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Daily BulletinWednesday, November 30, 2016 Volume 89, Number 6

89th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Brent Manley

ATTENDANCEthrough Tuesday5323.5 tables

Goodwill MessageGood players earn points. Great

players earn respect and points.Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

They won the Baze Senior Knockout Teams: Nick Nickell, Bob Hamman, Bart Bramley, coach Eric Kokish, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth and Ralph Katz.continued on page 7

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The team led by Nick Nickell, erased a small halftime deficit with a 43-17 third quarter and went on to a 154-125 win over the Paul Lewis squad in the Baze Senior Knockout Teams.

Nickell played with Ralph Katz. Their teammates were Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman and Bart Bramley. Paul Lewis played with his wife, Linda, Jim Krekorian, Drew Casen, Mitch Dunitz and Iftikhar Baqai.

The victory was the first for Nickell in a NABC Seniors

Four TDs, two centuries of experienceIf ever there was

a person born to be tournament director, it’s Dianne Barton-Paine. Reared by the owners of the first bridge club in San Francisco, she was turning cards in her mother’s lap at the club as a child and had learned to matchpoint by age 8.

The same year she became the ACBL’s Youngest Life Master (two weeks after her 17th birthday), she worked as a TD at a sectional tournament in San Francisco. Today, at age 73, she has 55 years of tournament work under her belt and the respect and friendship of her peers. Says longtime friend and fellow TD Charles MacCracken, “Dianne is always a really hard worker, and she is committed to getting things right even if it means missing dinner

Roger Putnam, Dianne Barton-Paine, Larry Brobst and Charles MacCracken

time.”Barton-Paine, who still lives in San Francisco, is

one of four TDs working at this tournament whose work experience adds up to 207 years. The others are MacCracken, Memphis TN; Roger Putnam,

Pre-registration required for Reisinger

Teams that wish to enter the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams must pre-register no later than 9 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1.

Location: North Hemisphere Ballroom, fifth level.

Nickell beats Lewis for Senior KO title Piken-Cohen win 10K IMP Pairs

Ed Piken of Palos Verdes CA and Steve Cohen of Las Vegas won the four-session 0-10,000 IMP Pairs by 11.67 IMPs over runners-up Tony Barre of Marco Island FL and Dan Dalpe of Fort Myers FL.

This is the second limited NABC title for Piken

Becker-Strul set pace in Blue Ribbon Pairs

Mike Becker and Aubrey Strul of Boca Raton FL topped the field in Tuesday’s opening round of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs. Becker and Strul posted a 68.06% game in the first qualifying session and

Floridians leading Mini-Blue Ribbon

Luisana Madueno of Aventura FL and Juan Castillo of Fort Lauderdale take a slim lead into the today’s semifinal sessions of the 0-5000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs. Their carryover from the opening-day

Nitabach-Rimstedt lead Women’s Pairs

Lynda Nitabach of North Plainfield NJ and Sandra Rimstedt of New York City scored 62.82% and 64.25% in the qualifying sessions of the Whitehead Women’s Pairs to grab the pole position going into today’s two-session final.

In second are Mildred Breed of Cypress TX and Claudette Hartman of Austin TX.

Brothers Tim Lou and Eric Lou are designing a learn-to-play program for the ACBL Educational Foundation.

Early this year, the ACBL Educational Foundation announced a contest to create an easy-to-use program to teach beginners how to play bridge and offered a

Foundation’s call answered by teen programmers

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$20,000 prize as an incentive. The foundation board received several entries for the contest, and this week, the Ed Foundation announced a surprising winner: 16-year-old Eric Lou, working together with his brother, 19-year-old Tim Lou, of New Jersey.

“We were skeptical at first, but their presentation was amazing,” said Barbara Heller, president of the foundation. The relative youth of the contestants gave some of the foundation trustees pause, but Eric, the impresario of the brotherly duo, was unfazed with these concerns.

“I know what kids want,” said the high school junior, arguing that his (and his brother’s) youth was an advantage in this type of project because they knew what types of features young players – and new players of any age – like to see in tutorial software.

Eric stressed that the software needs to strike the right balance between being fun and being educational, with the greater weight given to the

Winners of the 0-10,000 IMP Pairs: Ed Piken and Steve Cohen.

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Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Talks will be held in Southern Hemisphere 1. Speakers and topics are subject to change.

Wednesday, Nov. 309:15 a.m. Phillip Alder Improve Your Bidding Judgment6:45 p.m. GS Jade Barrett The Power of Fits

Thursday, Dec. 19:15 a.m. Robert Todd Hand Evaluations6:45 p.m. Emily Harrell Mental Skills Training

Friday, Dec. 29:15 a.m. Lynn Berg Opening Leads6:45 p.m. Marty Bergen Correctly Counting Dummy Points

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Meetings are at the Walt Disney World Dolphin.Wednesday, November 30

9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing education course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. (Europe 1)

Sunday, December 4TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITYThe Orlando NABC Host Committee is delighted to serve orange juice daily

beginning at 8:45 a.m. near the cash concessions on the first and fifth levels. Wednesday, Nov. 30

10:30 p.m. Turkey wrap. Convention foyer, lobby level.Thursday, Dec. 1

10:30 p.m. Cookies and ice cream. Convention foyer, lobby level.

VendorsLooking for books, jewelry, clothing, software or

dealing machines? The vendors for the Fall NABC are located on the first level, between the Atlantic and Pacific Ballrooms.

Parking validationParking validation tickets are available at the

Information Desk (see hours below) on the lobby level.

Save time exiting the parking lot! You may pay for parking before leaving the hotel at the Valet station just outside the lobby.

Information Desk The daily hours of operation for the Information

Desk are as follows:8:20-9:55 amNoon-12:55 pm4:15-5:00 pm6:30-7:25 pm

Buy your NABC entry online

Don’t wait in line! Buy your entries in advance for all national-level events in Orlando at BridgeWinners.com.

Entries must be purchased by 10 a.m. the day of the event EXCEPT for events that require pre-registration, in which case the ACBL deadline, or the earlier of the two, applies.

A nice feature: You can buy entries in advance and be charged for the total number of sessions played after the event is over.

Note: Players may not redeem ACBL coupons, free plays or Bridge Bucks to purchase entries online.

Stay in touchIs your email address on file? Is it up to date?

Let ACBL know. Call toll-free, 800–264–2743 (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time), or email [email protected].

Vugraph operators neededVugraph operators are needed for the final of the

Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams on Sunday, Dec. 4. Interested parties should contact Jan Martel at [email protected]. Ten operators are needed. The first session begins at 11 a.m. and the second session begins at 5 p.m Vugraph operators are paid $50 per session.

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2017 Tour Offerings

Each tour includes: 7 nights accommodation at 4 star hotels; professionally guided tours; daily hand discussions and a lesson; nightly matches with local players; special dinners and awards.

Please visit my booth for further tour details in the vendor’s area, downstairs in Atlantic Hall A • FREE GOODIES WHILE THEY LAST!!!!

January 28-February 5: Israel • May 20-28: DenmarkEach tour costs $1,750

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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSDo’s and Don’ts to help

your game – Part 6By Brent Manley

DOGet in there and

compete, especially at favorable vulnerability. The late, great Edgar Kaplan once lamented that in the early days of tournament bridge, players were not so eager to get into the bidding once an opponent had opened, especially if the opening was 1NT.

The days of such timid bidding are long gone, however, as more and more players – even those with limited experience – are mixing it up with courage if not confidence.

A lot of the boldness has developed as players study the Law of Total Tricks promoted by Marty Bergen and Larry Cohen, the latter in a couple of books.

Not everyone embraces the Law, and some players do not use it correctly, but it’s a factor in the bid ’em up style you see in players today.

It’s an oversimplification, but the Law essentially says that, when both sides have roughly equal assets (high-card points), it is safe to bid up to a level equal to the number of trumps held by the partnership. “Safe” includes the idea that if you bid to 3♥ with nine trumps and go down, the other side can probably make a contract that would produce a better score for them than beating you by a trick or two, especially if you’re not vulnerable (assuming they don’t double).

There is, of course, some danger in overcalling. The next player might have a big stack in your suit and you might end up being doubled and surrendering a big number.

There are, however, dangers in not bidding.For one, if you give the opponents a free ride

in the auction, they will arrive at their best contract more often than not. If you can take up their bidding space and put pressure on them by elevating the level of the bidding, you will often have an advantage.

Another consideration is that you could miss game – even slam occasionally – if you fail to compete.

There are lots of books about competitive bidding that are filled with good advice and useful conventions for making life more difficult for the opponents. I recommend that you and your partner get your hands on one or two of them and study them together.

DON’TMake off-shape takeout doubles. This is one

method of competing that I see among newer players more often than I should.

Not long ago at the bridge club in Memphis, I opened 1♠ and heard a takeout double on my left. Our side won the auction and as play developed, I noted that the doubler had a singleton diamond in a hand that had no extra high-card strength.

When I commented about doubling with a singleton in an unbid suit, the doubler said, “But I had 14 points!”

I asked him what he would have done if his partner had bid diamonds?

“I would have bid 2NT,” he said.Had I been inclined to continue the discussion, I

would have noted that doubling and bidding notrump shows a hand too strong for a 1NT overcall, i.e., a balanced hand with 19-20 high-card points. How else would you describe such a hand? If you overcall 1NT with 19 HCP, partner is not going to make a move with 6 or 7 HCP and you will almost surely miss game.

Sometimes you just don’t have a good bid for that 14-point hand. Often, however, you will have a chance to get into the auction anyway. Say your right-hand opponent opens 1♦ and you hold♠A J 7 3 ♥6 4 ♦K Q 7 ♣K J 9 7

You can’t double with a doubleton in an unbid suit, your spade suit is flimsy and bidding 2♣ would be silly, so you have to pass. But suppose LHO bids 1♥ and RHO raises to 2♥. Now you can double to show a decent hand with support for the unbid suits – spades and clubs. Much better, right?

Take all your chances, No. 6

By Eddie Kantar

Dlr: South ♠ A K 2 Vul: None ♥ J 9 2 ♦ A K J 10 4 ♣ A 5

♠ Q J 5 ♥ K 10 3 ♦ Q 2 ♣ K J 6 4 2

You open your aceless wonder with 1♣ and partner responds a quiet 1♦. You bid an even quieter 1NT. Partner, who can never take a joke, raises to 6NT, the final contract. The opening lead is the ♠10. When dummy comes down, you see partner has his bid. Plan the play.

Solution You have 10 top tricks and have to decide

whether to try for your two extra tricks in clubs or hearts. Look at it this way. If you run the ♥J, hoping East has the queen, you will make your slam 50% of the time. Perhaps more. Say West has

the ♥Q and doesn’t have the ♥A. He might not return a heart and now you have a chance if the club finesse works. So running the ♥J actually gives you a bit more than a 50% chance.

Now let’s consider clubs. If you take the club finesse and it works, you still need the clubs to break 3-3. This comes to 18%. But you aren’t exactly dead if they break 4-2. You can’t give up a club, but you can cross to dummy and run the ♥J. You can’t make the contract if East has the ♥A, (he will simply take it and the fourth club as well) you must play West for the ♥A. It’s about a 30% chance that all this will happen.

The bottom line is that it is far better to attack hearts rather than clubs because you need only one piece of good news, the ♥Q with East, to make 6NT. Working with clubs and finding the ♣Q with East is still not enough to guarantee the contract. More good news is needed. The full deal:

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

Winners! Anne Hodges and Margaret Irvin of Concord NC won the 49er Pairs Tuesday morning. The duo traveled from the Charlotte area to play in their first NABC.


Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

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

Heroic effort?By Barry Rigal

Everyone had their chance to be a hero as West on this deal from the first qualifying session of the Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams. How many took it?

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

You play in 4♥, ducking at trick one when North leads the ♣K. You win the next club, then cash the ♥A to get the bad news. The ♥8 is covered by the 9 and your 10. You cash the ♦A and play the ♠Q, ducked all around to deny you a dummy entry. Careful! Play the ♠10 next (if you play the ♠5, North can play the jack and block the suit). South ducks again but must win the third spade start leading diamonds to let you reduce your trumps. Then you exit with a club. South can pitch a diamond on that trick, but in the three-card ending you will have ♥K Q 7 over South’s ♥J 5 3.

MITCHELL OPEN B-A-M TEAMSThese results were omitted from the Tuesday issue. We regret the oversight.

140.00 1 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 37.00105.00 2 Daniel Korbel, Rockville MD; David Bakhshi, London England; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Boye Brogeland, 4400 Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; David Gold, Reading RG71Q Great Britain 36.86 78.75 3 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL 36.56 62.22 4 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 33.93 56.00 5 Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 33.90 50.91 6 Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 33.69 46.67 7 Aaron Jones, Oceanside CA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 33.40 43.08 8 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 32.80 40.00 9 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Johan Sylvan - Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden 32.47 37.33 10 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Thomas Bessis - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 32.31 35.00 11 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland - Joe Grue - Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 31.93 32.94 12 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Xin Li - Xian Liang Ou, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 31.90 31.11 13 Lynn Baker - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 31.64 29.47 14 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland 31.58 28.00 15 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy 31.35 26.67 16 Bob Drijver, Rotterdam ; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Tim Verbeek, ; Bart Nab, Tilburg ; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag ; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL 31.19 25.45 17 Pierre Zimmermann - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Dominik Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland; Tatiana Dikhnova, Moscow Russia 31.10 24.35 18 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; Harold Lilie - Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland 30.98 23.33 19 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Howard Liu, Burlingame CA 30.17 22.40 20 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse ; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 29.19 21.54 21 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 29.15 20.74 22 Billy Miller - Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 28.71 20.00 23 Richard Ferrin, Washington DC; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ann Lindley - Alfred Duncker, Gaithersburg MD 28.69 19.31 24 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Edward Nagy, Danville CA 28.40 18.67 25 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; David Yang, Darien IL; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 27.75 18.06 26 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den ; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 27.71 17.50 27 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Chattanooga TN; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL 27.43 16.97 28 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Thomas Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 27.38 16.47 29 Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria; Gabrielle Sherman - Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; David Treitel, Miami FL 27.21 16.00 30 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 26.63 15.56 31 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 26.60 15.14 32 Bernard Dauvergne - Sophie Dauvergne, Ramonville France; Corinne Faivre - Ja Ra Mie Tignel, Castanettolosan France 26.00 14.74 33 Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 25.71 14.36 34 Choon Chou Loo - Hua Poon, Singapore Singapore; Antonio Palma, 7000 Evora Portugal; Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy 25.62 13.83 35/36 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia 25.48 13.83 35/36 Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland; Jacek Grzelczak - Mariusz Krasnicki, Lodz Poland; Lukasz Witkowski, Poland 25.48 13.33 37 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk Poland 24.45 12.88 38/39 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle - Walter Schuster, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy 24.00 12.88 38/39 Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Bauke Muller, Hoorn ; Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Simon De Wijs, Doorn ; 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Redmond WA, and Larry Brobst, Fort Dodge IA.At one point in her life, it appeared Barton-Paine

was headed on a different career path. She studied communications at San Francisco State University, and was staff photographer for the San Francisco Warriors of the NBA for six years. She later worked at a local television station.

Eventually, the love of bridge she acquired growing up became too compelling.

Her parents, George and Mary Barton, started the Barton Bridge Studio in the 1930s and kept it going with lots of hard work. “My parents worked almost all the time,” Barton-Paine says.

She knew about bridge from being at the club but had never played until one night, just as she and her mother were about to leave the club to go to a movie, her father told them they were needed to fill out half a table. Barton-Paine and her mom had an average game – a triumph, all things considered.

In a game not long after that, 11-year-old Barton-Paine learned something about the rules of bridge. Holding a hand with 13 high-card points, she heard her right-hand opponent pass as dealer. “Double,” she said. “Director!” the opponents cried. Barton-Paine thought double was the way you showed an opening hand.

That slight misstep did nothing to impede her progress in bridge, and she played with many of the top players in the San Francisco area, including Mike Lawrence, then a student at the University of California at Berkeley, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender and Peter Rank. She was mentored by the late TD Sid Davidson.

One of her biggest thrills as a player came at the year-end regional in Reno, where she and Gary Zeiger, now a national TD, won the Mixed Pairs playing four-card majors and only two conventions: Stayman and Blackwood. “Dianne is a heck of a player,” Zeiger says, adding that limiting conventions gave them an edge. “We were concentrating on what we were doing rather than trying to remember our system.”

In 1961, Barton-Paine became a celebrity of sorts by becoming the Youngest Life Master. She was featured in the Saturday Evening Post and invited to appear on the game show To Tell the Truth.

Although she was playing a lot, Barton-Paine gravitated to directing. She considers herself a “ very good” floor director. In that job, she applies a lot of what she learned at her parents’ bridge club. “Mom and Dad were so good with people,” she says. “They did everything they could to make people comfortable and happy.”

Barton-Paine is sensitive to the wants and needs of players, and when she could see how much slow play frustrates many players, she tried a different approach, putting toy turtles on the tables of slow players as a warning. When that effort lost effectiveness, she took to sorting the cards that slow East-West players were going to pick up in the next round and informing them that their new opponents were waiting for them.

Known to fellow TDs as “Peanut” for her diminutive stature, Barton-Paine says she likes the problem-solving aspect of directing. She still runs one game a week at her club called Pips. Her game averages about 20 tables.

After all these years, she still remembers telling her parents she would never be a bridge director because “I saw how hard they worked.” At a recent regional tournament in California, veteran TD Tom Quinlan wrote this about Barton-Paine in the tournament’s Daily Bulletin: “Dianne is still doing what she has always believed a TD does: presenting an enjoyable bridge experience for all the players in a comfortable, welcoming environment with a fair, proper and equitable contest.”

Charles MacCrackenBarton-Paine and McCracken were up-and-

coming directors in the San Francisco area at about

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QUALIFIERS IN THE KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 74.0 Tables Carryover 1 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 182.50 2 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 172.97 3 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 172.65 4 Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria 171.44 5 Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY 170.53 6 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 169.92 7 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 167.54 8 Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; David Treitel, Miami FL 167.38 9 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 165.09 10 Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 164.92 11 Joe Grue, New York NY; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 164.28 12 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 162.30 13 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 162.22 14 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 159.11 15 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Larry Cohen, Delray Beach FL 158.61 16 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 158.47 17 Howard Liu, Burlingame CA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 158.41 18 Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 158.30 19 Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 157.77 20 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 157.71 21 Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 157.64 22 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 157.63 23 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; William Pollack, New York NY 157.12 24 Daniel Korbel, Rockville MD; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 156.99 25 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 156.91 26 Choon Chou Loo - Hua Poon, Singapore Singapore 156.90 27 Jerome Rombaut, Lys Lez Lannoy France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France 156.33 28 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 155.75 29 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 155.61 30 Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 155.53 31 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 155.29 32 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 155.07 33 Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 154.05 34 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 154.04 35 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 153.88 36 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 153.82 37 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 153.79 38 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 153.77 39 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Eric Robinson, New York NY 153.50 40/41 David Grainger, Roseville CA; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 152.90 40/41 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 152.90 42 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 152.50 43 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 152.48 44 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 152.10 45 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 151.95 46 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Arthur Loring, West Palm Beach FL 151.03 47 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Thorlakur Jonsson, Kopavogur Iceland 150.96 48 Paul Klarreich, Chagrin Falls OH; Serge Chevalier, Laval QC 150.84 49 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 150.82 50 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC 150.19 51 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 150.17 52 Aida Jansma, Spijkenisse; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse 150.04 53 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 149.96 54 Jon Hansen, Kristiansand Norway; Geir Helgemo, Monaco 149.94 55/56 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 149.47 55/56 Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Maciej Klis, 30-513 Krakow Poland 149.47 57 Thomas Carmichael - Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 149.44 58 Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 148.98 59 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 148.70 60 Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Brad Moss, Denver CO 148.66 61 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 148.63 62 David Standig, Oakland NJ; Kurt Gandenberger, Pendleton SC 148.03 63 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 147.92 64 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden 147.47 65 Kay Beck - Jerry Premo, Noblesville IN 147.42 66 David Gold, Reading RG71Q Great Britain; David Bakhshi, London England 147.22 67 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 147.16 68 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA 146.84 69 Ann Karin Fuglestad - Ole Fuglestad, Farsund Norway 146.73 70 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 146.68 71 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 146.67 72 Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland; Jacek Grzelczak, Lodz 146.54 73 David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 146.44 74 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 146.26 75 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 146.04 76 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 145.94 77 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 145.85 78 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 145.84 79 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 145.57 80 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 145.33 81 Chris Willenken - Alison Wilson, New York NY 145.30 82 Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 145.29 83 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 145.27 84 Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 145.04 85 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX 144.78 86 R Rubinstein, Astoria NY; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 144.66 87 Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN 144.64 88 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Oleg Rubinchik, Brooklyn NY 144.60 89 David Baker, Kitchener ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 144.30 90 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, 4400 Flekkefjor Norway 144.07 91 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 143.98


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

Decisions, decisionsBy Barry Rigal

At each NABC, the tournament begins with the Educational Foundation Knockout Teams. Eric Leong’s squad has won the three-session event at each of the 2016 venues and was going for three straight at this tournament. His team was Drew Cannell, Ulf Nilsson, Peter Gill and Tadashi Yoshida.

In the semifinal, there were two problems related to a 3NT contract. First the lead. You hold

♠ J 5 3 ♥ A J 10 6 5 ♦ 4 2 ♣ J 6 3

This is the auction:

West North East South 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥ Pass 3NT All Pass

Have you decided on your lead? Now the second sequence.

West North East South 1NT Pass 2♣ Dbl 2♥ Dbl 3NT All Pass

On the first, did you find the club lead? It wasn’t too hard on the second sequence, I assume.

At the table, Drew Cannell led a low heart on the first sequence – and that was the killer. Dummy had ♥Q 8, partner ♥K 3 and declarer ♥9 7 4 2.

On the second sequence, where East’s use of the red cad on ♣K 10 x x x might strike some as sporting, it was he who apologized. “If I’d doubled 3NT it would have cancelled my earlier double and you’d have led a heart . . . wouldn’t you?”

The second deal is a play problem in 3NT – again in the teeth of the opponents’ bidding.

Dlr: North ♠ J 4 Vul: N-S ♥ K 10 4 ♦ A K 10 5 2 ♣ Q J 6

♠ K Q 6 5 ♥ A 9 6 ♦ 9 7 4 3 ♣ 9 2 West North East South 1♦ 1♠ 1NT Dbl 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Yes, North’s bidding looks a trifle forward, but we’ve all been in worse games. West leads a club to the jack and ace and ducks East’s ♣10. Clubs are clearly 5-3. You win the second club and run the diamonds (they are 2-2). West pitches one heart and two spades, East three spades. What next?

At the table, Gill exited with a low club. West, whose original shape was 2=4=2=5, could cash his clubs but then had to lead a heart. The auction problems favors playing for split honors if West had shifted to the ♥Q or ♥J, but when West led a low heart, declarer was home without a guess.

92/96 Bob Hamman - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 143.96 92/96 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 143.96 92/96 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 143.96 92/96 Drew Casen, Metarie LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 143.96 92/96 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 143.96 97 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 143.92 98 Ranald Davidson, North York ON; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC 143.76 99 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 143.73 100 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 143.33 101 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 143.31 102 Ahu Zobu - Ugurcan Suzel, Tarabya Istanbu Turkey 143.28 103 Helge Stornes - Karl Baumann, Kristiansand Norway 143.06 104 Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL; Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 142.89 105 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 142.78 106 James Melville, Springfield IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI 142.73 107 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 142.34 108 Karen Hoffner, Smithville NJ; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 142.18 109 Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 142.01 110 Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 141.82 111 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 141.75 112 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 141.74 113 Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Sean Ganness, Miami FL 141.62 114 Harry Tudor, Miami FL; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 141.51 115 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 141.46 116 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 141.38 117 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 141.32 118 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, New York NY; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 141.18 119 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 140.90 120 Zachary Madden, Bethesda MD; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 140.41 121 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Barry Bragin, Prospect CT 140.32 122 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 140.16 123 David Rodney, Fairfax VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 140.15 124 Christal Henner - Uday Ivatury, New York NY 139.99 125 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 139.95 126 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA 139.80 127 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL 139.62 128 Alfred Duncker - Ann Lindley, Gaithersburg MD 139.36 129 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; Steven Price, Scottsdale AZ 139.13 130 Gokhan Yilmaz - Bulent Kaytaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey 138.88 131 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 138.87 132 Dan Morgenstern - Jack Mahoney, Brunswick ME 138.50 133 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA 138.26 134 Mark Cohen - Stasha Cohen, West Orange NJ 138.16 135 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 138.11 136 James La Force - Julia Bomalaski, Melbourne FL 137.78 137 William Grant, San Diego CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 137.67 138 Jenna Rivet, Glen Ellyn IL; George Klemic, Bensenville IL 137.51 139 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 137.45 140 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 137.38 141 Ivanie Yeo, Merrimack NH; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 137.31 142 Elliott Grubman - Ava Grubman, Brooklyn NY 137.19 143 Will Ehlers, Madison NJ; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 136.82 144 Thomas Weik, Reading PA; S Ruskin, Pittsburgh PA 136.63 145 Brian Schoenfeld - Howard Miller, Virginia Beach VA 136.43 146/147 Larry Robbins, Deerfield IL; Maurizio Di Sacco, Ghezzano Pi Italy 136.20 146/147 Marek Pietraszek - Jacek Znamirowski, Poland 136.20 148 Barry Goren, Las Vegas NV; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 135.96

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.


Age requirement for Senior events

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

SUE SMITH 299ER PAIRS 23.0 Tables A B C 4.33 1 1 Jan Amara - Paula Hagan, Venice FL 66.67% 3.25 2 2 Mary Hanni, Mandeville LA; Shirlann Finch, Madisonville LA 65.43% 2.44 3 3 Mrs Sue Malin - Bill Malin, Greensboro GA 63.99% 1.83 4 4 Lee Ned - Vicky Wade, The Villages FL 63.69% 2.45 5 5 1 Douglas Vene - Maury Fjestad, The Villages FL 61.01% 1.03 6 6 Steve Despot, Bradenton FL; Sherry Pies, Lakewood Ranch FL 60.42% 1.84 2 Stanley Allen - Larry Yatsko, Vero Beach FL 56.13% 1.38 3 Michael Johnson - Patricia Johnson, Winter Springs FL 55.65% 1.03 4 John Dietz - Cheryl Dietz, Ormond Beach FL 54.76% 0.78 5 Eileen Hunt, Manalapan FL; Deirdre Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 54.17% 0.69 6 Judy Wilhite - Jeanette Parker, Auburn AL 51.79%

MARTY BAFF DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 78.0 Tables / Based on 76 Tables A B C 33.57 1 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 60.91% 25.18 2 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 60.85% 18.88 3 Edward Maier - William Epperson, Sarasota FL 60.60% 22.31 4 1 Edward Dickman, Trinity FL; Jerry Kissel, Clearwater FL 59.62% 16.73 5 2 Aubrey Fein, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 59.49% 9.59 6 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 59.13% 8.39 7 Lew Walter, New York NY; Carole Maeder, Bonita Springs FL 58.91% 12.55 8 3 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; John Miller, Stillwater MN 58.68% 7.67 9 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Teresa Sackett, Rochester MN 58.14% 6.10 10 Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD; Marcia Goldstein, Annapolis MD 57.54% 5.66 11 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Rds AL; Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL 57.46% 5.16 12 Terry Shaw, Halifax NS; Ted Withers, Windsor NS 57.34% 8.43 13/14 4/5 Newton Brightwell - Marilyn Brightwell, Osprey FL 57.31% 8.43 13/14 4/5 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 57.31% 5.71 15 Robert Dennard, Orlando FL; Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL 57.21% 6.37 16 6 Janice Hazel - Betsy Contino, Savannah GA 57.12% 5.58 17 7 Sheila Goad - Dale Marx, The Villages FL 56.45% 4.96 18 8 Rawy Shediac, Englewood FL; Dale Rands, Palm Beach FL 56.43% 3.36 19 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Pamela Furtsch, Armonk NY 56.38% 6.85 20 9 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Judith Auer, Dublin OH 56.30% 3.22 21 Janise Saul, San Antonio TX; Suzanne St Thomas, Boise ID 56.21% 4.06 22 10 Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 56.05% 2.80 23 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 56.03% 4.01 24 11 Nancy Garvey - Laura Tolkow, New York NY 55.82% 2.72 25 Bill Kertes, York ON; Allan Smith, Tiny ON 55.75% 7.58 26 12 1 Kay Richardson - Brian Richardson, Ottawa ON 55.67% 3.16 27 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 55.62% 5.69 28 13 2 Wendy Sands, Monmouth Beach NJ; Michael Schaeffer, W. Palm Beach FL 55.24% 2.97 29 14 Linda Sutton, Conroe TX; Michael Novack, Humble TX 55.03% 2.79 30 15 Paul Fried, Monroe Township NJ; Gerry Vaughn, Fort Pierce FL 54.90% 2.40 31 Donald Caplin - Sondra Caplin, Waltham MA 54.81% 3.73 32 16 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Beach FL 54.69% 2.48 33 17 Darlene Scott - Michael Kammermayer, Oakville ON 54.59% 3.07 34 18 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm Desert CA 54.40% 3.28 35 19 Mary Bywater - Susan Airth, Orlando FL 54.21% 2.02 36 Robert Brent, Venice FL; Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 54.20% 2.50 37 20 Stephanie McAdam, Scottsdale AZ; William McAdam, Naperville IL 54.18% 2.57 38 21 Ted Witt, Menomonee Falls WI; Greg Stander, San Diego CA 54.16% 5.72 22 3 Robert Higgins, Sun City Center FL; Abraham Fisher, Concord MA 53.95% 1.86 23 Mel Dodd - Jane Dodd, Columbia MO 53.56% 2.19 24 Russell Craft - Dee Craft, St Petersburg FL 53.34% 3.07 25 Carol Golden - Richard Golden, Boca Raton FL 52.86% 4.38 26 Donald Kramer - Marie J F Matsche, Mount Dora FL 52.76% 3.43 27 Lou Rabinowitz - Thomas Randall, Bradenton FL 52.66% 3.20 28 4 Marilyn Hubbard - Michael Hendershot, The Villages FL 52.63% 2.72 29 5 Sally McKinney, Henderson NV; Marilyn Batra, Lake Ridge VA 52.28% 2.17 6 Joyce Jackson - Margaret Sarno, The Villages FL 52.24% 1.90 7 Dan Marx - Murray Tanzman, The Villages FL 52.23% 1.68 8 George Syme, Altamonte Spg FL; Rosemary Plane, Deland FL 51.52% 1.52 9 Jonathan Friendly, Bradenton FL; Howard Braun, Clearwater FL 50.94% 1.38 10 Tom Schlossberg, Bluffton SC; Kristi Menees, Hilton Head SC 50.35% 4.80 11 Sue Pope - Barry Pope, Port Orange FL 50.31% 1.17 12 Dawei Wu - Jian Bin Xu, 50.15%


10K IMP

who won the Grand National Teams Flight A in 2012. He was second in in the NABC 0-10,000 Pairs in 2015.

Cohen has previously been second in four open NABC events: the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams in 1982 and 1985, and the Keohane North American Swiss Teams in 1987 and 2003.

The winners play together infrequently, but “always seem to finish in the top 10,” according to Piken.

Piken and Cohen’s total was 89.43 IMPs, while Barre and Dalpe finished with 77.76.

Second in the 0-10,000 IMP Pairs: Tony Barre and Dan Dalpe.

event, his 20th win overall in NABC+ contests. Rodwell now has 60 North American championships to his credit, Meckstroth 59.

Bramley is now a three-time winner of the event, having won in 2013 and 2014

Lewis was trailing 53-38 after the first of the four final sets, but rallied to take the short-lived lead.


Baze


Blue

a 64.27% in the second, placing them just ahead of Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA, and Mark Dahl, Richmond VA.

In third are Fu Zhong and Jie Li of Beijing.


Mini-Blue

session is 17.49 matchpoints with a top of 51 today.In second place are two Californians: Om

Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks, and Naren Gupta, Woodside.


Youth and Junior entriesCoupons will be made available for junior

members in good standing for entry into events at NABCs:

Any player under the age of 26 years who is a full-time student (must provide proof of eligibility) will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per session.

Any player under the age of 21 years will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per session.

Any player 19 years and under will be granted free plays for each session of regionally rated events.

Players under the age of 26 years named to teams to represent Zone 2 NBOs in world competitions for NABCs occurring between the time they are named to the team and the world championship will receive free plays at NABCs when playing with members of their team or members of another team representing a Zone 2

Bridge Bucks and Check Cashing

From Saturday, Nov. 26, through Saturday, Dec. 3, Bridge Bucks/Check Cashing services will be available on the lobby level across from the Bridge Registration Desk. The hours of operation will be 9:30 to 10 a.m., and Noon to 1 p.m.

Players may use VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express to purchase Bridge Bucks. There is a $500 limit on check cashing.

MonitoringAt this and future North American

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

By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table.

This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not be tolerated.

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 is 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.

Use of the bidding box -- Alerts and Announcements

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

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

QUALIFIERS IN THE 0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 52.0 Tables / Based on 98 Tables 1 Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 419.11 2 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 401.62 3 Sherman Gao, Lagunawoods CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 375.05 4 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA 372.33 5 Pat Peterson, Hernando FL; Sharron Rosenberg, Lecanto FL 370.43 6 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH 370.22 7 Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA; Frank Wharton, London NW3 England 369.10 8 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Michael Marcucci, San Gabriel CA 365.80 9 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 365.27 10 William Campbell, Mercer Island WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend WA 364.54 11 Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON 361.82 12 Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI 361.81 13 Neil Thomas - D Keith Henderson, Birmingham AL 361.03 14 Ronald Franck, Pittsburgh PA; Philip Goulding, Wexford PA 358.99 15 Matthew Campbell, Lincoln NE; Jonathan Cohn, Elkhorn NE 358.51 16 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 358.07 17 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 356.94 18 Bruce Luttrell - Barbara Luttrell, San Jose CA 356.44 19 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 354.44 20 Leo Cardillo, Clifton VA; Ronald Dixon, Vancouver BC 354.42 21 Nina Tache, Hollywood FL; Andrea Dichi, Hallandale Bch FL 353.62 22 Nancy Colter, Dublin GA; George Russell, Moore SC 352.66 23 Arthur Hoffman - Philip Waldman, Boynton Beach FL 351.81 24 Jeff Dater - James McCommons, Dallas TX 351.39 25 Joel Wolfe, West Hartford CT; Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT 351.09 26/27 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 350.45 26/27 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 350.45 28 Charles Showalter, Lady Lake FL; Jeff Koltenuk, The Villages FL 349.94 29 Lucy Spongberg - Gary Spongberg, Niskayuna NY 349.50 30 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 349.36 31 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 349.20 32 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA 349.01 33 Joye Sidoti - Cathleen Otvos, Oakland CA 348.95 34/35 Irene Silver, Delray Beach FL; Rita Merl, Boynton Beach FL 348.61 34/35 Susan Fraser, Leesburg FL; Nancy Williams, Mount Dora FL 348.61 36 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 348.36 37 Roy Ladd - Albert Stock, Valencia CA 346.92 38 Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO; Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL 346.91 39 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 345.25 40 Bruce Greenspan - Judy Cardin, Bonita Springs FL 345.14 41 David Platnick, Charlottesville VA; Marsha Platnick, Bluefield WV 345.10 42 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 344.13 43 Paul Karas, Elm Grove WI; Gabriel Tawil, Boynton Beach FL 342.58 44 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 340.92 45 Dwayne Hoffman, South Miami FL; Larry Lowell Jr, Knoxville TN 340.57 46 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Scott Weiss, Deland FL 340.28 47 Jan Vandersluis - Helen Vandersluis, Palm Bch Gdns FL 340.23 48/49 Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX 339.27 48/49 Jennifer Williams, Atlanta GA; Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA 339.27 50 Cabot Jaffee Jr, Maitland FL; Robert Sprick, Orlando FL 339.14 51 Hadi Abushakra, Kensington MD; Jay Cherlow, Arlington VA 338.80 52/53 Radu Nistor, Sunnyside NY; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 338.46 52/53 Jeremy Lewis, Glen Allen VA; Holly Campbell, Stevensville MT 338.46 54 Jim Harp - Mary McGinnis, Dallas TX 338.18 55 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 337.75 56 Bob Marett - Ward Schaumberg, Saint Simons Is GA 336.23 57 Claire Watson - Janice Madsen, Jacksonville FL 335.99 58 Benjamin Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; William Granger, Bradenton FL 335.78 59 Thomas Mangold Jr - Joseph Glazar, Hernando FL 335.77 60 Richard Hyken, Pompano Beach FL; Julie Cohan, Montville NJ 335.33 61 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL 334.97 62 Jack Price, Freeport NY; Shekhar Sengupta, Marlborough MA 334.29 63 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Houston TX; Stephen Moese, West Chester OH 334.00 64 Scott Nason, Dallas TX; Tomi Storey, Frisco TX 332.26 65 Marielle Brentnall - Raymond Hornby, Winnipeg MB 332.23 66 Mary Schulz - Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 331.32 67 Michael Creager, Bedford OH; Susan Stark, Pp OH 331.23 68 Michael Wolf - Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL 329.78 69 Margaret Timpe, Mount Dora FL; William Stone, Eustis FL 329.75 70 Marilyn Snodell, Nokomis FL; Gregory Sellgren, Henderson NV 329.44 71 Roger Newberry, Hendersonville NC; Allen Shifley, Asheville NC 328.81 72 Betsy Stanton, Hartsville SC; Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA 327.85 73 Marie Sengupta, Marlborough MA; Leia Berla, Old Greenwich CT 327.80 74 Michael Christensen - Becky Stevens, Redmond WA 327.60 75 Janice Woodbury, Vero Beach FL; Karolyn Smith, Atlanta GA 326.88 76 Jerrold Harrington, San Antonio TX; Kendall Early, Fredericksburg TX 325.56 77 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 325.40 78 Erich Taylor, West Palm Beach FL; Steven Hudson, Highland Beach FL 325.28 79 T Jean Kidd, Lantana TX; Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 324.92 80 Katherine Zimmerman, Louisville KY; Gail Slater, Sarasota FL 324.13 81 Beverly Parrish, The Villages FL; Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN 323.95 82 Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 323.82 83 Margaret Cooke, Celebration FL; Jeanie Engebretson, Detroit Lakes MN 323.80 84 Glen Harmer, Thunder Bay ON; Donald Richards, Kissimmee FL 322.57 85 Mary Lou Kerr, York ON; Julia Price, Toronto ON 322.38 86 Jack Brawner Jr - Paul Freiberg, Naples FL 322.34 87 Janet Sharpe - Diane Campbell, Calgary AB 322.04 88 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Cole Powell, Oakland CA 321.70 89 Maureen Weiman - Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 321.48 90 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Barbara Murphy, Newton MA 321.21 91 Gayle Marr, Ft Walton Beach FL; Doris Needham, Navarre FL 320.66


QUALIFIERS IN THE WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 26.0 Tables Carryover 1 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 98.89 2 Mildred Breed, Cypress TX; Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 72.92 3 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL 68.26 4 Janet Becker, Delray Beach FL; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 65.00 5 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy 62.62 6 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 59.40 7 Betty Sandifer, Daytona Beach FL; Harriet Eaton Morris, Ponce Inlet FL 57.18 8 Gigi Simpson - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 56.99 9 Judi Radin, New York NY; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 54.41 10 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 53.03 11 Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 52.18 12 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 44.05 13 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 38.96 14 Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 38.12 15 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 35.28 16 Susan Duval, Irvington NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 35.01 17 Suzan Lordi, University Park FL; Susan Gilbert, Sarasota FL 33.58 18 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 28.50 19 Carole Craige, Pomona NJ; Margaret Coe, Egg Harbor Twp NJ 28.44 20 Linda Otness, Greenwich CT; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 28.23 21 Paula Mann, Boca Raton FL; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 28.08 22 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 27.52 23 Pramotton Emanuela, Rome 00198 Italy; Elisa De Paola, Rome Italy 26.94 24 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 26.92 25 Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 25.98 26 Gail Greenberg - Susan Picus, New York NY 25.04 27 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA 23.63 28 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 23.15 29 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 22.88 30 Betsy Downs, Chicago IL; Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB 22.10 31 Marietta Huggard, Sarasota FL; Carolyn Holcomb, Englewood FL 20.33 32 Linda Perlman, Wellington FL; Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL 19.01 33 Jo Morse - Janet Dresden, Palm Bch Gdns FL 16.29 34 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 15.79 35 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 13.58 36 Jan Assini, Pittsburgh PA; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 12.85 37 Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC; Barbara Olsen, Marana AZ 12.79 38 Sterling Odom - Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL 10.87 39 Marion Tumen, Pacific Plsds CA; Anne Harrington, San Mateo CA 10.43 40 Libby Fernandez - Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 9.13 41 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Liane Turner, Maitland FL 8.63 42 Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY; Margaret Klamp, Fort Myers FL 7.74 43 Sylvia Christian, Lakeland FL; Harriette Buckman, University Park FL 7.24 44 Melten Ozumerzifon - Nazan Kokten, Istanbul Turkey 6.96 45 Susan Jackowitz - Kari Nolletti, Palm Bch Gdns FL 6.81 46 Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA; Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA 6.56 47 Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 6.49 48 Barbara McCallon, Saint Augustine FL; Dorothy Johnson, Jacksonville FL 4.41 49 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 3.97 50 Colleen Treanor, The Villages FL; Gladys Mikel, Lady Lake FL 3.28 51 Tina Tessaro, Miami FL; Darcy Parker, Hendersonville NC 2.45 52 Ann McDougal, Houston TX; Terry Jones, Falls Church VA 0.00

Stop!Using the Stop card during the auction requests

the next bidder to pause 10 seconds after a jump in the bidding. TD Matt Koltnow explains that using the Stop card is optional, and that while the procedure is included in the regulations and is not a law, employing the Stop card helps players comply with Law 73D: “It is desirable for players to maintain steady tempo and unvarying manner.”

The purpose of the Stop card is two-fold:1. It helps the opponents avoid transmitting

Unauthorized Information by acting too slowly or too quickly.

2. It helps all four players “play bridge” by looking at the auction rather than reading meanings into fast bids and hesitations.

Players who employ the Stop card must consistently use it in all jump-bid situations, lest the inconsistency be interpreted as information. For example, a consistent Stop card user must employ it preceding 3NT in an auction such as 1NT–(Pass)–3NT, and the next bidder should still pause and look at their cards before making a call.

“Taking time, even in an easy auction, allows you to use that same 10 seconds that you’re legally entitled to after any skip bid,” says Koltnow.

Like the Alert card, the Stop card is used for the benefit of the opponents, not partner. Koltnow says that more experienced players are expected to take time after a jump in the bidding whether or not a Stop card is used.

Renew onlineDue to new laws that prevent ACBL staff from

manually recording credit card information, we ask that members who wishes to renew or reinstate their memberships using a credit card to do so online at www.acbl.org/join.

92 Tarokh Taefi, Atlanta GA; Andie Sheaffer, Lancaster PA 320.58 93 Joseph Brouillard - Linda Ahrens, Lincoln RI 320.47 94 Wayne Bardsley, Mc Lean VA; Jim Dick, Harlingen TX 320.20 95 Annie Schwartz - Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA 320.10 96 Boyce Robbins, Greenville SC; Cecil Boyle Jr, Landrum SC 320.07 97 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD 319.88 98 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 319.25 99 Walter Bell, Orefield PA; Robert Grover, Cape Coral FL 318.44 100 Christopher Smith - Ronald Andrews, Vero Beach FL 318.12 101 Robert Benson, Iowa City IA; Ed Judy, Bluffton SC 317.59 102 Gary Neisler, N Richland Hls TX; Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX 317.52 103 Margot Stockie, Waterloo ON; Thea Davis, Eden Mills ON 317.34 104 Barbara McLagan, Sudbury MA; Audrey Frank, Coconut Grove FL 317.11

The Past Comes AliveDutch players Frank van Wezel and Hans van

de Konijnenberg collect books, magazines and Daily Bulletins about bridge. They especially enjoy reading Daily Bulletins from the pre-Internet era B these periodicals are a treasure trove of wonderful photographs, marvelous sketches, splendid deals and tremendous stories and anecdotes.

Van Wezel and van de Konijnenberg decided that this material should be at the disposal of all bridge players. At the same time, they want to save the history of bridge from oblivion. Therefore they launched a free website: www.bridgedailybulletins.nl

On this site you may find thousands of bulletins, both from the digital era and before. WBF, EBL and ACBL championship bulletins are posted, as well as many from miscellaneous tournaments around the world.

If you have bulletins that they are missing, please contact them. Contact details can be found on the website.

Life Master newsLaura Orticelle

of Amityville NY became a Life Master playing in the Afternoon Gold Rush Pairs on Tuesday. Needing only .9 gold points, she and partner Carol Kamp of Plainview NY earned 1.6 gold by coming in first in their section.


Runners-up in the Baze Senior Knockout Teams: Paul and Linda Lewis, Jim Krekorian, Iftikhar Baqai, Drew Casen and Mitch Dunitz.

Deals from the World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland

By Barry Rigal Dlr: South ♠ 6 3 Vul: None ♥ K J 6 4 3 ♦ 5 3 ♣ Q 8 5 4 ♠ Q 8 7 ♠ A K J 5 ♥ 9 ♥ 7 2 ♦ A K 8 7 4 ♦ 10 6 2 ♣ J 10 7 3 ♣ A K 6 2 ♠ 10 9 4 2 ♥ A Q 10 8 5 ♦ Q J 9 ♣ 9 West North East South C. Terraneo Bob Drijver Simon Nab Pass 1♦(1) 1♥ Dbl(2) 4♥ Pass Pass Dbl Pass 4♠ All Pass

(1) Blue Club: no four-card major if balanced.(2) 4 or 5 spades.Christian Terraneo declared 4♠ on this deal

where there were some interesting family line-ups. The Austrians had half-brothers Christian and Franz Terraneo, one in each room. Meanwhile, for the Netherlands, Bas Drijver was out, brother Bob was in.

In the other room after the same start, De Wijs passed Muller’s double of 4♥ to collect 300.

Christian removed to 4♠ and settled in a game that had only two top losers, but some handling charges. After a low diamond lead, which could easily have been a singleton, he won in hand and returned a heart, both to cut the defenders’ communications and to set up his ruff in the short hand. South won to return a diamond, and when everyone followed Christian ran the ♣J, and repeated the club finesse. Disaster! Bart

Nab ruffed and played a third diamond; Bob ruffed his partner’s winner and gave his partner the second ruff to kill the game.

This was the ending after the first club finesse holds: ♠ 6 3 ♥ K J 6 3 ♦ — ♣ Q 8 5 ♠ Q 8 7 ♠ A K J 5 ♥ — ♥ 7 ♦ 8 7 4 ♦ 10 ♣ 10 7 3 ♣ A K 6 ♠ 10 9 4 2 ♥ A 10 8 5 ♦ J ♣ —

Declarer’s winning line once the club finesse holds is to cross to the ♠K, ruff a heart, then exit with a diamond. North can ruff, but if he does, whether he plays a club – when declarer runs it -- or a heart (when declarer pitches the club loser from dummy and ruffs in hand), declarer just loses one trick. Best is for South to win his ♦J. He can do no better than return a trump, and declarer wins in hand and leads a winning diamond to pitch dummy’s club loser, and though South can ruff, dummy is now high.

Incidentally, at trick four if declarer leads to the ♣A to ruff a heart and then exits with a diamond, the killing defense is for East to win and return a trump. The best you can do is win one or two trumps then run the ♣J. East ruffs and returns a trump and you are left with a club loser.

*******In a situation where you are a trick short of the

required number, it can be a sound strategy to play off your long suit before committing yourself. Take a look at this deal from the match between Poland and Tunisia from Round 1 of the Open Teams:

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

(1) Balanced game force or minor-suited GF or strong major (cannot GF).

(2) 4-plus HCP.(3) RKCB.(4) 1 or 4 key cards.(5) King ask.(6) No side kings.In the other room, Jassem and Mazurkiewicz had

stopped in 4♠, so there was plenty riding on the result.South led the ♦8 (would you have found a heart

lead?), and declarer won in hand with the ace and drew trumps. With time in hand he continued with four more rounds of spades, South pitching the ♦5, ♦2, ♦6 and ♦9 while North parted with the ♦7, ♦3, ♣3 and ♦J. When declarer cashed the ♦K, everyone threw a heart to leave this position: ♠ — ♥ K J ♦ — ♣ 9 6 5 ♠ — ♠ 6 ♥ A Q ♥ 7 ♦ — ♦ — ♣ 10 4 2 ♣ A Q 8 ♠ — ♥ 3 2 ♦ — ♣ K J 7

When declarer cashed the last spade, South had to part with a heart – pitching a club would allow declarer to play the ♣A and another club. Reading the position perfectly, declarer discarded dummy’s ♥Q, played a heart to the ace and a club, covering North’s 6 with the 8 to force South to lead into the ♣A Q.

What a wonderful feeling it must have been for Anas Mestiri -- and against the reigning Bermuda Bowl champions.


“Teachin' Pard” by Joel1 K 2 G 3 T 4 J 5 N 6 L 7 A 8 F 9 K 10 K 11 I 12 H 13 R 14 E

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77 L 78 P 79 A 80 N 81 E 82 C 83 L 84 B 85 S 86 R 87 M 88 O 89 I 90 L 91 R 92 R

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140 T 141 B 142G 143 X 144W 145G 146O 147 A 148C 149 P 150 K 151 I 152D 153 A 154 V 155Q

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A. _ Stein; NY attorney, teacher, WBF World Master. ___147

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B. Advice to overactive intervenors: learn to stay in the _! (slang) ___141

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C. (*) You’re “chicken” if you play the (Italian) _ Diamond System! ___82

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D. (*) Tied taut ... loose ... it’s however you feel! ___115

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E. Instead of concentrating, many casual players just _ _ _. (3 wds, slang) ___14

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F. A variant of the convention invented by the author of this quote. (2 wds) ___132

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G. The Wagar B-A-M and the Venice Cup are events for _ _. (2 words) ___114

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H. Palookas; clowns; stumblebums. ___35

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I. Tricks that don’t need establishing are said to be _ _ _. (3 wds, slang) ___53

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J. (*) Look! Sandra may be getting histrionics! ___59

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K. _ _: A hazard encountered in playing matchpoint duplicate. (2 words) ___176

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L. In slam bidding, leave _ _ _ _ all the elements you need to know. (4 wds) ___100

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M. _ _ _: Winning points at duplicate, or cash at rubber bridge. (3 words) ___123

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N. “Avoidance” teaches us to try to keep the _ hand off lead. ___108

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O. At a bridge table, this grade school subject is diagrammed N, E, S & W. ___88

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P. We call a bridge hand a “pianola” if it’s _ _ _. (3 words) ___93

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Q. Type of high cards in a bridge hand. (See CLUE V for more info) ___106

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R. Adverb meaning, “in a biased or inequitable manner.” ___68

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S. These “brothers of the cloth” appear in David Bird’s bridge books. ___102

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T. Signal of agreement, when given a command in the navy. (hyph.) ___3

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U. In physics, a subatomic particle with no electrical charge. ___74

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V. If CLUE Q are _ _ _, you may have to do some unblocking. (3 words) ___44

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W. To use illegal or unethical means deliberately is to _. ___19

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X. As 1 wd, a noun meaning “blitz;” as 2, a verb form meaning “preempt.” ___161

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

it’s a quotation from a bridge book written by one of our old-time players … one whose name will be recognized by all of us. The words in the quote don’t necessarily end at the right edge of each horizontal line; they only end when a black square follows a group of the numbered letters. And the unique thing about acrostic puzzles is that the first letter of each clue answer, reading down from CLUE A through the final clue, will spell out the name of the book’s author

… followed by the title of that book!You will notice that ALL letters in the quote are

numbered; these numbers are followed by a clue letter referral, which tells the solver which of the clue answers will give you that particular letter.

Also, in this puzzle note that three of the clues are marked with an (*). In each of those three clues, tricky cryptic Anglo-American word play is being used. The three clues in this puzzle include either an anagram, a hidden word, or a double meaning.

This will help you come to the correct answer to that particular clue.

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

Enjoy yourselves! Joel Hoersch

Answer on page 15


MONDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP KO TEAMS 5 Tables 0.99 1 Chris Pesce, Seattle WA; Kathy Gilman, Shoreline WA; Becky Stevens - Michael Christensen, Redmond WA 0.53 2 Julie Pettis - William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ; Karen Hoffner, Smithville NJ

SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 1 8 Tables 18.06 1 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 12.64 2 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Won Yang, Clermont FL

MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 9 Tables 11.80 1 Gerard Turcotte - Robert Tremblay - Alain Dufour, Quebec QC; Denis Lafrance, Shannon QC 8.26 2 Harriet Smith, Solana Beach CA; Marilyn Kalabsa, Ramona CA; Paul Darin - Sam Madison-Jammal, San Diego CA 5.31 3 Michael Curley, Grand Rapids MI; Dave Fred, Interlochen MI; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL 4.13 4 Mary Ose - Katherine Ewing, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA

MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 9 Tables 6.34 1 John Garner, Fernandina Bch FL; Nadine Sabatier, Ponte Vedra FL; Lynn Leisy, Amelia Island FL; Ann Buchholz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL 4.44 2 Milferd Jones - Virginia Jones, Clearwater FL; Lynda Culley, St Petersburg FL; Michael Williamson, Belleair FL 2.85 3 Claude Le Feuvre - Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA 2.22 4 Roberta Meyers - Diana Richards - Karen Pekkanen - Elaine Johnston, The Villages FL

TUESDAY-THURSDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 8 TablesHao Ge, Westlake OH; Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON; Jianfeng Luo - Edward Xu, North York ON vsPam Himes - Jerry Himes, Albuquerque NM; Yoon Jhee, Longboat Key FL; Sarah Wiener, Fort Lee NJ

Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Delray Beach FL; Gerald Botkin, Staunton VA; William Fitch, Rockingham VA vsGerald Lackner - Senta Lackner, Graz Austria; Cameron Shunta - Renee Shunta, Grand Haven MI

TUESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 1.53 1 Anne Hodges - Margaret Irvin, Concord NC 65.11% 1.15 2 Patricia Foley, Wakefield MA; Richard Mead, Winter Park FL 64.71% 1.21 3 1 1 Thomas Rogers - Nancy Butler-Rogers, North Venice FL 60.36% 0.91 4 2 2 Cynthia Marks, Clearwater FL; Chet Harmon, Orlando FL 52.75%

TUESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 19.5 Tables A B C 5.69 1 1 Arjune Bose, Houston TX; Ranjit Bose, Albuquerque NM 65.10% 4.27 2 Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC; Joan Simon, Dataw Island SC 63.77% 3.20 3 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 61.22% 3.84 4 2 Carmon Lee Woodley, Niceville FL; Sylvia Jackson, Edmond OK 61.19% 1.80 5 Ronald Dewey, Okeechobee FL; Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA 60.60% 2.95 6 3 James Rowen - John Peer, Indianapolis IN 58.75% 2.45 7 4 1 Polly Webb, Lakewood Ranch FL; Dar Webb, St Petersburg FL 57.92% 1.62 5 Peter Cleaves - Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasota FL 57.64% 1.84 6 2 Patricia Bassett - Suzie Moore, Hobe Sound FL 56.70% 1.38 3 Monica Phillips - Dorothy Kemp, Key Largo FL 52.90% 1.03 4 Bill Multack, Miami Beach FL; William Lehman, Aventura FL 48.97%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B 1.53 1 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 58.63% 1.21 2 1 Becky Kovaleski, Orlando FL; Carole Nelson, Niceville FL 58.40% 0.91 3 2 Glenda Lukinuk - Nancy Waddell, Peterborough ON 58.18% 0.65 4 Chet Harmon, Orlando FL; Penny Herzog, San Diego CA 56.68%

ST. AUGUSTINE DBC 299ER PAIRS 20.5 Tables A B C 4.07 1 1 Daniel Long III - Patricia Lehmann, Sarasota FL 64.43% 3.05 2 2 Susanne Rattner, The Villages FL; Sue Riddle, Chattanooga TN 60.71% 2.29 3 3 David Fredlund - Carol Fredlund, Minneapolis MN 60.12% 2.22 4 4 1 Stanley Allen - Larry Yatsko, Vero Beach FL 58.08% 1.67 5 5 2 Maria Irizarry - Barbara Howie, Miami FL 57.29% 1.31 6 6 3 Michael Johnson - Patricia Johnson, Winter Springs FL 57.14% 0.94 4 Jay Hundley - Patrick Bentley, Lecanto FL 55.65% 0.97 5 Veronica Berlin - Franklin Gomes, Walnut Creek CA 55.36%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 26.5 Tables A B C 7.01 1 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Trinity FL 63.60% 6.45 2 1 Alexa Streeter - Richard Streeter, Jacksonville FL 62.45% 4.84 3 2 Marcia Shaw, Halifax NS; Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS 62.22% 4.32 4 3 1 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Springs FL 58.99% 2.72 5 4 Henry Kwok - Dorothy Kwok, Edmonton AB 57.27% 3.02 6 5 2 Edie Carter, Foxboro MA; Joan Reid, North Attleboro MA 56.76% 2.16 7 6 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Delray Beach FL 56.74% 1.26 7 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Scott Rappard, Dartmouth NS 56.65% 1.38 3 Margaret Carruthers - Marian Lynn Coveney, London ON 51.16% 1.15 4 Ginger Hebert - Cynthia Blanchard, Lafayette LA 48.89%

GEOFF CROSS GOLD RUSH PAIRS 67.5 Tables 7 5 2 16.96 1 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; David Halliday, Fredericton NB 63.55% 14.22 2 1 Janet Farrell - Caryl Mackay, Leesburg FL 63.38% 10.67 3 2 Dorothy Osterberger - Linda Dennis, Columbia MD 60.87% 8.00 4 3 Jeanne Thomas - Maureen Sutton, Ocala FL 59.83% 6.00 5 4 1 Howard Levenson - Melany Levenson, Naples FL 59.68% 4.85 6 5 Charles Steeg - Donna Brigman, Lakeland FL 59.08% 4.24 7 J Gray McAllister III - Susan McAllister, Raleigh NC 58.63% 3.77 8 Pradip Roy, Orlando FL; Stan Weinstein, Osprey FL 58.59% 3.39 9 Marguerite Gousie - Marshall Williams, Woonsocket RI 58.34% 3.81 10/11 6/7 Tom Goodwin, Northville MI; Carl Gentile, Dallas TX 57.89% 3.81 10/11 6/7 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 57.89% 3.16 12 8 Linda Gargrave, Ormond Beach FL; William Carpenter, Rockford IL 57.51% 2.84 13 9 John Noronha, Pittsford NY; Frank LoRusso, Naples FL 57.44% 2.48 14/15 10/11 Casey Holscher - Judith Cortese, Melbourne FL 57.29% 2.48 14/15 10/11 Dee Daigle, Lafayette LA; Jane Ardoin, Eunice LA 57.29% 2.19 16 12 Delores O’Connell, Gainesville FL; Tina West, Big Canoe GA 56.85% 2.03 17 13 Liga Haiplik - Heather Howie, Mississauga ON 56.70% 1.90 18 14 Janet Gawenda - Beverly Magnuson, The Villages FL 56.25% 1.70 19 Paul Reamer, Longboat Key FL; Robert D’Avanzo, Sarasota FL 56.19% 1.62 20 Catherine Wright, Rockford IL; Robert Larson, Roscoe IL 55.95% 1.54 21 Rosalyn Millar - Malcolm Millar, Summerside PE 55.66% 3.07 22/23 15/16 2 Lee Greif, Prairie Village KS; John Klingner, Quincy IL 55.51% 1.73 22/23 15/16 Dan Woodward - Betty Woodward, Fairview TX 55.51% 1.61 24/25 Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Carol Kamp, Plainview NY 55.36% 1.58 24/25 17 Jane Elliott, Tampa FL; Kathy McKay, Lady Lake FL 55.36% 1.50 26 18 Patricia Holmes - Robert Vicars Jr, The Villages FL 55.21% 2.36 27 19 Shirley Shane, Ellenton FL; Clarence Merskin, Sun City Center FL 55.13% 1.32 28/29 20/21 Karl Sokalski - Dustin Hoover, Pittsburgh PA 55.06% 1.46 28/29 20/21 Blondelle Grant, Pawleys Island SC; Morris Mitchem Jr, Columbia SC 55.06% 1.13 30/31 Dennis Levinsohn - Ellen Levinsohn, Boca Raton FL 54.62% 1.70 30/31 22 Brian Mc Namara - Richard Barth, Washington DC 54.62% 1.40 32 23 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Gloria Bennett, Lakeway TX 54.49% 1.39 33 24 W Menzies - K Menzies, Oshawa ON 54.47% 1.13 25 Charles Pulvino - Carol Pulvino, Sarasota FL 54.17%


24 Tables106.40 1 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Bob Hamman - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 79.80 2 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Drew Casen, Metarie LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL

53.20 3/4 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI 53.20 3/4 Victor Markowicz - Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Julian Klukowski - Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam Israel 34.20 5/8 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV

34.20 5/8 Jeffrey Wolfson - Steve Garner - Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Aventura FL 34.20 5/8 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 34.20 5/8 Serge Chevalier, Laval QC; Paul Klarreich, Chagrin Falls OH; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC

BAZE SENIOR KO TEAMS

3 O’Rourke 24 84 114 15714(19) Fendrick 23 35 71 95

11 Beatty 54 75 77 826 Lewis 46 61 82 116

7 Markowicz 31 81 110 16010 Kasle 32 39 60 72

15(18) Chevalier 31 61 92 1392 Weinstein 32 66 91 124

3 O’Rourke 27 41 61 756 Lewis 27 82 101 141

7 Markowicz 33 99 130 189

2(18) Chevalier 49 56 62 106

1 Nickell 19 65 114 13716(17) Beckman 30 47 64 73

9 Finkel 33 51 71 1028 Levine 27 57 97 103

5 Wolfson 26 52 100 16112 DeMartino 11 80 98 123

13 Dovell 13 58 66 784 Schermer 31 76 119 186

1 Nickell 39 64 100 139 8 Levine 19 25 69 103

5 Wolfson 40 55 86 106

4 Schermer 30 70 99 116

1 Nickell 40 60 9 127

4 Schermer 21 36 50 68

3 (6) Lewis 31 74 104 140

2 (7) Markowicz 14 39 74 129

1 Nickell 53 87 130 154

2 (6) Lewis 38 91 108 125

Joel lot of shaking goin’ on!

By Barry Rigal Joel Wooldridge has earned his reputation as a

fine card-player, but he is also perfectly capable of an idiosyncratic approach in the auction. Playing with Melanie Tucker first final of the Nail Life Master Open Pairs, he held

♠Q 10 7 ♥10 9 7 ♦Q J 4 ♣A K 9 7

In fourth seat at unfavorable vulnerability, he heard 1♥ - Dbl – Pass to him. Naturally, Joel bid the “obvious” 2♠. All passed and on the diamond lead he bought a decent dummy to support his choice. The full deal (Joel was West):

Dlr: North ♠ 9 8 6 Vul: E-W ♥ K J 6 4 2 ♦ A K 10 ♣ Q 3 ♠ Q 10 7 ♠ A K J 3 ♥ 10 9 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ Q J 4 ♦ 9 6 5 2 ♣ A K 9 2 ♣ J 10 5 ♠ 5 4 2 ♥ Q 8 7 ♦ 8 7 3 ♣ 8 7 6 4

North led a high diamond and shifted to a trump. Joel won in dummy, drove out the ♦K, won the spade return, drew trumps and played the ♣A K! South surely had a heart honor, so the club finesse was not going to work. Joel unblocked clubs, played a diamond to the queen to pitch dummy’s low heart on the last club to claim 11 tricks. Easy game, bridge.


Foundation

former.“Current programs used to teach bridge may

be interesting at first, but as the teaching goes on, it becomes too complicated and beginners lose interest. I believe that I have the perfect idea that will be able to effectively teach beginners bridge while keeping their attention on a daily basis. The components of my program incorporate many different entertainment factors that will make the learners want to open the program every day. With my program, we will be able to keep their interest going and give them the motivation and opportunity to attend clubs and tournaments,” Eric said.

One of the main features of the brothers’ planned software will be the Daily Challenge.

“Every day, a new challenge will be stored in the application. The challenge will always include bidding and playing. Not only will these make the user willingly come back to the app every day for a new experience, but the user will also be learning along the way! After completing each daily challenge, an overview of the best strategy to completing the challenge will be explained. Each day will give a new tip to the user and virtual coins will be awarded if they complete the challenge.”

Using virtual coins as an incentive to use the software will tie into encouraging users to try live bridge at clubs and tournaments.

“The application will feature an in-app store that will award the user ‘coins’ whenever the daily challenge or a hand is completed. In this virtual store, the user can spend their coins and buy items to customize the app. For example, the user can buy different table backgrounds and card backs to look more appealing in the app. If possible, it would be great if they could buy items from bridge supply

houses using their coins. In the store, the users will be notified that if they

go to a club or tournament, the director will give them a code to enter into the program and this will award them with a bunch of coins. This will give the users an incentive to leave their house and go to local events, and that is exactly what we want them to do,” said Eric.

The chief emphasis of the software will be entertainment, a point that Eric repeatedly emphasizes in the presentation.

“This game will definitely be fun to play. While previous bridge games focused only on the education aspect, my new game is actually like a game. With the daily challenge, the store, and rising levels, the entertainment aspect of the game will be greater than the educational aspect.

“In addition, the user can create their own login account and profile. This way, they can personalize the application and save their progress across multiple devices. It will also seem more real when they are playing against other people online.

“The game will be appropriately challenging. The daily challenge will be set to a certain difficulty based on the level of the user. For example, when the user just downloads the application, their level is beginner. After they rise to the intermediate and expert levels, they can be given daily challenges that are more complex.

“To increase the competitiveness of the game, there will be a monthly leaderboard. The more experience points you earn from winning games, the higher you are on the leaderboards. At the end of the month, your rank on the leaderboard determines how many bonus coins you earn.”

The Lou brothers plan to have a beta version ready to demonstrate in time for the Spring NABC in 2017.


Masterpoint disclaimerResults reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject

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

TUESDAY-THURSDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 7 TablesRichard Peacock - Lucy Peacock, Grosse Pt Shore MI; Fred Batten - Penelope Rudolph, Grosse Pointe MI vsNora Miller, Grantham NH; Grace Charron, Fall River MA; Claire Gardner, Newport NH; Gail Lambacher, Oakville ON

Aaron Hillel - Sarah Hillel, Toronto ON; Jayne Silver - Linda Finklestein, West Palm Beach FL vsNorman Cannon - Robin Spriggle, Fort Myers FL; Gilda Reynolds, Cape Coral FL; Fran Smith, Estero FL

TUESDAY-THURSDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 7 TablesLynn Chapman, Jacksonville FL; Zev Wajsman, Atlantic Beach FL; Mark Franzoni, Jacksonville Bc FL; Nancy Martin, Neptune Beach FL vsEli Zinner - Jan Grieff Zinner, Nipomo CA; David Koble, Bartlesville OK; Lori Hays - Mark Hays, Arroyo Grande CA

John Guerra, Naples FL; Gerald Beaubien, Estero FL; William Fogel - Stephen Kolkhorst, Portland ME vsRona Lake - Jo Rogan, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Springs FL; Kathy Gage, Marco Island FL

TUESDAY-THURSDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 7 TablesMargaret Getman, Saint Paul MN; Jo Ellen Drisko, Windermere FL; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY vsFlo Fisher - Brian Fisher - Shay Connors - Joan Henderson, Vero Beach FL

Theresa Hernandez, Hillsboro Beach FL; Trudy Bell - Geri Michelsen, Fort Lauderdale FL; Trudy Kalen, Lighthouse Pt FL vsVicky Webb - Anita Berry, Raleigh NC; Dianne Schupak, Orlando FL; Betty Vermillion, Winter Park FL

MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 12 Tables 23.65 1 Eileen Abramson, Palm Beach FL; James Sampson, New York NY; Steven Caplan, Boca Raton FL; James Milam, Idaho Falls ID 16.56 2 Edward Goldwater - Marilyn Goldwater, Delray Beach FL; Allen Selling - Aaron Simon, Boynton Beach FL 9.46 3/4 William Pollans, Lutz FL; Carl Mathiesen, Parrish FL; Norman Poythress, Tampa FL; Forrest Wardwell Jr, Bucksport ME 9.46 3/4 George Mansour, Scranton PA; Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Patti Martin, Richmond VA; Norman Dressler, Kingston PAMONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 17 Tables 22.08 1 William McClure - Elaine McClure - Peter Tracy - Sherry Tracy, Longboat Key FL 15.46 2 Frederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ; Joanne Klaus - John Klaus, Up Saddle River NJ 9.94 3 Robert Gray - Jane Rusch, Jupiter FL; Marvin Skaggs - Cecile Skaggs, Memphis TN 6.62 4/6 W Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY; William Kelsey, Voorheesville NY; Alan Godes, Needham MA; Lynda Flanger, Cohoes NY 6.62 4/6 Joan Dann, Orlando FL; James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Patricia Poitras - James Poitras, Narcoossee FL 6.62 4/6 Jane Reifler - Ronald Reifler, Baltimore MD; Joan Renzoni, Toronto ON; Barbara Phillips, Stuart FL

MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 16 Tables 15.22 1 Larry Murray, Windsor ON; Ira Grumet, Delray Beach FL; Isaac Hassan, Palm Harbor FL; Royald Zell, Tampa FL 10.65 2 Beatrice Bohm - Barbara Rein, Sun City Center FL; Salina Poon, Ellenton FL; David Robinson, Granbury TX 6.09 3/4 Eric Marshall - Judith Marshall, Middleton NS; Jane Walker - Bruce Walker, Wilmont NS 6.09 3/4 Sandy Desilets, Daytona Beach FL; Rhoda Chickering, East Montpelier VT; Jon Rankin - Emily Rankin, Nichols NY

MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 15 Tables 11.54 1 Cabot Jaffee, Maitland FL; Carl Croft - Joel Greenberg, Winter Park FL; Mike O’Connor, Sanford FL 8.08 2 Donna Brown - William Brown - Mary Rowe - Nicholas Pund, The Villages FL 4.62 3/4 Dana Bauer - Vance Bauer - Mary Cady, Lakewood Ranch FL; Carol Franklin, Bradenton FL 4.62 3/4 Jean Tipton - Debbie Schell - Patricia Geary - Linda Hacker, Naples FL

1.61 26/27 Thomas Suter, Street MD; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD 54.02% 1.18 26/27 Lillian Hartstein - Jack Ozer, Delray Beach FL 54.02% 2.30 3 Judy Greengrass - Marty Greengrass, Lutz FL 53.87% 1.73 4 Thomas Zimmerman - Claire Zimmerman, Pearland TX 53.28% 1.92 5 Bill Jones, Anderson SC; Victoria Hess, Jackson WY 53.18% 1.68 6 Deedee Dyer, Chester NS; Shirley McInnes, Halifax NS 52.68%

TUESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 9.0 Tables A B C 2.49 1 1 Barbara Show, Leesburg VA; Judith McKinney, Earleville MD 63.43% 1.87 2 2 1 Patrick Lysaught - Patricia Lysaught, Overland Park KS 58.59% 1.40 3 3 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 58.38% 1.05 4 Fay Lukoskie, Fairfield Glade TN; Homer Jeffers, Crossville TN 57.78% 1.13 5 4 2 Richelle Sajovec - Leslie Blair, Raleigh NC 56.55% 0.69 5 Sandra Palchanis, Boynton Beach FL; Maryann Bishop, Washington DC 54.72% 0.85 3 Dianna Stolpmann, Saint Augustine FL; Nancy Waddell, Peterborough ON 53.23%

0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 20.0 Tables / Based on 42 Tables 80.00 1 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV 89.43 60.00 2 Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 77.76 45.00 3 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 72.00 35.56 4 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 67.99 32.00 5 Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 66.87 29.09 6 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Lesley Davis, La Jolla CA 60.68 26.67 7 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 53.10 24.62 8 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 47.27 22.86 9 Freerk Polling - Betty Parker, Palm Bch Gdns FL 35.46 21.33 10 Alvin Levy, Commack NY; George Retek, Montreal QC 29.73 20.00 11 Scott Hiller, Naples FL; Mary Anne Geppert, Fort Myers FL 22.81 18.82 12 Dexter Senft, Saratoga Spgs NY; Michael McNamara, White Plain NY 22.49 17.78 13 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico 18.38 16.84 14 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 18.14 16.00 15 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; David Cantor, Charlotte NC 17.91 15.24 16 Philip Benner - Carolyn Benner, El Dorado Hills CA 13.40 14.55 17 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 12.69 13.91 18 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 10.89 13.33 19 Lynne Newman - Randall Dougherty, San Diego CA 8.85 12.80 20 Morris Jones, Monrovia CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 5.53 12.31 21 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 3.21

ARTHUR WILLS A/B/C OPEN PAIRS 39.0 Tables / Based on 78 Tables A B C 33.86 1 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 63.01% 25.40 2 Gunnar Helgason, Reykjavik Iceland; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 60.56% 19.05 3 Sedat Nassi - Gerty Nassi, Aventura FL 59.98% 14.28 4 Raymond Adams Jr, Turlock CA; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 59.37% 11.29 5 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf, Istanbul Turkey 59.28% 9.67 6 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 58.87% 8.47 7 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 57.74% 7.52 8 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL 57.59% 6.77 9 Jane Eason - Bill Eason, Nesbit MS 56.73% 5.90 10/11 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 56.39% 12.03 10/11 1 Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Patti Martin, Richmond VA 56.39% 5.21 12 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 56.29% 4.84 13 John Ashton, Portland OR; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 56.07% 4.80 14 Marty Bergen, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Talbott Maxey, Palm Beach FL 56.06% 4.23 15 Deborah Thomas-Howie, Toronto ON; Ellen Gabriel, Naples FL 55.12% 9.02 16 2 1 Hind Blick, Bedford NS; Gary Brown, Wolfville NS 54.61% 3.76 17 Paul Darin - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 54.57% 3.56 18 Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 54.42% 6.77 19 3 Joe Mundy - Nora Mundy, West Hill ON 54.32% 5.08 4 Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV; Kenneth Van Cleve, Traverse City MI 53.78% 4.01 5 Christina van Leeuwen, Media PA; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 53.54% 4.41 6 2 Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 53.09% 3.01 7 Robert Barrington - David Moss, New York NY 51.81% 2.67 8 Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA; Jackie Brown, McCormick SC 51.60% 2.41 9 Betty Triliegi, Richfield MN; Sherry Hansen, Minneapolis MN 51.03% 3.31 3 Alan Kudisch - Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 49.50% 2.48 4 Robert Ellison - Gina Austin Fresh, Wichita KS 49.27% 1.96 5 Jon Lusk - Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI 48.14% 1.68 6 Sharon Stevens, Vineland-Stn ON; Myrna Mackey, Niagara Falls ON 47.89%

TUESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 17.0 Tables A B C 5.12 1 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Robert Pearson Jr, Warner Robins GA 66.03% 4.17 2 1 Linda Dunn, Memphis TN; Donna Williams, Niagara-Lk ON 62.02% 3.13 3 2 John Coe - Karen Coe, Ewing IL 61.22% 2.21 4 John Herrmann, North Port FL; Rene Wallace, Mission TX 59.13% 1.58 5/6 James Dover, Flowery Branch GA; Clay Hall, Vestavia AL 56.41% 2.35 5/6 3 Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dot Davis, Winter Park FL 56.41% 1.76 4 John White - Lynne White, Lincoln CA 55.61% 1.32 5 George Mansour, Scranton PA; Norman Dressler, Kingston PA 55.29% 0.99 6 William Nason, Andover MA; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 54.81% 1.99 1 Rita Hampton, Mc Farland WI; Bruce Maier, Tampa FL 51.44% 1.49 2 Roberta Palmer - Pamela George, Ann Arbor MI 48.08%


the same time. He worked his first tournament in 1962, his first NABC a year later. In all the years since, he has lost none of the enthusiasm for bridge that he had when he first realized its greatness.

“The game still holds the same fascination as when I was a pre-teen,” he says. MacCracken, a national tournament director since the mid-1990s, was predestined to love bridge, growing up in a card-playing home. He played pinochle and canasta, even bridge when the need for a fill-in was desperate.

MacCracken was born in Los Angeles, later moving to Texas. When he was 11, the family moved to Boston (his father worked for the U.S. State Department). By the time he entered college to study engineering, the family had moved to San Francisco. College lasted one year – “I had lousy study habits,” he says – so he followed the family to the West Coast. After another year of college – same results – MacCracken started playing bridge, developing a friendship with Doug Drury, who invented the convention bearing his name, and his wife, Peggy.

In 1960, he moved into their Victorian home, which had a bridge club on the ground floor. A lot of bridge learning went on while he was with the Drurys. “We probably spent 13 or 14 hours a day playing or discussing bridge,” MacCracken says. While he was developing as a player – he has won more board-a-match teams than he can count – MacCracken helped run the bridge club and filled in as a partner when needed. MacCracken’s best result in high-level competition is his second-place finish in the Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams in 1969.

He also proudly recalls winning a regional mixed pairs with Hall of Famer Mary Jane Farell. Directing at the Drurys’ club eventually led to tournament work, and he honed his skills picking up sheets in the days when the posting of results and scoring were done by hand. In 1962, he was hired to work at the huge Bridge Week tournament in Los Angeles, at the time the largest regional on the ACBL calendar. The Western Confernce merged with the ACBL in the late 1960s and when it was decided that ACBL Headquarters should move from Greenwich CT to Memphis, MacCracken was recruited to help with the transition and to become tournament coordinator.

In the fall of 1972, MacCracken loaded up his 1961 Ford Falcon with all his worldly possessions – plus two cases of California wine – and drove from San Francisco to western Tennessee, where he has lived ever since.

Of the time he spent at ACBL Headquarters, MacCracken is proudest of his contributions to the development of the first computer scoring program, which was written by Merlin Vilhauer and Marvin Hamm of Portland OR. The introduction of computer scoring was the beginning of the end of hand-scored games, which provided more personal interaction between players and TDs, but MacCracken says it was inevitable: “You can’t stop progress. It had to come.” MacCracken worked at ACBL Headquarters until 1989, when he returned to the field. Even after more than five decades, he still keeps a busy schedule. He reckons he is away from home 35 weekends a year, but wouldn’t change jobs for anything. Being a TD, he says, “means never working in a closed environment where people get on your nerves day in and day out and the problems are always there. Also, I’m dealing with intelligent people, and that keeps me thinking and trying to make things better. The work can be stressful, but it’s a good stress.” The TDs, he says, have a saying: “Monday always comes.”

MacCracken says that the legendary TD Phil Wood was an early influence on him. “I learned so much about dealing with fellow staff members that was invaluable.”

National TD Patty Johnson is among MacCracken’s admirers. “Charlie is one of the calmest, most respected directors. He goes out of his way to be helpful to players and fellow TDs – and I cherish his friendship.”

Roger PutnamRoger Putnam recalls that when he started

working as a TD in the 1960s, the skill he and other directors needed was “the ability to add quickly and accurately.” That was, of course, in the days before computers took over the scoring.

He later found that what attracted him to bridge in the first place – “I liked the people,” – also applied to directing.

Putnam, 74, has always lived in the Northwest, traveling with the family as his father, who was in the U.S. Air Force, was reassigned. After living in Oregon and Tacoma WA, he settled in the Seattle area.

At the University of Washington, Putnam signed up to study math and science but soon discovered that math “was beyond me.” Before long, he had enlisted in the Air Force. The college enrollment was not entirely wasted, however. It was in the student union at Washington that he discovered bridge in 1960.

He had been kibitzing the games without playing when he was called upon to fill in for a missing player. It went “fairly well,” as he recalls, and before long he was hooked.

While Putnam was in the Air Force working as a flight simulator specialist, he met his future wife, Margo. That was in 1965. They married in 1984. When they played together at local clubs, they were usually asked to help with the manual scoring.

When Putnam left the Air Force after four years, he earned money as a director, applying some of the skills he learned as a player to the directing work. “You have to be able to read what people are doing and thinking,” he says, “and as a tournament director you have to know when to crack a joke and when to shut up.”

At a Seattle sectional in the mid-1960s, Putnam was called upon by Phil Wood to help as a TD, and he later invited Putnam to work at a sectional in Tacoma. Putnam took the tournament director’s course at the 1967 Spring NABC in Seattle. Wood was one of Putnam’s biggest fans, and in 1969, Wood asked Putnam to work at the NABC in Los Angeles. That same year, Putnam was added to the ACBL’s list of full-time TDs. He has been a national director since 1985.

Putnam still recalls how fast Wood could add a scoresheet. “Nobody could touch him at adding,” Putnam says.

He recalls working a tournament with Wood where the senior TD predicted that a particular event would attract 30 tables, and he assigned Putnam to work out a movement for the game. Putnam’s solution: six five-table sections with 10-board sessions and movement of pairs after each session. It was a great success and a significant learning experience for Putnam.

One of Putnam’s biggest fans is Tom Marsh, the national TD from San Antonio TX. “I ran a cruise a couple of years ago,” says Marsh, “and that’s where you want people who are really, really friendly. Roger was the first person to come to mind. He is just a fabulous person.”

Putnam will hit the 50-year mark next summer and has been working part-time recently. He still feels the same about his job as he did when he started.

“I like intelligent people,” he says, “and the bridge people are a cut above average. I feel very blessed because I fell into a profession where I love my avocation and my vocation. There’s always something new and it’s always challenging. It’s such a good feeling when it comes together and goes well.”

Larry BrobstLarry Brobst isn’t seen much at NABCs

because he doesn’t usually work the floor. He is part of the Services team whose members set up and disassemble the equipment needed for the tournament. Another important job is duplicating boards, and that’s what Brobst, 75, spends his time doing at ACBL’s big tournaments. He and Murry Hayes, of the Headquarters staff, spend their time duplicating thousands of deals for players in all the

pairs games.Brobst was born in the small Iowa town of

Scranton. He now lives in Fort Dodge IA. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake IA, where he studied biology with minors in chemistry and history. In 1962, he went to work for Fort Dodge Laboratories – now Fort Dodge Animal Health – working in several different departments before he retired after 40 years with the company.

When he was introduced to bridge in 1963 by a co-worker at the company, it didn’t take long for him to take to the game. His parents had been auction bridge players and Brobst was a card player from an early age.

Brobst’s first foray into the duplicate world didn’t go well, but he was not discouraged. He became a regular at the Fort Dodge Duplicate Bridge Club. After a couple of years, he was asked by the club manager to start running some games. The manager was working on becoming a Life Master and attending lots of tournaments, so he needed Brobst’s help. Brobst had no experience with directing other than what he had observed as a player, but he agreed. Just as bridge had become a serious interest for Brobst, so did directing.

He took a correspondence course on directing and soon caught the attention of some experienced TDs. In the fall of 1967, he got a call from one of the two Iowa TDs who worked for the ACBL. Orm Lindsey told Brobst that a director expected to work at a sectional in Waterloo IA could not get off from his regular job. Could Brobst help out? “I enjoyed it,” Brobst recalls. “I liked working with the people, and I liked the camaraderie.”

Toward the end of his primary career, Brobst used vacation to work tournaments for the ACBL and has been part-time from the start. When he’s not working at ACBL tournaments, Brobst directs three sessions a week at the Fort Dodge DBC, “and I read a lot.”

TD Tom Marsh says he enjoys working with Brobst. At tournaments where they work together, says Marsh, “Larry does supplies He is really organized. Whatever you want, it’s there. Everyone loves Larry.”


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E(asley) Blackwood, “Bridge Humanics”

As a matter of fact, you can’t teach any type of partner in the heat of a bridge game. Your partner is not looking for lessons from you: he doesn’t want to admit that you know more about the game than he does. Why should he? Maybe you don’t!

EthanBoatLeghorn (Double Meaning)Attitude (Anag. of ‘tied taut’ )Chew the FatKey CardWomen’s TeamsOafsOff the TopDrama (Hidden Word: “San[dra ma]y…)Bottom BoardRoom to Find OutIn the MoneyDangerousGeographyEasy to PlayHonorsUnfairlyMonksAye-AyeNeutronIn the WayCheatShutout


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Notice to playersEach player must have an ACBL convention

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

TUESDAY EVENING A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 19 Tables / Based on 58 Tables A X Y 11.57 1 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Pinhas Romik, Rehovot 76303 Israel; Adrian Schwartz, Rishon Le Zion Israel 57.00 8.68 2 1 1 Gerard Turcotte - Robert Tremblay - Alain Dufour, Quebec QC; Denis Lafrance, Shannon QC 55.00 6.51 3 Tim Verbeek, ; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag ; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam ; Bart Nab, Tilburg 50.00 4.88 4 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA 47.00 4.39 5/6 2 2 Lorraine Holub - Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; Joan Simon, Dataw Island SC; Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC 46.00 3.21 5/6 Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; George Harris, Escazu Costa Rica; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA 46.00 3.29 3 Alan Walters, Naples FL; Larry Mann, Boca Raton FL; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH; Elaine Gordon, Myrtle Beach SC 45.00 2.47 4 3 Joan Viidik - Tony Viidik, Waterloo ON; Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 44.00 1.85 4 Stanley Littlefield, Maitland FL; Gordon Cable Jr, Monroe Township NJ; Liga Byrne, Austin TX; Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI 42.00

TUESDAY EVENING B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 39 Tables B C D 8.58 1 1 Frank Stoffle - Georgina Little, London ON; Lynn Kramer, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Ann Latta, Mesa AZ 62.00 5.64 2/3 Norris Peterson - Eileen O’Neill, Pawleys Island SC; Paul Matheson - Russ Pearly, The Villages FL 59.00 5.64 2/3 2 Karen Hudesman - Donald Stark, Seattle WA; Suzanne Viau - Therese Huot, Boucherville QC 59.00 3.62 4 3 Christine Matus - Pieter Vanbennekom - Betty Wiese - Jean Kay, Vero Beach FL 57.00 2.71 5 4 Dave Tonnesen, Woodbridge VA; Georgette Weiss, Fort Washington MD; Sheila Ellis - Charles Ellis, Alexandria VA 54.00 1.82 6/7 5 Peter Rans, Halifax NS; Mike Buist - Janet Parsons, St John’s NL; Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Creek VA 53.00 1.79 6/7 Cindy Henderson - Jay Henderson, Northfield IL; Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Judith Auer, Dublin OH 53.00 1.36 8 6 James Stahl - Linda Stahl, Sarasota FL; Janet Rice - Thomas Rice, Cleveland OH 51.00 1.02 7 Vickki Shelley - George Shelley, Le Claire IA; Patricia Kittock, Saint George UT; Clysta Lundgreen, Leeds UT 50.00 2.33 1 Susan Kett, Placida FL; Lulie Eide, Naples FL; Patsy Warner, Hobe Sound FL; Deirdre Laveran, Radnor PA 41.00 1.75 2 Janice Danzig - Sharon Weisenauer - Linda Golle, Estero FL; Bette Batson, Fort Myers FL 40.00 1.31 3 Patrick Murphy, Calgary AB; Judy Vanrysselberge, Atlanta GA; Jennie Baird - Shirley Sichelstiel, Perry GA 36.00 0.98 4 Lisa Karam, Bloomfield MI; Gigette Caldwell - Craig Caldwell, San Diego CA; Michael Lotti, The Villages FL 35.00

Electronic Device Policy 1.11.1 The electronic device policy at NABCs

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

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

1.11.3 This policy applies to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, play recorders and kibitzers with the exception of those persons designated by the

ACBL. This policy is in force throughout any actual playing session or segment of play.

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


MONDAY-TUESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 9 Tables 32.31 1 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 22.62 2 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV 12.92 3/4 Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON 12.92 3/4 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina Argentina; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Maximo Crusizio, Argentina; Guillermo Minutti,

MONDAY-TUESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 12 Tables 21.19 1 Norman Cannon - Robin Spriggle, Fort Myers FL; Gilda Reynolds, Cape Coral FL; Fran Smith, Estero FL 14.83 2 Scott Roland, Grand Rapids MI; Ted Defilippo, Hernando FL; Terry Mangold, Lecanto FL; Connie Queller, Hudson FL 8.48 3/4 John Peer - James Rowen, Indianapolis IN; Bev Olsen - Alice Hovde, Carmel IN 8.48 3/4 Abe Jakob, Fort Lauderdale FL; Joel Thomas, Charleston SC; Merle Lundy - Edmund Lundy, Cooper City FL

MONDAY-TUESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 14 Tables 18.53 1 John Burgoin, Brownsville TX; Cheryl Macintosh, Orleans ON; Patti McCabe - Maureen Murphy, Ottawa ON 12.97 2 Ruth Weber - Joseph Ur - Joan Sackman - Geoffrey Sackman, Saint Augustine FL 7.41 3/4 Carolyn Brown - Eric Taylor - Timothy Kirby, Lake City FL; William Connellan, Gainesville FL 7.41 3/4 Mark Benner - Charlene Benner, Heathrow FL; Jill Lundberg - David Lundberg, Longwood FL

MONDAY-TUESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 14 Tables 14.14 1 John Welte - Martha Welte, Buffalo NY; Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON; Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY 9.90 2 Ronald Wallace - John Eza - Karl Manderscheid, Apollo Beach FL; C Allan Chapple, Chatham ON 5.66 3/4 Margie Spraggins - Linda McEwan, Orlando FL; Patricia Rodilosso, Naples FL; Loretta Westler, Coconut Creek FL 5.66 3/4 Eben Stevens - Patricia Stevens, Greenville SC; Jo Ellen Amrine - Frank Amrine, Moore SC

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 16 TablesJim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland vsJulian Klukowski - Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Victor Markowicz - Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam Israel

Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Louk Verhees Jr, 2215 Jx Voorhou ; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep vsDaniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam ; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 16 TablesTadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Steven Barcus, Altamonte Spg FL vsLinda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Westlake OH; Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON; Jianfeng Luo - Edward Xu, North York ON

Jerry Murbach - Rae Murbach, Altadena CA; Linda Gruber - Bob Gruber, Camarillo CA vsDonald Margolin, Delray Beach FL; Madeleine Evansky, Boynton Beach FL; Elizabeth Ghrist - Lucy Terrill, Houston TX

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 16 TablesNancy Stein - Judy Pujol, Jacksonville FL; Rona Brenner - Kay Craft, Ponte Vedra FL vsKaren Caton - Caron Peck, Arlington TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX

John Garner, Fernandina Bch FL; Nadine Sabatier, Ponte Vedra FL; Ann Buchholz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Lynn Leisy, Amelia Island FL vsJulia Zucker - Nat Zucker, Monroe Township NJ; Maxime Nault, Montreal QC; Paulin Nault, Saint-Anicet QC

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 16 TablesSteve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL; Karen Lahn - Gerard Lahn, North Venice FL vsHarold George, Wichita KS; Howard Montemurro, Vineland ON; Wesley Albinger - Charles Pierce, New York NY

John Guerra, Naples FL; Gerald Beaubien, Estero FL; Jane Clark, Auburn AL; Maxwell Hughes, Vero Beach FL vsLiliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA; Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA; Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 5 16 TablesMark Franzoni, Jacksonville Bc FL; Nancy Martin, Neptune Beach FL; Lynn Chapman, Jacksonville FL; Zev Wajsman, Atlantic Beach FL vsLeo Comerford - Jonell Comerford, Broomfield CO; Robert Underwood - Elizabeth Underwood, Henderson NV

Patricia Booton - Caroline Tunkel - Susan Carmichael, Fernandina Bch FL; Jan Gundersen, Fernandina FL vsCharles Conrad - Ann Conrad - Robert Hamilton - Valerie Byrne, Castro Valley CA

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 6 16 TablesBill Multack, Miami Beach FL; William Lehman, Aventura FL; Eric Schneider, Boca Raton FL; Michael Lynch - Berton Solomon, Edwards CO vsRichard Haverland - John Dillon, Vero Beach FL; Ed Michaels - Chris Trower, Atlanta GA

Eli Zinner, Nipomo CA; David Koble, Bartlesville OK; Lori Hays - Mark Hays, Arroyo Grande CA vsGreg Moniz - Paul Moniz, Debary FL; Tom Rusk, Sanford FL; Edwin Hall, Deland FL

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 7 12 TablesMelanie Meyn, Denver CO; Betty Vonseggern, Dunnellon FL; Tippy Davis - Kathleen Gillman, Orlando FL vsVicky Webb - Anita Berry, Raleigh NC; Betty Vermillion, Winter Park FL; Dianne Schupak, Orlando FL

John Barton III, Swarthmore PA; Prem Premakumar, Media PA; Cheryl Stark Abrams - Judith Repp, Villanova PA vsGeri Michelsen - Trudy Bell, Fort Lauderdale FL; Trudy Kalen, Lighthouse Pt FL; Theresa Hernandez, Hillsboro Beach FL

KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS L P Q R S EAST-WEST 1 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 69.89% 1 Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; David Treitel, Miami FL 66.23% 2 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Larry Cohen, Delray Beach FL 66.05% 2 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 63.40% 3 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 61.84% 3 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 60.91% 4 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 61.48% 4 Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Maciej Klis, 30-513 Krakow Poland 60.70% 5 Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 59.13% 5 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 60.13% 6 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 58.83% 6 Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY 59.68% 7 Muriel Altus - Philip Altus, Tampa FL 58.29% 7 Zachary Madden, Bethesda MD; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 58.22% 8 Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 57.78% 8 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 57.99% 9 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 56.97% 9 John Van Ness, Carbondale CO; Kenneth Titow, Scottsdale AZ 57.59% 10 David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 56.70% 10 Joe Grue, New York NY; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 56.79% 11 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 55.98% 11 Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 56.76% 12 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 55.80% 12 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 55.71% 13 Dan Morgenstern - Jack Mahoney, Brunswick ME 55.50% 13 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 55.00% 14 Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 54.78% 14 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 54.99% 15 David Grainger, Roseville CA; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 54.24% 15 Jeff Edelstein - Steven Ashe, Tampa FL 54.49% 16 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden 53.76% 16 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA 54.33% 17 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 53.67% 17 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Arthur Loring, West Palm Beach FL 54.27% 18 Frances Corney - Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 53.44% 18 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, New York NY; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 54.13% 19 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 53.37% 19 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 54.10% 20 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX 53.08% 20 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 53.73% 21 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 52.85% 21 Raymond Depew, Naples FL; Judith Argento, Kingston PA 52.55% 22 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 52.54% 22 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Thorlakur Jonsson, Kopavogur Iceland 52.43% 23 James Melville, Springfield IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI 52.34% 23 R Rubinstein, Astoria NY; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 52.37% 24 Marek Pietraszek - Jacek Znamirowski, Poland 52.13% 24 David Rodney, Fairfax VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 52.31% 25 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 52.01% 25 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 52.30% 26 Chris Willenken - Alison Wilson, New York NY 51.94% 26 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 52.25% 27 Ranald Davidson, North York ON; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC 51.53% 27 Alfred Duncker - Ann Lindley, Gaithersburg MD 52.16% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D E EAST-WEST 1 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 64.33% 1 Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 63.33% 2 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 64.27% 2 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 61.56% 3 Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN 61.33% 3 Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 59.48% 4 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 60.45% 4 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 58.94% 5 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; William Pollack, New York NY 60.04% 5 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC 58.05% 6 Daniel Korbel, Rockville MD; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 59.86% 6 Kay Beck - Jerry Premo, Noblesville IN 57.91% 7 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 58.66% 7 David Standig, Oakland NJ; Kurt Gandenberger, Pendleton SC 57.03% 8 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Eric Robinson, New York NY 57.54% 8 William Grant, San Diego CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 54.68% 9 Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria 57.45% 9 Howard Liu, Burlingame CA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 54.49% 10 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 57.36% 10 Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 54.11% 11 Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 56.65% 11 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 54.08% 12 Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO 56.64% 12 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Oleg Rubinchik, Brooklyn NY 53.76% 13 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 56.53% 13 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 53.07% 14 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 56.19% 14 Pamela Page - Monty Page, Palm Bay FL 52.97% 15 Choon Chou Loo - Hua Poon, Singapore Singapore 55.44% 15 Margie Cole - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY 52.87% 16 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 55.36% 16 Christal Henner - Uday Ivatury, New York NY 52.85% 17 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 55.00% 17 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 52.83% 18 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 54.60% 18 Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Sean Ganness, Miami FL 52.80% 19 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 54.45% 19 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 52.76% 20 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, 4400 Flekkefjor Norway 54.22% 20 Roger Means, Myrtle Beach SC; Vinay Jha, Colorado Spgs CO 52.73% 21 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 53.67% 21 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 52.69% 22 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 53.57% 22 Jim Gobert - Cindy Bernstein, Indialantic FL 52.55% 23 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 53.07% 23 Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA 52.34% 24 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 53.01% 24 Jerome Rombaut, Lys Lez Lannoy France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France 52.29% 25 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; Steven Price, Scottsdale AZ 52.77% 25 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 52.00% 26 Mark McCarthy, San Francisco CA; Doug Couchman, Berkeley CA 52.41% 26 Robert White, Raleigh NC; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 52.00% 27 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 51.87% 27 Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland; Jacek Grzelczak, Lodz 51.98% 28 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA 51.39% 28 Paul Klarreich, Chagrin Falls OH; Serge Chevalier, Laval QC 51.95%


GEOFF CROSS GOLD RUSH PAIRS TUESDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL 59.23% 1 1 Charles Steeg - Donna Brigman, Lakeland FL 65.18% 2/3 1/2 1 Lee Greif, Prairie Village KS; John Klingner, Quincy IL 55.95% 2 2 Karl Sokalski - Dustin Hoover, Pittsburgh PA 62.50% 2/3 1/2 Glory Stack, Hendersonville NC; Fiona Armson, Inman SC 55.95% 3 3 Dee Daigle, Lafayette LA; Jane Ardoin, Eunice LA 55.65% 4/5 3/4 Casey Holscher - Judith Cortese, Melbourne FL 52.38% 4 4 Marion Winsor - Anita Perrier, Sun City Center FL 53.87% 4/5 3/4 Polly Webb, Lakewood Ranch FL; Dar Webb, St Petersburg FL 52.38% 1 Richard Buttermore - Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 45.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Jeanne Thomas - Maureen Sutton, Ocala FL 59.23% 1 1 Athena Gordon - Ann Turner, Tampa FL 63.69% 2 2 Anne Brouillard - Paula Smith, Ottawa ON 57.44% 2/3 2/3 1 Howard Levenson - Melany Levenson, Naples FL 60.12% 3/4 3/4 Starr Oberg - Kenneth Oberg, Bluffton SC 56.55% 2/3 2/3 Patricia Holmes - Robert Vicars Jr, The Villages FL 60.12% 3/4 3/4 1 Barbara Green, Ponte Vedra FL; Nancy Hanna, Jacksonville FL 56.55% 4 Catherine Wright, Rockford IL; Robert Larson, Roscoe IL 55.65% 4 Blondelle Grant, Pawleys Island SC; Morris Mitchem Jr, Columbia SC 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Dorothy Osterberger - Linda Dennis, Columbia MD 64.88% 1 1 Tom Goodwin, Northville MI; Carl Gentile, Dallas TX 64.88% 2 2 Judy Greengrass - Marty Greengrass, Lutz FL 56.55% 2 Marguerite Gousie - Marshall Williams, Woonsocket RI 56.85% 3 3 Vicki Valley, Edwardsville IL; Joyce Edwards, Glen Carbon IL 56.25% 3 2 John Noronha, Pittsford NY; Frank LoRusso, Naples FL 54.17% 4 4 Liga Haiplik - Heather Howie, Mississauga ON 55.95% 4 3 Carrie Osborne, Livonia MI; Maria Conti, Dearborn Hgts MI 52.08% 4 Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX; Liz Jacobson, Fort Worth TX 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FFF EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Thomas Zimmerman - Claire Zimmerman, Pearland TX 66.07% 1/2 J Gray McAllister III - Susan McAllister, Raleigh NC 57.44% 2 2 Charles Pulvino - Carol Pulvino, Sarasota FL 60.42% 1/2 1 Roberta Sylvia - Marion Martin, Vero Beach FL 57.44% 3 Joseph Curley, Estero FL; Charles Curley, Wakefield MA 56.55% 3 Brenda Griffiths - Doug Darnley, Pickering ON 55.65% 4 3 Jane Elliott, Tampa FL; Kathy McKay, Lady Lake FL 55.06% 4 2 Doreen MacMillan, Naples FL; Marilyn McIntosh, Pompano Beach FL 52.68% 4 Janet Gawenda - Beverly Magnuson, The Villages FL 53.27% 3 Jim Sturgeon - Jane Sturgeon, Louisville KY 51.79% 4 Nancy Cogen, Miami FL; Takeko Toyama, Pinecrest FL 50.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Linda Gargrave, Ormond Beach FL; William Carpenter, Rockford IL 63.69% 1 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; David Halliday, Fredericton NB 63.10% 2 2 Shirley Shane, Ellenton FL; Clarence Merskin, Sun City Center FL 56.85% 2 1 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 59.52% 3 3 Judy Flickinger - Roger Flickinger, The Villages FL 56.25% 3 2 Viviane Landry - Andre Landry, Zephyrhills FL 52.98% 4 Steve Rainey, Taylors SC; Betsy Bunting, Naples FL 54.17% 4 3 Brian Mc Namara - Richard Barth, Washington DC 52.68% 5 Debra Lamountain, Forest Hills NY; Janine Buss, Port Washington NY 53.57% 5 4 1 Elizabeth Spence, Marianna FL; Judith Harrison, Alford FL 52.08% 4 Sheila Namiot - Marvin Rosen, Sarasota FL 50.00% 2 Barbara Hayes - Linda Angel, Concord NC 49.11% 1 Birdie Fox - Thomas Fox, Atlantic Beach FL 43.45% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 1 Deedee Dyer, Chester NS; Shirley McInnes, Halifax NS 58.33% 1 1 Janet Farrell - Caryl Mackay, Leesburg FL 62.53% 2 2 Lillian Hartstein - Jack Ozer, Delray Beach FL 57.15% 2 Pradip Roy, Orlando FL; Stan Weinstein, Osprey FL 58.88% 3 3 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Gloria Bennett, Lakeway TX 56.30% 3 Paul Reamer, Longboat Key FL; Robert D’Avanzo, Sarasota FL 58.79% 4 Judy Basch - Bob Basch, Williamsburg MI 54.80% 4 2 Donald Carr - Les Muranyi, Lakewood Ranch FL 54.13% 5 Diana Walker - Maryann Soinski, Winter Park FL 51.58% 5 3 Robin Brendell, Roslyn Heights NY; Glen Dworkin, Coconut Creek FL 50.63% 4 1 Bill Jones, Anderson SC; Victoria Hess, Jackson WY 50.35%

WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV YY ZZ EAST-WEST 1 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 64.25% 1 Mildred Breed, Cypress TX; Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 60.39% 2 Betty Sandifer, Daytona Beach FL; Harriet Eaton Morris, Ponce Inlet FL 59.55% 2 Betsy Downs, Chicago IL; Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB 60.09% 3 Sylvia Christian, Lakeland FL; Harriette Buckman, University Park FL 58.01% 3 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 59.89% 4 Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY; Margaret Klamp, Fort Myers FL 57.94% 4 Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 59.55% 5 Linda Otness, Greenwich CT; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 57.64% 5 Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 59.04% 6 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 57.22% 6 Pramotton Emanuela, Rome 00198 Italy; Elisa De Paola, Rome Italy 57.95% 7 Judi Radin, New York NY; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 57.16% 7 Raluca Dobrescu, New York NY; Marusa Basa, Ljubjana 56.75% 8 Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC; Barbara Olsen, Marana AZ 55.94% 8 Gail Greenberg - Susan Picus, New York NY 56.21% 9 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy 55.61% 9 Kathy Logue, Davie FL; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 53.96% 10 Jo Morse - Janet Dresden, Palm Bch Gdns FL 55.29% 10 Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 53.89% 11 Suzan Lordi, University Park FL; Susan Gilbert, Sarasota FL 54.71% 11 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 53.49% 12 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 54.62% 12 Susan Duval, Irvington NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 53.46% 13 Janet Becker, Delray Beach FL; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 54.38% 13 Tina Tessaro, Miami FL; Darcy Parker, Hendersonville NC 53.28% 14 Gigi Simpson - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 54.28% 14 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA 53.27% 15 Libby Fernandez - Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 53.60% 15 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 53.27% 16 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 52.58% 16 Claire Alpert, New York NY; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 53.06% 17 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 52.55% 17 Linda Perlman, Wellington FL; Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL 52.41% 18 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 52.27% 18 Marietta Huggard, Sarasota FL; Carolyn Holcomb, Englewood FL 52.40%

0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G H J EAST-WEST 1 Jeremy Lewis, Glen Allen VA; Holly Campbell, Stevensville MT 62.63% 1 Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 71.95% 2 Pat Peterson, Hernando FL; Sharron Rosenberg, Lecanto FL 60.44% 2 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 61.50% 3 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH 59.50% 3 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 61.20% 4/5 Jan Vandersluis - Helen Vandersluis, Palm Bch Gdns FL 59.05% 4 Charles Showalter, Lady Lake FL; Jeff Koltenuk, The Villages FL 60.82% 4/5 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA 59.05% 5 William Campbell, Mercer Island WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend WA 57.58% 6 David Platnick, Charlottesville VA; Marsha Platnick, Bluefield WV 58.48% 6 Diane Bourdeau, Cambridge ON; Adrian Record, Fergus ON 55.81% 7 Nina Tache, Hollywood FL; Andrea Dichi, Hallandale Bch FL 58.30% 7 Ronald Franck, Pittsburgh PA; Philip Goulding, Wexford PA 55.73% 8 Roy Ladd - Albert Stock, Valencia CA 58.26% 8 Radu Nistor, Sunnyside NY; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 55.17% 9 William Fitch, Rockingham VA; Gerald Botkin, Staunton VA 57.16% 9 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA 54.86% 10 Paul Karas, Elm Grove WI; Gabriel Tawil, Boynton Beach FL 56.49% 10 Leo Cardillo, Clifton VA; Ronald Dixon, Vancouver BC 54.83% 11 Chongmin Zhang, Getzville NY; Yuan Chen, North York ON 56.15% 11 Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI 54.60% 12 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 54.98% 12/13 John Stutz - Amanda Chohfi, Jupiter FL 53.96% 13 Janice Woodbury, Vero Beach FL; Karolyn Smith, Atlanta GA 54.45% 12/13 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Scott Weiss, Deland FL 53.96%14/15 Jeff Dater - James McCommons, Dallas TX 54.15% 14 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 53.58%14/15 Matthew Campbell, Lincoln NE; Jonathan Cohn, Elkhorn NE 54.15% 15 Erich Taylor, West Palm Beach FL; Steven Hudson, Highland Beach FL 53.39% 16 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 54.03% 16 Susan Fraser, Leesburg FL; Nancy Williams, Mount Dora FL 53.24% 17 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 53.85% 17 Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA 53.05% 18 Benjamin Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; William Granger, Bradenton FL 53.21% 18 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL 52.98% 19 Jennifer Williams, Atlanta GA; Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA 52.75% 19 Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON 52.94% 20 Allyson Wolfe, Saint Louis MO; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 52.19% 20 Marielle Brentnall - Raymond Hornby, Winnipeg MB 52.87% 21 Walter Bell, Orefield PA; Robert Grover, Cape Coral FL 50.90% 21 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Houston TX; Stephen Moese, West Chester OH 52.64% 22 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 50.64% 22 Jerrold Harrington, San Antonio TX; Kendall Early, Fredericksburg TX 52.26% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I M N EAST-WEST 1 Lucy Spongberg - Gary Spongberg, Niskayuna NY 60.16% 1 Dwayne Hoffman, South Miami FL; Larry Lowell Jr, Knoxville TN 60.62% 2 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 59.21% 2 Sharon Lessard - Cozy May, Deland FL 58.24% 3 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA 58.73% 3 Cabot Jaffee Jr, Maitland FL; Robert Sprick, Orlando FL 57.97% 4 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Michael Marcucci, San Gabriel CA 58.03% 4 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 56.39% 5 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 56.65% 5 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 56.11% 6 Nancy Colter, Dublin GA; George Russell, Moore SC 56.43% 6 Joel Wolfe, West Hartford CT; Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT 55.87% 7 Mylene Encontro, Far Hills NJ; Johan Vikstrom, Sweden 55.97% 7 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 55.57% 8 Jim Harp - Mary McGinnis, Dallas TX 55.90% 8 Mary Lou Kerr, York ON; Julia Price, Toronto ON 54.44% 9 Hadi Abushakra, Kensington MD; Jay Cherlow, Arlington VA 54.90% 9 Bruce Luttrell - Barbara Luttrell, San Jose CA 54.33% 10 Jack Brawner Jr - Paul Freiberg, Naples FL 54.16% 10 Scott Chupack - JC Chupack, Seattle WA 54.32% 11 Sherman Gao, Lagunawoods CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 53.62% 11 Arthur Hoffman - Philip Waldman, Boynton Beach FL 53.79% 12 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 53.13% 12 Margaret Cooke, Celebration FL; Jeanie Engebretson, Detroit Lakes MN 53.79% 13 Wayne Bardsley, Mc Lean VA; Jim Dick, Harlingen TX 52.70% 13 Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO; Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL 53.65% 14 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 52.67% 14 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 53.56% 15 Joye Sidoti - Cathleen Otvos, Oakland CA 52.14% 15 Neil Thomas - D Keith Henderson, Birmingham AL 53.47% 16 Annie Schwartz - Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA 52.06% 16 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 53.37% 17 Glen Harmer, Thunder Bay ON; Donald Richards, Kissimmee FL 51.75% 17 Bob Marett - Ward Schaumberg, Saint Simons Is GA 52.20%


TUESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OO PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Arjune Bose, Houston TX; Ranjit Bose, Albuquerque NM 65.10% 1 Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC; Joan Simon, Dataw Island SC 63.77% 2 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 61.22% 2 1 James Rowen - John Peer, Indianapolis IN 58.75% 3 2 Carmon Lee Woodley, Niceville FL; Sylvia Jackson, Edmond OK 61.19% 3 2 1 Polly Webb, Lakewood Ranch FL; Dar Webb, St Petersburg FL 57.92% 4 Ronald Dewey, Okeechobee FL; Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA 60.60% 4 3 Peter Cleaves - Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasota FL 57.64% 5 3 1 Patricia Bassett - Suzie Moore, Hobe Sound FL 56.70% 5 4 John White - Lynne White, Lincoln CA 54.11% 6 4 Chris Kindt - Jane Formet, Orlando FL 55.11% 6 5 Jeanne Land, Fort Myers FL; Barbara Moran, Tilghman MD 51.61% 7 5 2 Monica Phillips - Dorothy Kemp, Key Largo FL 52.90% 7 6 Carolyn Brown - Eric Taylor, Lake City FL 51.35% 8 6 Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA 52.31% 8 Betty Cox - David Cox, Randolph NJ 51.05% 7 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 51.11% 7 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Becky Kovaleski, Orlando FL 49.67% 2 Bill Multack, Miami Beach FL; William Lehman, Aventura FL 48.97%

MARTY BAFF DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG HHH III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Lew Walter, New York NY; Carole Maeder, Bonita Springs FL 62.85% 1 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 63.06% 2 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Rds AL; Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL 60.12% 2 Robert Dennard, Orlando FL; Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL 60.83% 3 1 Donald Kramer - Marie J F Matsche, Mount Dora FL 58.91% 3 1 1 Kay Richardson - Brian Richardson, Ottawa ON 60.48% 4 2 Carol Golden - Richard Golden, Boca Raton FL 58.15% 4 2 Harriet Brent, Venice FL; Jean Picone, Pittsburgh PA 60.22% 5 3 Russell Craft - Dee Craft, St Petersburg FL 57.74% 5 3 Nancy Garvey - Laura Tolkow, New York NY 58.86% 6 4 David Lodge - Nance Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA 56.93% 6 4 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 57.69% 7 5 Aubrey Fein, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 56.73% 7 Marti Cowie - Maria Moore, Lakeland FL 55.92% 8 Leon Lyday, Clearwater FL; Julian Heicklen, Teaneck NJ 56.22% 8 5 Newton Brightwell - Marilyn Brightwell, Osprey FL 55.77% 9 Greg Saunders - Joe Sacco, The Villages FL 55.92% 9 Terry Shaw, Halifax NS; Ted Withers, Windsor NS 55.11% 10 George Matuch - Theresa Matuch, Saint Simons Is GA 55.47% 10 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; David Cohan, Doylestown PA 54.50% 11 6 Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 55.41% 11 6 2 George Syme, Altamonte Spg FL; Rosemary Plane, Deland FL 54.30% 12 7 1 Sally McKinney, Henderson NV; Marilyn Batra, Lake Ridge VA 54.40% 12 7 Sheila Goad - Dale Marx, The Villages FL 54.05% 13 James Marsh Sternberg, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Ivee Fromkin, Jupiter FL 53.24% 13 8 3 Jonathan Friendly, Bradenton FL; Howard Braun, Clearwater FL 53.14% 14 Robert Brent, Venice FL; Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 52.23% 14 Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA; Roderic Kerr, Palm City FL 52.68% 15 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Pamela Furtsch, Armonk NY 51.77% 15/16 9/10 4 Marty Goodman - Bill Goodman, Troy MI 52.07% 16 8 Richard Cornett - Mark Crumrine, Ocala FL 51.01% 15/16 9/10 Judy Tracton - Kara Beck, Boynton Beach FL 52.07% 9 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm Desert CA 50.61% 11 5 Dan Marx - Murray Tanzman, The Villages FL 51.87% 10 2 David Sarten, Tas Australia; Susanne Sarten, Tasmania Australia 50.35% 12 Brian Delong - Frances DeLong, Harmony NS 51.32% 11 Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 48.73% 6 Thom Allen - Dan Sutherland, Northville MI 50.91% 12 3 Robert Higgins, Sun City Center FL; Abraham Fisher, Concord MA 48.48% 4 Marilyn Hubbard - Michael Hendershot, The Villages FL 48.33% 5 Peggy Stehly, Hilton Head Is SC; Kathy Mootz, Hilton Head SC 48.18% 6 Linda Zdenek, Shalimar FL; Marilyn Gusky, Navarre FL 48.03% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS JJJ SSS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Edward Dickman, Trinity FL; Jerry Kissel, Clearwater FL 61.43% 1 1 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; John Miller, Stillwater MN 62.66% 2 Randolph Johnson - Ann Hudson, Suffield CT 60.58% 2 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 60.79% 3 2 Rawy Shediac, Englewood FL; Dale Rands, Palm Beach FL 59.94% 3 2 Mary Bywater - Susan Airth, Orlando FL 59.29% 4 Edward Maier - William Epperson, Sarasota FL 59.62% 4 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 57.64% 5 3 Darlene Scott - Michael Kammermayer, Oakville ON 58.65% 5 Bill Kertes, York ON; Allan Smith, Tiny ON 57.43% 6 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 57.85% 6 3 Stephanie McAdam, Scottsdale AZ; William McAdam, Naperville IL 57.00% 7 4 1 Wendy Sands, Monmouth Beach NJ; Michael Schaeffer, West Palm Beach FL 56.46% 7 4 Janice Hazel - Betsy Contino, Savannah GA 56.46% 8 Lance Chamberlain - Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN 56.09% 8 Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD; Marcia Goldstein, Annapolis MD 56.14% 9 5 Patricia Deckert - Rosemarie Laursen, Savannah GA 55.66% 9 5 P Oates - W Oates, Brighton MI 55.93% 10 6 2 Joyce Jackson - Margaret Sarno, The Villages FL 55.45% 10 6 Mel Dodd - Jane Dodd, Columbia MO 55.18% 11 7 3 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Grace Meehan, Clearwater FL 54.97% 11 7 Gary Zlot, Toronto ON; Dennis Sovic, Palm Bch Gdns FL 54.59% 12 8 Robert Lumbert, Severn MD; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo Brazil 52.94% 12 8 Linda Sutton, Conroe TX; Michael Novack, Humble TX 54.54% 13 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Teresa Sackett, Rochester MN 52.56% 13 Janise Saul, San Antonio TX; Suzanne St Thomas, Boise ID 54.22% 14 9 Paul Fried, Monroe Township NJ; Gerry Vaughn, Fort Pierce FL 52.51% 14 Mary Rutledge - Marian Howarth, Sun City Center FL 53.21% 15 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 52.19% 15 9 Suzanne Viau - Therese Huot, Boucherville QC 52.99% 10 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Beach FL 51.60% 10 Ted Witt, Menomonee Falls WI; Greg Stander, San Diego CA 52.40% 11 Farid Azzam - Barbara Azzam, Chesterfield MO 51.02% 1 Julianna Gabor, Leesburg FL; Richard Tolpin, Tavares FL 45.19% 12 4 Brenda Baranga - Alexandra Peck, Toronto ON 50.85% 2 Gail Davis - Janet Young, Baton Rouge LA 43.48% 3 Mary Cummins, Leesburg FL; Michelle Crane, Pensacola FL 42.20%

TUESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Barbara Show, Leesburg VA; Judith McKinney, Earleville MD 63.43% 1 1 1 Patrick Lysaught - Patricia Lysaught, Overland Park KS 58.59% 2 2 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 58.38% 2 2 2 Richelle Sajovec - Leslie Blair, Raleigh NC 56.55% 3 Fay Lukoskie, Fairfield Glade TN; Homer Jeffers, Crossville TN 57.78% 3 Fred Costin, Sarasota FL; Nan Turner, Carmel IN 55.02% 4 3 1 Dianna Stolpmann, Saint Augustine FL; Nancy Waddell, Peterborough ON 53.23% 4 3 Sandra Palchanis, Boynton Beach FL; Maryann Bishop, Washington DC 54.72% 2 Charlotte Floyd - Donna Morris, Raleigh NC 47.66%

0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O T EAST-WEST 1 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 52.79 1 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV 39.37 2 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 50.11 2 Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 30.47 3 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Lesley Davis, La Jolla CA 40.95 3 Philip Benner - Carolyn Benner, El Dorado Hills CA 24.95 4 Freerk Polling - Betty Parker, Palm Bch Gdns FL 17.63 4 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 24.21 5 Dexter Senft, Saratoga Spgs NY; Michael McNamara, White Plain NY 15.68 5 Scott Hiller, Naples FL; Mary Anne Geppert, Fort Myers FL 19.47 6 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 15.26 6 Pamela Nisbet, Kanata ON; Diane K.M. Gordon, St Catharines ON 10.00 7 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 10.47 7 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 5.53 8 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 7.53 8 Jeffrey Goldman, Norwalk CT; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 2.32

ARTHUR WILLS A/B/C OPEN PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SS TT UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 65.28% 1 Raymond Adams Jr, Turlock CA; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 66.50% 2 1 Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Patti Martin, Richmond VA 62.45% 2 Marty Bergen, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Talbott Maxey, Palm Beach FL 64.02% 3 2 1 Hind Blick, Bedford NS; Gary Brown, Wolfville NS 61.79% 3 Gunnar Helgason, Reykjavik Iceland; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 62.96% 4 Sedat Nassi - Gerty Nassi, Aventura FL 58.76% 4 Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Sellers McKee, Jupiter FL 59.46% 5 Bob Drake, Wassenaar ; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague 57.54% 5 1 Joe Mundy - Nora Mundy, West Hill ON 59.31% 6 Deborah Thomas-Howie, Toronto ON; Ellen Gabriel, Naples FL 56.68% 6 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 57.54% 7 Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 56.38% 7 John Ashton, Portland OR; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 57.39% 8 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 56.07% 8 Robert Johnson, Tigard OR; Richard Carle, Longview WA 57.19% 9 Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 54.91% 9 2 1 Bill Noyes, Monument Beach MA; Torben Rolsted, BirkerAd Denmark 55.47% 10 3 Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV; Kenneth Van Cleve, Traverse City MI 54.55% 10 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Dwight Bender, London ON 55.16% 11 4 2 Tai Chan, Troy MI; Jane Gardner, Northville MI 54.50% 11 3 Betty Triliegi, Richfield MN; Sherry Hansen, Minneapolis MN 54.35% 12 Jane Eason - Bill Eason, Nesbit MS 54.35% 12 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf, Istanbul Turkey 52.73% 13 Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 53.19% 13 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 51.92% 14 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 52.94% 14 4 Christina van Leeuwen, Media PA; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 51.87% 15 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 52.48% 15 5 Robert Barrington - David Moss, New York NY 51.67% 16 5 Joyce Neville, White Marsh VA; Ellyn Batko, Northbrook IL 51.82% 16 6 2 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA 51.57% 6 John Hassett, Johns Creek GA; Paul Hassett, The Villages FL 50.10% 7 Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA; Jackie Brown, McCormick SC 51.47% 7 3 Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 49.09% 8 3 Jon Lusk - Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI 51.11% 4 Sharon Stevens, Vineland-Stn ON; Myrna Mackey, Niagara Falls ON 48.43% 4 Elizabeth Gompels, Cambridge MA; Kay Rogers, Manakin Sabot VA 47.47% 5 Phil Dowd - Stan Fong, Toronto ON 46.41%

TUESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME, FOURTH OF SIX SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Linda Dunn, Memphis TN; Donna Williams, Niagara-Lk ON 62.02% 1 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Robert Pearson Jr, Warner Robins GA 66.03% 2 John Herrmann, North Port FL; Rene Wallace, Mission TX 59.13% 2 1 John Coe - Karen Coe, Ewing IL 61.22% 3 James Dover, Flowery Branch GA; Clay Hall, Vestavia AL 56.41% 3 2 Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dot Davis, Winter Park FL 56.41% 4 2 John White - Lynne White, Lincoln CA 55.61% 4 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Trinity FL 54.97% 5 3 George Mansour, Scranton PA; Norman Dressler, Kingston PA 55.29% 5 3 Robert Raf - Ronna Galin, West Bloomfield MI 53.37% 6 4 William Nason, Andover MA; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 54.81% 6/7 4 1 Rita Hampton, Mc Farland WI; Bruce Maier, Tampa FL 51.44% 7 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Xavier Combey, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 51.92% 6/7 Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Rocky Hill CT 51.44% 1 Roberta Palmer - Pamela George, Ann Arbor MI 48.08% 5 Peggy Hayes, Roswell GA; Tor Johannessen, Honolulu HI 49.52%


SUE SMITH 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Lee Ned - Vicky Wade, The Villages FL 63.69% 1 1 Jan Amara - Paula Hagan, Venice FL 66.67% 2 2 1 Douglas Vene - Maury Fjestad, The Villages FL 61.01% 2 Thomas Felton - Annette Grimpe, Winter Haven FL 57.74% 3 3 Steve Despot, Bradenton FL; Sherry Pies, Lakewood Ranch FL 60.42% 3 2 1 John Dietz - Cheryl Dietz, Ormond Beach FL 54.76% 4 4 Eric Mayer, Richmond IL; Patricia Schroeder, Sarasota FL 54.17% 4 3 2 Joanne Ahearn, Tarpon Springs FL; Mary Didier, Palm Harbor FL 51.19% 5 5 2 Enid Marcus - Linda Simon, Boynton Beach FL 51.19% 5 4 Kelley Dryden - Leslie Nelson, The Villages FL 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Mrs Sue Malin - Bill Malin, Greensboro GA 63.99% 1 1 Mary Hanni, Mandeville LA; Shirlann Finch, Madisonville LA 65.43% 2 2 1 Michael Johnson - Patricia Johnson, Winter Springs FL 55.65% 2 2 Jennifer James - Paul Freud, Doylestown PA 59.52% 3 3 2 Judy Wilhite - Jeanette Parker, Auburn AL 51.79% 3 3 1 Stanley Allen - Larry Yatsko, Vero Beach FL 56.13% 4 Terri Coil - Becky Kelley, Atlanta GA 49.70% 4 4 2 Eileen Hunt, Manalapan FL; Deirdre Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 54.17% 4 William Dupont III - Camellia Gurley, Orlando FL 49.11%

TUESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Anne Hodges - Margaret Irvin, Concord NC 65.11% 1 Patricia Foley, Wakefield MA; Richard Mead, Winter Park FL 64.71% 2 1 1 Thomas Rogers - Nancy Butler-Rogers, North Venice FL 60.36% 2 1 1 Cynthia Marks, Clearwater FL; Chet Harmon, Orlando FL 52.75%

MARTY BAFF DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG HHH III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Judith Auer, Dublin OH 61.94% 1 1 Aubrey Fein, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 62.30% 2 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 61.03% 2 2 1 Robert Higgins, Sun City Center FL; Abraham Fisher, Concord MA 59.51% 3 2 Lou Rabinowitz - Thomas Randall, Bradenton FL 60.88% 3 3 Newton Brightwell - Marilyn Brightwell, Osprey FL 58.86% 4 Donald Caplin - Sondra Caplin, Waltham MA 60.43% 4 4 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm Desert CA 58.20% 5 Terry Shaw, Halifax NS; Ted Withers, Windsor NS 59.46% 5 5 Paul Fried, Monroe Township NJ; Gerry Vaughn, Fort Pierce FL 57.29% 6 3 Sheila Goad - Dale Marx, The Villages FL 58.86% 6 6 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 56.88% 7 4 1 Gordon Sawyer, Seattle WA; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 58.15% 7 7 Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 56.68% 8 5 2 Marilyn Hubbard - Michael Hendershot, The Villages FL 57.03% 8 Robert Brent, Venice FL; Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 56.28% 9 Rita Gilliland, Rockledge FL; Judith Groover, Fort Myers FL 56.58% 9 Marianne Claysmith, Saint Augustine FL; Gail Hanson, Deerfield Beach FL 55.92% 10 6 3 Douglas Smith, Terre Haute IN; Craig Smith, Luzern Switzerland 55.06% 10 8 Linda Sutton, Conroe TX; Michael Novack, Humble TX 55.52% 11 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 54.25% 11 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 55.11% 12 Robert Dennard, Orlando FL; Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL 53.49% 12 Lew Walter, New York NY; Carole Maeder, Bonita Springs FL 54.96% 13 7 Nancy Garvey - Laura Tolkow, New York NY 52.73% 13 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Rds AL; Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL 54.81% 14 8 4 Dan Marx - Murray Tanzman, The Villages FL 52.48% 14 9 Richard Cornett - Mark Crumrine, Ocala FL 53.59% 15 9 5 Dawei Wu - Jian Bin Xu, 52.33% 15 10 Barbara Libman, Lake Worth FL; Helen Topkis, New Hyde Park NY 53.14% 16 10 Tom Schlossberg, Bluffton SC; Kristi Menees, Hilton Head SC 51.37% 16 11 2 Beth McArthur - Ann Canterbery, Panama City FL 52.94% 11 Kay Richardson - Brian Richardson, Ottawa ON 50.76% 12 Stephanie McAdam, Scottsdale AZ; William McAdam, Naperville IL 51.37% 12 Estelle Kluger, Boca Raton FL; Marlene Stregack, Lake Worth FL 50.66% 3 Sally McKinney, Henderson NV; Marilyn Batra, Lake Ridge VA 50.15% 4 Joyce Jackson - Margaret Sarno, The Villages FL 49.04% 5 John Kuyper - Carol Mayer, The Villages FL 46.05% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS JJJ LLL SSS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 63.84% 1 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Teresa Sackett, Rochester MN 63.71% 2 1 1 Sue Pope - Barry Pope, Port Orange FL 59.59% 2 Bart Reiss, New York City NY; Marin Marinov, New York NY 63.13% 3 Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD; Marcia Goldstein, Annapolis MD 58.93% 3 Edward Maier - William Epperson, Sarasota FL 61.58% 4 Janise Saul, San Antonio TX; Suzanne St Thomas, Boise ID 58.19% 4 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Pamela Furtsch, Armonk NY 61.08% 5 2 Janice Hazel - Betsy Contino, Savannah GA 57.78% 5 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 59.87% 6 3 Ted Witt, Menomonee Falls WI; Greg Stander, San Diego CA 55.91% 6 1 Edward Dickman, Trinity FL; Jerry Kissel, Clearwater FL 57.81% 7 Pamela Wilton - Jesus Arias, New York NY 54.78% 7 2 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Beach FL 57.77% 8 4 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; John Miller, Stillwater MN 54.71% 8 3 William Brending - Linda Brending, Katy TX 56.39% 9 Sandra Nelson - William Nelson, Bradenton FL 54.41% 9 4 1 Sheila Ellis - Charles Ellis, Alexandria VA 55.55% 10 Jack Bryant - Linda Bryant, Saint Louis MO 54.35% 10 5 Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 54.88% 11 Bill Kertes, York ON; Allan Smith, Tiny ON 54.07% 11 6 2 Wendy Sands, Monmouth Beach NJ; Michael Schaeffer, West Palm Beach FL 54.01% 12 5 Leslie Cassoff - Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA 53.64% 12 7 Rawy Shediac, Englewood FL; Dale Rands, Palm Beach FL 52.93% 13 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 53.61% 13 8 John Bortins - Nancy Benamati, Delray Beach FL 52.57% 14 6 P Lynch, New Market AL; John Robinson, Lake Wales FL 52.59% 14 James Marsh Sternberg, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Ivee Fromkin, Jupiter FL 51.46% 15 7 Ann Bottelli - Richard Bottelli, Vero Beach FL 52.38% 15 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong, Winfield IL 51.27% 16 8 Cindi Siegel, Bayside NY; Carol Reiss, Albertson NY 52.00% 16 9 Farid Azzam - Barbara Azzam, Chesterfield MO 51.05% 9 Mel Dodd - Jane Dodd, Columbia MO 51.95% 10 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Aurora IL 50.71% 10 2 Janice Baker, Jupiter FL; Etta Taylor, Hobe Sound FL 51.66% 11 3 Cindy Henderson - Jay Henderson, Northfield IL 50.66% 11 3 Julianna Gabor, Leesburg FL; Richard Tolpin, Tavares FL 50.92% 12 Jay Bourne - Beverly Baumgartner, Ballwin MO 50.23% 12 Leif Bjorn Odden, Drangedal Norway; Karen Patrow, Eau Claire WI 50.75% 4 Penny Lounsberry - Babs Thacker, Clearwater FL 48.19%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Becky Kovaleski, Orlando FL; Carole Nelson, Niceville FL 58.40% 1 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 58.63% 2 Janice Pengelly - Michael Pengelly, Cambridge ON 56.33% 2 1 Glenda Lukinuk - Nancy Waddell, Peterborough ON 58.18%

ST. AUGUSTINE DBC 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Michael Johnson - Patricia Johnson, Winter Springs FL 57.14% 1 1 Susanne Rattner, The Villages FL; Sue Riddle, Chattanooga TN 60.71% 2 2 2 Jay Hundley - Patrick Bentley, Lecanto FL 55.65% 2 2 David Fredlund - Carol Fredlund, Minneapolis MN 60.12% 3 David Evans - Yvonne Evans, Greensboro NC 54.76% 3 3 1 Patricia Blank - James Blank, Pinehurst NC 53.57% 4 3 Eric Mayer, Richmond IL; Patricia Schroeder, Sarasota FL 53.87% 4 Sylvia Zembower, Oviedo FL; Sue Rose, 51.49% 4 Trudie Myers - Pamela Masoud, Hernando FL 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Daniel Long III - Patricia Lehmann, Sarasota FL 64.43% 1 1 1 Stanley Allen - Larry Yatsko, Vero Beach FL 58.08% 2 2 1 Maria Irizarry - Barbara Howie, Miami FL 57.29% 2 2 2 Veronica Berlin - Franklin Gomes, Walnut Creek CA 55.36% 3 3 Richard Galleher, Bowie MD; Carol Marks, Annapolis MD 56.76% 3 3 Jon Mercurio, Naples FL; Barbara Show, Leesburg VA 53.92% 4 Terri Coil - Becky Kelley, Atlanta GA 56.52% 4 4 Alan Richmond - Charles Morn, Atlanta GA 53.44% 4 2 Betsy Chalal - Richard Chalal, Franklin TN 52.35%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME THIRD OF SIX SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Springs FL 58.99% 1 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Trinity FL 63.60% 2 2 2 Edie Carter, Foxboro MA; Joan Reid, North Attleboro MA 56.76% 2 1 Alexa Streeter - Richard Streeter, Jacksonville FL 62.45% 3 3 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Delray Beach FL 56.74% 3 2 Marcia Shaw, Halifax NS; Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS 62.22% 4 Peggy Higginbotham, Jacksonville FL; Shirley Seals, Ponte Vedra FL 56.70% 4 3 Henry Kwok - Dorothy Kwok, Edmonton AB 57.27% 5 4 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Scott Rappard, Dartmouth NS 56.65% 5 4 Vivian Reedy - Jo-Ann Rauch, Miami FL 54.40% 6 John Herrmann, North Port FL; Rene Wallace, Mission TX 54.45% 6 5 Pieter Vanbennekom - Christine Matus, Vero Beach FL 52.90% 7 5 Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI; Abbie Cole, New York NY 54.10% 7 6 Jo Rogan, Naples FL; Kathy Gage, Marco Island FL 52.55% 8 Pamela Rosenberger, Lancaster PA; Melvin Lubart, Hummelstown PA 53.15% 8 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 52.43% 9 6 Peggy Hayes, Roswell GA; Tor Johannessen, Honolulu HI 51.85% 9 7 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Marie-France Benoit, Gatineau QC 52.09% 10 7 Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA; William Golush, Denville NJ 51.72% 10 8 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 51.35% 11 Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Albuquerque NM 51.51% 11 9 Katherine Ewing - Edwin Ewing, Sacramento CA 51.14% 8 Margaret Carruthers - Marian Lynn Coveney, London ON 51.16% 10 Donald Stark - Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA 50.72% 9 Edgwin Simpson, Middleburg FL; James Baker, Brooklyn NY 50.91% 1 Ginger Hebert - Cynthia Blanchard, Lafayette LA 48.89% 2 Jill Ragatz, Lecanto FL; Marilyn Defilippo, Hernando FL 47.07%

0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS T O EAST-WEST 1 Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 45.02 1 Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 41.55 2 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico 29.53 2 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV 32.52 3 Alvin Levy, Commack NY; George Retek, Montreal QC 27.44 3 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 28.20 4 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; David Cantor, Charlotte NC 26.96 4 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 21.89 5 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 24.38 5 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 21.66 6 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 24.06 6 Edward Schusler, Lady Lake FL; John Moschella, Winter Springs FL 18.46 7 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 23.11 7 Freerk Polling - Betty Parker, Palm Bch Gdns FL 15.15 8 Irina Kislitsyna - Michel Rapoport, Aventura FL 7.38 8 Lynne Newman - Randall Dougherty, San Diego CA 14.52


WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS YY ZZ VV EAST-WEST 1 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 61.50% 1 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL 68.80% 2 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 61.11% 2 Janet Becker, Delray Beach FL; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 62.86% 3 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy 60.94% 3 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 62.82% 4 Mildred Breed, Cypress TX; Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 59.15% 4 Gigi Simpson - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 60.64% 5 Carole Craige, Pomona NJ; Margaret Coe, Egg Harbor Twp NJ 58.85% 5 Lindsey Weinger, Delray Beach FL; Signe Buus Thomsen, Copenhagen Denmark 58.42% 6 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 57.31% 6 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 57.14% 7 Judi Radin, New York NY; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 57.01% 7/8 Melten Ozumerzifon - Nazan Kokten, Istanbul Turkey 55.43% 8 Paula Mann, Boca Raton FL; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 56.24% 7/8 Betty Sandifer, Daytona Beach FL; Harriet Eaton Morris, Ponce Inlet FL 55.43% 9 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 55.73% 9 Carol Foley, Mount Laurel NJ; Claire Kern, Voorhees NJ 53.97% 10 Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 55.56% 10 Susan Jackowitz - Kari Nolletti, Palm Bch Gdns FL 53.93% 11 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 55.13% 11 Betty Scull, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON 53.59% 12 Susan Duval, Irvington NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 55.09% 12 Sharon Benz - Judith Marshall, Buffalo NY 53.50% 13 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 54.32% 13 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 53.46% 14 Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 53.97% 14 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 53.08% 15 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Liane Turner, Maitland FL 53.46% 15 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 52.52% 16 Suzan Lordi, University Park FL; Susan Gilbert, Sarasota FL 53.42% 16 Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 52.18% 17 Sarah Anne Cressy, Falls Church VA; Vonnie Lavender, Burke VA 53.29% 17 Jan Assini, Pittsburgh PA; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 51.67% 18 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Sheila Pohly, Jericho NY 52.35% 18/19 Colleen Treanor, The Villages FL; Gladys Mikel, Lady Lake FL 51.54% 18/19 Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 51.54%

ARTHUR WILLS A/B/C OPEN PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SS TT UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf, Istanbul Turkey 65.83% 1 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 64.81% 2 Gunnar Helgason, Reykjavik Iceland; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 58.16% 2 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL 63.45% 3 Alan Popkin - Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 58.02% 3 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 61.82% 4 1 1 Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 57.09% 4 Paul Darin - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 61.51% 5 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 56.43% 5 Sedat Nassi - Gerty Nassi, Aventura FL 61.21% 6 2 Christina van Leeuwen, Media PA; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 55.20% 6 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 60.74% 7 John Ashton, Portland OR; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 54.74% 7 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 60.30% 8 Madi Drimmer - Paul Eberman, Sarasota FL 54.53% 8 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 59.40% 9 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 53.59% 9 Jane Eason - Bill Eason, Nesbit MS 59.10% 10 Carlos Munoz - Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 53.46% 10 Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 55.65% 11 Michael Curley, Grand Rapids MI; Dave Fred, Interlochen MI 53.20% 11 Deborah Thomas-Howie, Toronto ON; Ellen Gabriel, Naples FL 53.57% 12 3 2 Alan Kudisch - Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 53.01% 12 1 Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV; Kenneth Van Cleve, Traverse City MI 53.02% 13 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Dwight Bender, London ON 52.84% 13 2 Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA; Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT 52.96% 14 Raymond Adams Jr, Turlock CA; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 52.24% 14 William Koehler, Albuquerque NM; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 51.94% 15 4 Robert Barrington - David Moss, New York NY 51.94% 15 Dennis Wick, Greencastle PA; Daryl Gahm, Madison AL 51.42% 16 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 51.80% 16 3 1 Robert Ellison - Gina Austin Fresh, Wichita KS 51.07% 5 Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA; Jackie Brown, McCormick SC 51.74% 4 Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Patti Martin, Richmond VA 50.33% 6 Joe Mundy - Nora Mundy, West Hill ON 49.33% 5 2 Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK; Kathie Hoehne, Anchorage AK 50.13% 7 3 Susi Pitts, Cumming GA; Joan Bentz, Ann Arbor MI 48.90% 6 Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 48.41% 8 4 James Calhoun, Arvada CO; Heike Subra-Wiethoff, Helsinki Finland 48.55% 7 Jan Garthe, Suttons Bay MI; Chatarina Andersson, Kungalv Sweden 47.63% 5 Phil Dowd - Stan Fong, Toronto ON 47.96% 3 Hind Blick, Bedford NS; Gary Brown, Wolfville NS 47.44% 4 Sharon Stevens, Vineland-Stn ON; Myrna Mackey, Niagara Falls ON 47.35%

GEOFF CROSS GOLD RUSH PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; David Halliday, Fredericton NB 63.99% 1/2 Rosalyn Millar - Malcolm Millar, Summerside PE 62.20% 2 Pamela Ames - Kadie Davis, Maryville IL 59.82% 1/2 1 Casey Holscher - Judith Cortese, Melbourne FL 62.20% 3 1 1 Toni Kuxhausen - Marcia Rabb, Sarasota FL 57.14% 3 Pradip Roy, Orlando FL; Stan Weinstein, Osprey FL 58.33% 4 2 Brian Mc Namara - Richard Barth, Washington DC 56.55% 4 2 1 Lee Greif, Prairie Village KS; John Klingner, Quincy IL 55.06% 5 3 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 56.25% 5 3 Bonnie Davis, Berwyn PA; D Penny Jones, Bonita Springs FL 52.38% 4 Joanne Wharton, Clearwater FL; Joy Bradley, St Petersburg FL 50.60% 4 Glory Stack, Hendersonville NC; Fiona Armson, Inman SC 50.30%

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NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Robin Brendell, Roslyn Heights NY; Glen Dworkin, Coconut Creek FL 56.63% 1 1 Janet Farrell - Caryl Mackay, Leesburg FL 64.12% 2 2 1 Bill Jones, Anderson SC; Victoria Hess, Jackson WY 55.65% 2 2 Shirley Shane, Ellenton FL; Clarence Merskin, Sun City Center FL 53.40% 3 3 Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 55.24% 3 3 1 Birdie Fox - Thomas Fox, Atlantic Beach FL 51.78% 4 4 Batia Kvashny, La Jolla CA; Phyllis Roddy, San Diego CA 54.37% 4 4 Jessica Styers, Amelia Island FL; Mary Massman, Fernandina FL 51.76% 5 Paul Reamer, Longboat Key FL; Robert D’Avanzo, Sarasota FL 53.91% 5 Linda Gargrave, Ormond Beach FL; William Carpenter, Rockford IL 51.32% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Carol Kamp, Plainview NY 60.71% 1 1 Thomas Suter, Street MD; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD 57.74% 2 1 1 Howard Levenson - Melany Levenson, Naples FL 59.23% 2 Dennis Levinsohn - Ellen Levinsohn, Boca Raton FL 57.44% 3 2 Blondelle Grant, Pawleys Island SC; Morris Mitchem Jr, Columbia SC 58.93% 3 2 Dorothy Osterberger - Linda Dennis, Columbia MD 56.85% 4 3 Liga Haiplik - Heather Howie, Mississauga ON 57.44% 4 3 Judy Greengrass - Marty Greengrass, Lutz FL 51.19% 4 Patricia Holmes - Robert Vicars Jr, The Villages FL 50.30% 4 Constance Cleaton - Melvin Ellis, Portland OR 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Jeanne Thomas - Maureen Sutton, Ocala FL 60.42% 1 J Gray McAllister III - Susan McAllister, Raleigh NC 59.82% 2 2 Kate Gubelmann - Barbara Claggett, Palm Beach FL 59.23% 2 1 W Menzies - K Menzies, Oshawa ON 58.33% 3 Maureen Gurevitch, Kirkland QC; Marcie Avrith, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 58.63% 3 2 Marilyn Chaplin - Mel Chaplin, Brentwood CA 54.76% 4 3 1 Victoria Rhodes - Joseph Fernandez II, The Villages FL 52.68% 4 3 Doreen MacMillan, Naples FL; Marilyn McIntosh, Pompano Beach FL 52.38% 4/5 Jim Sturgeon - Jane Sturgeon, Louisville KY 51.49% 4 Roberta Sylvia - Marion Martin, Vero Beach FL 50.30% 4/5 Christl Smith - Bruce Smith, Sanibel FL 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FFF EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Rebbeca Miller, Highland Beach FL; Dan Branscum, Oak Harbor WA 59.52% 1 1 Delores O’Connell, Gainesville FL; Tina West, Big Canoe GA 69.94% 2 2 Dee Daigle, Lafayette LA; Jane Ardoin, Eunice LA 58.93% 2 2 Christina Hare, Fairfield CT; Jack Liu, Greenwich CT 62.20% 3 3 Dan Woodward - Betty Woodward, Fairview TX 57.74% 3 3 Janet Gawenda - Beverly Magnuson, The Villages FL 59.23% 4 4 Barbara Wood - Margaret Ellis, Rockwall TX 54.46% 4 4 Jane Elliott, Tampa FL; Kathy McKay, Lady Lake FL 55.65% 1 Richard Buttermore - Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 46.73% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 John Noronha, Pittsford NY; Frank LoRusso, Naples FL 60.71% 1 Marguerite Gousie - Marshall Williams, Woonsocket RI 59.82% 2 2 Tom Jolliffe - Bruce Moor, London ON 55.95% 2 1 Harry Eaglesham, Unionville ON; Ron Walenius, Toronto ON 56.85% 3 3 David Lau, Dunedin FL; Elaine Iwinski, Safety Harbor FL 54.76% 3 Paul Boeggeman - William Fleischman, Leesburg FL 56.25% 4 4 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Gloria Bennett, Lakeway TX 52.68% 4 2 Eileen Feldman, Port Jefferson NY; Susan O’Shea, Saint James NY 55.06% 3 Mary Ryder Wright, Loudonville NY; Wayland Barber, Belleair FL 53.27% 1 Debra Mueller - Gerard Mueller, Stuart FL 49.11%

0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G N EAST-WEST 1 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 64.26% 1 Marilyn Snodell, Nokomis FL; Gregory Sellgren, Henderson NV 59.77% 2 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA 61.44% 2 Iris Libby, Cincinnati OH; Carol Cottam, Concord CA 59.29% 3 Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON 60.08% 3 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 58.83% 4 Neil Thomas - D Keith Henderson, Birmingham AL 59.30% 4 Maureen Weiman - Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 58.00% 5 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 58.72% 5 Thomas Mangold Jr - Joseph Glazar, Hernando FL 56.51% 6 Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI 58.42% 6 Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX 56.38% 7 Bruce Greenspan - Judy Cardin, Bonita Springs FL 57.85% 7 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Michael Marcucci, San Gabriel CA 56.24% 8 Richard Hyken, Pompano Beach FL; Julie Cohan, Montville NJ 57.10% 8 Michael Christensen - Becky Stevens, Redmond WA 56.03% 9 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Cole Powell, Oakland CA 56.06% 9 Margaret Timpe, Mount Dora FL; William Stone, Eustis FL 55.96% 10 Leo Cardillo, Clifton VA; Ronald Dixon, Vancouver BC 55.89% 10 Pat Peterson, Hernando FL; Sharron Rosenberg, Lecanto FL 55.27% 11 Joseph Brouillard - Linda Ahrens, Lincoln RI 54.97% 11 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 55.05% 12 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 54.64% 12 Claire Watson - Janice Madsen, Jacksonville FL 53.75% 13 Marilyn Kalabsa, Ramona CA; Harriet Smith, Solana Beach CA 54.13% 13 Scott Nason, Dallas TX; Tomi Storey, Frisco TX 53.68% 14 Tarokh Taefi, Atlanta GA; Andie Sheaffer, Lancaster PA 53.95% 14 Mary Schulz - Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 53.42% 15 Marcel Dadon, France; Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA 53.27% 15 Jennifer Williams, Atlanta GA; Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA 53.23% 16 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 52.44% 16 Ru Hong Terajewicz, Newton MA; Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA 53.14% 17 T Jean Kidd, Lantana TX; Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 52.25% 17 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 52.49% 18 Beverly Parrish, The Villages FL; Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN 51.84% 18 Nina Tache, Hollywood FL; Andrea Dichi, Hallandale Bch FL 52.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H I J M EAST-WEST 1 Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA; Frank Wharton, London NW3 England 67.50% 1 Sherman Gao, Lagunawoods CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 63.54% 2 Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 58.97% 2 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 59.13% 3 Irene Silver, Delray Beach FL; Rita Merl, Boynton Beach FL 57.35% 3 Matthew Campbell, Lincoln NE; Jonathan Cohn, Elkhorn NE 57.84% 4 Bruce Luttrell - Barbara Luttrell, San Jose CA 57.01% 4 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 57.35% 5 Roger Newberry, Hendersonville NC; Allen Shifley, Asheville NC 56.75% 5 Joye Sidoti - Cathleen Otvos, Oakland CA 56.86% 6 Ronald Franck, Pittsburgh PA; Philip Goulding, Wexford PA 56.41% 6 Daniel Lev, New York NY; Yoko Glubok Sobel, Brooklyn NY 56.45% 7 William Campbell, Mercer Island WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend WA 56.30% 7 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH 56.15% 8 Arthur Hoffman - Philip Waldman, Boynton Beach FL 56.11% 8 Mylene Encontro, Far Hills NJ; Johan Vikstrom, Sweden 55.96% 9 Susan Fraser, Leesburg FL; Nancy Williams, Mount Dora FL 55.66% 9 Jeff Dater - James McCommons, Dallas TX 55.62% 10 Michael Wolf - Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL 55.62% 10/11 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD 55.54% 11 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Barbara Murphy, Newton MA 54.45% 10/11 Jack Price, Freeport NY; Shekhar Sengupta, Marlborough MA 55.54% 12 Joel Wolfe, West Hartford CT; Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT 53.81% 12 Kathie Angione - John Peter Lagodimos, Chula Vista CA 54.94% 13 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 52.94% 13 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 54.83% 14 Bob Marett - Ward Schaumberg, Saint Simons Is GA 52.83% 14 Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO; Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL 54.71% 15 Betsy Stanton, Hartsville SC; Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA 52.79% 15 Sohail Hasan, Forest Hills NY; Maria Weinberg, Poughkeepsie NY 54.22% 16 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Scott Weiss, Deland FL 52.34% 16 Michael Creager, Bedford OH; Susan Stark, Pp OH 54.00% 17 Katherine Zimmerman, Louisville KY; Gail Slater, Sarasota FL 52.26% 17 Nancy Colter, Dublin GA; George Russell, Moore SC 53.73% 18 Michael Ranis, Miami FL; Albert Shrive, Naples FL 52.22% 18 Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 53.54% 19 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 52.15% 19 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 52.26% 20 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL 51.66% 20 Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL; Michael Zeller, York PA 51.77% 21 David Tomasini, Trilby FL; Jourdain Patchett, Sarasota FL 51.58% 21 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Houston TX; Stephen Moese, West Chester OH 51.70% 22 Philip Dewitt Jr - Richard Wisemiller, Windermere FL 51.47% 22 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 51.66%

KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS L P Q R S EAST-WEST 1 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 65.31% 1 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 63.37% 2 Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY 64.00% 2 Jon Hansen, Kristiansand Norway; Geir Helgemo, Monaco 59.40% 3 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 63.11% 3 Thomas Carmichael - Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 58.85% 4 Joe Grue, New York NY; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 62.39% 4 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 58.78% 5 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 60.98% 5 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 58.55% 6 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 59.03% 6 Karen Hoffner, Smithville NJ; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 58.37% 7 David Baker, Kitchener ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 58.89% 7 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 57.73% 8 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 58.85% 8 Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 56.99% 9 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 58.09% 9 David Grainger, Roseville CA; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 56.59% 10 David Gold, Reading RG71Q Great Britain; David Bakhshi, London England 57.61% 10 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 55.71% 11 Ahu Zobu - Ugurcan Suzel, Tarabya Istanbu Turkey 57.50% 11 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 55.29%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsBridge is Great in Unit 128

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

Thursday, December 1, 10 a.m.Fran Cowie 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Fran Cowie 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Thursday, December 1, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Friends of Elinor Borenstine Strati-Flighted Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Southern Hemisphere V, 5th level $16 $20Daylight Gold Rush Pairs 750/500/200 1-2 Southern Hemisphere III, 5th level $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750.Thursday-Friday Daylight Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Northern Hemisphere E, 5th level $16 $20

Thursday, December 1, 1 p.m.Play Bridge in Melbourne (NOT Australia!) FL Thursday-Friday Side Game 1st single session Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20

Thursday, December 1, 1 & 4:30 p.m.0-10,000 FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Northern Hemisphere A, 5th level $17 -- 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions.

Thursday, December 1, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Pacific Hall A, 1st level $25 --0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Northern Hemisphere B, 5th level $17 --SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 1-2 Q Northern Hemisphere C, 5th level $25 -- 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Contestants must have been born prior to Jan. 1, 1959.Thursday Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Jayne Thomas Memorial Wednesday-Thursday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Marsha Wicks & Jay Prillaman Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20

Thursday, December 1, 3 p.m.Stratified Side IMP Pairs single Northern Hemisphere E, 5th level $15 $19Lynn Berg 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Lynn Berg 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Thursday, December 1, 7:30 p.m.Ft. Lauderdale Bridge Club Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $15 $19Ft. Lauderdale Bridge Club Strati-Flighted B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $15 $19 Note: Events NOT played at the Ft. Lauderdale Bridge Club!Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 2nd single session Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Thursday, December 1, 11:30 p.m.Jackie Matthews Memorial Zip Knockout Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $12/team/match

Note: Entry for the REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS required by 9 p.m. Thursday.

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International FundIn NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

12 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 57.16% 12 Ann Karin Fuglestad - Ole Fuglestad, Farsund Norway 55.09% 13 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Thorlakur Jonsson, Kopavogur Iceland 57.08% 13 Jenna Rivet, Glen Ellyn IL; George Klemic, Bensenville IL 54.92% 14 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Arthur Loring, West Palm Beach FL 55.26% 14 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 54.49% 15 Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; David Treitel, Miami FL 55.19% 15 Barry Gorski, Reading PA; Bill Parks, Macungie PA 54.43% 16 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 54.18% 16 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 53.42% 17 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 53.66% 17 Chris Willenken - Alison Wilson, New York NY 53.41% 18 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 53.55% 18 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 53.27% 19 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Barry Bragin, Prospect CT 53.15% 19 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden 53.16% 20 R Rubinstein, Astoria NY; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 52.57% 20 Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Roberto Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 53.14% 21 Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 52.54% 21 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 52.97% 22 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA 52.20% 22 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 52.97% 23 Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL; David Caprera, Denver CO 52.18% 23 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 52.95% 24 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 51.99% 24 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 52.71% 25 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 51.90% 25 Ranald Davidson, North York ON; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC 52.67% 26 James La Force - Julia Bomalaski, Melbourne FL 51.76% 26 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX 51.89% 27 Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; John McAllister, Charlottesville VA 51.75% 27 Brian Schoenfeld - Howard Miller, Virginia Beach VA 51.80% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D E EAST-WEST 1 Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 61.96% 1 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 68.06% 2 Jerome Rombaut, Lys Lez Lannoy France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France 61.09% 2 Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria 66.86% 3 Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 60.34% 3 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 61.48% 4 Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 60.16% 4 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 61.09% 5 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 57.84% 5 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 61.06% 6 Paul Klarreich, Chagrin Falls OH; Serge Chevalier, Laval QC 57.48% 6 Aida Jansma, Spijkenisse; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse 60.91% 7 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 57.33% 7 Howard Liu, Burlingame CA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 60.40% 8 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 57.27% 8 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 59.31% 9 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 56.43% 9 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 58.80% 10 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 54.93% 10 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 58.47% 11 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Magdy Shohdi Mesdary, Garden City NY 54.54% 11 Choon Chou Loo - Hua Poon, Singapore Singapore 58.32% 12 Barry Goren, Las Vegas NV; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 54.42% 12 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 58.23% 13 Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland; Jacek Grzelczak, Lodz 54.30% 13 Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 57.81% 14 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 54.00% 14 Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Brad Moss, Denver CO 57.33% 15 Daniel Korbel, Rockville MD; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 53.97% 15/16 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL 57.21% 16 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 53.88% 15/16 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 57.21% 17 Helge Stornes - Karl Baumann, Kristiansand Norway 53.79% 17 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 56.94% 18 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 53.58% 18 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 56.13% 19 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 52.94% 19 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 56.10%20/21 Claire Tornay, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 52.70% 20 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 55.47%20/21 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 52.70% 21 Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 55.05% 22 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 52.61% 22 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 54.75% 23 Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL; Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 52.43% 23 William Bailey, Palo Alto CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 54.03% 24 Mark Cohen - Stasha Cohen, West Orange NJ 52.37% 24 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; William Pollack, New York NY 53.88% 25 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA 51.95% 25 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Eric Robinson, New York NY 53.79%26/29 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA 51.59% 26 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA 53.03%26/29 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 51.59% 27 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 52.70%26/29 Will Ehlers, Madison NJ; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 51.59% 28 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 52.19%26/29 Harry Tudor, Miami FL; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 51.59%


Bridge is Great in Unit 128Wednesday, November 30, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherWednesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 2nd Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Atlantic Hall C, 1st level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 10 a.m.Bridge Reference Decks 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Bridge Reference Decks 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Wednesday, November 30, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Russ Arnold Memorial Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Northern Hemisphere A, 5th level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.The Bidding Box Strati-Flighted Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams 1-2 Southern Hemisphere V, 5th level $16 $20Strati-Flighted Daylight B/C/D Swiss Teams 1-2 Southern Hemisphere III, 5th level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 1 p.m.Martha McGhee Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 5th single session Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Northern Hemisphere B, 5th level $25 --0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Northern Hemisphere C, 5th level $17 --WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Northern Hemisphere E, 5th level $25 --Jayne Thomas Memorial Wednesday-Thursday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Cessy Rubinson Strati-Flighted A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Strati-Flighted B/C Swiss Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Gold Rush 750/300 Swiss Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20 Gold points for 750.Spike & Duffy Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 3 p.m.Bridge Reference Decks 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Bridge Reference Decks 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Wednesday, November 30, 7:30 p.m.Stratified Side Board-a-Match Teams single Pacific Hall B, 1st level $15 $19 Open to Swiss drop-ins and new entrantsMonday-Wednesday Side Game Series 6th single session Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Bridge Reference Decks 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Bridge Reference Decks 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Wednesday, November 30, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $12/team/match

Note: Entry for the REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS required by 9 p.m. Thursday.

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International FundIn NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

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