Fall 2016 Volume 59, Issue 3 Peter Wright, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE Woodbridge Holiday Sectional flyer ..................... 2
Article: The Bridge Connection ............................. 3
Kudus for August Sectional ................................... 3
Article: Holiday Sectional Update ......................... 4
Kohn’s Korner ......................................................... 5
Article: The Power of Passing ................................ 5
Youth Bridge .......................................................... 6
Article: Gambolin Man .......................................... 7
Masterpoint Races
Mini-McKenney .............................................. 8
Ace of Clubs .................................................... 8
Player of the Year ........................................... 9
Remembrances ...................................................... 9
Article: Revokes and More .................................. 10
Kudus for Barbara Clark .................................... 11
Big Games ...................................................... 12, 13
Club news.............................................................. 14
Milestones ............................................................. 15
THE DECLARER NJBL web site www.njbl.net
Editor Peter Wright
Contributors Barbara Clark
Arnold Kohn
Brett Kunin
Ed Sable
Rosalie Slutsky
Reporting / proofing Brett Kunin
Technical Advisor Jay Korobow
Web Master Susan Slusky
The Declarer is published online four times per year
by the New Jersey Bridge League (Unit 140, District
3 of the ACBL).
NEWS FLASH Congratulations to
MICHAEL AND JACKIE HEWLETT who posted a whopping
79.88% score at the last
regional tournament in
Danbury, Connecticut.
Their coup occurred Friday,
October 21, at the first session
of the Golden Pairs game.
Their overall score for the
day was 71.00%, which
enabled them to claim first-
overall standing. Well done!!
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THE BRIDGE CONNECTION by Rosalie Slutsky
amed teacher and author Eddie Kantar has
written, “Do not open the bidding with any hand
that you would be ashamed to put down as dummy.”
Yet so many people are taking chances with sub-
standard openers or overcalls. Remember his words
when tempted to bid! You’ll never regret it.
Another one of his gems is “Bridge is a game of fits
and misfits. You can take that statement any way you
like.”
You have heard me say often, “The best bid in bridge
is PASS” (remember the story of the little black
book?) and “Count tricks when pre-empting, not
points.” How many tricks can you really take? Many
times you will come to excellent contracts that way!
Speaking of counting, when
you are playing in a suit
contract, count your losers.
Then try to figure a way to
eliminate some or all of the
losers. With careful planning
you can often make your
contract! In the next hand,
you have two potential
losers, the ♦K and the ♣K.
♠ AKJ4
Dlr: East ♥ A83
Vul: none ♦ AJ108
♣ 107
♠ 1053 ♠ 972
♥ Q102 ♥ J7654
♦ 652 ♦ K974
♣ K642 ♣ 5
♠ Q86
♥ K9
♦ Q3
♣ AQJ983
West North East South
Pass 1NT Pass 3♣
Pass 6♣ All Pass
Plan your strategy. As long as East doesn’t hit on a
Diamond lead, you don’t have to lose the ♦K because
you can discard your
losing Diamond on
dummy’s long Spade! The
bidding may be different,
depending on the style
you use, but you should
ultimately end up in a 6♣
contract.
WANTED: NOMINEES FOR UNIT 140 BOARD
WE NEED YOU! If you, or someone you know, might be interested in working on the Unit 140 Board to help to promote
local bridge, please contact one of our friendly nominating committee members Susan Fulton, Arnie
Kohn, Ron Kraft, Joe Lebretore, Richard Ross, Ruth Steckelman or Dennis Thompson when you
see them in the clubs. You may also contact Rich at [email protected] with any questions or
concerns you might have.
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KUDUS FOR AUGUST SECTIONAL
[The following letter was originally sent to the ACBL,
which published an abridged version in the November
issue of the Bulletin. - Ed.]
From: Don Davidson
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 8:57:04 AM
Subject: Summer Sectional
During a brutal heat wave weekend in NJ, Unit 140 had
the annual summer sectional at the Hungarian-American
Citizens Club in Woodbridge.
There was plenty of water, and the AC was pumping at
full throttle (not quite as cool as desired, but let me tell
you it was almost 100 degrees outside!).
It was advertised there would be guaranteed
partnerships, and the committee made good on this
promise. If there was absolutely no partner available,
one of the committee members would volunteer to
play. What other tournament offers that?!
The pair games were divided into 3 sections:
299ers
Open players in the middle range
And the super open games for those who like
the shark tank
Don’t worry about getting hunger pains, because you
were fed better than a guest at your friend’s home.
Snacks included humus and chips, fresh veggies, and
dip. On Friday and Saturday, pizza slices were sold at a
nominal amount of $1/slice. What a bargain for lunch.
Sunday was for the 7 match team games, and phone calls
were made to help me find teammates. My new partner
was a perfect match for our simple 2 over 1 convention
cards. Our teammates were new to each other, and made
the most of the 49 hands expected to play that day.
The hosts provided a huge spread of food on Sunday an
hour before starting time with assorted fresh bagels, egg,
chicken, and tuna salad, and even a tasty white fish
spread, and cream cheese. There were also pastries for
the sweet tooth.
There was more of this buffet for our lunch break with
also salads for those watching calories.
Wait there’s more! There were pastries, and cookies and
chocolates, and cakes all afternoon.
There was so much extra food, the hosts announced at
the end of the day to please take home the many
leftovers.
Personally I would like to thank:
Tournament Chair: Brett Kunin
Partnership Chair: George Browne
Director in Charge: Marilyn Wells
HOLIDAY SECTIONAL UPDATE
by Brett Kunin, Tournament Chair
I am pleased to announce that with the “shift” in time by
the ACBL for the Fall NABC, our unit will be
“resuming” our normal time slot for our Holiday
Sectional in December, which this year will be the
second weekend, December 9-11.
In addition, beginning with that sectional tournament,
our unit, like many other units and districts in the
Northeast, will begin “averaging” Masterpoints (MPs) in
each stratification for all pair games. Therefore, although
the upper limits of the stratification still apply – e.g., in
Flight “B” no one with more than 3000 master points
can play in that strat – the points will be averaged. For
example, in the B/C/D event on Saturday afternoon, with
stratifications of 3000/2000/1000, if one person has 1900
points and is playing with a person who has 50 MPs, the
two would be considered a “D” pair for the purpose of
stratification. There is no need for “averaging” on
Sunday, since it is already a bracketed Swiss event.
Our “PoG” (Partner of Guaranty) program, which
guarantees a partner in all pairs games, implemented by
our Partnership Chair, George Browne, has been an
unmitigated success, and we guarantee partners for both
the 299’er and open events in both sessions on Friday
and Saturday, provided George has one week’s advance
notice. Therefore, even if you don’t have a partner for
Friday and/or Saturday, please contact George, who will
also try to accomodate late cancellations and requests.
(George’s e-mail address and telephone number are on
the sectional flyer found on page 2 of this issue.)
Accordingly, we hope that many of you will make plans
and ask your friends and partners to attend our Holiday
Sectional.
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KOHN ‘S KORNER #3
by Arnold Kohn
Preemption: Part I
he English word preemption means “to arrive
before.” One adopts the exact connotation in bridge
auctions. Hands that occur with suits that have seven
cards or longer and have no defensive value should be
opened with a preemptive bid; a bid usually starting at
the three level to keep the opponents from communicating
at a lower level. The level that one should preempt at is
determined by the vulnerability situation and the number
of cards and trick expectancy in their suit. I use a very
simple solution. Should the vulnerability be in my favor
(white vs. red), I bid at a level three tricks more than the
tricks I expect to make. At equal (both red or both white)
vulnerability, two tricks more and at unfavorable (red vs.
white) only one trick. With the following hand:
♠ AKQJxxx
♥ xx
♦ xx
♣ xx
I suggest
4♠ with favorable vulnerability
3♠ with equal vulnerability
PASS with unfavorable vulnerability.
One should never bid to incur a larger minus score then
the opponent’s expected game contract will score. In the
above hand, with an Ace or King in one of the other
suits, I suggest an opening bid of 1 Spade.
THE POWER OF PASSING
by Ed Sable
’ve been told from time to time that PASS is often the best
bid in our arsenal. Much as I was tempted to make a
different bid on this deal, I used it and enjoyed the results.
Playing Matchpoint non-vul, my partner had passed and my
vulnerable right hand opponent opened 1♦. I was holding
♠ A108
♥ AJ2
♦ KQ74
♣ Q104
and was, of course, tempted to overcall 1NT. But I like to give
myself chances for great rather than OK boards, so I decided
to pass. Even if 1♦ gets passed out, I like my MP chances.
The bidding then continued as follows:
West North East South
Pass 1♦ Pass
1♥ 1♠! Dbl(1)
Pass
2♥ Pass Pass (1) Support Double
After East’s support double, I just passed again and East
naturally bid 2♥ passed back to me. I thought – what are our
chances for game? Even with my 16 points, I have 7 losers, so
I just bid a tame 2♠. Then the good news:
West North East South
Pass 1♦ Pass
1♥ 1♠! Dbl(1)
Pass
2♥ Pass Pass 2♠!
3♥ 3♠! Dbl All Pass
West bid 3♥. As I’m thinking -- what will I do when it gets
passed back to me – my partner bids 3♠! Oh my goodness,
maybe we do have game! Well, low and behold, righty
doubles 3♠! That’s certainly the best way for me to get to
game!
The full deal was:
♠ KJ9732
♥ 105
♦ 108632
♣ –
♠ Q5 ♠ 64
♥ Q8764 ♥ K93
♦ – ♦ AJ95
♣ KJ8753 ♣ A962
South
♠ A108
♥ AJ2
♦ KQ74
♣ Q104
You can see that 3♠ makes 5 for a top board.
So what would have happened if I overcalled 1NT? We’ll
never know. Could be a spade or heart partial or maybe 4♠ or
even 4♠ doubled – all not as good as this result!
The bottom line is that PASS can be a good investment with
great returns.
T
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YOUTH BRIDGE
by Barbara Clark
On Saturday, July 16, at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel in Fairfield, NJ, 38 students from our
region participated enthusiastically in the
District 3 Regional Tournament as they
were preparing for the 2016 Youth NABC
to take place in Washington, DC on July
28-30.
1st place: Kyle Lui and Justin Wang
2nd: Salbrina Teal and Jahiem Watson 3rd Winners – Reid Busse and Kurt Hu
4th Justin Dapaah and Momo Sacko 5th: Prince Antwi and MunachImso Iherobiem
The largest contingency at the Washington, DC nationals came from Beijing, China, with 40 kids.
New Jersey was well represented by the following participants, all subsidized by District 3:
From Orange: Sayeed Bennet, Momo Sacko, Giovani Peterkin, Ibrahima Sacko, A’rina Black, Martha Johnson-Jackson,
Iyahna Barrett, Justin Dapaah, Chidumebi Iherobiem, Edwin Thomas, Prince Antwi, Munachiso Iherobiem, Marquis
Douglas, Robert Dixon Jackson, Anahyah Muldrow and Reginald Smith
From East Brunswick: Leon Wang From Morganville: Justin Wang, Eric Lou, Kyle Lui
From Marlboro: Eric Chai From Tenafly: Maia Walzer
From Westfield: Reid Busse
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GAMBOLIN MAN
by Peter Wright
e Warned: I’m onna soapbox for one a my favrit
bids.
I open a Gambolin 3NT with any 7-card suit
(don’t never do it with no 8) headed by AKQ n nuthin
but side suit pips. Now, I know alla them A-players
out there wooden dream a doin that holdin a major
suit. Well, Their Pomposities kin arch them eyebrows
allaway to the ceilin, far as I care. I’m lookin at 7
winners inna suit, I’m gonna gambol, baby!.
I’ve trained alla my Pods that, when I do that, they
durst not be void in my suit, cuz if they is, a bushel a
trix is gonna end up withrin onna vine, on accounta I
won’t be able to reach my han, see?
Now, Their Pomposities have been brung up to bleeve
they should roll out Gambolin 3NT only with a long
minor, never never with a long major. Rong, rong,
rong. I think that Google Guy, or mebbe that Wiki
Dame, done snuck sech notions into their brainpans.
My Gambolin 3NT openin promises 7 very dee-lishus
trix all ripe for pickin. If – I say IF – Pod has (1) at
least a singleton in my suit, an (2) kin stop a coupla
suits cold, an (3) has a reasonable shot at stoppin the
third suit, why, then Pod should pass 3NT n gloat.
Lackin any one a them assets, Pod should take out to
4 Clubs, which I’ll pass or correct to whatever suit I
happen to be partial to at that particlar moment.
Spose y’all open 3 Hots. Pod dunno if y’all’s Hots is
Type A: (Ausgezeichnet!!) ♥ AKQ5432
Type B: (Bleaahhh) ♥ KJ98762
What’s Pod gonna do, frownin n calculatin, seein
♠ A1032
♥ 6
♦ A432
♣ QJ32
Why, Pod’ll pass, a course. Y’all go down in 3 Hots
most a the time, cept when you hold a Type A han.
But now looky here, spose, holdin that Type A han,
you gambol with 3NT. Pod, with the same han as
above, knows you got Hots cold. He kin pass 3NT
seereenly, knowin your side can take at least 9 trix or
mebbe 10 in 3NT, outscorin every other pair
languishin in 3 or even 4 Hots.
But enuff a all that sposin rot. Feast them peepers
now on a REAL LIFE han (yeah!) where y’all hold
♠ 752
♥ 832
♦ 2
♣ AK9763
Say Pod opens 3 Spades and nasty RHO overcalls 4
Diamonds. Are y’all gonna feel all comfy-like biddin
4 Spades, knowin that, 9 times out a 10, Pod will
have one of them Type B hans? An if y’all do bid 4
Spades, whatta y’all do if the opposition ups the ante
to 5? Pass? Double? Bid on? Oh, the agony!
But now, lissen up, Pod don’t open no 3 Spades! Pod
is a gamboler n starts off the biddin with a far more
spectaclar 3NT. Momentary like, y’all wonder what
Pod’s suit is; it could be anythin cept Clubs. Then
silly RHO comes to the rescue with that pesky 4
Diamond overcall, but it ain’t pesky no more. Y’all
can bet the farm that Pod’s suit ain’t Diamonds! So
that means Pod has AKQxxxx in one of the majors.
But which one? Hah! It don’t matter none. Whichever
one it be, y’all got at least three trix (2 Clubs n a
Diamond ruff) to add to Pod’s seven. So, y’all just
guffaw (inwardly, a course) and bid 4 Hots, all
innocent-like. After carefully consultin the ceilin, Pod
can either letter ride or correct 4 Hots to 4 Spades.
Now hold on a minute, Your Pomposities. No letters,
please. Don’t rain on my parade! I know Pod might
lose 3 trix inna other major suit plus a Diamond fore
he can get started, but that’s just dadblamed negative
thinkin. Good Pods don’t hold no 3 losin cards inna
other major when they gambol. An even if they do,
Their Pomposities won’t lead no other major; they’ll
lead a trump to cut down on dummy’s ruffs! Then
y’all’s han kin add at least 3 trix to Pod’s 7 dee-lishus
trumps. 4 Spades reached n made!
Y’all gambol nice, now.
B
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MASTERPOINT RACES Standings by Range as of November 1, 2016
Mini-McKenney medallions are awarded to the players in each Unit, one per ranking level, who earn the most
total master points during the previous year. Except for online MPs earned, all points of any color and source
are counted. Ace of Clubs certificates are awarded to the players in each Unit, one per ranking level, who earn
the most master points in club games during the calendar year. Only black points are counted; points earned
in STaCs and other special games paying "pigmented" points don't count. The awards are not mutually
exclusive; it's possible to win either or both in the same year. The level you compete in is the one within
which you started the year.
Masterpoint range
0 – 5
5 – 20
20 – 50
50 – 100
100 – 200
200 – 300
300 – 500
500 – 1000
1000 – 1500
1500 – 2500
2500 – 3500
3500 – 5,000
5000 – 7500
7500 – 10,000
10,000+
MINI-MCKENNEY
Bobby Willig Princeton 42.05 Shangsan Qian East Brunswick 20.97
Zhengxiang Gu Piscataway 20.97
Lewis Lefkowitz Edison 46.01
Justine Robertson Rumson 34.78 Lorraine Novinski Mendham 31.53
Marc Weil Ocean 50.25
Ginny Mason Princeton 45.28
Joanne Moynihan Monroe Twp 40.16 Arvind Sharma Princeton 81.29
Ira Tarnow West Orange 75.23
Pramod Khanna East Windsor 60.40
Teresa Chek Bedminster 172.94 Chandu Mehta Morris Plains 111.14
Joseph Messina Waretown 76.64
Chung-Zong Wan Somerset 135.35
Thomas Hunter Milburn 84.10 Rochelle Schack West Orange 66.12
Michael Lo Bedminster 176.50
Foster Osborne Summit 130.55
Elayne Pollet East Hanover 108.77 Zhuo Wang Jersey City 161.79
Colin Kelley Cedar Knolls 139.98
David Sutton West Orange 115.20
Neeta Mone Livingston 300.40 Wendy Lee East Hanover 178.89
Chorng-Hour Yang Parsippanyh 170.86
Nat Zucker Monroe Twp 193.36
Stephen Cooper Belle Mead 177.02 Frank Hymus Bridgewater 141.94
Sam Borenstein West Orange 327.05
Joan Brody Livingston 258.59
David DuBois Westfield 239.36 Dori Byrnes Morris Plains 554.40
Richard Ross Highland Park 319.12
Donna Dulet Ocean 308.52
Dennis Thompson Lake Hiawatha 460.72 Judy Rothstein Livingston 347.13
Alex Perlin Metuchen 292.77
William Ehlers Madison 529.42
Jiang Gu Mountain Lakes 422.80 Alexander Allen Annandale 350.71
William Esberg Long Branch 214.94
Lester Sokolower Verona 186.52
Barbara Tepper Verona 103.63
ACE OF CLUBS
Bobby Willig Princeton 34.30 Sherry Kovacs Livingston 17.69
Susan Harden Summit 16.81
Justine Robertson Rumson 27.73
Cooki Gulkin West Caldwell 26.61 Lorraine Novinski Hendham 24.04
Marc Weil Ocean 44.31
Ginny Mason Princeton 37.08
Joanne Moynihan Monroe Twp 31.62 Ira Tarnow West Orange 45.11
Maureen Leach Brick 32.50
Jerry Seasonwein Monroe 30.78
Regina Weiss W Long Branch 49.19 Chandu Mehta Morris Plains 48.62
Lois Gerber Long Branch 46.21
Chung-Zong Wan Somerset 79.31
John Schmidt Princeton 44.48 Richard Perlman Skillman 42.97
Foster Osborne Summit 76.19
Jeremy Glaser North Caldwell 67.24
David Mayer Wayside 66.15 Colin Kelley Cedar Knolls 108.32
Barbara Codispoti Mount Arlington 79.97
Rita Whitney Kendall Park 67.39
Summer Freedman Short Hills 130.75 Chorng-Hour Yang Parsippany 127.04
Larry Youell South Orange 114.37
Frank Hymus Bridgewater 127.60
Elyse Menashe Deal 108.72 Ross Pomeroy Hillsboro 101.77
Robin Shamah Oakhurst 121.06
Adeline Some Livingston 117.24
Dave DuBois Westfield 102.35 E. Freeman Bunn Chatham 167.61
Donna Dulet Ocean 137.78
Lee Schwartz Morris Plains 130.16
Judy Rothstein Livingston 264.74 Marla Chaikin Little Silver 206.58
Jeannine Mancini Verona 173.99
Cheryl Angel Livingston 123.73
Jesse Reisman Livingston 117.97 Cynthia Schneider East Brunswick 112.71
Lester Sokolower Verona 159.42
William Esberg Long Branch 146.52
Barbara Tepper Verona 87.27
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE Standings by Range as of November 1, 2016
0 – 50
50 – 100
100 – 200
200 – 300
300 – 1000
1000 – 2500
2500+
MEN Lewis Lefkowitz Edison 13.64
John Gimblette Lakewood 8.31
Zhengxiang Gu Mountain Lakes 5.82
Zuguang Tian Kendall Park 11.28
Alan Helfman Westfield 7.97
Pramod Khanna Easts Windsor 5.60
Chandu Mehta Morris Plains 19.95
Wayne Kuan Kendall Park 11.28
Joseph Wright Westfield 9.39
Sen-Yuan Wu Lawrenceville 5.82
Kirshan Arora Somerset 5.77
Richard Marcus Somerset 5.77
Michael Fried Edison 19.42
Zhuo Wang Jersey City 18.90
Robert Brolin Plainsboro 17.36
Leonard Myers Elizabeth 27.84
Stanley Weiss Livingston 22.10
Ke Zhao Edison 17.72
Jiang Gu Mountain Lakes 80.89
Dennis Thompson Lake Hiawatha 55.07
Richard Ross Highland Park 48.57
WOMEN Niobe Schabert Holmdel 4.85
Lois Ann Kleiner Elizabeth 3.82
Judy Waller Springfield 3.82
Jean Lyons S Plainfield 5.17
Ann Nelson Mantoloking 4.85
Paula Seidman Montville 2.86
Teresa Chek Bedminster 6.89
Flo Lippman Springfield 3.50
Merle Barnett Monroe Twp 2.06
Beverly Ross Monroe Twp 4.81
Linda Pitone Dayton 2.39
Kathy Arshan Jackson 2.38
Susan Atteridge Livingston 6.07
Carol Arnold Basking Ridge 6.02
Marlene Levitt West Orange 5.74
Ruth Yeselson Highland Park 11.38
Wendy Lee East Hanover 8.59
Arline Fulton Neptune 8.54
Donna Dulet West Deal 23.07
Dori Byrnes Morris Plains 21.34
Bonnie Britton Staten Isl, NY 17.07
REMEMBRANCES
The Board of Directors of the New Jersey Bridge League offer their condolences to the families and friends of the
following members of ACBL Unit 140. They will be missed at our bridge tables. We would like to remember all
who support and participate in this great game. Please notify Amy Durschlag at [email protected] of any deaths
within our membership. Please indicate, when known, dates of passing and club(s) attended.
Karl Buckman d. August 13, 2016
Frequent player at Toms River CC
Seymour Orchowitz d. July 13, 2016
Frequent player at Monroe Township
Al Stoloff d. August 26, 2016
Frequent player at Essex Bridge Center
Roseanne Goodstein d. August 30, 2016
Frequent player at Monroe Township
Adrienne Rothblatt d. September 10, 2016
Frequent player at Mountain Lakes CC
Fern Strauss d. September 6, 2016
Frequent player at Essex Bridge Center
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REVOKES AND MORE
by Rui Marques [The following article was contributed to the ACBL
Unit 141 newsletter and is reprinted here by
permission. The author, Rui Marques, holds the
credentials of a national and International
Tournament Director. He moved to Philadelphia from
Portugal in 2015. – Ed.]
Tournament Director (TD) is often called about
situations that, being complex by themselves, can
be easily solved by returning to the basic concepts that a
TD needs to know and understand. One
example of such a situation: On a five-
card ending, playing 3NT, dummy has
♠ AQ2
♣ Q9
The top Spades are high. Declarer calls
for the ♠Ace, discarding a losing Club
(East and West following), and then
says: "Queen. Oh, I have a spade".
Director!
To correctly handle this call, the TD will have to
understand at least three basic concepts:
1. When is a card played from dummy?
2. When declarer designates a card in an
incomplete or erroneous way, what is the card
effectively played, if any?
3. When is a revoke established?
It is clear that declarer called attention to his own
revoke. If the revoke is not established yet, it can be
corrected. If it is established, it can´t (Law 62A). A
revoke is established when (Law 63) "the offender or
his partner leads or plays to the following trick (any
such play, legal or illegal, establishes the revoke)". In
this case, declarer is the offender. If his partner (dummy)
played to the next trick before attention to the revoke
was called, the revoke became established.
Did dummy play to the next trick? Part of Law 45B
reads like this: "Declarer plays a card from dummy by
naming the card . . ." Declarer named the Queen, before
stating that he revoked. He did not say "Spade Queen" or
"Club Queen," just "Queen." Now we go to Law 46B
that, for the purpose of this case, reads as,
"Unless a different intention from
declarer is incontrovertible, if declarer
designates a rank but not a suit, in
leading, declarer is deemed to have
continued the suit in which dummy
won the preceding trick provided there
is a card of the designated rank in that
suit." So, unless it is incontrovertible that
declarer wanted the ♣Queen, the ♠Queen
is played. Therefore, revoke established.
Declarer can´t substitute the Club that he discarded on
the ♠Ace, must follow suit to the ♠Queen, and (Law
64A1) declarer transfers one trick to the defenders
(declarer is the offender, and it was dummy that won the
revoke trick, so only one trick transfer). It is important to
note that for the purposes of this Law, dummy and
declarer are different "players."
At the table, TD without a good understanding of the
several basic laws that need to be applied in sequence,
will have a hard time getting the solution completely
right. There is no need to know the laws by heart, but
understanding them well is crucial.
A
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BARBARA CLARK
TIRELESS PROMOTER OF YOUTH BRIDGE
[This article – minus the photo –
appeared in the July 31 Daily Bulletin
at the Washington D.C. NABC. – Ed.]
One of the most energetic supporters
of the Youth NABC and bridge in
general, especially for young people,
is Barbara Clark of Orange NJ. She is
education liaison for ACBL Unit 140
and she has tapped into numerous
sources for donations to her program,
including the estate of a wealthy man.
Clark, former director of special
services in the Orange school system,
started the school bridge program in
Orange in 2003. It is now operating in
two schools, Oakwood Avenue
Community School and the Park
Avenue School. When school
administrators took a favorable view
of bridge teaching, Clark found a
teacher on the staff who is a player.
They developed a lesson plan. They
soon found that the students took to
bridge with enthusiasm. “We realized
that the kids really like bridge,” Clark
says. Some of the students like bridge
so much that they come back to Park
Avenue for bridge even after they
finish the elementary grades and go
off to high school, where there are no
bridge classes.
The young bridge players of Orange
NJ experienced their first Youth
NABC in Atlanta in 2013. Clark paid
for nine players to attend the
tournament. Some of the players
experienced their first airplane rides.
Others were away from home for the
first time.
This year, Orange NJ sent 18 young
players to the Youth NABC. Back
home, some of them have started
teaching bridge to other students. “We
are thinking about starting a bridge
academy,” Clark says.
The principal of the Park Avenue
School recently took the Learn Bridge
In A Day? course and is looking for
ways to expand the bridge program at
the school. The Orange players don’t
have to wait a year to play in a
tournament. Thanks to Clark, District
3 youth coordinator, the students
regularly attend sectionals and
regionals in the district. Clark helps
organize fundraisers and knows she
can depend on a large group of friends
for donations. She has also
approached Bridge Base Online for
support.
Denise Harlem, a teacher at Park
Avenue, says the thriving bridge
program just keeps growing.
“Success,” she says, “breeds success.”
To see bridge kids in action, check out these links!
http://www.sikids.com/si-kids/2016/08/15/connecting-kids-through-bridge
(Sports Illustrated site)
http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2016/11/orange_schoolkids_prove_bridge_is_for_the_young_to.html
(NJ.com site)
Another Tip of the Hat In case you missed it first time through,
Robert Hartman, CEO of the ACBL, devoted his entire column
in the November 2016 issue of the Bridge Bulletin to Barbara Clark, her teaching colleagues, and the kids who may become stars of the future.
Fall 2016 THE DECLARER Page 12
BIG GAMES: JULY–AUGUST–SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER (must have at least 5 tables to qualify)
OPEN GAMES
80.63% David Long / Wanda Fitzpatrick Jersey
80.26% Harold Schachter / Volkert Veeder Toms River
75.35% Donna Dulet / Abe Pineles Jersey
74.72% Robert Warendorf / Pamela Harding Bay Head
74.54% Susan Schwartz / Ed Hill Shrine
74.33% Sandy Manshel / Brett Kunin Shrine
74.07% Mark Savedoff / Harold Schachter Atlantic
74.07% Steve Swiss / Carla Van Den Heuvel Shadowfax
74.07% Teri Betesh / Edward Levy Jersey
74.07% Carla Van Den Heuvel / Steve Swiss Shadowfax
73.72% Sharon Hait / Lester Sokolower Essex
73.53% David Forbes / Andrew Getzler Essex
73.26% James White / John Dellosso Scotch Plains
73.14% Nat Zucker / Martin Singer Grand Slam
72.75% Harold Schachter / Mark Savedoff Toms River
72.62% Donna Dulet / Abe Pineles Jersey
72.50% Daniel Heyman / Herb Shulman Jersey
72.05% Alexander Allen / Richard Ross BCCNJ
71.96% Judy Rothstein / Jacek Leznicki Essex
71.96% Larry Youell / Sandy Manshel Shrine
71.86% Esther Dushey / Vivian Kraiem Deal
71.68% Lee Petersen / Arnie Fox Jersey
71.67% Anthony Cafaro / Harold Schachter Toms River
71.63% Michael Zagajewski / Ruth Yeselson Monroe Twp
71.50% Harris Bobroff / Volkert Veeder Dover Dames
71.25% Garrett Sayia / William Ingram Bay Head
71.21% Jim McCarroll / Arnold Kohn BCCNJ
71.12% Bruce Rothenberg / Charles Levitan BCCNJ
71.11% Paul Fried / Michael Rosen Monroe Twp
70.83% Dennis Thompson / Steve Albin Grand Slam
70.63% Richard Ross / Alexander Allen PBC
70.54% Burrell Humphreys / Dave DuBois Essex
70.25% Adeline Some / Brett Kunin Shrine
70.24% Josephine Cafaro / Anthony Cafaro Atlantic
70.24% Himanshu Joshi / Dennis Thompson Essex
70.14% William Esberg / Richard Ross Jersey
70.13% Larry Youell / Sandy Manshel Shrine
70.11% Tracy Kelleher / Patricia Pritchard Queen of Hearts
70.08% William Esberg / Muffie Gur Jersey
70.03% Mani Gupta / Susan Braun Shrine
70.02% Marty Eisenberg / Daniel Heyman Jersey
70.00% Jackie Goodrich / Alan Zbik Atlantic
70.00% Muffie Gurn / Bharat Shah Jersey
70.00% Ed Hill / Susan Schwartz Scotch Plains
Fall 2016 THE DECLARER Page 13
BIG GAMES: JULY–AUGUST–SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER (must have at least 5 tables to qualify)
LIMITED and INVITATIONAL GAMES
80.40% Ginny Macdonald / Margaret Riker Rumson Nov
79.88% Beverly Jeck / Dolores Cranley Essex
78.58% Christine Hetzler / Justine Robertson Rumson
77.98% Bill Morgan / Nancy Belli Essex
76.79% Gwen Coleman / Richard Huzar Essex
76.00% Diana Keator / Justine Robertson Rumson
75.83% Lenore Levine / Larry Ehrlich Edgewood CC
75.77% David Upton / Laurie Erickson Essex
75.19% Lisa Toffey / Lisa Celona Essex
75.00% Sheila Stuart / Liz Hosny Present Day
75.00% Howard Wolfish / Harry S. Katz Essex
75.00% Laine Maurer / Jody Giedraitis Essex
73.75% Ta-Kuan Chiang / Yi-Ling Chiang PBC
73.67% Davida Schachter / Harold Schachter Four Seasons
73.50% Susan Abbot / Heather DeLaszlo Rumson
73.33% Alan Scher / Stephanie Scher Essex
73.23% Arlene Kollin / George Schneider Essex
73.22% Donald Devine / Carl Gardiner Rumson
73.14% Barbara Romann / Phyllis Kessler Essex
73.12% Ellen Gendel / Carol Mendelson Essex
73.12% Cooki Gulkin / Leslie Zucker Essex
72.94% Molly Ellsworth / Carol Ann Krueger BCCNJ
72.94% Maureen Lima / Richard Perlman BCCNJ
72.92% Edith Koenig / Ted O'Keefe Four Seasons
72.57% Marcia Michaels / Paula Seidman Essex
72.50% Carole Summers / Jay Eisenberg Essex
72.50% Barbara Berger / Marc Berger Essex
72.22% Beverly Lipp / Leon Lipp Essex
71.93% Sherry Exon / Marianne Farmer Essex
71.83% Lynn Goildberg / George Schneider Essex
71.67% Edith Koenig / Ted O'Keefe Four Seasons
71.67% Paul Pritchard / Corky Lawrence Rumson Nov
71.63% Karen Miller / Richard Miller Essex
71.36% Lenore Paddock / Bonnie Conroy Essex
71.28% Jerry Glaser / Karen Glaser Essex
71.13% Molly Ellsworth / Carol Ann Krueger BCCNJ
71.10% Laurie Smith / Susanne Manelski Rumson
71.10% Martha Chamberlain / Bev Lawrence Rumson Nov
71.10% Jeff Fass / Marvin Wertheimer Essex
70.85% Howard Wolfish / Harry S. Katz Essex
70.83% Alan Scher / Stephanie Scher Essex
70.83% Anthony Cafaro / Harold Schachter Four Seasons
70.83% Mira Sheerin / Bruce Wallman PBC
70.83% Penny Levine / Beth Casola Essex
70.83% Marcia Michaels / Fran Ferrari Shrine
70.83% Carol Franklin / Hildegarde Bucking Essex
70.63% Laureen Alcock / Tom Alcock Shadowfax
70.63% Nancy Robins / Patricia Taylor Present Day
70.63% Grace Johnson / Diane Radwill Essex
70.58% Richard Levendusky / Dolores Smith Four Seasons
70.58% Elliot Sommer / Mark Pesner Essex
70.56% Daniel Hoberman / Conrad Kirby Essex
70.56% Bill Monheimer / Lynn Goldberg Essex
70.54% Gary Cukrow / Rose Cukrow Essex
70.54% Maureen Lima / Richard Perlman Hillsboro
70.54% Susan Harden / Lorraine Novinski Essex
70.45% Larry Kalmanson / Sherry Kovacs Essex
70.38% Debbie Schneider / Lorraine Stein Essex
70.28% Eleanor Wiener / Steven Feldhamer Essex
70.24% Phil Hoch / Richard Bindelglass Essex
70.24% Barry Edelman / Joan Edelman Shrine
70.24% Alan Gotliffe / Cathy Gotliffe Essex
70.23% Rita Ziegler / Ruth Oransky Montclair Glf
70.05% Christine Hetzler / Justine Robertson Rumson
Fall 2016 THE DECLARER Page 14
SHADOWFAX BRIDGE CLUB TEAM GAME CHAMPIONSHIP
At BLACK OAK GOLF CLUB 169 Bartley Road, Long Valley, NJ 07853
November 19th 10:00am OPEN game
Cost of admission is $24 and includes bridge fees and your luncheon selection plus beverages, soup and cookies.
Pre-registration required. Contact Judy Buell at 973-584-3753 or
[email protected] to arrange for a partner or a team.
SHRINE CENTER BRIDGE CLUB
** NEW Monday evening Stratified Pair game at 6:30pm - $8.00 entry
** Free Friday lecture at 12:00 noon
** Wednesday evening Stratified Pair game $8.00 entry
** Supervised play Friday mornings at 9:30am.
If you want to learn how to play Bridge, not just play AT Bridge, call us for private lessons from the best instructors in the area.
** Charity week every month- no extra fee, extra points ** Check our calendar for dates and all special events
New Improved Swiss Teams
Come and try our new format of Swiss.
Players are “handicapped” and given extra IMPs
to compete on a more level playing field.
Fall 2016 THE DECLARER Page 15
MILESTONES Changes in Rank: July – August – September – October
Diamond Life Master Lee Schwartz Morris Plains
Sapphire Life Master Rochelle Djmal Neptune
Stephen Garreffa Randolph
Joyce Menezes Jersey City
Gold Life Master Mimi Trenchard Roseland
Ruby Life Master Anthony Iannino Kinnelon
Dorothy Koernig Summit Jacek Leznicki Verona
Silver Life Master Robert Brolin Plainsboro
Norma Cohen Oakhurst
R Jones Randolph
Mark Savedoff Lakewood
Barbara Stein Morristown
David Sutton West Orange Rita Whitney Kendall Park
Bronze Life Master Eileen Becker West Orange
Susan Craig Montclair
Jeanne Forti Jackson
Carol Kaufman Scotch Plains
Betty Kleinberg Flanders
Michael Lo Bedminster
K Mattran Cedar Grove Life Master Molly Ball Morristown
Eileen Becker West Orange
Michael Hewlett Bridgewater
Vaishali Jategaonkar Kinnelon
Carol Kaufman Scotch Plains
Lou Lazzaro Manahawkin
Advanced NABC Master Richard Bindelglass Martinsville Teresa Chek Bedminster
Jeremy Glaser North Caldwell
Pat Guadagno W Long Branch
Philip Hoch Elizabeth
NABC Master Marjorie Becker Verona
Philip Berman Livingston
Cheryl Britton Monmouth Bch
Christina Burkholder Montclair Ervin Burkholder Montclair
Fran Grossman Cranbury
Prem Gupta Monroe Twp
Bernice Haimson Parsippany
Phyllis Kearse Millburn
Ming Li Summit
Dennis Mondelli Barnegat
Charles Reilly Bridgewater Wendy Sands Monmouth Bch
Enid Smith-Helck Madison
Nick Trobovic Wall Township
Regional Master Paul Adler Morganville
Peggy Barnett West Orange
Sue Beck Livingston
Laura Breslin Ewing Susan Bressler Morganville
B Carton Rumson
Regional Master (continued) Howard Chen Westfield
Edward Fisher Manalapan
Liz Hagen Princeton
Grace Johnson Chatham
Maureen Leach Brick Diane Radwill Chatham
John Schmidt Princeton
Renee Waas Mountain Lakes
Eleanor Weisenberg Monroe Twp
Sectional Master Janet Berger Livingston
Joseph Borowsky Somerset
Carolyn Butler Point Pleasant Gloria Buxbaum Madison
Les Cadigan Long Branch
Lois Chiappa Denville
Doris Crudup Point Pleasant
Jonathan Eskridge Morristown
Debbie Faigen Lawrenceville
Beth Furman West Orange
Francis Gupta Princeton Martha Haviland Bridgewater
Minesh Kinkhabwala East Brunswick
Lewis Lefkowitz Edison
Robin Lenorth Eatontown
Lona Leschander Harvey Cedars
Jim Liotta Oceanport
Glenn Mangold Basking Ridge
Joseph Masino Summit Ginny Mason Princeton
Jacqueline McGinnis Manchester
Wendy Miller Morristown
Natasha Orman Nutley
Cynthia Gail Prell North Caldwell
Arthur Sabsevitz Monroe Twp
Eileen Salka Monroe Twp Don Summa Rumson
Mel Traum Manchester
Judy Waller Springfield
Ira Walter West Orange
Catherine Wellington Summit
Ronald Whitney Bloomfield
Club Master Ram Agarwal Basking Ridge
Meredyth Armitage Little Silver J Putnam Brodsky Shrewsbury
Norman Constant Basking Ridge
Susan Covert Westfield
Esther Eisenberg Holmdel
Elizabeth Ellwood Red Bank
Carl Gardiner Red Bank
Stephanie Gerstein West Orange
Sharon Gilman Ocean Michael Glogoff Princeton
Lynn Goldberg Short Hills
Cindy Goldstein Livingston
Joan Gotti Little Silver
Lynne Graham West Orange
Francis Gupta Princeton
Susan Harden Summit
Robert Hill Nutley Daniel Hoberman Montclair
Carrie Keating Rumson
Iris Kirkpatrick Rumson
Club Master (continued) Jane Klatsky Rumson
Steven Klatsky Rumson
Sherry Kovacs Livingston
Judy Lilien Clinton
Eileen Marshall Belle Mead
Joyce Michaelson Montclair
Linda Mitchell Shrewsbury Kris Murphy Rumson
Jay Nadelson Millburn
Judi Ostberg Summit
Carol Pedersen Manchester
Leanne Rettig Livingston
Janet Schoener Maplewood
Jared Schuller Hillsborough
Ken Stensler Lakewood Marlene Todaro Hampton
Janet Tribus Morristown
Arthur Villarosa Spring Lake
Patricia Waterbury Bay Head
Patty Whittemore Rumson
Bobby Willig Princeton
Linda Woodbury West Orange
Leslie Zucker Springfield
Junior Master Aubin Z Ames Cedar Grove
Lissa Anderson Mendham
Susan Anderson Bloomfield
Marjorie Attalienti Jackson
Barbara Berger Livingston
Terry Bullen-Smith Lawrenceville
Joan Crowther Cedar Grove Heather de Laszlo Rumson
Catherine Desjardins Maplewood
Sacka Duffy Rumson
Jeff Fass Livingston
Jay Fisher Florham Park
Joel Fisher Fanwood
Nancy Fitch Holmdel
Chantal Frantzen Princeton Robert Frantzen Princeton
Diane Frohling West Orange
Francis Gupta Princeton
Kurt Hu Westfield
Roy Knapp Rockaway
Robert Levitt Livingston
Lauren Liu Cranbury
Kyle Lui Morganville Maureen Mclaughlin Princeton
Paul Meglathery Ocean Grove
Gloria Mizhir Spring Lake
Anahyah Muldrow Orange
Olga Netto Summit
Bernadine Redden Little Silver
Laurie Ruben Berkeley Hts
Donald Slaght Normandy Bch Reginald Smith Orange
Joan Stevenson Manalapan
Rhonda Vrba Morristown
Justin Wang Morganville
Bobby Willig Princeton
Elizabeth Wolfe Princeton
Jane Zerrer Tinton Falls Mary Zimmermann Summit