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There was a lot of green in the playing areas Saturday as many players dressed for St. Patrick’s Day. Photos here and on page 9 show those who

caught our attention.Bruce Baldwin and Summer Rifkah of Altoona

PA went all out with Irish-themed accessories on their heads, necks and even faces.

Patty Shaughnessy of Paoli PA had not just the vest and scarf, but the name to match. “I should be on a pub crawl,” she said, instead of playing in the Gold Rush Pairs.

Three members of a team playing in the Jacoby Swiss Teams wore matching emerald polo shirts: Patsy Cayne of Boca Raton FL and Dutchmen Tim Verbeek and Danny Molenaar.

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ATTENDANCEthrough Saturday9751 tables

DailySunday, March 18, 2018 Volume 61, Number 10

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

Goodwill MessageAs we fold up our bidding boxes and prepare to

leave, let’s again thank our hosts for their hard work and gracious hospitality.

Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

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The ACBL Board of Directors has given final approval to a revised set of convention charts proposed by the Competition and Conventions Committee. Committee chair Tom Carmichael says that the new charts will become effective Nov. 1.

There will be four charts: Basic, Basic-plus (for

most masterpoint-limited games), Open and Open-plus (for NABC events and certain regional events).

The charts will soon be posted on the ACBL and BridgeWinners web sites. Additionally, a series of articles about the new charts will appear in the Bridge Bulletin magazine beginning this summer.

New convention charts coming later this year

Thank you for coming to Philly!By Joann and Bob Glasson

We hope you enjoyed the Philadelphia NABC. It takes a village to put together an NABC. Our village was filled with the best group of volunteers that anyone could ever have. See the photos of our various committee chairs on page 3.

We would also like to extend our special thanks to Wendy Sullivan and her crew from the Meeting Services Department and the TD staff for their tireless support; Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski, the Daily Bulletin editors, for keeping us all in the news; and Steve Bates and his fine directing staff for alll of their hard work.

And, of course, we want to thank all the players who attended and made the 2018 Philadelphia NABC a success.

In style for St. Patrick’s Day

The local committee of the Philadelphia NABC sponsored a special contest last week in which players were asked to identify photographs of some of the game’s great players who originally came from Philadelphia.

There was a tie between two contestants, so the committee declared that Marty Nelson of Annapolis MD and Shawn Quinn of Sugar Land TX would each receive the first-place prize.

There were more than 150 entries, and the two winners identified all 14 photos correctly (see below) and tied on the masterpoint tiebreaker with a guess of 130,000.

Here are the correct answers:1. Charles Goren2. Sidney Silodor

3. Sally Young4. B. Jay Becker5. Bobby Jordan6. Bobby Goldman7. Charles Solomon8. Peter Pender9. Helen Sobel Smith10. Olive Peterson11. Art Robinson12. Norman Kay13. Dave Treadwell14. John CrawfordTie Breakers:The player who is still alive is Art Robinson.Total ACBL masterpoints for all 14 is 129,104.

Two winners in the Philly 14 contestBruce Baldwin and Summer Rifkah, Altoona PA

Patty Shaughnessy, Paoli PA

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LaSota-Theurer lead Fast quals

The Maryland-based duo of Leo LaSota and Brad Theurer had the best score in yesterday’s opening round of the NABC Fast Pairs. LaSota and Theurer scored 67.38% in the first qualifying session and 60.97% in the second to lead the event by more than half a board. Their carryover or today’s final is 112.44 matchpoints.

In second with 88.98 are the defending champions, Mark Dahl of Richmond VA and Richard Oshlag of Memphis TN.

Currently in third place with 84.75 are are Mel Colchamiro of Merrick NY and James Griffin of Sausalito CA.

Seventy-eight pairs qualified for the two-session final.

Nickell, Fleisher cruise to date in Vandy final

The squads captained by Nick Nickell and Marty Fleisher – the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds – meet today to decide who will be the winner of the 2018 Vanderbilt KO Teams.

Playing with Nickell are Ralph Katz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Robert Levin and Steve Weinstein. They are the defending champions.

Fleisher’s lineup includes Chip Martel, Joe Grue, Brad Moss, Eric Greco and Geoff Hampson.

In the semifinal round, Nickell stayed in firm control in their match against Mary Ann Berg’s squad (Jason Feldman, Krzysztof Buras, Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Michal Kwiecien and Marcin Lesniewski). Nickell led the contest all four quarters, winning the match 132-87.

In the other semifinal bracket, Fleisher also led their opponents – John Diamond’s team – throughout the match, advancing 114-71.

Levine tops crowded Jacoby leader board

The squad captained by Mike Levine topped the qualifying round in the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams, but many other squads are close behind.

Levine scored 112.54 victory points in Saturday’s opener and will take a carryover of 24.74 VPs into today’s final. His teammates are Eddie Wold, Mike Passell, Chris Compton, Greg Hinze and David Grainger.

In second with a carryover of 23.88 is Stan Tulin’s team, while Rose Meltzer and company are third with 23.14 VPs.

Seventy-six teams will play in today’s two-session final.

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Sunday, March 17 Noon - 4 p.m. Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room 403) 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENTSCELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

EntertainmentPhiladelphia Sightseeing ToursSee Philadelphia – $20 discount tickets (usually

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

Credit cards accepted for entry fees

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

ParkingDiscounted parking tickets are available for two

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

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

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

These discounts have been arranged through Parkway Corporation.

The Information Desk is open Sunday 8:30–10 a.m.. When you arrive at the Marriott or the Convention Center, stop by the desk and pick up a ticket. When you return to the garage, first insert the ticket you received when you pulled into the garage, and then insert our discounted ticket to get the correct rate. Then you can pay.

Player memo stationsAt the Philadelphia NABC, player memo

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

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

Get your prizeIf you’ve won any

strat of any event at all in Philadelphia, come to the Prize Desk on the fifth floor (to the left of the escalators) and claim your prize. The Prize Desk is open Sunday 8:30–10 a.m.

MonitoringACBL will be monitoring events at this and

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

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

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

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

EntriesA valid ACBL player number is required to play

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

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

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

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

(For the team events, this means $68 per team per session for teams of four, $85 per team per session for teams of five, and $102 per team per session for teams of six. Only ACBL members current on their dues and service fees are eligible to play in these events.)

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

New Life MastersRoger

Milton and Beth Milton of Blue Bell CA both became Life Maters playing in Wednesday’s Gold Rush Swiss Teams with teammates Dick Godshal and Kay Garrity of Lansdale PA.

The Miltons needed 7 gold points to achieve their new rank, and they earned 9 in the event.

Jody Sorrell of West Chester PA became a Life Master on Saturday. She was playing with Jeanne Thompson in the Daylight Gold Rush Pairs. She needed about 5 gold points a few days ago, got half of it on Thursday and the rest on Saturday.

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PartnershipWalter Mitchell

Adam Tannenbaum, 15, of Greenwich CT plays bridge with his father, Len Tannenbaum of Miami Beach FL. They’ve been going to two or three tournaments a year since Adam was 12, and this is their first NABC. “One time he said, ‘There’s this game I used to play when I was in my 20s,’” Adam said, describing how his dad talked him into learning bridge. Though they’re both under 50 masterpoints, it’s pretty much all from tournaments. “All my points are colored.” Adam has a brother at the University of Pennsylvania, so Philadelphia was an obvious destination choice.

Thinking bridgeBy Eddie Kantar

The weak jump overcall, negative double, card combinations, cover or not?

Dlr: South ♠ 7 4 2 Vul: N-S ♥ Q 9 5 2 ♦ K 9 8 ♣ K J 8 ♠ K Q J 10 5 3 ♠ 9 8 ♥ 8 ♥ K 7 6 3 ♦ Q J ♦ A 10 7 6 3 2 ♣ 9 5 4 3 ♣ 7 ♠ A 6 ♥ A J 10 4 ♦ 5 4 ♣ A Q 10 6 2

West North East South 1♣ 2♠ Dbl Pass 4♥ All Pass

Opening lead: ♠K Bidding commentary: As South, one seldom

opens 1NT with a five-card minor and a four-card major. However, it’s not a bad idea with four diamonds, five clubs, 15-16 HCP and strong major-suits doubletons. Example: ♠A Q ♥K 4 ♦Q J 6 3 ♣A 8 7 5 4.

After South opens 1♣, West’s 2♠ bid (a weak jump overcall) is the equivalent of a weak two-bid opener. North’s negative double of 2♠ promises four hearts with 9+ HCP (possibly 8 HCP with five hearts). Keep in mind that the double forces partner to bid at the three level. South, with extras, bids 4♥, not 3♥. To make game with a 4-4 fit in a major,

24 HCP between the two hands is usually more than enough. A 4-4 fit usually plays one trick better than notrump.

Play commentary: As South, win the ♠A, cross to a club honor and run the ♥9, not the queen! If you lead the ♥Q and East plays low, your next heart play will be low to the 10, West pitching a spade. In order to repeat the finesse, you have to return to dummy with a club. Not so fast, East ruffs and leads a spade to West. If West leads a third club, East ruffs, and the ♦A defeats the contract one trick. If, instead, West shifts to the ♦Q, the defense can take two diamonds, a spade and two club ruffs!

Actually, 10 tricks are readily available. Say you lead the ♥9 at trick three (key play), East plays low and you follow with the 4. Now the lead remains in dummy and you lead the queen. No matter what East does, you can take four hearts tricks without having to return to dummy to repeat the finesse. You wind up with four heart tricks, five club tricks and the ♠A: 10 tricks.

Defensive commentary: As East, if the ♥Q is led from dummy at trick three, don’t cover. The second heart must be won in declarer’s hand. Declarer then has no way to return to dummy to repeat the heart finesse. If a diamond is led to the king, you kill it with your ace, and if a club is led, you ruff. As declarer, play the same with J-9-x (x)

JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS

Player Hospitality Allison Brandt

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Tom Purl

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FRIDAY ZIP KO 14 Tables 5.12 1 Marius Agica, Bucharest Romania; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Raluca Dobrescu - Bogdan Agica, New York NY 3.58 2 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Andy Clay, 2.05 3/4 Avery Silverstein, Ridgefield CT; Aaron Silverstein - David Gurvich, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 2.05 3/4 Yoko Sobel – C. Ganzer - Samuel Ehrlichman, Brooklyn NY; Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 1 10 Tables 9.20 1 Michael Salton, Palmyra NJ; Charles Tomlinson, Princeton NJ; Alan Kosansky, Kailua HI; Robert Killen, Mount Laurel NJ 6.44 2 Michael Hewlett - Jacqueline Hewlett, Bridgewater NJ; Susan Schwartz, Scotch Plains NJ; Ed Hill, Bedminster NJ 4.14 3 Susan Eisenberg - Benjamin Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL; Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Redding CT 3.22 4 Andrew Risman, Toronto ON; Merryl Chin, North York ON; Sheldon Per - Carolyn Per, Bensalem PA

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 2 10 Tables 6.71 1 Larry Plotkin - Joel Myers, Elkins Park PA; Steve White, Broomall PA; David Sloane, Glen Cove NY 4.70 2 John Strange, Wilmington DE; Karen Pollak, Exton PA; R. Shenkin - Susan Shenkin, West Chester PA 3.02 3 Stephen Horwitz, Avalon NJ; Frank Caterini, Rio Grande NJ; Bruce Gorman, Petersburg NJ; Nancy Keyser, Linwood NJ 2.35 4 Myrna Shervin - Frederick Holdsworth, Philadelphia PA; Thomas Woollam, Richboro PA; Barbara Ann McLaren, Levittown PA

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 3 10 Tables 4.80 1 David Linkin - Vicki Apter - Erickson Kato, New York NY; Anita Lee, Brooklyn NY 3.36 2 Dave Willgruber, Whitehall PA; Jack Willgruber - Jeffrey Rohrbeck, Devon PA; Lou Primavera, Norristown PA 2.16 3 Barbara Devaney, Washington DC; Lisa Mita, Berwyn PA; Catherine Chicos, Gladwyne PA; Mollie Slattery, Villanova PA 1.68 4 Susan Davison - Francis Harvey Jr. - Joann Goodspeed - Susan Montgomery, New York NY

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Prizes Judy and Bruce Gwaltney

RegistrationMary Miller Lynn

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Weintraub

Partnership Dan Boye

Volunteer Hospitality Dian Wise

Volunteer Coordinator/

Finance Pat Civale

Regional Schedule

Meyer Kotkin

Committee Chairs from the Philadelphia NABC


“It’s so easy when you know how ...”

By Barry Rigal Dlr: West Vul: Both Bd: 20 ♠ A Q ♠ 7 6 4 ♥ 10 9 7 4 ♥ A Q ♦ K J 10 9 8 ♦ 7 6 4 ♣ K 5 ♣ A J 8 6 3

West North East South 1♦(1) Pass 2♥(2) 2♠ 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

(1) Natural, 5+.(2) Limit raise: diamonds, minors, or balanced.In 3NT after the ♦9 lead, South discouraged,

suggesting he had the ♥K.3NT is an uninspiring contract. Maybe the right

approach is to rely on the club finesse. So you play the ♣K and a club to the jack, which holds. Phew! Now you take the diamond finesse. If it loses to the ♦Q, you can reassess what to do. When it holds, you are in great shape. Take care to lead a heart to the ace, then don’t cash the ♣A or you squeeze your hand. You plan to score two spades, one heart, four diamonds and two clubs.

When you lead a second diamond, however, South shows out! This is the full deal: ♠ 9 5 ♥ 5 3 2 ♦ A Q 5 3 ♣ Q 9 7 2 ♠ A Q ♠ 7 6 4 ♥ 10 9 7 4 ♥ A Q ♦ K J 10 9 8 ♦ 7 6 4 ♣ K 5 ♣ A J 8 6 3 ♠ K J 10 8 3 2 ♥ K J 8 6 ♦ 2 ♣ 10 4

Nice defense by North, Simon Cope, of England. He, along with Peter Crouch, also of the UK, won the Silodor Open Pairs.

After registering your minus 200, you check Deep Finesse to see what the best outcome for declarer is. As usual, you have been weighed in the balance and found wanting. DF tells you 3NT is cold. How do you make it? Simple: Play the ♦K at trick two. If the defenders win the first or second diamond, you set up diamonds using the club entry. If the defense ducks twice, you switch your attention to clubs and take four tricks there.

Buy your NABC entry online

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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.

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

JACOBY SWISS TEAMS - QUALIFIERS 76 Tables / Based on 152 Tables Carryover1 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 24.742 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; David Bakhshi, London England 23.883 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Rosen Gunev - Ivan Tsonchev - Vladimir Marashev, Sofia Bulgaria; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 23.144 Barry Rigal - William Pollack, New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Jeff Roman, Bend OR; John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 22.135 Ji Chen - Jie Li - Xu Hou, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Lidang Dong, Shaanxi People’s Republic of China; Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China; Yanpei Zhao, Beijing China 21.296 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 21.177 Jacob Roen, Copenhagen Denmark; John McAllister, Keswick VA; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 21.118 Richard Schwartz, Boca Raton FL; David Gold - Michael Bell, London England; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 19.599 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; Frank Mirchin, Pine Brook NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ; Jin-Ming Liao, Skillman NJ 19.2210 Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Signe Buus Thomsen, Frederiksberg Denmark 18.7111 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy 16.1612 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus - John Mohan - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 16.1313 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Daniel Korbel - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 15.9214 Roberto Barbosa - Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Stefano Tommasini, Santa Catarina Brazil; Marcello La Rovere, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 15.6815 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 15.2016 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Metarie LA; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 14.8117 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Miriam Harris-Botzum - John Botzum, Orefield PA 14.7918 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 14.6019 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Chris Moll, Durham NC 14.3620 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ashley Bach, Sydney Australia 14.3321 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Phillip King - Artur Malinowski, Harrow England; Thomas Paske, Hereford England 14.1722 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden 13.9923 Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo, Monaco; Fredrik Helness - Odin Svendsen, Oslo Norway; Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 12.7024 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; David Yang, Darien IL; Jonathan Weinstein, St. Louis MO 12.0225 Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; Randal Burns, Washington DC; Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 11.7226 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Adam Stokka, Täbby Sweden 11.6127 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 11.2528 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Astoria NY; Samuel Amer, Queens NY; Gregory Herman, Fort Collins CO 11.1829 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore; Zhuo Wang, Forest Hills NY; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China 10.7730 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Michael Barel, Tel Aviv Israel; Yaniv Zack, Kiryat Bialik Israel 10.5631 Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC 10.5232 Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Robert Morris, Houston TX; George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 10.2933 Philip Goulding, Wexford PA; Craig Biddle, Pittsburgh PA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD; Barry Goulding, Scottsdale AZ 10.1334 Tom Van Overbeeke, Utrecht Netherlands; Maarten Schollaardt, Netherlands; Allan Graves, Hammonds Plains NS; Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Oren Kriegel - Ron Smith, Chicago IL 9.9035 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 9.8036 Li Yiting, Herndon VA; Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Ming Sheng, Chicago IL 9.5037 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Liam Milne, Sydney Australia; Tor Eivind Grude - Lars Arthur Johansen, Trondheim Norway 9.4038 Melih Ozdil - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 9.0639 Michael Moss - Bjorn Fallenius - John Rengstorff, New York NY; Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT 8.9940 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Sally Brock, London Engalnd; Fiona Brown, Yorkshire England 8.0041 Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA; Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 7.0142 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Roy Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden 6.9843 Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ; Daniel Boye, Farmington NY; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ 6.92


BILL BAUER SATURDAY COMPACT KO 14 Tables 10.01 1 Joe Yassi, Etobicoke ON; James Breihan - Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX; Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX 7.01 2 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI 4.50 3 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Jerry Barrett, Austin TX; Harold George, Wichita KS; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 3.50 4 Molly Fainer, New York NY; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL; Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR

Playing in an NABC+ pairs game? Buy your entry early!

In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ pairs events – which require additional time for proper seeding – the ACBL asks participants to please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before game time. This is especially true if you expect to be a seeded pair.

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Vanderbilt leaders44 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 6.8645 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Hurd, New York NY 6.5346 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Craig Ganzer - Dan Wolkowitz, Brooklyn NY; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY 5.7247 Kenton Schoen, Alexandria VA; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 5.6048 Claire Alpert, Miami FL; Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Giacomo Percario, Livorno Italy; Alessandro Gandoglia - Giuseppe Delle Cave, Rome Italy 5.4949 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Allan Livgard - Jostein Sorvoll, Oslo Norway; Sverre Koch, Jar Norway 5.3050 Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Elaine Landow - Craig Robinson, Durham NC 5.2651 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX; You Hu, Philadelphia PA; Frank Feng, Radnor PA 5.0652 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Gen Geiger - Terry McHenry, Sarasota FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL 4.3353 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Peter J. Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Robert Heitzman Jr., Allendale NJ 4.3154 Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Jason Chiu, San Jose CA; Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA 4.2055 Richard Coren - Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 3.8356 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Melody Bi, Ashland MA; Rick Binder, Waltham MA; Glenn McIntyre, Bedford MA 3.8057 Stefan Skorchev, Bulgaria; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Simon Cope, Hertfordshire Engalnd; Peter Crouch, Surrey England 3.7558 Mark Henderson, Wilmington DE; R. David Walker, Radnor PA; Everett Young, Lafayette Hill PA; Richard Bojar, Philadelphia PA 3.7259 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Chappaqua NY; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland 3.5660 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Ron Gerard, White Plains NY 3.2061 Jeffrey Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Melissa Price - Richard Price, Glenn Dale MD 2.8162 Luis Teixeira - Carlos Luis, Funchal Portugal; Paulo Sarmento, Porto Portugal; Joao Barbosa, Portugal; Reinaldo Timoteo, Aguim Portugal 2.7663 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva - Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Dominik Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland 2.7164 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, West Orange NJ; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Iulian Rotaru, New York NY 2.5165 Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy 2.3366 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Sumit Mukherjee - Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand 2.1267 Hilda Setton, New York NY; Pierre Franceschetti, Montpellier France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France; Nicholas Lhuissier, Rueil Malmaison France; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Quentin Robert, Paris France 1.9768 Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA; Barry Falgout, Silver Spring MD; Robert Hopkins Jr. - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 1.8869 James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina; Maximo Crusizio, Argentina 1.8470 Janet Dresden, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Jo Morse, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Russell Ekeblad,Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 1.5571 Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Michael Prahin, Irvington NY; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL 1.2372 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Robert Bell, Silver Spring MD; Fred King, McLean VA; Lyle Poe Jr., Ellicott City MD 1.1173 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 0.8974 Frederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ; Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 0.1975 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Alan Frank, Amherst MA; Gerardo Malazdrewicz - Trisha Malazdrewicz, Amherst NS 0.1176 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 0.00

Playing for Diamond were Brian Platnick, Boye Brogeland and Espen Lindqvist.

The Vanderbilt final may be seen on BBO in the Peter Pender Vugraph Theater in Room 403.


Vanderbilt KO Teams – Final Pairing 1. Nickell 18864. (65) Trachuk 70

32. Kasle 114 33. Doub 148

17. Cohler 151 48. Rippey 101

16. Street 171 49. (54) LZSS 133

9. Gupta 144 56. Skorchev 95

24. Paul Fireman 106 41. Collins 63

25. O’Rourke 120 40. Phyllis Fireman 117

8. Pszczola 210 57. (72) Schireson 61

5. Cayne 166 60. (69) Wilderman 90

28. Verbeek 155 37. Fallenius 56

21. Berg 170 44. Baker 99

12. Mittelman 181 53. Harris 71

13. Zimmerman 138 52. Pavlicek 128

20. Schwartz 132 45. Grossack 91

29. PD Times 122 36. Aa 115

4. Lavazza 182 61. (68) Zhang 106

2. Fleisher 180 63. Sher 122

31. Lilienstein 89 34. (43) Abdou 80

18. Hill 155 47. Barbosa 116

15. Tulin 130 50. Hanna 85

10. Lall 155 55. (74) Smith 124

23. Seligman 124 42. Jacob 123

26. Zhao 138 39. (64) Madness 132

7. Coren 108 58. (71) Castner 146

6. Rosenthal 123 59. Narasimhan 119

27. Robinson 98 38. Moss 119

22. Levine 148 43. (60) Gipson 191

11. Mahaffey 188 54. (75) Pajak 38

14. Sonsini 93 51. Leong 112

19. Zagorin 166 46. (57) Texeira 83

30. Woolsey 46 35. Demirev 138

1. Nickell 170 32. (33) Doub 116

17. Cohler 137 16. Street 104

9. Gupta 154 24. Paul Fireman 100

25. O’Rourke 29 8. Pszczola 129

5. Cayne 125 28. Verbeek 65

21. Berg 132 12. Mittelman 106

13. Zimmerman 77 20. Schwartz 100

29. PD Times 58 4. Lavazza 173

2. Fleisher 129 31. Lilienstein 104

18. Hill 80 15. Tulin 147

10. Lall 134 23. Seligman 124

26. Zhao 147 7. (71) Castner 119

6. Rosenthal 143 27. (38) Moss 64

22. (60) Gipson 113 11. Mahaffey 161

14. (51) Leong 92 19. Zagorin 144

30. (35) Demirev 97 3. Diamond 132

1. Nickell 142 16. (17) Cohler 98

9. Gupta 142 8. Pszczola 138

5. Cayne 125 12. (21) Berg 140

13. (20) Schwartz 123 4. Lavazza 132

2. Fleisher 166 15. Tulin 93

10. Lall 73 7. (26) Zhao 113

6. Rosenthal 57 11. Mahaffey 113

14. (19) Zagorin 113 3. Diamond 124

3. Diamond 146 62. Cassel 132

1. Nickell 150 8. (9) Gupta 125

5. (21) Berg 131 4. Lavazza 119

2. Fleisher 142 7. (26) Zhao 49

6. (11) Mahaffey 97 3. Diamond 122

1. Nickell 41 75 105 132 4. (21) Berg 14 34 57 87

2. Fleisher 30 69 77 114 3. Diamond 3 32 48 71

1. Nickell

2. Fleisher

77 TablesNick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL vsMartin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA

125.00 3/4 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway125.00 3/4 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland

80.00 5/8 LAVAZZA: Agustin Madala - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark 80.00 5/8 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 80.00 5/8 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV 80.00 5/8 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore

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


NABC FAST PAIRS - QUALIFIERS 39.0 Tables Carryover 1 Leo LaSota, Glen Burnie MD; Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD 112.44 2 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 88.98 3 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 84.75 4 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN 70.31 5 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 68.30 6 Rhoda Kratenstein - Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 67.90 7 Bo Liu, Irvine CA; Sherman Gao, Brea CA 64.18 8 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA 62.63 9 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 61.55 10 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 58.79 11 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 58.76 12 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 56.02 13 Tobi Sokolow - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 50.43 14 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 48.89 15 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 48.33 16 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 47.71 17 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 47.27 18 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 43.46 19 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 43.42 20 Mike Marlin - Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY 43.27 21 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; R. Muggia, Andover MA 41.34 22 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; David Gurvich, New York NY 40.47 23 Thomas Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 40.28 24 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 39.17 25 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 37.87 26 Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL; Mark Bendure, Grosse Pointe MI 37.62 27 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY 37.15 28 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 34.04 29 Wallace Goldban, Palm Desert CA; Rhoda Walsh, Carlsbad CA 33.84 30 David Langer - Judy Riehs, Buffalo Grove IL 33.61 31 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 33.06 32 Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 29.88 33 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 29.48 34 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 29.26 35 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Sandston VA 29.06 36 Daiva Vitukynaite - Gediminas Poska, Pallos Hills IL 27.32 37 Bryan Delfs - Eric Sieg, Seattle WA 27.05 38 Adam Parrish - Robert Barrington, New York NY 26.56 39 Jack LaVigne, Houston TX; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 24.55 40 Randall Berseth, Bear DE; Jess Stuart, West Chester PA 23.44 41 Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY 23.43 42 Robert Gookin, Annandale VA; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 23.06 43 Clay Hamner, Chapel Hill NC; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 20.52 44 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 19.93 45 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 19.83 46 Michel Morin, Montreal QC; Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC 18.78 47 Thomas Rozinski, Brooklyn NY; Philip Lentz, New York NY 17.54 48 Ronald Mak, Manchester NH; Ken Eisner, Truro NS 17.30 49 Ivanie Yeo - Lon Sunshine, Merrimack NH 16.19 50 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA 15.84 51 Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 14.84 52 Hee-Jung Moon - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 13.93 53 Philippe Galaski, Florence MA; Roger Webb, Amherst MA 13.91 54 Jason Meyer, Silver Spring MD; James Geist, Olney MD 13.72 55 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 13.29 56 Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis - Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece 13.18 57 Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Mac Busby, San Diego CA 11.56 58 Edward Alcoff, Plymouth Meeting PA; Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA 10.31 59 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 8.55 60 Douglas Kuschner, Seattle WA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA 8.45 61 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; James Melville, Springfield IL 8.36 62 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 8.32 63 Mohamed Heshmat, Cairo Egypt; Ahmed Soliman, Astoria NY 8.25 64 Stephen Nellissen, Washington Township NJ; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 7.78 65 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 7.47 66 Michael Ranis, Miami FL; Albert Shrive, Naples FL 6.38 67 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 6.08 68 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 5.49 69 Giorgia Botta, Woodside NY; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 5.19 70 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Roads AL; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 5.10 71 Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 3.44 72 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 3.20 73 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 1.70 74 Hank Meyer, Greenbelt MD; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 1.67 75 Jeffrey Halle, Columbia MD; Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD 1.23 76 Jori Grossack, Waban MA; Marc Warner, Crozier VA 1.15 77 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 0.78 78 Dennis Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ 0.00

Note: At least two alternate pairs will be seated. Pairs near the cut line should check with the director in charge.

Appealing a ruling Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking with

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

Your Gold Medal is Within Reach

Realize your dreams of winning a world championship medal when the World Bridge Federation hosts the 2018 World Bridge Series in Orlando FL Sept. 22– Oct. 6.

The World Bridge Series offers a variety of championships, all of which are transnational – enabling players from anywhere in the world to come together as teammates or in partnership to compete.

The venue is the magnificent Marriott Orlando World, where the WBF has obtained special rates.

The opening ceremony will be held on Friday, Sept. 21. The first events to be contested are the Open, Women’s and Senior Team Championships; the Rosenblum Open Teams will start on Saturday, Sept. 22, and the McConnell Women’s Teams and the Rand Senior Teams start a day later.

The team championships are followed by the Open, Women’s and Senior Pairs.

In addition to these and other championship events, there will be a number of WBF events of one or two days’ duration (pairs or Swiss) available for those wishing to participate in shorter tournaments.

Players in good standing with their national bridge organizations are eligible to compete in any of these events, provided they meet all the WBF eligibility requirements.

Please go to worldbridge.org for more information.

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MARC LABOVITZ SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 24.0 Tables / Based on 65 Tables A B C 36.33 1 Elaine Clair, Gwynedd Valley PA; Edward Leach, Horsham PA 61.82% 27.25 2 1 1 Pierre Dufour, Boca Raton FL; Mohamad Osseyrane, Sainte-Julie QC 61.54% 20.44 3 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 61.23% 15.33 4 2 2 Bagisa Mukherjee - Arup Mukherjee, Bethlehem PA 59.83% 12.11 5 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 58.45% 11.04 6 3 Joan Warren, Philadelphia PA; Wendy Dechadarevian, Wynnewood PA 58.20% 9.08 7 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 57.44% 8.28 8 4 3 Edward Rothenheber, Severn MD; John Moser, Norristown PA 55.37% 7.27 9 5 Ralph Tamlyn, Larchmont NY; Stephen Levine, New York NY 54.59% 6.61 10 6 James Abrams, Mount Holly NJ; Inga Cooper, Medford NJ 54.24% 6.06 11 7 Kenneth Salter, Norristown PA; Thomas Salter, Hatfield PA 54.00% 5.59 12 8 4 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX 53.74% 5.19 13 9 5 E. Melnick – M. Melnick, Hilton Head SC 53.65% 2.97 6 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 53.27% 2.60 7 Marcia Wasserman - Andy Wasserman, Piedmont CA 51.76%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 38.0 Tables / Based on 40 Tables 7 5 2 13.13 1 Philip Rosenfeld - Merle Rosenfeld, Huntingdon Valley PA 61.31% 11.25 2 1 Anne Montgomery - Frances Stillman, New York NY 61.27% 8.44 3 2 John Routel - Fred Hankins, Flemington NJ 60.57% 6.33 4 3 1 Vijal Kotak, Plainsboro NJ; Pramod Khanna, East Windsor NJ 59.61% 4.75 5 4 James Liacos, Columbus OH; Karl Sokalski, Pittsburgh PA 59.25% 3.75 6 Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 58.74% 3.83 7 5 2 James Francoeur, Maplewood NJ; Fred Shubert, Andover NJ 58.35% 2.78 8/9 Clyde Bruce Baldwin - Summer Rifkah, Hollidaysburg PA 58.33% 3.21 8/9 6 Terri U’Prichard, Egg Harbor Township NJ; William Hankin, Ocean City NJ 58.33% 2.81 10 7 Gerald Gary Abelow, Cherry Hill NJ; James Koss, Medford NJ 57.33% 2.50 11 8 Jody Sorrell, West Chester PA; Jeanne Thompson, Devon PA 56.78% 2.25 12 9 Christina Valente - Melisa Cooper, Philadelphia PA 56.71% 2.05 13 10 Yuan-Jye Liu, Potomac MD; Chung-Zong Wan, Somerset NJ 55.91% 2.33 14 11 Joseph Lebretore, Hazlet NJ; Arnold Fox, Eatontown NJ 55.65% 1.73 15 12 Joyce Cosby - Angela Jones, Wilmington DE 55.63% 1.61 16 13 Ira Tarnow - Rochelle Schack, West Orange NJ 55.32% 1.50 17 14 Lee Davis - Carroll Shannon, Wilmington DE 54.08% 2.87 18 15 3 Lauren Liu, Princeton NJ; Brandon Fong, Mount Laurel NJ 54.02% 2.15 19 16 4 Michael Adelizzi, Allentown PA; Mary Ann Sharpless, Bethlehem PA 53.89% 1.50 20 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA; Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS 53.82% 1.53 17 Francis Gupta, Princeton NJ; Israel Raphaelli, Princeton Junction NJ 53.61% 1.18 18 Michael Cotter, Brooklyn NY; Herbert Glantz, New York NY 53.58% 1.70 5 Rex Wang, Manorville NY; Hsi-I Wang, Potomac MD 52.60% 1.53 6 Jack Schrum - Martha Haviland, Bridgewater NJ 50.91% 1.39 7 Pradip Khan, Collegeville PA; Belinda Rose Anderson, Quakertown PA 50.89%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 9.5 Tables A B C 4.33 1 Alessandra Graves, Drexel Hill PA; Edmond Craig, Wynnewood PA 71.30% 3.90 2 1 Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA 59.94% 2.44 3 Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Heather MacGregor, Portola Valley CA 59.09% 2.93 4 2 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Elena Steingraf, North Canton OH 55.50% 2.19 5 3 Judith Gwaltney – J. Bruce Gwaltney, Wilmington DE 54.21% 1.65 6 4 Avery Silverstein - Gennifer Binder, Ridgefield CT 53.20% 1.23 5 Betsy Carlson - Michael Lane, Charlottesville VA 53.16% 2.28 1 Jan Nettler, Florence MA; David Rosnick, Amherst MA 50.43% 1.71 2 Alexander Frieden, Brookline MA; Thomas Scruggs, Berkeley CA 46.79%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 8.0 Tables A B C 2.70 1 1 Robert Haas - Michael Haas, Haddonfield NJ 64.29% 2.03 2 2 Thomas Bang - Joan Bang, Berwyn PA 60.29% 2.13 3 3 1 Pam Bacher, Vienna VA; Marcia McMahon, Bethesda MD 55.32% 1.60 4 4 2 Leslie Heselton III - Mary Heselton, Marlton NJ 53.74% 1.20 5 5 3 Barbara Marion, Lancaster PA; Jacqueline Wissler, Millersville PA 52.42% 0.90 4 John Hausladen, Malvern PA; Russell McKinney, Philadelphia PA 50.77%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 1.75 1 1 Trish Irving, Yardley PA; Elsa Gallagher, Lahaska PA 60.44% 1.31 2 Leonard Tannenbaum, Miami Beach FL; Adam Tannenbaum, Greenwich CT 59.00% 1.45 3 2 1 Jennifer Cox - Molly Walsh, Denver CO 56.52% 1.09 4 3 2 Linda Blickman, Bryn Mawr PA; Shelley Goldfarbgoldner, Bala Cynwyd PA 54.18% 0.82 3 Carla Dimuzio, Maple Glenn PA; Lisa Guyer, Flourtown PA 53.01%

Charity begins at AmazonSmile

For every eligible purchase you make on Amazon.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation donates .5% of the purchase price (less shipping, gift wrap charges, etc.) to your chosen charity. Why not make the ACBL Educational Foundation or the ACBL Charity Foundation your chosen charity?

When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com with the added bonus that AmazonSmile will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization. Picture this: If every ACBL member were to designate one of the two ACBL charity funds as their AmazonSmile recipient and spend $200, $168,000 would flow to the Educational Foundation and the Charity Foundation!

Can I use my existing Amazon.com account on AmazonSmile?

Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, wish list, wedding or baby registry and other account settings are also the same.

How do I select a charitable organization?Go to smile.amazon.com using your computer or

mobile device. On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you’ll select a charitable organization before you begin shopping. Choose either ACBL Charity Foundation or ACBL Educational Foundation.


NABC Results by Email/Text

Want to be notified when results and the Daily Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want to see your results in the events you played in? ACBL Live does just that.

With the ACBL Live notification system, you will receive emails and/or text messages after each session with links that go directly to the information you’re looking for. The email/text message will contain your score for the session and a link to your results. (These results will also be available on your MyResults page at MyACBL.) Players will also receive a notification to indicate when the Daily Bulletin for that day is available.

This service is automatic for members unless they have specifically opted out. To receive text messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select Update My Information to enter your email address and/or cell phone number.

Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings tab to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe setting for General Email Communication and Cell Phone Text Communication to receive these notifications.

St. Patrick’s Day

styles

Demry Sibson, Wayne PA, and Debbie Jones, Bryn Mawr PA

Mary Miller and Lynn Ackerman, Rochester NY

Lorraine Cable, Queens NY

Tournament Director Jenni Carmichael

Joe Murray, Mount Laurel NJ

Tournament Director Melody Euler

Jimmy Liacos, Columbus OH

George Mansour, Scranton PA

National Recorder Robb Gordon

Gayle Brass, York PA

Ala Hamilton-Day, Philadelphia PA

Anita Torrence, Columbus OH

Michael Huston, Joplin MO

Mary Ann Banaszak, Bel Air MD

Tim Verbeek and Danny Molenaar, Netherlands, and Patsy Cayne, Boca Raton FL

Linda Trent, Fullerton CA

isn’t traditionally an Irish character, but the T-shirt color was just right for Jimmy Liacos of Columbus OH.

Tournament director Melody Euler wasn’t wearing any green, but she found a clover-print scarf left by a player sitting on a table, and decided to try it on. Just then, the scarf’s owner showed up.

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St. Patrick’s Day outfits


SATURDAY EVENING SIDE SWISS TEAMS 12 Tables A B C 4.69 1 Tiger Lili Williams, Fair Lawn NJ; Jared Egerer, Barnegat NJ; Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH 61.00 3.52 2 Peter Szabados, Paramus NJ; Walter Mitchell Jr., Bear Creek PA; Dian Wise, Ephrata PA; John Kuharetz, New Milford NJ 56.00 3.04 3 1 1 Susan Sanger, St. Louis Park MN; Amy Dutton, Mendota Heights MN; Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS; Jeffrey Ehrlich, Jericho NY 52.00 2.28 4 2 2 Pierre Dufour, Boca Raton FL; Mohamad Osseyrane, Sainte-Julie QC; Keith Ordemann, Mohnton PA; Sara Gainey, Allentown PA 47.00 1.71 3 Jonathan Howe, Sag Harbor NY; Hubert Howe Jr., Westhampton NY; Stephen Mansour - George Mansour, Scranton PA 39.00 1.28 4 Mee Warren - Christopher Moh - Jin Hu, New York NY; Zachary Scherr, Lewisburg PA 38.00

MEYER KOTKIN SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS 13.0 Tables A B C 11.50 1 Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC; Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC 59.09% 8.63 2 1 1 Stephen Li, Winston Salem NC; Duddow Cooney, Regina SK 58.33% 6.47 3 2 Andrew Purbrick - Deborah Purbrick, West Chester PA 56.96% 4.87 4 3 2 William Creech, Bainbridge Isle WA; George Bennett, Bellevue WA 56.84% 3.83 5 4 Lynn Ackerman, Pittsford NY; Mary Miller, Canandaigua NY 53.64% 3.29 6 Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA; Steven Blomstedt, Wilmington DE 53.54% 2.88 7 Doris Greenwald, Stamford CT; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 53.15% 2.93 5 3 John Dong - Dong Dong, Richmond Hill ON 52.21% 3.35 6 Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; Clarence Kofron, Kunkletown PA 52.09%

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 2.85 1/2 1/2 John Turner, Ellicott City MD; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD 56.50% 2.85 1/2 1/2 Elena Steingraf, North Canton OH; Sue Becker, Canton OH 56.50% 2.38 3 3 1 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 55.50% 1.37 4 4 Deborah Crisfield, Philadelphia PA; Karen Haines, Summit NJ 54.00% 1.79 2 Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Laura Gastelum, Torrance CA 51.50%

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 2.5 Tables A B C 1.95 1 Martha Haviland - Jack Schrum, Bridgewater NJ 85.00% 1.46 2 David Espo, Potomac MD; Andrea Weiswasser, Washington DC 55.00%


Companologist’s delight?By Barry Rigal

Readers of these columns are always handicapped by the bell going off. When faced with a problem, you are always led to the critical decision and thus imperceptibly biased in your thought process.

So let’s look at this deal (rotated) from the second final session of the Rockwell Mixed Pairs: Dummy Dlr: East ♠ A K Q J 5 Vul: Both ♥ K 5 2 Bd: 13 ♦ A 9 6 ♣ K 9 You ♠ 9 7 4 2 ♥ A 10 8 ♦ K 8 7 5 ♣ Q 10

West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Partner leads a club, and you win the queen and return the suit. Partner wins the ace and clears the suit, declarer winning the jack on the third round.

When declarer advances the ♦Q, do you win or duck?

Answer: It doesn’t matter because you can’t beat 3NT anymore: ♠ A K Q J 5 ♥ K 5 2 ♦ A 9 6 ♣ K 9 ♠ 8 3 ♠ 9 7 4 2 ♥ J 6 4 ♥ A 10 8 ♦ 10 2 ♦ K 8 7 5 ♣ A 8 7 5 4 2 ♣ Q 10 ♠ 10 6 ♥ Q 9 7 3 ♦ Q J 4 3 ♣ J 6 3

Note that if you fail to play the ♣10 at trick one, you won’t beat the game. Declarer can survive by not winning the ♣J, but will he?

SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 14.5 Tables A B C 5.42 1 1 Irene Reiter, Pine Brook NJ; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ 60.42% 4.07 2 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 58.95% 3.58 3 2 Hubert Howe Jr., Westhampton NY; Jonathan Howe, Sag Harbor NY 57.80% 2.68 4 3 1 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; John Dong, Richmond Hill ON 57.48% 2.04 5 4 Todd Keithley, San Mateo CA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 57.27% 1.46 6 Candace Kuschner, Reston VA; Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX 56.59% 1.51 5 Marvin Weitzenhoffer, Las Vegas NV; Phillip Yorston, Abiquiu NM 56.04% 1.21 6 John Early, Lansdale PA; John Hogan Jr., Wayne NJ 55.91% 1.97 2 Sheila Ryan, Florence MA; David Rosnick, Amherst MA 49.77% 1.48 3 Frank Morgan, Allentown PA; Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA 49.66% 1.11 4 Ming Li - Foster Osborne, Summit NJ 49.05%

SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 11.0 Tables A B C 2.76 1/2 1/2 Lucy Lacava, Hamden CT; Susan Hildebrand, Albrightsville PA 63.10% 2.76 1/2 1/2 Jerry Flury - Carole Campbell, Lancaster PA 63.10% 2.53 3 3 1 Mary Ann Banaszak, Bel Air MD; Laveda Durbin, Churchville MD 58.33% 1.90 4 4 2 Jill Feder, Roseland NJ; Judith Meller, Fort Lee NJ 57.44% 1.42 5 5 3 Wei Chang, Wynnewood PA; Scott Metzler, Haddonfield NJ 55.36% 1.11 6 6 4 Richard McClure, Easthampton MA; Allison Ryan, Florence MA 53.87% 0.80 5 John Hausladen, Malvern PA; Dennis Parenti, Doylestown PA 52.98%

SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 6.0 Tables A B C 2.57 1 Sherry Scena - Margaret DeWitt, Newtown PA 56.67% 1.93 2 Linda O’Malley - Brendan O’Malley, Lafayette Hill PA 54.58% 2.03 3 1 1 Catherine Smith, Langhorne PA; Nancy Rauscher, Yardley PA 54.17% 1.52 4 2 2 James Burns - Mary E. Burns, Rochester NY 52.08% 1.14 3 Lisa Ginsburg, Narberth PA; Judy Novick, Bala Cynwyd PA 50.83% 0.86 4 Suzan Willcox, Philadelphia PA; Janeane Sloane, Ambler PA 50.42%

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL37.25 Tables / Based on 19 Tables 9.46 1/2 Ken Gee, Regina SK 127.73% 9.46 1/2 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 127.73% 5.71 3 Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 116.30% 4.09 4/5 John Hogan Jr., Wayne NJ 115.42% 4.09 4/5 John Early, Lansdale PA 115.42% 3.82 6 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 114.74% 5.58 7/8 Dianne McLean, Athens GA 113.68% 5.58 7/8 Cris Shanks, Watkinsville GA 113.68% 6.60 9 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA 112.41% 1.77 10/11 Clay Hamner, Chapel Hill NC 110.93% 1.77 10/11 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 110.93%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT AFTERNOON SIDE SWISS TEAMS 15 Tables A B C 4.67 1 1 Rufus Cole - Silvia Szanto, Cos Cob CT; Martin Minsky, Bronx NY; Terry Lubman, Riverside CT 62.00 3.07 2/3 2/3 John Belka, Severna Park MD; Lannetta Schmidt, Baltimore MD; Gary Mallett - Sally Mallett, New Martinsvle WV 51.00 3.07 2/3 2/3 Dilip Udeshi, Bensalem PA; Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pierrette Matteau, Mont-Royal QC; Annapurna Satpathy, Rockville MD 51.00 1.97 4 4 John Early - Barry Daubenspeck, Lansdale PA; John Hogan Jr., Wayne NJ; Laura Gastelum, Torrance CA 45.00 1.48 5 5 Barry Port - Susan Port, Atlantic Beach NY; Ann Harriet Goldman, Scranton PA; Ken Lowenstein, Forest Hills NY 43.00 2.08 1 Janet Johnson - Mark Bolotin - William Goldstein - Joan Goldstein, Philadelphia PA 41.00 1.56 2 Bill Silky - Mary Silky, Syracuse NY; Elaine Fuller, Boalsburg PA; Shirley Miller, State College PA 36.00 1.17 3 Willa King, San Clemente CA; Sheila Pechinski, Scarborough ME; Deepak Dighe, West Bloomfield MI; Latika Mangrulkar, Farmington Hills MI 34.00

WBF Women’s Spring Online Festival

The World Bridge Federation hosts the Women’s Spring Online Festival April 9–15. Play takes place on BBO.

The prize for the overall winner and a partner of her choice is a free entry to the 2018 Women’s Pairs Championship to be held in Orlando FL during the World Bridge Series at the end of September. The prize also includes accommodation in a double room for the winner and her partner for the duration of the Women’s pairs event.

Last year, ACBL’s Connie Marfell of Milwaukie OR bested the field of 387 players to win the competition. Forty-nine different countries were represented.

More information about the online tournament can be found at wbfwomensbridgeclub.org.


Today’s Bridge EventsSunday, March 18, 10 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive membersA/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $16 $20 Playthrough with half-hour break.Bracketed Flight B Teams 1-2 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $16 $20 No player over 3000. Brackets of 8 teams by average MPs, 3 teams in each bracket earn gold. Playthrough with half-hour break.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $15Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $19

Sunday, March 18, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Fast Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Sunday, March 18, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor $25 —

Sunday, March 18, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 —VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom I, 5th floor $25 —

Sunday, March 18, 2:00 p.m.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $15Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $19

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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

See you in Atlanta GAfor the Summer NABC July 26–Aug. 5

and the Youth NABC Aug. 2–4.

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Sunday, March 18, 2018 Volume 61, Number 10 Daily Bulletin