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DailyFriday, March 16, 2018 Volume 61, Number 8

61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski

Goodwill MessageRemember: It’s nice to be important, but it’s

more important to be nice.Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

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Limerick ContestSt. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17, and

in honor of the event, the Daily Bulletin is holding a Limerick Contest. Submit your bridge-related limericks to [email protected] or the Daily Bulletin office, Room 407 in the Marriott. The deadline is today at 6:30 p.m. The top three submissions will be published in Saturday’s issue.

Jacob Freeman was dancing in the Grand Ballroom Thursday night. The 17-year-old from Toronto had just found out he’d qualified for the second day of a national event for the third time this tournament.

Jacob started playing bridge when he was 5. He’d been playing online poker and watching his dad play on BBO. His dad didn’t want him playing poker, so Jacob switched to bridge. A year later he was playing online with a fellow Torontonian who didn’t know his age but was impressed enough to invite him to dinner. “My mom got on there and said, ‘He’s 6.’”

Olivia Laufer, a student at the same high school who started a bridge club with him there, didn’t officially learn bridge until she was 7. But she can still claim an earlier start than him because she’d been going with her parents to club games since she was an infant. When she learned to talk, her first words were “partner bid 2NT.”

As recently as a couple years ago, Jacob and

Start small, play bigCanadian youth playing in top events

Shrive wins 10K KOIn the 2017 version of

the 10K Knockout final, Al Shrive and company lost to Viktor Anikovich’s team. This year, Shrive prevailed, 112–60.

“I have a better team this year,” said Shrive, noting his lineup was three players from last year’s squad and three new players.

Shrive played with Don Dalpe, Michael Ranis, Anthony Barre, Saul Gross and Juan Castillo. Anikovich played with David Pelka, Alan Daniels and Bob and Ellen Kent, all winners in Kansas City, though they were down a man.

Shrive led all the way, going up 32–8 in the

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Searching for early Life MastersBy Paul Linxwiler

In the 80-year history of the ACBL, more than 109,000 members have achieved the rank of Life Master, beginning in 1936 with Hall of Famer David Bruce, Life Master No. 1.

Richard Troxel of Hendersonville NC is ACBL Life Master No. 823. The 85-year-old earned his Life Master gold card in 1955 at age 23. Recently, however, Troxel has been on the hunt for living players who made LM before he did.

“Is there anyone out there with a lower Life Master number and is still ‘vertical’?” he asks.

Everyone who earns the rank of Life Master receives a gold card from the ACBL. Years ago, these cards were engraved with the player’s name, the year the rank was achieved, and the Life Master number. Today, the LM number has been replaced with the ACBL player number (with the first digit “promoted” to a letter to signify the honor), and players learn of their LM number with a congratulatory letter that accompanies the card.

Troxel’s name appeared in the Life Master list of the March 1955 issue of The Bulletin. (Note it was not a new LM list, but rather the entire list of all LMs. In 1955, the list was short enough that it could be published in a single issue.)

continued on page 7Richard Troxel, 1960 and today, along with his LM gold card from 1955.

Martin Zhao and Jacob Freeman have been playing together since last summer’s Wernher Open Pairs.

Winners of the 0–10,000 Knockout: Juan Castillo, Saul Gross, Anthony Barre, Michael Ranis, Don Dalpe and Al Shrive.

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Gupta stuns ‘Pepsi’ in Vandy Rd. of 16The most remarkable result in yesterday’s

Vanderbilt action was the match between the No. 8 seed, led by Jacek “Pepsi” Pszczola, and the No. 9 seed captained by Vinita Gupta. The Gupta squad was trailing by 53 IMPs after three quarters, but rallied in the final set – which they won 84-27 – to win the match by 4 IMPs.

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Cappelletti-Mason set pace in Women’s

Allison Cappelletti of Delray Beach FL and Gerrianne Mason of Crossville TN posted the best score in the opening round of the Smith Women’s Pairs. The pair posted a 54.74% game in the first final session and a nice 66.58% game in the second to start today’s final – featuring the top-scoring 52 pairs – with a carryover of 61.08.

In second with 49.01 are Tobi Sokolow and Claudette Hartman of Austin TX.

The current third-place pair are Brits Sally Brock and Fiona Brown who have a carryover of 48.58.

English duo lead Silodor

England’s Simon Cope and Peter Crouch topped the qualifying round in the Silodor Open Pairs. Cope and Crouch scored 66.23% in the first qualifying session and 60.80% in the second to grab the lead going into today’s two-session final. Their carryover is 329.86 matchpoints.

In second with a carryover of 319.70 are Texans Michael Heymann of Fort Worth and Ellen Hessel of San Antonio.

Third place is occupied by Norwegians Fredrik Helness and Odin Svendsen with 297.85.

One hundred eighty-two pairs qualified for the final.

Friday, March 16, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Check cashing and Bridge Bucks

The check cashing and Bridge Bucks desk is located on the fifth floor of the Marriott across from Salon H. The desk hours are 9:30 to 10 a.m, and noon to 1 p.m.

Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Room: Franklin 5-8, 4th floor. Speakers and topics are subject to change.

Friday, March 169:15 a.m. Bruce Lang Smith Echo6:45 p.m. GS Jade Barrett Learning Curve

Saturday, March 179:15 a.m. David Legrow Balancing

Sunday, March 17TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Meetings are at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.Friday, March 16

10 am-2 pm Rubber Bridge Room. Enjoy relaxed bridge, where you can come and go as you please. There are no game fees for ACBL members. Nonmembers can buy a temporary membership for $7.99 that will cover you for the entire month. Everyone is welcome. Top experts from around the world will be on hand between 10 a.m. and noon to play and discuss hands. (Room 403)

HOSPITALITYLate night snacks will be served nightly, following the evening session, in the pre-function space outside the Marriott ballroom on the fifth floor. Tonight, enjoy individual pizzas.

EntertainmentPhiladelphia

Sightseeing ToursSee Philadelphia

– $20 discount tickets (usually $32) – with ACBL convention card. Get tickets at the Hotel Tour Desk in the lobby of the Marriott. Board the Philadelphia Sightseeing Tours on 12th Street outside the front door of the Marriott at 10:15 and hourly thereafter.

Last night for the CounterpartsAfter the evening sessions tonight, enjoy a

30-minute show by a cappella group Counterparts. They are from the University of Pennsylvania and they are amazing! The show combines bridge parodies with other tunes to enjoy.

Entry to the Counterparts shows are free and open to all bridge players. There is no reserved seating, but a ticket is required to guarantee a seat. Tickets can be picked up at the Information Desk on the fifth floor of the Marriott, including on the day of the show. The Information Desk is open daily at the following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m.,

ParkingDiscounted parking tickets are available for two

nearby garages at the Information Desk. 12th & Filbert – immediately across Filbert

Street from the entrance to the Marriott – $16/day.12th & Walnut – entrance

on the west side of 12th at Sansom Street – $12/day.

These discounts have been arranged through Parkway Corporation.

The Information Desk is open daily at the following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m., 6:30–7:30 p.m. When you arrive at the Marriott or the Convention Center, stop by the desk and pick up a ticket. When you return to the garage, first insert the ticket you received when you pulled into the garage, and then insert our discounted ticket to get the correct rate. Then you can pay.

If you are playing in the Convention Center, parking tickets will be available at the Partnership Desk one hour before each session.

Player memo stationsAt the Philadelphia NABC, player memo

stations may be found in the pre-function areas on the fourth and fifth floors of the Marriott.

Players are asked to please keep these area free of clutter.

2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m. and 6:30–7:30 p.m. Please note that the shows each day vary

somewhat, so you might enjoy a repeat performance if you saw Wednesday or Thursday’s shows. Players are welcome to come to any and all shows, but will need a separate, day-specific ticket for each show.

The show is at 11 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Marriott.

Attention daylight playersThe coupons you receive at your games are good

only the day they are given. If you try to use them on a later day, they will not be valid.

Get your prizeIf you’ve won any strat of any event at all

in Philadelphia, come to the Prize Desk on the fifth floor (to the left of the escalators) and claim your prize. The Prize Desk is open 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. and 6:30–7:30 p.m.


Shane and Rose Savage came from Moncton NB to play in the North American Pairs Flight C and stayed a few more days to play in Gold Rush events. In between sessions, another player came to the Bulletin office to praise Shane’s sportsmanship for suggesting a director call that he knew would disadvantage him. In addition to being good sports, the Savages are also comedians. “We’re having a good time in Philadelphia. I wish my wife was playing a little better,” Shane joked. Rose laughed and shot back, “If only I could tell you what his sportsmanship is really like,” which earned a laugh in return.

Thinking bridgeBy Eddie Kantar

Signaling, loser-on-loser play, when not to draw trumps.

Dlr: West ♠ A 9 5 4 Vul: None ♥ K Q J 2 ♦ A 5 3 ♣ 7 4 ♠ 7 ♠ Q 8 6 ♥ A 8 7 5 3 ♥10 9 6 4 ♦ J 10 2 ♦ K Q 7 ♣ K Q 10 9 ♣ J 8 2 ♠ K J 10 3 2 ♥ — ♦ 9 8 6 4 ♣ A 6 5 3

West North East South Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ Dbl 2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass

Opening lead: ♣KBidding commentary: As North, the system

opening is 1♦ with this hand pattern. This is the only distribution one should have for a diamond opening with onlt three diamonds. A 1♦ opening with this distribution occurs about 5% of the time 1♦ is opened. As responder, assume your partner has four or more diamonds when you hear partner open 1♦. Don’t play for exceptions! If you do, you will be wrong 95% of the time!

West’s passed-hand takeout double shows 9-11 HCP with four cards, minimum, in the two unbid suits. East is entitled to re-evaluate upwards with

a likely nine-card spade fit (worth an automatic 2-point upgrade) plus wild side suit distribution, worth another 2 points. The South hand logs in at about 13 revalued points and is worth a shot at game. If 4♠ seems a bit rich for your blood, try 3♠. North, with a maximum, will raise to 4♠.

Defensive commentary: As East, assuming the lead of the king is from the K-Q and not the A-K, tend to encourage holding the jack. However, with your diamond holding, it is better to discourage in clubs (♣2) to encourage a shift to diamonds.

As South, fearing a diamond shift, win the ♣A, cross to the ♠A and run the ♥K to West’s ace, discarding a diamond. Assuming West wins and shifts to a diamond, win the ace, discard your remaining two diamonds on the ♥Q and ♥J and concede a club. The most you can lose after this is maybe a spade trick. The idea is not to cash the ♠K before the dummy is void in clubs. If you do, and the player who wins your club exit may be able to cash the ♠Q, depriving you of a club ruff in dummy. Down you go. You could lose two clubs (instead of one) the ♥A and the ♠Q. Be careful about surrendering trump control (♠K) until dummy is void in the suit you plan to ruff.

Credit cards accepted for entry fees

Purchase your entries for all events at the NABC via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear from PurplePass. (If you see PurplePass on your credit card statement later, remember this is a charge for ACBL entry fees!) To use this option, the entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single card. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an alternative to cash.

JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS

Masterpoint disclaimerResults reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject

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

MonitoringACBL will be monitoring events at this and

future North American Bridge Championships with both visible and concealed real-time cameras in public spaces. The images will be recorded and available for later inspection and review by ACBL management and tournament officials, among others, including members of the Anti-Cheating Commission. These recordings will also be uploaded to the internet following the NABC.

By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues or disputes arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not be tolerated.”

Email usGot a hand you just have to share or a nice

story? We’d love to see it.The Daily Bulletin has its own email address:

[email protected]. You’ll also find it on the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the date and the editors’ names.

This email address won’t be checked with any regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please continue to use our office email addresses for non-tournament–related correspondence.


HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY ZIP KO 9 Tables 4.05 1 Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA; Pierre Dufour, Boca Raton FL; Mohamad Osseyrane, Sainte-Julie QC; Timothy Hill, Wellesley MA 2.84 2 Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Sam Amer, Montecito CA; Kerry Kappell, Sunnyside NY 1.62 3/4 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Kyle Rockoff, Buffalo Grove IL; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Alexander Frieden, Brookline MA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 1.62 3/4 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Douglas Kuschner, Seattle WA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI

TUESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO 8 Tables 21.85 1 Ginny O’Toole, Yarmouth Port MA; Chuck Greenslit, Framingham MA; Barbara McLagan, Sudbury MA; Sol Hartman, Brewster MA 15.30 2 Ann Borgschulte, San Francisco CA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 5 Tables 3.78 1 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA 2.65 2 Peter Haglich - Kathleen Haglich - Iris Siqueira - Joe Siqueira, Virginia Beach VA

D’AVETRE ADWELL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 1 12 Tables 17.42 1 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 12.19 2 Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI; Ned Irving, Hot Springs Village AR; David Colbert, Etobicoke ON; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON 7.84 3 Dennis Wick, Greencastle PA; Christopher Panos, Sacramento CA; Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC 6.10 4 Michael Wavada, Enfield CT; E Melnick - M Melnick, Hilton Head SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT

D’AVETRE ADWELL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 2 12 Tables 10.11 1 Samuel Amer, Queens NY; Leslie Weisbrod - Joan Dziekanski - Mindy Fleder, New York NY 7.08 2 Thomas Coxey - John Klinger - Deborah Klinger, Lancaster PA; Jeanne Gehret, Elizabethtown PA 4.55 3 Ken Lowenstein, Forest Hills NY; Susan Port - Barry Port, Atlantic Beach NY; Harriet Goldman, Roslyn Heights NY 3.54 4 Steven Fine, Durham NC; Ross Spiro, Cherry Hill NJ; Sam Mehta - Alvaro Duenas, Moorestown NJ

D’AVETRE ADWELL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 3 16 Tables 9.11 1 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Lynn Root, Birmingham MI; Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI 6.38 2 Sharon May, Waukesha WI; Janet Holmes, Brookfield WI; Gayle Tunnell - James Tunnell, San Francisco CA 4.10 3 Betsey Relyea, Briarcliff NY; Patti Fishbach, Stamford CT; Marcia Goldfinger - Carol Weiss, White Plains NY 3.19 4 Joann Krey, Mahwah NJ; Eileen McGrory, Hackensack NJ; Michelle Lanigan, Wyckoff NJ; Linda Endy, Ringwood NJ

D’AVETRE ADWELL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 4 16 Tables 6.56 1 Jan Nettler - Sheila Ryan, Florence MA; Daniele Panayotatos, Orangeburg NY; David Rosnick, Amherst MA 4.59 2 Peggy Greenawalt, Wyndmoor PA; Gerry Jawer, Wyncote PA; Arthur Seidner, Huntingdon Valley PA; Frances Bennett, Palo Alto CA 2.95 3 Steven Caplan - Joyce Levin, Boca Raton FL; Marion Tillack, Sarasota FL; Yoon Jhee, Longboat Key FL 2.30 4 Maryann Moss, Ardmore PA; Evette Mittin, Elkins Park PA; Elisa Menocal, Philadelphia PA; Edward Kennedy, Wayne PA

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS - QUALIFIERS 91.0 Tables Carryover 1 Simon Cope, Hertfordshire England; Peter Crouch, Surrey England 329.86 2 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 319.70 3 Fredrik Helness - Odin Svendsen, Oslo Norway 297.85 4 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ 287.62 5 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 281.51 6 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 277.86 7 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand 272.47 8 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 270.17 9 Thomas Maccormac - John Connolly, Dublin Ireland 267.41 10 Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis - Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece 246.70 11 Joao Barbosa - Paulo Sarmento, Portugal 242.25 12 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 237.89 13 Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL; Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL 237.45 14 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN 236.29 15 Jeffrey Goldman, Norwalk CT; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 235.47 16 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 230.72 17 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Terrence Rego, Mississauga ON 229.75 18 Robert Barrington - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 229.68 19 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 225.27 20 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 225.19 21 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 213.37 22 Thomas Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 209.92 23 Igor Milman - Oleg Rubinchik, Brooklyn NY 207.83 24 Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; AJ Stephani, Cincinnati OH 206.10 25/26 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 197.31 25/26 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Rick Binder, Waltham MA 197.31 27 Gregory Gorshkov, Somerville NJ; Neil Jaffe, Belle Mead NJ 190.77 28 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 189.87 29 Chris Moll, Durham NC; Bill Cook Jr. Madison MS 187.69 30 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 186.41 31 Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 185.29 32 Robb Gordon, Prescott AZ; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 183.56 33 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 183.35 34 Meike Wortel, Amsterdam; Jacco Hop, Rotterdam 182.08 35 Barry Goulding, Scottsdale AZ; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 182.04 36 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 179.86 37 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 176.94 38 John Zilic, Houston TX; Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY 173.31 39 Philippe Galaski, Florence MA; Roger Webb, Amherst MA 170.82 40 Les Bart, Bradenton FL; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 166.33 41 Robert Heitzman Jr., Allendale NJ; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 162.51 42 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 162.22 43 Ding-Hwa Hsieh - Lin-Huan Chen, Kirksville MO 161.98 44 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 160.66 45 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 158.92 46 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ 157.61 47 Aran Warszawski, Rehovot Israel; Dan Israeli, Tel Aviv Israel 155.69 48 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 151.83 49 Ken Eisner, Truro NS; Ronald Mak, Manchester NH 149.95 50 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Sylvia Summers, Ridgway PA 149.08 51 Michael Wolf, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 148.69 52 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Richard Chan, Markham ON 148.26 53 Janet Becker – R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 144.01 54 Philip Goulding, Wexford PA; Craig Biddle, Pittsburgh PA 140.29 55 Bruce Schwaidelson, Doylestown PA; Alvaro Ronderos, Plymouth Meeting PA 140.15 56 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA 137.26 57 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Scott Levine, New York NY 137.11 58 Daniel Wilderman, New York NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 136.81 59 Debabrata Majumder - Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India 133.41 60 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 133.09 61 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 128.38 62 Duddow Cooney, Regina SK; Stephen Li, Winston-Salem NC 127.53 63 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 125.76 64 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Daniel Boye, Farmington NY 125.33 65 Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI; Sheldon Kirsch, West Bloomfield MI 124.27 66 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 123.58 67 Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 121.27 68 Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY 120.52 69 Chuck Malcolm, Olathe KS; William Muir, Kansas City MO 119.80 70 Joan Lewis - Robert Hopkins Jr., Arlington VA 119.22 71 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY 117.92 72 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 113.84 73 Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL; Larry Bass, Tamarac FL 113.54


Getting to the Convention Center

The shortest route to the playing area in the Convention Center is to exit the Marriott through the doors near the front desk. Make a left going west on Filbert Street and then a right onto 13th Street and go one block north to Arch Street. The best Convention Center entrance to use is on the northwest corner of 13th and Arch. This is a short walk, less than a quarter of a mile.

We strongly suggest that you do not use the skybridge from the Marriott to enter the Convention Center. This will take you to a part of the building that makes it difficult to find the bridge play.

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first quarter and widening the lead by about 10 IMPs each quarter thereafter. The event is limited to players with less than 10,000 masterpoints.

It was a first-time limited NABC win for four members of the team. Gross and Castillo won the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs last fall in San Diego, and Gross previously won the Mini-Spingold in 2011.

Top-seeded Nick Nickell trailed slightly at the half against Gary Cohler (No. 17), but was in complete control in the second half, winning the contest 142-98.

Marty Fleisher (No. 2) disposed of Stan Tulin (No. 15) 166-93, with Fleisher leading all four quarters.

John Diamond (No. 3) and Daniel Zagorin (No. 19) had the closest match of the entire round, with a handful of IMPs separating the squads until Diamond won the last quarter 34-19 to prevail 124-113.

No. 4 Team Lavazza survived against No. 20 Richard Schwartz, winning 132–123, but No. 5 James Cayne was sent to the sidelines when they lost to No. 21 Mary Ann Berg, 140-125.

The most lopsided final score of the round came from the matchup between No. 6 Andrew Rosenthal and No. 11 Jim Mahaffey, in which the latter prevailed, 113-57.

No. 26 Chen Zhao continued their winning ways by defeating Hemant Lall and company, 113-73.

Second in the 0–10,000 Knockout: David Pelka, captain Viktor Anikovich, Bob Kent, Ellen Kent and Alan Daniels.


Vanderbilt leaders

74 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 113.27 75 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA 109.68 76 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 107.88 77 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 107.44 78 H. Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Timothy Baird, White Plains NY 107.02 79 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Karlis Rubins, Riga Region Latvia 106.87 80 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Eric Sieg, Seattle WA 106.76 81 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE 102.32 82 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Phillip King, Harrow Middlesex England 101.84 83 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 101.33 84 Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY; Norman Trabulus, New York NY 100.90 85 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 100.47 86 Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 100.43 87 Adam Lally, Stamford CT; Dana Rossi, Westport CT 99.04 88 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 98.18 89 Richard Price - Melissa Price, Glenn Dale MD 97.84 90 William Pettis, Chevy Chase MD; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 95.67 91 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 92.16 92 Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Daniel Lev, New York NY 91.34 93 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; Clay Hamner, Chapel Hill NC 90.89 94 Joseph Rice, Winchester KY; E. Bruce Neikirk, Louisville KY 90.38 95 Andrew Russell, St. Catharines ON; Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA 89.56 96 Sheldon Natenberg, Glenview IL; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 85.19 97 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 84.76 98 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA 83.44 99 Stephen Barr - Michael Donnelly, Dublin Ireland 82.14 100 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Sheng Li, New York NY 80.60 101 Theo Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 79.31 102 Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Bach Ashley, 77.04 103 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 76.92 104 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 74.94 105/106 John Moffat, Bellingham WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 73.41 105/106 Alessandro Gandoglia, Rome Italy; Giacomo Percario, Livorno Italy 73.41 107 Ming Sheng, Chicago IL; Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 72.74 108 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 72.10 109 Renaldo Timoteo - Carlos Luiz, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 70.80 110 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 67.95 111 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Metarie LA 67.31 112 Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 66.86 113 Kenton Schoen, Alexandria VA; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 65.99 114/115 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR 65.64 114/115 Maciej Klis - Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 65.64 116/117 Ron Gerard, White Plains NY; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 63.38 116/117 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 63.38 118 James Ward, Champaign IL; Bharat Rao, Berwyn PA 63.18 119 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 58.69 120 Paul Frean - David Parsons, New York NY 56.74 121 H. Hunt - Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 55.53 122 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 55.35 123 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Michael Cassel, Roseville MN 54.84 124 Barry Gorski, Wyomissing PA; Albert Bingaman Jr., Reading PA 54.21 125 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Li Yiting, Herndon VA 52.91 126 Bjorn Fallenius - Michael Moss, New York NY 52.40 127 William Bailey, Mill Valley CA; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV 51.17 128 Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 50.56 129 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Jack LaVigne, Houston TX 49.85 130 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 49.81 131 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Clay Hall, Vestavia AL 49.62 132 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 49.39 133 Ronald Conlon, Severn MD; Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD 48.03 134 Stefan Skorchev, Bulgaria; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 46.84 135 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 46.79 136 Jayendu Patel, Vista CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 43.74 137 Qiang Li, North York ON; Jason Ji, Kendall Park NJ 41.66 138 Alan Schwartz - Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA 41.31 139 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA 38.85 140 Richard Hyken, Pompano Beach FL; Julie Cohan, Montville NJ 38.49 141 David Fleischer, Alexandria VA; Donald Berman, Laurel MD 36.77 142 Bill Rose, Seattle WA; Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA 36.54 143 Steven Huhman, Alpharetta GA; Joel Goren, Bedford NY 35.02 144 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 34.46 145 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 32.21 146 Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Greg Burch, Bear DE 31.29 147 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Sandston VA 31.05 148 James Gingrich Jr., Lansdale PA; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 30.68 149 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; James Heneghan, Washington DC 30.66 150 Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL 30.16 151 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Laufer, Toronto ON 28.47 152 Clifford Nebel, Hastings Hudson NY; Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA 28.10 153 Gary Macgregor - Heather MacGregor, Portola Valley CA 25.64 154 Marcelo Caracci - Loreto Cuevas, Santiago Chile 23.04 155 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 22.88 156/157 Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY; Martin Minsky, Bronx NY 22.37 156/157 Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Astoria NY 22.37 158 Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 20.77 159 John McCormick, Rockville MD; Irfan Coskun, Istanbul Turkey 20.62 160 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 19.94 161 Sherman Gao, Brea CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 17.13 162 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Allison Hunt, Charlotte NC 16.94 163 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA 16.69 164 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 16.64 165 Marc Lachapelle, St.-Laurent QC; Xavier Combey, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 12.53 166 Michael Prahin, Irvington NY; Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL 12.33


NABC 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT 18 Tables 58.00 1 Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Michael Ranis, Miami FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL; Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 43.50 2 Viktor Anikovich - David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Chicago IL 29.00 3/4 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 29.00 3/4 Richard Gabriel, Naples FL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Larry Bass, Tamarac FL; Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL 13.05 5/6 Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI; Ned Irving, Hot Springs Village AR; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON; David Colbert, Etobicoke ON; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 13.05 5/6 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA; Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA

Tournament ProgramMixed Pairs November 8, 9M.P. Pairs November 10National Simultaneous November 11IMP Pairs November 12,13Open Pairs November 14, 15, 16Teams November 17Participants from All Over the WorldIncluding European and World Champions.

Total Prize Money in Excess of €25,000Special Accommodation PackagesThe perfect vacation combining bridge, sun and social events.The largest festival in Europe!

Further information and registration:Organizing Committee: David & Alon Birman,

50 Pinkas St., Tel Aviv, Israel Tel.: +972-3-6058355, +972-50-6698655,

Email: [email protected], www.bridgeredsea.com

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Use of the bidding box — Alerts and Announcements

When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time.

When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made.

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167 Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 10.01 168 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON 7.54 169 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 5.65 170 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 5.35 171 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 4.91 172/173 James Osofsky, Florence MA; Michael Heider, Reading CT 4.48 172/173 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 4.48 174 Pierre Dufour, Boca Raton FL; Mohamad Osseyrane, Sainte-Julie QC 3.59 175/176 Brian Ellis - Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 1.43 175/176 Ahmed Hussein, New York NY; Mohamed Heshmat, Cairo Egypt 1.43 177/178 Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland 0.99 177/178 Hal Hindman, Centreville VA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC 0.99 179 Aaron Jones, Oceanside CA; Jason Chiu, San Jose CA 0.60 180 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 0.26 181 Wallace Goldban, Palm Desert CA; Rhoda Walsh, Carlsbad CA 0.24 182 Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 0.00

SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS - QUALIFIERS 26.0 Tables Carryover 1 Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN 61.08 2 Tobi Sokolow - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 49.01 3 Sally Brock, London England; Fiona Brown, Yorkshire England 48.58 4 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Sheila Cesarano, Miami Beach FL 46.63 5 Tatiana Ponomareva - Tatiana Dikhnova, Moscow Russia 44.43 6 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 41.90 7 Laurie Vogel - Nancy Turner, New York NY 40.17 8 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 37.50 9 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring MD 37.09 10 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Hermi Hanlin, New York NY 35.90 11 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 35.06 12 Natalie Bassil - Marina Polestra, Boston MA 34.17 13 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; K. Fung, Edmonton AB 33.29 14/15 Doris Greenwald, Stamford CT; Terry Lubman, Riverside CT 32.48 14/15 Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL; Perla Sultan, Aventura FL 32.48 16 Juliana De Oliveira - Isa Koogan Breitman, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 31.74 17 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Gloria Brown, Virginia Beach VA 29.22 18 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 26.20 19 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 25.26 20 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 24.80 21 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 23.78 22 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA 22.95 23 Sally Strul - Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 22.47 24 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 22.19 25 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Terry Currie, Houston TX 21.41 26 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL 20.98 27 Claire Alpert, Miami FL; Sylvie Willard, Paris France 19.00 28 Libby Fernandez - Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 18.58 29 Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 18.53 30 Sharon Goldman, Secaucus NJ; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 18.52 31 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Pamela Miller, Cambridge MA 17.76 32 Judy Hummel - Shirley Scott, Colorado Springs CO 16.70 33 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 16.64 34 Jo Morse - Janet Dresden, Palm Beach Gardens FL 16.23 35 Elizabeth Clark, East Aurora NY; Barbara Libby, Tonawanda NY 16.05 36 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 15.42 37 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX 14.20 38 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 12.43 39 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Joyce Penn, Columbus OH 9.44 40 Sandra Rimstedt - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 9.13 41/42 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 6.95 41/42 Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 6.95 43 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX 5.64 44 Tania Reyes Hiller, Bedford Corners NY; Linda Otness, Greenwich CT 4.74 45 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA 4.64 46 Joan Brandeis, Elkins Park PA; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 4.12 47 Barbara Schaefer, Norristown PA; Sarah McMerty, Southern Pines NC 3.49 48 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA 3.32 49 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA 2.54 50 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 1.34 51 Laurie Carr - Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI 0.89 52 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Betsy Downs, Chicago IL 0.00



Early Life Masters

Work and family life pulled Troxel away from the game for decades.

“My career made playing difficult, but I tried to keep up with the game by reading bridge magazines. And I kept my membership current in the ACBL. But there was a 30-year gap when I just didn’t play.”

In 2016, however, Troxel attended a birthday party for bridge-playing friend Patricia Mills, in Hendersonville, where he and his wife had moved two decades previously. The party had a bridge theme, so Troxel found his LM gold card and wore it around his neck in a plastic holder. Mills was fascinated with the card because she had never seen one. That got Troxel to wonder if there are any active members of the ACBL who became Life Master before 1955.

His story was published in the February issue of the Bridge Bulletin, and several players came forward to say that they indeed had lower LM numbers, several of whom are well-known to members of the ACBL.

Life Master No. 228: Bruce ElliottThe Canadian

Bridge Federation’s Hall of Fame website notes that Bruce Elliott was born in 1922 and has lived all his life in the Toronto area. He became a Life Master in 1950.

Elliott’s partnership with Percy Sheardown was one of the best in North America in the 1950s and ’60s,and their team with Eric Murray and Sami Kehela ranks as the best Canadian

foursome of all time.Elliott won the Chicago Trophy (now the

Reisinger) in 1948, playing with Agnes Gordon, the first of his four major North American titles. He won the Chicago Trophy again in 1951, playing with Percy Sheardown.

With Sheardown, Kehela and Murray, Elliot won the 1964 Spingold Master Knockout Teams, and the foursome successfully defended the title in 1965, becoming the only foursome to date to achieve such a feat.

Elliott represented Canada twice in the World Team Olympiad, winning a bronze medal in Deauville, France, in 1968.

Life Master No. 269: Bruce GowdyBruce Gowdy

of Toronto holds the record for being the youngest player ever to win a major knockout event – the Spingold Master Knockout Teams – at the age of 19 in 1949. He won the Canadian National Open Teams five consecutive times, from 1949 to 1953.

The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge began tracking the Youngest Life Master in 1952 with Richard Freeman (who was 18 at the time), but prior to Freeman, Gowdy claims the record: “I know there are a few members who have since become LMs at a younger age, but for discussion purposes, I was the original Youngest Life Master when I reached 300 masterpoints in January 1950, at age 19. I became an LM in an open pairs event in Niagara Falls NY, playing with Margaret Bell (who later became Bruce Elliott’s wife).”

A WBF World Life Master, Gowdy represented Canada three times in the World Team Olympiad (1960, 1972 and 1976), winning a bronze medal in 1972. He also won a silver medal in the 2002 World Senior Pairs.

Life Master No. 346: Brent Woodson ElmoreBrent Woodson Elmore earned her Gold Card in

1952, making her the first female Life Master in her home state of North Carolina. (Her brother, William B. Woodson, who invented the Woodson Two-Way Notrump, was Life Master No. 289. He died in 1989.)

“My brother and I started going to national tournaments in 1948, so we got to know some exceptional players. Charles Goren and Johnny Crawford both came to our hometown of Salisbury NC to give lectures to our friends in the area.

“At a National Mixed Pairs, playing against Goren and Helen Sobel, I got to a 6♣ contract. Goren led the ♥A. Dummy came down with:

♠A K x x ♥K Q J x ♦A ♣A x x x. “Right away, he shifted to a low club. My club

holding was Q-x-x-x-x, so I had to let it ride. Imagine my delight when the 10 came from Sobel who held J-10 doubleton. Goren had led low from K-x: He was sure I had the ♣Q J and would finesse if left to my own devices, so he led the low club, hoping I would play for a singleton king in RHO’s hand. I could not possibly make my contract any other way.

“I attended the first Bermuda Bowl in 1950 in Bermuda at the Castle Harbour Hotel. In fact, I kept hand records for Goren. Also, my husband and I flew over with the U.S. team who played at the world championships in Turin, Italy, in 1960.”

Life Master No. 418: Billy RosenBilly Rosen won the Bermuda Bowl in 1954

and placed second in 1955. He was 25 when he won the Bermuda Bowl, the youngest player ever to win that title until 1981 when the record was broken by Robert Levin. He has won eight North American championships. Rosen also won the McKenney Trophy (now the Barry Crane Top 500) in 1953.

Rosen, a WBF Life Master, was inducted in the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame in 2014 as the recipient of the von Zedtwitz Award.

Life Master No. 456: Eric MurrayEric Murray is one

of the all-time greats of the bridge world. The most successful Canadian player ever, the Hall of Famer started his career playing with Douglas Drury (of convention fame), qualified for his first international team with Charles Coon, had

mixed-pairs successes with Hall of Fame member Agnes Gordon, and became legend with Hall of Famer Sami Kehela.

Murray represented North America in the Bermuda Bowl in 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1974, and represented Canada in other world competitions in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1980 and 1982. He placed third in the Rosenblum Teams in 1982.

Murray, an ACBL Grand Life Master, won the Team Trials in 1966, the Lou Herman Trophy in 1963, the Vanderbilt in 1961 and 1970; the Spingold in 1964, 1965 and 1968; the Men’s Teams in 1962, the Life Master Men’s Pairs and the Mixed Pairs in 1963; the Men’s Pairs in 1945 and 1955; the Master Mixed Teams in 1956 and 1962; and the Life Master Pairs in 1969. He won the Canadian National Teams Championships in 1980, 1981 and 1987. In 2010, he won the Canadian Senior Team Trials.

Life Master No. 630: Al BlinderDuring 1944 and

1945, 20-year-old Al Blinder served in the U.S. Third Army under General George Patton in Alsace-Lorraine, France. After the war, Blinder took up bridge, and he was awarded his gold card in 1953 at the San Diego Regional. (Also earning his gold card that day was Life Master No. 629, the late Hall of Famer Marshall Miles.)

“From 1955 to 1970, my favorite partner was Joe Nedham of Orinda CA, especially when playing in the Vanderbilt and Spingold KO Teams. At our best, we won four matches in each. One of our top results was defeating a team led by Hall of Famer Al Roth by 2 IMPs at the 1960 Spingold KO in Los Angeles. Our most unusual regional result occurred in the 1960s against a strong Midwestern team. At the half, we were down 46 IMPs, but 16 unbelievable boards later, we finished on top by the same margin: plus 46. Yes, we had scored 92 IMPs in 16 hands!

“Similar to Richard Troxel, my middle years of bridge were interrupted by years of working to maintain a family. During those years, I was playing rubber bridge at home once a week.”

Life Master No. 637: Bud Marsh“On a Sunday

morning in October of 1952, I received a call from a panicky Ralph Cohen (many years later, CEO of the ACBL). The board-a-match teams at the Montreal Regional was scheduled that day, and one of three fellows from Toronto had failed to show up, and they needed me to fill in. In typical fashion, Ralph guaranteed ‘that I would become a Life Master by the end of the day.’ I had about 290 masterpoints at the time, but I had found more interesting ways to spend my weekends. Needless to say, I was released from my movie date and went to meet the other half of the team: Bruce Elliott, who later won two consecutive Spingolds, and Doug (yes, the real) Drury. We won, and I became a Life Master. In January 1953, I received my gold card.

Bruce Elliott, mid-1960s

Bruce Gowdy in 2015

Brent Woodson Elmore in 1951

Elmore today

Billy Rosen in 1954 Rosen at his Hall of Fame induction

in 2014

Canadian bridge royalty, circa 1964: Bill Solomon, Percy Sheardown, (presenter unknown), Eric Murray, Bruce Gowdy and Sami Kehela.

Al Blinder proudly displays the gold card

he earned in 1953.

continued on page 9

Marsh in 2016


Vanderbilt KO Teams – Today’s Pairings

17. Cohler 137 16. Street 104

9. Gupta 154 24. Paul Fireman 100

25. O’Rourke 29 8. Pszczola 129

5. Cayne 125 28. Verbeek 65

21. Berg 132 12. Mittelman 106

13. Zimmerman 77 20. Schwartz 100

29. PD Times 58 4. Lavazza 173

2. Fleisher 129 31. Lilienstein 104

18. Hill 80 15. Tulin 147

10. Lall 134 23. Seligman 124

26. Zhao 147 7. (71) Castner 119

6. Rosenthal 143 27. (38) Moss 64

22. (60) Gipson 113 11. Mahaffey 161

14. (51) Leong 92 19. Zagorin 144

30. (35) Demirev 97 3. Diamond 132

1. Nickell 43 55 103 142 16. (17) Cohler 25 58 72 98

9. Gupta 15 28 58 142 8. Pszczola 43 78 111 138

5. Cayne 44 58 84 125 12. (21) Berg 24 54 90 140

13. (20) Schwartz 13 61 78 123 4. Lavazza 33 59 85 132

2. Fleisher 30 70 111 166 15. Tulin 26 33 64 93

10. Lall 34 48 66 73 7. (26) Zhao 16 34 76 113

6. Rosenthal 11 25 45 57 11. Mahaffey 45 78 82 113

14. (19) Zagorin 18 41 94 113 3. Diamond 16 41 90 124

1. Nickell 8. (9) Gupta

5. (21) Berg 4. Lavazza

2. Fleisher 7. (26) Zhao

6. (11) Mahaffey 3. Diamond

1. Nickell 170 32. (33) Doub 116

1. Nickell 18864. (65) Trachuk 70

32. Kasle 114 33. Doub 148

17. Cohler 151 48. Rippey 101

16. Street 171 49. (54) LZSS 133

9. Gupta 144 56. Skorchev 95

24. Paul Fireman 106 41. Collins 63

25. O’Rourke 120 40. Phyllis Fireman 117

8. Pszczola 210 57. (72) Schireson 61

5. Cayne 166 60. (69) Wilderman 90

28. Verbeek 155 37. Fallenius 56

21. Berg 170 44. Baker 99

12. Mittelman 181 53. Harris 71

13. Zimmerman 138 52. Pavlicek 128

20. Schwartz 132 45. Grossack 91

29. PD Times 122 36. Aa 115

4. Lavazza 182 61. (68) Zhang 106

2. Fleisher 180 63. Sher 122

31. Lilienstein 89 34. (43) Abdou 80

18. Hill 155 47. Barbosa 116

15. Tulin 130 50. Hanna 85

10. Lall 155 55. (74) Smith 124

23. Seligman 124 42. Jacob 123

26. Zhao 138 39. (64) Madness 132

7. Coren 108 58. (71) Castner 146

6. Rosenthal 123 59. Narasimhan 119

27. Robinson 98 38. Moss 119

22. Levine 148 43. (60) Gipson 191

11. Mahaffey 188 54. (75) Pajak 38

14. Sonsini 93 51. Leong 112

19. Zagorin 166 46. (57) Texeira 83

30. Woolsey 46 35. Demirev 138

3. Diamond 146 62. Cassel 132

77 TablesNick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL vsVinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden

Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA vsChen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore

John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway vsJim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV

LAVAZZA: Agustin Madala - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark vsMary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland

50.00 9/16 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 50.00 9/16 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 50.00 9/16 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Roy Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden 50.00 9/16 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; David Bakhshi, London England 50.00 9/16 Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 50.00 9/16 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; John McAllister, Keswick VA; Jacob Roen, Copenhagen Denmark; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 50.00 9/16 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; David Gold, London England; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Michael Bell, London England



Canada youth

partner Martin Zhao were playing in 299er games, and a couple years before that, so were Olivia and partner Albena Vassileva. Now all four are members of Canada’s national youth teams, and they’ve been playing in national events in Philadelphia. Martin, 14, is on the Under-16 team, and the other three are on the Under-21 team. Both girls are 15 but will turn 16 this year.

Freeman and Zhao qualified for the second day of the Lebhar IMP Pairs in 35th place, and last night they qualified in the Silodor Open Pairs. And Freeman and Vassileva qualified in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs.

The four of them entered the Vanderbilt and drew the last seed (the bottom 10 were randomized). On Monday, they played a four-way match starting against the highest-seeded team not to have a bye. They then faced Richard Pavlicek’s team for the third spot out of the group. They were up 4 IMPs at the half but didn’t make it. “It was a nice experience, a pretty nice moment being up at the half,” Albena said.

“I thought there would be more pressure,” said Olivia. But then she was kibitzing the Vanderbilt when she was 2, so it wasn’t all that new.

She and Albena both started learning bridge in school bridge programs at their elementary schools when they were 7. Jacob already had a few years of playing experience when he started a similar program at his school while in grade 3, but between the volunteer teacher from Unit 166 and his school, they designated the program for grades 4-6 and told him he was too young to participate. He ended up needing special permission to join his own club.

Martin learned the latest at 11, when he was encouraged by his dad to go to a bridge camp, and he was mentored by Nader Hanna. He formed his partnership with Jacob last summer at the Toronto NABC. The first hand he picked up was an extremely strong two-suiter with six spades and seven diamonds. The opponents bid to 5♣, which Jacob doubled, and Martin settled for defending. They set it 800 but lost 16 IMPs because they missed 7♠. “I thought Jacob was never going to play with me again.”

The next day they were planning to play in a regional open pairs but at the last minute decided to try the Wernher Open Pairs. When they qualified for the second day, they decided to continue playing together.

They’ve since been to four regionals and some sectionals, but don’t have much time to play. “I play hockey, and my partner skis, so we don’t play much in the winter,” Jacob said. “And I’m in grade 12, so I have university applications.” He recently made Bronze Life Master and this year has already earned half as many masterpoints as all of 2017, when he gained 230.

Jacob and Martin have experimented with some advanced systems and play a complicated version of 2/1 that some pros gave them, modifying it along the way. “The most important part is conversations away from the table,” Jacob said. “If we’re going to have a long-term partnership, we need to be able to talk about the difficult hands and have productive conversations.”

PARTNER LEADS THURSDAY DAYLIGHT SIDE SWISS TEAMS 34 Tables A B C 9.39 1 Roy Perry, St John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE; Bernard Rehberg, Swarthmore PA; Kurt Engleman, Avondale PA 62.00 7.04 2 Real Fradette, North Wales PA; Elaine Clair, Gwynedd Valley PA; Barbara Muhlhauser - Bob Muhlhauser, Ambler PA 61.00 7.18 3/4 1/2 Stephen Pope - Ornit Grossman - Ellen Ryan - Edythe Krauss, Ithaca NY 53.00 7.18 3/4 1/2 Michael Garnek, King of Prussia PA; Robert Grinwis, Downingtown PA; Virginia Schuerger, Norristown PA; John Policella, Newtown Square PA 53.00 4.61 5 3 Janet Steig, South Orange NJ; Joan Sherman, Morristown NJ; Jane Fuller, Summit NJ; Susan Goldberg, Livingston NJ 52.00 3.46 6 4 Audrey Egger - Nancy Robins - Patricia Taylor, Princeton NJ; Janis Charkow, Cranbury NJ 50.00 2.59 7 5 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Redding CT; Benjamin Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL 49.00 1.71 8/9 6/7 Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA; William Etnyre, Wadsworth IL; Muggsie Rocco, Carlisle MA; Elizabeth Wood, Arlington MA 48.00 1.71 8/9 6/7 Sanford Robbins, Pompano Beach FL; Carol Vogt, Boca Raton FL; Lucy Tillman, The Villages FL; Ruth Goodpasture, Bourbonnais IL 48.00 1.00 8/9 Frances Barry - Polly Arnold - Joanna Johnson - Bonnie Kress, Raleigh NC 47.00 1.00 8/9 Arnie Obler - Geri Obler, Great Neck NY; Carmen Keys - Paul Cuneo, Houston TX 47.00 2.80 1 Fred Kurz - Shirley Kastenberg - Gerald Gary Abelow - Art Simons, Cherry Hill NJ 44.00 1.84 2/3 Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY; Rosemary Reitz - Raeann Koerner, Ventura CA 41.00 1.84 2/3 Myrna Shervin - Frederick Holdsworth, Philadelphia PA; Myra Rosenberg, Bala Cynwyd PA; Randee Braslow, Wynnewood PA 41.00 1.18 4 David Sloane, Glen Cove NY; Victor Poon, Stony Brook NY; Betsy O’Dell, Tucson AZ; Cynthia Rose, Tumacacori AZ 35.00

“It was a big deal in those days. I was interviewed on Radio Canada, and the mayor of Montreal presented me with Gold Card No. 637 at a special city-sponsored cocktail party!”

Marsh was fourth in the World Senior Teams in 1994.

Life Master No. 798: Walter Richard MayWalter May received his gold card in 1954 at

age 23. Now 87, May has approximately 14,500 masterpoints.

“When I became a Life Master – which was much harder to achieve in 1954 – I believe I was, at the time, the third-youngest person to have achieved the distinction.”

May says that one of his favorite memories came from the 1952 Spingold.

“My partner, Richard Lesser, and I traveled to the nationals without teammates, so we picked up a pair of Life Masters – who couldn’t agree on what conventions they would use – to play in the Spingold. Somehow, we made it to the quarterfinal, where


Early Life Masters

we met the team of B. Jay Becker, George Rapée, Howard Schenken, Johnny Crawford and Sam Stayman, the best team of that era. There were so many kibitzers surrounding the table that I suggested to my partner that we wait until game time to take our seats. As we made our way through the crowd toward the table, we were stopped halfway by an older man who said, ‘Son, if you want to kibitz, you need to come earlier.’ I replied, ‘Sir, if you want to see the slaughter, we’re the dog meat.’”

May, age 25 May in 2018

Albena Vassileva and Olivia Laufer, both 15, are members of Canada’s Under-21 team.

EVELYN LEVITT THURSDAY EVENING SIDE SWISS TEAMS 19 Tables A B C 6.19 1 Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands 61.00 4.64 2 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Daniel Korbel - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 58.00 3.05 3/4 Stefano Tommasini, Santa Catarina Brazil; Marcello La Rovere - Roberto Barbosa - Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 55.00 3.05 3/4 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Adam Stokka, Umea Sweden; Jeremy Lewis, Lexington NC 55.00 1.96 5 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Lars Arthur Johansen - Tor Eivind Grude, Trondheim Norway 54.00 4.60 6 1 Thomas Suter, Street MD; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD; Mel Volmert, Springfield MO; John Steffan, Marco Island FL 49.00 3.02 2/3 1 Jack Willgruber - Jeffrey Rohrbeck, Devon PA; Mike Willgruber, King of Prussia PA; Lou Primavera, Norristown PA 41.00 3.02 2/3 Eli Zinner - Jan Grieff Zinner, Nipomo CA; Marvin Weitzenhoffer, Las Vegas NV; Andy Antipin, Philadelphia PA 41.00 1.94 4 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD 36.00 1.28 5/6 Stephen Pope - Ornit Grossman, Ithaca NY; Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA; William Sumner, Lawrenceville NJ 34.00 1.58 5/6 2 Lewis Maddock - Ruth Ellen Maddock, Hagerstown MD; Andrew Swaim - Katherine Lehman, Berkeley Springs WV 34.00


New Life MastersPlayers who become Life Masters in

Philadelphia should come by the Daily Bulletin office (Meeting Room 407 in the Marriott) after noon to have their photos taken. Other rank changes (Bronze, Silver, etc.) are welcome, too.

Iris Siquiera of Virginia Beach VA is a new Life Master. Siquiera earned her gold card playing in the Wednesday-Thursday Morning Compact KO Teams with Joe Siqueira, Peter Haglich and Kathleen Haglich, all of Virginia Beach.

Kyle Rockoff of Buffalo Grove IL earned his gold card in Wednesday’s Hugh Ross Compact KO Teams when his squad won Bracket 3 of the event. Rockoff played with Philip McPeek of Chicago, Alexander Frieden of Brookline MA and Thomas Scruggs of Berkeley CA.

Playing in the Gold Rush Pairs on March 9, Nancy Robbins of Wilmington DE became a Life Master with partner Teresa Young of New Castle DE.

Susie O’Neil of Wyndmoor PA is another of the ACBL’s newest Life Masters. She earned her gold card playing with Nancy Tyson, also of Wyndmoor, in Wednesday’s Gold Rush Swiss Teams. Their teammates were Nell Mecray of Bryn Mawr PA and Pam Wilford of Villanova PA.

S. Gerald King of Rydell PA became a Life Master on Thursday. He was playing in the “Life is a Beach” Daylight Gold Rush Pairs with John Bravo. He needed 3 gold points at the beginning of the week, chipped away at that on Tuesday and got the rest Thursday.

DELAWARE THURSDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 40.0 Tables / Based on 80 Tables A B C 39.03 1 Robert McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 60.58% 29.27 2 Anne Stein, Mill Valley CA; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 59.59% 21.95 3 Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 58.78% 16.47 4 Glenn Eisenstein - Abbie Cole, New York NY 58.15% 13.01 5 Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 57.14% 15.61 6 1 1 Jack Mahoney - Dan Morgenstern, Brunswick ME 56.45% 11.71 7 2 Gail Cannold, Rye NY; Dennis Glazer, Bronxville NY 56.30% 8.67 8 Sandra Marlin - Mike Marlin, Versailles KY 56.20% 8.78 9 3 2 Wayne Weisler, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 56.10% 6.81 10/11 Jill Fouad, New Canaan CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 56.00% 6.81 10/11 Stephen Cooper, Belle Mead NJ; Jimmy Pelham, Conley GA 56.00% 6.00 12 David Hoover - Barbara Mateer, State College PA 55.95% 6.59 13 4 Hugh Hendrickson, Renton WA; Maxwell Hughes, Vero Beach FL 55.92% 5.04 14/15 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Tigard OR 55.77% 7.42 14/15 5 Om Singh, Whitehouse Station NJ; Manoj Kanti Deb-Roy, Hillsborough NJ 55.77% 4.59 16 Senta Lackner - Gerald Lackner, Furstenfeld Austria 55.54% 5.60 17 6 3 Sally Mallett - Gary Mallett, New Martinsville WV 55.24% 4.11 18 7 Alan Kudisch, East Norwich NY; Sandie Sickle, Syosset NY 55.16% 3.90 19 8 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 54.88% 3.72 20 9 William Foster – B. Gayle Phillips, Rochester NY 54.43% 3.41 10 Patricia Becker - Allan Becker, Southfield MI 54.38% 4.20 11 4 Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL; Anastasia Tsavaris, Rock Hill SC 53.85% 3.32 12 5 David Dursum, Royal Oak MI; Deepak Dighe, West Bloomfield MI 53.16% 3.83 13 Thomas McDow V, Bexley OH; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 52.05% 2.84 14 6 Arup Mukherjee, Bethlehem PA; Frank Morgan, Allentown PA 51.32% 2.49 7 Marilyn Fedak, Boca Raton FL; Raluca Dobrescu, Woodside NY 51.24% 3.43 8 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 50.58% 1.90 9/10 Daniel Jacobson, Philadelphia PA; Charles Hage, Monmouth Beach NJ 50.33% 1.90 9/10 Eva Klivington, Fairfax VA; Suzanne McIlhiny, Dearborn MI 50.33%

LIFE IS A BEACH THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 51.0 Tables 7 5 2 16.01 1 1 1 Ginny Mason - Bobby Willig, Princeton NJ 61.06% 12.01 2 2 Anne Montgomery - Frances Stillman, New York NY 59.25% 9.01 3 3 Catherine Strauss, Wyndmoor PA; Margot Lebovitz, Gladwyne PA 58.18% 6.75 4 4 2 Sharon Kochen - Riva Lewinter, West Hartford CT 57.89% 5.34 5 5 3 Linda Bodien - Melissa Warheit, Columbus OH 57.74% 4.57 6 6 Annette Kronmiller - Thomas Kronmiller, Chapel Hill NC 57.59% 4.00 7 7 Charles Rauch, Monterey CA; Chris Copple, Eureka CA 57.48% 3.56 8 8 B. Lynn Tavormina - John Boettcher, East Lyme CT 57.44% 3.27 9 9 4 J. Michael Russell - Steven Plotkin, New Orleans LA 57.14% 2.91 10 10 John Bravo, Marlton NJ; S. Gerald King, Jenkintown PA 56.99% 2.67 11 11 Mariusz Kielbowicz, Philadelphia PA; Scott Metzler, Haddonfield NJ 56.70% 2.46 12 12 Christopher Moh - Mee Warren, New York NY 56.10% 2.54 13 13 Nancy Robbins, Wilmington DE; Teresa Young, New Castle DE 55.95% 2.13 14 14 Joanne Gurmankin - Harriet Hornick, Philadelphia PA 55.59% 2.00 15 15 Doug Chaney, Pottstown PA; Sara Gainey, Allentown PA 55.36% 1.88 16 16 Edward Andrews Jr. - Stephen Riepenhoff, Skillman NJ 55.17% 1.91 17 17 5 Rex Wang, Manorville NY; Wei Chang, Wynnewood PA 55.06% 1.69 18 18 6 Christine Sgro, Phoenixville PA; Sheila Pechinski, Scarborough ME 54.91% 1.53 19/21 19/20 7 Charles Kastenberg, Cherry Hill NJ; John Mojta, Mount Laurel NJ 54.32% 1.69 19/21 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY 54.32% 2.03 19/21 19/20 Carrie Margolin, Olympia WA; Yumiko Hough, Barnstable MA 54.32% 1.75 22 21 8 Cheryl Diane Patrick - Margaret Randle, Kansas City MO 54.17% 1.45 23 22 Bob Matthews, The Villages FL; Lee Davis, Wilmington DE 54.02% 1.28 24 23 Joseph Delikat, Tabernacle NJ; James Koss, Medford NJ 53.93% 1.23 25/27 24/26 Ralph Vogel - Terri Schafer, Little Rock AR 53.42% 1.84 25/27 24/26 9 Craig Guthrie, Berwyn PA; Rex Saffer, Broomall PA 53.42% 1.77 25/27 24/26 Victoria Adams - Lawrence Adams, The Villages FL 53.42%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 11.0 Tables A B C 4.55 1 Celia Austenfeld, Vestal NY; Joshua Bieber, Endicott NY 60.65% 4.12 2 1 Dorothy Thompson - Tyrone Davis, Philadelphia PA 59.49% 3.09 3 2 1 John Barton III, Swarthmore PA; Prem Premakumar, Media PA 58.10% 1.92 4 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Naples FL 57.41% 2.32 5 3 Judith Gwaltney – J. Bruce Gwaltney, Wilmington DE 55.56% 1.74 6 4 Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Peter Bernstein, Philadelphia PA 54.63% 1.97 5 2 Sharon Segal - Linda Montague, Philadelphia PA 54.40% 1.48 3 Judy Nixon - Jim Nixon, Flower Mound TX 51.39% 1.11 4 Patrick Chesley - Nancy Chesley, Springfield IL 50.00%

Appealing a ruling Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal

a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking with the director who delivered the original ruling. The table director will fill out paperwork regarding the appeal, and the appellants will explain what they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled by a variety of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the case, the circumstances of that particular case will determine whether the case can be resolved by the original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even a committee-type hearing which could include bridge experts.


Help from the bidding By Mark Itabashi

Information from the bidding is often declarer’s greatest aid, as it was on these two deals from the Rockwell Mixed Pairs. My partner was Veronica McMurdie. Dlr: South ♠ J 8 4 3 2 Vul: None ♥ Q 6 ♦ 6 2 ♣ K 6 5 4 ♠ 10 6 5 ♠ 7 ♥ K J 9 2 ♥ A 8 3 ♦ K 7 4 3 ♦ Q J 9 8 5 ♣ 9 7 ♣ A Q 10 8 ♠ A K Q 9 ♥ 10 7 5 4 ♦ A 10 ♣ J 3 2 West North East South Partner Me 1♣ Pass 1♠ 2♦ 2♠ 3♦ Pass Pass 3♠ Pass Pass 4♦ All Pass

South started with the ♠A K, and I ruffed. The ♦J was covered by the ace, and South exited with a trump, won in dummy with the king.

I then led a club to the queen, cashed the ♣A and ruffed a club. When I called for dummy’s ♠10, I noticed that North did not cover. If South, who had already shown 12 HCP, started with the ♠J or ♠Q, he would have opened 1NT (15-17) if he also held the ♥Q. When I ruffed a second club to dummy, South showed out. Therefore, I played the ♥A and the ♥K, dropping the ♥Q offside, because North had to be 5=2=2=4.

Plus 150 for us was worth 63 out of 64 matchpoints. Dlr: North ♠ K 10 9 Vul: N–S ♥ A 10 5 4 ♦ A J 6 5 3 ♣ 9 ♠ A 8 7 5 4 2 ♠ Q J 6 ♥ Q 7 3 2 ♥ 9 8 6 ♦ 9 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ K 4 ♣ Q 6 3 ♠ 3 ♥ K J ♦ Q 8 2 ♣ A J 10 8 7 5 2 West North East South Me Partner 1♦ Pass 1NT 2♠ 3♦ 3♠ 5♦ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

This overly aggressive contract should always be beaten, but a slip by the opponents allowed it to come home.

East led the ♠Q. After winning the ♠A, West shifted to a heart, won with dummy’s jack. Warned by the double, I now cashed the ♥K and the ♣A, ruffed a club in my hand, and led a low diamond toward the dummy. East could have beaten the contract by winning it and playing another trump, but hoping to get two trump tricks, East ducked. Dummy’s queen won. This was the position: ♠ K 10 ♥ A 10 ♦ A J 6 ♣ — ♠ 8 7 5 4 2 ♠ J 6 ♥ Q 7 ♥ 9 ♦ — ♦ K 10 7 ♣ — ♣ Q ♠ — ♥ — ♦ 8 2 ♣ J 10 8 7 5

I now ruffed a club, cashed the ♥A and ♠K, ruffed a spade and led a good club, pitching my last heart. East, down to ♦K 10 7, had to ruff and lead a trump into my ♦A J.

Plus 750 was a top.

The local NABC Committee selected the ALS Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, to receive a $5000 gift on behalf of the ACBL Charity Foundation.

Attending the check presentation on Tuesday, March 6, were Philadelphia NABC co-chair Bob Glasson, ACBL Charity Committee Chair Bonnie Bagley, Chairman Emeritus of the ALS Association Ben Ohrenstein, and Philadelphia NABC co-chair Joann Glasson.Ohrenstein is the brother-in-law of local expert Arnie Fisher, whose late wife, Jeanne Fisher, was a top player, teacher and club owner from District 4. The Open Pairs on Friday, March 9, was named in her honor.

BAD JOKES THURSDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 1.75 1 Rachel Porat, Penn Valley PA; Stephen Small, Bala Cynwyd PA 66.50% 1.49 2 1 Bonnie Grossman - Rosalind Schacher, Warrington PA 65.50% 1.12 3 2 Abbe Avart, Bryn Mawr PA; Mindy Goldberg, Villanova PA 54.50% 0.84 4 3 Gail Chandler-Myers - Artrice Braxton, Philadelphia PA 49.00%

BAD JOKES THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 11.0 Tables A B C 3.15 1 1 Charles Rose - Evelyn Rose, Smithtown NY 60.42% 2.36 2 2 1 Michael Basch - Ann Basch, Elkins Park PA 59.23% 1.77 3 3 Mary Chaffin - Molly Hamilton, Dallas TX 56.85% 1.70 4 4 2 Janet Chaiken, Gladwyne PA; Kathy Vogel, Ambler PA 56.55% 1.28 5 5 3 Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France; Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ 55.36% 0.96 6 6 4 Joseph Jiuliano, Branchburg NJ; David Noyes, Basking Ridge NJ 54.76% 0.63 5/6 Richard Nathenson - Carol Nathenson, Monroeville PA 52.68% 0.63 5/6 Robert Ayers Jr. - Lauretta Ayers, Toms River NJ 52.68%


DAVE TREADWELL THURSDAY OPEN PAIRS 15.0 Tables / Based on 16 Tables A B C 13.00 1 1 1 Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Emma Miller, Reno NV 58.83% 9.75 2 Thomas Kriz, Breinigsville PA; Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA 57.99% 7.31 3 John Schnell - Della Schnell, Paradise Valley AZ 57.36% 6.75 4 2 Chuck Greenslit, Framingham MA; Barbara McLagan, Sudbury MA 56.80% 4.33 5 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 56.43% 5.06 6 3 Harold George, Wichita KS; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 55.68% 3.80 7 4 William Creech, Bainbridge Isle WA; George Bennett, Bellevue WA 54.63% 2.89 8 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 54.19% 3.13 5 Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY; David Stevens, Charleston IL 54.06% 2.65 6 Charles Pierce - Wesley Albinger, New York NY 53.21% 2.67 7 Leon Masiewicki, Rockville MD; Andrea Weiswasser, Washington DC 52.79% 2.56 2 Amy Dutton, Mendota Heights MN; Susan Sanger, St. Louis Park MN 51.05%

PEACOCK THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 2.25 1 Kim Smith, Fairfield CT; Jill Dimitrief, Boston MA 61.50% 1.87 2 1 1 Linda O’Malley - Brendan O’Malley, Lafayette Hill PA 58.00% 1.40 3 2 Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ; Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France 55.50% 1.14 4 3 2 Ellen Wood, Fort Washington PA; Terry Maginnis, Lafayette Hill PA 52.00%

THURSDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 12.0 Tables A B C 4.77 1 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Naples FL 61.11% 3.58 2 George Subt, Southampton NJ; Judy Wirtenberg, Delray Beach FL 60.77% 3.90 3 1 1 Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS; Jeffrey Colton, East Williston NY 56.06% 2.93 4 2 2 Carol Elfant, Philadelphia PA; Michelle Zygielbaum, Rockville MD 55.56% 2.19 5 3 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Elena Steingraf, North Canton OH 55.39% 1.80 6 4 3 Zihan Tan, Chicago IL; Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 54.71% 1.29 5 Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 54.38%

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES – FINAL46.00 Tables / Based on 17 Tables 8.27 1/2 Judith Argento, Naples FL 118.52% 8.27 1/2 Raymond Depew, Naples FL 118.52% 4.15 3/5 Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 111.56% 4.15 3/5 Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA 111.56% 4.57 3/5 Tyrone Davis, Philadelphia PA 111.56% 4.55 6/7 Joshua Bieber, Endicott NY 109.30% 4.55 6/7 Celia Austenfeld, Vestal NY 109.30% 2.10 8 Kay Moran, Dallas TX 108.21% 2.93 9 Michelle Zygielbaum, Rockville MD 103.94%

NABC Electronic Device Policy

Except by permission of the director in charge, any electronic equipment or device capable of receiving or sending an electronic signal, or capable of communicating in any way, may not be operated or functioning in any manner in the playing area during a session of play. Any such equipment must not be visible during the session and must remain off at all times.

The above restrictions apply to all players, captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders except those persons granted permission by the ACBL, and are in force throughout any playing session or segment of play. Further restrictions and requirements apply in events involving live internet and/or yugraph coverage.

A violation of any of the above restrictions will result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to Law 91 of the Laws of Duplicate Bridge.

NABC+ eventsFirst offense of any kind (ringing, answering or

initiating a call, texting or browsing) in a session: One full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of the maximum available VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring.

Second offense in the same session or third offense within the event, disqualification of the pair or team from the event.

Other eventsFirst offense, in the same session – ringing only:

one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the respective form of scoring; first offense in the same session – answering or initiating a call, texting or browsing: one-half board, 6 IMPs or 2 VPs, at the respective form of scoring.

Second offense in the same session: two full boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum available VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring.

Third offense in the event: disqualification of the pair or team from the event.

Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from the playing area for the remainder of the session.

This policy applies to all events at NABCs.


EntriesA valid ACBL player number is required to play

in all events at the NABC.All North American championships with no

upper masterpoint limit are $25 per player per sessio.(For team events, this means $100 per team per

session for four-person teams, $125 per team per session for five-person teams, and $150 per team per session for six-person teams. Only ACBL members current on their dues and service fees are eligible to play in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session benefits the International Fund.)

Other North American championships are $17 per player per session.

(For the team events, this means $68 per team

per session for teams of four, $85 per team per session for teams of five, and $102 per team per session for teams of six. Only ACBL members current on their dues and service fees are eligible to play in these events.)

Regional championships are $16 for ACBL members, $20 for inactive members per player per session.

(For multi-session team events of three sessions or more, the entry fee is $64, $80 or $96 for teams of four, five or six, respectively. For team events of one or two sessions, the entry fee is $64.)

All other events are $15 for ACBL members, $19 for inactive members per player per session.

HALL OF FAME THURSDAY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 15 Tables A B C 6.74 1/3 1/3 Maureen Beyrouti, St.-Laurent QC; Francoise St. Pierre, Beaconsfield QC; Gary Hastings - Michel Bertrand, Dorval QC 80.00 6.74 1/3 1/3 Julia Zucker - Nat Zucker, Monroe Township NJ; Burton Schlosberg, Hamilton NJ; Eileen O’Neill, White Plains NY 80.00 6.74 1/3 1/3 Jim Leuker - Kimberly Fanady - Steven Kipperman, San Francisco CA; Alan Kraus, Philadelphia PA 80.00 3.69 4 4 Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; David White, Lancaster CA 77.00 2.92 5 Eli Schneider - Cynthia Schneider, East Brunswick NJ; Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Township NJ; Marilyn Kogan, Avon By the Sea NJ 68.00 2.57 1 Giorgia Botta, Woodside NY; Melissa Fawer - Siqing Yu, New York NY; Maureen Rives, Saddle River NJ 60.00

THURSDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 12.0 Tables A B C 4.77 1 Romain Tembouret, France; Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA 61.93% 3.58 2 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Ken Gee, Regina SK 60.23% 4.12 3 1 1 Elizabeth Carlson, Summit NJ; Cherry Liloia, Morristown NJ 58.71% 2.01 4 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 56.44% 3.09 5 2 2 Cecilia Kloecker, Cincinnati OH; Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 55.30% 2.32 6 3 John Early, Lansdale PA; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 55.11% 1.74 4 Cris Shanks, Watkinsville GA; Dianne McLean, Athens GA 53.60% 1.30 5 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Muriel Stitt, Honolulu HI 53.41% 1.48 3 Thomas Suter, Street MD; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD 51.70% 1.11 4 Marvin Waxman, Scottsdale AZ; Paul Weintraub, Delray Beach FL 48.67%


Age requirement for Senior events

You must have been born before January 1, 1959, to qualify to play in ACBL Senior events.

Check out the vendorsLooking for bridge books, bridge fashion,

dealing machines and more? Check out the bridge vendors on the fourth floor of the Marriott daily.

Silence is golden?By Barry Rigal

Doug Simson is known for removing all the green cards from his bidding box before he starts a session. “We won’t be needing these, partner!”

When asked why on a particular deal he had taken action, when none appeared necessary, he responded, “I tried passing once, and I didn’t like it.”

However, he reported the following deal to indicate that on occasion, taking the low road could have unexpected results. Simson was West.

Put yourself in declarer’s shoes: Dlr: East ♠ J 4 3 Vul: N–S ♥ 6 ♦ 10 8 5 4 3 ♣ 9 7 5 4

♠ Q 5 2 ♥ A 10 9 3 ♦ A K 9 2 ♣ A K West North East South Pass 1♦ Dbl 3♦(1) Pass 3NT Pass (2) 4♦ Pass 5♦ All Pass

(1) Weak.(2) Slowly.You win the ♥K lead in hand and decide that the

trumps are clearly 3-1 or 4-0. It looks right to ruff a heart to dummy and advance the ♦10, trying to put pressure on East. If he plays low smoothly, you can rise with the ace and reconsider. A fine plan, but ... this is the ful deal: ♠ J 4 3 ♥ 6 ♦ 10 8 5 4 3 ♣ 9 7 5 4 ♠ A K 7 ♠ 10 9 8 6 ♥ K Q J 8 5 4 2 ♥ 7 ♦ Q 7 ♦ J 6 ♣ Q ♣ J 10 8 6 3 2 ♠ Q 5 2 ♥ A 10 9 3 ♦ A K 9 2 ♣ A K

As you can see, this line led to a swift down two. Note that at double-dummy, West might defeat the contract by dropping the ♦Q under the ace if declarer plays that card at trick two.

I suggested to Doug that this might be the start of a new trend. He riposted that this was the exception that proves the rule. But in the future, watch out for those green cards!

DIAMOND STATE THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 14.0 Tables A B C 3.60 1 1 Mary Chaffin - Molly Hamilton, Dallas TX 64.58% 2.70 2 2 Steven Katz, Swarthmore PA; Melisa Cooper, Philadelphia PA 62.08% 2.27 3 3 1 Michael Basch - Ann Basch, Elkins Park PA 60.83% 1.52 4 4 Carolyn Feldman, Pennington NJ; Naomi Griffin, Newtown PA 60.43% 1.14 5 5 Marie Saeger, Silver Spring MD; Johanna Weekley, North Bethesda MD 60.42% 0.85 6 6 John Graf, Alexandria VA; Paul Mohler, Arlington VA 57.92% 1.70 2 Robert Ayers Jr. - Lauretta Ayers, Toms River NJ 56.83% 1.28 3 Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France; Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ 55.25% 0.96 4 Grace Sutherland, Danielsville PA; Janet Morganthau, East Stroudsburg PA 53.75% 0.76 5 Joanna Moore Ramsey - Dahlia Johnson, Philadelphia PA 51.33%

DIAMOND STATE THURSDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 9.0 Tables A B C 2.22 1 1 1 Sue Ellen Masty, Flourtown PA; Nancy Adelman, North Wales PA 68.32% 1.67 2 2 Karen Hill - Cheryl White, Philadelphia PA 65.08% 1.25 3 3 Mindy Goldberg, Villanova PA; Abbe Avart, Bryn Mawr PA 60.65% 0.94 4 Rachel Porat, Penn Valley PA; Stephen Small, Bala Cynwyd PA 59.46% 0.81 5 4 Bonnie Grossman - Rosalind Schacher, Warrington PA 55.75% 0.68 5 Pamela Ratigan, Warrington PA; Karen Yung, Doylestown PA 53.90% 1.22 2 Lily Clarke, Hanover NH; Marion Umpleby, Turnbridge VT 53.24% 0.92 3 Natalie Morhun, Etna NH; Charlotte Johnson, Hanover NH 50.46% 0.69 4 Lisa Madzin - Sarah Hart, Philadelphia PA 47.09%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsUnit 141 Day

Saturday, March 17, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive membersMorning Swiss Teams single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Saturday, March 17, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Saturday, March 17, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Marc Labovitz Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.Daylight Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Saturday, March 17, Noon & 7 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Grand Ballroom I, 5th floor $25 —

Saturday, March 17, 1 p.m.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Liberty Ballroom, level 3 Headhouse Tower $16 $20 Take 3rd floor bridge over 12th Street. Liberty is above Hard Rock Café.

Saturday, March 17, 1 & 4:30 p.m.NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions

Saturday, March 17, 1 & 7:30 p.m.JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsMeyer Kotkin Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Liberty Ballroom, level 3 Headhouse Tower $16 $20 Take 3rd floor bridge over 12th Street. Liberty is above Hard Rock Café.Bill Bauer Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m.

Saturday, March 17, 3 p.m.Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.Evening Side Swiss Teams single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Liberty Ballroom, level 3 Headhouse Tower $16 $20 Take 3rd floor bridge over 12th Street. Liberty is above Hard Rock Café.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. 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.


Unit 168 Open Pairs and 299er PairsSponsored by Unit 168 of District 4

The Central Pennsylvania Unit 168 includes the Harrisburg and Lancaster areas.

Dorothy Coopey Daylight Gold Rush PairsSponsored by her daughter Doreese Torrey and friends

Dorothy Coopey was an avid bridge player and an active member of Unit 120, Northeast PA. She loved to play bridge, and wherever she lived in Florida, Arizona or Pennsylvania, she found a place to play. She also loved to play bridge online anytime day or night.

Dorothy will be remembered for her beautiful smile and her kindness to novice players. In recent

years even though she had difficulties, she still had a smile for everyone.

In a more personal tribute, Doreese reminisces: “My mom needed a partner, so she taught me to play bridge. When I became a Life Master on her birthday and called her to tell her the news, she was just as excited as I was, if not more. Sometimes in recent years, I would wake up in the middle of the night and find her playing bridge online.”

Dorothy passed away in January 2018, at the age of 90, from a bout with cancer. She will be missed by family, friends, and both bridge partners and opponents alike.

Unit 112 Thursday-Friday Knockout TeamsSponsored by Unit 112 of District 4

Welcome to Unit 112’s two-day regional KO! Unit 112 Central New York is District 4’s northernmost unit – stretching from the Canadian

to Pennsylvania borders. Unit 112 is the largest geographical unit and has the second-largest ACBL membership within District 4.

Players in the unit are hearty souls as they travel in the harshest winter weather – Syracuse, the center of the unit, is proclaimed to be the snowiest city in the U.S.

Unit 112 is home to many fine colleges and universities and travel and tourism is a highlight of the area. Visitors from all over the country come to enjoy summers in the Finger Lakes region, where many fine vineyards line the lakes and offer incredible refreshments from the fruit of the vine.

Enjoy the competition in this event and also remember that District 4 and Unit 112 are committed to Zero Tolerance to enhance every player’s bridge experience.

Today’s Bridge EventsFriday, March 16, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive membersFriday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Friday, March 16, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Friday, March 16, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom D, 5th floor $16 $20Dorothy Coopey Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Liberty Ballroom, level 3 Headhouse Tower $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Take 3rd floor bridge over 12th St. Liberty is above Hard Rock Café.

Friday, March 16, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Bracketed Flight B Teams 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 No player over 3000 MPs. Brackets of eight teams by average MPs. Three teams in each bracket earn gold.

Friday, March 16, Noon & 7 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 QF Grand Ballroom I, 5th floor $25 —

Friday, March 16, 1 p.m.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20

Friday, March 16, 1 & 7:30 p.m.SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 —SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $25 —Unit 168 Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor $16 $20Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.Friday Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Unit 112 Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Friday, March 16, 3 p.m.Unit 168 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Unit 168 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Friday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.Flight A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Flight B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Friday, March 16, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. 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.

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