ATTENDANCE through Wednesday 7055.5 tables Daily Thursday, March 15, 2018 Volume 61, Number 7 61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected]| Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski Goodwill Message It is your responsibility to insure that bridge remains the game you enjoy so much. Sandy DeMartino, Chair Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee Bulletin Limerick Contest St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17, and in honor of the event, the Daily Bulletin is holding a Limerick Contest. Submit your bridge-related limericks to NABCDailyBulletin@acbl. org or the Daily Bulletin office, Room 407 in the Marriott. The deadline is Friday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. The top three submissions will be published in Saturday’s issue. continued on page 7 Today is Dave Treadwell Day ACBL Hall of Famer Dave Treadwell died in 2010. A two-time NABC champion, Treadwell was a Grand Life Master with more than 25,000 masterpoints. This remembrance of Treadwell, masterfully written by fellow Hall of Famer Zeke Jabbour, appeared in the April 2010 issue of the Bridge Bulletin. Since 1945, the New Hampshire state emblem has been The Old Man of the Mountains, a stone face carved from the mountains of New Hampshire by glacier and erosion, perhaps a million years ago. The old guy has been a nationally recognized icon, honored by a U.S. postage stamp and commemorated on the NH state quarter. In 2003, he collapsed, became a rock slide, and is no more. Once again proving that nothing is permanent. He is missed by many. In 1850, Hawthorne used the Old Man as inspiration for his short story “The Great Stone Face,” in which he described the formation as “a work of Nature in her mood of majestic playfulness.” Bridge has had its own “work of Nature in her mood of majestic playfulness.” What better description for David Treadwell, the Old Man of the Pasteboards. We wondered if David might not, in fact, be permanent. He seemed permanent. But, at age 97, he died prematurely. He, too, is missed by many. Affectionately known as the “Old Fart,” an Hall of Fame adds two more The ACBL Hall of Fame’s 2018 inductee class expands to five. In addition to the three players elected – Ralph Katz, Robert Levin and Eric Rodwell (see issue 6) – the Hall of Fame Committee has made selections for the Blackwood and von Zedtwitz awards. Mark Molson is the recipient of the von Zedtwitz Award, which honors individuals who were top players in their time and are now either deceased or inactive. The winner of the Blackwood Award, which recognizes long and outstanding contributions to bridge outside of playing ability, is Bridge Base Online – the first non- human entity to be inducted into the hall. Mark Molson Molson, who died in 2006, was a Grand Life Master with a distinguished record in high-level competition. He had a silver medal in the Bermuda Bowl in 1995 and a bronze medal in the Rosenblum Knockout Teams in 1990. A native of Canada, Molson won the Richmond Trophy (for the most masterpoints earned in a calendar year by a Canadian) five times. He amassed almost 20,000 masterpoints before his death at 56. Molson won seven Canadian National Team Championships, one Canadian Open Pairs Championship and seven NABC titles: the Reisinger and Blue Ribbon Pairs in 1989, the 2002 Grand National Teams and four times the Keohane North American Swiss Teams. At the time of Molson’s death, Bermuda Bowl teammate Eric Kokish told the Bridge Bulletin, Top players rally over cheating fears Dozens of top-level players gathered for a public event Wednesday morning at the Philadelphia NABC to raise awareness of what they describe as a threat to “the very soul of the game.” Although well-publicized disciplinary hearings in North America and Europe have resulted in the permanent banning of several top pairs convicted of collusive cheating, some of the accused have turned to civil courts to have their sentences overturned or reduced. In January, for example, the European Union’s Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the European Bridge League’s ban of Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes was invalid, a decision that sent shock waves through bridge world. Recognizing that world, zonal and national bridge federations could be compelled by courts to allow the participation of players who had previously been banned, some players are trying to take matters into their own hands by demanding that these bridge organizations announce in advance who would be invited to their tournaments. This would permit players to avoid participating in events in which those previously convicted planned to play. The group in Philadelphia created buttons that read “Say No to Cheats,” and posted a petition that was available for anyone to sign. More than a hundred players proudly sported the buttons throughout the day, and roughly an equal number signed the petition, which read in part, “We appreciate the efforts of the national and international federations in dealing with this cancer. We have no doubt they share our common cause. Yet we also see that there are times when their hands are tied by the red tape of bureaucracy and the maze of legal interpretations. Bridge players around the world have a right to decide where to continued on page 5 continued on page 9 Anikovich meets Shrive in 10K final In a reprise of last year’s final in the 0-10,000 Knockout Teams, the squads captained by Viktor Anikovich and Albert Shrive will meet for the title. In the semifinal round, Shrive defeated the squad led by Mac Busby, 128-97. Shrive led Busby through all four quarters of the match. In the other bracket, however, Anikovich won by forfeit when Richard Gabriel’s team failed to appear for the match within time period specified by the conditions of contest. Because the semifinal matches were played behind screens, the start time for the event was noon instead of 1 p.m. as it had been in earlier rounds, but the Gabriel team missed the director’s announcements and postings in the Daily Bulletin. Anikovich advanced to the final. Winners of the Rockwell Mixed Pairs: Pat McDevitt and Sheila Gabay. McDevitt, Gabay dominate Mixed final Boston-area players Pat McDevitt and Sheila Gabay tore through the field of finalists in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs to win the contest by almost three boards. McDevitt and Gabay qualified second in Tuesday’s opening round. The final saw them turn in 62.21% and 65.91% performances to convincingly claim the victory. Their four-session continued on page 5 High Vanderbilt seeds remain in control In yesterday’s Vanderbilt play, 10 of the top 11 seeds advanced to today’s round of 16. Most of the high seeds cruised to victory, with the exception of Hemant Lall’s No.10 seed, who needed a furious fourth-quarter rally to overcome a challenge by Marty Seligman’s team (No. 23). Down 33 IMPs, Lall blasted into the lead with a 58-15 score in the last set. Kevin Castner’s team acquired the No. 7 seed by upsetting Richie Coren’s squad in round two, but Castner and company were forced to relinquish it to Chen Zhao’s team, the 26 seed, 147-119. George Mittelman (No. 12) was shown the exit continued on page 3
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ATTENDANCEthrough Wednesday7055.5 tables
DailyThursday, March 15, 2018 Volume 61, Number 7
61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski
Goodwill MessageIt is your responsibility to insure that bridge
remains the game you enjoy so much.Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee
Bulletin
Limerick ContestSt. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17, and
in honor of the event, the Daily Bulletin is holding a Limerick Contest. Submit your bridge-related limericks to [email protected] or the Daily Bulletin office, Room 407 in the Marriott. The deadline is Friday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. The top three submissions will be published in Saturday’s issue.
continued on page 7
Today is Dave Treadwell DayACBL Hall of Famer Dave Treadwell
died in 2010. A two-time NABC champion, Treadwell was a Grand Life Master with more than 25,000 masterpoints. This remembrance of Treadwell, masterfully written by fellow Hall of Famer Zeke Jabbour, appeared in the April 2010 issue of the Bridge Bulletin.
Since 1945, the New Hampshire state emblem has been The Old Man of the Mountains, a stone face carved from the mountains of New Hampshire by glacier and erosion, perhaps a million years ago. The old guy has been a nationally recognized icon, honored by a U.S. postage stamp and commemorated on the NH state quarter. In 2003, he collapsed, became a rock
slide, and is no more. Once again proving that nothing is permanent. He is missed by many.
In 1850, Hawthorne used the Old Man as inspiration for his short story “The Great Stone Face,” in which he described the formation as “a work of Nature in her mood of majestic playfulness.”
Bridge has had its own “work of Nature in her mood of majestic playfulness.” What better description for David Treadwell, the Old Man of
the Pasteboards. We wondered if David might not, in fact, be permanent. He seemed permanent. But, at age 97, he died prematurely. He, too, is missed by many.
Affectionately known as the “Old Fart,” an
Hall of Fame adds two moreThe ACBL Hall of Fame’s 2018 inductee class
expands to five. In addition to the three players elected – Ralph Katz, Robert Levin and Eric Rodwell (see issue 6) – the Hall of Fame Committee has made selections for the Blackwood and von Zedtwitz awards.
Mark Molson is the recipient of the von Zedtwitz Award, which honors individuals who were top players in their time and are now either deceased or inactive. The winner of the Blackwood Award, which recognizes long and outstanding contributions to bridge outside of playing ability, is Bridge Base Online – the first non-human entity to be inducted into the hall.
Mark MolsonMolson, who died in 2006, was a Grand Life
Master with a distinguished record in high-level competition. He had a silver medal in the Bermuda
Bowl in 1995 and a bronze medal in the Rosenblum Knockout Teams in 1990. A native of Canada, Molson won the Richmond Trophy (for the most masterpoints earned in a calendar year by a Canadian) five times. He amassed almost 20,000 masterpoints before his death at 56.
Molson won seven Canadian National Team Championships, one Canadian Open Pairs Championship and seven NABC titles: the Reisinger and Blue Ribbon Pairs in 1989, the 2002 Grand National Teams and four times the Keohane North American Swiss Teams.
At the time of Molson’s death, Bermuda Bowl teammate Eric Kokish told the Bridge Bulletin,
Top players rally over cheating fearsDozens of top-level players gathered for a
public event Wednesday morning at the Philadelphia NABC to raise awareness of what they describe as a threat to “the very soul of the game.”
Although well-publicized disciplinary hearings in North America and Europe have resulted in the permanent banning of several top pairs convicted of collusive cheating, some of the accused have turned to civil courts to have their sentences overturned or reduced.
In January, for example, the European Union’s Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the European Bridge League’s ban of Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes was invalid, a decision that sent shock waves through bridge world.
Recognizing that world, zonal and national bridge federations could be compelled by courts to allow the participation of players who had previously been banned, some players are trying to take matters into their own hands by demanding that these bridge organizations announce in advance who would be invited to their tournaments. This
would permit players to avoid participating in events in which those previously convicted planned to play.
The group in Philadelphia created buttons that read “Say No to Cheats,” and posted a petition that was available for anyone to sign. More than a hundred players proudly sported the buttons throughout the day, and roughly an equal number signed the petition, which read in part, “We appreciate the efforts of the national and international federations in dealing with this cancer. We have no doubt they share our common cause. Yet we also see that there are times when their hands are tied by the red tape of bureaucracy and the maze of legal interpretations. Bridge players around the world have a right to decide where to
continued on page 5
continued on page 9Anikovich meets
Shrive in 10K finalIn a reprise of last year’s final in the 0-10,000
Knockout Teams, the squads captained by Viktor Anikovich and Albert Shrive will meet for the title.
In the semifinal round, Shrive defeated the squad led by Mac Busby, 128-97. Shrive led Busby through all four quarters of the match.
In the other bracket, however, Anikovich won by forfeit when Richard Gabriel’s team failed to appear for the match within time period specified by the conditions of contest. Because the semifinal matches were played behind screens, the start time for the event was noon instead of 1 p.m. as it had been in earlier rounds, but the Gabriel team missed the director’s announcements and postings in the Daily Bulletin. Anikovich advanced to the final.
Winners of the Rockwell Mixed Pairs: Pat McDevitt and Sheila Gabay.
McDevitt, Gabay dominate Mixed final
Boston-area players Pat McDevitt and Sheila Gabay tore through the field of finalists in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs to win the contest by almost three boards. McDevitt and Gabay qualified second in Tuesday’s opening round. The final saw them turn in 62.21% and 65.91% performances to convincingly claim the victory. Their four-session
continued on page 5
High Vanderbilt seeds remain in control
In yesterday’s Vanderbilt play, 10 of the top 11 seeds advanced to today’s round of 16. Most of the high seeds cruised to victory, with the exception of Hemant Lall’s No.10 seed, who needed a furious fourth-quarter rally to overcome a challenge by Marty Seligman’s team (No. 23). Down 33 IMPs, Lall blasted into the lead with a 58-15 score in the last set.
Kevin Castner’s team acquired the No. 7 seed by upsetting Richie Coren’s squad in round two, but Castner and company were forced to relinquish it to Chen Zhao’s team, the 26 seed, 147-119.
George Mittelman (No. 12) was shown the exit continued on page 3
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Check cashing and Bridge Bucks
The check cashing and Bridge Bucks desk is located on the fifth floor of the Marriott across from Salon H. The desk hours are 9:30 to 10 a.m, and noon to 1 p.m.
Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Room: Franklin 5-8, 4th floor. Speakers and topics are subject to change.
Thursday, March 159:15 a.m. Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One6:45 p.m. Donna Compton Take a Look Into Your Opponents’
Hands
Friday, March 169:15 a.m. Bruce Lang Smith Echo6:45 p.m. GS Jade Barrett Learning Curve
Saturday, March 179:15 a.m. David Legrow Balancing
SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS
CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM
Meetings are at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.Thursday, March 15
10 am-2 pm Rubber Bridge Room. Enjoy relaxed bridge, where you can come and go as you please. There are no game fees for ACBL members. Nonmembers can buy a temporary membership for $7.99 that will cover you for the entire month. Everyone is welcome. Top experts from around the world will be on hand between 10 a.m. and noon to play and discuss hands. (Room 403)
Friday, March 1610 am-2 pm Rubber Bridge Room. Enjoy relaxed bridge, where you can
come and go as you please. There are no game fees for ACBL members. Nonmembers can buy a temporary membership for $7.99 that will cover you for the entire month. Everyone is welcome. Top experts from around the world will be on hand between 10 a.m. and noon to play and discuss hands. (Room 403)
HOSPITALITYLate night snacks will be served nightly, following the evening session, in the pre-function space outside the Marriott ballroom on the fifth floor. Tonight, enjoy ice cream bars.
EntertainmentPhiladelphia
Sightseeing ToursSee Philadelphia
– $20 discount tickets (usually $32) – with ACBL convention card. Get tickets at the Hotel Tour Desk in the lobby of the Marriott. Board the Philadelphia Sightseeing Tours on 12th Street outside the front door of the Marriott at 10:15 and hourly thereafter.
CounterpartsAfter the evening sessions tonight and Friday,
enjoy a 30-minute show by a cappella group Counterparts. They are from the University of Pennsylvania and they are amazing! The show combines bridge parodies with other tunes to enjoy.
Entry to the Counterparts shows are free and
ParkingDiscounted parking tickets are available for two
nearby garages at the Information Desk. 12th & Filbert – immediately across Filbert
Street from the entrance to the Marriott – $16/day.12th & Walnut – entrance
on the west side of 12th at Sansom Street – $12/day.
These discounts have been arranged through Parkway Corporation.
The Information Desk is open daily at the following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m., 6:30–7:30 p.m. When you arrive at the Marriott or the Convention Center, stop by the desk and pick up a ticket. When you return to the garage, first insert the ticket you received when you pulled into the garage, and then insert our discounted ticket to get the correct rate. Then you can pay.
If you are playing in the Convention Center, parking tickets will be available at the Partnership Desk one hour before each session.
Player memo stationsAt the Philadelphia NABC, player memo
stations may be found in the pre-function areas on the fourth and fifth floors of the Marriott.
Players are asked to please keep these area free of clutter.
open to all bridge players. There is no reserved seating, but a ticket is required to guarantee a seat. Tickets can be picked up at the Information Desk on the fifth floor of the Marriott, including on the day of the show. The Information Desk is open daily at the following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m., 2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m. and 6:30–7:30 p.m.
Please note that the shows each day vary somewhat, so you might enjoy a repeat performance. Players are welcome to come to any and all shows, but will need a separate, day-specific ticket for each show.
Shows are at 11 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Marriott.
Attention daylight playersThe coupons you receive at your games are good
only the day they are given. If you try to use them on a later day, they will not be valid.
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Man-Li Morse, right, and Pat Fukunaga came from Toronto and have been playing for a week at the NABC in the 49er games. Wednesday was their last day. They enjoyed the tournament, but to them, the most impressive part is the directors in the I/N room. “She’s fantastic,” Morse said, gesturing toward Tournament Director Carolyn Pinto. “She’s the best director. She and the other lady [Tournament Director Judy Cotterman] were absolutely working hard. A bunch of people like us is not easy to manage.”
Thinking bridgeBy Eddie Kantar
The opening lead at suit contracts, third-hand play, discarding, trump control
Dlr: North ♠ A Q 7 6 Vul: Both ♥ K 9 7 6 ♦ 10 2 ♣ A 10 3 ♠ K J ♠ 10 9 4 2 ♥ 8 5 4 2 ♥ 3 ♦ Q J 8 4 ♦ A 9 7 6 3 ♣ 7 6 2 ♣ K 5 4 ♠ 8 5 3 ♥ A Q J 10 ♦ K 5 ♣ Q J 9 8
West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♥ Pass 2♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass
Opening lead: ♦Q Bidding commentary: North has an automatic
raise to 2♥. It is a major error to rebid 1♠ after the 1♥ response, intending to support hearts later. Delayed support shows three-card support. As South, even if North has three hearts for the raise to 2♥, bidding 4♥ stands out given the strength of your hand and the strength of your hearts, not to mention a double fit.
Lead commentary: Only two adjacent honors (Q-J in this case) are needed to lead an honor against a suit contract. At notrump, the lead of the queen shows a suit headed by the Q-J-10, Q-J-9 or, exceptionally, the A-Q-J.
Defensive commentary: As East, rise with the ♦A in case South has a singleton king. At trick two, looking at this non-threatening dummy, a passive defense seems best, so return the ♦6, your original fourth-highest diamond. It is important to return the proper card. Some partners watch!
Play commentary: As South, after winning the ♦K, play the ♥A and ♥Q, intending to draw trumps before taking the club finesse. When East discards on the second heart, switch to plan B. You dare not draw trumps and turn this into a notrump deal before taking the club finesse. If you do and the finesse loses, their diamonds are all winners. Finesse the club now. After it loses and a likely club is returned, draw trumps, run the clubs and take the spade finesse. It works!
Defensive commentary #2: As East, when discarding on hearts, keep length parity with dummy’s spades. When dummy has a four-card side suit, a defender who has four cards in the suit, at least one of them higher than dummy’s lowest card, that defender should hang on to all four cards. For example, if dummy has the ♠A K Q 9 and you have the ♠10 7 6 2, hang on to your spades, but with the ♠8 6 3 2, you can afford to discard spades.
Credit cards accepted for entry fees
Purchase your entries for all events at the NABC via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear from PurplePass. (If you see PurplePass on your credit card statement later, remember this is a charge for ACBL entry fees!) To use this option, the entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single card. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an alternative to cash.
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Vanderbilt leadersDutch treatBy Barry Rigal
Check out this deal from Sunday’s A/X Swiss Teams in the match between Barbara Sonsini’s squad and the one captained by Ton van Overbeeke, featuring an all-Dutch cast. East-West were Bauke Muller and Simon De Wijs, while North-South were Maarten Schollaardt and captain van Overbeeke. Dlr: East ♠ 6 5 Vul: N–S ♥ A K 9 8 5 3 ♦ A ♣ 8 6 3 2 ♠ J 9 7 2 ♠ 4 3 ♥ 7 6 4 ♥ Q J 2 ♦ K J 8 5 ♦ 10 5 4 2 ♣ A K ♣ Q 9 5 4 ♠ A K Q 10 8 ♥ 10 ♦ Q 9 7 6 ♣ J 10 7 West North East South De Wijs Scholl. Muller van Over. Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ Pass 2NT Pass 3♦ Pass 3♥ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass
Declarer was lucky to find clubs blocked.
On opening lead, De Wijs made the most of it by cashing the ♣A K, then playing a diamond. Now declarer pitched his club on the ♥ A K, ruffed a heart low, ruffed a diamond in dummy, and ruffed a club high, West pitching a diamond.
Now came a diamond ruff and a club ruff high (West underruffing) to give this ending: ♠ — ♥ 9 8 ♦ — ♣ 8 ♠ J 9 7 ♠ 4 3 ♥ — ♥ — ♦ — ♦ 10 ♣ — ♣ — ♠ Q 10 ♥ — ♦ Q ♣ —
Van Overbeeke led the ♦Q, forcing West to ruff and lead a trump into his tenace.
Maybe West could have underruffed twice (and unblocked the ♦K if he thought his partner had the ♦Q!), but as the cards lay, the defenders could not get out of their own way. (Give East the ♦K, and the double underruff would set the game.)
Because 3NT went down 300 in the other room, that was worth 14 IMPs as part of a 54-12 win for van Overbeeke.
JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS
when they fell to Mary Ann Berg’s team (No. 21), 132-106.
Pierre Zimmermann (No. 13) is also out of the event after Richard Schwartz’s squad (No. 20) defeated them, 100-77.
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Getting to the Convention Center
The shortest route to the playing area in the Convention Center is to exit the Marriott through the doors near the front desk. Make a left going west on Filbert Street and then a right onto 13th Street and go one block north to Arch Street. The best Convention Center entrance to use is on the northwest corner of 13th and Arch. This is a short walk, less than a quarter of a mile.
We strongly suggest that you do not use the skybridge from the Marriott to enter the Convention Center. This will take you to a part of the building that makes it difficult to find the bridge play.
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Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area
during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This includes electronic smoking devices.
ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 96.0 Tables / Based on 191 Tables100.00 1 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 3419.97 75.00 2 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 3149.80 56.25 3 Karen Hoffner - David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 3093.29 44.44 4 Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA; Fred King, McLean VA 2980.76 40.00 5 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jenni Carmichael, Mill Creek WA 2974.21 36.36 6 Muh-Sha Crawford, Virginia Beach VA; Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD 2972.30 33.33 7 John Laufer, Toronto ON; Pamela Nisbet, Kanata ON 2970.74 30.77 8 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 2960.36 28.57 9 Louis Sachar - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 2954.43 26.67 10 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Gillian Miniter, New York NY 2946.74 25.00 11 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 2942.48 23.53 12 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC 2923.58 22.22 13 Jacqueline Chang, New York NY; Ettore Bianchi, Dobbs Ferry NY 2920.34 25.78 14 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Katherine Pollock, East Amherst NY 2887.82 20.00 15 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 2886.31 19.05 16 Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 2882.40 18.18 17 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 2880.09 17.39 18 Tatiana Dikhnova, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 2879.03 16.67 19 May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece 2871.41 16.00 20 Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA; Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA 2871.14 16.42 21 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 2858.16 17.74 22 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 2852.71 14.29 23 Joe Quinn - Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX 2846.33 13.79 24 Marin Marinov, New York NY; K. Fung, Edmonton AB 2837.38 13.33 25 Nancy Molesworth - Ron Gerard, White Plains NY 2835.44 12.90 26 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY 2831.65 12.50 27 Alan Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 2823.20 12.12 28 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, Sunnyside NY 2811.70 11.76 29 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 2811.55 11.43 30 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 2802.52 11.11 31 Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 2801.63 10.81 32 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 2785.85 10.53 33 Lew Walter - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 2785.22 10.26 34 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 2781.30 10.00 35 John Fout, Monticello NY; Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY 2780.44 9.76 36 Julie Arbit, Charlotte NC; Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI 2775.97 9.52 37 Linda Friedman - Daniel Friedman, Orinda CA 2762.17 9.30 38 Arline Fulton, Neptune NJ; George Klemic, Bensenville IL 2759.75 11.21 39 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 2748.81 8.89 40 Marina Seppius - Dmitri Stukalov, Palo Alto CA 2744.96 8.70 41 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Rose Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China 2740.71 8.51 42 Elena Prahin - Michael Prahin, Irvington NY 2732.90 8.33 43 Mark Cohen - Stasha Cohen, West Orange NJ 2724.59 8.16 44 Clay Hall, Vestavia AL; Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN 2721.52 14.02 45 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 2720.44 7.84 46 Ayako Miyakuni - Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 2716.53 7.69 47 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 2716.27 10.94 48 Barry Passer, Newfield NY; Elaine Kurasiewicz, North Tonawanda NY 2713.49 7.41 49 Ira Hessel - Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 2705.99 7.27 50 Elianna Meyerson - Adam Meyerson, Zurich Switzerland 2693.92
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 16.0 Tables A B C 3.90 1 Mark Beifermanhaines, Woodbury NJ; Terry Schall, Glen Mills PA 65.14% 3.54 2 1 1 Leslie Heselton III - Mary Heselton, Marlton NJ 63.39% 2.66 3 2 Thomas McGlynn - Janet McGlynn, Catonsville MD 63.31% 1.99 4 3 Joan Bang - Thomas Bang, Berwyn PA 61.31% 1.49 5 4 Rose Hadidian - Cathy McIntyre, Silver Spring MD 58.33% 2.00 6 5 2 Bryan Snapp, Emmaus PA; David Sullivan, Easton PA 58.04% 1.50 6 3 Wanda Romano - Patricia Davis, Yardley PA 57.74% 1.13 4 Mary Beth Kineke, New Hope PA; Donna Meilinger, Holland PA 55.44% 0.74 5/6 Antony Colombet - William Carr, Philadelphia PA 53.87% 0.74 5/6 Bernadine David, Wayne NJ; Jill Feder, Roseland NJ 53.87%
Playing in an NABC+ pairs game? Buy your entry early!
In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ pairs events – which require additional time for proper seeding – the ACBL asks participants to please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before game time. This is especially true if you expect to be a seeded pair.
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HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT A/B/C SWISS TEAMS 70 Tables / Based on 158 Tables A B C 38.32 1 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 95.00 28.74 2 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden 94.00 21.56 3 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland 86.00 16.17 4 Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 83.00 12.77 5 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Daisy Goecker, Yardley PA; Paul Zebrowski, Naples FL; Patricia Civale, Chesterfield NJ 82.00 10.95 6 Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 77.00 20.53 7/8 1 Robert Guerard, Brossard QC; Jean Bellemarre - Michel Morin, Montreal QC; Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC 76.00 9.05 7/8 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC 76.00 7.66 9 Christopher Panos, Sacramento CA; Dennis Wick, Greencastle PA; Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC 75.00 15.40 10 2 1 Polly Arnold - Joanna Johnson - Bonnie Kress - Frances Barry, Raleigh NC 74.00 6.15 11/12 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Gerald Lackner, Furstenfeld Austria; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 73.00 11.55 11/12 3 2 W. Burns III, East Stroudsburg PA; JoAnn Mauger, Effort PA; Wayne Weisler, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 73.00 4.97 13/16 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 72.00 4.97 13/16 Joseph Rice, Winchester KY; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN; E. Bruce Neikirk, Louisville KY; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 72.00 4.97 13/16 Robert Priest - Linda Ivanoff, Harrisburg PA; Nick Straguzzi, Mullica Hill NJ; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 72.00 4.97 13/16 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 72.00 8.66 17 4 Margie Cole - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Marilyn Fedak, Boca Raton FL; Raluca Dobrescu, Woodside NY 71.00 6.36 18/20 5/6 Sanford Robbins - Betty Triliegi, Pompano Beach FL; Keith Kimball, Nashua NH; John Dunstan, Bloomington MN 68.00 3.84 18/20 Hiroki Yokoi, Shinjuku-Ku Tok Japan; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel - Laurie Carr, Honolulu HI 68.00 6.36 18/20 5/6 3 Larry Plotkin, Elkins Park PA; J. Brill, Voorhees NJ; Peter Schuchman, Chenango Bridge NY; Steve White, Broomall PA 68.00 4.85 7/8 Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Ala Hamilton-Day, Philadelphia PA; Melody Henderson - Mark Henderson, Wilmington DE 67.00 4.85 7/8 William Bauer III, Warminster PA; Thomas Salter, Hatfield PA; Kenneth Salter, Norristown PA; Susan Morse, Flourtown PA 67.00 4.11 9 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC; Dee Steil, New Westminster BC; Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC 66.00 4.29 10 4 Hollis Rosenthal, Ambler PA; Erma Waters - John Waters, Doylestown PA; Gina Bresler, Lansdale PA 65.00 3.29 11/12 5/6 Stephen Pope - Ornit Grossman - Edythe Krauss - Ellen Ryan, Ithaca NY 64.00 3.29 11/12 5/6 Cyndi Sauvage, Englewood CO; Maureen Sabo, Bedford Hills NY; Deborah Crisfield, Philadelphia PA; Barbara Gallagher, Littleton CO 64.00 2.93 13 7 Susan Kennedy - Patricia Grimek-Stover, York PA; Barrie Callahan, Dover PA; Ivan Hileman, Thomasville PA 63.00 2.15 8/9 Marjorie O’Malley - Charles O’Malley III, San Diego CA; Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 61.00 2.15 8/9 Debra Lamountain, Forest Hills NY; Allen Greenbaum, Old Bethpage NY; Susan Calabro, New York NY; David Sloane, Glen Cove NY 61.00
BRIDGELADY DBC WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 13.0 Tables A B C 4.98 1 1 1 Andrea Ventris, Tiburon CA; Jocelyn Startz, San Francisco CA 64.96% 3.74 2 2 2 Susan Bates - Ruthie Shor, Dallas TX 60.04% 2.80 3 Nicole Tremblay - Pierre Gaudreau, Sainte-Sophie QC 57.77% 2.10 4 Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 56.25% 2.56 5 3 Dorothy Koernig, Summit NJ; Susan Robbins, Morristown NJ 55.68% 2.30 6 4 Leonid Fastovsky, Chevy Chase MD; Phillip Yorston, Albuquerque NM 54.17% 1.61 5 Jane Kirby - Kate Hopkins, Dallas TX 53.98% 1.58 6 3 Roy Goodman, South Huntington NY; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 53.41% 1.18 4 Stanley Goodman, Winter Springs FL; Heather Wood, Maitland FL 51.52%
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 19.5 Tables A B C 4.50 1 1 1 Patricia Mueller, Dresher PA; Dale Scafuro, New Britain PA 63.10% 3.38 2 2 Janet McGlynn - Thomas McGlynn, Catonsville MD 60.89% 2.53 3 3 2 Ann Basch - Michael Basch, Elkins Park PA 59.57% 1.90 4 4 3 Jeanne Thompson - Lori O’Connor, Devon PA 59.52% 1.42 5 5 Joan Zylkin - Carol Greco, Philadelphia PA 58.68% 1.18 6 6 4 Monica Leid, Severna Park MD; William May, Shepherdstown WV 57.28% 0.92 5 Grace Sutherland, Danielsville PA; Janet Morganthau, East Stroudsburg PA 56.85% 0.66 6 Guy Veroli - Bernice Koplin, Philadelphia PA 54.42%
“Over the course of his career he was able to bring out the best in a wide variety of partners of different abilities. He was also excellent company, which can’t be said of all bridge experts, and a sort of Peter Pan figure in his own way.”
Molson was married to Janice Seamon-Molson, who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot this year.
Bridge Base OnlineUday Ivatury, the chief executive of BBO,
was surprised and confused to learn his company would be inducted into the Hall of Fame. “The corporation?” Of course, the Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are people, too.
Bridge Base Online offers free and premium bridge services to bridge players of all levels. Using their browser on any device, members can play bridge at any time and for any length of time, with or without a partner. People can play with regular partners, strangers from around the world or by themselves with robots.
The member community is large (over 250,000) and active (often over 10,000 people online) and includes speakers of many languages. BBO’s ACBL-sanctioned club games hosted nearly a million tables in 2017: 961,776, a number that has grown steadily over the years.
A significant contribution to the game are the vugraph broadcasts, which present live matches from around the world and are enhanced by expert commentary. BBO provides technical and organizational support and maintains an archive for public use and analysis. It also maintains busy discussion boards, often monitored by volunteers who can help with questions and problems.
A few districts use the BBO platform to hold their North American Pairs and Grand National Teams competitions. Particularly in the districts covering geographically large areas, this enables players to compete without having to travel long distances to a central location.
BBO provides free tools for teachers and students and tools for the developing player, and opportunities to practice at various forms of scoring. It supports ACBL activities with labor and financial contributions.
Although it is a for-profit business, BBO is primarily a labor of love, Ivatury says. “Our goal is to use BBO as a platform to promote the game of bridge throughout the world.”
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Hall of Fame
Runners-up in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs: Mark Itabashi and Veronica McMurdie.
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Mixed winners
total was 3419.97 on a 95 top.In second place with 3149.80 were Mark
Itabashi of Murietta CA and Veronica McMurdie of Sacramento.
This was the second victory for McDevitt and Gabay. The pair won the event in 2012. McDevitt now has five NABC titles, as well as world championship (the 2010 World Senior Pairs, also played in Philadelphia). This is Gabay’s third NABC title.
In 2017, McDevitt and Gabay were leading the Mixed Pairs after three sessions, but a poor last set dropped them to eighth place.
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HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH SWISS TEAMS 59 Tables 7 5 2 14.49 1 1 Barbara Berk, Macungie PA; Lois Fuini, Schnecksville PA; Kay Hays, Allentown PA; Judith Cary, Orefield PA 94.00 9.51 2/3 Joan Finsilver - Marcie Burros - Nelson Burros, New York NY; Ida Cardona, Delray Beach FL 86.00 9.75 2/3 2 Richard Godshall - Kay Garrity, Lansdale PA; Roger Milton - Beth Milton, Blue Bell PA 86.00 5.47 4/5 Marion Miller, Philadelphia PA; Richard Freedman, New Brunswick NJ; Theodore Brown - Kay Brown, Wilmington DE 82.00 7.31 4/5 3 1 Joyce Negrotti, Berwyn PA; Marianne McClennen, Devon PA; Patty Shaughnessy, Paoli PA; Mary Vitray, Malvern PA 82.00 5.48 6 4 William Neal, Cheswick PA; Daniele Panayotatos, Orangeburg NY; Richard Laird - Patricia Rambasek, Sewickley PA 80.00 4.33 7 5 Susie O’Neil, Wyndmoor PA; Anna Tyson, Glenside PA; Pamela Wilford, Villanova PA; Ella Mecray, Bryn Mawr PA 77.00 3.22 8 Eileen Feldman, Port Jefferson NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Ruth Lessinger, Plainview NY; Sandie Sickle, Syosset NY 76.00 3.71 9 6 Edward Andrews Jr. - Stephen Riepenhoff - Kathleen Riepenhoff, Skillman NJ; Julie Grossman, Hopewell NJ 75.00 3.25 10 7 Eileen Zakuto, Feasterville PA; Rochelle Zager, Warwick PA; John Luebbe - Donna Dwaileebe, Laguna Woods CA 74.00 2.75 11/12 8/9 Jacqueline Granite - Nina Sadler - Rick Sadler - Michael Mendelson, Mechanicsburg PA 73.00 2.75 11/12 8/9 Michael Minoff - Glenn Fuhrman, Cherry Hill NJ; Margot Lebovitz, Gladwyne PA; Catherine Strauss, Wyndmoor PA 73.00 2.00 13/14 Gerry Jawer, Wyncote PA; Helena Tucker, Philadelphia PA; Richard Seideman, Rydal PA; Arthur Seidner, Huntingdon Valley PA 72.00 3.44 13/14 10 2 Carol Wilson - Debra Chavez - Betty Murdock - Erin Oblinger, Cincinnati OH 72.00 2.26 15/16 11/12 3/4 Suzanne Cutler, Beachwood OH; Joan Barzilai, Cleveland Heights OH; Teresa Spicer, Wilmington DE; Catherine Conaway, Kennett Square PA 71.00 2.26 15/16 11/12 3/4 Nancy Calomiris - Eva Steiner – J. Scherl - Audrey Meredith, New York NY 71.00 1.80 13/14 Judith Repp, Evergreen CO; Cheryl Stark Abrams, Villanova PA; Gail Ruth, Gladwyne PA; Rebecca Matthias, Philadelphia PA 70.00 1.80 13/14 Bruce Graham, Dunnellon FL; Beth Batastini, Newton NJ; Nancy Root - Sally Bertellotti, Sparta NJ 70.00 1.42 5/6 Paul Herron, Ponte Vedra FL; Fred Schantz, Ponte Vedra Beach FL; Lauren Dougherty, Jamison PA; Laura Breslin, Ewing NJ 69.00 1.42 5/6 Jill Dimitrief, Boston MA; Kim Smith, Fairfield CT; Deanna Heyser - Jeff Heyser, Penn Valley CA 69.00
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HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 6.0 Tables A B C 1.87 1 Bryan Snapp, Emmaus PA; David Sullivan, Easton PA 61.25% 1.60 2 1 Lynne Fiorelli - Lynne Miller, Yardley PA 56.67% 1.20 3 2 Paul Lotke, Gladwyne PA; Judy Novick, Bala Cynwyd PA 53.33% 0.90 4 3 Homa Parsia, Media PA; Jill Spiegel, Wynnewood PA 52.08% 0.68 4 Anita Ficken, Flourtown PA; Stephanie Ravett, Plymouth Meeting PA 51.67%
BRIDGELADY DBC MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 30.00 Tables / Based on 14 Tables 8.40 1 Jimmy Pelham, Conley GA 118.47% 6.75 2/3 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 117.16% 6.75 2/3 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI 117.16% 5.00 4/5 Ruthie Shor, Dallas TX 114.40% 5.00 4/5 Susan Bates, Dallas TX 114.40% 5.42 6/7 Gerard Turcotte, Quebec QC 111.74% 5.42 6/7 Robert Tremblay, Quebec QC 111.74%
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 61.0 Tables A B C 35.50 1 Bill Cook Jr., Madison MS; Harriette Buckman, Sarasota FL 61.26% 26.63 2 Arnold Kohn, Monroe Township NJ; Ashok Agarwala, Edison NJ 60.70% 19.97 3 Steve Albin, Plainsboro NJ; Dennis Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ 59.96% 14.98 4 Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA; Kurt Engleman, Avondale PA 59.94% 11.83 5 Peter Stein, Hillsborough NJ; Neil Jaffe, Belle Mead NJ 59.62% 10.14 6 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Richard Carle, Longview WA 59.31% 8.88 7 Corey Krantz - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 58.52% 16.50 8 1 Mike Giacaman, Saint Louis MO; Diana Votaw, Chesterfield MO 58.20% 7.68 9 Harry Falk, Palm City FL; Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX 57.58% 6.45 10 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 57.51% 5.92 11 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 57.42% 5.46 12 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 57.39% 5.07 13 Linda Bryant - Jack Bryant, St. Louis MO 57.28% 4.73 14 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 57.12% 4.44 15 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 57.10% 4.26 16 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Robert McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 56.83% 12.38 17 2 Thomas Ryder - Suzy Ryder, Boise ID 56.70% 4.23 18 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 56.55% 3.55 19 Patricia Jankovic, Alcoa TN; Jo Anne Newby, Knoxville TN 56.39% 5.03 20 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA 56.33% 3.23 21 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 56.15% 5.34 22 Donald Caplin - Sondra Caplin, Waltham MA 56.06% 9.28 23 3 Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 56.00% 2.84 24 Jill Fouad, New Canaan CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 55.81% 3.36 25 Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA; Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD 55.77% 2.63 26 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Romain Tembouret, France 55.70% 2.54 27 Sherry Spalding Fardie, Port Orange FL; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 55.61% 2.45 28 Philippe Galaski, Florence MA; Harold Weiner, Lafayette Hill PA 55.51% 2.67 29 Carol Reitz - Ed Bissell, State College PA 55.36% 2.29 30 Brian Ellis - Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 54.27% 6.96 31 4 Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC; James Keegan, Cambridge MA 53.61% 5.50 5 Arthur Goldfarb, Wynnewood PA; Frances Abramson, Haverford PA 53.02% 4.71 6 Michael Heins, Cocoa Beach FL; Terry Goodykoontz, Tolono IL 52.60% 5.78 7 1 Kazi Farooqui, Grayslake IL; Karim Abdul, Naperville IL 52.58% 3.67 8 Bob Rebelein, Poughkeepsie NY; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB 52.54% 3.30 9 Stephen Horwitz, Avalon NJ; Ralph Croskey, Jacksonville FL 52.47% 4.27 10 Sarah Furlow - Richard Furlow, Ann Arbor MI 51.94% 4.34 11 2 Randy Pearson, Pittsburgh PA; Evan Marti, Houston TX 51.92% 2.99 12 Robert Fukunaga, Thornhill ON; Angela Huang, Toronto ON 51.70% 2.36 13 Bob Muhlhauser - Barbara Muhlhauser, Ambler PA 51.56% 2.20 14 Dan Morgenstern - Jack Mahoney, Brunswick ME 51.54% 2.12 15 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX 51.47% 1.94 16 Bharat Shah, Monroe NJ; Akshay Shah, Somerset NJ 50.62% 1.83 17 Edward Rothenheber, Severn MD; Brian Sutton, Bethesda MD 50.54% 3.25 3 Mark Bolotin - Stephen Vineberg, Philadelphia PA 50.04% 2.67 4 George Liebermann, Mississauga ON; Paul Adler, Morganville NJ 49.67% 1.93 5 Philip Lebovitz - Mark Hedson, Langhorne PA 48.54% 1.65 6 Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 48.26%
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 12.0 Tables A B C 4.77 1 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 63.19% 4.12 2 1 Bruce Scott, San Jose CA; Robena Foland, Grand Island FL 61.34% 2.68 3 Donald Faskow, Hollywood FL; John Albright, Plantation FL 60.19% 3.09 4 2 Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 57.18% 2.32 5 3 Bruce Lieberman, Doylestown PA; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA 54.63% 1.52 6/7 4/5 James Willson, Richardson TX; Margot Hirsch, Fort Worth TX 54.40% 1.52 6/7 4/5 Cris Shanks, Watkinsville GA; Dianne McLean, Athens GA 54.40% 2.28 1 Gregory Newcomb - Robin Elliott, Boulder CO 50.69% 1.71 2 Jose Mateo-Bermudez - Natalie Colvin, Philadelphia PA 46.76%
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 8.5 Tables A B C 2.10 1 Pam Bacher, Vienna VA; Marcia McMahon, Bethesda MD 64.05% 1.81 2 1 Gary Steele - Patricia Steele, McAllen TX 60.88% 1.53 3 2 1 Chris Terajewicz, Newton MA; Peggy Neubig, Monroe Township NJ 55.85% 1.02 4 3 Kathleen Lieberman - Henry Lieberman, Newtown PA 55.13% 1.15 5 4 2 Grace Ashton - Johari Ajwang, Hanover NH 53.79% 0.57 5 Joyce Bentrim - William Bentrim, Perkasie PA 53.06% 0.86 3 Natalie Morhun, Etna NH; Timothy Kurtz, Contoocook NH 51.24% 0.65 4 Aidan Samwick, Norwich VT; Ruddock Smith, Norwick VT 49.32%
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Treadwell Day
avuncular persona and a heart as “big as all outdoors” made Dave universally liked, respected, and welcome anywhere – with the possible exception of some Atlantic City casinos which, in deference to his uncanny ability to “count the deck,” barred him from the blackjack tables.
David had a repertoire of groan-evoking jokes and puns that, regardless of age, he never forgot. If that was a downside, it may have been the only one. A player of championship caliber, he was a good bridge citizen who served willingly in an administrative capacity on the Board of Governors, the National Appeals and Hall of Fame committees. He gave freely to the game he loved.
The quality of his jokes, notwithstanding, Dave had a great sense of humor. And it was unfailingly deadpan. Once, some years ago I was playing with him and I had talked him into playing a convention borrowed from the Italians, whereby if RHO were to bid a major-suit weak-two bid and we overcalled three of the same major, it would show a source of running tricks and ask partner to bid 3NT if he had a stopper in that suit.
Well, it came up. My RHO opened 2♥, I bid 3♥, and David said, “Alert.” “Please explain,” said the curious opponent. Deadpan, without even a hint of a smile, Dave replied “It means that he has a heart stopper, and if I’ve got a running suit, I should bid 3NT.”
“You’re kidding!” exclaimed my RHO – out of turn.
LHO was a friend of Dave’s and laughingly asked him “What’s that called?”
“Treadwell,” David shot back. We laughed. David deadpanned.
His friend turned to me, “Izzat what you play?” “No, I play reverse Treadwell,” I replied.And ever since in our circle of friends, that
convention has been known as reverse Treadwell.I first played with David in a Las Vegas
tournament which we entered five minutes after game time. We won. The next time I played with him was early in my 1989 Barry Crane Top 500 run. He, Arnie Fisher and Leon Lowe accompanied me to a tournament and they took turns playing with me, probably to relieve one another. We won everything, giving me a substantial early lead over my competitors.
After the Crane year, I increased my professional activity and played only rarely with Dave. But we often spent time together, if only for me to receive the joke du jour. He called me the “Young Fart.” I was honored. I was sometimes recruited for his “Crates” game, a form of Crazy Eights. Dave promoted the game at every opportunity.
David’s 78th birthday occurred during the Geneva World Championships in 1990. Some of us were staying at La Truite, a little hotel just across the border in France. A huge crowd gathered for dinner at our hotel to honor Dave on his birthday. The affection was manifest.
That affection now drives the sorrow surrounding his death – a man who had lived a full life for nearly a century. But don’t weep for Dave. Blessed with an adoring family, he spent much of that long life doing what he loved most, with those he loved most and that most loved him.
Unless puns are sins, if there’s a heaven, David is surely there attending that big tournament in the sky. I can almost hear him addressing St. Peter as he passed through those golden portals, “By the way, did I tell you about the butcher who backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work?”
Rest in peace, Old Fart … old friend. You died with your boots on.
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Vanderbilt KO Teams – Today’s Pairings 77 TablesFrank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL vsGary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain
Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA vsStan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; David Bakhshi, London England
John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway vsDaniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; John McAllister, Keswick VA; Jacob Roen, Copenhagen Denmark; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden
Lavazza: Agustin Madala - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark vsRichard Schwartz, Aventura FL; David Gold, London England; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Michael Bell, London England
James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy vsMary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, ZakopanePoland
Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL vsJim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV
Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands vsVinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden
Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Roy Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden vsChen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore
25.00 17/32 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy 25.00 17/32 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo, Monaco; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia 25.00 17/32 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Thomas Bessis - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 25.00 17/32 Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 25.00 17/32 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ashley Bach, Sydney Australia 25.00 17/32 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 25.00 17/32 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus - John Mohan - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 25.00 17/32 Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL 25.00 17/32 Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li - Xu Hou, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Lidang Dong, Shaanxi People’s Republic of China 25.00 17/32 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY; Drew Casen, Metarie LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 25.00 17/32 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 25.00 17/32 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria; Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria; Vladimir Marashev, Sofia Bulgaria; Ivan Tsonchev, Sofia Bulgaria 25.00 17/32 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Allan Graves, Hammonds Plains NS; Oren Kriegel - Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Maarten Schollaardt, Netherlands; Tom Van Overbeeke, Utrecht Netherlands 25.00 17/32 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Adam Stokka, Umea Sweden 25.00 17/32 Paul Gipson, Duns England; Alex Gipson, Orpington England; Aran Warszawski, Rehovot Israel; Dan Israeli, Tel Aviv Israel 25.00 17/32 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Thomas Paske, Hereford England; Artur Malinowski, Harrow England; Phillip King, Harrow Middlesex England
In praise of rubber bridgeMark Bolotin of Philadelphia played in the
rubber bridge room here at the NABC (Room 403) on Tuesday, and he had such a good time that he wrote to the Daily Bulletin about his experience.
I want to commend you heartily on the rubber bridge room. It is a great ideal that is worth continuing at future nationals . . . and possibly at regionals with local bridge stars. I encourage anyone whose schedule permits to stop by.
Let me recount my experiences today. I was there ahead of the pros who were advertised to be in attendance, but I played a round of Chicago with three less-experience players, all local like me. It was flattering to have them looking to me for advice; I’m not at a level where I’m used to that.
David Berkowitz came in. I watched a hand or two, then cut in to play with them when my turn came. We defended a hand, and it was nice to hear him over-compliment me on a basic defense (reading his suit-preference signal when he gave me a ruff). I was in and out of that table for a while, playing a hand, stepping out for another player, then cutting back in when my turn came around. Between David’s advice and his banter, it was an absolute delight.
About the time he left, Zia Mahmood came in.
Once more, I had the opportunity to play both with and against a pro. While he had little voice due to a recent procedure, he made a strong effort to instruct and entertain.
I was about to leave, when I found out that Bart Bramley had come in. I knew Bart well from college, so I quickly took advantage of the first opportunity to sit in. I showed him my class ring to make a connection and challenged him to remember me after 50 years by giving him the name of my regular partner of the time. I was pleasantly surprised that he was able to respond with my name. After the first hand, he got a call that he was sitting out the first quarter of the Vanderbilt, so he stayed well past the time expected of the pros. As the room had mostly emptied out and nobody was looking to cut in, there were four of us who played a half-dozen hands or more.
Bart and I reconnected and reminisced more at lunch.
The only thing that kept this from being perfect was that I made a bidding error on the last hand. However, those who play with me know I am every bit as capable of making a bone-headed bridge play as I am of making a good play.
As I’m not playing any events on Thursday, I’ll be back for more rubber bridge then.
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Anti-cheating
play and against whom. It is for this reason that we ask the organizers of major tournaments for full transparency regarding participants. Concerned players can then make a decision as to whether they wish to withdraw from the event.”
Zia Mahmood, one of the rally organizers, said, “With the expulsion of these players, the feeling at tournaments became so much better because we all knew we were having a fair game. But after the recent events in Europe, a sense of unease has returned. It would be as if someone who came to your home treated you and your family horribly, but after kicking them out, you were somehow forced to invite them back. So this is why we’re doing this: The federations’ hands may be tied, but ours aren’t.”
Fellow rally organizer Boye Brogeland – who also led the initial charge against the collusive cheaters in 2015 – said, “We need a new approach when it comes to cheating. It’s so hard to prove the method by which someone might cheat, but the statistical analysis of unusual results shows us the way. We have to take action early even if we can’t
prove it to the smallest detail.“This is important for the players. I don’t think
the organizers know much the players care about this.”
Howard Weinstein, chair of the ACBL’s Anti-Cheating Commission, said, “The best thing you can
do to help with possible cheating cases is to speak up. File those player memos! If you see something, say something. One hand doesn’t prove anything, but patterns can only appear if there’s enough evidence.”
Some of the many top players that gathered for Wednesday’s anti-cheating rally.
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Appealing a ruling Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal
a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking with the director who delivered the original ruling. The table director will fill out paperwork regarding the appeal, and the appellants will explain what they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled by a variety of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the case, the circumstances of that particular case will determine whether the case can be resolved by the original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even a committee-type hearing which could include bridge experts.
C-h-e-a-t-i-n-gBy Robb Gordon
Cheat (verb): Act dishonestly or unfairly to gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination.
In bridge, the worst kind of cheating is collusive cheating by a partnership – where partners agree to transmit information to each other by means other than normal bidding and play. This has been done through placement of cards, tapping of feet, coughing and many other means. Fortunately, this type of cheating is rare, but unfortunately it is sometimes difficult to detect.
Following closely behind are individual acts to try to gain information on a board – frequently called a “wire.” This is accomplished by wandering around the playing area surreptitiously glancing at tables to see cards, deliberately listening for table talk from adjacent tables, or somehow gaining access to hand records.
Lesser infractions usually involve the use of unauthorized information, whether it is accidentally hearing information from a different table and not reporting it to the director, or taking advantage of partners mannerisms, breaks in tempo, or incorrect explanations. Sometimes it involves concealing an infraction, such as claiming in order to cover up a revoke, or deliberately not correcting your or partner’s mis-explanation when it is appropriate to do so.
Many, perhaps most of these latter infractions may be unintentional. For this reason, there are two different laws written that involve unauthorized information - Law 16, most frequently cited, is a “civil” violation in the sense that it doesn’t suggest intent on the part of the infract or, rather just a choice of action that is not available under the law due to the unauthorized information.
Note here that breaking tempo in an “irregularity” – it is not an infraction. We all need to think sometimes. But partner is not supposed to be able to gain advantage from that.
The second law covering this issue is Law 73, which clearly states that a player may not deliberately use unauthorized information to his benefit – this is the “criminal” violation. How and when which of these laws is applied is a subject for a different article, but suffice to say, if a player decides to use unauthorized information, he is in violation of Law 73.
To avoid violating Law 16 and some others can be tricky. Here are a few pointers:1. If you or your partner give misinformation, as
the declaring side, you must call the director and disclose this at the end of the auction. If you are the defending side, you must bring the misinformation to opponents’ attention at the end of the hand, giving them the opportunity to seek redress if they feel they are damaged.
2. If you receive unauthorized information from an outside source, you must call the director and inform him away from the table of the information received. Sometimes he may be able to adjust positions or take some other action which will make the board playable.
3. If you receive unauthorized information from partner by a break in tempo or otherwise, know that you must choose from among logical alternatives one not suggested by the unauthorized information. To do otherwise, even if you were “always” going to take that action creates a no-win situation for you. If unsuccessful, you keep your result. If successful, the result will be adjusted.
What to do when you observe cheating or other irregularities
One of the worst offenses in bridge is to publicly accuse another player of cheating or of being unethical. Do not ever do this! It can get you in big trouble – subject to discipline under our Code of Disciplinary Regulations, with up to 180 days probation and/or up to 180 days suspension. It can also get you sued!
If you become aware of one of the worst kinds of cheating, privately take your information to a tournament official – the Recorder or director-in-charge. That way, an investigation can be done without the accused being embarrassed, and without the accused knowing he is being investigated, which may make it easier to gather evidence.
If one of the more mundane violations occurs at the table, whether you think it deliberate or not, simply call the director. Describe the irregularity, but do not try to characterize the intent of your opponent. That is for the director to investigate.
In this way, bridge “justice” will be achieved most effectively without making you the bad guy.
I don’t want to be a hero ... do you?
By Barry Rigal Dlr: South ♠ 9 8 4 Vul: None ♥ A 5 ♦ K Q 7 5 2 ♣ A K Q ♠ A 10 7 6 5 3 2 ♥ K 9 ♦ 10 ♣ 8 6 4 West North East South Pass 3♠ Dbl Pass 4♥ All Pass
The first board of a Vanderbilt KO sees you with a vicious problem after an unexpected dummy comes down in 4♥.
You lead the ♦10: queen, ace, 8. Back comes the ♦6, declarer plays the 3 and you ruff. What now?
The missing diamonds are the jack, 9 and 4, so a priori, the 6 might be more likely to be partner’s lowest from the remaining cards. But I think you can be safe to assume that partner has an original two-card spade suit because otherwise he might have shifted to his singleton honor. So it looks 2:1 that he has the ♠K Q or ♠K J and you can put him in for another diamond ruff.
There are additional complexities though. Say partner has a slow trump trick, such as J-x-x-x or 10-8-x-x. Now underleading spades might cost the setting trick!
I can’t tell you what is right, but this was the full deal: ♠ 9 8 4 ♥ A 5 ♦ K Q 7 5 2 ♣ A K Q ♠ A 10 7 6 5 3 2 ♠ K J ♥ K 9 ♥ 8 6 4 3 ♦ 10 ♦ A 6 4 ♣ 8 6 4 ♣ J 9 7 5 ♠ Q ♥ Q J 10 7 2 ♦ J 9 8 3 ♣ 10 3 2
When the second defensive ruff got away, declarer led a low trump to the ace and brought home plus 420.
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Convention card reminderEach player is required to have a convention
card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a session. The convention card must include the first and last name of each member of the partnership, and the cards must be identical.
If a director determines that neither player has a substantially completed card, the partnership may play only the Standard American Yellow Card and may use only standard carding. This restriction may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round after convention cards have been properly prepared and approved by the director. Further, the partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each board played, commencing with the next round and continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the director.
If the director determines the partnership has at least one substantially completed convention card but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the director may give warnings or assign such penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances.
The objective of these warnings and penalties is the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations.
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY EVENING A/X/Y SIDE SWISS TEAMS 18 Tables A B C 5.97 1 Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Ranald Davidson, Montreal QC 59.00 4.48 2 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 57.00 4.69 3 1 Robin Fellus - Alessandro Gandoglia, Rome Italy; Giuseppe Delle Cave, Rome Italy; Giacomo Percario, Livorno Italy 53.00 4.05 4 2 1 Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA; Zihan Tan, Chicago IL; Zhuo Wang, Forest Hills NY; Ovunc Yilmaz, South Bend IN 50.00 3.04 5 3 2 Pierre Gaudreau - Nicole Tremblay, Sainte-Sophie QC; Robert Tremblay - Gerard Turcotte, Quebec QC 48.00 2.28 4 3 Kien Fong - Yukun Zhang, Singapore; Mingyang Zhou - Xinchen Zhu, Berkeley CA 45.00 1.50 4/5 David Fleischer, Alexandria VA; Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; Donald Joseph - Joyce Joseph, Glencoe IL 33.00 1.50 4/5 Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Henry Caspar, Las Vegas NV; Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 33.00
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY EVENING B/C/D SIDE SWISS TEAMS 19 Tables B C D 5.80 1 1 Barry Dehlin, Dresher PA; Carl Perchonock, Jenkintown PA; Milind Vaze, Churchville PA; Bruce Lieberman, Doylestown PA 77.00 4.35 2 2 R. Shenkin - Susan Shenkin, West Chester PA; Karen Pollak, Exton PA; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 50.00 2.23 3/6 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD 45.00 2.23 3/6 3/5 1 Judi Katz - Marcy Gookin, Chicago IL; Joyce Leary, Andover MA; Ulla Winkler, Somerville MA 45.00 2.23 3/6 3/5 Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pierrette Matteau, Mont-Royal QC; Bill Carstens, Anthem AZ 45.00 2.23 3/6 3/5 Ilona Ulmer - Larry Ulmer, Huntingdon Valley PA; Phillip Yorston, Albuquerque NM; Leonid Fastovsky, Chevy Chase MD 45.00
NABC 10K KNOCKOUT – FINAL ROUND 18 Tables1. Viktor Anikovich - David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Chicago IL vs2. (6) Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Michael Ranis, Miami FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL; Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL
29.00 3/4 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 29.00 3/4 Richard Gabriel, Naples FL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Larry Bass, Tamarac FL; Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL 13.05 5/6 Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI; Ned Irving, Hot Springs Village AR; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON; David Colbert, Etobicoke ON; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 13.05 5/6 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA; Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY A/X PAIRS 35.0 Tables / Based on 84 Tables A X 39.67 1 1 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce Poland 58.85% 29.75 2 2 Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA; William Chen, Lafayette Hill PA 57.97% 22.31 3 Michael Moss - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 56.45% 16.74 4 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Michael Cassel, Roseville MN 56.35% 13.22 5 3 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 56.05% 11.33 6 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 55.94% 9.92 7 4 Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 55.69% 8.82 8 Bill Parks, Phoenix AZ; Kelley Hwang, New York NY 55.09% 7.93 9 5 Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 55.07% 7.21 10 6 Martin Nathan - William Rittenberg, Atlanta GA 55.00% 6.61 11 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY 54.68% 6.10 12 Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 54.52% 5.67 13 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 54.28% 5.29 14 7 Sharon Goldman, Secaucus NJ; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 53.87% 4.96 15 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New York NY 53.67% 4.67 16 8 Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 53.48% 4.41 17 9 Eric Sieg, Seattle WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 53.43% 4.18 18 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Richard Chan, Markham ON 53.21% 3.71 10 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 52.53%
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY B/C PAIRS 9.0 Tables B C 7.13 1 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Jerry Barrett, Austin TX 57.41% 5.35 2 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 54.86% 4.50 3 1 Ke Zhao, Edison NJ; Qun Yang, Greenvale NY 54.51% 3.01 4 Jane Champion, Naples NC; Veronica Peacock, Vancouver BC 54.17% 2.38 5 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Don Doolittle, Irving TX 53.01% 3.38 2 Gary Mallett - Sally Mallett, New Martinsville WV 52.89% 2.53 3 Risa Grossman, Roslyn NY; Debra Katz, Woodmere NY 52.55% 2.53 4 Janine Buss - Erika Silver, Port Washington NY 51.74%
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 12.0 Tables 7 3 5.78 1 1 Fran Madsen - Nels Madsen, Auburn AL 58.93% 4.34 2 2 Michael Schuller - Jared Schuller, Hillsborough NJ 58.48% 3.25 3 3 A. John Weymouth – S. Weymouth, Toronto ON 57.44% 2.44 4 Joseph Stockel - Jeanette Stockel, Derwood MD 56.10% 1.93 5 Danielle Cusson, New York NY; Jack Adams, Houston TX 55.80% 1.77 6 John Schachte, Cary NC; David Smith, Apex NC 55.36% 1.71 4 John Graf, Alexandria VA; Paul Mohler, Arlington VA 52.38% 1.35 5 Rose Savage - Shane Savage, Moncton NB 51.49%
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 6.0 Tables A B C 2.40 1 Patricia Latshaw - Jill Greiner, Lancaster PA 67.08% 2.27 2 1 Ginny Mason - Bobby Willig, Princeton NJ 62.92% 1.73 3 2 1 Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France; Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ 56.67% 1.30 4/5 3/4 2 Jan Nettler, Florence MA; David Rosnick, Amherst MA 54.58% 1.12 4/5 3/4 Stanley Goodman, Winter Springs FL; James Sneed, Glendale AZ 54.58%
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Pamela Granovetter and Sylvia Shi won the 2017 Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs.
Play begins today in Smith LM Women’s Pairs
Play gets underway today in the four-session Life Master Women’s Pairs with the Helen Sobel Smith Trophy honoring the winners.
The Smith Trophy recognizes Helen Sobel Smith, the first woman elected to the Bridge Hall of Fame. Smith was an outstanding player and is universally considered the best woman player of all time. She won 35 North American titles – the Vanderbilt twice, the Spingold five times and the Reisinger four times – and the McKenney Trophy (now the Barry Crane Top 500) three times: in 1941, 1942 and 1944.Past winners and runners-up:1961 1. Dorothy Hayden, Helen Portugal;
2. Gratian Goldstein, Jane Mueller1962 1. Barbara Kachmar, Margaret Wagar;
2. Anne Burnstein, Edith Kemp1963 1. Anne Burnstein, Hermine Baron;
2. Carrie Arnold, Neva L. Gray1964 1. Margaret Alcorn, Betty Kaplan;
2. Agnes Gordon, Sylvia Stein1965 1. Ann Sheaber, Jan Stone;
2. Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon1966 1. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden;
2. Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon1967 1. Nancy Gruver, Edith Sachs;
2. Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon1968 1. Dorothy Talmage, Rhoda Walsh;
2. Katherine Blanchard, Mary Jane Farell1969 1. Gratian Goldstein, Sylvia Stein;
2. Karen Allison, Gladys W. Collier
1970 1. Bette L. Cohn, Marietta Passell; 2. Louise Krauss, Betty Mangan
1971 1. Ruth Bloomfield, Delle Levinson; 2. Betty Ann Kennedy, Carol Sanders
1972 1. Amalya Kearse, Rhoda Walsh; 2. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden Truscott
1973 1. Frieda Arst, June Deutsch; 2. Edith Kemp, Barbara Rappaport
1974 1. Bernice Larson, Joan Stein; 2. Edith Kemp, Barbara Rappaport
1975 1. Dorothy Moore, Marion Weed; 2. Nancy Gruver, Helen Utegaard
1976 1. Barbara Furbeck, Barbara Herr; 2. Carol Crawford, Joan Remey
1977 1. Edith Kemp, Barbara Rappaport; 2. Bernadine Jenkins, Joan Remey
1978 1. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden Truscott; 2. Ann Economidy, Anne Leverone
2016 1. Victoria Gromova, Tatiana Ponomareva; 2. Ellen Kozlove, Anne Brenner
2017 1. Sylvia Shi, Pamela Granovetter; 2. Georgiana Gates, Pat Levy
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New Life MastersPlayers who become Life Masters in
Philadelphia should come by the Daily Bulletin office (Meeting Room 407 in the Marriott) after noon to have their photos taken. Other rank changes (Bronze, Silver, etc.) are welcome, too.
Third time’s the charm? Marian Sussna of New York City became a Bronze LM playing in the Gold Rush Pairs on Monday, but the editors spelled her last name wrong, so we corrected it in the next issue and published her photo again. We soon discovered, however, that we had spelled her first name wrong in the correction. This, therefore, is the correction to the correction, and the editors are grateful the Ms. Sussna is a patient and forgiving lady.
Myrna Shervin of Philadelphia is a new Life Master and Bronze Life Master. Shervin needed 7.24 gold points to earn her gold card, and she picked up 8.28 playing in Tuesday’s Compact KO Teams. Her partner was Rich Murray, and her teammates were Fred Holdsworth and Tom Woolham, all of whom are from the Philadelphia area.
Robert Suter of Bel Air MD made Life Master on Wednesday playing in the Arnie Fisher Tuesday-Wednesday KO bracket four. He was playing with his father, Thomas Suter, and Mel Volmert and John Stefan. Suter needed about 8 points of any color and got them by getting to the final.
Ornit Grossman of Ithaca NY made Life Master on Wednesday playing in the Hugh Ross Daylight Open Swiss Teams. She was playing with Steve Pope, Edythe Krauss and Ellen Ryan. She needed 21 points when she arrived in Philadelphia but was down to less than 2 when she entered the Swiss, where her team placed 11th in B and fifth in C.
ARNIE FISHER TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 1 13 Tables 46.36 1 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 32.45 2 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA 18.54 3/4 Caru Vidigal - Maria Lucia Menezes - Isa Koogan Breitman - Juliana De Oliveira, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 18.54 3/4 Hilda Setton, New York NY; Pierre Franceschetti, Montpellier France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France; Nicholas Lhuissier, Rueil Malmaison France; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Quentin Robert, Paris France
ARNIE FISHER TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 2 12 Tables 25.56 1 James Breihan - Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX; Joe Yassi, Etobicoke ON; Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX 17.89 2 Maureen Beyrouti, St.-Laurent QC; Francoise St Pierre, Beaconsfield QC; Michel Bertrand - Gary Hastings, Dorval QC 10.22 3/4 Pierre Gaudreau - Nicole Tremblay, Sainte-Sophie QC; Robert Tremblay - Gerard Turcotte, Quebec QC 10.22 3/4 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Steven Fine, Durham NC; Harold George, Wichita KS; David Binney, Seattle WA
ARNIE FISHER TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 3 11 Tables 17.54 1 David Dresher, North Wales PA; John Moser, Norristown PA; Bucky Sydnor, Royersford PA; Stephen Becker, Hatfield PA 12.28 2 David Waterman, South Harpswell ME; Stephen Kolkhorst, Portland ME; Mary Miller, Canandaigua NY; Lynn Ackerman, Pittsford NY 7.02 3/4 Marv Norden, Peachland BC; Janet Matthews, The Villages FL; Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; William Belanich, Glen Allen VA 7.02 3/4 Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pierrette Matteau, Mont-Royal QC; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Bill Carstens, Anthem AZ
ARNIE FISHER TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 4 12 Tables 11.94 1 Michael Wavada, Enfield CT; Kenneth Leopold, Avon CT; Trevor Reeves, Farmington CT; Joseph Sackett, Winchendon MA 8.36 2 Mel Volmert, Springfield MO; John Steffan, Marco Island FL; Thomas Suter, Street MD; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD 4.78 3/4 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Marvin Waxman, Scottsdale AZ; Paul Weintraub - Marilyn Weintraub, Delray Beach FL 4.78 3/4 Patricia Vandrey, Havre De Grace MD; Katherine Cook, Jarrettsville MD; Cynthia Veidt, Bel Air MD; Flora Bradley, Aberdeen MD
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO 1 16 Tables 24.00 1 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Tor Eivind Grude - Lars Arthur Johansen, Trondheim Norway 16.80 2 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India 10.80 3 David Lindop - Doug Baxter, Toronto ON; Joseph Byrnes, Long Beach NY; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 8.40 4 Paul Lewis, White Plains NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY; Abby Heitner - Lou Reich, Wheaton MD
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO 2 9 Tables 11.29 1 Myra Kolton, Boca Raton FL; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 7.90 2 John Early - Barry Daubenspeck, Lansdale PA; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ; Susan Fulton, Maplewood NJ 5.08 3 John Chan - Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Alfred Lee, San Mateo CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 3.95 4 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD; Andy Antipin, Philadelphia PA; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO 3 11 Tables 9.75 1 Alexander Frieden, Brookline MA; Thomas Scruggs, Berkeley CA; Kyle Rockoff, Buffalo Grove IL; Philip McPeek, Chicago IL 6.83 2 Ginny O’Toole, Yarmouth Port MA; Sol Hartman, Brewster MA; Barbara McLagan, Sudbury MA; Chuck Greenslit, Framingham MA 4.39 3 Thomas Gerchman, Avon CT; Daniel Finn, Clarksville MD; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 3.41 4 Calvin Konner - Barbara Teng, Bethesda MD; Richard Vatter, Cadillac MI; Alan Godes, Needham MA
HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO 4 11 Tables 6.19 1 Reinoldo Tiroteo - Miguel Teixeira - Paolo Sarrento, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Joao Barbosa, Portugal 4.33 2 Kate Hopkins - Jane Kirby - Susan Bates - Ruthie Shor, Dallas TX 2.79 3 Edward Benda - Paul Stanko - Monique Thomas, Los Angeles CA; Brian Reynolds, Canoga Park CA 2.17 4 David Hurst, Westminster MD; Loretta Westler, Coconut Creek FL; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Patricia Stadelmaier, Pine City NY
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Daily BulletinPage 14
Double squeezeBy Marcelo Caracci
I was playing in the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs with my wife Loreto when I picked up the following hand on Board 3 as South (I was actually East, but I have changed the position for convenience):♠K J 9 8 4 3 ♥A K 10 ♦A Q ♣A K.
West was dealer (North-South were vulnerable), and after two passes, East opened 3♣. I decided to double. West passed, my pard bid 4♥, and over East’s pass, I bid 6NT to protect my tenace in diamonds. The lead was the ♣J and this is what I saw: ♠ Q ♥ Q 9 8 5 4 2 ♦ 9 8 4 ♣ 10 8 4
♠ K J 9 8 4 3 ♥ A K 10 ♦ A Q ♣ A K
I took the trick with my ♣A, and it looked that, with a favorable position of the ♠10, I would have my 12 tricks.
I played a spade to the queen, and I was happy to see West play the 10. The ♠Q won the trick, but when I came back to my hand with a heart, I got some bad news when East discarded a club: Hearts were 4-0, and the suit was blocked!
When I played a top spade, West won the trick with the ace and played another club, which I won with my king, discarding a diamond in dummy.
The situation was now this: ♠ — ♥ Q 9 8 5 4 ♦ 9 8 ♣ 10 ♠ — ♠ 7 6 ♥ J 7 6 ♥ — ♦ x x x x x ♦ x x x ♣ — ♣ Q 7 6 ♠ J 9 8 4 ♥ K 10 ♦ A Q ♣ — The balance was four tricks for me and one for
the defense, and I had seven more sure tricks: four spades, two hearts and the ♦A. But where was the 12th trick? Should I finesse in diamonds? Try to squeeze West in the red suits?
The solution was a delayed squeeze against West and East, first squeezing West in the red suits and later East the minors.
I cashed my four spade tricks, and West had to discard four diamonds. The dummy also came under pressure, so after pitching a diamond and two hearts, I also discarded the heart menace, and the position had to be this:
♠ — ♥ Q 9 ♦ 9 ♣ 10 ♠ — ♠ — ♥ J 7 6 ♥ — ♦ x ♦ x x x ♣ — ♣ Q ♠ — ♥ K 10 ♦ A Q ♣ —
Now was the moment for squeeze against East, because when I played my two heart tricks ending in dummy, he had to discard two diamonds. With each defender reduced to a singleton diamond, I could then show my hand to claim for a cold top.
Age requirement for Senior events
You must have been born before January 1, 1959, to qualify to play in ACBL Senior events.
The 2017 Silodor Open Pairs winners were Mikael Rimstedt and Zach Grossack.
Competitors vie for Silodor Open Pairs Trophy
The Silodor Open Pairs is a four-session event consisting of two qualifying and two final sessions. The winners are honored by the Silodor Trophy, presented in memory of Sidney Silodor, winner of the Bermuda Bowl, the McKenney Trophy and more than 30 North American championships.
Silodor, a member of the team that won the first Bermuda Bowl World Championship in 1950, won the Vanderbilt eight times, the Reisinger six times, the Spingold, the Open Pairs and the Master Mixed Teams three times each and the Mixed Pairs five times.
Silodor was an original member of the Bridge Hall of Fame, elected in the ’60s when the institution was the province of its creator, The Bridge World magazine.
Known simply as the Open Pairs until 1992, this event was renamed the Open Pairs I and was referred to as such until 2003. The trophy was presented in 1963 in memory of Silodor and made retroactive to include winners of the event, which began in 1958.
Barry Crane holds the record in the event with seven victories.Previous winners:1958 Leonard Harmon, Ivar Stakgold1959 Lew Mathe, Edward Taylor1960 Robert Jordan, Alvin Roth1961 Mark Hodges, Hampton Hume1962 Robert Jordan, Arthur Robinson1963 Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor1964 Barry Crane, Oswald Jacoby1965 John Biddle, James Wisemiller1966 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay
1967 Harvey Cohen, Maury Genud1968 Ronald Balu, Richard Spero1969 Robert Freedman, James Mathis1970 Barry Crane, John Fisher1971 1-2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1-2. Joan Remey, Vincent Remey1972 1-2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1-2. Matt Granovetter, Merle Tom1973 Michael Hoffman, Jack Rhatigan1974 Barry Crane, John Fisher1975 Garey Hayden, Daniel Hyland1976 Terry Hause, Ernest Ivey1977 Barry Crane, Peter Rank1978 Robert Levin, Mike Passell1979 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell1980 Paul Lewis, Michael Schreiber1981 Dan Gerstman, Marc Nathan1982 Gerald Caravelli, Craig Janitschke1983 Barry Crane, Mike Passell1984 Lou Bluhm, Bart Bramley1985 Jim Robison, Joey Silver1986 Lew Stansby, Ralph Katz1987 Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey1988 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker1989 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield1990 Don Campbell, Barry Harper1991 Larry Mori, Henry Bethe (became Open Pairs)1992 Bernie Miller, Mike Lucas1993 Russ Ekeblad, Peter Weichsel1994 Lloyd Arvedon, Allan Falk1995 John Strauch, Evan Bailey1996 Ralph Katz, Howard Weinstein1997 Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson1998 Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester1999 Mike Passell, Michael Seamon2000 Mike Cappelletti, Larry Hicks2001 Jim Tritt, Richard Meffley2002 Joergen Molberg, Boerre Lund2003 Ralph Katz, Michael Rosenberg2004 Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz2005 Bob Morris, Eddie Wold2006 David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen2007 Giorgio Duboin, Roy Welland2008 Robert Lebi, Dan Jacob2009 David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen2010 Nicholas L’Ecuyer, Stephen Landen2011 Joel Wooldridge, Gavin Wolpert2012 Hans Christian Graverson, Dennis Bilde2013 David Bakhshi, Billy Cohen2014 John Diamond, Geoff Hampson2015 Steve Weinstein, Robert Levin2016 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell2017 Mikael Rimstedt, Zach Grossack
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Thursday, March 15, 2018 Page 15Daily Bulletin
Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsFriday, March 16, 9 a.m.
Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive membersFriday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20
Friday, March 16, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15
Friday, March 16, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom D, 5th floor $16 $20Dorothy Coopey Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Liberty Ballroom, 3rd floor Headhouse Tower $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Take 3rd floor bridge over 12th St. Liberty is above Hard Rock Café.Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Bracketed Flight B Teams 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 No player over 3000 MPs. Brackets of eight teams by average MPs. Three teams in each bracket earn gold.
Friday, March 16, Noon & 7 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 QF Grand Ballroom I, 5th floor $25 —
Friday, March 16, 1 p.m.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20
Friday, March 16, 1 & 7:30 p.m.SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 —SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $25 —Unit 168 Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor $16 $20Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.Friday Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Unit 112 Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20
Friday, March 16, 3 p.m.Unit 168 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Unit 168 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15
Friday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.Flight A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Flight B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session TBA $16 $20299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15
Friday, March 16, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $12/team/match
Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.
International FundIn NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.
CHARLIE GRAY WEDNESDAY MIXED PAIRS 21.0 Tables A B C 12.40 1 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 61.76% 9.30 2 Peggy Ware - Spencer Jones, Denver CO 60.84% 6.98 3 1 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Cecilla Borras, Waltham MA 57.63% 4.68 4/5 Joan Jackson - Norman Beck, Dallas TX 55.23% 4.68 4/5 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Tod Moses, St. Louis MO 55.23% 3.54 6 V. Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 54.58% 3.10 7 Lee Ohliger - Joyce Menezes, Ridgewood NJ 54.14% 2.76 8 Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 53.32% 4.73 9 2 1 Thomas Foerster, Newtown Square PA; April Uhlenburg, King of Prussia PA 53.21% 2.25 10 Jeff Hand - Cynthia Colin, New York NY 52.72% 2.07 11 Sigrid Price, Napa CA; Richard Gross, Owens Cross Roads AL 52.67% 3.54 3 Andrea Nazda; Serangeli Franca, Rome 51.58% 2.66 4 Terry Lubman, Riverside CT; Jay Force, Stamford CT 50.98% 2.10 5 Ofra Blonder, New York NY; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 50.76% 2.18 6 2 Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA; Bradley Rind, Mercer Island WA 50.54%
WEDNESDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 21.0 Tables A B C 6.72 1 1 Dorin Toma, Mississauga ON; Gabriel Tatar, North York ON 64.60% 5.04 2 Liam Milne, Sidney Australia; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand 63.73% 3.78 3 Brian Trent, Fullerton CA; Robert Kent, Chicago IL 62.31% 4.07 4 2 Timothy Baird, White Plains NY; H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY 61.11% 3.05 5 3 Susan Kestenbaum, Jenkintown PA; Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA 61.00% 1.81 6 Sandra Weil, Boca Raton FL; Rhoda Paul, Englewood NJ 59.15% 2.29 7 4 Thomas Dressing, Buffalo Grove IL; Kenneth Wolf, Libertyville IL 57.19% 1.71 5 Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY; Jonathan Jankus, Wilton CT 56.64% 1.37 6 Donna Compton - Kay Moran, Dallas TX 55.01% 2.28 1 Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Emma Miller, Reno NV 51.63% 1.71 2 Mi Kyeong Ham, Williamsburg VA; David Wolfgang, Bowling Green KY 46.84%
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MonitoringACBL will be monitoring events at this and
future North American Bridge Championships with both visible and concealed real-time cameras in public spaces. The images will be recorded and available for later inspection and review by ACBL management and tournament officials, among others, including members of the Anti-Cheating Commission. These recordings will also be uploaded to the internet following the NABC.
By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues or disputes arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not be tolerated.”
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Daily BulletinPage 16
Dave Treadwell DaySponsored by Unit 190 –
Delaware State Bridge AssociationACBL Hall of Famer Dave
Treadwell, a Grand Life Master from Wilmington DE, died in 2010. The ACBL Honorary Member of the Year in 1985, Treadwell was notorious for his seemingly endless store of puns and bad jokes that he managed to relate in perfectly deadpan fashion. He had two North American championships, the 1982 Keohane North American Swiss Teams and the 1985 Freeman Mixed BAM. See story, page 1.
Unit 112 Thursday-Friday Knockout TeamsSponsored by Unit 112 of District 4
Welcome to Unit 112’s two-day regional KO! Unit 112 Central New York is District 4’s northernmost unit – stretching from the Canadian
to Pennsylvania borders. Unit 112 is the largest geographical unit and has the second-largest ACBL membership within District 4.
Players in the unit are hearty souls as they travel in the harshest winter weather – Syracuse, the center of the unit, is proclaimed to be the snowiest city in the U.S.
Unit 112 is home to many fine colleges and universities and travel and tourism is a highlight of
the area. Visitors from all over the country come to enjoy summers in the Finger Lakes region, where many fine vineyards line the lakes and offer incredible refreshments from the fruit of the vine.
Enjoy the competition in this event and also remember that District 4 and Unit 112 are committed to Zero Tolerance to enhance every player’s bridge experience.
Today’s Bridge EventsDave Treadwell Day
Thursday, March 15, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive membersThursday-Saturday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Wednesday-Thursday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game 1st single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20
Thursday, March 15, 10 a.m.Diamond State 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Diamond State 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15
Thursday, March 15, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Delaware Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Life is a Beach Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20D’Avetre Adwell Daylight Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20
Thursday, March 15, Noon & 7 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round of 16 Grand Ballroom I, 5th floor $25 —0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor $17 —
Thursday, March 15, 1 p.m.Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 3rd single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20
Thursday, March 15, 1 & 7:30 p.m.SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsSMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsDave Treadwell Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20Hall of Fame Open Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20Unit 112 Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20
Thursday, March 15, 3 p.m.Partner Leads Side Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Dave’s Bad Jokes 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Dave’s Bad Jokes 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15
Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday-Thursday Evening Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 2nd Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20Evelyn Levitt Evening Swiss Teams single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 4th single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15Peacock Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19
Thursday, March 15, 11:30 p.m.Creights Zip KO Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $12/team/match
Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.
International FundIn NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.
