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When it comes to the youth movement in bridge, it seems that the adults get most of the publicity for the work that’s going on.

Enter a pair of 12-year-old Canadians – Olivia Laufer and Albena Vassileva. They are so passionate about the game that they have established a blog to recruit their friends and recently embarked on a fundraising campaign to help Canadian players their age get to the World Youth Teams Championship next year in Salsomaggiore, Italy.

The two are in New Orleans to play a bit and talk about the game they love. Albena lives in North Bay ON, Olivia in Toronto.

“I talk to my friends about bridge a lot,” says Albena, who plays frequently with her dad, Tzvetalin Vassilev.

The 12-year-olds have been playing about five years. Olivia learned from her parents, Anu

Goodman and John Laufer. “I like math and problems and figuring things out,” she says. “I like using my mind, and you meet a lot of people.”

Albena likes bridge because “it’s an interesting game.”

Olivia and Albena were in Atlanta for the Youth NABC two years ago and did not know that

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It has been said that it’s easier to find a compatible spouse than a bridge partner – until now. The ACBL’s new online Partnership Desk is open for business in New Orleans and attracting customers.

Trying to pick up a game this weekend? Logs show that as of Thursday afternoon, there were 82 open requests. One feature that sets the online Partnership Desk apart is text message capability.

“For tournament players, text message communications make looking for a partner for a game on the spot doable,” says the program’s project manager, Christina van Leeuwen. “Potential partners see your request immediately on their phone.”

More than 2000 members have checked out the Partnership Desk, accessible by logging into your MyACBL account, and nearly a quarter of those

The match game

window shoppers have posted partner requests. There have been 200 requests for the NABC alone.

From the Partnership Desk, click the Find

You can go home againJane Foster is excited to be in New Orleans for so many reasons.

“Oh, the beignets and grits; and the crawfish and the biscuits and the gumbo!” she exclaims. She’s excited about returning to the city of her childhood as an award-winning novelist. And the lagniappe? There’s a big bridge tournament in town, as well.

Foster had her first novel published in 2013. A proud native daughter of New Orleans, Foster was invited to speak to the students at her high-school alma mater about her writing success. “My novel, Below Sea Level, is about hope and friendship, how addiction affects a young family and how they recover.” She adds with a laugh, “But it’s not heavy handed.” The novel is set in New Orleans.

Below Sea Level received an Illumination Book Award for general fiction in 2013. Hallmark TV is considering picking up the story for a TV movie.

There’s a heavy vein of creativity in Foster’s family. Foster had her own jewelry design business in New York before she retired

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They’re 12 – and working hard for bridge

Albena Vassileva and Olivia Laufer

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Rumelhart, Gannon in10K Knockout final

Teams captained by Donald Rumelhart and Sean Gannon will meet today in the championship round of the NABC 10K Knockout Teams.

Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI, is playing with Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Ned Irving, Hot Springs Village AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON, Stephen Mackay, Markham ON, and Ray Jotcham, Scarborough ON.

Gannon, of Decatur GA, is playing with Blake Sanders, Jonesboro; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH, and Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH.

The Gannon squad got to the final by knocking off the Russ Jones team, taking a 30-IMP lead at the halfway point and cruising to a 178-121 victory.

By contrast, Rumelhart had to come from behind to advance against the Monica Angus squad. Angus and company led 57-38 at the half and had 6-IMP lead with a set to go. Rumelhart took the

Vanderbilt entersquarterfinal stage

The team known as Assael, honoring a late Turkish bridge player, staged a huge rally in the fourth quarter against the Mark Gordon team to make it to the quarterfinal round of the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams.

Trailing 131-82 after three quarters, Team Assael outscored their opponents 63-3 in the final set for the 145-134 win. The team is named in honor of Salvador Assael, who died of a heart attack during the world championships in Lille, France, in 2012. Assael and Nafiz Zorlu won the Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs in 2001.

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Sanborn, Kratensteinleading Women’s PairsWith a carryover score of 54 matchpoints, Kerri

Sanborn and Rhoda Kratenstein of Delray Beach FL will start play today in the Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs with a lead of 13.31 matchpoints on a top of 27.

In second place with going into the two final sessions are Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI, and Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY, with a carryover of 40.69. Gail Greenberg and Sue Picus of New York City stand third with 33.22. Right behind them are Wenfei Wang and Shen Qi of China, with 32.19.

Friedland, Dahl aheadin Silodor Open Pairs

Riding a 71.76% game in the second qualifying session, Peter Friedland, Cupertino Ca, and Mark Dahl, Richmond VA, lead the field going into today’s two final sessions of the Silodor Open Pairs. Their carryover of 360 put them 73.9 matchpoints ahead of the second-place pair, Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL, and Jim Munday, Southaven MS.

In third place with 270.49 are Alexander Ornstein, New York City, and Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC.

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Friday, March 2010:30 am Bridge+ more dealers. Demonstration and game. (2nd floor)11 am-Noon History of Bridge. “Bridge in the Wild & Wooly West.”

(Lafayette, 41st floor)

11 pm-Midnight Women’s International Team Trials meeting. (Jackson, 5th floor)

Sunday, March 22 Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)

Friday, March 209:15 am Josh Donn Support Doubles6:45 pm Mike Flader Ruling the Game

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CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

HOSPITALITYLate-night snacks will be served at 10:15 pm at the Marriott in the Preservation Hall lobby (2nd floor) and Grand Ballroom lobby (3rd floor).

Friday, March 20Gumbo (no meat), corn chowder

Saturday, March 21Bananas Foster

Sunday, March 221 pm: Pralines (Grand Ballroom foyer, 3rd floor)

Be Scent-sitive!Some people have an extreme sensitivity to

fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The

ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its members to refrain from using fragrances.

Because duplicate bridge requires players to be in close proximity to each other, individuals who suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among the commonly reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these individuals, the issue is much more serious than simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health problem.

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

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

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

Email usGot a hand 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.

Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! (Mardi Gras Ballroom, 3rd floor) Speakers and topics are subject to change.

Melody’s secret weaponTD Melody Euler of Temple TX – one of the

directors at this tournament – was working the Houston Regional three years ago and still in the playing area when the Midnight Zip Knockout was about to start.

Euler saw David and Kristy Garrison of Spring TX approach Justin Lall, a Grand Life Master and one of ACBL’s best young players. The Garrisons, parents of Zach, ACBL’s youngest Life Master, did not know who Lall was or anything about his credentials.

When they asked Lall to play in the midnight game, he said, “No thanks, I’m just a beginner.” When they persisted, Lall turned to Euler, who he knows, and asked if she would play with him. “But don’t tell them who I am,” he said.

Euler agreed and they started the game.After the first round, the Garrisons returned to

the table feeling bad about their results. They were sure they had lost. They were amazed as they read off the scores. It was win 10, win nine, win 12 . . . and so on.

As the Garrisons got up to head for the other table for round two, Euler said to Lall, “You’re doing really well. Just remember that 4NT is ace asking.”

Round two went pretty much the same as round one and David Garrison asked, “Are you sure we’re playing the same boards?”

After the third round – another win – Euler decided to fess up and tell the Garrisons what was going on. After revealing who they had been playing with, she added, “You just picked up Tiger Woods at the practice tee.”

All the dumfounded Garrisons could say was, “You’re kidding!”

The kicker was what Euler found out about the goings-on at the other table during the first round. The Garrisons sat down to play and their opponents asked who their teammates were. It turned out that when they looked over at the other table and saw Lall and Euler, their reaction was not what might be expected.

“They weren’t afraid of Justin,” Euler said. “They were afraid of me!”

THURSDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 19.0 Tables A B C 5.50 1 1 Irene Crowder, Madison MS; W Jean Denson, Brandon MS 63.61% 4.13 2 James Tanner, Highland CA; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 62.64% 3.84 3 2 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT 60.83% 2.88 4 3 1 Dave Drischell - Terry Graham, Seattle WA 59.31% 2.16 5 4 Marjorie Wandler, Italy Cross NS; Lydia Prange, Wolfville NS 57.64% 2.33 6 Dana Hastings - Frances Schenk, Baton Rouge LA 56.67% 2.07 5 2 Sandra Musbach, Carlsbad CA; Mary Lou Kammerer, Del Mar CA 55.69% 1.63 6 Edward Hoffer - Pamela Hoffer, Marion MA 55.56% 1.55 3 John Krah - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA 55.28% 1.17 4 Janie Wolaver - Jerrell Wolaver, Jefferson TX 53.75% 0.87 5 Sandy Kristoferson - Melanie Watson, Denton TX 52.36%

Masterpoint disclaimerScores as 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.

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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSGetting the most from

your conventions, part 7By Brent Manley

Eddie Kantar was giving a lecture at Leisure World, a large retirement community in California. Kantar started off, “They said I could choose any topic, but they did have one request: ‘Please don’t mention drop-dead bids.’”

As mentioned yesterday, there are lots of schemes for competing against 1NT openers, weak and strong. It’s beyond the scope of this series to try to cover all the bases, so the focus will be on two widely used methods: DONT and Hamilton (also known as Cappelletti and, in Great Britain, Pottage).

DONT, devised by Marty Bergen, stands for Disturb Opponents’ NoTrump. The convention has wide appeal because it’s easy to remember. In DONT:

Double = One-suited hand, usually six or more cards (five-card suits not recommended)

2♣ = Clubs and a higher ranking suit, ideally with nine cards between them (5-4)

2♦ = Diamonds and a major suit (5-4 or better)

2♥ = Major suits (5-4 or better)2♠ = Spades (six or more recommended) A double followed by spades shows a

stronger hand than a direct bid of 2♠.ResponsesAfter double, 2♣ asks overcaller to name his

suit (passing if his suit is clubs). In response to the two-suited bids, advancer

(partner of the overcaller) bids the next higher suit if he doesn’t like the suit named. For example, 1NT – 2♣ – Pass – 2♦ indicates that advancer doesn’t like clubs. Generally, advancer passes or raises if he likes overcaller’s suit.

A bid of a suit other than 2♣ shows a long suit and is to play.

If advancer has a strong hand – which would be the case mostly against a weak 1NT – he can pass to covert the double to penalty

or bid 2NT to show an opening hand or close to it. This could be important if the doubler’s side is vulnerable. Plus 500 would be poor compensation for bidding and making a vulnerable game.

Note: If opener’s partner takes action over the double, advancer can double for takeout. For example, if opener’s partner bids 2♦ as a transfer to hearts, double by advancer indicates at least three-card support for spades, diamonds and clubs. It does not show values in the transfer suit or a suit named naturally.

Another good use for DONT is to help your side escape from a doubled 1NT overcall. Suppose your LHO opens 1♠ and partner bids 1NT (15-18 is recommended). RHO now doubles for penalty (usually with 9+ HCP) and you’re looking at♠5 4 ♥Q 7 6 5 ♦J 10 4 2 ♣J 6 5

If you pass, which says you are happy with 1NT doubled, it will probably be bloody. You belong in a suit contract, but which suit? Playing DONT runouts (you are running from 1NT doubled), you bid DONT style: 2♣ shows clubs and a higher suit (4-4 or better); 2♦ shows diamonds and a major and 2♥ the majors. If you have one suit (minimum of five), redouble to tell partner to bid 2♣ (just like your double of an opening 1NT will be followed by 2♣ most of the time so partner can find out about your long suit). You pass if your suit is clubs and bid your suit if it’s not. If your LHO bids, partner is off the hook. If your LHO doubles, partner must run if he doesn’t like your first suit.

HamiltonMany partnerships prefer this method against

weak 1NT openers because of the chances for penalties. In general, a double of a 1NT opener shows a good 14 HCP. It is not a penalty double.

It simply shows high-card strength. A penalty double of 1NT would feature a long, strong suit and an entry, something like♠ K Q J 10 9 7 ♥A 5 4 3 ♦K 5 ♣8.

Other bids:2♣ = A one-suited hand. Advancer bids 2♦ to

Thinking bridgeBy Eddie Kantar

Using the bidding as a guide in the play and defense Dlr: South ♠ J 5 Vul: None ♥ A 7 6 5 3 ♦ 8 ♣ A J 10 8 3 ♠ K 10 7 3 ♠ Q 8 6 4 ♥ K Q 8 4 ♥ 10 9 2 ♦ 3 ♦ A J 6 5 2 ♣ Q 9 4 2 ♣ 7 ♠ A 9 2 ♥ J ♦ K Q 10 9 7 4 ♣ K 6 5 West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1♦ Dbl 1♥ 1♠ 2♦ 2♠ 3♣ Pass 3NT All Pass

find out which suit. If advancer bids a major suit, it shows length and strength in that suit.

2♦ = Major suits (5-4 or better)2♥ = Hearts and a minor (5-4 or better)2♠ = Spades and a minor (5-4 or better)Caution: Do not double a 1NT opener with

“their range” or even the “top of their range.” Some 1NT openers are as weak as 10-12. It would be folly to stick your neck out with a 10-point hand or even 12 HCP. Stick to a solid 14 HCP or better to avoid disaster. Yes, it is annoying when an opponent bothers you with a mini 1NT, but keep a cool head and maintain discipline. Partner will appreciate it.

Opening lead: ♠3Bidding commentary: West has a perfect

passed-hand takeout double: shortness in opener’s suit, 9-11 high-card points and four-card support for the unbid suits.

As North, start bidding both suits rather than redoubling. It may be awkward to get both suits in beneath 3NT if you start with a redouble – particularly in competition. The 3♣ bid is invitational as North is a passed hand. Otherwise it would be forcing.

Play commentary: You need seven tricks in the minors and the opponents can take three spades and the ♦A once they get in. Five club tricks are easy if West has the expected ♣Q, and two diamond tricks are likely if East, the hand that is surely long in diamonds, has the jack.

Play the ♠J from dummy at trick one, your only chance to take two spade tricks. Win the first spade when North covers. You don’t relish a heart shift (it will set you). Besides, spades are surely 4-4, so

why hold up? At trick two, lead a club to the jack, retaining

the ♣K as a later hand entry, now a diamond to the 10 (the key play). If the 10 holds (or loses to the ace), you can drive out the ♦A and have nine tricks.

Top I/N Masterpoint winners (through Thursday afternoon)

1 15.41 Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH 2 15.41 Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT 3 11.09 Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 4 11.09 Richard Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 5 10.44 Bonnie Zeran, Lakefield ON 6 10.44 Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 7 9.62 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX 8 9.46 Judy Wehling, Glenview IL 9 9.46 Curtis Wehling, Glenview IL 10 8.24 Annie Wright, Baton Rouge LA 11 8.24 Gwen Davis, Baton Rouge LA

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WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO 1 8 TablesMary Allen, Peoria IL; Lori Moore - Ann Schuyler - Cindy Moore - Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL vsFleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO 2 8 TablesCharles Pierce - Wesley Albinger, New York NY; Linda Leaming, Rockford IL; Per Halvorsen, Laksevag Norway vsBill Carson, Ltl Switzerland NC; B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Edward Banta - Katherine Trubey, Spruce Pine NC

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO 3 8 TablesSkye Parrish - Gretchen Hamel, West Monroe LA; Patricia Barham - Barbara Lee, Monroe LA vsWilliam Belanich, Glen Allen VA; Jean Marsh, Austin TX; Nancy Golden, Richmond VA; Julie Connor, Houston TX

THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1 14 TablesMichael Knoll - Renate Siefmund, Graz Austria; Andrea Muliar, Vienna Austria; Peter Steiner, Semriach Austria vsArnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY; Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Susan Kestenbaum, Jenkintown PA

Gay Rod - Victoria Castleberry - Lynnda Paukune - Linwood Olson, Houston TX vsBuddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA

THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2 12 TablesJim Tucker - Luraette Tucker - Richard Kalkbrenner - Ti Davis, Little Rock AR vsMary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens - Sherry Howell, Nashville TN; Karen Kendrick, Brentwood TN

Susan Portnoy, Pittsburgh PA; Sandra Edison - Marci Yunes, Boca Raton FL; Sugar Rubin, Naples FL vsStephen Mansour - George Mansour, Scranton PA; Martha Keller, San Francisco CA; Sanae Zaveloff, Austin TX

THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 3 12 TablesEdward Easley - Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA; Blythe Olshan Findley, Westchester IL; Judy Cohen, Morton Grove IL vsDeborah Harrington - Larry Jackson - Sarkis Kish, Memphis TN; Rose Buckley, Escondido CA

Fred Lay - Claudette Lay, Kenner LA; Cathy Alford - Sherrie Goodman, New Orleans LA vsBarbara Williford - Wendy Joyner, Raleigh NC; Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS; Lisa Gray, Cary NC

Electronic Device Policy The electronic device policy at NABCs allows

players to bring electronic devices such as cell phones into the playing area provided that such devices are turned off.

Further, any such equipment must not be visible during the session

The policy applies to all pairs, team members,

captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, except those designated by the ACBL and are in force throughout any actual playing session or segment of play.

A violation of the policy will result in an automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from the playing area for the remainder of the session.

WEDNESDAY ZIP KOS 10 Tables 3.03 1 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 2.12 2 Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Kenny Horneman, Charlottesville VA; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Aaron Jones, Orange CA

SILODOR PAIRS QUALIFIERS 91.0 Tables Carryover 1 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 360.00 2 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 286.10 3 Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 270.49 4 Wael Mohsen, 6th of October Egypt; Reda Wasfi Yaacoub, Cairo Egypt 268.20 5 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 238.24 6 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 236.53 7 Burke Snowden - Gregory Herman, Fort Collins CO 229.96 8 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV 222.12 9 Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 217.78 10 Henrik Caspersen, Aarhus Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg Denmark 213.41 11 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 210.22 12 Sedat Dinc, Istanbul Turkey; Levent Imamoglu, Besiktas Istnbl Turkey 209.61 13 Jared Lilienstein - Brian Glubok, New York NY 202.52 14 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 195.82 15 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 195.33 16 Brian McGuire - Brian Ransley, United Kingdom Great Britain 191.80 17 Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Gartaganis, Calgary AB 187.52 18 Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Yinghao Liu, Stanford CA 184.37 19 Yichao Chen - Junjie Hu, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 176.67 20 Yul Inn - Cheryl Mandala, Cupertino CA 174.32 21 Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI; Grant Petersen, Taylor MI 172.59 22 Armand Szulc, Woodland Hills CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 172.38 23 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 169.70 24 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV 165.64 25 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 163.69 26 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 161.77 27 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Robert Hopkins Jr, Arlington VA 158.76 28 Tezcan Sen - Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey 156.43 29 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 156.02 30 Robert Bitterman, Harbor Springs MI; Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 155.62 31 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 148.26 32 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 146.36 33 Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilberg Netherlands 143.93 34 Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 139.42 35 David Kent, Lake Mary FL; Robert Dennard, Orlando FL 138.22 36 David Olson, Owings Mills MD; James Olson, Charleston WV 137.24 37 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Philippe Cronier, Paris France 137.03 38 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL 135.20 39 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN 135.00 40 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 134.05 41 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 133.98 42 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Rica Tarnoff, New York NY 133.03 43 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 128.09 44 Ilya Kuzkin - Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB 127.60 45 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 126.22 46 Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 124.40 47 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 123.73 48 Shan Huang, Scarborough ON; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 122.94 49 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 121.35 50 Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata Argentina; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires Argentina 121.14 51 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Les Fouks, Vancouver BC 118.14 52 Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Nuno Paz, Sao Miguel Portugal 117.93 53 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL 117.78 54 Jim Barrow - Tom Clarke, Lake Charles LA 116.35 55 Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Kenny Horneman, Charlottesville VA 113.99 56 John Zilic, Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 113.72 57 Bob Feller, Bloomington IN; Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA 112.10 58 Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Irina Kislitsyna, Ellenton FL 110.06 59 Emil Jepsen, Aarhus Croatia; Lars Tofte, Aarhus Costa Rica 104.52 60 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 102.85 61 Barry Falgout, Silver Spring MD; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 102.81 62 Iype Koshy, Gretna LA; Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA 100.70 63 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 98.77 64 Gerry McCully - James Galand, Victoria BC 98.76 65 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 95.94 66 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 94.75 67 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 94.26 68 Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 94.01 69 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 93.23 70 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 90.50 71 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 86.55 72 Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 85.40 73/74 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 85.26 73/74 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 85.26 75 Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA; Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON 85.22 76 Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Roberto Barbosa, Ap Brazil 84.72 77 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 81.08 78 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; David Caprera, Denver CO 79.95 79 C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; John Ramos, West Hollywood CA 77.66 80 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 76.81 81 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 76.62 82 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Robert Adams, Oklahoma City OK 76.11 83 Judy Fox - James Fox, Virginia Beach VA 74.33 84 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 73.98 85 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; David Gold, Reading Great Britain 72.33 86 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 72.32 87 Robert Gerrie - Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC 71.37 88 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Roseville CA 70.37 89 Sheri Winestock - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 69.29 90 Cathy Strauch - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 67.48 91 Stephen Young, Kitchener ON; Danny Ioannidis, Grassie ON 64.43


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Partnership Desk

Partners for Tournaments tab on the left side of the screen. Enter “NABC” into the search field, then select Find/View to post a request or generate a list of players seeking partners.

Each member’s profile is automatically populated with their name, the date they joined the ACBL and their masterpoint total. Some players take it a step further and customize their online profile to show preferred bidding systems, online username and even a photo.

The online Partnership Desk isn’t limited to tournament play. Users can post requests for club and online play as well.

“It’s our goal to continually improve the Partnership Desk by adding new features and improving existing ones,” van Leeuwen says. “Your input is important in helping to determine exactly what modifications should be made.”

Email [email protected] with questions or to provide feedback.


12-year-olds

the World Youth Open Bridge Championships were set for the last weekend of the Summer NABC at the same venue. They signed up on the spot and played behind screens for the first time. All WBF events are played that way.

“It was pretty nice,” said Albena. “People didn’t talk much and it was easier to concentrate because you couldn’t see your partner’s face.”

Just being at the WBF tournament, Albena said, “was an experience. It gave me confidence knowing I could do that.”

Now the girls are working to raise money so that six Canadian players 14 or younger can get to the tournament in Italy. They’re not worried if they are not among the six. They want to help their contemporaries experience what they did in Atlanta.

The blog site, which can be accessed through the Canadian Bridge Federation website, was set up by Olivia’s mother and older sister. Olivia and Albena write for the blog and have recruited other young players to contribute.

The fundraising effort started a few months ago with a goal of $30,000 Canadian. To date, donations are up to $1,260.

Eric Kokish, expert player, writer and coach, gives the blog an enthusiastic thumbs-up for the goals and the girls’ spirit.

Kokish wrote on the blog: “I love the enthusiasm that Anu and her team have and I’m certain that we’ll see enormous progress in a short period of development, and maybe 2016 is a realistic target. I’m a believer and would encourage all parents to consider getting their kids involved in a well-constructed bridge program with dedicated supervisors, a good feel for kids being kids, and ambitious goals.”

Olivia says they have been gratified to receive comments from Facebook and suggestions for getting publicity for the website.

Canadian Bridge Federation President Nader Hanna has supported the girls’ efforts. Says Goodman, “Olivia and Albena are loving playing bridge and the opportunity to learn, particularly under Nader Hanna. He has been amazing.”

On Thursday at this tournament, Olivia and Albena – both fluent in French – interviewed star Vince Demuy in French. The eight-minute video will soon be posted to their blog.

The blog and the fundraising have not distracted Olivia and Albena from the game itself. They are still enthusiastic about playing and improving. Both acknowledge they have a lot to learn. “I still need to improve,” Albena says. “and learn some more conventions.”

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92 Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT; Daniel Neill, Beaverton OR 63.91 93 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Gabrielle Sherman, Delray Beach FL 62.69 94 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 60.94 95 Barbara Luttrell - Bruce Luttrell, San Jose CA 60.08 96 Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 59.73 97 Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC; Donald Sache, Delta BC 59.72 98 Marin Marinov, New York NY; David Yang, Darien IL 59.49 99 Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA; Kish Devaraj, Atlanta GA 59.44 100 Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Harvey Katz, Marina Del Rey CA 59.34 101 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 58.21 102 Dong Lu - Yanhong Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 57.86 103 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 57.84 104 Hans Iukovici, Richland WA; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 57.38 105 Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Burrell Humphreys, Wayne NJ 56.33 106 Bruce Williams, Medford Lakes NJ; Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY 55.43 107 Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL; Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI 54.85 108 Judith Bianco, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 54.62 109 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 54.22 110 Aaron Jones, Orange CA; Jeff Roman, Sun City West AZ 53.51 111 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 53.00 112 Hakan Peyret - Ilker Ayaz, Istanbul Turkey 50.33 113 Sam Lev - Michael Polowan, New York NY 49.28 114/115 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 49.04 114/115 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 49.04 116 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 49.01 117 Jeff Hand, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 48.50 118 Jim Foster - Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 47.12 119 Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Stephen Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 47.01 120 Gediminas Poska - Daiva Vitukynaite, Lemont IL 45.20 121 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 43.69 122 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 41.63 123 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 41.47 124 Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV 40.12 125 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Robert Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL 39.52 126 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; David Joyce, Kenilworth IL 37.06 127 Doug Herron, New York NY; John Friedl, Signal Mountain TN 37.05 128 Shane Blanchard, New York NY; Adam Kaplan, Stanford CA 36.60 129 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 35.70 130 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 34.02 131/132 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 33.84 131/132 Samantha Punch - Stephen Peterkin, Stirling United Kingdom 33.84 133 Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 33.03 134 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 32.81 135 Jaggy Shivdasani - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 32.13 136 Maria Capucho, ; Manuel Capucho, Leboa Portugal 32.10 137 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 30.61 138 Jorge Barrera, Bogota D.C. Colombia; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 30.40 139 David Johnson, Calgary AB; Paul Frean, New York NY 28.97 140 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland 28.79 141 P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 28.34 142 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 27.82 143 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 27.66 144 Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 27.22 145 Christoph Eick - John Du Bose Jr, Houston TX 27.15 146 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 26.95 147 Bruce Wick - Susan Stubinski, Houston TX 25.87 148 Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA; Peter Herold, Namaimo BC 25.47 149 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 25.41 150 Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 25.00 151 Alex Fowlie, San Marcos CA; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA 24.61 152 David Morgan, Melbourne Australia; Stephen Fischer, Stuart Park, NT Australia 24.57 153 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 24.39 154 H Gordon - Susan Bullard, Lexington KY 24.30 155 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO 23.49 156 Robert Todd - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 21.47 157 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf, Istanbul Turkey 21.28 158 Larry Levin, San Antonio TX; Jerrold Harrington, Helotes TX 21.01 159 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 20.89 160 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 19.75 161 Alan Kudisch, Farmingdale NY; Michael Fishman, Great Neck NY 19.66 162 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH 19.42 163 Christopher Rivera, Rockville Ctr NY; Xu Wang, Rego Park NY 18.78 164 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA 18.09 165 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 17.38 166 Walter Schafer Jr, Huntington Bch CA; Carmela Chiurazzi, Sunset Beach CA 17.01 167 Tim Verbeek, Netherlands; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR 16.00 168 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 14.52 169 John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Chuck Malcolm, Topeka KS 13.55 170 Rich Kasprowicz, Schenectady NY; Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY 12.59 171 Paulo Brum, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Jeovani Salomao, Lago Norte Brazil 12.54 172 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 10.86 173 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 9.80 174 Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 9.69 175 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 9.17 176 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 8.08 177 Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL; Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL 3.93 178 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 1.56 179 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 0.81 180 Richard Chan - Paul Janicki, Markham ON 0.19 181 Roger Johnson - Nie Lih Kalat, Sarasota FL 0.14 182 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Denny Cahan, Cumming GA 0.00


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Fighting a losing battleBy Barry Rigal

When you lose to a team of world champions, one consolation is that there is often the opportunity to find a well-played board. This report includes a well-played deal, a missed opportunity and a might-have-been.

Let’s look at “damage limitation” first.

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

Zia Mahmood backed up his bloodthirsty penalty pass with a devastating lead – a low trump. Had Jeff Aker taken this, he would have held himself to six tricks – West gets in to clear trumps and kill the ruffs. Instead, Aker made an unusual play to hold his losses by ducking when Giorgio Duboin played the trump king at trick one.

The defense could not now play enough trumps to prevent a diamond ruff in dummy, and even then had to sacrifice the second trump trick in the process. That Aker held the loss on the deal to minus 500 was no triumph, but not a disaster either.

The next deal presented a ticklish declarer-play problem. Dlr: East ♠ 5 Vul: N-S ♥ A K 7 ♦ A Q 8 6 5 4 ♣ Q 7 2

♠ A 8 4 2 ♥ 10 9 6 5 ♦ K 10 9 ♣ A 5 West North East South 2♠ Pass 3♠ Dbl Pass 4♥ All Pass

In 4♥, you receive the lead of the ♠J from Duboin. Zia overtakes with the ♠Q. How would you play from there?

At the table, declarer went after clubs but eventually lost control. The 4-2 trump break proved to be too much for him.

The best line seems to me to be to duck the spade. If East plays a second space, ruff, cash dummy’s top hearts, return to hand with the ♦K and play a third trump.

If East shifts to a club at trick two, go up with the ace and play three rounds of trumps. So long as trumps break or East has honor-doubleton, you are home. The full deal:

THURSDAY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 59 Tables A B C 24.15 1 1 Robert Schmidt, Murphy TX; Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Connie Martin - Barry Martin, Dallas TX 132.00 18.11 2 Walter Schuster - Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy 118.00 13.58 3 Brian Mason, Crossville TN; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA; Hans Jacobs - Debbie Bennett, Brighton ON 104.00 10.19 4 Irving Litvack, Toronto ON; Ian Findlay, North York ON; Barbara Clinton - Vince Oddy, Aurora ON; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Norman Beck, Dallas TX 103.00 10.11 5/6 2 Brian Breckenridge - Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR; Marc Franklin - Mary Lou Moriarty, Portland OR 102.00 7.48 5/6 Bernard Payen, France France; Philippe Soulet, France; Christophe Oursel, Clichy France; Erick Mauberquez - Thierry De Sainte-Marie, Paris France 102.00 6.04 7 Michael Moffatt - Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC; Robert Walters, New Westminster BC; Insa Fricker, White Rock BC 100.00 5.10 8/9 Jim Harp - Mary McGinnis, Dallas TX; Gerrie Owen, Celina TX; Wayne Christensen Jr, La Porte TX 98.00 7.58 8/9 3 Charles Pierce - Wesley Albinger, New York NY; Linda Leaming, Rockford IL; Per Halvorsen, Laksevag Norway 98.00 4.39 10 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Julie Kraus, Southfield MI 97.00 5.09 11/12 4/5 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN; Jay Olson - Carol Rynders, Saint Paul MN 96.00 5.09 11/12 4/5 Anne Fidelman, Houston TX; Janet Fidelman - Paul Simon - Janice Smola, Arlington MA 96.00 3.61 13/14 6/7 Dale Rands, Palm Beach FL; Pratap Puri, Monroe LA; Wayne Merkel, Kenner LA; Bernie Weiss, Aspen CO 95.00 4.78 13/14 6/7 1 Janee Oleson, Evansdale IA; Melissa Heston, Cedar Falls IA; Joel Kramer - Ingrid Stocking, Minneapolis MN 95.00 3.02 15 Bill Riley - Nancy Riley, Kingwood TX; Phillip Grothus - Ralda St Pierre, Houston TX 94.00 3.00 8 Robert Guerard, Brossard QC; Jean-Luc Dubois - Michele Gagne - J-Francois Guillemette, Montreal QC 93.00 3.59 9 2 Laura Colihan - Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON; Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 91.00 2.35 10/11 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend WA; Ann Romeo, Bellevue WA 87.00 2.35 10/11 Mary Allen, Peoria IL; Cindy Moore - Lori Moore - Ann Schuyler, Bloomington IL 87.00 2.69 3 Cappy McIver - Di Lapeyre - Patti Harp, New Orleans LA; Pat Ellis, Metairie LA 79.00 2.02 4 Helen Macdonald, Douglas NB; Lucy Morini, Warren VT; Elyse Mintz, Atlanta GA; Nathalie Sussman, Mashpee MA 76.00 1.59 5 Mary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens - Sherry Howell, Nashville TN; Karen Kendrick, Brentwood TN 73.00

DORIS LIUKKONEN D/E/F SWISS 5 Tables D E F 1.84 1 1 Suzanne Noerager, Houston TX; Marilyn Slaughter, Missouri City TX; Sally Alex - Dottie Larson, Spokane WA 49.00 1.38 2 Robert Clarke - Alma Farley, Richardson TX; Michael Delaney - Egda Delaney, Placitas NM 47.00

THURSDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 15.0 Tables 7 3 5.74 1 Barbara Blake, La Jolla CA; Kay Rogers, Manakin Sabot VA 56.53% 4.31 2 1 S Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Cindy Lewis, Luling LA 56.16% 3.23 3 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; James Barnes, Towson MD 55.97% 2.42 4 Sally Kellar, North York ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 55.59% 1.91 5 Maryann Soinski, Winter Park FL; Dianne Schupak, Orlando FL 55.30% 2.51 6 2 Margarita Jaramillo, Miami FL; Claudia Londono, FL 54.83% 1.44 7 Gail Fayard - Madonna Abroms, Gretna LA 54.26% 1.91 8 Donald Hill, Smyrna GA; Sylvia Brill, Norcross GA 53.98% 1.88 3 Jo Sheraw - Alvin Kimbrough, Panama City Bch FL 53.22% 1.41 4 Frank Zebedeo, Spring TX; George Mitchell, Douglas NB 52.56% 1.12 5 Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA; Melda Richardson, Orange CA 50.38%


♠ 5 ♥ A K 7 ♦ A Q 8 6 5 4 ♣ Q 7 2 ♠ J 6 ♠ K Q 10 9 7 3 ♥ Q 8 4 3 ♥ J 2 ♦ J 3 ♦ 7 2 ♣ K 10 8 6 4 ♣ J 9 3 ♠ A 8 4 2 ♥ 10 9 6 5 ♦ K 10 9 ♣ A 5

The third deal features a bidding misunderstanding that got Duboin to a delicate 5-2 fit in 4♥. ♠ 7 2 ♥ A 8 ♦ K J 6 5 ♣ Q 9 8 7 2

♠ A 9 6 ♥ Q J 7 3 2 ♦ A 7 ♣ A 10 4

Duboin ducked the opening lead of the ♠Q and won the heart shift with the ace to play a spade to the ace and ruff a spade.

Now the best line is to come to hand with the ♦A to advance the ♥Q: 2, ♣2, 5. The ♥K 10 are still out. If you assume East has them both (and the carding thus far argues for that), the best line looks to be to finesse in diamonds. When the ♦J holds, ruff a diamond with the ♥7, then play the ♣A and a second club. Whichever defender wins trick 11, you will have the ♥Q 3 behind RHO’s ♥K 10 and are guaranteed one more trick. As you can see from the full deal, your precautions were necessary. ♠ 7 2 ♥ A 8 ♦ K J 6 5 ♣ Q 9 8 7 2 ♠ Q J 10 3 ♠ K 8 5 4 ♥ 9 4 ♥ K 10 6 5 ♦ Q 9 8 2 ♦ 10 4 3 ♣ J 6 3 ♣ K 5 ♠ A 9 6 ♥ Q J 7 3 2 ♦ A 7 ♣ A 10 4

SYLVIE, LEON, HARRY TELES THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 31.0 Tables A B C 7.77 1 Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC; Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC 64.24% 5.83 2 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 63.53% 6.83 3 1 Julian Dupuis, Kelso WA; Audrey Bowman, Silverlake WA 62.06% 5.12 4 2 Margaret Moen, Seattle WA; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 60.63% 4.78 5 3 1 Helen Sophianopoulos, North York ON; Karen Kline, Thornhill ON 58.25% 3.35 6 4 Linda Fox, Kenner LA; Sigurd Nordvoll, New Orleans LA 58.22% 1.38 7 Ray Boehne, Oceanside CA; Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA 57.35% 2.39 8 Martin Ware, Vernon BC; Walter Pease, Anchorage AK 57.15% 2.16 5 Ana Urrutia - James Hailey Jr, New Orleans LA 56.71% 1.62 6 Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA; Robert Englekirk, Rancho Mirage CA 56.14% 1.84 7 Edward Hoffer - Pamela Hoffer, Marion MA 56.04% 2.07 2 Steven Jackson - Yann Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA 54.11% 1.55 3 Michael Shelton, Winnetka IL; John Shelton, Wilmette IL 52.64% 1.38 4 Linwood Olson - Gay Rod, Houston TX 48.79% 0.87 5 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 48.06%

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 37.0 Tables / Based on 77 Tables A B C 33.72 1 1 1 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 60.28% 25.29 2 Elliott Grubman - Steven Zlotnick, Brooklyn NY 59.41% 18.97 3 Bob Bowers, Metairie LA; Edgar Bowers, Ellicott City MD 59.01% 14.23 4 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 58.96% 11.24 5 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR 58.96% 13.33 6 2 Robert Fisk - A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH 58.03% 8.43 7 Jennie Legge - Winston Legge Jr, Pensacola FL 57.41% 7.49 8 Joan Van Geffen - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 56.92% 6.74 9 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 56.84% 10.00 10 3 2 Michael Simpson, Ocala FL; David Goodman, Anthem AZ 55.46% 7.50 11 4 William Weiss - Jean Weiss, New Orleans LA 55.23% 5.92 12 5 3 Larry Murray, Windsor ON; Ira Grumet, Delray Beach FL 54.93% 4.82 13 Mike Bandler - Linda Bandler, Alamo CA 54.66% 6.56 14 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 54.56% 4.22 15 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 54.53% 5.08 16 6 Michael Leighton, Grafton ND; Steve Phelps, Grand Forks ND 54.24% 3.75 17 Larry Federico, Metairie LA; Idell Adams, Baton Rouge LA 53.81% 3.55 18 William Cummings, Monticello MN; Carol Cummings, Owatonna MN 53.48% 4.44 19 7 4 Peter Jones, N Plainfield NJ; Karen Haines, Summit NJ 53.32% 3.95 8 John Fraser, Mississauga ON; Elsie Johnson, Calgary AB 53.03% 3.55 9 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Beach FL 52.96% 3.23 10 Lynn John Federico, Kenner LA; Richard Bagnetto, Metairie LA 52.72% 3.94 11/12 Sam Graham, Germantown TN; Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA 52.37% 2.85 11/12 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 52.37% 2.54 13 Mark Patton, Dubuque IA; William Jenkins, Amarillo TX 51.94% 2.55 5 Jane Trahms, Lakeville MN; Phyllis Anderson, Saint Paul MN 50.11% 2.19 6 Fred Sutherland - Kathryn Sutherland, Surprise AZ 50.04% 2.76 7 James Fox, Canonsburg PA; Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA 49.93%

WES BUSBY 299ER PAIRS 19.0 Tables A B C 3.81 1 1 David Roberts - Janis Roberts, New Orleans LA 67.26% 2.86 2 2 Wendy Joyner, Raleigh NC; Lisa Gray, Cary NC 64.29% 2.33 3 3 1 Ruth Rosenthal - Jean Frank, New Orleans LA 63.69% 1.61 4 4 Sherry Novas - J Darryl Lieux, Baton Rouge LA 62.80% 1.25 5 5 Abe Lubritz, Covington LA; Bob Laurent, Lacombe LA 61.31% 0.90 6 Ede Donovan - Helen Vagle, Edina MN 56.55% 1.75 6 2 Jeanne Fortin, Boucherville QC; Suzanne Brisebois, Longueuil QC 55.36% 1.01 3/5 Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC; Robert Keeter, Durham NC 54.17% 1.01 3/5 Diana Powell - Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 54.17% 1.01 3/5 Barbara Wood, Rockwall TX; Frankie Milner, Dallas TX 54.17% 0.66 6 Patsy Rader, New Iberia LA; Faye Ferry, New Iheris LA 53.87%

WES BUSBY 49ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B C 1.43 1 Willa King, Newport Beach CA; Murl Estes, Maitland FL 65.02% 1.07 2 Linda Tarver - Rachel Spoon, Montgomery AL 58.98% 0.80 3 Bryan Barrett - Liz Barrett, Annapolis MD 58.87% 1.21 1 Delphine Butler - Claudine Cannon, New Orleans LA 55.83% 0.91 2 Kanwal Dhir, Mandeville LA; Cecile Ruiz, Metairie LA 50.83%

To read more and/or to donate, visit the Canadian Bridge Federation website (www.cbf.org.ca), click on the “continue reading” link at the bottom of the Support Our Kids item. A link to the fundraising website is highlighted on that page.

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12-year-olds


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final set 47-40 for a 123-122 win.0–10,000 Knockout Teams

Semifinal scoresGannon 29 76 130 130Jones 38 46 74 121Angus 40 57 82 122Rumelhart 20 38 76 123



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12 8.04 James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 13 8.04 Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 14 7.95 Richard Doss, Hot Springs Vlg AR 15 7.68 Claire Zimmerman, Pearland TX 16 7.68 Thomas Zimmerman, Pearland TX 17 7.53 Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 18 7.32 Caroline Vanlandeghem, Ridgeland MS 19 7.32 Amanda Davis, Ridgeland MS 20 7.31 Margaret Getman, Saint Paul MN 21 7.20 Jean Frank, New Orleans LA 22 7.20 Ruth Rosenthal, New Orleans LA 23 7.19 Mildred Bott, New Orleans LA 24 7.19 Frederick Bott, New Orleans LA 25 6.81 Diana Powell, Metairie LA 26 6.76 Carolyn Hazlewood, Mesa AZ 27 6.70 Mimi Groome, New Orleans LA 28 6.70 Elizabeth Bolles, New Orleans LA 29 6.65 Delphine Butler, New Orleans LA 30 6.65 Claudine Cannon, New Orleans LA 31 6.39 Mara Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 32 6.39 Alan Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 33 6.38 Lucy Crichton, Concord NH 34 6.29 Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA 35 6.29 Melda Richardson, Orange CA 36 6.13 Sue Fiaccone, Oklahoma City OK 37 5.86 Wilson McLeod, Cape Town 38 5.86 Jeanne McLeod, Cape Town 39 5.79 Molly Silvia, New Orleans LA 40 5.59 Ede Donovan, Edina MN 41 5.59 Helen Vagle, Edina MN 42 5.53 Barbara Fitz-Hugh, New Orleans LA 43 5.50 Robin Roy, Chicago IL 44 5.47 Richard Muller, Troy VA 45 5.39 Shirley Abels, Biloxi MS 46 5.27 Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA 47 5.15 Murl Estes, Maitland FL 48 4.98 Cindy Lewis, Luling LA 49 4.98 Ann Sale, New Orleans LA 50 4.91 Annette French, Sault Ste Marie ON 51 4.91 Shirley Cooper, Sault Ste Marie ON 52 4.89 Myra Groome, New Orleans LA 53 4.89 Joan Warren, Ruston LA 54 4.86 Lynn Flynn, New Orleans LA 55 4.83 Gerry Gastelum, Manhattan Beach CA 56 4.83 Nancy Raiche, Manhattan Beach CA 57 4.81 Jane Foster, Palm Beach FL 58 4.81 Polly Norris, Palm Beach FL 59 4.68 David Roberts, New Orleans LA 60 4.68 Janis Roberts, New Orleans LA 61 4.54 Judy Pyeatte, New Orleans LA 62 4.54 Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 63 4.54 Peter Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 64 4.46 Linda Conner, New Orleans LA 65 4.44 Lisa Gray, Cary NC 66 4.44 Wendy Joyner, Raleigh NC 67 4.37 Mary Boudreau, Little Rock AR 68 4.37 Cecilia Vinson, Maumelle AR 69 4.25 Patricia Lysaught, Overland Park KS 70 4.25 Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 71 4.24 Patsy Engelhard, Oxford MS 72 4.23 Jeanne Fortin, Boucherville QC 73 4.08 Marsha Addis, Holden MA 74 4.08 Marlene Farbman, Holden MA 75 4.06 Liza Philpy, Midland TX 76 4.06 Gloria Woloshyn, Winnipeg MB

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Entry FeesPlayers must be ACBL members whose service fees or dues are current in order to compete in any of the

following national-ranked events: Kay Platinum Pairs, Silodor Open Pairs, Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs, Rockwell Mixed Pairs, Lebhar IMP Pairs, Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs, NABC+ Fast Pairs, Jacoby Open Swiss Teams, and the Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams.

The entry fees for these NABC+ contests are $20 per player per session. For NABC+ events when screens are in use, the entry fee will be $30 per player per session. Note: $1.50 per person per session benefits the International Fund.

Players must also be current ACBL members to play in the 0-10,000 Swiss Teams and the 0-10,000 Knockout Teams. The entry fee is $17 per player per session.

Regional championships are $16 per player per session for ACBL members, $20 for non-members.All other events are $15 per player per session for ACBL members, $19 for non-members. (Note: There

is no entry fee for any flight of the North American Pairs, but participants who have qualified to play in these events are still required to be paid members.)

LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS QUALIFIERS 28.0 Tables Carryover 1 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 54.00 2 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 40.69 3 Gail Greenberg - Susan Picus, New York NY 33.22 4 Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 32.19 5 Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 31.92 6 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Karen Billett, Victoria BC 31.33 7 Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ 29.01 8 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 27.79 9 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 26.43 10 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Betsy Downs, Chicago IL 25.59 11 Juanita Chambers, Garland TX; Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX 25.21 12 Fleur Howard - Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 24.77 13 Joan Brody, Livingston NJ; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 23.79 14 Ellen Kozlove - Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 23.07 15 Cheryl Gorman, Omaha NE; Donna Givner, Golden CO 22.60 16 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 22.10 17 Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL; Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 22.03 18 Giorgia Botta, Rome Italy; Lindsey Weinger, New York NY 21.56 19 Ran Jingrong - Gan Ling, Chengdu China People’s Republic of China 21.42 20 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 20.86 21 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 19.20 22 Kristen Swenson - Judi Radin, New York NY 18.98 23/24 Barbara Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Janet Becker, Timonium MD 18.51 23/24 Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 18.51 25 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 17.13 26 Ru Yan - Li Yiting, Beijing People’s Republic of China 17.06 27 Jian Wang - ZhengJiang Liao, People’s Republic of China 15.61 28 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 13.37 29 Mildred Breed, Tomball TX; Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 12.98 30 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 12.02 31 Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA; Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA 11.46 32 Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX; Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC 11.37 33 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 10.96 34 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Leslie Strong, Santa Ynez CA 10.85 35 Sheila Sache, Delta BC; Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC 9.83 36 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 9.73 37 Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA; Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL 9.37 38 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 7.88 39 Mary Pat Gentry - Pat Levy, Houston TX 7.63 40 Peggy Sutherlin - Joan Jackson, Dallas TX 7.43 41 Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL 7.13 42 Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; Barbara Clark, West Orange NJ 5.72 43 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA 5.30 44 Sara Babb, Lafayette LA; Bobbie Chambers, Crowley LA 5.19 45 Sigrid Price, Napa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA 5.04 46 Patricia Jankovic, Alcoa TN; Jo Anne Newby, Knoxville TN 5.03 47 Lu Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Liu Yan, People’s Republic of China 4.81 48 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 4.49 49 Sandra Scholes - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 4.20 50 Mary Bass, Mobile AL; Lynne Newman, San Diego CA 3.43 51 June Pocock, New Westminster BC; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB 3.05 52 Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL; Janice Madsen, Atlantic Beach FL 2.70 53 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 2.68 54 Natalie Hertz, Harrison NY; Kassie Munoz, White Plains NY 1.71 55 Dana Hastings - Nanette Noland, Baton Rouge LA 1.30 56 Tina Tessaro, Miami FL; Darcy Parker, Hendersonville NC 0.00


77 4.06 Dianne Harley, Winnipeg MB 78 4.03 Darylan Stratten, Sebastopol CA 79 3.94 Sally Sassen, Austin TX 80 3.94 Ron Sassen, Austin TX 81 3.88 Judy Lamers, Sun Lakes AZ 82 3.88 Donna Hofer, Chandler AZ 83 3.84 Maria Black, Santa Barbara CA 84 3.84 Dawn Ligon, Santa Barbara CA 85 3.81 Anne Babington, New Orleans LA 86 3.81 Kurt Ramig, New York NY 87 3.72 Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ 88 3.70 Stephanie Musser, New Orleans LA 89 3.63 Thomas Stone, Duluth MN 90 3.63 Janet Stone, Duluth MN 91 3.58 Dottie Larson, Spokane WA 92 3.58 Laima Stem, Mississauga ON 93 3.58 Lee Stem, Mississauga ON 94 3.58 Sally Alex, Spokane WA 95 3.57 Norman Jacox, Portland OR 96 3.57 Karen Klug, Portland OR 97 3.52 Sharon Stone, Lakewood Ranch FL 98 3.52 Julie Vreeland, Lakewood Ranch FL 99 3.48 Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 100 3.48 Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA


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SeniorsThe definition of a Senior (for the purpose of

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to Florida to write. Her son, Giraud, lives in New York, where he is in publishing. “He’s also got a TV series in the works,” she says.

Augusta, Foster’s daughter, lives in Palm Beach FL, where she is in interior design.

When the author and her Palm Beach bridge partner, Polly Norris, realized the convent-school appearance would coincide with the NABC, they booked an open-ended ticket. They notched several fine finishes in the I/N events they entered.

“We are enjoying this tournament so much,” she says. “The people playing in it and the people directing it are all so nice. We’re just having a blast!”

Foster says she’s got two books coming this year. “Sliding is set in New York, in the mid-1980s and will be available this summer. Boulevard Beausejour will appear later in the fall.”

She divides her time between Palm Beach, where she plays at the St. Catherine DBC, and Paris.


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DORIS LIUKKONEN A/B/C SWISS 27 Tables / Based on 61 Tables A B C 10.77 1 Betty Schuler, Alexandria VA; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 64.00 8.08 2 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 58.00 5.30 3/4 1/2 Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; M Halmstad, Brookfield WI; James Carroll, Lyons NY 52.00 5.30 3/4 1/2 David Binney, Seattle WA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 52.00 2.99 5/6 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 50.00 3.20 5/6 3 James Stevens, Paige TX; Robert Curl, Houston TX; David Curl, Fort Worth TX; Thomas Schmalz, Galveston TX 50.00 3.59 7 4 1 Dominique Guay, Orleans ON; Peter Jacquest, Souris MB; William Belanich, Glen Allen VA; Nancy Golden, Richmond VA 49.00 2.69 5 2 Gayle Orvis - Robert Orvis, Burleson TX; Eleanor Sherwyn, Corpus Christi TX; Donna Stoker, Fairfax VA 46.00 2.02 6/7 3 Stephen Mansour - George Mansour, Scranton PA; Martha Keller, San Francisco CA; Sanae Zaveloff, Austin TX 43.00 1.18 6/7 Fran Vanecko - Sheryleen Grothus, San Antonio TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 43.00 1.51 4 Craig Wakefield, Des Plaines IL; Nance Booty, Naperville IL; Lynne Marley - Elaine Everett, Downers Grove IL 37.00 1.00 5/6 Andre Houde - Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Johanne Piecken, Boucherville QC; Daniel Demuy, Laval QC 36.00 1.00 5/6 Diane Washabaugh, Aledo TX; Pamela Gladysz - Barbara Baker - Mary Cotham, Fort Worth TX 36.00

THURSDAY C/D PAIRS 17.0 Tables C D 8.86 1 Diana Thompson, Bellevue WA; Barbara Higgins, Redmond WA 59.17% 6.65 2 1 Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA 56.67% 4.98 3 2 Stanley Hurwitz, Bluffton SC; Ann Hudson, Suffield CT 56.53% 3.74 4 3 Steve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL 55.48% 2.95 5 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Germany; Estera Lisker, Remsenburg NY 55.07% 2.95 6 4 Dana Osburn - Dan Osburn, Dacula GA 53.50% 2.22 7 Pamela Gorbics - Michael Varhalamas, St Petersburg FL 53.23% 1.97 8 Denise Hoffman, Chapel Hill NC; Nathan Banker, Flat Rock MI 53.06% 1.93 9 5 Janis Ellis, Seminole FL; Wendy Margraff, St Petersburg FL 53.00% 2.95 6 Ellen Ryan, Ithaca NY; Sharon Durr, Osprey FL 52.44%

SYLVIE, LEON, HARRY TELES THURSDAY SIDE PAIRS 18.0 Tables A B C 5.31 1 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC 70.51% 3.98 2 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV 63.46% 4.55 3 1 1 Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS; Chuan Hui Li, Montreal QC 61.54% 2.29 4 Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL 61.38% 3.41 5 2 Margaret Moen, Seattle WA; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 60.26% 2.56 6 3 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 59.78% 1.92 4 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH 59.62% 2.35 5 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Amelie Le Blanc, New Orleans LA 55.77% 1.65 6 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Michael Davis, London England 55.13% 1.73 2 Marlene Flament, Oldsmar FL; Pat Ward, Clearwater FL 48.08% 1.29 3 Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH; Yoko Glubok Sobel, Brooklyn NY 46.31% 0.97 4 Leonidas Jones - Linda Jones, Kerrville TX 45.03%

THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 2.63 1 1 Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA; Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA 65.18% 1.97 2 2 Darlene Lindner - Gene Lindner, Belle Chasse LA 60.71% 1.48 3 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA 59.82% 1.17 4/5 3/4 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 55.06% 1.87 4/5 3/4 1 A Bond, Wayzata MN; Ann Gray, Minneapolis MN 55.06% 1.23 6/7 5/6 2/3 Joan Warren - Linda Newton, Ruston LA 54.17% 1.23 6/7 5/6 2/3 Cheryl Richman - Ellen Eyman, Toronto ON 54.17% 0.79 4 Barbara Wood, Rockwall TX; Frankie Milner, Dallas TX 52.68%

NABC 10K KNOCKOUT 24 TablesDonald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Ned Irving, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON; Ray Jotcham, Scarborough ON vsSean Gannon, Decatur GA; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH

38.00 3/4 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Bill Eason - Jane Eason, Nesbit MS 38.00 3/4 Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Edward Xu, North York ON 17.10 5/8 Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA; Alex Fowlie, San Marcos CA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 17.10 5/8 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Steve Smolen - Edmund Wu, San Francisco CA

17.10 5/8 Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA 17.10 5/8 Larry Levin - George Fillis - Karen Fillis, San Antonio TX; Jerrold Harrington, Helotes TX


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Team Assael is Mustafa Cem Tokay of Istanbul, Antonio Sementa, Parma, Italy, and Josef Piekarek and Alexander Smirnov, both of Germany. Their next opponents are Team Monaco.

There was not as much drama in most of the other round-of-16 matches, the closest other matches being Martin Fleisher’s 124-106 defeat of Rose Meltzer and Connie Goldberg’s 123-103 win over Carolyn Lynch.

Today’s other matchups, by captain, are John Diamond versus Bas Drijver, Connie Goldberg versus Martin Fleisher and James Cayne versus Team Lavazza.


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Too much ammunitionBy Adam Wildavsky

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

North led the ♣2 to the jack and king. South continued with the ♣A and I ruffed. I led a spade to dummy’s ace and floated the ♥8. So far, so good. South could have held me to four by covering, but that’s a tough play to find.

I drew the remaining trump and North pitched a diamond after some thought, so it looked as though he was 4=2=4=3. I threw a diamond from the dummy.

Now I could see my way to 11 tricks if South’s second spade was the 9, 10 or queen, but I had to guess which. The odds favored the 9 or 10, so I ran the jack. North covered and I had no way to go

wrong. I had a nagging feeling, though, that I ought to have been able to avoid the guess.

After the session I realized that I had been distracted by the potential power of my spade spots. I did not need the ♠J or ♠8 at all. I could duck a spade and take the rest of the tricks with a double squeeze. After losing a spade, say to North, even if North had started with a stronger spade holding (as in the diagram below), the position would be: ♠ Q 10 ♥ — ♦ Q 10 6 ♣ 6 ♠ 4 ♠ A 8 ♥ 10 9 ♥ — ♦ K 3 2 ♦ A 8 ♣ — ♣ 10 7 ♠ — ♥ — ♦ J 9 7 ♣ Q 9 8

The defenders do best to return a diamond, but it doesn’t help. I win in dummy, ruff a club, and lead my last trump. North needs to keep both spades so must let go of a diamond. I get rid of dummy’s low spade and play a spade to the ace, squeezing South in the minors.

Scoring 200 in 2♥ was worth 50% of the matchpoints. Plus 170 would have been only 28%. The brass ring went to those who bid 4♥ and scored an overtrick for 91%. Yes, my 2♥ was on the conservative side.

SYLVIE, LEON, HARRY TELES SIDE SERIES FINAL124.50 Tables / Based on 42 Tables 15.93 1/2 Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC 134.75% 15.93 1/2 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC 134.75% 12.13 3/4 Chuan Hui Li, Montreal QC 129.67% 12.13 3/4 Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS 129.67% 8.53 5/6 Margaret Moen, Seattle WA 120.89% 8.53 5/6 Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 120.89% 10.43 7/8 Judy Katz, Metairie LA 119.29% 10.43 7/8 Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 119.29% 5.38 9/10 Mary-Ellen Barlow, Niagara-Lk ON 119.12% 5.38 9/10 John Arblaster, Niagara-Lk ON 119.12% 5.47 11/12 Robert Moorman Jr, Huntsville AL 118.53% 5.47 11/12 Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 118.53% 9.05 13/14 John Shelton, Wilmette IL 118.47% 9.05 13/14 Michael Shelton, Winnetka IL 118.47% 6.30 15/16 Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 118.02% 6.30 15/16 Stephen Jackson, Roseville MN 118.02% 7.97 17 Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 116.49% 3.60 18/19 Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA 115.54% 3.60 18/19 Ray Boehne, Oceanside CA 115.54% 5.23 20 Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 114.90% 4.20 21/22 Janet Weins, Plantation FL 114.43% 4.20 21/22 Joan Braender, Newnan GA 114.43%


Life Master newsBill Freeman of Lafayette LA arrived at the

Spring NABC needing about seven gold points to become a Life Master. He picked up a couple of gold points in a Swiss teams, then went over the top with a second-place finish on Wednesday in the Jack LaNoue Knockout. Freeman played with Ginger Hebert. Their teammates were Dee Daigle and Lola Crochet. All are from Lafayette.

Jerrilynn Stumpf is now a Gold Life Master, having gone over 2500 masterpoints prior to the Spring NABC but celebrating after playing with Tournament Co-Chair Dee Moses in a pairs game at the Spring NABC. Stumpf lives in Gretna, in the New Orleans area. Moses lives in New Orleans.♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

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THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH 53.0 Tables 7 3 1 14.47 1 1 1 WenJie Lian, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Qi Yao, Mountain View CA 67.44% 10.85 2 2 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 61.76% 8.14 3 David Woods, New Orleans LA; Stephen Kishner, Metairie LA 61.03% 6.10 4 Denis Ouellette, Laval QC; Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 61.03% 4.82 5 Rosemary Boss - Peter Boss, Benicia CA 60.57% 4.13 6 Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA; Beverly Wilkinson, Atlanta GA 59.23% 3.62 7 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Carolyn Bond, Shawnee Mission KS 58.70% 3.06 8/9 Cynthia Allen, Pass Christian MS; Betty Jones, Long Beach MS 58.48% 4.21 8/9 3 Gail Haar, San Rafael CA; Bart Rhoades, Tiburon CA 58.48% 2.83 10/11 4/5 2 Saundra Dickinson - Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 58.18% 2.83 10/11 4/5 Amy Nolan - Sandra Weber, Slidell LA 58.18% 2.47 12 6 John Robbins, Fort Worth TX; Dwight Hill, Grand Prairie TX 58.10% 2.07 13 Paul Keedy, Beaumont TX; Sandra Allison, Silsbee TX 57.23% 1.93 14 7 Dale Smith - Brenda Baranga, Toronto ON 56.61% 2.19 15 8 Janet Young - Ginger Duncan, Baton Rouge LA 56.44% 1.70 16 9 Billy Jean Reasor, Shreveport LA; Pat Berry, Bossier City LA 56.40% 1.75 17 Waclaw Trebacz, Winnipeg MB; Toby Burke, San Marcos CA 56.04% 2.23 18 10 Ann Jennings - Craig Jennings, Naples FL 55.72% 1.53 19 Marie Hughes, Covington LA; Fred Kolb, Mandeville LA 55.70% 2.19 20 11 Rosalyn Millar - Malcom Millar, Summerside PE 55.68% 1.45 21 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 55.62% 1.26 22 Jane Goldring, New Orleans LA; Rica Hodesh, Cincinnati OH 55.51% 1.45 23 Carol McCartney - Janet Tucker, Bend OR 55.15% 1.16 24 12 Kathryn Lindahl - Katherine Demong, Denver CO 54.82% 1.45 25 Charles Smith, Bolton ON; Gaye Villa, Caledon East ON 54.76% 1.84 26 13 Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA; Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 54.65% 1.56 27 14 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 54.46% 1.48 3 Lucy Sachs, Lincoln MA; Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA 50.60% 1.11 4 Lee Stem - Laima Stem, Mississauga ON 48.87%


76 TablesPierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco vsMustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany

Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina vsJames Cayne, New York NY; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL

Martin Fleisher - Roy Welland - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA vsConnie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Massimiliano Di Franco - Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy

Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL vsJohn Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson - Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX

50.00 9/16 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland 50.00 9/16 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland 50.00 9/16 Joe Grue, New York NY; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Justin Lall, Plano TX; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 50.00 9/16 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden 50.00 9/16 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan - Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 50.00 9/16 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Ishmael DelMonte - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Jean Quantin, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France 50.00 9/16 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland 50.00 9/16 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; Don Domansky - David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

1. Nickell64. Gartaganis

32. Sprung33. Kasle

16. Diamond49. Lo

17. Gupta48. Chinese Ladies Red

9. Grue56. Ash

24. Mahaffey41. Rogoff

25. Tulin40. P. Fireman

8. Drijver57. Team No Name

5. Lynch60. Sealy

28. McAllister37. Krekorian

21. Goldberg44. China Ladies Blue

12. Schwartz53. Muliar

13. Hamman52. Bjarnarson

20. Meltzer45. Ornstein

29. Ekeblad36. Onstott

4. Fleisher61. Team BUMU

1. Kasle (33)31 35 59 7516. Diamond41 80 109 139

8. Drijver18 75 106 1469. Grue17 25 61 117

5. Lynch18 44 65 10312. Goldberg (21)37 77 107 123

4. Fleisher35 66 83 12413. Meltzer (13)19 47 85 106

111wd

103141

15592

8598

121wd

79101

9799

15699

117wd

95134

15876

19492

121135

159129

98190

163wd

1. Nickell32. Kasle (33)

16. Diamond17. Chinese Ladies Red (48)

9. Grue24. Rogoff (44)

8. Drijver25. Phyllis Fireman (40)

5. Lynch28. Krekorian (37)

12. Schwartz21. Goldberg

13. Bjarnarson (52)20. Meltzer

4. Fleisher29. Onstott (36)

9294

116102

14358

13663

112107

86112

81130

126.5126

1. Diamond (16)

8. Drijver

4. Fleisher

5. Goldberg (21)


25.00 17/32 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 25.00 17/32 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC 25.00 17/32 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel 25.00 17/32 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 25.00 17/32 Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 25.00 17/32 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 25.00 17/32 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, The Netherlands Netherlands 25.00 17/32 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Judith Bianco, New York NY; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL 25.00 17/32 William Pollack - Rozanne Pollack - Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY

25.00 17/32 Vainikonis Vytautas, Vilnius Lithuania; Olanski Wojtek, Zielona Gora Poland; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland 25.00 17/32 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Benedicte Cronier - Sylvie Willard, Paris France 25.00 17/32 Roberto Barbosa, Ap Brazil; Adriano Rodrigues - Paulo Brum, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Jeovani Salomao, Lago Norte Brazil 25.00 17/32 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 25.00 17/32 Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL 25.00 17/32 Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi - Ran Jingrong, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Gan Ling, Chengdu China People’s Republic of China 25.00 17/32 Gregers Bjarnarson, New York NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark; Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Denmark

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

2. Monaco63. Kokten

31. Morse34. Soulet

15. Rosenthal50. Collins

18. PD Times47. Team Heifer

10. Team Assael55. Lu

23. H. Lall42. Barbosa

26. P. Fireman39. Vytautas

7. Gordon58. Litvack

6. Cayne59. Kent

27. Berg38. Pollack

22. Street43. Team Jinghua

11. Gromov54. Lara

14. Levine51. Todd

19. Spector46. Camberos

30. Doub35. Rigal

3. Lavazza62. Narasimhan

14390

113110

19639

145147

15584

104154

89136

17879

123wd

105145

16583

146wd

73177

142122

103105

156100

2. Monaco31. Morse

15. Rosenthal18. Team Heifer (47)

10. Team Assael23. Barbosa (42)

7. Gordon26. Vytautas (39)

6. Cayne27. Pollack (38)

11. Gromov22. Street

14. Todd (56)19. Spector

3. Lavazza30. Rigal (35)

13648

168140

16450

151101

12598

90106

12578

189102

2. Monaco28 64 106 14315. Rosenthal28 50 100 103

7. Gordon37 91 131 13410. Team Assael12 45 82 145

6. Cayne41 89 115 17311. Street (22)48 67 84 108

3. Lavazza51 77 110 16414. Todd (56)24 32 68 94

2. Monaco

7. Team Assael (10

3. Lavazza

6. Cayne


How to Work Acrostics PuzzlesThe grid of the puzzle below is not a

crossword; it’s a quotation from a bridge book, written by a world champion whose work should be familiar to all readers of the ACBL Bulletin. The words in the quote don’t necessarily end at the right edge of each horizontal line; they only end when a black square follows a group of the numbered letters. And the unique thing about acrostic puzzles

is that the first letter of each clue answer, reading down from CLUE A through the final clue, will spell out the name of the book’s author … followed by the title of that book!

You will notice that ALL letters in the quote are numbered; these numbers are followed by a clue letter referral, which tells which of the clue answers will give you that particular letter.

Working in both directions … from the clues to the grid and vice versa… is the secret (and the fun!) when solving acrostics. Just keep plugging away, back and forth, and BOTH puzzles … the quote and the clue answers … can be solved eventually.

Enjoy yourselves! Joel Hoersch

Answers to puzzle on page 16

ELEANOR ONSTOTT KO BRACKET 1 16 TablesVainikonis Vytautas, Vilnius Lithuania; Olanski Wojtek, Zielona Gora Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Bar Tarnovski,Rishon Lezion Israel vsJohn McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland

Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland vsAllan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal NorwayELEANOR ONSTOTT KO BRACKET 2 12 TablesJames Thurtell, Dallas TX; Gerry McKim, Garland TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX; Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX vs

Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Sylvie Willard, Paris France; Marcel Dadon - Nicole Dutilloy, France

Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON; Conner Boyd, Key West FL; Barry Boyd, Wheeling WV vsTrisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS; R Elwin Brown, Paradise NS; Karl Hicks, Dominion NS; Ken Eisner, Truro NS

ELEANOR ONSTOTT KO BRACKET 3 16 TablesRobert Marcus - Kathy Guinyou, North York ON; Charles Grimes, Midland TX; Mike Robinson, Odessa TX vsWayne Bardsley - Catherine Bardsley, Mc Lean VA; Amanda Carter, Arlington VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA

Carl Merlin - Eleanor Onstott - Dee Moses, New Orleans LA; Douglas De Montluzin, Kenner LA; Jerrilyn Stumpf - Bobbie Gattuso, Gretna LA vsJack Lewis Jr, Luling LA; Ronald Berenger - Paul Freese, Metairie LA; Arnaldo Partesotti, New Orleans LA

ELEANOR ONSTOTT KO BRACKET 4 16 TablesSusan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, Fenton MI; Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI vsJo Ann Rauch, Miami FL; Elliott Grosh, Bradenton FL; Marilyn Painter, Pittsburgh PA; Carol Stonis, Natrona Heights PA

Ryan Connors, Bethesda MD; Jody Connors - Michael Baker, Vero Beach FL; David Johnson, Milledgeville GA vsRodney Bias - Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Clair Kretschmann, Tucson AZ; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ

ELEANOR ONSTOTT KO BRACKET 5 16 TablesGail Gabiati - Hinda Gilbert - Edwin Mah - Dolores Mackinnon, San Francisco CA vsNelson Daigle - Sharon Henry - Carol Bagalman, Metairie LA; Sherrie Goodman, New Orleans LA

Gladys Freeman - Judy Floyd - Sue Kay Reeder, Arlington TX; Ginger Kennedy, Fort Worth TX vsJames Ochsner - Allison Ochsner - Bonnie Boyd - Donald Boyd, Houston TX


Use of the Bidding Box — Alerts and AnnouncementsWhen 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.

MonitoringAt this and future North American Bridge

Championships, ACBL will monitor NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and be available for later official inspection and review.

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 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.

Alan Sontag, “Power Precision”Whenever I am scheduled to play against Omar Sharif, I find myself the object of sudden bursts of

popularity. People I might not recognize on the street become good friends and want to be introduced to Sharif. Even my family … which is still not sure what I do for a living … claim to be bridge fans!

A. Alcatraz Coup I. Aftermath Q. ReithB. Lose to the Trey J. Goulash R. EggmenC. Advance Sacrifice K. Proved Finesse S. Charles GorenD. Nibble Into Lead L. Optimum Strategy T. I BidE. Swanson M. Woodson Notrump U. Signoff BidF. Oswald Jacoby N. Eddie Wold V. In the HoleG. No Side Bet O. Ruff in Dummy W. Off FiveH. Thirty-three P. Pitt Y. Nihilism

Answers to puzzle from page 15

THURSDAY C/D PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX EAST-WEST C D C D 1 1 Dana Osburn - Dan Osburn, Dacula GA 63.67% 1 1 Stanley Hurwitz, Bluffton SC; Ann Hudson, Suffield CT 65.97% 2 2 Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA 58.89% 2 Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL; Kelly Moses, Biloxi MS 59.86% 3 3 Steve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL 55.68% 3 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Germany; Estera Lisker, Remsenburg NY 59.44% 4 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Carol Braten, White Plains NY 55.14% 4/5 Denise Hoffman, Chapel Hill NC; Nathan Banker, Flat Rock MI 55.00% 5 Kathee Bessinger - George Bessinger, La Mesa CA 54.86% 4/5 Diana Thompson, Bellevue WA; Barbara Higgins, Redmond WA 55.00% 6 Phyllis Gravitz, Mercer Island WA; Helene Fornia, Clyde Hill WA 52.64% 6 2 Darrick Chee, Orange CA; Terry T Brown, Rochester Hills MI 54.44% 7 4 James Bradford Jr - S Ronald Slipman, Alexandria LA 51.74% 7 3 Roxanne King, Houston TX; Lamya Agelidis, La Jolla CA 53.55% 4 Valerie Deneroff - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 51.61%

SYLVIE,/LEON,/HARRY TELESSS 6TH SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC 70.51% 1 1 1 Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS; Chuan Hui Li, Montreal QC 61.54% 2 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV 63.46% 2 Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL 61.38% 3 Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA; Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA 57.69% 3 2 Margaret Moen, Seattle WA; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 60.26% 4 Jennie Flynn Sauviac, Metairie LA; Nonie Leavitt, Saint Rose LA 56.41% 4 3 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 59.78% 5 1 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Amelie Le Blanc, New Orleans LA 55.77% 5 4 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH 59.62% 6 2 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Michael Davis, London England 55.13% 6 5 John Demeulemeester, Burnaby BC; Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ 54.65% 7 3 Stephen Hawker - Katherine Hawker, Baltimore MD 51.28% 7 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 54.49% 4 Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI; Abbie Cole, New York NY 50.80% 6 Kenneth Van Cleve, Traverse City MI; Arleen Harvey, Riverside CA 51.28% 5 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Patricia Estes, Maitland FL 50.32% 2 Marlene Flament, Oldsmar FL; Pat Ward, Clearwater FL 48.08% 1 Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH; Yoko Glubok Sobel, Brooklyn NY 46.31% 2 Leonidas Jones - Linda Jones, Kerrville TX 45.03%

THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA 59.82% 1 1 Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA; Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA 65.18% 2 1 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 55.06% 2 2 Darlene Lindner - Gene Lindner, Belle Chasse LA 60.71% 3/4 2/3 1/2 Joan Warren - Linda Newton, Ruston LA 54.17% 3 3 1 A Bond, Wayzata MN; Ann Gray, Minneapolis MN 55.06% 3/4 2/3 1/2 Cheryl Richman - Ellen Eyman, Toronto ON 54.17% 4 Dale Smith - Brenda Baranga, Toronto ON 52.08% 4/5 2/3 William Mendell, Colorado Spgs CO; Dale Strawn, Seattle WA 49.40% 4/5 2/3 Al Walton - Thomas Bartlett, Germantown TN 49.40%

SILODOR PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS D E F G EAST-WEST 1 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 71.76% 1 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 62.28% 2 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 65.31% 2 David Olson, Owings Mills MD; James Olson, Charleston WV 61.25% 3 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 61.80% 3 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 60.89% 4 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 61.54% 4 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Robert Hopkins Jr, Arlington VA 60.34% 5 Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 59.77% 5 Henrik Caspersen, Aarhus Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg Denmark 58.57% 6 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; David Gold, Reading Great Britain 58.86% 6 Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Yinghao Liu, Stanford CA 58.06% 7 Ilya Kuzkin - Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB 58.56% 7 Sedat Dinc, Istanbul Turkey; Levent Imamoglu, Besiktas Istnbl Turkey 57.06% 8 Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Roberto Barbosa, Ap Brazil 57.24% 8 Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilberg Netherlands 56.51% 9 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV 57.13% 9 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 56.26% 10 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 56.60% 10 Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 55.53% 11 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 56.41% 11 Larry Levin, San Antonio TX; Jerrold Harrington, Helotes TX 54.50% 12 Alex Fowlie, San Marcos CA; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA 55.92% 12/13 Bill Rose, Seattle WA; Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA 54.38% 13 Jim Foster - Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 55.88% 12/13 Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 54.38% 14 Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA; Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON 55.77% 14 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 54.17% 15 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 54.75% 15 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 53.57% 16 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Robert Adams, Oklahoma City OK 54.71% 16 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 53.48% 17 Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC; Pascale Gaudreault, Montreal QC 54.60% 17 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 52.97% 18 Yul Inn - Cheryl Mandala, Cupertino CA 54.56% 18 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 52.62% 19 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 53.81% 19 Emil Jepsen, Aarhus Croatia; Lars Tofte, Aarhus Costa Rica 52.42% 20 Stephen Young, Kitchener ON; Danny Ioannidis, Grassie ON 53.58% 20 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 52.12% 21 Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 53.05% 21 Richard Chan - Paul Janicki, Markham ON 51.20%22/23 Bruce Williams, Medford Lakes NJ; Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY 52.94% 22 Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 50.95%22/23 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO 52.94% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H K L M EAST-WEST 1 Gerry McCully - James Galand, Victoria BC 65.48% 1 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV 64.73% 2 Armand Szulc, Woodland Hills CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 63.48% 2 Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Gartaganis, Calgary AB 62.94% 3 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Rica Tarnoff, New York NY 60.90% 3 Shan Huang, Scarborough ON; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 62.06% 4 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; David Caprera, Denver CO 59.89% 4 Tezcan Sen - Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey 61.87% 5 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 59.14% 5 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 59.18% 6 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 58.51% 6 Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 58.91% 7 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Robert Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL 58.08% 7 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 58.71% 8 Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC; Donald Sache, Delta BC 57.91% 8 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Philippe Cronier, Paris France 58.15% 9 Brian McGuire - Brian Ransley, United Kingdom Great Britain 56.86% 9 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 57.78% 10 Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV 56.59% 10 Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Burrell Humphreys, Wayne NJ 57.50% 11 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 55.79% 11 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 57.41% 12 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Paul Harris, Waltham MA 54.52% 12 Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL; Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI 57.19% 13 John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Chuck Malcolm, Topeka KS 54.48% 13 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf, Istanbul Turkey 55.64% 14 Judith Bianco, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 54.41% 14 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 55.30% 15 Jim Barrow - Tom Clarke, Lake Charles LA 54.25% 15 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland 54.55% 16 P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 53.80% 16 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 54.20% 17 Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata Argentina; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires Argentina 53.72% 17 Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD 54.00% 18 Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 52.74% 18 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 53.44% 19 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 52.16% 19 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 52.97%20/21 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 52.04% 20 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 52.91%20/21 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 52.04% 21 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 52.70% 22 Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN; Darlene Anderson, Lake Havasu Cty AZ 51.46% 22 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN 52.13% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS N O P Q EAST-WEST 1 Wael Mohsen, 6th of October Egypt; Reda Wasfi Yaacoub, Cairo Egypt 65.79% 1 Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 62.64% 2 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 61.41% 2 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 62.00% 3 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 61.19% 3 Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI; Grant Petersen, Taylor MI 60.61% 4 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 60.70% 4 Burke Snowden - Gregory Herman, Fort Collins CO 60.04% 5 Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Irina Kislitsyna, Ellenton FL 60.29% 5 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 58.53% 6 Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 58.32% 6 Bob Feller, Bloomington IN; Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA 58.53% 7 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 56.63% 7 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 57.43% 8 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL 56.15% 8 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 57.21% 9 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 56.14% 9 Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 57.02% 10 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 56.03% 10 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 56.87% 11 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 55.73% 11 Jeff Hand, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 56.16% 12 Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Harvey Katz, Marina Del Rey CA 55.34% 12 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 55.86% 13 Sheri Winestock - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 53.68% 13 Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA; Kish Devaraj, Atlanta GA 55.24% 14 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Rory Millson, Bronxville NY 53.65% 14 Iype Koshy, Gretna LA; Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA 54.74% 15 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 53.27% 15 Gediminas Poska - Daiva Vitukynaite, Lemont IL 54.49% 16 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 52.74% 16 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Roseville CA 53.40% 17 John Zilic, Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 52.52% 17 Timothy Baird, White Plains NY; H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY 53.25% 18 William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; Ron Westwood, Ventura CA 52.18% 18 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH 52.95% 19 Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Kenny Horneman, Charlottesville VA 51.97% 19 Bob Heller, Knoxville TN; Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC 51.92% 20 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL 51.82% 20 Robert Bitterman, Harbor Springs MI; Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 51.82% 21 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA 51.78% 21 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Ed Freeman, Portland OR 51.75% 22 Dong Lu - Yanhong Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 51.54% 22/23 Oleg Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ 51.37% 22/23 Steve Hubbell, Mountain View CA; Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA 51.37%

Notice to playersEach player must have an ACBL convention

card filled out and on the table. Please note that other types of convention cards, such as the WBF convention card or homemade cards that do not sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes.


THURSDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Barbara Blake, La Jolla CA; Kay Rogers, Manakin Sabot VA 61.17% 1 Gordon Sawyer, Seattle WA; Peggy Nielsen, Ojai CA 57.20% 2 Sally Kellar, North York ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 60.04% 2 1 Jo Sheraw - Alvin Kimbrough, Panama City Bch FL 56.06% 3 Maryann Soinski, Winter Park FL; Dianne Schupak, Orlando FL 56.25% 3 2 Frank Zebedeo, Spring TX; George Mitchell, Douglas NB 55.68% 4 Gwen Davey - Judy Nibler, Fresno CA 55.87% 4 Ray Gandolfi, Metairie LA; Cathy Rantz, New Orleans LA 53.03% 5 Kathleen Malcolmson, Richmond TX; Wilma Booth, Houston TX 52.46% 5 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; James Barnes, Towson MD 52.84% 6/7 1 S Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Cindy Lewis, Luling LA 51.33% 6 3 Andrew Rottenbacher, South Pasadena CA; Joerg Rottenbacher, Arcadia CA 51.52% 6/7 Gail Fayard - Madonna Abroms, Gretna LA 51.33% 2 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 50.76% 3 Sandra McMinn, Houston TX; Laveta Christian, West Columbia TX 48.86%

THURSDAY C/D PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX EAST-WEST C D C D 1 Diana Thompson, Bellevue WA; Barbara Higgins, Redmond WA 63.33% 1 1 Ellen Ryan, Ithaca NY; Sharon Durr, Osprey FL 63.75% 2 Lois Phillips - Joseph Phillips, Queensbury NY 62.92% 2 Pamela Gorbics - Michael Varhalamas, St Petersburg FL 59.31% 3 1 Janis Ellis, Seminole FL; Wendy Margraff, St Petersburg FL 60.69% 3 2 Steve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL 55.28% 4 2 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT 57.22% 4/6 3/4 Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA 54.44% 5 3 Lucy Tillman Jr - Elaine Lacroix, The Villages FL 53.19% 4/6 3/4 Lydia Prange, Wolfville NS; Marjorie Wandler, Italy Cross NS 54.44% 6 4 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Marion Tumen, Pacific Plsds CA 52.36% 4/6 Barbara Grantham - Ann McDougal, Houston TX 54.44% 7 Linda Stockton, Metairie LA; Colleen Walker, Kenner LA 51.11% 7 Phyllis Gravitz, Mercer Island WA; Helene Fornia, Clyde Hill WA 50.56% 5 Steve Ramos, Jr - Sharon Biederman, Seal Beach CA 50.97%

SYLVIE, LEON, HARRY TELESSS 5TH SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS YY ZZ NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Helen Sophianopoulos, North York ON; Karen Kline, Thornhill ON 58.25% 1 Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC; Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC 64.24% 2 2 Linda Fox, Kenner LA; Sigurd Nordvoll, New Orleans LA 58.22% 2 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 63.53% 3 Martin Ware, Vernon BC; Walter Pease, Anchorage AK 57.15% 3 1 Julian Dupuis, Kelso WA; Audrey Bowman, Silverlake WA 62.06% 4 Hayk Bosnakyan - Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC 56.70% 4 2 Margaret Moen, Seattle WA; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 60.63% 5 3 Edward Hoffer - Pamela Hoffer, Marion MA 56.04% 5 Ray Boehne, Oceanside CA; Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA 57.35% 6 4 John Arblaster, Niagara-Lk ON; Wilson McLeod, Cape Town South Africa 55.68% 6 3 Ana Urrutia - James Hailey Jr, New Orleans LA 56.71% 7 5 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 55.47% 7 4 Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA; Robert Englekirk, Rancho Mirage CA 56.14% 8 6 Roy Richardson, Metairie LA; Patricia Kessler, New Orleans LA 54.56% 8 5 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Patricia Estes, Maitland FL 55.64% 9 7 2 Steven Jackson - Yann Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA 54.11% 9 6 Mary LeBlanc, Kenner LA; Suzanne Cliffe, New Orleans LA 55.57% 10 Paul Bubendey, Vero Beach FL; Ed Judy, Bluffton SC 52.76% 10 7 Dianne Chesson, New Orleans LA; Linda Freese, Metairie LA 54.73% 11 James Tanner, Highland CA; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 52.69% 11 8 James Tunnell - Gayle Tunnell, San Francisco CA 53.97% 12 8 3 Michael Shelton, Winnetka IL; John Shelton, Wilmette IL 52.64% 12 Vicki Rivera - Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 52.08% 9 Margaret Kelly - Anne Lea Patterson, Little Rock AR 52.26% 9 Bruce Thiher - Leon Zaczek, The Villages FL 51.66% 10 Donna Stoker, Fairfax VA; Betty Schuler, Alexandria VA 51.59% 10 Carol Foster - Gary Waldron, Laguna Beach CA 50.66% 1 Linwood Olson - Gay Rod, Houston TX 48.79% 2 Michael Miller - Norma Rollins, New York NY 47.74% 3 Joni Holten - Charo Barnette, Houston TX 47.56%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQQ RRR TTT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jennie Legge - Winston Legge Jr, Pensacola FL 61.93% 1 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 63.56% 2 Joan Van Geffen - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 59.97% 2 1 1 Larry Murray, Windsor ON; Ira Grumet, Delray Beach FL 60.95% 3 1 Sam Graham, Germantown TN; Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA 59.42% 3 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR 60.90% 4 2 Robert Fisk - A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH 58.49% 4 2 2 James Fox, Canonsburg PA; Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA 60.22% 5 3 1 Michael Simpson, Ocala FL; David Goodman, Anthem AZ 58.27% 5 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 59.16% 6 4 Lois Boagni - K Boagni Jr, Opelousas LA 57.81% 6 3 Michael Leighton, Grafton ND; Steve Phelps, Grand Forks ND 57.04% 7 Bob Bowers, Metairie LA; Edgar Bowers, Ellicott City MD 57.52% 7 Larry Federico, Metairie LA; Idell Adams, Baton Rouge LA 56.38% 8 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 56.86% 8 William Cummings, Monticello MN; Carol Cummings, Owatonna MN 55.61% 9 5 2 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 56.69% 9 4 Audrey Darlington - Kathleen Schiff, Lafayette LA 55.37% 10 6 3 Bonnie Kress - Frances Barry, Raleigh NC 56.56% 10 Robert Probasco - Marilyn Nesbit, Ketchum ID 54.58% 11 Mike Bandler - Linda Bandler, Alamo CA 55.34% 11 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 53.80% 12 Elliott Grubman - Steven Zlotnick, Brooklyn NY 54.35% 12 5 Lotte Optekamp - Bobby Maynard, Houston TX 52.78% 13 7 Carolyn Likou - Manny Likou, West Dundee IL 53.98% 13 6 James Milam - Beth Milam, Idaho Falls ID 52.59% 14 Stephen Maltzman - Donna DePesa, Tucson AZ 52.12% 14 7 James Thornton, New Orleans LA; Marlene Ruckert, Metairie LA 52.38% 15 8 Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS; John Laufer, Toronto ON 51.14% 15 Lilian Yee, Santa Fe NM; Sik Tong Yee, Gilbert AZ 51.91% 9 4 Ann Gardner - Alan Gardner, Floral Park NY 50.93% 8 3 Peter Tilles - Doris Tilles, Locust Valley NY 50.93% 10 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 50.33% 9 4 Peter Jones, N Plainfield NJ; Karen Haines, Summit NJ 50.68% 5 Thomas Eby - Ewan Eby, Marina CA 49.50% 10 William Weiss - Jean Weiss, New Orleans LA 50.11% 5 Richard Rogers - Stephanie Rogers, San Francisco CA 49.33% 6 Bonnie Mabrey, Daphne AL; Kenneth Morrison, Point Clear AL 48.28%

WES BUSBY THURSDAY AFTERNOON 49ERS SECTION BBB A B C 1 Willa King, Newport Beach CA; Murl Estes, Maitland FL 65.02% 2 Linda Tarver - Rachel Spoon, Montgomery AL 58.98% 3 Bryan Barrett - Liz Barrett, Annapolis MD 58.87% 1 Delphine Butler - Claudine Cannon, New Orleans LA 55.83% 2 Kanwal Dhir, Mandeville LA; Cecile Ruiz, Metairie LA 50.83% 1 Faye Ballard - Karen Smith, New Orleans LA 45.57%

WES BUSBY THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ERS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Ruth Rosenthal - Jean Frank, New Orleans LA 63.69% 1 1 Wendy Joyner, Raleigh NC; Lisa Gray, Cary NC 64.29% 2 2 Sherry Novas - J Darryl Lieux, Baton Rouge LA 62.80% 2 2 1 Diana Powell - Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 54.17% 3 3 2 Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC; Robert Keeter, Durham NC 54.17% 3 3 2 Patsy Rader, New Iberia LA; Faye Ferry, New Iheris LA 53.87% 4 4 Raymond Laythe, Waterloo IL; Shirley Ruckert, Metairie LA 52.98% 4 4 Karen Doddridge, Winter Park FL; Sheryl Roper, Hendersonville NC 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 David Roberts - Janis Roberts, New Orleans LA 67.26% 1 1 Abe Lubritz, Covington LA; Bob Laurent, Lacombe LA 61.31% 2 2 1 Barbara Wood, Rockwall TX; Frankie Milner, Dallas TX 54.17% 2 Ede Donovan - Helen Vagle, Edina MN 56.55% 3 3 2 Nancy Sandidge - Elaine Wilczynski, Covington LA 52.98% 3 2 1 Jeanne Fortin, Boucherville QC; Suzanne Brisebois, Longueuil QC 55.36% 4 W Clingo - B Clingo, Houston TX 50.89% 4 3 Peter Jack, Medford OR; Shirley Fraser M.D., Anchorage AK 52.68% 2 Curtis Wehling - Judy Wehling, Glenview IL 50.30%

SMITH LM WOMENS PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B I J EAST-WEST 1 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 66.26% 1 Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 64.90% 2 Lu Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Liu Yan, People’s Republic of China 59.00% 2 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Karen Billett, Victoria BC 64.35% 3 Cheryl Gorman, Omaha NE; Donna Givner, Golden CO 58.59% 3 Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 62.64% 4 Patricia Jankovic, Alcoa TN; Jo Anne Newby, Knoxville TN 57.96% 4 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Betsy Downs, Chicago IL 62.60% 5 Mary Pat Gentry - Pat Levy, Houston TX 56.36% 5 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 60.27% 6 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 56.35% 6 Giorgia Botta, Rome Italy; Lindsey Weinger, New York NY 59.20% 7 Mildred Breed, Tomball TX; Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 55.73% 7 Ru Yan - Li Yiting, Beijing People’s Republic of China 58.62% 8 Barbara Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Janet Becker, Timonium MD 55.60% 8 Joan Brody, Livingston NJ; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 58.21% 9 Ran Jingrong, - Gan Ling, Chengdu China People’s Republic of China 55.46% 9 Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA; Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL 57.86% 10 Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ 55.43% 10 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 56.77% 11 Sheila Sache, Delta BC; Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC 54.91% 11 Ellen Hessel - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 56.59% 12 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 54.88% 12 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 54.67% 13 Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL 54.84% 13 Fleur Howard - Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 54.05% 14 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 54.40% 14 Jian Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; ZhengJiang Liao, People’s Republic of China 53.78%15/16 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 54.13% 15 Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE; Elise Parish, Omaha NE 53.37%15/16 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 54.13% 16 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 53.19% 17 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 54.05% 17 Sandra DeMartino - Terry Lubman, Riverside CT 53.16% 18 Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA; Sandy McCay, Naples FL 53.95% 18 Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO; Marilyn Eber, Denver CO 52.13% 19 Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA; Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA 52.92% 19 June Pocock, New Westminster BC; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB 51.99% 20 Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL; Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 52.85% 20 Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 51.68% 21 Dana Hastings - Nanette Noland, Baton Rouge LA 52.58% 21 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 51.51% 22 Gail Greenberg - Susan Picus, New York NY 52.16% 22 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 51.34% 23 Sigrid Price, Napa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA 52.03% 23 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 51.00%

SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMENS PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B I J EAST-WEST 1 Kristen Swenson - Judi Radin, New York NY 62.35% 1 Gail Greenberg - Susan Picus, New York NY 64.10% 2 Ellen Kozlove - Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 61.10% 2 Juanita Chambers, Garland TX; Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX 61.84% 3 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 60.49% 3 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 59.55% 4 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 60.36% 4 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 58.91% 5 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 59.89% 5 Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ 58.84% 6 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 59.65% 6 Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL; Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 58.10% 7 Sara Babb, Lafayette LA; Bobbie Chambers, Crowley LA 58.33% 7 Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL; Janice Madsen, Atlantic Beach FL 57.22% 8 Fleur Howard - Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 58.20% 8 Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX; Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC 57.15% 9 Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 57.59% 9 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 56.01% 10 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 56.31% 10 Ran Jingrong,- Gan Ling, Chengdu China People’s Republic of China 55.20% 11 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA 55.30% 11 Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; Barbara Clark, West Orange NJ 54.76% 12 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 54.72% 12 Jian Wang, - ZhengJiang Liao, People’s Republic of China 54.12% 13 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 54.69% 13 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 53.88% 14 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL 54.49% 14 Sandra Scholes - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 53.85% 15 Peggy Sutherlin - Joan Jackson, Dallas TX 54.39% 15/16 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Leslie Strong, Santa Ynez CA 53.68% 16 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 54.05% 15/16 Barbara Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Janet Becker, Timonium MD 53.68% 17 Joan Brody, Livingston NJ; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 53.58% 17 Cheryl Gorman, Omaha NE; Donna Givner, Golden CO 52.63% 18 Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 53.14% 18 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 52.53% 19 Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA; Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA 53.00% 19 Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC 52.26% 20 Natalie Hertz, Harrison NY; Kassie Munoz, White Plains NY 52.87% 20 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 52.06% 21 Tina Tessaro, Miami FL; Darcy Parker, Hendersonville NC 52.23% 21 Giorgia Botta, Rome Italy; Lindsey Weinger, New York NY 51.52% 22 Gemma Mariano, Metro Manila Philippines; Sarah McMerty, Devon PA 51.65% 22/23 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 51.28% 23 Elaine Weintraub, Philadelphia PA; Ricki Rogers, Mount Laurel NJ 51.62% 22/23 Mary Bass, Mobile AL; Lynne Newman, San Diego CA 51.28%

THURSDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST 7 8 7 8 1 Donald Hill, Smyrna GA; Sylvia Brill, Norcross GA 62.12% 1 1 S Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Cindy Lewis, Luling LA 60.98% 2 1 Margarita Jaramillo, Miami FL; Claudia Londono, FL 58.52% 2 Diann Miller, Englewood CO; Carol Gumpert, Aurora CO 59.47% 3 Gail Fayard - Madonna Abroms, Gretna LA 57.20% 3 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; James Barnes, Towson MD 59.09% 4 Maryann Soinski, Winter Park FL; Dianne Schupak, Orlando FL 54.36% 4 Larry Jackson - Sarkis Kish, Memphis TN 57.01% 5 2 Mark Krinsky, Great Neck NY; Ruth Lessinger, Plainview NY 53.41% 5 2 Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA; Melda Richardson, Orange CA 56.82% 6 Barbara Blake, La Jolla CA; Kay Rogers, Manakin Sabot VA 51.89% 6 Kathi Marcus, Lake Oswego OR; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR 52.08% 3 Robert Fine - Marsha Goldstein, Atlanta GA 47.16%


THURSDAY MORNING DAYLIGHT PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQQ RRR TTT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 66.36% 1 Elliott Grubman - Steven Zlotnick, Brooklyn NY 64.48% 2 1 William Weiss - Jean Weiss, New Orleans LA 60.35% 2 1 1 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 63.87% 3 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 59.88% 3 Bob Bowers, Metairie LA; Edgar Bowers, Ellicott City MD 60.51% 4 2 Lynn John Federico, Kenner LA; Richard Bagnetto, Metairie LA 57.85% 4 2 Robert Fisk - A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH 57.57% 5 3 John Fraser, Mississauga ON; Elsie Johnson, Calgary AB 57.75% 5 3 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Beach FL 56.36% 6 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX; Gary Neisler, N Richland Hls TX 57.44% 6 4 Mark Patton, Dubuque IA; William Jenkins, Amarillo TX 56.13% 7 4 John Gunther - Diane Gunther, Newbury Park CA 57.11% 7 5 2 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 55.10% 8 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR 57.03% 8 6 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 54.41% 9 Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL 56.21% 9 Mike Bandler - Linda Bandler, Alamo CA 53.99% 10 5 1 Peter Jones, N Plainfield NJ; Karen Haines, Summit NJ 55.96% 10 7 3 John Burgoin, Brownsville TX; Alan Godes, Needham MA 53.87% 11 6 2 Fred Sutherland - Kathryn Sutherland, Surprise AZ 54.96% 11 Jennie Legge - Winston Legge Jr, Pensacola FL 52.88% 12 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 54.37% 12 8 4 Jane Trahms, Lakeville MN; Phyllis Anderson, Saint Paul MN 52.67% 13 Joan Van Geffen - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 53.87% 13 9 5 Michael Simpson, Ocala FL; David Goodman, Anthem AZ 52.64% 14 7 Gail Kahan, Santa Barbara CA; John Kahan, Century City CA 52.48% 14 10 6 David Howorth, Oxford MS; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 51.71% 15 8 Michael Leighton, Grafton ND; Steve Phelps, Grand Forks ND 51.43% 15 William Cummings, Monticello MN; Carol Cummings, Owatonna MN 51.34% 9 3 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 50.81% 11 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 50.00% 10 4 Frank Maxwell - Janie Maxwell, Delhi LA 49.25% 5 Larry Murray, Windsor ON; Ira Grumet, Delray Beach FL 48.91%

THURSDAY MORNING SIDE GAME (FIRST OF THREE SESSIONS) NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT 60.83% 1 Dana Hastings - Frances Schenk, Baton Rouge LA 56.67% 2 2 Edward Hoffer - Pamela Hoffer, Marion MA 55.56% 2 1 1 Sandra Musbach, Carlsbad CA; Mary Lou Kammerer, Del Mar CA 55.69% 3 3 1 Janie Wolaver - Jerrell Wolaver, Jefferson TX 53.75% 3 2 2 John Krah - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA 55.28% 4 4 Marcelyn Pick, New Orleans LA; James Reese, Metairie LA 52.36% 4 3 Leon Zaczek - Bruce Thiher, The Villages FL 54.03% 2 Robert Hartley, Meridian ID; Darrel Mooney, Boise ID 50.69% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 James Tanner, Highland CA; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 62.64% 1 1 Irene Crowder, Madison MS; W Jean Denson, Brandon MS 63.61% 2 1 1 Dave Drischell - Terry Graham, Seattle WA 59.31% 2 2 Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA; Robert Englekirk, Rancho Mirage CA 52.22% 3 2 Marjorie Wandler, Italy Cross NS; Lydia Prange, Wolfville NS 57.64% 3 Janice Smola - Paul Simon, Arlington MA 50.83% 4 3 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsds CA 55.14% 4 3 Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Robert Webster, Ripon WI 47.92% 1 John Groves - Rose Dunitz, Regina SK 47.78% 2 Joe Ramirez, Mission TX; Wayne Tindall, San Juan TX 46.39%

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Janet Young - Ginger Duncan, Baton Rouge LA 59.32% 1 1 1 WenJie Lian, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Qi Yao, Mountain View CA 80.13% 2 Michael Kudla, Lake Charles LA; Toni Latimer, Westlake LA 55.10% 2 2 Lee Stem - Laima Stem, Mississauga ON 53.53% 3 2 Eddie Cheatham - Cecil Davidson, Shreveport LA 55.02% 3 Alexandra Peck, Toronto ON; Sherry Larsen Beville, Oakland CA 52.13% 4 Marie Hughes, Covington LA; Fred Kolb, Mandeville LA 54.13% 4 Joel Sandberg - Judy Sandberg, Hacienda Hgts CA 51.53% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Paul Keedy, Beaumont TX; Sandra Allison, Silsbee TX 66.07% 1 1 1 Saundra Dickinson - Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 68.45% 2 1 Allan Kohm - Marcia Kohm, Frisco TX 58.04% 2 Cynthia Allen, Pass Christian MS; Betty Jones, Long Beach MS 61.61% 3 Rosemary Boss - Peter Boss, Benicia CA 53.57% 3 2 Janet Anderson - Jean Knight, Fairhope AL 49.11% 2 1 Chuck Ewan - Lily Poole, Sun Lakes AZ 46.43% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Alan Jacobs - Linda Jacobs, Metairie LA 59.48% 1 1 John Robbins, Fort Worth TX; Dwight Hill, Grand Prairie TX 59.78% 2 1 Dale Smith - Brenda Baranga, Toronto ON 55.78% 2 Linda Gallagher - Pris Daly, Metairie LA 54.42% 3 Susan Panter - Deborah Steffen, Santa Barbara CA 52.42% 3 Vicki Poecker, Hot Springs AR; Bruce Neunaber, Hot Springs Vlg AR 54.04% 4 2 Rosalyn Millar - Malcom Millar, Summerside PE 51.53% 4 Ron Wyatt - Peggy Wyatt, Rockwall TX 52.80% 1 Michael Murphy - Jean Murphy, Charlottesville VA 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Karen Proetz - Patricia Phillips, Little Rock AR 53.87% 1 David Woods, New Orleans LA; Stephen Kishner, Metairie LA 61.65% 2 Marshall Daniel - Gretchen Easton, Charlotte NC 53.53% 2 Waclaw Trebacz, Winnipeg MB; Toby Burke, San Marcos CA 59.52% 3/4 1/2 Ann Jennings - Craig Jennings, Naples FL 53.40% 3 1 Nancy Raiche - Gerry Gastelum, Manhattan Beach CA 53.74% 3/4 1/2 Larry Cossey - William Ferguson, Houston TX 53.40% 4 Connie True - Steve Dickason, Little Rock AR 51.36% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 60.12% 1 Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA; Beverly Wilkinson, Atlanta GA 62.50% 2 2 Amy Nolan - Sandra Weber, Slidell LA 55.65% 2 1 Gail Haar, San Rafael CA; Bart Rhoades, Tiburon CA 59.82% 3 Howard Nobles Jr - W Arnette Jr, Baton Rouge LA 55.36% 3 2 Dorothy Norwood - Louise Blanchard, Montgomery AL 56.55% 4 Susan Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH; Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 54.76% 4 Billy Jean Reasor, Shreveport LA; Pat Berry, Bossier City LA 55.65% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Denis Ouellette, Laval QC; Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 64.58% 1 Charles Smith, Bolton ON; Gaye Villa, Caledon East ON 60.42% 2 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Carolyn Bond, Shawnee Mission KS 59.52% 2 1 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 58.93% 3 1 Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA; Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 55.95% 3 William Freeman, Raymore MO; Ginger Hebert, Lafayette LA 58.33% 4 Tina Villines, Mesa AZ; Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB 52.08% 4 2 Ellen Morgan - Thomas Morgan, Knoxville TN 51.49% 2 Dee Gerald - Nancy Neal, Baton Rouge LA 49.40%

SILODOR PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS D E F G EAST-WEST 1 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 60.41% 1 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 64.17% 2 Henrik Caspersen, Aarhus Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg Denmark 59.67% 2 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; David Rodney, Fairfax VA 61.72% 3 Robert Gerrie - Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC 58.13% 3 Yul Inn - Cheryl Mandala, Cupertino CA 60.29% 4 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 57.68% 4 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 59.17% 5 Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Yinghao Liu, Stanford CA 57.66% 5 Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 58.85% 6 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 57.12% 6 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 58.53% 7 Emil Jepsen, Aarhus Croatia; Lars Tofte, Aarhus Costa Rica 56.39% 7 Judy Fox - James Fox, Virginia Beach VA 57.37% 8 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 56.00% 8 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA 57.04% 9 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 55.84% 9 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV 56.97% 10 Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilberg Netherlands 55.71% 10 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 56.45% 11 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 55.68% 11 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 54.93% 12 Jaggy Shivdasani - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 55.66% 12 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 54.74% 13 Aaron Jones, Orange CA; Jeff Roman, Sun City West AZ 55.12% 13 Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 53.52% 14 Marin Marinov, New York NY; David Yang, Darien IL 54.89% 14 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Robert Hopkins Jr, Arlington VA 53.17% 15 Sam Lev - Michael Polowan, New York NY 54.21% 15 Shane Blanchard, New York NY; Adam Kaplan, Stanford CA 53.16% 16 David Johnson, Calgary AB; Paul Frean, New York NY 54.20% 16 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 52.88% 17 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 54.16% 17 Maria Capucho, ; Manuel Capucho, Leboa Portugal 52.84% 18 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 53.48% 18 Isabella De Andrade, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC 52.80% 19 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; David Joyce, Kenilworth IL 53.21% 19 Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Montreal QC; Ranald Davidson, North York ON 52.33% 20 H Gordon - Susan Bullard, Lexington KY 52.99% 20 Ilya Kuzkin - Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB 52.25% 21 Christopher Rivera, Rockville Ctr NY; Xu Wang, Rego Park NY 52.56% 21 Carson Arnett, Cloutierville LA; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 52.11% 22 Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA; Paul Cornelius, Mountain View CA 52.38% 22 Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 51.88% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L M H EAST-WEST 1 Jared Lilienstein - Brian Glubok, New York NY 66.21% 1 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 68.70% 2 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 63.31% 2 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 65.12% 3 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN 59.35% 3 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 64.52% 4 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 57.16% 4 Yichao Chen - Junjie Hu, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 63.65% 5 Tim Verbeek, Netherlands; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR 56.90% 5 Brian McGuire - Brian Ransley, United Kingdom Great Britain 59.50% 6 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Gabrielle Sherman, Delray Beach FL 55.69% 6 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 59.39% 7 Cathy Strauch - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 55.24% 7 Joe Monro, Beverly Hills MI; Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI 57.39% 8 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 55.09% 8 David Morgan, Melbourne Australia; Stephen Fischer, Stuart Park, NT Australia 56.71% 9 Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ; Patrick White, Bellevue WA 54.98% 9 Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata Argentina; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires Argentina 56.49% 10 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Douglas Burke, Fremont CA 54.86% 10 Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT; Daniel Neill, Beaverton OR 55.69% 11 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV 54.30% 11 Jorge Barrera, Bogota D.C. Colombia; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 55.66% 12 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 54.22% 12 Jim Barrow - Tom Clarke, Lake Charles LA 55.58% 13 Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Stephen Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 54.15% 13 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 54.94% 14 Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 53.58% 14/15 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 54.37% 15 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Philippe Cronier, Paris France 53.51% 14/15 Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 54.37% 16 Barbara Luttrell - Bruce Luttrell, San Jose CA 53.17% 16 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 53.47% 17 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Nancy Marcus, New York NY 53.09% 17 Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Gartaganis, Calgary AB 53.09% 18 Hakan Peyret - Ilker Ayaz, Istanbul Turkey 53.05% 18 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Brad Carmichael, Kansas City MO 52.64% 19 Martin Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Lew Levy, Houston TX 52.04% 19 Christoph Eick - John Du Bose Jr, Houston TX 51.43% 20 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 51.81% 20 Richard Vatter - Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 51.21% 21 Mike Marlin - Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY 51.70% 21/22 Armand Szulc, Woodland Hills CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 51.17% 22 Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 51.66% 21/22 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 51.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P Q N EAST-WEST 1 David Kent, Lake Mary FL; Robert Dennard, Orlando FL 65.23% 1 Sedat Dinc, Istanbul Turkey; Levent Imamoglu, Besiktas Istnbl Turkey 60.85% 2 Hans Iukovici, Richland WA; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 63.18% 2 Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Nuno Paz, Sao Miguel Portugal 59.23% 3 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 62.86% 3 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL 58.18% 4 Robert Bitterman, Harbor Springs MI; Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 61.49% 4 Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Kenny Horneman, Charlottesville VA 57.59% 5 Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 60.61% 5 Wael Mohsen, 6th of October Egypt; Reda Wasfi Yaacoub, Cairo Egypt 57.19% 6 Burke Snowden - Gregory Herman, Fort Collins CO 59.70% 6 John Zilic, Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 57.09% 7 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Les Fouks, Vancouver BC 59.40% 7 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 56.69% 8 Barry Falgout, Silver Spring MD; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 57.43% 8 Alan Kudisch, Farmingdale NY; Michael Fishman, Great Neck NY 55.85% 9 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 56.99% 9 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL 55.36% 10 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 56.82% 10 Walter Schafer Jr, Huntington Bch CA; Carmela Chiurazzi, Sunset Beach CA 55.17% 11 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 55.99% 11 Bruce Wick - Susan Stubinski, Houston TX 55.01% 12 C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; John Ramos, West Hollywood CA 55.98% 12 James Parker, Hendersonville NC; Donald Weiner, Coral Gables FL 54.26% 13 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 55.45% 13 Rich Kasprowicz, Schenectady NY; Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY 53.73% 14 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 54.98% 14 Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 53.43% 15 Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI; Grant Petersen, Taylor MI 54.17% 15 Dong Lu - Yanhong Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 53.16% 16 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 53.92% 16 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Kelley Hwang, New York NY 53.09% 17 Iype Koshy, Gretna LA; Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA 53.74% 17 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 53.06% 18 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX 53.54% 18 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 52.62% 19 Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA; Peter Herold, Namaimo BC 53.39% 19 Michael Ash, Edinburgh Scotland; Alan Goodman, Edinburgh United Kingdom 52.38% 20 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Roseville CA 52.53% 20 Sheri Winestock - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 52.11% 21 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 51.48% 21 Doug Herron, New York NY; John Friedl, Signal Mountain TN 52.04% 22 Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL; Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL 51.24% 22 Alec Price, Southern Pines NC; Paul Johnson III, Four Oaks NC 52.01% 23 Bob Feller, Bloomington IN; Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA 51.01% 23 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 51.73%


Tomorrow’s Bridge Events

Today is Lowen Day.J.F. “Lowen” Lowenstein is a popular and

successful player, teacher and mentor in Unit 134. He began duplicate bridge shortly before Katrina, but the hurricane disrupted bridge in New Orleans considerably. As the city began to recover, he resumed bridge, advancing rapidly and by 2010, he was quite serious about duplicate. He left his job in insurance and began teaching full time. He is an effective teacher, patient and kind, and he is proud

of the many students who have progressed from learning bridge to playing at the club and then to playing in tournaments.

The Pettit and the Elaine Prager I/N pair events will be held today, and the Eleanor Onstott Bracketed KOs continue.

Bob and Alma Pettit are newlyweds who have been doing well as intermediate players at the Metairie club. Yes, this is the Bob Pettit of NBA fame.

Elaine Prager is being honored by Ed Baldinger for her long-time work on the LBA Board. He gratefully recognizes the contribution she made when she for conceiving and spearheading the Memorial Game, an annual event at the Metairie club acknowledging those who have died in the preceding year.

Today’s Sponsors

Saturday, March 21, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members *OtherFriday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20

Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m.Juliette Dubea and Linda Fox 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19Juliette Dubea and Linda Fox 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Joan Van Geffen Strati-flighted Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Mardi Gras E, 3rd floor $16 $20 (Unlimited/3000/1500)Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/100) 1-2 Mardi Gras D, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Saturday, March 21, Noon & 7 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Galerie 1, 2nd floor $30

Saturday, March 21, 1 p.m.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20

Saturday, March 21, 1 & 4:30 p.m.NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions

Saturday, March 21, 1 & 7:30 p.m.JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom-Carondelet, 3rd floor $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsMACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Galerie 4, 2nd floor $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsSaturday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m.Strati-flighted Open Pairs A/B (Unlimited/5000) 1-2 Grand Ballroom-Bissonet, 3rd floor $16 $20Strati-flighted Open Pairs C/D (3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom-Bissonet, 3rd floorGold Rush Pairs (750/300) 1-2 Grand Ballroom-Bissonet, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Saturday, March 21, 3 p.m.John Onstott 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19John Onstott 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Saturday, March 21, 7:30 p.m.Jackie Daigle Strati-flighted A/B/C single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19 (Unlimited/5000/3000) Side Swiss TeamsFriday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Mardi Gras E, 3rd floor $16 $20299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Saturday, March 21, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided: A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director.*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.

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Carol McCartney - Janet Tucker, Bend OR 58.21% 1 Rosemary Boss - Peter Boss, Benicia CA 67.56% 2 1 John Robbins, Fort Worth TX; Dwight Hill, Grand Prairie TX 55.83% 2 Marie Hughes, Covington LA; Fred Kolb, Mandeville LA 53.70% 3 Jane Shurden - Sandra Baggett, Hattiesburg MS 52.85% 3 Ron Wyatt - Peggy Wyatt, Rockwall TX 48.93% 4 Linda Gallagher - Pris Daly, Metairie LA 51.49% 4 1 1 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 48.04% 2 Andrea McNichol, Los Angeles CA; Bonnie Butler, Marina Del Rey CA 50.77% 2 Allan Kohm - Marcia Kohm, Frisco TX 47.45% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Kim McEver - Bob McEver, Atlanta GA 57.44% 1 David Woods, New Orleans LA; Stephen Kishner, Metairie LA 60.42% 2 2 Joan Rogers, Daphne AL; Janet Skeel, Mobile AL 52.98% 2 1 1 Lucy Sachs, Lincoln MA; Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA 56.85% 3 Denise Donovan - Colleen Whiten, Toronto ON 52.68% 3 Cynthia Allen, Pass Christian MS; Betty Jones, Long Beach MS 55.36% 4 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY 52.38% 4 2 Janet Young - Ginger Duncan, Baton Rouge LA 53.57% 1 Saundra Dickinson - Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Diane Betts - Debbie Robertson, Willowdale ON 56.55% 1 1 Rosalyn Millar - Malcom Millar, Summerside PE 59.82% 2 1 Ellen Li - Oi Yao, Mountain View CA 54.76% 2 Louise Little, Tryon NC; George Steele, Austin TX 58.93% 3 Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA; Beverly Bloss, Sausalito CA 53.27% 3 2 Kathryn Lindahl - Katherine Demong, Denver CO 58.63% 4 2 Marsha Addis - Marlene Farbman, Holden MA 51.79% 4 Dale Smith - Brenda Baranga, Toronto ON 57.44% 1 Lynne Peterson - Polly Thomas, Metairie LA 53.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Linda Rodrigue, Prairieville LA; Mary Morton, Baton Rouge LA 62.20% 1 1 Ann Jennings - Craig Jennings, Naples FL 58.04% 2 1 Gail Haar, San Rafael CA; Bart Rhoades, Tiburon CA 57.14% 2 2 Billy Jean Reasor, Shreveport LA; Pat Berry, Bossier City LA 57.14% 3 Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA; Beverly Wilkinson, Atlanta GA 55.95% 3 Rosa Reily, Cullowhee NC; Iona Steele, Waynesville NC 52.98% 4 Janet Patterson, Metairie LA; Bonnie Nelson, New Orleans LA 52.08% 4 Genie Nyer - Loren Nyer, Austin TX 50.30% 2 Dorothy Norwood - Louise Blanchard, Montgomery AL 47.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 63.39% 1 1 Amy Nolan - Sandra Weber, Slidell LA 60.71% 2 Jane Goldring, New Orleans LA; Rica Hodesh, Cincinnati OH 60.42% 2 Sue Babineaux - Earlene Boddie, Shreveport LA 54.46% 3 2 Ellen Morgan - Thomas Morgan, Knoxville TN 50.60% 3 2 Karen Jennings, Lufkin TX; Richard Golmon, Alexandria LA 53.57% 4 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 50.00% 4 Susan Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH; Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 67.61% 1 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Carolyn Bond, Shawnee Mission KS 57.88% 2 Jean Hoffman, Dallas TX; Jean Rogers, Santa Barbara CA 55.24% 2 Denis Ouellette, Laval QC; Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 57.48% 3 Waclaw Trebacz, Winnipeg MB; Toby Burke, San Marcos CA 52.55% 3 1 Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA; Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 53.35% 4 Connie True - Steve Dickason, Little Rock AR 51.45% 4 2 Joy O Dell - Kathryn Patten, Nashville TN 50.98% 1 Catherine Dwinnell - Mark Rindner, Anchorage AK 45.83%

2015 YouthNorth American

BridgeChampionships

August 6–8

Navy Pier • Millennium Park • Shedd Aquarium • Field Museum of Natural History • Buckingham Fountain

Today’s Bridge Events: all events played at the MarriottLowen DayFriday, March 20, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members *OtherFriday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Thursday-Friday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20

Friday, March 20, 10 a.m.The Pettits 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19The Pettits 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Friday, March 20, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Strati-flighted Daylight Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mardi Gras E, 3rd floor $16 $20Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/100) 1-2 Mardi Gras D, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Friday, March 20, Noon & 7 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 QF Galerie 1, 2nd floor $300–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Final Galerie 1, 2nd floor $17 10% platinum overall. Continues until complete.

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

Friday, March 20, 1 & 7:30 p.m.SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Galerie 4, 2nd floor $20Friday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Eleanor Onstott Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Strati-flighted Open Pairs A/B (Unlimited/5000) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20Strati-flighted Open Pairs C/D (3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floorGold Rush Pairs (750/300) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20

Gold points for 0–750.Friday, March 20, 3 p.m.Elaine Prager 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19Elaine Prager 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Friday, March 20, 7:30 p.m.Strati-flighted A/B/C (Unlimited/5000/3000) Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19Strati-flighted D/E/F (2000/1000/500) Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Friday, March 20, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided: A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events UPPER CASE = NABC events Green = Regional events Blue = Gold Rush events Red = Intermediate/Newcomer 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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