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Daily BulletinWednesday, December 2, 2015 Volume 88, Number 6

88th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday

ATTENDANCEthrough Tuesday 4708 tables

Goodwill MessageEquity and enjoyment are the benchmarks of bridge.

Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

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Pre-registration required for Reisinger

Teams that wish to enter the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams must pre-register no later than 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 4. On Thursday, players can pre-register with TD Matt Koltnow, who will be in the Plaza Ballroom on the Concourse level of the Plaza Building.

On Friday morning, players should go to Plaza Ballroom F to pre-register.

2016 Bridge Hall of Fame candidates

Bart Bramley

WBF President: Cheatersface harsh punishment

Ever since the bridge world was rocked three months ago by Boye Brogeland’s accusation that two of his teammates in winning efforts had been cheating, World Bridge Federation President Gianarrigo Rona has been in the vortex of the scandal and all that followed.

The fallout has included new attention to bridge in the media, especially in Italy, where Rona lives. In Denver, two magazines – Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone – had reporters working on articles about bridge. Rona met with a Rolling Stone reporter on Tuesday.

There have been questions about the WBF’s commitment to ridding the game of cheaters, but Rona says the issue was on his agenda from the moment he became WBF president in late 2010. One of his first acts as president, he says, was to institute a disciplinary code and a method of adjudicating cases. He has also been working to amend WBF regulations to enhance the organization’s power to deal with any other bridge entity – including national bridge organizations – that fails to take action where it’s

warranted. “We need the support of the federations,” Rona says. “If they don’t act against cheaters, we can act against them.”

As part of the WBF’s plan to address the issue of cheating, Rona travelled to Denver to meet with ACBL officials and members of a committee of high-level players whose job it is to screen reports of unethical behavior with an eye to prosecuting those considered serious enough to warrant suspension.

For convicted cheaters, the first offense will result in a 10-year suspension. A lifetime ban will be the

Lynn Deas Beth Palmer Judi Radin

Howard Weinstein Eddie Wold

The ACBL Hall of Fame Committee has announced a six-pack of nominations for the class of 2016. The candidates, all Grand Life Masters, are listed in alphabetical order:

Bart Bramley, Dallas TX – 16 NABC wins and a gold medal in the d’Orsi Senior Bowl in 2007, silver in the 2005 World Transnational Open Teams and a bronze in the 1998 Open Teams.

Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY – 26 NABC wins and six world championships, including three gold medals and one silver in the Venice Cup.

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Meltzer rallies for Senior KO victory

Winners of the Baze Senior Knockout Teams: front, Steve Garner, Rose Meltzer, Dan Morse; rear, John Sutherlin, John Mohan and Ron Smith.

The team captained by Rose Meltzer, trailing by 35 IMPs at the half, came through with a 37-3 third quarter on their way to a 99-94 win in the Baze Senior Knockout Teams. The runners-up were led by Gaylor Kasle.

Meltzer played with John Mohan, John Sutherlin, Dan Morse, Ron Smith and Steve Garner. Kasle’s teammates were Larry Kozlove, Mike Passell, Neil Chambers, John Schermer and Marc Jacobus. The victory was the second in the event for Meltzer and her partner, Mohan. Morse has now won it four times, Sutherlin three.

After pulling to within 1 IMP with the big third quarter, the Meltzer team won a close fourth set 35-29 for the win.

Winners of the 0-10K IMP Pairs: Their Andino and Spencer Jones

Andino, Jones win0-10K IMP Pairs

Theri Andino and Spencer Jones, whose previous playing experience was essentially a midnight game, had a strong final session in the 0-10K IMP Pairs to

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Friedman, Lourie lead Women’s Pairs

Sandrea Friedman of Flushing NY and Ora Lourie of Hypoluxo FL take a slim lead into today’s two final sessions of the Whitehead Women’s Pairs.

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Chinese pair out frontin Blue Ribbon Pairs

Jian Wei Li and Boang Xiang Zhang, propelled by a 73.22% game in the second qualifying session of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, will start today with a lead of 63.83 matchpoints. Their carryover is 192.50. Ross Gravel and Howard Weinstein, lying second,

Heymann and Gilbert head Mini-Blue Pairs

Michael Heymann from Fort Worth TX and John Gilbert from Kitchener ON lead the charge into the semifinals of the 0-5000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs. They coupled a 58% afternoon and a 67% evening to

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

The Sheraton has two buildings: Tower and Plaza. You can cross between the buildings on the concourse level and the second level.

Wednesday, Dec. 29 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Part 2. Continued from

Tuesday. Vail room, Tower Building, Majestic level.

Sunday, Dec. 6Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph Theater presentation. Room:TBA.

Don’t miss the following free lectures.Wednesday, December 2

9:15 am Phillip Alder Cornerstones of Competitive Bidding6:45 pm Ginny Schuett Negative Doubles and Positive

Inferences Thursday, December 3

9:15 am Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One6:45 pm Mike Flader Ruling the Game

Friday, December 49:15 am Jennifer Jones Losing Trick Count 6:45 pm GS Jade Barrett The Power of Fits

Saturday, December 59:15 am Robert Todd Hand Evaluation and Re-Evaluation 6:45 pm Kitty Cooper Opening Leads

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITYEvening hospitality will be served in the Plaza Building, Concourse level.

Wednesday, Dec. 210:30 pm Soft pretzels.

Thursday, Dec. 310:30 pm Chicken Vegetable Noodle Soup.

Friday, Dec. 410:30 pm Haagan Daz ice cream bars.

Saturday, Dec. 510:30 pm Quesadillas

Honoring new LMs and other achievers

If 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 Room E in Director’s Row in the Plaza Building Lobby/Street Level of the Sheraton.

Complimentary InternetFree wireless connections are available in hotel

rooms at the Sheraton. Holiday spiritYou don’t want to miss Denver’s sparkling

Parade of Lights, which marches through downtown Friday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. This 41-year tradition features dazzling floats, spectacular marching bands and special performances that bring the world’s holiday cultures and traditions to life. For more information, visit denverparadeoflights.com.

PLEASE NOTE: The 16th Street Mall shuttle will not operate during the one-hour period the parade is in action.

Diamonds not necessarily a girl’s best friend

By Adam WildavskyThis is my favorite deal from the Nail Life

Master Pairs: Board 11 from the first qualifying session. My partner, Michael Polowan, and I were playing against Cristal Nell and Andre Asbury.

Dlr: South ♠ Q J 7 4 2 Vul: None ♥ K Q J 2 ♦ 6 3 ♣ J 9 ♠ A ♠ K 10 8 6 3 ♥ 9 ♥ 10 8 7 6 5 4 ♦ K 9 8 5 4 ♦ Q ♣ A K 10 5 4 3 ♣ 8 ♠ 9 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ A J 10 7 2 ♣ Q 7 6 2 West North East South Wildavsky Asbury Polowan Nell 1♦ 2♣ Dbl 2♥ Pass 3♣ All Pass

Andre led the ♦6 to the queen and ace. Cristal switched to a trump, and I won the ♣A and ♣K, cashed the ♠A and exited with my heart. Andre won the ♥J and exited with a low heart, which I ruffed. Now I put Cristal in with the ♦9. When she won the 10, she had no good counter. She tried the ♦2, but I won the 5 and now played a trump. After cashing her two club tricks Cristal had to either lead from her ♦J 7 into my ♦K 8 or give dummy a spade trick.

Minus 50 was worth 62% of the matchpoints. Minus 100 would have scored 45%.

Accurate readerOn this deal from a regional knockout, Omer

Ekinci did a good job of reading the cards to land a vulnerable game and earn 12 IMPs for his team.

Dlr: West ♠ A Q 5 Vul: Both ♥ Q 9 6 3 ♦ J 10 6 ♣ A K 8 ♠ 10 3 ♠ 9 8 7 6 ♥ A J 8 7 5 ♥ K 10 4 2 ♦ A Q 8 4 2 ♦ K 9 ♣ 10 ♣ 7 4 2 ♠ K J 4 2 ♥ — ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ Q J 9 6 5 3 West North East South 1♥ 1NT 2♥ 3♣ 3♦ Pass 3♥ 3♠ Pass 3NT Pass 5♣ All Pass

West started with the ♥A, ruffed by Ekinci. He played a club at trick two, and when West followed with the 10, Ekinci accurately read it as a singleton (he did have clues from the bidding). Needing a diamond ruff in dummy, Ekinci stopped drawing trumps, instead playing four rounds of spades, discarding a diamond from dummy on the ♠K. When Ekinci played a diamond from hand, West contributed the queen, which was overtaken by East to play a trump. Ekinci won in dummy and played the ♦J. He had figured West for at least the ♦A considering the opening lead.

West won the trick with the ♦A but had no trump to play. He got out with a heart, but Ekinci ruffed, took a diamond ruff and got back to hand to draw trumps and claim plus 600.

At the other table, South ruffed the heart lead but erred by drawing two rounds of trumps. When he played on diamonds, East overtook the ♦Q with the king and played a third round of trumps. Declarer ended up losing three diamond tricks.

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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSHow things work

By Brent Manley

At a bridge club, the director called to the table by a player who complained that an opponent had opened 1♣ holding

♠ — ♥A K J 7 5 4 3 ♦Q 5 4 ♣A Q 5The defenders

had gone wrong in the play of the final contract of 4♥. Asked about the bidding, the player said, “Our instructor said we should have five cards in a major to open and if we didn’t we should open our better minor.”

A lot of players new to duplicate have difficulty with all the new “rules” they must follow. It can be daunting at times, so it’s best to be aware of the protocols before you sit down to play. Bear in mind that the rules are meant to assure a level playing field and a pleasant experience for all competitors.

A lot of them have to do with the mechanics of the play.

For starters, after you take the cards out of the board, it’s best to count them. If, during the play, you find that one hand has too many cards or too few and you’re the one with 12 cards, it could cost you. You will, of course, call the director. The card will be found and returned to your hand, but that’s not the end of it.

Say you, a defender, were dealt four clubs but you were defending with only three. When the missing card is found, it will be a club. When the director reviews the situation, he might find that declarer played four rounds of clubs and you discarded because you had only three. Now that you have the club back in your hand, you are guilty of a revoke. That could cost you a trick. It might be

the difference between defeating a contract and letting it make.

In most organized bridge settings these days, bidding boxes are the norm. It may take you a session or two to get used to them, but you will find the system vastly superior to spoken bidding. For one thing, the room is quieter and you can review the bidding simply by looking at the bidding cards on the table.

In using the bidding box, it will be in your best interest to make up your mind about your bid before reaching into the bidding box. Picking one bid, changing your mind then picking another gives partner information in a way that is not kosher, so to speak.

It’s a different matter, however, if you reach into the box, select and bid and put it down on the table, only to find it is not the bid you intended. That’s considered a mechanical error and in most cases you will be allowed to pick up the erroneous bid, put it back and select the one you thought you had chosen.

Picking a bid and changing your mind about it is not permitted by the rules.

When the auction is concluded, someone has to make an opening lead. I recommend that you get into the habit of making your opening lead face down. That way, if it’s not actually your lead, no harm has been done. If you lead out of turn with your card face up, the director’s adjudication of the irregularity could cost you.

Even when I’m “sure” I’m the opening leader, I ask. If it turns out I’m wrong about whose turn it is, I save a director call by asking.

On the topic of irregularities – bids or leads out of turn, insufficient bids, etc. – I have one strong piece of advice for you: Call the director. It is a big mistake to make your own ruling at the table. You will occasionally encounter a self-styled “expert” on the laws. It is a major mistake to let that person make a “ruling” at the table. No matter how insignificant

the irregularity may seem – call the director.

Take all your chances at bridge - 6By Eddie Kantar

♠ 7 5 3 ♥ J 8 3 ♦ 6 5 4 ♣ A Q J 9

♠ J 10 9 6 ♥ A K 6 5 4 ♦ A ♣ K 10 4

East opens 1♠ vulnerable in third seat. You try 2♥. West passes, partner raises to 3♥ and East persists with 4♦. You bid 4♥ and everyone passes. West leads the ♠Q. East encourages, but West cannot dig up another spade and shifts to the ♦2. East plays the jack and you win the ace. At trick three, you play the ♥A and East obliges with the queen. By now you should have enough information to see your way through to 10 tricks. Plan the play.

SolutionIt looks for the world as if you have four

losers: three spades and a heart. Yet, if you count your tricks, you could easily have 10: three hearts, the ♦A, two diamond ruffs, and four clubs. By the

way, if you count losers (four) and winners (10) and the total doesn’t come to 13, you are supposed to count your cards! Alas, this deal is the exception to even that rule.

You do have a count in this case. West is known

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the Majestic level. Go to the street level of the Tower Building and walk toward the fitness center. Then follow the ACBL signs to the playing area.

to have one spade and four hearts. He appears to have four diamonds given the bidding and the lead, so West has four clubs.

Play three rounds of hearts ending in dummy and ruff a diamond. Now back to dummy with a club and ruff dummy’s last diamond with your last trump. Now take three more club tricks: tricks eight, nine and 10 – piece of cake. You have taken 10 tricks. They took the first trick, still have the ♠A and ♠K of spades in one hand and a winning heart in the other for three more tricks! Alas, those three tricks will crash on top of each other on the last two tricks. West will be forced to ruff one of his partner’s spade winners!

Most books emphasize counting losers at suit contracts and winners at notrump, but when ruffing in the long-trump hand is involved, counting tricks may be even more helpful. The full deal: ♠ 7 5 3 ♥ J 8 3 ♦ 6 5 4 ♣ A Q J 9 ♠ Q ♠ A K 8 4 2 ♥ 10 9 7 2 ♥ Q ♦ 10 7 3 2 ♦ K Q J 9 8 ♣ 8 6 5 3 ♣ 7 2 ♠ J 10 9 6 ♥ A K 6 5 4 ♦ A ♣ K 10 4

Top I/N masterpoint winners

1 9.74 Rita Simas, Denver CO 2 6.07 Suzanne Carver, Bakersfield CA 3 5.73 Susan Hines, Rapid City SD 4 5.73 Kathy Denholm, Rapid City SD 5 5.61 Kevin Hill, Denver CO 6 5.53 Nancy Llewellyn, Fort Smith AR 7 5.53 Jackie Khilling, Fort Smith AR 8 5.50 Dawn Schoen, Fraser CO 9 5.50 Lynette Teichman, Granby CO 10 5.41 Wayne Eckerling, Denver CO 11 5.16 Marilyn Eckerling, Denver CO 12 5.12 Gary Nelson, Bend OR 13 5.12 Alice Nelson, Bend OR 14 5.02 Orrin Robbins, Olympia WA 15 5.02 Patricia Robbins, Olympia WA 16 4.94 Irene Donelan, Centennial CO 17 4.86 Elizabeth Wilson, Denver CO 18 4.78 Judy O’Brien, Denver CO 19 4.78 Denny O’Brien, Denver CO 20 4.76 Debra Dezarn, Stockton CA


Electronic Device Policy 1.11.1 The electronic device policy at NABCs

allows players to bring electronic devices into the playing area. Except for health-related equipment and/or by permission of the Director-in-Charge of the tournament, all such devices must be inoperable and turned off.

1.11.2 Any device capable of either sending or receiving electronic signals must not be visible during the session.

1.11.3 This policy applies to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, play recorders and kibitzers with the exception of those persons designated by the ACBL. This policy is in force throughout any actual playing session or

segment of play.1.11.4 A violation of the policy will result in an

automatic penalty pursuant to Law 91 of the Laws of Duplicate Bridge of one full board at matchpoints/board-a-match scoring, 12 IMPs at IMP pairs/knockouts or 20% maximum of VPs available per match in a Swiss team event for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be required to leave the playing area for the remainder of that session.

Proper handlingBy Barry Rigal

Russ Samuel gave me this interesting deal from the first final session of the Mitchell Open Board-a-Match teams.

Dlr: East ♠ 8 6 Vul: N-S ♥ K 10 7 ♦ 10 6 5 4 ♣ K J 9 4 ♠ A 10 9 7 5 ♠ K Q J 4 3 2 ♥ 9 3 ♥ A J 6 5 ♦ Q J 9 ♦ 2 ♣ 8 5 3 ♣ 10 2 ♠ — ♥ Q 8 4 2 ♦ A K 8 7 3 ♣ A Q 7 6 West North East South 1♠ Dbl 4♠ Pass Pass Dbl Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Dbl All Pass

You reach 5♦ doubled and ruff away the ♠A at trick one. How should you proceed?

It seems to me the best line is to cash the top diamonds, and when East discards he must surely be the favorite to hold the rest of the high cards. Cross to the ♣K to ruff a spade, then run the clubs. West cannot benefit by ruffing in, so he discards a spade. You reach this position:

♠ — ♥ K 10 7 ♦ 10 6 ♣ — ♠ 10 9 ♠ K Q ♥ 9 3 ♥ A J 6 ♦ Q ♦ — ♣ — ♣ — ♠ — ♥ Q 8 4 2 ♦ 8 ♣ —It doesn’t work for you to throw West in with

a trump. He will exit with a spade, knocking out dummy’s last trump. The opponents will then get a heart and a spade for one down. Instead, lead a heart to dummy’s king. East must win and give you a ruff-sluff (you ruff in hand and discard a heart from dummy) or lead a heart for you to run around to the 10.

KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS QUALIFIERS 78.0 Tables / Based on 141 Tables Carryover 1 Jian Wei Li - Boang Xiang Zhang, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 192.50 2 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 128.67 3 Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 124.41 4 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 117.99 5 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 110.95 6 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 108.33 7 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 104.21 8 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 103.12 9 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA 97.64 10 Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Massimiliano Di Franco, Sicily Italy 96.21 11 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 94.26 12 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 87.04 13 Franck Multon - Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco 85.29 14 Joe Grue - John Hurd, New York NY 83.46 15 Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 80.07 16 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 78.90 17 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 78.76 18 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 76.53 19 Bill Jacobson, Beachwood OH; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH 74.06 20 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 73.09 21 Sean Gannon, Decatur GA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 72.71 22 Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON 71.94 23 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Mark Gordon, Purchase NY 71.04 24 Xinli Gan—Xiao Shi, Quangdong People’s Republic of China 70.97 25 Lorraine Cable - Kerry Kappell, Elmhurst NY 70.28 26 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 68.06 27 Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 67.54 28 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 67.43 29 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 67.10 30 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 66.96 31 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 66.53 32 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 66.43 33 Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey; Haldun Giveiner, Instanbul Turkey 64.76 34 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; John McAllister, Charlottesville VA 64.71 35 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR 63.89 36 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 63.41 37 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL 61.81 38 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 59.89 39 Ahu Zobu, Istanbul Turkey; Viktor Aronov, Sofia Bulgaria 59.46 40 David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 59.32 41 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 58.84 42 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 57.51 43 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 56.88 44 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 56.53 45 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 56.49 46 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Sheldon Natenberg, Glenview IL 55.89 47 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 55.29 48 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 54.14 49 Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 53.60 50 Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Rego Park NY 52.57 51 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 52.33 52 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL 51.60 53 Steve Evans, Centennial CO; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 51.47 54 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Tom Townsend, London W9 1S England 51.27 55 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 51.03 56 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Arun Bapat, Andheri East India 50.41 57 Mariusz Krasnicki - Andrzej Kozikowski, Lodz Poland 50.09 58 Erik Berg - Steffen Simonsen, 49.35 59 Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 48.20 60 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 47.55 61 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 46.63 62 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 46.40 63 Shui No Wong, Hong Kong; Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC 45.35 64 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 44.13 65 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 43.95 66 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 43.13 67 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL 42.86 68 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 42.79 69 William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 40.35 70 Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; B Wayne Stuart III, Raleigh NC 39.81 71 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Chattanooga TN 39.61 72 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 39.07 73 Corey Krantz - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 38.91 74 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; Steven Price, Scottsdale AZ 38.46 75 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark 36.79 76 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 36.57 77 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 36.45 78 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 36.40 79 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 35.78 80 Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 34.97 81/82 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 34.80 81/82 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 34.80 83 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Robert Madalena, San Jose CA 33.83 84 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV 33.80 85 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL 33.75 86 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 33.35 87 Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Yuxiong Shen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 33.13 88 Jessica Hayman, New York NY; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden 32.48 89 Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL 32.15 90/91 Allen Kahn - Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 31.78 90/91 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 31.78


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Rona

punishment for a second conviction.As of Jan. 1, there will be an email address on

the WBF website (worldbridge.org) for interested parties to report possible violations. Accusers will have to provide details, but only the high-level players committee will see such reports. The identities of those who make reports will remain confidential.

Some reports and complaints may be discarded, Rona said, but those considered serious or potentially serious will be kept and maintained in archives on the players whose ethics have been questioned.

Additionally, Rona said, security at tournaments will be increased in much the same way as the ACBL does with video recording of high-level events.

At the 2016 World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland, next year, all tables in the knockout phases of the teams events will have cameras and other methods of monitoring play. For the next Bermuda Bowl, in 2017, all tables in all stages of competition will have such monitoring.

It’s a big job but necessary to preserve the integrity of the game, Rona said. “Bridge is a game of rules,” he said. “If you don’t follow the rules, you’re out.”

Rona says a lot of what has been circulated about the game in the wake of the scandal has been little more than gossip. He is committed to assuring a fair process – one that gives the accused the chance to defend themselves.

Ever the bridge promoter, Rona has taken the opportunity while answering questions about cheating to extol the virtues of the game, especially for young people. “I hope the reporters will write about bridge as it really is,” he says.

Young players, he notes, “have friendship, learn communication and social skills and working with others, and they learn how to make decisions quickly.” That, he says, is why unethical play is such a scourge. “If you cheat,” he says, “all these things are trash. You cannot enjoy the game if you cheat.”

Although the main purpose of Rona’s trip to Denver was to talk about the fight against cheaters, he also took time to promote the next world championship – the World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland, next September. There will be four categories of teams – open, women’s, seniors and mixed. All players must be from the same national bridge organization (e.g., United States Bridge Federation or Canadian Bridge Federation), but each may send a team for each of the categories. The schedule will include pairs games in each of the four divisions with no limit on the number of pairs from each NBO.

Wroclaw is easy to get to from major cities in Germany or from Warsaw.

Rona says he is also hoping for a good turnout from various nations for the World Youth Teams Championships in Salsomaggiore, Italy, Aug. 3-13 next year.

For information about both tournaments, visit worldbridge.org.

Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD – 27 NABC wins and three world titles, including two Venice Cup gold medals and one silver.

Judi Radin, New York City – 16 North American championships, four gold medals in world championships – three in women’s teams and one in women’s pairs – and four silver medals.

Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE – Nine NABC wins plus a silver medal in the 2007 Bermuda Bowl and bronze medals in WBF teams competition in 1998 and 2000.

Eddie Wold, Houston TX – 15 NABC wins and gold medals in the 2013 d’Orsi Senior Bowl and the 2001 World Transnational Open Teams.

Players must be 60 years old to be nominated. Ballots will go out early next year to about 375

electors. Voting will end in February. Induction for those elected will take place at the 2016 Summer NABC in Washington DC.


Hall of Fame 92 Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 31.19 93 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 31.05 94/95 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 29.87 94/95 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; David Grainger, Roseville CA 29.87 96 Jared Lilienstein, New York NY; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 28.91 97 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Bob Simkins, Decatur GA 28.86 98 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Gregory Herman, Fort Collins CO 27.90 99 James La Force, Melbourne FL; Paul Gibbons, Madison WI 27.89 100 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY 27.88 101 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 27.47 102 Rui Wang - Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 26.56 103 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Rose Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China 25.89 104 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 25.09 105 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 24.66 106 David Gold, Reading Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 24.35 107 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 24.18 108 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 23.98 109 Sartaj Hans - Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 22.79 110 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 21.76 111 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Sean Ganness, Miami FL 20.95 112 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 20.67 113 Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 19.89 114 Elizabeth Smith - Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 19.16 115 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 18.65 116 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 17.98 117 Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Jay Borker, Greenwich CT 17.72 118 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 17.55 119 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 17.48 120 Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI; John Koschik, Livonia MI 17.16 121 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 16.72 122 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 16.01 123 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 15.63 124 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 14.47 125 Laurie Vogel, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 13.97 126 Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT 13.12 127 Jeff Hand, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 12.97 128 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH 12.96 129 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 12.76 130 Alison Wilson - Chris Willenken, New York NY 12.67 131 Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France 12.52 132 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 12.06 133 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Victor King, Hartford CT 10.57 134 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 10.39 135 Edward Xu, North York ON; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON 10.07 136 Leif Bjorn Odden, Drangedal Norway; Tor Helness, Monaco 9.85 137 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 9.35 138 Peter Lindon - Dee Lindon, Buckinghamshire England 8.82 139 Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 8.66 140 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 7.96 141 Walter Schuster - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 7.91 142 Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA 7.62 143 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 7.48 144 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 6.92 145 Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel 5.03 146 Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 4.90 147 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 4.10 148 Michael McNamara, Scarsdale NY; William Ehlers, Madison NJ 3.94 149 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 3.87 150 Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ 3.66 151 Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 3.28 152 Eric Stoltz, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 3.13 153 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 2.92 154 Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL 1.19 155 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 0.12 156 Ira Herman, New York NY; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 0.00

10K IMP PAIRS 14.0 Tables / Based on 29 Tables 70.00 1 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Spencer Jones, Denver CO 75.96 52.50 2 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 71.47 39.38 3 Mauricio Smid, Mexico Mexico; Robert Martel, Mexico City Mexico 65.05 31.11 4 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 63.07 28.00 5 Jessica Lai, Oakland CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA 51.38 25.45 6 Carlos Hoyos, Bogata Colombia; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 51.03 23.33 7 Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Gregory Vance, Pacifica CA 50.83 21.54 8 Jason Larrivee, Regina SK; Lawrence Diamond, Tacoma WA 47.41 20.00 9 Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 36.46 18.67 10 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 27.79 17.50 11 Jim Johnsen, San Mateo CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 21.24 16.47 12 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 20.08 15.56 13 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 12.92 16.00 14 D Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 8.54 14.00 15 John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA; Roy Weinstein, Denver CO 6.55


Tied round equals marital bliss

By Barry RigalWhen the teams involving my wife (Sue Picus)

and I crossed swords in the second qualifying session of the Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams, both sides emerged unbloodied, with two halved boards. This was the more interesting.

Dlr: East ♠ A K 10 5 2 Vul: Both ♥ K 10 3 ♦ 8 6 ♣ A J 10 ♠ Q 9 3 ♠ J 7 6 4 ♥ A ♥ Q 9 8 2 ♦ A J 9 3 2 ♦ 10 7 4 ♣ K 8 7 5 ♣ 4 2 ♠ 8 ♥ J 7 6 5 4 ♦ K Q 5 ♣ Q 9 6 3 West North East South Pass Pass 1♦ 1♠ Pass 1NT All Pass

North’s caution in the auction was fully justified. Dan Gerstman led a low diamond to the 10 and king. Declarer now led a heart up and Gerstman took his ace and found the nice shift to the ♠9. Declarer won (as the cards lie, ducking might have saved the day) and played the ♥K, then the ♣A, ♣J, ducked by Gerstman. When declarer cashed the ♠A, Gerstman could unblock the queen and when in with a club he could lead a spade to me to cash out for down one. “That will teach them to overbid,” we said.

P.S. At the other table, North raised to 2NT for South to go one down.

Diabolical defenseBy Barry Rigal

David Caprera passed on this gem from the second qualifying session of the Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams. North-South were playing standard, five-card majors.

Dlr: West ♠ J 10 9 Vul: E-W ♥ Q 6 2 ♦ A 10 9 3 ♣ K Q 7 ♠ 8 6 ♠ A 5 4 ♥ A 10 5 3 ♥ K J 8 4 ♦ J 4 ♦ K Q 7 2 ♣ A 9 8 5 3 ♣ 10 6 ♠ K Q 7 3 2 ♥ 9 7 ♦ 8 6 5 ♣ J 4 2 West North East South Pass 1♣ Dbl 1♥ (1) 2♥ Dbl (2) 3♥ All Pass

(1) Spades(2) Three-card spade supportCaprera, West, received the lead of the ♠J from

Robert Todd. When Caprera ducked, Spencer Jones overtook with the ♠Q to shift to the ♣4. North won the ♣K and continued with the ♣Q, South following with the 2.

Caprera then played the ♥A, heart to the jack and cashed the trump king. Caprera figured North for 4-3-3-3 shape, with four clubs. He played a diamond to the jack and North’s ace, which was followed by the ♣7. At this point, Caprera had to compare the chances that North had opened 1♣ with 3=3=4=3 shape and that South had simulated a doubleton club with the J-4-2 against North’s not having led a club to trick one from ♣K Q J 7.

He got it wrong, letting the ♣7 run. Jones scored the ♣J to hold Caprera to plus 140 for a winning board.

WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS QUALIFIERS 18.0 Tables / Based on 36 Tables Carryover 1 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 32.23 2 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris France 29.05 3 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 28.28 4 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 26.50 5 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 24.94 6 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 20.33 7 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 20.21 8 Kristin Nedlich - Erika Rodin, Stockholm Sweden 17.46 9 Pamela Nisbet, Kanata ON; Diane K.M. Gordon, St. Catharines ON 16.09 10 Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO; Linda Sundbye, Broomfield CO 16.04

0-5000 MINI BLUE RIBBON PAIRS QUALIFIERS 39.0 Tables Carryover 1 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 491.51 2 Robert Lupton, Aurora CO; Sung Mae Bleck, Englewood CO 478.30 3 Robert Sherman, Lafayette CO; Larry Matheny, Fort Collins CO 477.06 4 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 475.28 5 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Joan Rubin, Encino CA 471.51 6 Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 466.46 7 Steve Chen - Sarah Chen, San Jose CA 463.63 8 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 462.63 9 Theresa Venhuis, Denver CO; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 461.04 10 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA 453.37 11 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO 451.34 12 Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; John Cox, Saint Maries ID 451.24 13 Samuel Amer, Newark DE; John Krah, Seattle WA 446.51 14 Steven Johnson, Honolulu HI; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 445.39 15 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 444.51 16 John Dukellis, Colorado Spgs CO; Warren Nelson, Cloquet MN 444.31 17 Linda Doucet - Dyane Maurice, Montreal QC 441.90 18 Mary Lou Kerr, York ON; Julia Price, Toronto ON 439.01 19 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 438.96 20 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK; Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 435.95 21 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 435.22 22 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 435.00 23 Irva Neyhart - Brian Breckenridge, Corvallis OR 434.15 24 Sherman Gao, Pomona CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 432.56 25 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 431.86 26 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 431.25 27 Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Marie Duval, Montreal QC 429.77 28 Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX; John Bugay, Parker CO 429.60 29 Richard Pekruhn - Pauline Pekruhn, Charleston SC 428.58 30 Niki Coons - Dominic Antonelli, York ON 427.98 31 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 427.86 32 Murray Berger - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 427.58 33 Beverly Pogoda - Joseph Meyers, New York NY 426.19 34 Warren Watson, Trail BC; Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 424.99 35 Lance Kerr, Sylmar CA; W Reynolds, South Pasadena CA 424.72 36 Wayne Mattern - Kim Caley, Bismarck ND 424.35 37 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 423.83 38 Vincent Bates, Boulder CO; Paul Flanders, Longmont CO 422.60 39 Bob Rasmussen, Ann Arbor MI; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 418.56 40 Ricki Rogers, Mount Laurel NJ; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 417.82 41 Shirley Eide - Grace Tanner, Bakersfield CA 417.32 42 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 417.04 43 Douglas Dorland, Palmer AK; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 416.82 44 Steven Kipperman - Kimberly Fanady, San Francisco CA 416.69 45 Frank Wharton, London NW3 England; Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA 415.91 46 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 415.69 47 John Baragona, Tempe AZ; Harvinder Sidhu, Scottsdale AZ 414.98 48 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 413.64 49 Bo Liu, Irvine CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 412.83 50 Gayle Quiros - Judith Washor, Scottsdale AZ 412.56 51/52 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, Fenton MI 412.36 51/52 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA 412.36 53 Douglas Mann - Crystal Mann, Calgary AB 411.84 54 Margaret Baykal - Gur Baykal, Markham ON 411.79 55 James Carroll, Lyons NY; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS 410.76 56 Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Mike Cook, Memphis TN 410.54 57 Daniel Baker - Joyce Cooper, Austin TX 410.36 58 Marek Foff, Edmonton AB; Michael Shuster, Banff AB 410.26 59 Stephen Moese, West Chester OH; Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Taylor Mill KY 409.97 60 Jim Steele, Boulder CO; Leon Smith, Salt Lake City UT 408.96 61 Ann Hudson, Suffield CT; Michael Wavada, Enfield CT 408.66 62 Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA; Laura de Vesine, Westminster CO 407.06 63/64 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 406.87 63/64 Alan Kosansky, Kailua HI; Robert Liu, Honolulu HI 406.87 65 Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA; Douglas Burke, Fremont CA 405.87 66 Jon Gustafson - Neil Petrie, Fort Collins CO 405.73 67/68 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 405.08 67/68 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 405.08 69 Michelle Rosenzweig, Santa Barbara CA; Jan Ratliff, Highland Park IL 404.85 70 Jay Silberberg, Denver CO; Thomas Burger, Englewood CO 404.68 71 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 403.88 72 Mary Schulz - Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 402.40 73 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Gregg Silveira, Parker CO 402.21 74 Andrea French, Laguna Woods CA; Robert Solick, Berthoud CO 401.76 75 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Franklyn Caine, Weston MA 400.37 76 Steve Caplan, Hampstead QC; Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC 397.82 77 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Peggy Sprague, Los Gatos CA 397.80 78 Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA; Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA 396.51



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Sandra Ahlquist earned her gold card playing in the Daylight Gold Rush Swiss Teams. She needed only .67 gold when her team picked up an overall award of 3.54 points. Ahlquist, from Morrison CO, played with Melba Turner, also from Morisson. Their teammates were Tommie Kadotani from Denver, and Bobbi Le Feuvre of Van Nuys CA.

Gary Corbett from Bellevue MA is also good as gold. The new Life Master needed 9.71 gold points. Two Compact Knockout overall finishes picked up 9.99 to put him over the top. Corbett played with Tony Marshall from Seattle WA. Their teammates were Michael and Liza Moses from New York.

New Life Master

win the event by 4.49 IMPs. Second place went to Robert and Ellen Kent of Marina Del Rey CA.

Andino lives in Niceville FL, in the state’s panhandle. Jones is from Denver.

The two qualified third from last in the field of 28 pairs but moved into fifth place after the first final session. They scored 40.92 IMPs in the last set while two of the pairs ahead of them went minus 45.92 and 28.69 while the other two pairs scored in single digits.

Andino plays and teaches bridge in northwest Florida. Jones is an engineer.

11 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 15.72 12 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Lesley Davis, San Diego CA 14.79 13 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 14.07 14 Anne Brenner, Denver CO; Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 12.26 15 Carol Ward, Arvada CO; Jeanne Gray, Niwot CO 11.77 16/17 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 11.19 16/17 Jennifer Jones, Santa Rosa CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 11.19 18 Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 10.98 19 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 9.87 20 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA 8.09 21 Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 7.71 22 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria; Ulrike Schuster, Sanibel FL 7.70 23 Sylwia McNamara, Scarsdale NY; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 6.50 24 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 6.44 25 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 5.98 26 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 5.08 27 Juanita Chambers, Garland TX; Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX 5.03 28 Cecilia Rimstedt, Vastra Frolunda Sweden; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 4.29 29 Katherine Grant, Riverview FL; Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL 3.72 30 Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 2.77 31 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Linda Otness, Greenwich CT 2.34 32 Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 2.10 33 Sandy Kiesel, Bakersfield CA; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 1.52 34 Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY 0.86 35 Jacqueline Ortiz, Santa Rosa CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 0.27 36 Matilda Poplilov, Tel Aviv Israel; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 0.00

TUESDAY EVENING FLIGHT A SWISS 9 Tables A X Y 2.88 1 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk 80-467 Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw 02-382 Poland; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan 60-433 Poland 64.00 2.16 2 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 50.00 1.62 3 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Daniel Williams, Henderson NV; Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH 48.00 1.22 4 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD 45.00 1.97 1 1 Gary Kulbitski - Lee Kulbitski - Richard Olson, Colorado Spgs CO; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL 32.00


Spotlight on De heer Bertens

The following two deals feature Huub Bertens in action on the team that won the Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams. The first board was reported by Bob Sanner. Bertens, who moved from the Netherlands to Bend OR a couple of years ago, was playing with Daniel Korbel.

Dlr: South ♠ A 9 8 7 5 3 Vul: N-S ♥ 10 8 5 ♦ J 7 2 ♣ 8 ♠ Q J 10 4 ♠ 2 ♥ K 9 3 ♥ A 6 4 2 ♦ 9 8 3 ♦ Q 10 6 4 ♣ Q 5 4 ♣ J 10 9 6 ♠ K 6 ♥ Q J 7 ♦ A K 5 ♣ A K 7 3 2 West North East South 2NT Pass 3♥ Pass 3♠ Pass 3NT Pass 4♠ All Pass

The killing heart lead was not found at either table. Against Bertens, West started with the ♦9, which ran to declarer’s ace.

It looks tempting to play two rounds of spades then the top clubs, pitching a diamond loser. Even if the fifth club sets up, you then get only one heart discard, so you lose two tricks in that suit. On the normal 3-2 spade split, you lose one trump and two hearts.

Bertens adopted a different line of play, setting out to try to discard two hearts from dummy. At trick two, he cashed the ♣A and ruffed a club, then cashed the ♠A and played a spade to his king. He then played the ♣K, pitching a heart from dummy, and ruffed a club, setting up the long club in his hand.

It would have done West no good to ruff in front of dummy on the fourth round of clubs. Bertens would have discarded a loser from dummy. After the second club ruff, Bertens played a diamond to his king and played the good ♣7, West again discarding. Bertens pitched a diamond from dummy and played his last diamond. West had the ♠Q J, dummy the ♠9 8. West could ruff and pull one trump from dummy, but the ♠9 would be declarer’s 10th trick. After ruffing the diamond, Bertens conceded the last three tricks.

At the other table, declarer did not find the winning line of play and finished one down.

On this deal from the second final, Bertens made a good decision in the bidding for another win.

Dlr: East ♠ Q 10 8 4 3 Vul: N-S ♥ 9 7 5 ♦ A Q 10 ♣ J 10 ♠ 9 6 ♠ A ♥ A J 10 6 2 ♥ K Q 8 4 ♦ 9 6 5 ♦ 2 ♣ A 9 6 ♣ K 8 7 5 4 3 2 ♠ K J 7 5 2 ♥ 3 ♦ K J 8 7 4 3 ♣ Q West North East South Korbel Bertens 1♣ 1♦ 1♥ 1♠ 3♥ 3♠ 4♥ 4♠ 5♣ 5♠ 6♥ Pass Pass 6♠ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

You don’t see many saves at the six level at unfavorable vulnerability. Credit Bertens with impeccable timing. There was, of course, also the consideration that he didn’t have to play it. Korbel held up his end by going down only two for minus 500 when the opponents were cold for at least 12 tricks in hearts. At the other table, Boye Brogeland

and Espen Lindqvist missed the slam, but all was well anyway. West North East South Brogeland Lindqvist 1♣ 1♠ 2♦ (1) 3♥ (2) 3♠ Pass 4♣ 4♠ 5♥ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

(1) Hearts(2) Showing a spade fit.North-South could have won the board by

passing out 5♥ and leading a diamond. On any other lead, East-West would have been plus 510 for a win. Once North doubled, the board was lost even if South found the diamond lead. When South led a spade, Lindqvist quickly wrapped up his doubled contract with two overtricks for plus 850.

TUESDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 24.5 Tables A B C 6.64 1 1 Marcia Christopher, Estes Park CO; Beth McGregor, Fort Collins CO 66.51% 4.98 2 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Dee Horwitz, Scottsdale AZ 64.51% 4.27 3 2 J.F. Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 61.81% 4.08 4 3 1 John Burgoin, Brownsville TX; Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON 60.83% 2.40 5 4 2 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY 60.40% 2.86 6 5 M David Jackson, Alexandria VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA 59.92% 2.04 7 Judy Stilson, Everett WA; Billie Turner, Greeley CO 59.38% 1.53 6 David Wright - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA 59.24% 1.64 7 3 Karen Herz, Boulder CO; Peter Jack, Medford OR 57.53% 1.23 4 Anne Hill - Charles Radcliffe, Denver CO 54.72% 1.07 5 Kevin Dunn, Centennial CO; Sharon Snyder, Grand Junction CO 52.50%

TUESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 21.5 Tables A B C 4.20 1 1 Mary Atkinson, Denver CO; Kathryn Patten, Nashville TN 70.92% 3.15 2 2 Norma Malmborg - Kate Schaumann, Cheyenne WY 63.01% 2.57 3 3 1 Barbara Starrett - Jo Ann Ellison, Tucson AZ 61.03% 1.93 4 4 2 Alice Nelson - Gary Nelson, Bend OR 60.24% 1.33 5 Richard Munday - Anne Munday, Castle Rock CO 60.11% 1.38 6 5 Julienne Moore, Colleyville TX; Karen Marie Yarbrough, Irving TX 58.90% 1.45 6 3 William Lord - Kathryn Chapman, Boulder CO 56.04% 1.08 4 Hannah Walters - George Walters, Grand Rapids MI 55.17% 0.81 5 Cathy Skowronski, Marietta GA; Alice Griffith, Denver CO 54.90% 0.61 6 Sharon Smith - Tanna Brock, Steamboat Spgs CO 52.80%

TUESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B 1.43 1 Bettye Clement - Janet Canfield, Denver CO 59.03% 1.07 2 Lindy Hamilton - Kay Alspaugh, Boise ID 56.25% 0.80 3 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 52.08%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 27.0 Tables A B C 7.01 1 Ken Bercuson - Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV 70.94% 5.26 2 R Barkley Calkins - Glenda Calkins, Allendale NJ 60.09% 3.94 3 Nie Lih Kalat - Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 59.55% 6.07 4 1 1 Trudy Nickerson, Sturgeon County AB; Valerie Bowlen, Edmonton AB 57.85% 4.55 5 2 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 56.54% 2.16 6 Mary Singer - George Derevjanik, Huntington Bch CA 56.30% 3.41 7 3 2 Frederic Marston, Ewing NJ; Linda Golm, San Francisco CA 56.05% 2.56 4 3 Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA; Qing Lu, San Jose CA 55.07% 2.21 5 Marilyn Painter, Pittsburgh PA; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 54.61% 1.58 6 4 Kathleen Clay, Wellesley MA; Rebecca Ames, Weston MA 54.32% 1.11 7 5 Robert Blauvelt - Margaret Blauvelt, Highlands Ranch CO 53.74% 0.76 6 Judy Osmundsen - David Osmundsen, Wheat Ridge CO 53.68%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 22.0 Tables A B C 4.20 1 Joyce Carne - Thomas Carne, Bozeman MT 69.64% 3.72 2 1 1 Judy O Brien - Denny O Brien, Denver CO 65.18% 2.36 3 Richard Munday - Anne Munday, Castle Rock CO 60.71% 2.44 4/5 2/3 2/3 Linda Hacker, Naples FL; Dottie Thomson, Carbondale CO 60.42% 2.44 4/5 2/3 2/3 Donna Reuterman - Nicholas Reuterman, Silverthorne CO 60.42% 1.57 6 4 4 Kathryn Chapman - William Lord, Boulder CO 57.14% 1.18 5 5 Mary Ann Rose, Erie CO; Mary Wright, Arvada CO 56.55% 0.88 6 Dan Greenberg - Faith Greenberg, Walnut Creek CA 55.65% 0.97 6 Alice Olson - Michael Olson, Reno NV 55.36%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 3.0 Tables A B 1.33 1 1 Toni Graves - Lowell Graves, Silverthorne CO 67.05% 1.00 2 2 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 56.82%

MONDAY-TUESDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 9 Tables 34.21 1 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Philippe Cronier - Michel Bessis, Paris France; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 23.95 2 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Nathalie Frey, 98000 Monaco; Catherine D’Ovidio, Colombes 92700 France; Marcel Dadon, France; Sylvie Willard, Paris France 13.68 3/4 Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Claire Tornay, Palm Bch Gdns FL 13.68 3/4 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN

MONDAY-TUESDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 14 Tables 19.64 1 Jared Boulds - Jo-Ann Vaughn - Joan Merrill - Adair Karlin, Tucson AZ 13.75 2 George Parkins, Vienna VA; M David Jackson, Alexandria VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Won Yang, Clermont FL 7.86 3/4 Gary Kulbitski - Lee Kulbitski - Richard Olson, Colorado Spgs CO; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL 7.86 3/4 John Simpson, Madera CA; Robert Davis - Janis Davis, Pittsburgh PA; Pat Simpson, Prescott AZ


21 Tables 93.80 1 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Steve Garner - Ron Smith, Chicago IL; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 70.35 2 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell, Plano TX 46.90 3/4 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL

46.90 3/4 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Edward Nagy, Danville CA 30.15 5/8 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 30.15 5/8 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 30.15 5/8 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Philippe Cronier - Michel Bessis, Paris France;

Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 30.15 5/8 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA

BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS FINAL

2 Robinson 46 79 10615 (18) Wittmann 8 12 28 w/d

10 Helms 40 78 97 1207 Levine 20 22 50 86

6 Lall 21 55 114 15511 (12) Parker 40 80 115 127

14 (19) Evans 5 19 31 523 Kasle 40 81 148 203

2 Robinson 62 75 96 1107 Helms (10) 29 54 82 125

8 Lall 24 41 73 873 Kasle 33 55 76 141

1 Gupta 16 55 133 17716 Cooper 25 51 66 77

9 Dunn 22 47 89 958 DeMartino 16 64 105 144

5 Osofsky 85 171 237 27412 (21) Geisler 26 27 39 60

13 (20) Rothstein 31 67 73 994 Meltzer 32 52 104 159

1 Gupta 40 44 93 1308 DeMartino 24 53 78 96

5 Osofsky 58 89 125 1434 Meltzer 51 85 128 160

1 Gupta

4 Meltzer 29 67 104 114

20 48 61 101

7 Helms 26 48 80 1213 Kasle 49 96 129 141

4 Meltzer13 27 64 993 Kasle27 62 65 94

TUESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 47.0 Tables / Based on 48 Tables A B C 25.38 1 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 60.68% 19.04 2 1 Toni Krueger, Parker CO; Shirley Heinsohn, Highlands Ranch CO 60.49% 14.28 3 2 Karen Trujillo, Denver CO; Judith Ude, Littleton CO 60.34% 10.71 4 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 60.01% 8.46 5 Ed Howard, Lawrence KS; Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS 58.81% 7.93 6 3 Susan Driggers - David Driggers, Casper WY 57.95% 6.35 7 4 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 57.53% 5.64 8 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 57.52% 5.08 9 5 Laurie Simons Divine - Clinton Heiple, Boulder CO 56.91% 4.61 10 James Slinger - Susan Slinger, Corralitos CA 56.82% 4.23 11 6 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Vera Wardlaw, Milford CT 56.67% 5.15 12 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 56.43% 4.96 13 Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Jim McKeown, State College PA 56.42% 3.38 14 Gregory Charlton - Skip Carson, Denver CO 56.15% 3.52 15 7 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Aurora IL 55.83% 2.99 16 Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 55.61% 3.13 17 8 Bill Beard - Lori Beard, Highlands Ranch CO 55.49% 3.17 18 Jacqueline Smith, Fort Lauderdale FL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 55.01% 5.35 19/20 9 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 54.74% 4.81 19/20 Ann Zorn - Lon Doll, Billings MT 54.74% 2.31 21 Ellen Jenkins, Denver CO; Adele Verkamp, Phoenix AZ 54.65% 3.17 22 10 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 54.19% 6.66 23 11 1 Diane Davis - Barbara Werth, Austin TX 54.14% 4.96 24 12 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 53.98% 2.01 13 Gordon Jensen - Rande Short, Colorado Spgs CO 53.49% 5.00 14 2 John Steffan - Marilyn Steffan, Marco Island FL 53.47% 3.75 15 3 Jennifer O’Neill, Greenwood Vlg CO; Philip Debus, Centennial CO 52.51% 4.96 16 4 Sarah Veil, Naples FL; Margaret Mauger, Denver CO 52.29% 1.93 17 Brian Hegarty - Judy Bredall, Colorado Spgs CO 52.02% 2.22 18 5 Linzhi Hu - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 52.01% 1.99 6 William Ervin - Joan Ervin, Indianapolis IN 51.85% 2.45 7 Charlotte Sholes - Marjorie McDonald, Castle Rock CO 51.73% 1.48 8 Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO 51.27% 1.46 9 Richard Way - Georgiana Butler, Parker CO 51.09% 1.21 10 Kathryn Lindahl, Denver CO; Eleanor Larson, Golden CO 50.86%

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 10 TablesJim Solomon, San Luis Obispo CA; Nance Lodge - David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA; Donna Yeargain, Billings MT vsElizabeth Noronha - Elaine Lowenthal, San Francisco CA; Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI; Adrienne Oliff, San Mateo CA

Ina Demme, Maple ON; Bill Kertes, York ON; Jill Thompson - John Rayner, Toronto ON vsKay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 12 TablesLucy Franklin, Centennial CO; Shelbie Bastiaans, Arvada CO; Joan Kushner, Denver CO; Carol Levinson, Littleton CO vsWilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Pamela Ziegel, Petoskey MI; Jane Huff, Columbus OH; John Dias, Colorado Spgs CO

Linda Nicholos - George Nicholos - Susan Krassy, Colorado Spgs CO; David Graff, Ann Arbor MI vsMarsha Shaw - Blair Young, Littleton CO; Deborah Young, Highlands Ranch CO; Elizabeth Ronning, Denver CO

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3 16 TablesLorena Soares, Louisville CO; Jared Johnson - Alice Klesinger - Donna Grant, Denver CO vsR. Gene Lewis - Wayne Wong, Aurora CO; Paula Boyd, Frisco CO; Larry Niedergerke, Breckenridge CO

Beth Loehnen - Linda Brown - Trish Larsen, Missoula MT; Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT vsScott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON; Lynda Lipe - Ralph Lipe, Bellevue WA


In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely fashion, the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made.

TOURNAMENT APPEALS

APPEAL CASE NABC 1Event: Nail Life Master PairsSession: 2nd Qualifying

Steve Caplan Board #25 ♠ A K Q 9 3 2 Vul:E–W ♥ 5 Dlr:North ♦ A ♣ K 10 7 5 4 Leo Bell Jan Jansma ♠ J 8 7 5 ♠ 6 4 ♥ K 9 7 4 3 2 ♥ Q J ♦ K 5 4 ♦ Q 9 8 7 3 2 ♣ — ♣ Q 8 2 Gary Bernstein ♠ 10 ♥ A 10 8 6 ♦ J 10 6 ♣ A J 9 6 3

West North East South 2♣ (1) Pass 2♦ (2) Pass 2♠ (3) Pass 3♣ (4) Pass 4♣ (5) Pass 4♥ (6) Pass 5♦ (6) Pass 6♣ (7)* Pass 7♣ All Pass

(1) Strong.(2) Game-forcing.(3) Natural.(4) Tends to be a good suit.(5) Support.(6) Control bid.(7) Sign-off, 6–7 second hesitation.

Contract: 7♣ by NorthOpening lead: ♥J.Table result: Making seven, North–South plus

1440.Director ruling: 7♣ by North making seven,

North–South plus 1440. Committee ruling: 7♣ by North making seven,

North–South plus 1440.The Facts: East called for the director at the end of the

auction. East stated that the 6♣ bid was made in an irregular tempo. When asked for a time frame, East initially refused to state exactly how long the bid had taken; but eventually said he guessed it took 10 seconds. West said that it was 6–7 seconds. Both North and South denied there had been a hesitation, noting that the 2♣ opening bid took longer than the 6♣ bid.

Director’s Ruling:Based on the information made available by the

players, the director determined there had been a 6–7 second hesitation; it was, however, determined not to be a break-in-tempo (BIT) given earlier bids and the level of the auction. Accordingly, the table result was allowed to stand, 7♣ by North, making seven, North–South plus 1440.

The Appeal:East–West appealed the ruling. West attended the

hearing. West stated that the hesitation prior to the 6♣ bid stood out starkly from the rest of the auction not because it was so slow, maybe 5–6 seconds, but because the rest of the auction was so fast. There was not the slightest pause before any of the other bids.

The Decision:With the new rules requiring the Appeals

Committee (AC) to start from the director’s ruling rather than from scratch, there would need to be clear evidence that there was a BIT in order to overturn the ruling in this case.

South’s hand suggests he had no problem. With North’s hand, it seems reasonably normal to bid 7♣. In slam auctions, it’s pretty normal to pause for a few seconds before making a call that can be passed. All in all, the AC did not see compelling evidence to overturn the ruling. Because there appears to have been some change in tempo, this appeal is found to have substantial merit. The Director’s ruling is upheld, 7♣ by North making seven, North–South plus 1440.

DIC: Ken Van CleveCommittee Chair: Jeff GoldsmithCommittee members: Scott Stearns, Mike

Passell, Fred King and John Lusky

TUESDAY IMP PAIRS 16.5 Tables A B C 5.12 1 1 Leonardo Fruscoloni - Margie Cole, New York NY 45.58 3.84 2 2 1 James Cotton - Rosemary Todd, Cheyenne WY 31.08 2.88 3 3 2 Cyndi Sauvage, Englewood CO; Maureen Sabo, Bedford Hills NY 27.17 2.16 4 4 Joseph Browan, Maplewood MN; Pierre Wolfe, Denver CO 24.32 1.79 5 5 3 Bill Ranard - Billie Ranard, Bozeman MT 21.21 1.23 6 6 4 Daniel Taylor - Debbie Taylor, Highlands Ranch CO 19.99 1.14 5 Merrilyn Borthwick, Cheyenne WY; Nancy Grote, Cincinnati OH 16.42

Looking for moreOn this deal from the Daylight Open Pairs on

Monday, Mark Itabashi used a key clue from the play to secure a near top (hands rotated).

Dlr: East ♠ K 10 2 Vul: N-S ♥ K J 10 8 6 4 ♦ K ♣ K J 2

♠ A 7 6 ♥ A 9 3 ♦ A 8 6 4 ♣ A 10 9 West North East South Pass 1NT Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ Pass 4♥ Pass 6♥ All Pass

North’s jump to 4♥ after transferring was a slam invitation. With a lesser hand, North would have bid 4♦, known as a Texas transfer.

West started with a low club, which ran to South’s 9. Put yourself in Itabashi’s place and plan the play. You can be confident of 12 tricks, but you’re playing pairs, so the overtrick could be important. How will you proceed?

SolutionItabashi took the opening lead in hand and

considered the play of the trump suit. With nine trumps between the two hands, many players would apply the “eight ever, nine never” adage and simply cash the two high trumps. Itabashi did a little bit of detective work to see if he might do better than following an maxim.

At trick two, he played a diamond to dummy’s king, then returned to hand with the ♠A to cash the ♦A. When West followed with the ♦Q, Itabashi stopped to consider the implications. West’s play might be a falsecard from the Q-J-x, but Itabashi recalled the opening lead, almost certainly from the ♣Q. If West started with the ♦Q J x, he surely would have led a diamond honor instead of from queen to three or four clubs.

If West had a doubleton ♦Q, that meant East had six of them, leaving less room in his hand for hearts. Backing his judgment, Itabashi cashed the ♥A and played a heart to dummy’s jack. When East showed out, Itabashi was able to claim 13 tricks for 37.5 matchpoints out of 38. The full deal: ♠ K 10 2 ♥ K J 10 8 6 4 ♦ K ♣ K J 2 ♠ Q 4 3 ♠ J 9 8 5 ♥ Q 7 2 ♥ 2 ♦ Q 3 ♦ J 10 9 7 5 2 ♣ Q 8 7 5 4 ♣ 6 3 ♠ A 7 6 ♥ A 9 3 ♦ A 8 6 4 ♣ A 10 9

They were second in the Baze Senior Knockout Teams: front, Mike Passell and Gaylor Kasle; rear, Larry Kozlove, Marc Jacobus, John Schermer and Neil Chambers.

Second in the 0-10K IMP Pairs: Ellen and Robert Kent.


TUESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 38.0 Tables 7 3 1 11.03 1 1 1 Stephen Smith, Westminster CO; David Smith, Centennial CO 65.63% 8.27 2 2 Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO 61.31% 6.20 3 3 Karen Herz, Boulder CO; Sid Stern, Scottsdale AZ 58.93% 3.83 4/6 Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Susan Kraght, Scottsdale AZ 58.04% 3.83 4/6 4 James Albright - Karen Albright, Parker CO 58.04% 3.83 4/6 Michael Ross, Bedford NS; Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA 58.04% 2.76 7 Albert Stock, Valencia CA; Jeffrey Stock, Manchester CT 56.85% 2.45 8 Carol Murphy - Art Murphy, San Diego CA 56.70% 2.21 9 5 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Pravina Jani, Austin TX 56.55% 2.01 10 Donald Fuerst, Denver CO; Richard Rose, Clearwater FL 55.65% 1.77 11/12 6/7 Gordy Vondrak - Michelle Oakes, Cheyenne WY 54.91% 1.77 11/12 6/7 Kathryn Papermaster, Menlo Park CA; Vera Baum, Los Altos CA 54.91% 1.61 13/15 Gary Corbett, Bellevue WA; Jim George, San Clemente CA 54.61% 1.61 13/15 8 James McRae - Davis Bennett, Colorado Spgs CO 54.61% 2.18 13/15 Mary Levine, Piedmont CA; Russell Rector, Oakland CA 54.61% 1.27 16/17 9/10 Kay Christensen - Linda Albert, Denver CO 54.46% 1.31 16/17 9/10 Beulah Jones - Shirley Ann Doll, Cheyenne WY 54.46% 1.75 18 11 Steven Lockwood - Joseph Freedman, Albuquerque NM 54.32% 1.53 19 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 54.17% 1.97 2 Kathryn Riess - Debbie Schell, Naples FL 53.57% 1.48 3 Robert Dawson, Littleton CO; Rita Simas, Denver CO 51.04% 1.11 4 Richard Bowman, Wichita KS; Arjun Singh, Lakewood CO 50.15%

TUESDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS 26.0 Tables / Based on 65 Tables A B C 31.78 1 Kenneth Johnson, Morgan Hill CA; Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN 59.48% 23.84 2 James Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 58.22% 17.88 3 1 1 Isaac Stephani - A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH 57.81% 13.41 4 Bob Drake, Wassenaar Netherlands; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands 57.73% 10.59 5 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 57.39% 9.08 6 Cal Newlin Jr, Aurora CO; Tom West, Parker CO 56.91% 7.95 7 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Halle Fowler, Crested Butte CO 54.88% 7.06 8 Richard Vatter, Bradenton FL; Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 54.55% 8.01 9 2 2 Arjune Bose, Houston TX; Ranjit Bose, Albuquerque NM 54.26% 5.78 10 Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN; George Bleskachek, Eau Claire WI 54.17% 5.30 11 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 54.04% 6.01 12 3 William Brackett, Isle of Palms SC; William Horton, Boulder CO 54.00% 4.54 13 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 53.88% 4.51 4 3 Vickie Thomas - Daniel Zwonitzer, Cheyenne WY 53.13% 3.56 5 4 Jean Ehrenberg, Vail CO; P Martel, Guadalajara Mexico 51.59% 3.05 6 5 Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; Catherine Bardsley, Mc Lean VA 51.48%

TUESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B C 1.84 1 1 1 David Kuniansky - Barbara Kaufman, Atlanta GA 67.36% 1.38 2 2 2 Catherine Geraghty, Spokane WA; Ulla Winkler, Medford MA 55.56% 1.04 3 Janet Baumgartner, Edmond OK; Jeanne Long, Oklahoma City OK 51.39%

TUESDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 16.5 Tables A B C 5.12 1 Paul Sorensen - Allan Sorensen, Berwyn AB 63.02% 4.17 2 1 Thomas Fagan - Katie Fagan, Kailua HI 62.38% 2.88 3 Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 58.78% 2.21 4 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 57.58% 3.13 5 2 William Golush, Denville NJ; Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA 56.96% 2.76 6 3 1 Stephen Dreskin - Joel Russman, Denver CO 56.17% 2.07 4 2 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Clark Vernon, Hot Springs Vlg AR 55.58% 1.55 5 3 Trudy Nickerson, Sturgeon County AB; Valerie Bowlen, Edmonton AB 55.08% 1.58 6 4 Betsy Brezel, Union WA; Judy Duning, Olympia WA 54.32% 0.91 5 Melissa Cooke - John Boshart, Mountain City GA 53.67%

Their carryover score of 32.23 is just ahead of t he 29.05 posted by Emily Harrell of Shoal Creek AL and Benedicte Cronier of Paris, France.

In third are Lynda Nitabach, North Plainfield NJ, and Sandra Rimstedt, New York City. Nitabach was captain of the winning squad in the Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams on Monday.


Women’s Pairs

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 13 TablesJustine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Valerio Giubilo, Rome Italy; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Gokhan Yilmaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey vsMary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland

William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; Jon Wright, San Diego CA; Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO vsVytautas V Vainikonis, Trakai Lithuania; Olanski Wojtek, Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; JerzySkrzypczak, Mragowo Poland

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 9 TablesErez Hendelman - Claire Alpert, New York NY; Jorge Barrera, Bogota D.C. Colombia; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; Diana Bernal, ; Carlos Barrientos, Bogota Colombia vsJoe Luk - Mary Olson, Colorado Spgs CO; Henry Zee, Canoga Park CA; David Ruttner, Peyton CO

Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY vsPaul Janicki - Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS; Karl Hicks, Dominion NS

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3 9 TablesPhillip Cummins - Karen Cummins, Coconut Creek FL; Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; Michael Borushok, Davie FL vsDavid Carlson - Carole Carlson, Englewood CO; Shirley Schley, Denver CO; Ginger Roe Anderson, Aurora CO

Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON; Krzysztof Jarosz - Dorota Jarosz, Edwardsville IL vsBarbara Hipple - Matthew Campbell - Joan Maguire - Patricia Wittmaack, Lincoln NE

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 4 13 TablesKathleen Zipp - Elizabeth Lipper, Denver CO; Carol Gumpert, Aurora CO; Dena Shpall, Glendale CO vsJohn Miskell, Eagle CO; Jan Govreau, Gypsum CO; Joan Bornstein, Avon CO; Judy Yordi, Cordillera CO

Alan Godes, Needham MA; Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON; John Burgoin, Brownsville TX; Larry Yarger, West Point NE vsKaren Hudesman - Donald Stark - Monty Gray - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA

enter today’s play with 128.67. Top today is 77.The leaders are from Guandong, China. In third

are former Junior players Owen Lien, Detroit, and Zach Brescoll, Charlotte NC.


Blue Ribbon

earn a 492-point carryover.Local players Rubert Lupton and Sung Mae Bleck

follow in second with 478.30 while another pair of Coloradans – Robert Sherman and Larry Matheny – are in third.

The three-day event ends Thursday.


Min-Blue Pairs


TUESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS EVENING --2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Stephen Smith, Westminster CO; David Smith, Centennial CO 62.20% 1 1 Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY; Robert Gray, Prnce Frederick MD 57.14% 2 2 Kay Christensen - Linda Albert, Denver CO 59.52% 2 Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Susan Kraght, Scottsdale AZ 56.85% 3 Roger Leemis - Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hls MI 51.19% 3 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Donna Marino, New York NY 55.06% 4 Stuart Hemple, Los Angeles CA; Deborah Goldsmith, San Diego CA 49.40% 4 Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Dominique Schneider, Old Brookville NY 50.89% 2 1 Doris Beaton - Megan Essig, Oklahoma City OK 48.81% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 James Albright - Karen Albright, Parker CO 62.50% 1 1 D John Cunningham, Lake Forest Pk WA; Bill Davis, Woodridge IL 63.39% 2 Michael Ross, Bedford NS; Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA 58.63% 2 Gary Corbett, Bellevue WA; Jim George, San Clemente CA 55.65% 3 2 Frank Paynter, Grove City OH; Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC 55.65% 3 2 Mary France - Roger France, Buena Vista CO 53.87% 4 Beulah Jones - Shirley Ann Doll, Cheyenne WY 55.36% 4/5 Klaus Buechner, Toronto ON; Douglas Snow, Paducah KY 52.68% 4/5 1 Richard Bowman, Wichita KS; Arjun Singh, Lakewood CO 52.68% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO 59.52% 1 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 64.29% 2 Scott Riley, Des Moines IA; Craig Nelsen, West Des Moines IA 54.17% 2 Carol Murphy - Art Murphy, San Diego CA 58.33% 3 2 Kathryn Riess - Debbie Schell, Naples FL 52.98% 3 1 Nancy Hayden, Boca Grande FL; Katherine Roloson, Telluride CO 53.57% 4 James McRae - Davis Bennett, Colorado Spgs CO 51.19% 4/5 Yen Karro, Surrey BC; Jenny Shaefer, Manassas VA 48.21% 4/5 2 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Pravina Jani, Austin TX 48.21% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Donald Fuerst, Denver CO; Richard Rose, Clearwater FL 57.14% 1 Mary Levine, Piedmont CA; Russell Rector, Oakland CA 54.17% 2 1 Karen Herz, Boulder CO; Sid Stern, Scottsdale AZ 56.25% 2 1 Bruce Pincus - Mitzi Moore, Broomfield CO 53.87% 3 2 Richard Buttermore - Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 52.08% 3 2 Steven Lockwood - Joseph Freedman, Albuquerque NM 52.68% 4 Jackie Khilling - Nancy Llewellyn, Fort Smith AR 50.30% 4 Kathryn Papermaster, Menlo Park CA; Vera Baum, Los Altos CA 52.08%

TUESDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS EVENING--2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS U Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 61.62% 1 Cal Newlin Jr, Aurora CO; Tom West, Parker CO 63.54% 2 1 1 Vickie Thomas - Daniel Zwonitzer, Cheyenne WY 57.77% 2 Kenneth Johnson, Morgan Hill CA; Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN 58.54% 3/4 2 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Phyllis Bausher, West Haven CT 56.46% 3 Jerry Ranney - Jane Ranney, Morrison CO 58.31% 3/4 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 56.46% 4 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 56.15% 5 3 William Brackett, Isle of Palms SC; William Horton, Boulder CO 55.77% 5 Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Nathan Banker, Flat Rock MI 56.00% 6 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 55.08% 6 James Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 55.77% 7 Chuck Adelman, Warren NJ; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ 54.38% 7 1 1 Isaac Stephani - A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH 55.15% 8 Bob Drake, Wassenaar Netherlands; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands 54.00% 8 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 54.00% 9 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Halle Fowler, Crested Butte CO 53.69% 9 2 2 Jean Ehrenberg, Vail CO; P Martel, Guadalajara Mexico 52.38% 10 Richard Vatter, Bradenton FL; Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 53.23% 10 3 Charles Brown - Sue Gilbreath, Arlington TX 52.08% 4 Bruce Scott, San Jose CA; Robena Foland, Grand Island FL 50.15% 4 3 Richard Leonardon - Donna Sirubi, Santa Fe NM 51.54% 5 2 Michael Jalving, Denver CO; John Gallagher, Colorado Spgs CO 48.77% 3 Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; Catherine Bardsley, Mc Lean VA 47.08%

TUESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS SECTION WWW A B C 1 1 1 David Kuniansky - Barbara Kaufman, Atlanta GA 67.36% 2 2 2 Catherine Geraghty, Spokane WA; Ulla Winkler, Medford MA 55.56% 3 Janet Baumgartner, Edmond OK; Jeanne Long, Oklahoma City OK 51.39%

0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION SECTION QQ 1 Mauricio Smid, Mexico Mexico; Robert Martel, Mexico City Mexico 65.85 2 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 58.92 3 Jessica Lai, Oakland CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA 52.31 4 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Spencer Jones, Denver CO 40.92 5 Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 38.23 6 Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Gregory Vance, Pacifica CA 36.77 7 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 22.31 8 Arthur Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 22.00 9 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 16.85 10 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 13.15 11 Susan Kissinger - John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 12.46

TUESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME (MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 4 OF 6 SESSIONS) NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Thomas Fagan - Katie Fagan, Kailua HI 62.38% 1 Paul Sorensen - Allan Sorensen, Berwyn AB 63.02% 2 Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 58.78% 2 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 57.58% 3 2 1 Betsy Brezel, Union WA; Judy Duning, Olympia WA 54.32% 3 1 William Golush, Denville NJ; Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA 56.96% 4 Nancy Davis, Dunedin FL; Jack Longman, Clearwater FL 54.25% 4 2 1 Stephen Dreskin - Joel Russman, Denver CO 56.17% 5 3 Craig Wakefield, Des Plaines IL; Lynne Marley, Downers Grove IL 54.12% 5 Georgann Humphrey - Jim Humphrey, Highland Park IL 56.04% 6 4 2 Melissa Cooke - John Boshart, Mountain City GA 53.67% 6 3 2 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Clark Vernon, Hot Springs Vlg AR 55.58% 7 5 3 Marjorie Sandoval - Sara Lynn Thomas, Colorado Spgs CO 51.88% 7 4 3 Trudy Nickerson, Sturgeon County AB; Valerie Bowlen, Edmonton AB 55.08% 5 Carolyn Pfeiffer - Lee Schultz, Arbor Vitae WI 51.81%

KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L M O P EAST-WEST 1 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA 66.16% 1 Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 68.94% 2 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 63.60% 2 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; John McAllister, Charlottesville VA 59.40% 3 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 62.02% 3 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR 59.34% 4 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 61.17% 4 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 57.75% 5 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 59.34% 5 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 57.28% 6 William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 58.91% 6 Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 57.22% 7 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Mark Gordon, Purchase NY 58.68% 7 Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 57.06% 8 Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 58.12% 8/9 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Rose Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China 56.88% 9 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 57.27% 8/9 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 56.88% 10 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Chattanooga TN 57.06% 10 Ahu Zobu, Istanbul Turkey; Viktor Aronov, Sofia Bulgaria 56.50% 11 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 56.93% 11 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 56.36% 12 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 56.68% 12 Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON; John Duquette, Oshawa ON 55.93% 13 Steve Evans, Centennial CO; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 56.51% 13 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 55.70% 14 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 56.31% 14 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL 55.69% 15 Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey; Haldun Giveiner, Instanbul Turkey 56.20% 15 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 55.64% 16 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 56.12% 16 Franck Multon - Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco 55.61% 17 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Victor King, Hartford CT 55.95% 17 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 55.60% 18 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 54.88% 18 Mariusz Krasnicki - Andrzej Kozikowski, Lodz Poland 55.36% 19 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 54.87% 19 Joe Grue - John Hurd, New York NY 55.06% 20 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 54.70% 20 Sedat Dinc, Istanbul Turkey; Levent Imamoglu, Besiktas Istanb Turkey 54.96% 21 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 54.30% 21 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 54.89% 22 Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Yuxiong Shen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 54.24% 22 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 54.63% 23 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 53.59% 23 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Brad Carmichael, Shawnee KS 53.73% 24 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Maarten Schollaardt, 1811 Et Netherlands 53.44% 24 Lutz Dohnert, Weston FL; Donald Vancil, Aurora CO 53.57% 25 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 53.00% 25 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 53.02% 26 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 52.41% 26 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL 52.76% 27 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 52.27% 27 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 52.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H I J SS EAST-WEST 1 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 62.94% 1 Jian Wei Li - Boang Xiang Zhang, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 73.22% 2 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 61.36% 2 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL 61.93% 3 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 61.05% 3 Xinli Gan, China People’s Republic of China; Xiao Shi, Quangdong People’s Republic of China 61.77% 4 Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Rego Park NY 60.85% 4 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 60.66% 5 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 58.96% 5 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 58.79% 6 Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 58.68% 6 Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Veronique Bessis, Paris France 58.41% 7 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 58.68% 7 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 58.29% 8 Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL 57.70% 8 Bill Jacobson, Beachwood OH; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH 58.03% 9 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; Steven Price, Scottsdale AZ 57.29% 9 Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL 57.68% 10 Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Massimiliano Di Franco, Sicily Italy 57.17% 10 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 56.69% 11 Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 57.06% 11 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Tom Townsend, London W9 1S England 56.61% 12 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Gregory Herman, Fort Collins CO 56.95% 12 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 55.47% 13 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL 56.72% 13 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 55.35% 14 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Sheldon Natenberg, Glenview IL 55.78% 14 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Arun Bapat, Andheri East India 55.25%15/16 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 55.56% 15 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 55.18%15/16 Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON 55.56% 16 David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 55.12% 17 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 55.12% 17 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 55.10% 18 Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 55.03% 18 Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL 54.87% 19 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 54.94% 19 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV 54.63% 20 David Gold, Reading Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 54.69% 20 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 54.11% 21 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 54.40% 21 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 54.03% 22 Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI; John Koschik, Livonia MI 53.90% 22 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 53.95%

TUESDAY EVENING FLIGHT B SWISS 17 Tables B C D 4.10 1 1 Ellen Coffield - Byron Southern, Little Rock AR; Kathy Storey - Monica Mitchell, Hot Springs AR 65.00 2.70 2/3 2/3 Bernie Fromm, Kansas City MO; Mary Jo Axtell, Lees Summit MO; Jim Solomon, San Luis Obispo CA; Jim Parks, Atascadero CA 54.00 2.70 2/3 2/3 Louise Morel, Chapala Mexico; Natalie Silverstein, Toronto ON; Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC; Barbara Olsen, Marana AZ 54.00 1.98 4 4 1 Karen Johnson, Scottsdale AZ; Jacqueline Hurlbutt - Ernest Elsner - Pamela Elsner, Avon CO 51.00 1.30 5 5 Barry Hillmer, Durango CO; Larry Anderson - Bruce Gantner, Farmington NM; Bill Longfellow, South Fork CO 47.00 1.49 2 Julienne Moore - Sharon Henry - Marguerite Lavender, Colleyville TX; Karen Marie Yarbrough, Irving TX 41.00 1.11 3 Sandy Jean Robinson - Kim Cohos - Cathy Bird - Lily Lister, Calgary AB 39.00

MONDAY-TUESDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3 11 Tables 12.34 1 G Steve Wheeler - Susan Wheeler, Castle Rock CO; Susan Campbell - Joan Duffy, Marietta GA 8.64 2 Larry Hulse - Sharon Stuart - Beth McGregor, Fort Collins CO; Marcia Christopher, Estes Park CO 4.94 3/4 Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA; Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Barbara McKay, Alamo CA; Carol Cottam, Concord CA 4.94 3/4 Claire Zimmerman - Thomas Zimmerman, Pearland TX; Wilma Booth - Geoff Booth, Houston TX

MONDAY-TUESDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 4 11 Tables 9.14 1 Robert O Connor, Silver Spring MD; William Lowry, Alexandria VA; Ed Gould - Cornelia Gould, Incline Village NV 6.40 2 Conrad Larkin - Janice Gullarian, Santa Rosa CA; Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA 3.66 3/4 Glen Woody Woodson - Frances Huber, Lakewood CO; Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB; Gloria Woloshyn, Winnipeg MB 3.66 3/4 Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB


TUESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME (MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Marcia Christopher, Estes Park CO; Beth McGregor, Fort Collins CO 66.51% 1 1 1 John Burgoin, Brownsville TX; Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON 60.83% 2 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Dee Horwitz, Scottsdale AZ 64.51% 2 2 M David Jackson, Alexandria VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA 59.92% 3 2 J F Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 61.81% 3 Judy Stilson, Everett WA; Billie Turner, Greeley CO 59.38% 4 3 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY 60.40% 4 3 David Wright - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA 59.24% 5 4 2 Karen Herz, Boulder CO; Peter Jack, Medford OR 57.53% 5 Larry Hudgens, Bass Harbor ME; Wagner Van Vlack, Carmel IN 58.30% 6 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI 55.08% 6 4 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 56.33% 7 5 3 Anne Hill - Charles Radcliffe, Denver CO 54.72% 7 5 Chris Kindt - Jane Formet, Orlando FL 56.25% 8 Kenneth Johnson, Morgan Hill CA; Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN 53.95% 8 6 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsds CA 56.08% 9 6 Daniel Baker - Joyce Cooper, Austin TX 51.59% 9 7 Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL; Sharon Boal, Bath ON 54.31% 10 7 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Gary Slater, New York NY 50.97% 10 8 2 Kevin Dunn, Centennial CO; Sharon Snyder, Grand Junction CO 52.50% 8 Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA 50.64% 3 Qing Lu, San Jose CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 50.58% 4 Katherine Jabs - Dara Reimers, Billings MT 49.18%

TUESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Norma Malmborg - Kate Schaumann, Cheyenne WY 63.01% 1 1 Mary Atkinson, Denver CO; Kathryn Patten, Nashville TN 70.92% 2 2 1 Alice Nelson - Gary Nelson, Bend OR 60.24% 2 2 1 William Lord - Kathryn Chapman, Boulder CO 56.04% 3 Karol Lanigan - John Lanigan, Colorado Spgs CO 58.55% 3 3 David Priboth, Parker CO; A. Curtis Washburn, Larkspur CO 50.34% 4 Jeffrey Phillips - William Voss, Grand Junction CO 57.95% 4 4 Shirley Moschetti, Denver CO; Shirley Merritt, Westminster CO 49.07% 3 Ellen Dugan - Carol Hummel, Castle Rock CO 55.32% 2 Patricia Robbins - Orrin Robbins, Olympia WA 48.60% 2 Linda Hacker, Naples FL; Dottie Thomson, Carbondale CO 50.13% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Barbara Starrett - Jo Ann Ellison, Tucson AZ 61.03% 1 1 Julienne Moore, Colleyville TX; Karen Marie Yarbrough, Irving TX 58.90% 2 Richard Munday - Anne Munday, Castle Rock CO 60.11% 2 2 Jane Martin - Nell Parnell, Boulder CO 55.01% 3 2 2 Hannah Walters - George Walters, Grand Rapids MI 55.17% 3 3 Denise Portnoy - Peter Fox, Denver CO 54.15% 4 3 3 Cathy Skowronski, Marietta GA; Alice Griffith, Denver CO 54.90% 4 4 Jim Wolf, Littleton CO; Robert Kossman, Denver CO 52.68% 4 Sharon Smith - Tanna Brock, Steamboat Spgs CO 52.80% 1 Richard Degroat - Meredith Degroat, Calgary AB 51.22% 2 Larry White, Redmond WA; Harry Scott, Naples FL 47.01%

TUESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS SECTION WWW A B 1 Bettye Clement - Janet Canfield, Denver CO 59.03% 2 1 Lindy Hamilton - Kay Alspaugh, Boise ID 56.25% 3 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 52.08%

TUESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG FFF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 61.38% 1 1 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 62.65% 2 1 Karen Trujillo, Denver CO; Judith Ude, Littleton CO 60.16% 2 2 Toni Krueger, Parker CO; Shirley Heinsohn, Highlands Ranch CO 61.32% 3 James Slinger - Susan Slinger, Corralitos CA 59.37% 3 3 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Vera Wardlaw, Milford CT 61.20% 4 2 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 58.23% 4 Gregory Charlton - Skip Carson, Denver CO 59.31% 5 3 Laurie Simons Divine - Clinton Heiple, Boulder CO 56.81% 5 Ed Howard, Lawrence KS; Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS 58.17% 6 4 Bill Beard - Lori Beard, Highlands Ranch CO 55.79% 6 Ellen Jenkins, Denver CO; Adele Verkamp, Phoenix AZ 56.45% 7 5 1 Charlotte Sholes - Marjorie McDonald, Castle Rock CO 53.43% 7 4 1 Kenneth Lager, Aurora CO; Tamera Mowrey, Lincoln NE 54.47% 8 6 Leonardo Fruscoloni - Margie Cole, New York NY 52.52% 8 Joan Garcia, Stockton CA; Pierre Wolfe, Denver CO 53.67% 9 7 2 John Steffan - Marilyn Steffan, Marco Island FL 52.25% 9 5 2 Jennifer O’Neill, Greenwood Vlg CO; Philip Debus, Centennial CO 53.09% 10 Gudrun Wallace, Fort Myers FL; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 52.11% 10 6 3 Joel Sandberg - Judy Sandberg, Hacienda Hgts CA 50.36% 3 Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO 48.63% 7 Virginia Folladori, Denver CO; Laura Thomson, Centennial CO 48.56% 4 Linzhi Hu - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 47.55% 4 Edward Hill - Katherine Hill, Pueblo CO 47.93% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS CCC DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 59.15% 1 1 1 Sarah Veil, Naples FL; Margaret Mauger, Denver CO 59.48% 2 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Miami FL 58.93% 2 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 58.82% 3 2 Irene Bonner, Andover MA; Frank Farrell, Methuen MA 58.17% 3 Jacqueline Smith, Fort Lauderdale FL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 57.84% 4/5 Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 56.32% 4 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 57.73% 4/5 3 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Aurora IL 56.32% 5 2 Gordon Jensen - Rande Short, Colorado Spgs CO 57.30% 6 4 G Kissel, Clearwater FL; Cassandra Mani, Novato CA 55.99% 6 3 2 Diane Davis - Barbara Werth, Austin TX 55.56% 7 5 1 Carol Woodward, Wheat Ridge CO; Jeanne McCleery, Tucson AZ 55.77% 7 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 54.47% 8 6 James Baker, Brooklyn NY; Jim Parks, Atascadero CA 54.79% 8 4 Beth Milam, Idaho Falls ID; Marietta Miller, Gothenburg NE 54.14% 9 7 2 William Ervin - Joan Ervin, Indianapolis IN 51.74% 9/10 Joseph Murray, Mount Laurel NJ; Shmuel Greenberg, Israel 52.51% 10 3 Richard Way - Georgiana Butler, Parker CO 51.20% 9/10 5 3 John Crittenden - Ann Gruidel, Boulder CO 52.51% 4 John Logan - Patricia Logan, Casper WY 47.06% 6 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 52.18% 7 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 51.31%

KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H I J SS EAST-WEST 1 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 68.85% 1 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 68.23% 2 Lorraine Cable - Kerry Kappell, Elmhurst NY 67.73% 2 Sean Gannon, Decatur GA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 62.65% 3 Jian Wei Li - Boang Xiang Zhang, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 66.80% 3 Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Massimiliano Di Franco, Sicily Italy 62.07% 4 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 65.38% 4 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 60.07% 5 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 60.45% 5 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 59.68% 6 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 59.67% 6 Erik Berg - Steffen Simonsen, 59.29% 7 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 59.27% 7 Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 58.56% 8 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 58.78% 8 Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON 58.44% 9 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 58.22% 9 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 58.33% 10 Allen Kahn - Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 56.97% 10 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 57.52% 11 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 56.63% 11 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 57.46% 12 Bill Jacobson, Beachwood OH; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH 56.43% 12 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 56.77% 13 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Sean Ganness, Miami FL 56.13% 13 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH 56.02% 14 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 55.81% 14 Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 55.99% 15 Corey Krantz - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 54.85% 15 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL 55.10% 16 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 54.64% 16 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Sheldon Natenberg, Glenview IL 54.76% 17 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 54.30% 17 James La Force, Melbourne FL; Paul Gibbons, Madison WI 54.67% 18 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Arun Bapat, Andheri East India 54.11% 18 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 54.16% 19 Mariusz Krasnicki - Andrzej Kozikowski, Lodz Poland 53.93% 19 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 54.12% 20 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 53.40% 20 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 54.07% 21 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 53.09% 21 James Melville, Springfield IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI 54.01% 22 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; John McAllister, Charlottesville VA 53.04% 22 Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 53.85%

0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C EAST-WEST 1 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 67.00% 1 Beverly Pogoda - Joseph Meyers, New York NY 67.36% 2 Douglas Mann - Crystal Mann, Calgary AB 61.03% 2 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 65.49% 3 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK; Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 59.82% 3 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 65.33% 4 Theresa Venhuis, Denver CO; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 59.62% 4 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Joan Rubin, Encino CA 61.84% 5 Murray Berger - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 59.51% 5 Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA; Douglas Burke, Fremont CA 59.97% 6 Steve Chen - Sarah Chen, San Jose CA 58.25% 6 Deborah Reichman, Algodones NM; Mark Brownstein, Albuquerque NM 56.53% 7 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 57.29% 7/8 Douglas Dorland, Palmer AK; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 56.38% 8 Warren Watson, Trail BC; Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 56.07% 7/8 Sherman Gao, Pomona CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 56.38% 9 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 54.05% 9 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 56.07% 10 Richard Pekruhn - Pauline Pekruhn, Charleston SC 54.00% 10 John Sears - Karen Renne, Bozeman MT 55.87% 11 Vincent Bates, Boulder CO; Paul Flanders, Longmont CO 53.85% 11/12 Lynn Blumenthal - Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA 55.77% 12 Marek Foff, Edmonton AB; Michael Shuster, Banff AB 52.99% 11/12 Wayne Mattern - Kim Caley, Bismarck ND 55.77% 13 Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Marie Duval, Montreal QC 52.68% 13/14 Ann Hudson, Suffield CT; Michael Wavada, Enfield CT 53.95% 14 Alan McLellan, Ottawa ON; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 52.33% 13/14 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 53.95% 15 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 51.27% 15 Robert Vetter, Aurora CO; Sheryl Siegel, Greenwood Vlg CO 53.29% 16 Niki Coons - Dominic Antonelli, York ON 51.11% 16 John Dukellis, Colorado Spgs CO; Warren Nelson, Cloquet MN 52.48% 17 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 51.06% 17 William Aeschbacher - Ann Morin, Park City UT 51.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F Q EAST-WEST 1 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 65.30% 1 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA 62.78% 2 Mary Lou Kerr, York ON; Julia Price, Toronto ON 59.17% 2 Robert Lupton, Aurora CO; Sung Mae Bleck, Englewood CO 62.63% 3 Steven Johnson, Honolulu HI; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 58.68% 3 Lance Kerr, Sylmar CA; W Reynolds, South Pasadena CA 62.24% 4 Linda Doucet - Dyane Maurice, Montreal QC 57.74% 4 Daniel Baker - Joyce Cooper, Austin TX 59.91% 5 Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; John Cox, Saint Maries ID 57.02% 5 Bo Liu, Irvine CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 59.41% 6 Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX; John Bugay, Parker CO 56.73% 6 Steven Kipperman - Kimberly Fanady, San Francisco CA 57.25% 7 Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 56.67% 7 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 56.43% 8 Robert Sherman, Lafayette CO; Larry Matheny, Fort Collins CO 56.09% 8 Samuel Amer, Newark DE; John Krah, Seattle WA 55.68% 9 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, Fenton MI 55.54% 9 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO 55.23% 10 John Baragona, Tempe AZ; Harvinder Sidhu, Scottsdale AZ 55.35% 10 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 54.58% 11 Shirley Eide - Grace Tanner, Bakersfield CA 55.29% 11 Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL; Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL 54.43% 12 Eva Mroz - Penny Wentworth, Villa Park CA 54.56% 12 J F Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 54.38% 13 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 54.53% 13 Stephen Moese, West Chester OH; Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Taylor Mill KY 54.03% 14 Jane Adams, Lexington MA; Jane Champion, Naples NC 52.52% 14 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 53.84% 15 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 51.92% 15 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 52.68% 16 Edward Yosses, Aurora CO; Joe Jenkins, Denver CO 51.08% 16 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA 51.93% 17 Bob Rasmussen, Ann Arbor MI; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 51.05% 17 Shirley Mueller - Jean Donoho, Louisville KY 51.56%

WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS R T EAST-WEST 1 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 58.85% 1 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 63.52% 2 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris France 58.79% 2 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 63.30% 3 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 58.13% 3 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Lesley Davis, San Diego CA 60.66% 4 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 57.53% 4 Cecilia Rimstedt, Vastra Frolunda Sweden; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 58.08% 5 Jennifer Jones, Santa Rosa CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 57.14% 5 Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO; Linda Sundbye, Broomfield CO 57.14% 6 Anne Brenner, Denver CO; Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 56.70% 6 Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 56.76% 7 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 56.37% 7 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 56.48% 8 Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY 55.66% 8 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 55.93% 9 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria; Ulrike Schuster, Sanibel FL 55.55% 9 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 54.89% 10 Sylwia McNamara, Scarsdale NY; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 54.23% 10 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 54.01% 11 Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 52.75% 11 Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 53.96% 12 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 52.09% 12 Jacqueline Ortiz, Santa Rosa CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 53.57% 13 Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 51.48% 13 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 53.35%14/15 Dolores Brenner - Mary Dougherty, Santa Fe NM 51.37% 14 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 52.97%14/15 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 51.37%


NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L O P M EAST-WEST 1 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 63.06% 1 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 62.65% 2 Joe Grue - John Hurd, New York NY 61.43% 2 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL 62.45% 3 Franck Multon - Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco 61.28% 3 Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 61.68% 4 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 60.36% 4 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 60.99% 5 Shui No Wong, Hong Kong; Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC 59.31% 5 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 60.40% 6 Edward Xu, North York ON; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON 59.10% 6 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 59.80% 7 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 58.95% 7 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 58.96% 8 Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 58.70% 8 Alison Wilson - Chris Willenken, New York NY 58.06% 9 Robert Hopkins Jr, Arlington VA; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA 57.47% 9 Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey; Haldun Giveiner, Instanbul Turkey 56.25% 10 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 57.26% 10 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 55.55% 11 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 56.98% 11 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Mark Gordon, Purchase NY 55.13% 12 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 56.81% 12 Ahu Zobu, Istanbul Turkey; Viktor Aronov, Sofia Bulgaria 54.81% 13 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 56.73% 13 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 53.96% 14 Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 56.38% 14 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 53.51% 15 David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 56.16% 15 Enrico Castellani, ; Maurizio Di Sacco, Ghezzano Pi Italy 53.47% 16 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 55.46% 16 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA 53.39% 17 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 55.15% 17 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA 53.29% 18 Jessica Hayman, New York NY; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden 54.36% 18 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 53.08% 19 Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Jay Borker, Greenwich CT 54.27% 19 Steve Evans, Centennial CO; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 53.07% 20 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 53.98% 20 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Bob Simkins, Decatur GA 53.05% 21 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark 53.64% 21 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 52.99% 22 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 52.84% 22 Rui Wang - Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 52.95% 23 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 52.63% 23 Melanie Tucker - Radu Nistor, New York NY 52.92% 24 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 51.88% 24 Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 52.61% 25 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; David Grainger, Roseville CA 51.79% 25 Walter Schuster - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 52.58% 26 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 51.76% 26 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 51.88% 27 Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ 51.45% 27 Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 51.85% 28 Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Yuxiong Shen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 51.39% 28 Sartaj Hans - Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 51.77%

0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION SECTION QQ 1 Jim Johnsen, San Mateo CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 46.23 2 D Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 39.62 3 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 36.38 4 Muriel Altus - Philip Altus, Tampa FL 34.62 5 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Spencer Jones, Denver CO 33.92 6 Jason Larrivee, Regina SK; Lawrence Diamond, Tacoma WA 30.92 7 Carlos Hoyos, Bogata Colombia; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 22.62 8 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 18.00 9 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 17.46 10 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 10.46 11 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 10.31

WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Q T EAST-WEST 1 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 62.50% 1 Kristin Nedlich - Erika Rodin, Stockholm Sweden 59.79% 2 Pamela Nisbet, Kanata ON; Diane K.M. Gordon, St Catharines ON 59.33% 2 Katherine Grant, Riverview FL; Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL 59.62% 3 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 58.77% 3 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 58.09% 4 Carol Ward, Arvada CO; Jeanne Gray, Niwot CO 58.71% 4 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris France 57.81% 5 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 56.90% 5 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 57.01% 6 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 56.13% 6 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 56.50% 7 Matilda Poplilov, Tel Aviv Israel; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 55.60% 7 Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Martha Marsh, University Park FL 56.17% 8 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA 55.43% 8 Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Judi Radin, New York NY 55.37% 9 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 54.41% 9 Juanita Chambers, Garland TX; Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX 54.98% 10 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Patricia Norman, Lone Tree CO 53.96% 10 Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 54.69% 11 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Linda Otness, Greenwich CT 53.34% 11 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 54.19% 12 Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO; Linda Sundbye, Broomfield CO 52.88% 12 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 51.75% 13 Sandy Kiesel, Bakersfield CA; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 52.88% 13 Anne Brenner, Denver CO; Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 51.70% 14 Sandy McCay, Naples FL; Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI 52.71% 14 Susan Stark, Cleveland OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 51.53%

TUESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS --1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Pravina Jani, Austin TX 64.88% 1 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Debra LaMountain, Forest Hills NY 61.01% 2 Carol Murphy - Art Murphy, San Diego CA 55.06% 2 Michael Ross, Bedford NS; Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA 57.44% 3 2 Beulah Jones - Shirley Ann Doll, Cheyenne WY 53.57% 3/4 Susan Karsh, Denver CO; Lynn Blankfort, Mill Valley CA 53.57% 4 1 Robin Elliott - Gregory Newcomb, Boulder CO 51.49% 3/4 1 James Albright - Karen Albright, Parker CO 53.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Albert Stock, Valencia CA; Jeffrey Stock, Manchester CT 61.31% 1 1 Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO 63.10% 2 1 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 56.25% 2 2 James McRae - Davis Bennett, Colorado Spgs CO 58.04% 3 Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 55.06% 3 Kathryn Riess - Debbie Schell, Naples FL 54.17% 4 Gary Corbett, Bellevue WA; Jim George, San Clemente CA 53.57% 4 Patricia Di Sciullo - Gino Di Sciullo, North Easton MA 53.57% 2 Robert Dawson, Littleton CO; Rita Simas, Denver CO 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Jerry Eggleston, Breckenridge CO; Patricia Stuehler, Glenelg MD 60.42% 1 1 Karen Herz, Boulder CO; Sid Stern, Scottsdale AZ 61.61% 2 Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Susan Kraght, Scottsdale AZ 59.23% 2 2 Gordy Vondrak - Michelle Oakes, Cheyenne WY 60.71% 3 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Donna Marino, New York NY 52.98% 3 Richard Buttermore - Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 55.65% 4 2 Judith Lilly, Loveland CO; Phyllis Tegtman, Fort Collins CO 51.79% 4 Donald Fuerst, Denver CO; Richard Rose, Clearwater FL 54.17% 1 Joan Poston, Denver CO; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Vicki Hamende - Trudy Owen, Fort Collins CO 59.52% 1 1 Stephen Smith, Westminster CO; David Smith, Centennial CO 69.05% 2 1 Kathryn Papermaster, Menlo Park CA; Vera Baum, Los Altos CA 57.74% 2 2 Steven Lockwood - Joseph Freedman, Albuquerque NM 55.95% 3 Mary Levine, Piedmont CA; Russell Rector, Oakland CA 55.06% 3 Shari Dorton - Christopher Dorton, Silverthorne CO 51.49% 4 Silvana Zangri, Syosset NY; Richard Morici, Port Washington NY 54.76% 4 Roger Leemis - Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hls MI 50.60% 2/3 Bruce Pincus - Mitzi Moore, Broomfield CO 48.21% 2/3 David Goodwin - Rose Goodwin, Austin TX 48.21%

TUESDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS U V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bob Drake, Wassenaar Netherlands; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands 61.78% 1 1 1 Isaac Stephani - A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH 60.69% 2 James Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 60.87% 2 Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 58.33% 3 Kenneth Johnson, Morgan Hill CA; Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN 60.51% 3/4 2 2 Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; Catherine Bardsley, Mc Lean VA 56.25% 4 1 1 Arjune Bose, Houston TX; Ranjit Bose, Albuquerque NM 58.88% 3/4 Brian Berglund, Denver CO; Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 56.25% 5 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Halle Fowler, Crested Butte CO 56.16% 5 Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN; George Bleskachek, Eau Claire WI 55.53% 6 Richard Vatter, Bradenton FL; Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 55.98% 6 3 Martin Gutschenritter - Judy Gutschenritter, Fort Collins CO 55.07% 7 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 54.08% 7 Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV; Kenneth Van Cleve, Traverse City MI 53.44% 8 2 2 Jack Hawks, Walnut Creek CA; Anthony Hawks, Bethany Beach DE 53.71% 8 Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN; Darlene Anderson, Lake Havasu Cty AZ 53.35% 9 3 William Brackett, Isle of Palms SC; William Horton, Boulder CO 52.08% 9 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 52.81% 10 Chris Champion - Wendy Turk, Colorado Spgs CO 51.63% 10 Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 52.63% 4 3 Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX; Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX 48.37% 4 3 Michael Jalving, Denver CO; John Gallagher, Colorado Spgs CO 51.18% 5 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC 47.74% 5 Jean Ehrenberg, Vail CO; P Martel, Guadalajara Mexico 50.72%

0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B R EAST-WEST 1 Ricki Rogers, Mount Laurel NJ; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 63.26% 1 Robert Sherman, Lafayette CO; Larry Matheny, Fort Collins CO 65.13% 2 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 61.49% 2 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 61.13% 3 John Dukellis, Colorado Spgs CO; Warren Nelson, Cloquet MN 60.42% 3 Steve Chen - Sarah Chen, San Jose CA 59.56% 4/5 Irva Neyhart - Brian Breckenridge, Corvallis OR 59.46% 4 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 57.89% 4/5 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO 59.46% 5 Niki Coons - Dominic Antonelli, York ON 57.64% 6 Gayle Quiros - Judith Washor, Scottsdale AZ 59.16% 6 Theresa Venhuis, Denver CO; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 57.54% 7 Jim Steele, Boulder CO; Leon Smith, Salt Lake City UT 57.14% 7 Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Marie Duval, Montreal QC 56.53% 8/9 Jon Gustafson - Neil Petrie, Fort Collins CO 56.73% 8 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 56.07% 8/9 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 56.73% 9 Bob Rasmussen, Ann Arbor MI; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 55.31% 10 Perrie Kay Avery - Robley Mangney, Cheyenne WY 56.48% 10 Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Mike Cook, Memphis TN 55.21% 11 Joseph Brouillard - Linda Ahrens, Lincoln RI 56.07% 11 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 55.06% 12 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 55.87% 12 Steven Johnson, Honolulu HI; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 54.50% 13 Richard Pekruhn - Pauline Pekruhn, Charleston SC 54.91% 13 Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA; Laura de Vesine, Westminster CO 54.25% 14 Sherman Gao, Pomona CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 53.54% 14 Vincent Bates, Boulder CO; Paul Flanders, Longmont CO 53.54% 15 Burt O’Dell - Linda O’Dell, Ponte Vedra FL 52.23% 15/16 Alan Kosansky, Kailua HI; Robert Liu, Honolulu HI 53.44% 16 William Belanich, Glen Allen VA; Nancy Golden, Richmond VA 50.91% 15/16 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 53.44% 17 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 50.41% 17 Janet Sharpe - Diane Campbell, Calgary AB 52.68% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C E F EAST-WEST 1 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA 63.27% 1 Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 61.87% 2 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 61.87% 2 Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; John Cox, Saint Maries ID 57.65% 3 Michelle Rosenzweig, Santa Barbara CA; Jan Ratliff, Highland Park IL 61.63% 3 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 56.89% 4 Robert Lupton, Aurora CO; Sung Mae Bleck, Englewood CO 58.91% 4 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 56.80% 5 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Joan Rubin, Encino CA 57.97% 5 Kevin Dunn, Centennial CO; Sharon Snyder, Grand Junction CO 55.72% 6 Samuel Amer, Newark DE; John Krah, Seattle WA 57.79% 6 Andrea French, Laguna Woods CA; Robert Solick, Berthoud CO 54.74% 7 Frank Wharton, London NW3 England; Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA 57.50% 7 Margaret Baykal - Gur Baykal, Markham ON 54.32% 8 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 56.75% 8 James Carroll, Lyons NY; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS 54.03% 9 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 55.96% 9/11 Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA 52.95% 10 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 55.44% 9/11 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 52.95% 11 Linda Doucet - Dyane Maurice, Montreal QC 54.55% 9/11 Carol Rynders - Jay Olson, Saint Paul MN 52.95% 12 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Peggy Sprague, Los Gatos CA 54.36% 12 Steve Caplan, Hampstead QC; Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC 52.86% 13 Shirley Scott, Colorado Spgs CO; Fred Herring, Aurora CO 53.80% 13 Ralph Haines, Evergreen CO; Carol Bertz, Englewood CO 52.72% 14 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 53.75% 14 Mary Schulz - Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 52.67% 15 John Jensen, Maysville KY; John Zamboni, Caldwell ID 53.38% 15 Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX; John Bugay, Parker CO 52.44% 16 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA 53.28% 16 Mary Lou Kerr, York ON; Julia Price, Toronto ON 52.39% 17 Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT 52.35% 17 Frank Queen, Denver CO; Bob Martin, Lone Tree CO 52.11%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsNorthern Colorado Unit 363 Day

Thursday, December 3, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherThursday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 1st Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Wednesday-Thursday Morning Compact Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 3rd Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game 1st single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20

Thursday, December 3, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15

Thursday, December 3, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Strati-Flighted Daylight A/X Open Pairs 1-2 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20Strati-Flighted Daylight B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20Daylight Gold Rush 750/300 Pairs 1-2 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750.

Thursday, December 3, 1 p.m.Thursday-Friday Side Game 1st single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20

Thursday, December 3, 1 & 4:30 p.m.0-10,000 FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $17 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions.

Thursday, December 3, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom F $20 —MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $17 —SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 1-2 Q Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $20 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Contestants must have been born prior to Jan. 1, 1959.Thursday Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Wednesday-Thursday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $16 $20

Thursday, December 3, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15

Thursday, December 3, 7:30 p.m.Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, foyer $15 $19Strati-Flighted B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, foyer $15 $19

Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 2nd single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15

Thursday, December 3, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 12 $12/team/match

Note: Entry for the REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS required by 11 a.m. Friday.Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (5000+/0-5000); B/C (1500-2500, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (5000+/3000-5000/0-3000); B/C/D (1500-2500/500-1500/ 0-500) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (2500+/1500-2500/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/100-300/0-100). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, 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.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME (MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 3 OF 6 SESSIONS) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS UU VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 R Barkley Calkins - Glenda Calkins, Allendale NJ 60.09% 1 Ken Bercuson - Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV 70.94% 2 1 1 Trudy Nickerson, Sturgeon County AB; Valerie Bowlen, Edmonton AB 57.85% 2 Nie Lih Kalat - Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 59.55% 3 2 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 56.54% 3 Mary Singer - George Derevjanik, Huntington Bch CA 56.30% 4 3 2 Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA; Qing Lu, San Jose CA 55.07% 4 1 1 Frederic Marston, Ewing NJ; Linda Golm, San Francisco CA 56.05% 5 Ann Cressman, Laguna Niguel CA; Janet Wickersham, Sierra Madre CA 54.13% 5 2 Marilyn Painter, Pittsburgh PA; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 54.61% 6 Dan Hertz - Natalie Hertz, Harrison NY 53.03% 6 3 2 Kathleen Clay, Wellesley MA; Rebecca Ames, Weston MA 54.32% 7 4 James Calhoun - Sandra Koller, Arvada CO 52.89% 7 Judy Stilson, Everett WA; Billie Turner, Greeley CO 54.06% 8 5 3 Craig Frerichs - Roswitha Frerichs, Lincoln NE 52.85% 8 4 3 Robert Blauvelt - Margaret Blauvelt, Highlands Ranch CO 53.74% 9 6 4 David Minson, Littleton CO; Curtis Castleman, Evergreen CO 52.71% 9 5 4 Judy Osmundsen - David Osmundsen, Wheat Ridge CO 53.68% 10 7 Ray McLean, Denver CO; William Kacena, Littleton CO 51.81% 10 Art Brodsky - Patricia Brodsky, Huntington Sta NY 53.50% 11 8 Michael Cohen, Denver CO; Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA 51.77% 11 6 Pamela Thaut - L Hall, Tucson AZ 52.94% 9 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Cheryl Backstrom, Orrville OH 51.32% 7 Laura Bro, Blythewood SC; Sallie Blackwell, Columbia SC 52.43% 8 Barbara Robinson - David Robinson, Denver CO 51.69%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Linda Hacker, Naples FL; Dottie Thomson, Carbondale CO 60.42% 1 Joyce Carne - Thomas Carne, Bozeman MT 69.64% 2 2 2 Mary Ann Rose, Erie CO; Mary Wright, Arvada CO 56.55% 2 1 1 Kathryn Chapman - William Lord, Boulder CO 57.14% 3 3 Ulla Winkler, Medford MA; Tony Ames II, Robbinsdale MN 55.06% 3 2 Dan Greenberg - Faith Greenberg, Walnut Creek CA 55.65% 4 Karol Lanigan - John Lanigan, Colorado Spgs CO 53.87% 4/5 3/4 Julienne Moore, Colleyville TX; Karen Marie Yarbrough, Irving TX 53.27% 4 Hannah Walters - George Walters, Grand Rapids MI 52.98% 4/5 3/4 2 Timothy Niebauer - Marie Groh, Boulder CO 53.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Richard Munday - Anne Munday, Castle Rock CO 60.71% 1 1 1 Judy O Brien - Denny O Brien, Denver CO 65.18% 2 1 1 Donna Reuterman - Nicholas Reuterman, Silverthorne CO 60.42% 2 2 2 Alice Olson - Michael Olson, Reno NV 55.36% 3 2 2 Randall Harrison, Westminster CO; Leonard Harr, Lafayette CO 54.76% 3 3 Liana Vernon, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Catherine Geraghty, Spokane WA 52.98% 4 3 Jim Wolf, Littleton CO; Robert Kossman, Denver CO 52.08% 4 4 Ellen Dugan - Carol Hummel, Castle Rock CO 52.08% 4 Larry White, Redmond WA; Harry Scott, Naples FL 51.49% 3 Richard Degroat - Meredith Degroat, Calgary AB 51.19%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS SECTION XXX A B 1 1 Toni Graves - Lowell Graves, Silverthorne CO 67.05% 2 2 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 56.82%

TUESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Susan Driggers - David Driggers, Casper WY 69.28% 1 Ann Zorn - Lon Doll, Billings MT 60.57% 2 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 63.62% 2 Allen Kane - En Hay, Highlands Ranch CO 58.61% 3 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 60.57% 3 1 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 57.08% 4 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 54.03% 4 2 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Aurora IL 55.34% 5 2 Brian Hegarty - Judy Bredall, Colorado Spgs CO 53.70% 5 Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 54.90% 6 3 1 Diane Davis - Barbara Werth, Austin TX 52.72% 6 3 1 Carma Meng - Sharon Berglund, Parker CO 53.27% 7 4 Michelle Steiner, Chandler AZ; Paul Glick, Phoenix AZ 52.07% 7 Jacqueline Smith, Fort Lauderdale FL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 52.18% 8 5 2 Mary Beth Stevens, Boxford MA; Elizabeth Wood, Arlington MA 51.85% 8 4 2 William Ervin - Joan Ervin, Indianapolis IN 51.96% 9 6 3 Richard Way - Georgiana Butler, Parker CO 50.98% 9 5 John Logan - Patricia Logan, Casper WY 51.31% 7 4 Christopher Gorton - Cynthia Gorton, Boston MA 50.00% 6 Jane Haflich - Shirley Hammond, Westminster CO 50.44% 7 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 50.33% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DDD EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Jim McKeown, State College PA 61.10% 1 1 Karen Trujillo, Denver CO; Judith Ude, Littleton CO 60.52% 2 1 1 Steve Lehman, Evergreen CO; R Dean Porter, Arvada CO 60.10% 2 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 58.64% 3 2 Toni Krueger, Parker CO; Shirley Heinsohn, Highlands Ranch CO 59.66% 3 2 Laurie Simons Divine - Clinton Heiple, Boulder CO 57.00% 4 Ed Howard, Lawrence KS; Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS 59.44% 4 3 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 56.83% 5 3 Ramona Berger - Richard Berger, Denver CO 55.63% 5 4 1 Linzhi Hu - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 56.46% 6 4 Bill Beard - Lori Beard, Highlands Ranch CO 55.20% 6 5 2 John Steffan - Marilyn Steffan, Marco Island FL 54.68% 7 5 Myra Ricketson, Centennial CO; Valerie Lager, Aurora CO 54.90% 7 6 Margaret McTavish, Candiac QC; Marie Hamilton, Saint-Lambert QC 54.41% 8 6 Jim Francis, Arvada CO; Eric Mead, Lakewood CO 53.92% 8 7 3 Kathryn Lindahl, Denver CO; Eleanor Larson, Golden CO 54.34% 9 Gregory Charlton - Skip Carson, Denver CO 52.99% 9 James Slinger - Susan Slinger, Corralitos CA 54.28% 10 Ellen Jenkins, Denver CO; Adele Verkamp, Phoenix AZ 52.86% 10 4 Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO 53.92% 7 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Vera Wardlaw, Milford CT 52.15% 2 Jennifer O’Neill, Greenwood Vlg CO; Philip Debus, Centennial CO 51.92% 3 Charlotte Sholes - Marjorie McDonald, Castle Rock CO 50.02%


Today’s Bridge EventsWyoming Units 420 & 421 Day

Wednesday, December 2, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherWednesday-Thursday Morning Compact Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 2nd Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20

Wednesday, December 2, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15

Wednesday, December 2, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 14 $16 $20

Wednesday, December 2, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Strati-Flighted Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams 1-2 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20Strati-Flighted Daylight B/C/D Swiss Teams 1-2 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20Tuesday-Wednesday Daylight Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20

Wednesday, December 2, 1 p.m.Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 5th single session Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $16 $20

Wednesday, December 2, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $20 —MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $17 —WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom D $20 —Wednesday-Thursday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 16 $16 $20Strati-Flighted A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Strati-Flighted B/C Swiss Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Gold Rush 750/300 Swiss Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Gold points for 750.Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $16 $20

Wednesday, December 2, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15

Wednesday, December 2, 7:30 p.m.Stratified Side Board-a-Match Teams single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 16 $15 $19 Open to Swiss drop-ins and new entrantsMonday-Wednesday Side Game Series 6th single session Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15

Wednesday, December 2, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 12 $12/team/match

Note: Entry for the REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS required by 11 a.m. Friday.

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (5000+/0-5000); B/C (1500-2500, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (5000+/3000-5000/0-3000); B/C/D (1500-2500/500-1500/ 0-500) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (2500+/1500-2500/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/100-300/0-100). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, 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.

The spirit of the old west is alive in Cheyenne WY, the capital city of the Cowboy State.

Cheyenne ACBL Unit 421, a small unit of about 60 members, promotes the friendliness of their game and their city to all visitors.

Located at the intersection of interstates 80 and 25, Cheyenne is a transportation hub. It was founded by the Union Pacific railroad in 1867 as a major stop along the transcontinental railway. The city boasts a beautifully restored Union Pacific depot, 1880s cattlemen’s mansions and museums and is the home of F.E. Warren Air Force base, one of three strategic missile bases in the United States.

Cheyenne is also the home of the world’s largest outdoor rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days, which is held for 10 days each July. Popular stops on a visit to Cheyenne include the Frontier Days Old West Museum, the Wyoming State Museum, Union Pacific Depot and Big Boy Steam Engine, and both Curt Gowdy State Park and the Vedawoo recreation area west of Cheyenne in the Medicine Bow National Forest. The State Capitol will begin a three-year long

refurbishing next spring. Cheyenne Bridge Club’s first night of ACBL-

sanctioned bridge was played at the in January 1954, and fielded 14 tables. As was the custom, women wore evening dresses and the men donned suit and tie when they came to play at the aptly named Frontier Hotel.

In March 1972, 56 players showed up at the unit election party at the Little America resort as a snow storm developed. No one could get home due to the deep snow and fierce wind. All travel was suspended and few hotel rooms were available. So, what would any self-respecting Wyoming bridge player do? Deal the next hand! When too tired to shuffle, the stranded players rolled up in blankets provided by the hotel staff and slept on the floor.

The unit has been hosting the Indian Paintbrush Sectional since 1956. It is now an annual September event and is well attended by players throughout the region. The three-day tournament is known for amazing homemade snacks, fun door prizes and a fried chicken buffet dinner between Swiss sessions

on Sunday.The most exciting news this fall for this unit is

the revival of Easybridge! There are more than 50 active participants now in the 11th week of classes and weekend workshops. So far, 20 of the new players have joined the unit. Plans are now underway for continuing Easybridge! classes through the spring of 2016.

Cheyenne Unit 421 invites everyone to the 2016 Indian Paintbrush Sectional, which will be held September 16–18 at Laramie County Community College. Early fall is a beautiful time to visit Cheyenne! Local games are held at the Cheyenne VFW Post 1881 on Monday evenings and Thursday afternoons and at the downtown senior citizens activity center on Tuesday evenings and Friday afternoons.

For information, contact Unit President Clara Bunning at [email protected] or 307–634–2704.

Today is Cheyenne Unit 421 DayBy Kym Zwonitzer

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