 65 Tables B C 22.25 1 Joseph Mack III, Laguna Woods CA; Ian Wilson, Irvine CA 62.96% 16.69 2 1 G Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Wes Peirce, The Woodlands TX 60.38% 12.52 3 2 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Kazi Farooqui, Grayslake IL 59.55% 9.39 4 Jose Cortina, Oak Hill VA; Steve Bunning, Vienna VA 57.88% 7.42 5 David Strauss, San Francisco CA; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 56.52% 6.36 6 Barry Holt - Jack Bierig, Chicago IL 54.95% 7.30 7 3 Wesley Seitz, Champaign IL; William Strauss, Urbana IL 54.85% 5.47 8 4 Helen Miller - J Penney, Lacey WA 54.39% 4.45 9 Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA; Ken Rosenfeld, San Jose CA 54.32% 4.32 10 5 Brian Maciver, Moncton NB; Mark Golding, Lutes Mountain NB 54.12% 3.71 11 6 Richard Peacock - Lucy Peacock, Grosse Pt Shore MI 53.99% 3.42 12 7 Vladimir Stemkovski - Tatyana Stemkovski, Holly Springs NC 53.94% 3.18 13 8 David Johnson - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 53.93% 2.59 9 Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 53.78%

Masterpoint graduatesIf you make Life Master at this tournament or achieve a masterpoint milestone such as Silver LM or

higher, please visit the Daily Bulletin office to have your photo taken. The Daily Bulletin office is located on the lower level of the Silver Legacy – downstairs from the casino, two floors down from the check-in/restaurant level.


Audrey Grant’s Modern Techniques for

Bridge TeachersAudrey Grant will offer a special continuing

education opportunity for teachers at a breakfast on Sunday, March 13 at 8 a.m. The seminar will be held in Baron CDE, located on the mezzanine level of the Silver Legacy. A $20 fee covers the textbook and seminar. The breakfast is sponsored by Baron Barclay Bridge Supply.

When it comes to teaching bridge, Grant is a household name. For decades, she has taught students, teachers and club owners across the world. Her hands-on approach and creative use of the table, cards and bid boxes has helped keep students engaged, excited and focused. Grant will share her teaching techniques in this hour-and-a-half seminar for bridge teachers.

Following the seminar, you may attend Grant’s free two-hour bridge lesson and observe her techniques at work. See how she leaves students eager to learn more!

For more information about Grant, visit her website: www.betterbridge.com

Please be on your best behavior.

The ACBL wants you to know that Zero Tolerance is in effect at this tournament.

You are expected to treat your partner and opponents with respect and a friendly demeanor. As the ZT policy dictates, rude behavior will not be tolerated.

If a player at the table behaves in an unacceptable manner, the director should be called immediately. The director may assess an immediate ¼ board disciplinary penalty (3 IMPs in team games). If both members of a partnership are guilty, the penalties are additive (¼ board per player = ½ board). A second offense in the same event may result in ejection.

The ultimate purpose of the ZT policy is to create a much more pleasant atmosphere in our NABCs and a more enjoyable bridge experience for everyone.

Goodbye, queenBy Rob Brady

This deal from the first qualifying session of the Kay Platinum Pairs presented an unusual opportunity for me and my partner, Ari Greenberg. Dlr: West ♠ K 9 Vul: Both ♥ A 7 6 ♦ K 8 5 ♣ A 9 7 6 2 ♠ Q 8 6 4 3 ♠ A J 2 ♥ 3 ♥ Q J 10 8 5 2 ♦ J 9 4 3 ♦ 6 ♣ 8 4 3 ♣ Q J 10 ♠ 10 7 5 ♥ K 9 4 ♦ A Q 10 7 2 ♣ K 5 West North East South Ari Me Pass 1♣ 1♥ 2♦ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Declarer’s line of play was not good. It was the end position that was most interesting about the deal.

I led the ♥Q, taken by declarer in dummy. He then cashed the ♦A and played a diamond to his king (I discarded the ♠2). Declarer then led a club, playing low from dummy when I played the queen. I played another heart, which declarer won in hand. He played a club to dummy’s king and exited with a heart.

On the run of the hearts, this was the position with nine tricks played: ♠ K 9 ♥ — ♦ 8 ♣ A ♠ Q ♠ A J ♥ — ♥ 5 ♦ J 9 ♦ — ♣ 8 ♣10 ♠ 10 7 ♥ — ♦ Q 10 ♣ —

At trick 10, I cashed my last heart. Dummy pitched a spade and Ari pitched a club. Declarer couldn’t afford a spade or a club, so he discarded a diamond. I led a club to put declarer in his hand. On this trick, Ari threw his spade queen, allowing me to claim the last two tricks with the ♠A J. Ari’s discard of the spade honor was similar to a position reached by declarer when he plays a squeeze card and must discard a blocking card from the other hand. It is known as a jettison squeeze.

Had Ari not discarded his spade honor, declarer could win with the ♣A and exit with his low spade. I would have to play the jack but Ari would have overtaken perforce with only diamonds left to play. Declarer would have won trick 13 for two down. Thanks to Ari’s play, we took the rest of the tricks for three down and 48.5 out of 50 matchpoints.

You oughta be in pictures!ACBL has retained a professional photographer

to update images for our publications and website. We are looking for you – Hall of Famers, NABC winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters, soon-to-be Grand Life Masters and Platinum Life Masters, Bulletin contributors, etc.

Be there: Monday, the Reno Ballroom (across the street from the Silver Legacy) from 4 to 8 p.m.

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SATURDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Eddi Samandar, Encino CA; Lee Hausner, Los Angeles CA 61.69% 1 Joerg Rottenbacher, Arcadia CA; Andrew Rottenbacher, South Pasadena CA 60.55% 2 2 David Muller, Vancouver WA; Roy Wilkinson, Portland OR 60.84% 2 1 Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA; Melda Richardson, Orange CA 58.29% 3 Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO; Monika Senf, Scottsdale AZ 56.67% 3 Daniel Loveland, Powell OH; Eva Allen, Westerville OH 57.44% 4 Leila Mattinger, Cupertino CA; Qing Lu, San Jose CA 55.36% 4 2 Carol Schwerer - Cornelius Duffie, Palo Alto CA 57.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Barnaby Grist, Reno NV; Graham Grist, Norfolk England 60.16% 1 Kathy Juarez, Santa Rosa CA; Renata Wasserman, Ann Arbor MI 54.80% 2 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Philip Debus, Centennial CO 59.01% 2/3 1 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 52.60% 3 Tom Jen Kwan, Vancouver BC; Debbie Martignago, Pitt Meadows BC 55.83% 2/3 Kathleen Beasley - Ken Hajek, Sacramento CA 52.60% 4 1 Mella-Dee Mayberry - Philip Mayberry, Payette ID 51.74% 4 Linda Rocha, Los Gatos CA; Vera Huelbig, Santa Clara CA 50.71% 2 Richard Carlson - Renee Petersen, Moscow ID 48.30% 2 Kimberly Dauphin, Vancouver WA; Kevin Marnell, Portland OR 49.66%

SATURDAY NIGHT SIDE GAME (FRIDAY-SATURDAY SIDE SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB FFF EAST-WEST A X Y A X Y 1 Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ; Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV 65.31% 1 Frances Schneider, Riverside CT; Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA 65.98% 2 Katherine Ewing - Edwin Ewing, Sacramento CA 62.06% 2 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Gregory Vernon, Ridgecrest CA 57.85% 3 Steve Shirey - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 61.31% 3 1 1 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; Thomas Koralewski, West Seneca NY 56.25% 4 Don Stack, Kansas City KS; Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK 61.05% 4 2 2 David Sloane, Glen Cove NY; Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 56.21% 5 Judi Callaham, Fair Oaks CA; J. Jay Roll, Clovis CA 58.50% 5 3 Eugene Sor, Richmond CA; Marcus Ballinger, Burlingame CA 55.65% 6 1 Mary Hovda, Sandy OR; Beau Hovda, Bothell WA 58.00% 6 Michael McNamara, Scarsdale NY; Dexter Senft, Bedford NY 55.34% 7 2 1 Ted Van Dyke - Franny Van Dyke, Washington DC 54.46% 7 S Leech, Pasadena CA; Sylwia McNamara, Scarsdale NY 55.08% 8 3 2 Chihwen Chen, Arcadia CA; Zu Ming Cheng, Pasadena CA 54.14% 8 Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 54.20% 9 4 Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Darlene Anderson, Lake Havasu Cty AZ 53.77% 9 Tom Clarke - Joyce Clarke, Lake Charles LA 53.69% 10 Gene Simpson - Laura Kenney, San Rafael CA 50.67% 10 4 Susan E G Slusky, Highland Park NJ; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND 53.38% 11 Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA; Pete Ekstrand, Crozet VA 50.54% 11 5 3 Lynn Heckler, Woodland Hills CA; Marsha Bocan, Los Angeles CA 53.10% 5 Martin Hester, Aubrey TX; T Jean Kidd, Lantana TX 49.78% 6 David Crooks, Houston TX; Lorna Crooks, Manteca CA 51.24% 6 Hans Wandel, Portland OR; Julian Dupuis, Kelso WA 49.23% 7 Craig Bontjes, Byron IL; Don Malone, Rockford IL 50.55%

LEBHAR IMP PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N U V W X EAST-WEST 1 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 64.73 1 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 55.82 2 Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 63.04 2 John Brady, Jacksonville FL; John Moschella, Winter Springs FL 54.04 3 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR 54.62 3 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 48.51 4 Corey Krantz - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 47.38 4 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL 44.21 5 Ayako Miyakuni - Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 44.62 5 Ben Tucker, Vashon WA; Steve Evans, Centennial CO 42.23 6 Louis Sachar - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 39.16 6 Samuel Amer - Paul Amer, Newark DE 40.52 7 Scott Benson, Mountain View CA; Floyd McWilliams, Sunnyvale CA 37.51 7 Jay Albright - Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 38.94 8 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 36.18 8 Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA; Alan Wood, San Jose CA 35.55 9 Alan Gailfus - Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 33.30 9 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 35.32 10 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Martin Harris, Chicago IL 30.61 10 John Ashton - Dennis Metcalf, Portland OR 33.03 11 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Tom Snow, Arroyo Grande CA 30.14 11 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Dan Fowler, Salisbury NC 31.86 12 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA 29.58 12 Crispin Barrere - Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 26.40 13 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Tobias Polak, 27.66 13 Qiang Zhang, Dublin CA; Ethan Liu, Fremont CA 26.22 14 Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 26.04 14 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 24.16 15 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 25.18 15 Wallace Goldban, Palm Desert CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 22.94 16 Wolfe Thompson, Vancouver WA; Marc Zwerling, Portland OR 24.00 16 David Yang, Darien IL; Sidney Yang, Richmond BC 22.05 17 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 22.55 17 Gregory Herman - Burke Snowden, Fort Collins CO 20.92 18 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 21.97 18 Roberto Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 19.49 19 Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC; Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 19.18 19 Aaron Jones, Escondido CA; Jay Helekar, Orange CA 14.47 20 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX 17.58 20 Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO; Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO 14.36 21 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 17.03 21 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR 14.34 22 Paulo R Hall Brum de Barros, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Jeovani Salomao, Lago Norte Brazil 15.84 22 Douglas Ross, Pittsford NY; Sam Maitra, Rochester NY 13.58 23 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 14.51 23 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 12.23 24 Steve Hubbell, Mountain View CA; Michael Hughes, San Jose CA 13.66 24 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 12.22 25 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 13.49 25 Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL; Sean Gannon, Decatur GA 10.84 26 Harold Antonson, Olympia WA; Anne Lamport, Ryde Nsw Australia 12.83 26 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Walnut Creek CA 10.48 27 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 11.70 27 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 8.65 28 Lin Goldstein - Steve Print, Reno NV 11.69 28 Andrew Russell, St Catharines ON; Arno Hobart, Markham ON 8.45 29 Lynn Johannesen - Dale Johannesen, Saratoga CA 10.57 29 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 8.29 30 David Brower, Portland OR; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 9.71 30 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 7.70 31 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX 8.81 31 Rajeev Gupta, Oakland CA; Narayan Mohanram, Sunnyvale CA 4.78

SATURDAY FLIGHT B PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AA HH EAST-WEST B C B C 1 1 G Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Wes Peirce, The Woodlands TX 59.17% 1 1 Wesley Seitz, Champaign IL; William Strauss, Urbana IL 59.24% 2 Barry Holt - Jack Bierig, Chicago IL 59.08% 2 2 Vladimir Stemkovski - Tatyana Stemkovski, Holly Springs NC 58.07% 3 Jose Cortina, Oak Hill VA; Steve Bunning, Vienna VA 58.60% 3 3 Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Leia Berla, Old Greenwich CT 57.70% 4 2 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Kazi Farooqui, Grayslake IL 58.42% 4 4 Richard Peacock - Lucy Peacock, Grosse Pt Shore MI 56.53% 5 David Strauss, San Francisco CA; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 55.61% 5 Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 55.60% 6 3 Svetlana Stojsic - B Lantz, Salt Lake City UT 54.63% 6 David Stevens, Charleston IL; Leon Smith, Salt Lake City UT 54.80% 7 4 David Johnson - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 52.60% 7 5 Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 54.30% 8 5 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Linda Mize, Florissant MO 52.50% 8 6 Gilbert Ross Meredith, Riverview NB; Shane Savage, Moncton NB 53.54% 9 6 William Neely - Dan Neely, Boise ID 51.99% 9 J C Chupack - Scott Chupack, Seattle WA 52.45% 10 7 J Bank - James Moody, Austin TX 51.90% 10 Brian Maciver, Moncton NB; Mark Golding, Lutes Mountain NB 51.91%

PLATINUM PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS S T EAST-WEST 1 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 62.52% 1 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Sartaj Hans, Sydney Australia 57.72% 2 Louk Verhees Jr, 2215 Jx Voorhou Netherlands; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI 57.36% 2 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 56.95% 3 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 56.67% 3 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY 56.18% 4 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 55.57% 4 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 56.02% 5 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 55.13% 5 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 54.79% 6 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 54.74% 6 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 53.49% 7 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 53.46% 7 Ron Smith - Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 53.33% 8 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 53.30% 8 Franco Baseggio - Andrew Stark, New York NY 52.33% 9 Jared Lilienstein - Brian Glubok, New York NY 52.74% 9 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 51.88% 10 Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 52.36% 10 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 51.79%

SATURDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J K L EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Barbara Nist, Seatac WA 65.99% 1 David Gold, Reading RG71Q Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 61.54% 2 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 61.64% 2 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 60.22% 3 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 59.31% 3 1 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 58.76% 4 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 57.59% 4/5 Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Xiao Yang Lu, 58.65% 5 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 56.98% 4/5 2 Rose Boot, Los Angeles CA; Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC 58.65% 6 1 Donald Shatilla - Mark Churchman, Saskatoon SK 56.17% 6 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 56.48% 7 2 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA 55.82% 7 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 55.47% 8 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO 55.47% 8 3 Alex Stagner, Menlo Park CA; John Rollin, Hayward CA 55.41% 9 3 Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL 55.26% 9/10 Joseph Kivel - Marilyn Kivel, Newport Coast CA 54.40% 10 4 Thomas Dressing, Buffalo Grove IL; Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 54.91% 9/10 4 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; James Hudson, Elmhurst IL 54.40% 11 5 Brian Dixon, Glendale CA; Judy Harris, Salmon Arm BC 53.95% 11/13 5 Yu Chang, Milpitas CA; Pangjie Xu, San Jose CA 53.95% 12 6 Robert Houtrow, Delton MI; Robert Korten, Frankfort MI 53.90% 11/13 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA 53.95% 13 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 53.49% 11/13 Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 53.95% 14 7 Marge Neate - Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC 52.63% 14 6 Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Peter Lit, Elk CA 53.49% 15 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; George St Pierre, Columbus OH 52.53% 15 7 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA 51.67% 16 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 52.18% 16 8 Susan Jackson - Stephen Jackson, Roseville MN 51.27% 8/9 Cecily Kohler, Washington DC; Andy Avery, Jamaica VT 50.66% 9 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 51.11% 8/9 Larry Davis - Robert Donathan, Austin TX 50.66% 10 Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 50.96% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Ronald Powell, Santa Clara CA 66.15% 1 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Rich Pavlicek Jr, Santa Clara CA 69.31% 2 2 Sherman Gao, Orange CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA 62.38% 2 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 58.85% 3 3 George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ; Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY 62.15% 3 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 58.31% 4 4 David Walker, Salem VA; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 59.92% 4 1 David Wetzel - Robert Sievers, Champaign IL 57.85% 5 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 55.08% 5 2 Bruce Ruskin, Modesto CA; Allan Deserpa, Tempe AZ 57.46% 6 Ronald DeHarpporte, Edina MN; Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN 54.69% 6 3 Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA 56.92% 7 5 Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA; Ted Gibbs, Rancho Palo Vds CA 51.92% 7 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Blake Rundquist, Clovis CA 56.08% 8 6 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 51.54% 8 4 Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA 54.62% 9 James Lutz, Laguna Niguel CA; Brian King, Redding CA 51.38% 9 Barry Goren, Las Vegas NV; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 54.54% 10 Christal Henner - Uday Ivatury, New York NY 50.92% 10 5 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 53.54% 6 Andrew Clements, La Vista NE; Jonathan Cohn, Elkhorn NE 52.00% 7 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN 51.15% 8 William Bailey, Palo Alto CA; Olivier Chapelle, Sunnyvale CA 51.08%

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Marcelo Gumucio, Atherton CA; Jim Nixon, Flower Mound TX 70.24% 1 Gordon Stedman, Sonoma CA; Alan Peterfreund, Amherst MA 59.23% 2 Mel Chaplin - Marilyn Chaplin, Brentwood CA 69.35% 2/3 1 1 Marilyn Bookbinder, Berkeley CA; Kathleen Clancy, Oakland CA 58.63% 3 Edward Pyle, San Francisco CA; Kevin Smith, Ione CA 53.57% 2/3 Thomas Bauer - Virginia Ward, Henderson NV 58.63% 4 1 1 Linda Meade, Bethesda MD; Darlyn Counihan, Silver Spring MD 51.79% 4 William Thompson, Valley Park MO; Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 55.36% 5 Malcolm Scott - Peg Remaklus, Vacaville CA 50.89% 5 2 2 Jonathon Youngquist - Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 53.57% 2 2 Victoria Hess, Jackson WY; Elizabeth McKay, Pavillion WY 50.00% 3 Deanna Miller - Terri Nordby, Penn Valley CA 52.98% 3 Stephen Bess - Amy Bess, Oakland CA 49.70%


Slow PlaySlow play, especially habitual slow play, is a

violation of law and subject to penalty. When a pair has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them to make up the time lost as quickly as possible whether at fault or not. All players are expected to make a concerted effort to catch up when they have fallen behind, regardless of the reason for their lateness.

In the absence of compelling evidence to the contrary, the director should presume that a pair finishing a round late by more than two or three minutes on more than one occasion during a session is responsible for the lateness. There is a strong expectation that the director will penalize such a pair. The size of a penalty will tend to increase for subsequent instances of slow play and for chronic or egregious slow play.

Runners-up in the 0-10K Swiss Teams: seated, Diyan Danailov and Jerry Stamatov; standing, Jan Zadroga and Daniel Williams. Team captain Hannah Moon was not available for the photo.

Runners-up in the Lebhar IMP Pairs: Arthur Crystal and Curtis Cheek.

While warnings typically will be given before a penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way limits the director’s authority to issue a penalty.

Players are expected to be aware, in a general sense, of time used and remaining in a segment in which they are playing regardless of whether a clock is in use or a time announcement has been made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no clock immediately visible” will not be considered persuasive.

In consultation with the DIC of the tournament, the TD may require that a particular pair not play in a specified segment, not play against a specified pair or not play together as a pair. The foregoing is expected to be applied only due to egregious circumstances or to unduly repetitious offenders.

An appeal of an action taken by a TD with regard to time may be taken to the Director in

Charge of the tournament, and no further. For NABC+ KO events, the TD is charged with the responsibility to ensure that each KO match segment finishes within the allotted time. While a time monitor may be employed, the lack of a monitor in no way limits the TD’s authority to apply one or more of the remedies listed below.

The TD may choose to ignore an occasional minor late finish. The TD may remove one or more boards from a segment. The TD may award no score (when neither team is more at fault), an assigned score (when a result already exists at one table which the TD wishes to preserve) or an artificial score in IMPs. Every effort should be made to remove boards before they can be played at either table, but not having done so does not preclude removing one or more later.


SATURDAY FLIGHT B PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AAA HHH EAST-WEST B C B C 1 Joseph Mack III, Laguna Woods CA; Ian Wilson, Irvine CA 74.18% 1 1 G Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Wes Peirce, The Woodlands TX 61.59% 2/3 1 Jerry Tierney, North Bend WA; Anne S Kao, Bellevue WA 61.59% 2 2 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Kazi Farooqui, Grayslake IL 60.69% 2/3 Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA; Ken Rosenfeld, San Jose CA 61.59% 3 3 Helen Miller - J Penney, Lacey WA 58.15% 4 2 Brian Maciver, Moncton NB; Mark Golding, Lutes Mountain NB 56.34% 4 David Strauss, San Francisco CA; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 57.43% 5 Anne Casey - Susan Shaver, Sun Lakes AZ 56.16% 5 Jose Cortina, Oak Hill VA; Steve Bunning, Vienna VA 57.16% 6 3 Craig Huneke, Charlottesville VA; Samuel Huneke, San Francisco CA 55.07% 6 4 Ninad More, Mountain View CA; Nitin More, Irvine CA 56.34% 7 4 Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 53.26% 7 Paul Blumberg, Sparks NV; James Paschal, Reno NV 55.89% 8/9 5/6 Richard Peacock - Lucy Peacock, Grosse Pt Shore MI 51.45% 8 5 David Johnson - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 55.25% 8/9 5/6 Charles Brown - Bruce Brown, Denton TX 51.45% 9 George Gordon, Napa CA; Wayne Gordon, Reno NV 53.89% 10 Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 50.91% 10 Susan Senogles, Memphis TN; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 52.99% 7 Wesley Seitz, Champaign IL; William Strauss, Urbana IL 50.45% 6 Terrence Rawlings, Sun City Center FL; Jeffrey Rawlings, Santa Barbara CA 51.09% 7 William Neely - Dan Neely, Boise ID 49.18%

SATURDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 59.82% 1 Don McKay - Denise McKay, Vernon BC 59.23% 2 Joerg Rottenbacher, Arcadia CA; Andrew Rottenbacher, South Pasadena CA 56.85% 2 1 Jan Summers, Wheaton IL; Jeanne Kowalski, Berwyn IL 58.04% 3 Barbara Dali - Terri Richards, Scottsdale AZ 54.46% 3/4 2 David Muller, Vancouver WA; Roy Wilkinson, Portland OR 55.95% 4/5 2/3 Kimberly Dauphin, Vancouver WA; Kevin Marnell, Portland OR 52.08% 3/4 Leila Mattinger, Cupertino CA; Qing Lu, San Jose CA 55.95% 4/5 2/3 Gerald Hickman - Margie Hickman, Bellingham WA 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Daniel Loveland, Powell OH; Eva Allen, Westerville OH 61.01% 1 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Philip Debus, Centennial CO 57.44% 2 1 Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA; Melda Richardson, Orange CA 55.36% 2 Tom Jen Kwan, Vancouver BC; Debbie Martignago, Pitt Meadows BC 54.76% 3 2 Carol Schwerer - Cornelius Duffie, Palo Alto CA 55.06% 3 Terry Ahern, Santa Clara CA; Anne Bossange, Saratoga CA 52.38% 4 Carol Warren, Piedmont CA; Sarla Purohit, Oakland CA 54.76% 4 1 Mella-Dee Mayberry - Philip Mayberry, Payette ID 51.19% 2 Dana Shelley - Philip Abrahamson, Atherton CA 49.70%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 3 OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB YYY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 62.62% 1 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 63.77% 2 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 61.38% 2 Eileen Easterling - James Easterling, Casselberry FL 59.85% 3 1 Bradley Komsthoeft, Clayton CA; Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA 58.31% 3 1 Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON; Jim Hutter, Ames IA 57.69% 4 2 Mitch Miladinovich - Terri Miladinovich, Acampo CA 57.92% 4 2 1 J Michael Slattery, Reno NV; John Prescott, Seneca SC 56.77% 5 3 Florence Yoshikawa - Tad Yoshikawa, Sunnyvale CA 56.69% 5 3 Ann McDougal - Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 56.69% 6 R Barkley Calkins - Glenda Calkins, Allendale NJ 55.15% 6 Oris Mowry, Phoenix AZ; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 56.38% 7 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Barbara Kallaus, Kailua HI 54.15% 7 4 2 Jason Tokuda, Livingston NJ; Sean Casey, Atlantic Hlds NJ 54.77% 8 4 Grant Morgan - Sue Morgan, Atascadero CA 52.46% 8 Katie Christie, Vernon BC; Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD 54.69% 9 Abe Jakob, Fort Lauderdale FL; Pete Ekstrand, Crozet VA 51.92% 9 5 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Tigard OR 52.62% 10 5 Gerry Piaget - Joan Piaget, Portola Valley CA 51.69% 10 Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN; J Williams, Saint Paul MN 51.38% 11 6 Steve Ramos Jr, Seal Beach CA; Peter Cheung, Fremont CA 51.00% 11 Gregory Vernon, Ridgecrest CA; Susan Bowles, Virginia Beach VA 50.85% 7 Robert Rouse - Joan Rouse, Lincoln CA 50.62% 6 Don Reynolds, Fort Worth TX; Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX 50.62% 8 Bobbi Kornbluth - Roni Maktenieks, Reno NV 50.31% 7 Michel Poirier, Montreal QC; Carmen Lavoie, Laval QC 49.85% 1 Stephen Lubeck, Redwood City CA; Susan Barkley, Atherton CA 48.38% 2 Thomas Koralewski, West Seneca NY; Sandra England, East Aurora NY 48.00%

SATURDAY FLIGHT A/X PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J K L EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Yu Chang, Milpitas CA; Pangjie Xu, San Jose CA 64.57% 1 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 60.32% 2 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 63.46% 2 David Gold, Reading RG71Q Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 57.95% 3 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD 63.01% 3 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 57.79% 4 Gerry McCully, Victoria BC; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 61.99% 4 1 Jane Krause, Venice FL; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 57.69% 5 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 61.08% 5 2 Cecily Kohler, Washington DC; Andy Avery, Jamaica VT 57.49% 6 2 Gregory Gorshkov, Somerville NJ; Neil Jaffe, Belle Mead NJ 57.64% 6 3 Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA; Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA 57.09% 7 3 Dewitt (Hal) Montgomery III, Portland OR; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA 57.03% 7 4 Joe Houde, Vista CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 56.93% 8 4 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA 55.72% 8 5 David Vidaver, Sacramento CA; Paul Obrien, Vancouver WA 55.01% 9 5 Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 55.52% 9 6 Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Peter Lit, Elk CA 54.45% 10 Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Xiao Yang Lu, 55.06% 10/11 7 Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL 54.15% 11 6 William Glass, Clovis CA; Belva Quattrin, Kingsburg CA 54.76% 10/11 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 54.15% 12 7 Susan Jackson - Stephen Jackson, Roseville MN 53.85% 12 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 52.94% 13 8 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 52.23% 13 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 52.53% 14 9 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 52.18% 14 Robert Otto, Iowa City IA; Thomas Flanders, Cedar Rapids IA 51.92%15/16 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA 50.96% 15 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO 51.67%15/16 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; George St Pierre, Columbus OH 50.96% 16 Hy Chansky - Tom Grue, Las Vegas NV 51.62% 8 Mary Ann Boardman - James Boardman, Cedar Rapids IA 51.57% 9 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 50.40%


NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC 61.46% 1 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 59.46% 2 1 Jessie Brunswig, Kirkland WA; Regenia Butler, Olympia WA 57.62% 2 1 Matthew Dyer - Robert Lass, Chicago IL 58.23% 3 2 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Les Fouks, Vancouver BC 57.08% 3 2 Shelly Dunietz - Jacqueline Ortiz, Santa Rosa CA 56.69% 4 3 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN 55.23% 4 3 Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA 56.46% 5 4 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Jim Leuker, San Francisco CA 54.46% 5 4 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 55.92% 6 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 53.31% 6 5 William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI; Stephen Visocan, Townsend MT 55.62% 7 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 52.77% 7 Christal Henner - Uday Ivatury, New York NY 54.69% 8 5 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 52.23% 8 Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC 54.08% 9 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 52.00% 9 Siegfried Konig - Jim Wallis, Hawthorne Australia 53.54% 10 Brenda Fortunate - Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 50.62% 10 John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Jim Russell, Sarasota FL 53.31% 11 6 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Ronald Powell, Santa Clara CA 50.54% 11 6 William Bailey, Palo Alto CA; Olivier Chapelle, Sunnyvale CA 52.62% 7 Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA 50.46% 7 Pradeep Jhawar - Vandana Jhawar, Layton UT 51.08%

PLATINUM PAIRS 1ST SEMIFINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS S T EAST-WEST 1 Ron Smith - Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 60.46% 1 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 64.38% 2 Michael Polowan, New York NY; David Grainger, Roseville CA 57.77% 2 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 63.38% 3 John Ramos, West Hollywood CA; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ 56.77% 3 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 60.38% 4 Joe Grue - Valerie Westheimer, New York NY 56.69% 4 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 60.31% 5 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY 55.69% 5 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 59.38% 6 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 55.31% 6 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 58.46% 7 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO 54.00% 7 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 55.38% 8 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Brad Moss, Denver CO 53.62% 8 Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 52.77% 9 Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 52.00% 9 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 51.31% 10 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 51.38% 10 Yul Inn - Cheryl Mandala, Cupertino CA 51.08%

LEBHAR IMP PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N U V W X EAST-WEST 1 Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO; Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO 58.65 1 Wolfe Thompson, Vancouver WA; Marc Zwerling, Portland OR 68.29 2 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 51.91 2 Art Gulbrandsen, Monrovia CA; Mike Spero, Burbank CA 37.73 3 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Dan Fowler, Salisbury NC 50.09 3 Marc Franklin, Newport Beach CA; Matthew Franklin, Berkeley CA 36.92 4 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 49.49 4 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 35.27 5 Randy Joyce - Kay Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 42.26 5 Steve Hubbell, Mountain View CA; Michael Hughes, San Jose CA 32.47 6 Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Ovunc Yilmaz, Columbia SC 40.05 6 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX 27.26 7 Roberto Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 36.47 7 Riggs Thayer Jr - Cathy Strauch, San Diego CA 26.92 8 Crispin Barrere - Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 29.83 8 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 25.34 9 Chris Moll - Tammy Moll, Raleigh NC 25.78 9 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 25.13 10 Gregory Herman - Burke Snowden, Fort Collins CO 21.58 10 Bob Johnson, Pasadena CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 24.79 11 Joseph Chaikin, Garden Grove CA; Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 20.96 11 Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ; Richard Margolis, Melbourne FL 23.86 12 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 20.48 12 Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 23.43 13 Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 20.31 13 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Tobias Polak, 23.14 14 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR 20.23 14 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 20.74 15 Aaron Jones, Escondido CA; Jay Helekar, Orange CA 18.87 15/16 Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 19.82 16 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 18.82 15/16 Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Leszek Rabiega, Watsonville CA 19.82 17 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 18.65 17 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 19.22 18 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 17.04 18 Ken Bercuson - Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV 17.95 19 Douglas Ross, Pittsford NY; Sam Maitra, Rochester NY 16.57 19 Alyssa Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 17.75 20 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; William Harker, Santa Fe NM 14.62 20 Dorn Bishop - William Bartley, San Diego CA 17.71 21 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL 14.56 21 Lin Goldstein - Steve Print, Reno NV 17.42 22 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 13.78 22 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 15.53 23 Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA 12.42 23 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 14.62 24 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 11.35 24 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 13.45 25 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 11.17 25 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 12.60 26 Alan Hendrickson, North Bend WA; David Roselle, Kirkland WA 10.66 26 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 11.09 27 Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 8.74 27 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Robert Madalena, San Jose CA 10.19 28 Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY 8.44 28 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 10.05 29 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 8.40 29 Michael Prahin - Elena Prahin, Irvington NY 9.31 30 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 7.53 30 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 8.45 31 Stasha Cohen - Mark Cohen, West Orange NJ 7.49 31 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 8.26

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Linda Akerman, Silverdale WA; Louis Akerman, Tucson AZ 63.99% 1 1 Arvind Sharma, Princeton Jct NJ; Bhartkumar Shah, Freehold NJ 64.29% 2 1 1 James Rider - Cheryl Rider, Dallas TX 60.12% 2 2 Allen Samuels - Mary Samuels, San Jose CA 55.95% 3 2 Herb Cohen, Glen Rock NJ; Mel Meskin, West Palm Beach FL 53.57% 3 3 David Gardner - Nicole Gardner, Sudbury MA 51.19% 4 3 2 Cornelia Gould - Ed Gould, Incline Village NV 48.81% 4 Keith Selbrede, Camarillo CA; Carl Garrett, Discovery Bay CA 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Jeffrey Copsey - James Bloedorn, La Crosse WI 60.71% 1 1 David Chittick - Jane Chittick, Venice FL 61.01% 2 2 Maria Poh, Las Vegas NV; Donna Fisher, North Las Vegas NV 55.65% 2 2 1 Anirudh Pandit - Arun Pandit, Mason OH 58.63% 3 Harvey Lesser, Murrieta CA; Ted Witt, Sun Valley ID 54.76% 3 3 Donna Neff, San Francisco CA; Sheila Pechinski, Bangor ME 57.74% 4 3 Marjorie Mandery - Roger Mandery, Mount Vernon WA 53.27% 4 Melanie Haddad, Tiburon CA; Terry Kee, Greenbrae CA 48.81% 1 Elvira Kudia, La Grange Park IL; Jon Hundertmark, West Berlin NJ 49.11% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Marcia Wasserman - Andy Wasserman, Piedmont CA 61.61% 1 1 Michael Shuster - Shelley Mardiros, Banff AB 68.45% 2 2 Nelson Burros - Marcie Burros, New York NY 59.52% 2 2 Andrew Altman, Tampa FL; Janet Hunt, Charlotte NC 58.04% 3 3 1 Marlys Johansen, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 58.33% 3 3 Jim Burbidge, Federal Way WA; Paul Evanoff, Kent WA 55.95% 4 Gillian Berger - Jane Wienke, Tucson AZ 50.60% 4 Tom Schlossberg - Kenneth Oberg, Bluffton SC 54.76% 1 Richard Weissmann - William Lorelli, Lewes DE 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 1 Robert Robyns - Judith Robyns, Reno NV 58.93% 1 1 1 Nancy Cole, Vancouver WA; Anthony Knistautas, League City TX 63.99% 2 2 Ginger Stone, Aptos CA; Judith Murdock, Capitola CA 55.95% 2 2 Judy Gallin - Karla Reynolds, Scottsdale AZ 58.93% 3 3 Marion Austin - Darnell Austin, Fresno CA 50.30% 3 3 Linda Thomas - Darrel Mooney, Boise ID 53.27% 4/5 4/5 Gary Moll, Lighthouse Pt FL; Irvin Drewel, Eureka MO 49.70% 4 Eleanor Thomas - Rex Thomas, Mount Pleasant IA 52.38% 4/5 4/5 Margaret Dalton, Saratoga CA; William Dalton, Dublin OH 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Linda Szilagyi - Peter Wise, Georgetown DE 61.01% 1 1 Gilbert Stockton, Oakland Park FL; Janet Weins, Plantation FL 58.63% 2 2 Timothy Finlay - Eileen Finlay, Ontario CA 55.06% 2 2 Kay Hughes - Louise Ragland, Newport News VA 57.14% 3 3 1 Peg Remaklus - Malcolm Scott, Vacaville CA 54.46% 3 3 1 Cynthia Tingey - Jane Bragg, Fresno CA 52.38% 4 4 Sally Ackerman - Barbara Patterson, Palm Desert CA 53.57% 4/5 Bonnie Sipkins, Palm Springs CA; Robert Buck, Eloy AZ 50.89% 4/5 Don Peterson - Helen Going, Carson City NV 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION F EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Benjamin Kelley, Federal Way WA; Edward Kelley IV, Annapolis MD 60.71% 1 1 John Hindle - Jeff Gosman, Winnipeg MB 60.42% 2 1 Darrick Chee, Orange CA; Bob Shuken, Auburn CA 58.93% 2 2 Robert Wernick, Rancho Mirage CA; Richard Greenthal, Reno NV 57.44% 3 2 Mike Amspacher - Elsie Chan, Vancouver WA 56.55% 3 3 Henry Kingdon, San Rafael CA; Michael Bowers, Springfield IL 56.55% 4 3 Marilyn Poindexter - John Reynen, Sacramento CA 55.65% 4 4 1 Immaneni Ashok, Albuquerque NM; Tom Estenson, Tijeras NM 55.95% 1 Ben Levine, Prince George BC; Diane Jordan-Wagner, Paris IL 47.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Christine Barkley, Modesto CA; Libby Longstreth, Riverbank CA 58.12% 1 1 Hurd Baruch - Elliott Weiss, Tucson AZ 66.41% 2 2 David Sloane, Glen Cove NY; Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 56.59% 2 2 Richard Shaker - Roberta Shaker, Annapolis MD 57.10% 3 3 1 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 56.52% 3 3 Jeff Heyser - James Hook, Penn Valley CA 57.06% 4 4 2 Timothy Marx - Rebecca Hutchens, Anchorage AK 53.53% 4 Donald Parsons - David Dickey, Reno NV 56.46% 1 Linda Grissom - Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ 49.53%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQQ RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bruce Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 60.56% 1 Stephanie McAdam, Scottsdale AZ; Linda Saltzman, Aurora IL 67.57% 2 Edward Lee, Portland OR; David Green, Sherwood OR 59.13% 2 Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 62.67% 3 1 Lorin Waxman, Martinez CA; Susan Ledford, San Ramon CA 56.82% 3 1 1 Xiaolun Yi, Lincoln NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 59.95% 4 2 1 Bo Xiao, Fremont CA; Jianming Zhang, San Jose CA 55.69% 4 Harvinder Sidhu, Scottsdale AZ; Ben Blacik, Phoenix AZ 59.13% 5 3 2 Raymond Clemmons, Langley BC; Edgar L’Heureux, White Rock BC 55.51% 5 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 59.06% 6 4 Lorna Crooks, Manteca CA; David Crooks, Houston TX 53.43% 6 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 57.18% 7 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 53.20% 7 2 2 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC 54.64% 8 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Rick Weiss, Reno NV 52.85% 8 Tom Clarke - Joyce Clarke, Lake Charles LA 54.18% 9 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Chattanooga TN 52.74% 9 3 Sharon Fauss, Central Point OR; Neal Smith, Jacksonville OR 52.64% 10 Jim Cleary - Susan Patricelli, Surprise AZ 52.43% 10 Suzanne St Thomas - Kathy Dowen, Boise ID 52.57% 11 Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 51.46% 11 4 3 Calvin Lutrin - Barbara McKay, Alamo CA 51.59% 5 Stephen Cooper, North York ON; Henry Sigal, Piedmont CA 51.00% 5 Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ; Marvin Kurtz, Henderson NV 51.31% 6 Kevin Smyth, Saint Paul MN; Neil Joseph Smyth, Santa Cruz CA 49.33% 6 Daniel Chandler - Buddy Landis, Chattanooga TN 50.75% 7 Carol Maggipinto - Mark Maggipinto, Aptos CA 49.12% 3 Jerry Owczarek, Hackettstown NJ; Jacek Leznicki, Verona NJ 49.08%


SATURDAY MORNING SIDE GAME (FRIDAY-SUNDAY AM SIDE SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN EAST-WEST A X Y A X Y 1 1 Jeffrey Rawlings, Santa Barbara CA; Terrence Rawlings, Sun City Center FL 62.92% 1 Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Michael Gosnell, Walnut Creek CA 61.53% 2 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; J. Jay Roll, Clovis CA 60.97% 2 1 Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; Leon Galecki, Langston AL 60.00% 3 2 1 J Michael Slattery, Reno NV; John Prescott, Seneca SC 54.31% 3 2 Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA; Denis Racine, North Highlands CA 58.47% 4/5 Robert Korten, Frankfort MI; Robert Houtrow, Delton MI 52.22% 4 3 Phillip Frankel - Leslie Reynolds, McKinleyville CA 56.39% 4/5 David Willmott, Folsom CA; Douglas Jansen, Happy Valley OR 52.22% 5 4 1 Kirk Reagan, Federal Way WA; Brian Reagan, Lakewood WA 54.03% 6 3 2 Beverly Fransen - Lyle Claflin, Boise ID 51.94% 6 Eileen Easterling - James Easterling, Casselberry FL 53.47% 7 4 Desiree Soto - Elizabeth Sachs, Sacramento CA 51.25% 7 Charles Grimes, Midland TX; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA 53.06% 8 5 Mark Marty, Clayton CA; Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA 50.83% 8 5 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Jeremy Lewis, Glen Allen VA 52.92% 6 Adair Karlin - Joan Merrill, Tucson AZ 50.42% 6 Nancy Colter, Dublin GA; Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA 52.22% 2 Claire Rolin, Philadelphia PA; Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA 51.67%

SATURDAY MORNING LIMITED PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Barbara Norman, Healdsburg CA; Linda Marin, Calistoga CA 73.13% 1 1 Sal Bulkley - Kats Cannell, Reno NV 68.15% 2 2 1 Murray Cutten, Goodyear AZ; Linda Lannoye, Mesquite NV 57.14% 2 2 Karen Rice, Sebastopol CA; Donna Soehrens, Healdsburg CA 56.85% 3 3 2 Catherine Oetjen, Brentwood CA; Marilynn Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA 53.57% 3 3 1 Cora Raugutt - Debra Raugutt, Casper WY 54.17% 4 4 Karen Klug - Norman Jacox, Portland OR 53.40% 4 4 2 Jon Probst - Alice Probst, Reno NV 53.57% 5 5 C.J. Rose - Kathleen Rivard, Spokane WA 52.08% 5 5 3 Carie Boucher, Centennial CO; Karen Birck, Wilton CT 52.98% 3 Nancy Epoch - Terrance McKerrs, Topeka KS 50.60%

SATURDAY MORNING NEWCOMERS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 David Welch - Kathryn Welch, Truckee CA 73.51% 1 Dick Trapp - Gerry Trapp, Carson City NV 61.61% 2 Sam Earnhardt - Marian Renvall, Walnut Creek CA 57.44% 2 Brian Emery - Jennifer Emery, Richmond Hill ON 52.38% 3 2 1 Deena Lindstedt, Wilsonville OR; M Fern Momyer, Portland OR 54.46% 3 1 1 Joanellen Slocumb, Incline Village NV; Lynn Rogers, Tucson AZ 51.49% 4 Marilyn Sugimoto, Fair Oaks CA; Thuy Tran, 53.27% 4/5 Judi O’Connell - Monica Brandl, Reno NV 50.60% 4/5 2 David Massie - Karla Massie, Lafayette CA 50.60%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Arlene Smith, Sault Ste Marie ON; Terry Adamik, Henderson NV 64.58% 1 1 1 Barbara McQuigg - Richard McQuigg, Grand Rapids MI 57.14% 2 2 1 Anirudh Pandit - Arun Pandit, Mason OH 60.42% 2 2 Timothy Finlay - Eileen Finlay, Ontario CA 55.65% 3 3 Daryl Prouty - John Schroeder, Placerville CA 53.57% 3 3 Rhonda Hampton, Auberry CA; Mary Lou Pease, Fresno CA 54.17% 4 4 Alan Bostrom, San Francisco CA; Lyle Smith, Sault Ste Marie ON 50.60% 4 David Chittick - Jane Chittick, Venice FL 52.08% 2 James Rider - Cheryl Rider, Dallas TX 49.11% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Harvey Lesser, Murrieta CA; Ted Witt, Sun Valley ID 61.61% 1 1 J Kevin Kington, Columbus OH; Tim Kington, Dublin OH 59.52% 2 1 1 Richard Weissmann - William Lorelli, Lewes DE 54.46% 2 2 1 John Renner - Carol Renner, Kamloops BC 57.14% 3 2 Michael Shuster - Shelley Mardiros, Banff AB 52.38% 3 Tom Schlossberg - Kenneth Oberg, Bluffton SC 54.17% 4 3 Gregory Perkowski, Lansing MI; George Jenkins, Venice FL 50.89% 4 3 Michelle Feeney, Davenport IA; Sally Meixner, Jesup IA 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Arlene Special - Yvonne Gallagher, La Jolla CA 63.10% 1 1 Marcia Wasserman - Andy Wasserman, Piedmont CA 59.82% 2 2 Linda Thomas - Darrel Mooney, Boise ID 57.74% 2 Pat Friesen, San Rafael CA; Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA 54.46% 3 Grace Martin, Sparks NV; Catherine Johnson, Reno NV 55.95% 3 2 Nelson Burros - Marcie Burros, New York NY 53.57% 4 3 1 Judy Gallin - Karla Reynolds, Scottsdale AZ 49.11% 4 3 1 Marlys Johansen, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 51.79% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Gilbert Stockton, Oakland Park FL; Janet Weins, Plantation FL 55.06% 1 Linda Martin, St Jerome QC; Josee Roberge, Ste-Ag-D-Mts QC 64.58% 2 Ellen Coll, Corte Madera CA; Gail Haar, San Rafael CA 54.76% 2 1 Ginger Stone, Aptos CA; Judith Murdock, Capitola CA 55.65% 3 2 1 Cynthia Tingey - Jane Bragg, Fresno CA 53.87% 3 2 Drayton Swartz - Olga Swartz, Castro Valley CA 55.06% 4 3 Kay Hughes - Louise Ragland, Newport News VA 53.27% 4 3 Margaret Dalton, Saratoga CA; William Dalton, Dublin OH 50.00% 1 Robert Robyns - Judith Robyns, Reno NV 46.13% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Sally Ackerman - Barbara Patterson, Palm Desert CA 59.82% 1 1 Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO 63.69% 2 2 1 Immaneni Ashok, Albuquerque NM; Tom Estenson, Tijeras NM 54.76% 2 2 Robert Wernick, Rancho Mirage CA; Richard Greenthal, Reno NV 58.93% 3 3 Henry Kingdon, San Rafael CA; Michael Bowers, Springfield IL 52.68% 3 3 1 Peg Remaklus - Malcolm Scott, Vacaville CA 56.25% 4 4 John Hindle - Jeff Gosman, Winnipeg MB 51.79% 4 Melanie Haddad, Tiburon CA; Terry Kee, Greenbrae CA 55.95% 2 Margaret Randol - Betsy Lindsay, Scottsdale AZ 48.51% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION F EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Gary Peterson, Marlborough MA; Christine Pettingell, Everett MA 62.50% 1 Virginia Johnson - Roy Johnson, Winnipeg MB 61.90% 2 2 Hurd Baruch - Elliott Weiss, Tucson AZ 58.63% 2 Benjamin Kelley, Federal Way WA; Edward Kelley IV, Annapolis MD 57.44% 3 3 Robert Lumbert, Severn MD; Ann Clemmons, Langley BC 54.17% 3 1 Mike Amspacher - Elsie Chan, Vancouver WA 56.55% 4 4 Paul Bridges, Swansea IL; Jerry Bartlett, Lindstrom MN 52.38% 4 2 Richard Shaker - Roberta Shaker, Annapolis MD 52.08% 1 Yuri Upton - Janice Tingler, Anchorage AK 49.40% 1 Eileen Pleticha, Moraga CA; Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA 41.07% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Arvind Sharma, Princeton Jct NJ; Bhartkumar Shah, Freehold NJ 61.61% 1 1 Gloria Woloshyn, Winnipeg MB; Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB 55.95% 2 2 Mary Kay Leveroni, San Francisco CA; Lucy Buchanan, Dallas TX 57.74% 2 2 George Steele, Austin TX; Sam Aucoin, Honolulu HI 54.76% 3 3 Allen Samuels - Mary Samuels, San Jose CA 51.49% 3 3 Jim Burbidge, Federal Way WA; Paul Evanoff, Kent WA 53.57% 4 Dean Dubofsky - Trish Webb, Bellevue WA 50.60% 4 4 1 Timothy Marx - Rebecca Hutchens, Anchorage AK 51.79% 2 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 51.49%

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SSS TTT UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 James Streisand, Sudbury MA; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 63.71% 1 Vicki Lerner - Robin Roche, San Francisco CA 62.90% 2 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 61.29% 2 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Paul Gelb, Palm Springs CA 62.75% 3 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 57.34% 3 James Slinger, Corralitos CA; Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 61.89% 4 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 56.43% 4 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 60.07% 5 Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 56.28% 5 1 Bob Sendall, Morro Bay CA; Edwin Straver, Incline Village NV 59.87% 6 1 1 James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV 55.77% 6 Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA 58.15% 7 2 2 Douglas Schmickrath, Los Altos Hills CA; Francine Dais, Sacramento CA 55.57% 7 2 Beverley Bessey - Glen Williamson, Sarnia ON 56.48% 8 Mark Weisman, Glenview IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 55.36% 8 3 Douglas Smith - Gary Nitzberg, Carson City NV 56.17% 9 Don Nemiro, Hollister CA; Elizabeth De Paola, San Jose CA 55.16% 9 Suman Agarwal - Brian Snell, Columbus OH 56.02% 10 3 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 54.15% 10 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 54.45% 11 4 3 James Lopes - Bill Freeman, La Quinta CA 54.10% 11 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 53.90% 12 Irina Kislitsyna, Aventura FL; Michel Rapoport, Sarasota FL 53.74% 12 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 53.34% 13 5 4 Ray Robert, Portland OR; Rick Prouser, Lake Oswego OR 52.63% 13 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 52.53% 14 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 52.23% 14 4 Marc Raphael, Scottsdale AZ; Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC 52.43% 15 Peter Mosheim, Miami FL; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 51.97% 15 5 1 Brad Mampe, Medford MA; Steven Willner, West Newton MA 52.33% 16 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 51.62% 16 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 52.18% 6 Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA; David Peim, Torrance CA 51.37% 6 Rick Holcomb, Malden MA; Rita Callahan, Las Vegas NV 52.07% 7 5 Gerald Brown, Vancouver WA; Stuart Treworgy, Cumberland RI 51.32% 7 2 Robert Wright - Olga Wright, Calgary AB 51.97% 8 6 Carol Pangburn, Newport Beach CA; Molly Murphy, Dana Point CA 50.05% 8 Richard Johns, Okemos MI; Jagjit Singh, East Lansing MI 51.27% 9 3 Frederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ 50.25% 10 4 Henry Zhang, Ann Arbor MI; Yanping Zhang, Livonia MI 49.95% 5 Carmella Sogge, Ross CA; Barbara Prior, Novato CA 49.44% 6 Howard Braun, Clearwater FL; Isaac Hassan, Palm Harbor FL 48.33%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Deena Lindstedt, Wilsonville OR; M Fern Momyer, Portland OR 60.85% 1 1 Mary Willis, Tahoe City CA; Kathleen Semrad, Truckee CA 68.55% 2 Karen Jean Boss - Patricia Mc Glothin, Boise ID 58.01% 2 2 Stephanie McCarty, Sparks NV; Dana Davis, Reno NV 63.36% 3 2 Stephen Nagy, Reno NV; Elsa Gustavson, NV 54.90% 3 Jack Urick - Ann Urick, Sedona AZ 56.93% 4 3 2 Lecclier Kelly - Frederick Kelly, Reno NV 54.86% 4 1 Emma Miller - Matt Oakley, Reno NV 52.80%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Linda Marin, Calistoga CA; Barbara Norman, Healdsburg CA 65.65% 1 1 1 Ann Munoz - Richard Munoz, Pocatello ID 65.18% 2 2 1 May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA; Willa King, Newport Beach CA 58.63% 2 2 2 Catherine Oetjen, Brentwood CA; Marilynn Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA 57.44% 3 3 2 Charles Mann, San Francisco CA; Mignon Williams, New York NY 54.42% 3 3 Suzanne Haley, Aptos CA; Diane Gunter, Soquel CA 55.06% 4 4 3 Linda Meade, Bethesda MD; Darlyn Counihan, Silver Spring MD 53.74% 4 4 Karen Rice, Sebastopol CA; Donna Soehrens, Healdsburg CA 50.00% 3 Susan Gottsacker - Jo Quade, Reno NV 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Stephen Bess - Amy Bess, Oakland CA 59.82% 1 1 1 Stephanie Youngquist - Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 57.14% 2 2 2 Paula Koeller - David Shute, Portland OR 55.95% 2 Sharon Carpenter - Rebecca Brown, Bellingham WA 56.25% 3 3 Jay Winter, Clive IA; Mark Sumner, San Francisco CA 53.57% 3 Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA; Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA 55.65% 4 4 Robyn Leming, Fort Collins CO; Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA 52.68% 4 2 2 Sara Goerke, Truckee CA; Sue Friedenbach, Redwood City CA 52.68% 3 Vera Dodson, Overland Park KS; Melissa Moore, Lawrence KS 52.38%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsGoodwill Day

Monday, March 14, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members OtherMonday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20

Monday, March 14, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $15

Monday, March 14, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Monday-Tuesday Daylight Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Strati-Flighted Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20Daylight Gold Rush 750/500/200 Pairs 1-2 Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $16 $20

Monday, March 14, 1 p.m.Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 3rd single session TBA $16 $20

Monday, March 14, 1 & 7:30 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $20 Entry required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 13. Continues until complete.LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $200–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $17 Entry required by 10 a.m. March 14. 10% platinum overall. Continues until complete.GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 F Mandalay Ballroom, Lower level, Circus Circus No feePRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 F Mandalay Ballroom, Lower level, Circus Circus No feeMonday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Sunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Strati-Flighted A/X Open Pairs 1-2 Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $16 $20Strati-Flighted B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Mandalay Ballroom, Lower level, Circus Circus $16 $20Gold Rush 750/300 Pairs 1-2 Mandalay Ballroom, Lower level, Circus Circus $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Monday, March 14, 3 p.m.Stratified Side IMP Pairs single Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine level, Silver Legacy $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $15

Monday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $15 $19Strati-Flighted B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $15 $19Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 4th single session Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $15

Monday, March 14, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $12/team/match

Note: Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 13. Entry for the 0–10,000 Knockout Teams is required by 10 a.m. Monday, March 14.

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (Unlimited/5000) separate from B/C (2500/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (Unlimited/5000/3000), B/C/D (2500/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/2500/1500), Gold Rush 750/500/200. Stratified events: A (Unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOL , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International FundIn NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT STRATI-FLIGHTED PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS RRR TTT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 64.31% 1 James Streisand, Sudbury MA; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 66.00% 2 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 63.77% 2 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 62.31% 3 1 1 Henry Zhang, Ann Arbor MI; Yanping Zhang, Livonia MI 61.85% 3 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 62.08% 4 Bruce Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 61.62% 4 Don Nemiro, Hollister CA; Elizabeth De Paola, San Jose CA 56.46% 5 2 2 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 61.31% 5 Edward Molloy, El Cajon CA; Jim Backstrom, Henderson NV 56.31% 6 Jon Sutcliffe, Agoura Hills CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 56.00% 6 Jim Cleary - Susan Patricelli, Surprise AZ 54.85% 7 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Rick Weiss, Reno NV 55.62% 7 Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 53.92% 8 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 55.23% 8 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 52.85% 9 William Holt, Sewickley PA; Richard Katz, N Versailles PA 55.00% 9/10 1/2 1 William Cook, Twin Falls ID; Clyde Coon, Boise ID 52.69% 10 3 William Wood - Jill Wood, Meridian ID 54.23% 9/10 1/2 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Therese Koller, Pueblo CO 52.69% 11 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Paul Gelb, Palm Springs CA 52.62% 11 3 2 Douglas Schmickrath, Los Altos Hills CA; Francine Dais, Sacramento CA 52.23% 4 3 Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ; Marvin Kurtz, Henderson NV 52.00% 4 3 Gamil Tadros - Helen Dillen, Calgary AB 50.31% 5 Daniel Chandler - Buddy Landis, Chattanooga TN 49.23% 5 4 Ray Robert, Portland OR; Rick Prouser, Lake Oswego OR 50.08% 6 Barbara Thacker, Clovis CA; Lois Low Tan, San Francisco CA 47.77% 6/7 5 Gerald Brown, Vancouver WA; Stuart Treworgy, Cumberland RI 48.23% 4 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX 47.69% 6/7 Sharon Fauss, Central Point OR; Neal Smith, Jacksonville OR 48.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SSS QQQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 69.92% 1 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 63.85% 2 Marolyn Imaoka - David Gambelin, San Jose CA 61.77% 2 1 Stephen Cooper, North York ON; Henry Sigal, Piedmont CA 62.00% 3 Edward Lee, Portland OR; David Green, Sherwood OR 61.62% 3/4 Suman Agarwal - Brian Snell, Columbus OH 58.92% 4 1 Richard Johns, Okemos MI; Jagjit Singh, East Lansing MI 57.15% 3/4 Dudley Brown, Grandview WA; Edith DeShaw, Seattle WA 58.92% 5 Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA 56.38% 5 2 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 58.77% 6 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 55.54% 6 Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 57.00% 7 2 Barbara Newman, Nashville TN; Don Turner, Mount Juliet TN 55.31% 7 Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 56.38% 8 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 54.08% 8 Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 55.62% 9 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 53.92% 9 3 Beverley Bessey - Glen Williamson, Sarnia ON 52.92% 10 3 1 Brad Mampe, Medford MA; Steven Willner, West Newton MA 53.69% 10/11 4 1 Laurie Carr - Mary Farrell, Honolulu HI 52.77% 4 Greg Chang, Lexington MA; James Negro, Wellesley MA 50.77% 10/11 Vicki Lerner - Robin Roche, San Francisco CA 52.77% 5 Bob Sendall, Morro Bay CA; Edwin Straver, Incline Village NV 50.54% 5 2 Timothy Niebauer - Marie Groh, Boulder CO 51.85% 6 2 Frederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ 50.15% 6 Larry Smith - Laura Smith, Redmond OR 49.38% 3 Jeannette Jensen, Sunnyvale CA; Linda Stuart, San Dimas CA 48.77% 7 Kevin Smyth, Saint Paul MN; Neil Joseph Smyth, Santa Cruz CA 48.62% 3 Bo Xiao, Fremont CA; Jianming Zhang, San Jose CA 47.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Stephanie McAdam, Scottsdale AZ; Linda Saltzman, Aurora IL 63.65% 1 Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; Phil Clayton, Huntington Bch CA 60.44% 2 Jay Baudler, San Jose CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 61.74% 2 1 1 Gary Delestine - Shirley Gibson, Palm Springs CA 58.12% 3 James Milam, Idaho Falls ID; Stephen Skinner, Huntington Bch CA 55.54% 3 Mark Weisman, Glenview IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 57.87% 4 Harvinder Sidhu, Scottsdale AZ; Ben Blacik, Phoenix AZ 55.13% 4 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 55.05% 1 Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Darlene Anderson, Lake Havasu Cty AZ 41.09%


Today’s Bridge EventsSunday, March 13, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members OtherSunday-Monday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20

Sunday, March 13, 10 a.m.Bridge-Plus+ Silver Baron CDE, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy Free Free Free lesson, 14-deal game followsStratified 299er Swiss Teams single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $15

Sunday, March 13, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Stratified Daylight Open Swiss Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Strati-Flighted Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20Daylight Gold Rush 750/500/200 Pairs 1-2 Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Sunday, March 13, 1 p.m.Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 1st single session Casino Ballroom, Casino level, Circus Circus $16 $20

Sunday, March 13, 1 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 1-2 F Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $30LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $20 Only players born before January 1, 1959, who have a Silver, Red or Blue Ribbon qualification are eligible to play. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsGOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 Q Mandalay Ballroom, Lower level, Circus Circus No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsPRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 Q Mandalay Ballroom, Lower level, Circus Circus No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsSunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Flight A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Flight B/C Swiss Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Gold Rush 750/300 Swiss Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Mandalay Ballroom, Lower level, Circus Circus $16 $20

Sunday, March 13, 3 p.m.Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $15

Sunday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $15 $19Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 2nd single session Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $15

Sunday, March 13, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $12/team/match

Note: Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 13. Entry for the 0–10,000 Knockout Teams is required by 10 a.m. Monday, March 14.

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (Unlimited/5000) separate from B/C (2500/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (Unlimited/5000/3000), B/C/D (2500/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/2500/1500), Gold Rush 750/500/200. Stratified events: A (Unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOL , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International FundIn NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

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