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Spring 2016 Volume 59, Issue 1 Peter Wright, Editor

IN THIS ISSUE Woodbridge Spring Sectional flyer ....................... 2

Learn Bridge in a Day flyer ................................... 3

Barbara Clark letter .............................................. 4

Masterpoint Races

Mini-McKenney Race ..................................... 5

Ace of Clubs Race ........................................... 5

Player of the Year Race .................................. 6

Big Games .............................................................. 6

Article: “Don’t Give Up!” ...................................... 7

Article: “More Points at Future Sectionals” ......... 8

Milestones ............................................................... 8

Kohn’s Korner #1 .................................................... 9

Remembrances ........................................................ 9

Kohn’s Korner #2 .................................................... 9

Article: “Play Anything” ...................................... 10

NJBL Board of Directors ..................................... 10

From the Editor’s Desk ....................................... 11

Club News ............................................................. 12

THE DECLARER NJBL web site www.njbl.net

Editor Peter Wright

[email protected]

Contributors Barbara Clark

Arnie Kohn

Brett Kunin

Rui Marques

Ed Sable

Reporting / proofing Brett Kunin

Technical Advisor Jay Korobow

Web Master Susan Slusky

[email protected]

The Declarer is published online four times per year

by the New Jersey Bridge League (Unit 140, District

3 of the ACBL).

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Spring 2016 THE DECLARER


LETTER OF INVITATION

Learn Bridge in a Day

[The following letter accompanies the “Learn Bridge in a Day” flyer found on page 3 of this issue. While typical

Declarer readers are probably not likely candidates for “LBIAD,” perhaps you have friends or neighbors who

might wish to avail themselves of the chance to get up to speed with you. – Ed.]


MASTERPOINT RACES Standings by Range as of March 1, 2016

Mini-McKenney medallions are awarded to the players in each Unit, one per ranking level, who earn the most

total master points during the previous year. All points of any color and source are counted. Ace of Clubs certificates are awarded to the players in each Unit, one per ranking level, who earn the most master points in

club games during the calendar year. Only black points are counted; points earned in STaCs and other special

games paying "pigmented" points don't count. The awards are not mutually exclusive; it 's possible to win

either or both in the same year. The level you compete in is the one within which you started the year.

Masterpoint range

0 – 5

5 – 20

20 – 50

50 – 100

100 – 200

200 – 300

300 – 500

500 – 1000

1000 – 1500

1500 – 2500

2500 – 3500

3500 – 5,000

5000 – 7500

7500 – 10,000

10,000+

MINI-MCKENNEY

Shangsan Qian East Brunswick 3.53

Zhengxiang Gu Piscataway 3.53

Alan Mufson Boonton 2.80

Subrahmanyam Muppalla Princeton 23.28 Martin Eisenberg Holmdel 6.95

Penny Dinger Westfield 6.23

Barbara Simpson Chatham 11.88

Joanne Moynihan Monroe Township 7.75 Barbara Daly-Schpok Manchester 7.74

Ira Tarnow West Orange 22.14

Carolyn Feldman Pennington 14.34

Diane Radwill Chatham 12.58 Teresa Chek Bedminster 49.30

Ming Li Summit 18.54

Chandu Mehta Morris Plains 18.32

Chung-Zong Wan Somerset 33.56 Rochelle Schack West Orange 20.43

Bruce Williams Oceanport 20.36

Michael Lo Bedminster 49.30

Dominick D’Ascoli Lake Hiawatha 32.95 Foster Osborne Summit 31.62

Jane Grewcock Summit 37.25

Susan Atteridge Livingston 34.60

Barbara Codispoti Mountt Arlington 34.46 Neeta Mone Livingston 72.43

Wendy Lee East Hanover 43.82

Leonard Myers Elizabeth 40.37

Nat Zucker Monroe Township 70.69 Fredric Weiner Monroe Township 58.65

Michael Rosen Freehold 51.30

Julia Zucker Monroe Township 74.80

Joan Brody Livingston 62.49 Sam Borenstein West Orange 56.04

Dori Byrnes Morris Plains 87.07

Barbara Clark West Orange 55.61

Lee Schwartz Morris Plains 37.65 Alex Perlin Metuchen 83.42

Dennis Thompson Lake Hiawatha 82.00

Judy Rothstein Livingston 80.12

Jiang Gu Mountain Lakes 105.85

Cynthia Schneider East Brunswick 93.64

Abe Pineles Jackson 86.84

William Esberg Long Branch 51.16

Lester Sokolower Verona 37.44 Barbara Tepper Verona 20.19

ACE OF CLUBS

Alan Mufson Boonton 2.80

Caroline Moore Chatham 2.69

Renita Pruchnicki Edison 2.64

Penny Dinger Westfield 6.23 Janet Schoener Maplewood 5.78

Margaret Mittricker South Orange 5.62

Joanne Moynihan Monroe Township 5.01

Maureen McGreal Boonton 4.40 Anton Tevald New Brunswick 3.95

Caroline Feldman Pennington 12.34

Ira Tarnow West Orange 9.84

Diane Radwill Chatham 8.05 Ved Gupta Princeton Junction 10.99

Elliot Sommer South Orange 9.91

Kelly Kiefer East Brunswick 9.38

Chung-Zong Wan Somerset 15.06 Susan Radner Montclair 13.87

Bruce Williams Oceanport 13.62

Jacqueline Hewlitt Bridgewater 14.88

Michael Hewlett Bridgewater 14.88 Bhartkumar Shah Freehold 13.82

Barbara Codispoti Mount Arlington 31.36

Colin Kelley Cedar Knolls 18.92

Toby Weiner Wayne 16.65 Summer Freedman Short Hills 34.00

Diane Hirsch Royal Palm Bch, FL 23.28

Peter Wright Kendall Park 20.62

Michael Rosen Freehold 51.30 Herb Freedman Chester 33.23

Frank Hymus Bridgewater 27.22

Robin Shamah Oakhurst 22.92

Ruth Zowader Madison 22.55 Dave DuBois Westfield 21.46

Lee Schwartz Morris Plains 32.67

Kenneth Powell Livingston 25.84

Brett Kunin West Orange 24.59 Jeanine Mancini Verona 53.32

Judy Rothstein Livingston 44.22

Jim McCarroll Hampton 27.82

Abe Pineles Jackson 49.80

Sonia Kaplan Eatontown 21.22

Jesse Reisman Livingston 19.00

William Esberg Long Branch 27.34

Lester Sokolower Verona 22.84 Barbara Tepper Verona 10.86


PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE Standings by Range as of March 1, 2016

Masterpoint range

0 – 50

50 – 100

100 – 200

200 – 300

300 – 1000

1000 – 2500

2500+

MEN John Gimblette Lakewood 3.21 3.21

Lewis Lefkowitz Edison 1.74

Eric Chai Marlboro 1.22

Ed Lyons S Plainfield 3.30

Arvind Sharma Princeton Jct 2.71

Pramod Khanna East Windsor 2.11

Joseph Wright Westfield 4.33

Charles Dvorkin Manalapan 1.66

Chandu Mehta Morris Plains 1.53

Kirshan Arora Somerset 5.77

Richard Marcus Somerset 5.77

Richard Bindelglass Martinsville 2.40

Zhuo Wang Jersey City 18.9

Michael Fried Edison 6.07

Akshay Shah Somerset 5.77

Bill Rapoport Somerset 10.1

Stephen Cooper Belle Mead 9.18

Leonard Myers Elizabeth 9.18

Dennis Thompson Lake Hiawatha 18.11

William Ehlers Madison 17.65

Stephen Arshan Jackson 17.43

WOMEN

Wendy Miller Morristown 1.40

Cynthia Prell N Caldwell 1.21

Jo Ann Nehr Skillman 0.89

Jean Lyons S Plainfield 3.30

Amy Durschlag West Orange 1.75

Geraldine Lumelleau Mendham 0.89

Teresa Chek Bedminster 3.25

Patricia Savage W Orange 0.55

Mary Lou Van Handle Succasunna 0.29

Elizabeth Carlson Summit 1.84

Kathy Galanty Livingston 0.74

Elaine Nosser Manalapan 0.44

Rita Whitney Kendall Park 3.61

Carol Arnold Basking Ridge 3.25

Mimi Joe Florham Park 3.06

Lisa Walsh Eatontown 2.65

Sheila Gross Piscataway 1.72

Wendy Lee East Hanover 1.41

Dori Byrnes Morris Plains 17.34

Bonnie Britton Staten Isl, NY 7.56

Cynthia Schneider E Brunswick 7.11

BIG GAMES: January – February (must have at least 5 tables to qualify)

OPEN GAMES

78.65% Dan D'Andrea / Foster Osborne Murray Hill

72.69% Peter Mayewski / Doree Sobel Essex

72.22% Jim McCarroll / Peter Wright Shadowfax

72.00% Harris Bobroff / Harold Schachter Toms River

71.76% David Katzen / Stephen Garreffa Essex

71.74% Muffie Gur / Lynn Chapin Jersey

71.31% Lawrence Lerner / Neil Rothstein Shrine

70.83% Kate Bergin / Rica Canavan Two Rivers

70.81% Leaster Sokolower / Mark Mohr Shrine

70.51% Judy Rothstein / Ruben Aboody Essex

70.31% Howard Chen / Chung-Zong Wan Scotch Plains

70.28% Judy Rothstein / Jin-Ming Liao Essex

70.19% Ruth Zowader / Summer Freedman Essex

70.14% Leaster Sokolower / Mark Mohr Essex

70.03% Jeanine Mancini / Vijay Bhise Essex

70.00% Ted O'Keefe / Edith Koenig Lakewood

LIMITED/INVITATIONAL GAMES

79.26% Patricia Taylor / Grace Easton Present Day

74.40% JoAnn Sharkey / Helga Brooks Essex

74.40% Jan Zubrow / Ann Stone Essex

74.17% Adrienne Thayer / Ellen Friedman Essex

73.81% Dana Langerman / Peter Langerman Essex

73.81% Debbie Schneider / Lorraine Stein Essex

73.14% Janet Schoener / Peg Mittricker Essex

72.48% Maria Avikan / Paul Vikan Essex

72.02% Elaine Wolfer / Wendy Miller Essex

71.18% Patricia Whittemore / Jennifer Mullins Rumson Nov

70.98% Renee Waas / Herb Potash Essex

70.83% Mary Ella Wells / George Gluck Essex

70.24% Dana Langerman / Peter Langerman Essex

70.11% Annmarie Rogers / Robert Laterza Essex

70.02% Bill Monheimer / Dorothy Hunt Essex

70.00% Lila Nelson / Linda Woodbury Essex


DON’T GIVE UP! by Ed Sable

his is the fourth article I’m writing under this title! I’m

motivated to write one whenever I encounter a hand

where my mind says to give up but my heart says there’s

a way.

Here’s a slam that looks very unlikely to make when the

dummy comes down.

West dealt and, with neither side vulnerable, my hand (South)

was:

♠ 8

♥ AK108642

♦ 9

♣ AJ43

The bidding:

West North East South

Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥

Pass 1NT Pass 2♣ (1)

Pass 2♥ Pass 4NT

Pass 5♠ (2)

Pass 6♥

All Pass

(1) New Minor Forcing

(2) 2 keycards and the trump Queen

Frankly, I was somewhat concerned about missing 7 but

“settled” for 6. The opening lead was the ♠Q into this dummy

(with my hand repeated below for convenience):

♠ A10

♥ Q75

♦ AQ863

♣ 965

♠ 8

♥ AK108642

♦ 9

♣ AJ43

While I shouldn’t be surprised about the wasted points in

Diamonds – after all, partner did bid them – I would have

gladly traded the 6 HCP in Diamonds for 5 HCP in Clubs.

How in the world do I avoid two Club losers?

Well, on with the play. It seems like only one thing can work:

strip one of the opponents down to no Diamonds and a

doubleton honor in Clubs. I now lead the ♣A and another

Club. Either one opponent is end-played, having to lead a

Spade giving me a ruff and sluff, or the other opponent will

have to overtake, making my ♣J good.

So I proceeded to ruff dummy’s last Spade, followed by the

♦A and a Diamond ruff (noting the fall of the ♦J – so maybe

some chances there as well). I then drew trump in two rounds,

put my fingers in my ears and led the ♣A, getting ready to

lead my second Club. Lo and behold: West dropped the ♣K!

The entire deal was:

North

Dealer: East ♠ A10

Vul: none ♥ Q75

♦ AQ863

♣ 965

West East

♠ QJ954 ♠ K7632

♥ J3 ♥ 9

♦ K10754 ♦ J2

♣ K ♣ Q10872

South

♠ 8

♥ AK108642

♦ 9

♣ AJ43

West had shown up with two Hearts. With the ♦J dropping on

my right, I placed West with five Diamonds. I assumed the 10

outstanding Spades were divided 5-5, else East might have

preempted. So I decided that the ♣K was not from KQ, went

to the board with the ♥Q, and led a Club, planning to play the

♣J if East played low. East made it easy for me by playing the

♣Q – making 6 for 97%!

The moral of the story is, when a contract seems impossible,

don’t give up! Place cards where you need them to be and

look hard for an endplay or a squeeze – or just plain good

luck!

T


MORE POINTS AT

FUTURE SECTIONALS !! by Brett Kunin

As Tournament Chair, I am pleased to advise players

that we will implement GRASSROOTS events in our

future sectionals, beginning with the Woodbridge

Sectional scheduled for April 29-May 1. Under new

ACBL rules we may offer, at two sessions per

tournament, master point awards approximately 30%

higher than usual. We are designating the Friday

and Saturday afternoon sessions for this purpose

at no additional cost to players. This applies to all games on those afternoons including those for

299ers

.

For each Grassroots event the New Jersey Bridge

League (Unit 140) will donate $1.00 per player per

session to District 3. This will assist the funding of

the District NAP (North American Pairs) and GNT

(Grand National Teams).

For all those seeking those elusive Silver Points,

this is an excellent opportunity not only to enjoy the

game but also to earn extra points, and I urge you to

consider playing either one or two sessions on each of

those days.

MILESTONES Changes in Rank: January - February

Sapphire Life Master Dave DuBois Westfield

Maurice Silberman West Windsor

Gold Life Master Frank Hymus Bridgewater

Ruby Life Master Leonard Myers Elizabeth

Silver Life Master Dorel Livescu Marlboro

Bronze Life Master Dolores Dodi Ballard Brielle

Marsha Brustein Wayside Karen Cane East Windsor

Ronald Cane East Windsor

Olga Lawrence Little Silver

Marc Lipman Green Brook Foster Osborne Summit

Susan Philips Chatham

Life Master Tina Boyer Montclair

Jacqueline Hewlett Bridgewater

Michael Lo Bedminster

Advanced NABC Master Michael Hewlett Bridgewater

Chung-Zong Wan Somerset

NABC Master Julie Anderson Tinton Falls

Edward Andrews Jr Skillman

Teresa Chek Bedminster

Madelyn Miller Livingston Bruce Rothenberg Monroe Twp

Rochelle Schack West Orange

Lisa Temple Westfield

Ellen Weinstock Livingston Bruce Williams Oceanport

Regional Master Ming Li Summit

Arvind Sharma Princeton Jct

Sectional Master Cathryn Bergin Rumson

Maryanne Finch Mantoloking

Edward Fisher Manalapan

Pam Freedman Chester Louis Greenspan Livingston

Allan Lubarsky Little Silver

Sue Marcus Springfield

Barbara Simpson Chatham Margery Slonaker Chatham

Harold Zwisler Manchester

Club Master Virginia Alworth Lincroft

Deirdre Caputo Basking Ridge

Page Chapman III New Vernon

John Domanico Parsippany Lois Golding West Orange

Mary Lawrence Rumson

Lewis Lefkowitz Edison

Subrahmanyam Muppalla Princeton Suzanne Sayia Mantoloking

Judy Simon West Orange

Andrea Tobias Union

Barbara Wheeler Millburn Carol Zimmermann Morristown

Janice Dvorkin Florham Park

Dottie Finson Denville Carol Goldberg Livingston

Sheila Gudis Randolph

Hilda Jennings Lawrenceville

Sherry Kovacs Livingston Robyn Krieger Livingston

Priti Merchant Middletown

Margaret Mittricker South Orange

Shangsan Qian East Brunswick Annmarie Rogers Livingston

Janet Schoener Maplewood

William Schoener Maplewood

Jon Schweitzer Scotch Plains Jan Zubrow Far Hills


KOHN’S KORNER #1

Team Events at Regionals and Nationals

Team events may be open, stratified, or strati-flighted

and may be further contested by age or gender. Most

events are scored by International Match Points (IMPS).

Teams consist of 4 to 6 players, but only 4 may play at

one time. Many of the events are knockout style, which

means you play till you lose.

The two premier events, the Vanderbilt Teams at the

Spring NABC and the Spingold at the Summer NABC,

are weeklong events. The first 30-or-so teams are

sponsored and consist of highly paid professionals from

all over the world. On the first day the field is whittled

down to 64 teams, which then play 60-board matches

against each other along strictly seeded lines. Those who

are not up to this competitive level can play in mini-

events with upper MP limits. Another premier event is

the Wager Woman’s Teams, contested at the same

time as the Spingold.

A very popular event is Bracketed Knockouts. Brackets consist of 9 to 16 teams which play 24-board

matches. On day #1, through head-to-head and 3-way

matches, the field is reduced to four teams which play

head-to-head matches for Gold Points on day #2.

Another version of this is Compact Knockouts for

teams-of-four only, where 12-board matches are played.

The first session is similar to the 24-board variety, where

the field is reduced to four teams which play for the

Gold in the second session.

Swiss Teams is an event where 7- or 8-board matches

are played and the winning IMP score is converted to

victory points along a sliding scale. The term “Swiss” is

borrowed from chess and pairs winners against winners

in successive rounds.

Another kind of scoring for teams is board-a-match.

Here each board is a “match.” A team either wins (+1

point), loses (-1), or ties (½ for each team). The

Reisinger Teams at the Fall NABC is the premier event

and attracts the same field as the Vanderbilt and

Spingold.

REMEMBRANCES

Please notify Amy Durschlag (973) 666-6247 or [email protected] of any deaths or

illnesses within our membership. We would like to remember all who support this great game.

Gertrude Kivett d. January 16, 2016

frequent player at Bridgewater

KOHN’S KORNER #2

The Red Stop Card

When a player makes a skip bid (one that is at a level

higher than necessary), Left Hand Opponent (LHO)

must wait ten seconds before bidding or passing, the

reason being that if the LHO bids too quickly or passes

too quickly, Right Hand Opponent (RHO) will know too

much about LHO’s holding. The Red Stop Card does

not create the obligation to wait ten seconds; it simply

reinforces the ten-second rule. The Red Stop Card is

also not a reminder for the skip bidder’s partner that an

unusual bid has been made.



“PLAY ANYTHING” by Rui Marques

[The following article was contributed to the ACBL Unit

141 newsletter, Mike Giesler, editor, and is reprinted by

permission. The author, Rui Marques, is from Portugal

and holds the credentials of a national and international

Tournament Director. He moved to Philadelphia in 2015.]

When declarer says to dummy "Play anything," what

happens? Law 46B regulates all the situations when

declarer incorrectly or erroneously specifies which card

he chooses to play from dummy.

Most of the possibilities are very logical. For example, if

declarer says, "Win," he is deemed to play the lowest

card that is known to win the trick. If he wins a trick in

dummy with a Spade and, leading from dummy for the

next trick, calls for the 8, he is deemed to have asked for

the ♠8 if it exists in dummy. If it doesn't, then if there is

one 8 he is deemed to have asked for that one. If there

are two 8’s, then he must specify which one he wants to

play. If declarer asks for a card that doesn't exist in

dummy, the call is void and declarer must choose

another card to play.

However, when declarer says, "Play anything," or the

equivalent in other words, law 46B5 clearly specifies

that either defender may designate the card to be played

from dummy (except when declarer´s different intention

is incontrovertible). It is the only situation on 46B that

gets "solved" by the defenders. This law can generate

some curious results.

Such a curious case happened at a tournament that I

directed in the beginning of November. Defender on

declarer´s left cashed a winner, and declarer, seeing the

♣2 and the ♥4 in dummy, needing to discard, announced

the dreaded "play anything." Dummy actually grabbed

the ♥4 to play it, but even if he didn´t you can guess

what´s coming. Either defender could specify that the ♥4

would be played from dummy. Declarer wasn't exactly

happy when, after dummy placed the ♥4 in a played

position, leftie showed triumphantly the ♥3, scoring the

last trick also.

Another example: Declarer leads from 43 towards

dummy´s KJ2, missing AQ and needing one trick from

the suit. Leftie plays low. Declarer says, "I don't know.

Play anything." Here, it is incontrovertible that declarer

means "either the K or the J," not the 2. Either defender

may specify the K or the J to be played (but not the 2).

NJBL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2016 Membership Officers

Peter Stein, President Stephanie Miller, Secretary David Sutton, Treasurer

Brett Kunin, VP, Cheryl Angel, VP, Peter Jones, VP,

Tournaments Unit Coordinator Marketing & Membership

Other Board Members Stephanie Austin George Browne Barbara Clark

Amy Durschlag Marilynn Greenberg Sharon Gross

Michael Hewlitt Neil Jaffe Arnie Kohn

Joe Lebretore Leonard Myers Elayne Pollet

Howard Solomon Ruth Steckelman Peter Wright


FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

n a local club matchpoint game, I contract for nine tricks in

Hearts after opponents have bid and raised Spades. You

may not like the bidding, but that’s your problem; this hand is

about declarer play.

East South West North

1♠ Pass Pass 2♣

Pass 2♥ 2♠ 3♥

All Pass

Dealer: East ♠ KQ

Vul: both ♥ K73

♦ 83

♣ AJ10852

♠ 10986

♥ AQJ109

♦ Q4

♣ Q9

West leads a Spade, won by East’s Ace, and a Spade is

returned to the board. At trick #3, how to proceed?

Line #1: Draw trumps, ending in my hand, then finesse for the

♣K, but East very likely holds that card. After winning it, E-W

can take two Diamonds and the ♠J, so . . . down one.

Line #2: Come to my hand with a small trump, ruff a Spade,

draw trumps, finesse for the ♣K, and . . . still down one.

Line #3: Lead a low Club from dummy toward my ♣Q. East

takes his presumed King and can return a trump, but I win in

my hand, ruff a Spade, return to the ♣Q in my hand, ruff my

last Spade. (West may have started with only two Spades, but

if he ruffs the 3rd

round of Spades with the ♥8, I can overruff

and the ♥7 will be unbeatable for a 4th-round ruff of Spades.)

All I need is a 3-2 Club split, and . . . making three, better.

But I jes’ don’ wanna lose to the ♣K, so I devise a truly

diabolical ruse, which, in theory, goes as follows . . .

Line #4: Lead the ♣A (!) from dummy and toss my ♣Q on it.

Next, a low Club. East, to whom I conveniently assign ♣Kxx,

ducks (!), misled by my brilliant coup into believing my ♣Q

was singleton. I produce the ♣9 and proceed to ruff both

spades on the board, returning to hand with high ruffs of

Clubs. I graciously concede two Diamonds . . . making four.

My ♣Q is poised to leap out of my hand like a proper fake

singleton when, Lo! an obviously genuine bare ♣K from East

comes thumping down under dummy’s ♣A. Momentarily –

and visibly – nonplussed, I recover swiftly and resume my

charade. OK, East is out of Clubs but has been fooled into

thinking I’m out, too. I send the ♣Q to join the ♣A and ♣K on

the table and, unswerving from my master plan, I continue

with a small Club from dummy.

Curses!! Foiled again!! RHO ruffs the 2nd

Club, no doubt

having noted my failure to follow smoothly to that all-

important previous trick. The opponents cash two Diamonds.

Now I draw trumps, ending in dummy, and pitch my two

remaining Spades on good Clubs. Making only three . . .

Which is not a bad result, since several optimistic Souths went

down in a Hearts game contract. But what a dunderhead was I!

At trick #3 I should have played a small trump to my hand,

followed with the ♣Q, and finessed like a mensch. This RHO I

know from way back! This RHO would not dream of winning

a King on a first-round finesse of a suit even when defending

against a grand slam. Contrariwise (a Tweedledee usage), this

RHO would consider it a capital offense to pass up any

opportunity to ruff ever, so there had been zero chance of my

winning a sneaky ♣9 after ditching my ♣Q.

But Thufferin’ Thuccotash! (a Thylvethter u-thage). Back to

trick #3 again. When the ♣K fell under my ♣A, all I needed to

do was unblock my ♣Q, draw trumps, and cash all those

delicious Clubs. I’d have made six! . . . and a top board (sigh).

♠ KQ

♥ K73

♦ 83

♣ AJ10852

♠ 74 ♠ AJ532

♥ 86 ♥ 542

♦ A10765 ♦ KJ92

♣ 7643 ♣ K

♠ 10986

♥ AQJ109

♦ Q4

♣ Q9

As promised, the moral:

Make Plan. Alter When Necessary,

And Don’t Flinch!

I

More about Morals


CLUB NEWS

JERSEY BRIDGE Jersey Bridge Club celebrates our third anniversary! Join us for the party: Pro-Am Anniversary Swiss Teams! Sunday, April 10 – full hot buffet lunch at 11:30 is included. Game time will be 12:30. All this

for $13 per person! Upgraded Club Championship rating awards lot of points! (For purposes of this game,

a “Pro” has 300+ points.) Get your Pro or your Am, and please sign up – we need signups to be sure to

have enough food. To sign up your team or your pair, email [email protected].

Other upcoming events:

April 4 Charity Week

May 16 Club Championship Week

May 22 Club Championship Swiss June 3 7 p.m. Worldwide Bridge Contest

June 4 12:30 p.m. Worldwide Bridge Contest

June 6 North American Pairs Qualifying Week (1/2 red)

June 13 Unit 140 STaC (silver point week)

June 26 Swiss Teams

TOMS RIVER

The Toms River Country Club hosts

duplicate bridge every Thursday morning

at 10:30 a.m. The game is now open to all. Our directors are Jim DiNapoli and

Harold Schachter. We break for lunch

but finish generally by 2:00 p.m.

Please come and try us out. Enjoy a day

of bridge with a pleasant ambiance, a

beautiful golf course view, and excellent

food. For more information, please

contact Bob Martin, Bridge Manager, at

732-280-1058 or [email protected].

ESSEX BRIDGE CENTER

April 1 Friday Evening 8 is Enough Teams April 2 Saturday Afternoon 499 NLM Teams May 9-15 Club Championship Week (includes Wed.

499 NLM Teams and Fri. 8 is Enough Teams)

May 14 May 14 Saturday Bob Ryder Memorial Open Pairs upgraded club championship

June 13-19 STaC Week silver point team games:

June 15 Wednesday 499 NLM Teams

June 17 Friday Open Teams

June 18 Saturday 199 Teams

June 25 North American Open Pairs 50/50 red/black

June 29 North American Open Pairs 50/50 red/black

SHRINE CENTER BRIDGE CLUB

Experience the Humorous and Informative Teaching Style of Larry Cohen! We have an amazing

opportunity for you! 2011 ACBL Honorary Member of the Year and 26-time National Champion

Larry Cohen will come to lecture at The Shrine Center Bridge Club on Friday, September 16. Don’t be left

out; register now! Please contact [email protected] for information regarding this event.

Friday lecture at 12:00 noon

Wednesday evening Stratified Pair Game will resume in May

Supervised play Friday Mornings at 9:30 a.m.

If you want to learn how to play Bridge, not just play at Bridge,

call us for private lesson and appointments with the best instructors in the area!

New, improved Swiss Teams. Comes and try our new format of Swiss. Players are “handicapped” and

given extra IMPs to compete on a more level playing field!

Check our calendar for all special events.

mailto:[email protected].



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