Thursday, December 1, 2016 Volume 89, Number 7 Daily ...leading Blue Ribbon With two final sessions...

Daily BulletinThursday, December 1, 2016 Volume 89, Number 7

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

ATTENDANCEthrough Wednesday6678.5 tablesGoodwill Message

Everyone plays to win; when it’s not your turn to head the list, let your sportsmanship shine. Winning is only part of being a champion.

Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

continued on page 7Pre-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.

Team OSMO making an impactWhen she plays bridge, Mary

Ose often takes a special water bottle to the table with her. The bottle is decorated with an image of Rosie the Riveter, the cultural icon representing women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. Beneath the figure of Rosie is her slogan: “We can do it!”

That slogan has been adopted by Ose and five other women who make up Team OSMO, formed from the last names of Ose and Teri Smoot, founders of the team: OSesMOot.

The mission of the team – most of whose members live in California – is three-fold: to play in high-level competition to improve their skills, to encourage other women to do likewise and to win a national championship.

They are dead serious about these objectives and have attracted the attention of many players as they travel the country. About a dozen women have expressed interest in joining the movement – and there’s a “men’s auxiliary.”

In May, Team OSMO participated in the United States Women’s Bridge Championship in Sacramento CA, where the winners earned the right to represent

Team OSMO: Teri Smoot, Katherine Ewing, Mary Ose and Prue Saunders

the U.S. at the 2016 World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland.

“It was four pro teams,” says Ose, “plus us.” Ose and Smoot played with Prue Saunders, Katherine Ewing, Ginny Curtis and Joanne Merry. They didn’t qualify, but Ose says the effort was worthwhile. “The other teams made us feel welcome. It was an incredible experience.”

The team was formed two years ago at the Fall NABC in Providence RI. Ose and Smoot were playing in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, and as they went from table to table, they repeatedly heard remarks of

Nancy Passell and Shawn Quinn, winners of the Whitehead Women’s Pairs.

Nancy Passell and Shawn Quinn won the four-session Whitehead Women’s Pairs, parlaying a strong second final session into a two-board margin of victory. Passell of Plano TX and Quinn of Sugar Land TX are a new partnership, playing for the first time together in Orlando.

In second were the mother-daughter duo of Gen Geiger and Gigi Simpson of Sarasota FL.

This was the first victory in the Whitehead for either winner. After qualifying sixth in Tuesday’s opening round, Passell and Quinn posted a 58% in the first final session and a 66% in the second.

Passell has three previous NABC titles – the last occurring 20 years ago – and one world title. Quinn has 23 NABC wins, and three world championship wins.

Passell-Quinn are Women’s Pairs champs

Meckstroth leads Player of the Year raceTeams which begins Friday.

The next closest contestants in the Player of the Year race are Eric Greco, Zia Mahmood and Geoff Hampson. The unofficial total for each as of Wednesday evening is in the 515-to 520-point range.

The giant platinum-point prizes of the Blue Ribbon Pairs, the Reisinger and the Keohane North American Swiss – which will all be determined in the waning days of the Orlando NABC – could easily, of course, alter the outcome of the race.

Jeff Meckstroth is maintaining his lead in the 2016 Player of the Year contest, awarded annually to the player who earns the most platinum points.

Meckstroth came to the Orlando NABC as the 2016 leader in the contest based on his performance at the Spring NABC in Reno and Summer NABC in Washington DC. His total of 521.59 masterpoints from those two tournaments has been augmented in Orlando with his victory in the Baze Senior Knockout Teams. Meckstroth’s unofficial total as of press time is more than 630 platinum points, which does not count any possible points he may earn from placing in the overalls of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, which he is playing in today with partner Eric Rodwell.

Rodwell trails Meckstroth by more than 20 points. They are scheduled to play together on Nick Nickell’s squad in the Reisinger Board-a-Match

Pavlicek, Munday leading Blue Ribbon

With two final sessions to play today, Richard Pavlicek and Jim Munday have a slim lead in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs. Pavlicek, of Fort Lauderdale FL, and Munday, of Southaven MS, put together two solid semifinal sessions to take the lead. They scored 59.43% in the first session on Wednesday and 58.98% in the second.

They are 17.33 matchpoints ahead of Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA, and Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA with two sessions to play. Top is 38.

Pavlicek and Munday are both seeking their second NABC+ pairs title. Pavlicek won the Nail

Bertoni-Ansell lead Mini-Blue

After the semifinal round of the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs, Robert Bertoni and Steven Ansell of Massachusetts are in the lead. Their carryover will be a fraction of a board over the Florida duo of Lee Bukstel and Scott Weiss who are in second, and the New Jersey pair of Muffie Gur and Reha Gur, who are narrowly in third.

NABC Results by Email/TextWant 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.

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Thursday, December 1, 2016 Daily BulletinPage 2

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.

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

Saturday, Dec. 39:15 a.m. Ron Kral Takeout Doubles

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Saturday, December 3TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Australia 3, lobby level)

Sunday, December 4TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Australia 3, lobby level)

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. Thursday, Dec. 1

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

Friday, Dec. 210:30 p.m. Corn dogs. Convention foyer, lobby level.

Saturday, Dec. 310:30 p.m. Ice cream sundaes. 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.

Please note: Exiting the parking gate requires a credit card to pay.

To save time exiting the parking lot, pay for parking before leaving the hotel at the Valet station just outside the lobby. The Valet takes cash or credit.

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.

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.

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.

Life Master NewsSalina Poon of

Ellenton FL earned her gold card at this tournament playing in the Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams. Her partner was Barb Rein of Sun City Center FL. Their teammates were Bea Bohm, also of Sun City Center, and last-minute fill-in David Robinson of Granbury TX. Said Poon, “It is never too late to become a Life Master. If I can do it, everyone should aim to.” She needed only eight points of any pigment and earned 10.65 for her team’s showing in the KO.

Claudine Jones of Gainesville GA became a new Life Master on Wednesday, earning the final masterpoints she needed in the Stratified B/C/D Swiss Teams. Her partner was Bonnie Hartwig, also of Gainesville. Her teammates were Glenda Dunham of Tate GA and Larry Rogers of Winter Park FL.

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.

Thursday, December 1, 2016 Page 3Daily Bulletin

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

your game – Part 7By Brent Manley

DOWork on your

concentration. To play effectively, you have to stay on top of what’s going on, whether you are declarer or a defender.

I can tell you from experience that it’s disconcerting in the extreme to realize after a trick has been played that I didn’t see all the cards. Did partner discard on that trick? What card did declarer play? Of all the mistakes I make, lapses of concentration are the most annoying.

What can be done to improve concentration?Start with finding a partner who is not inclined

to point out your errors and criticize your decisions. If you are thinking about what your partner just said and deciding whether the comments were justified, your mind won’t be on the task at hand. That could be making your contract, deciding whether to try for overtricks or figuring out how to defeat the opponents’ contract (or prevent overtricks).

Even if you find a calm, supportive partner, there are still lurking dangers. One of them is an inability to put deals you just played where they belong – in the past. If you went down in a cold contract and are mentally berating yourself for your mistake, you are not concentrating on the current deal and another bad board is likely. The same can be said for good results. If you are congratulating yourself for a clever falsecard that earned your side a top, you aren’t in the moment.

Nothing can change what happened. You must forget about boards that have been played so that you can focus on what’s happening now.

DON’TTry to make up for a disaster with a bid or play

guided by your emotions. If you play bridge long enough, you will suffer some disasters. Bridge is a game of mistakes and no one can play flawlessly all the time.

I once had a partner who could not resist trying to make up for a bad result with some off-the-wall action that usually produced another disaster.

I recall an occasion when the opponents bid and made a slam that no one in his right mind would even consider. Thanks to an incredibly lucky lie of the cards for them, the slam rolled home and we had an obvious zero.

On the next board, my furious partner made a crazy bid that resulted in minus 1100. In his attempt to make up for the slam disaster, we now had two

zeros in the row. That was difficult for me to take and, with more such actions by him, our partnership dissolved sooner rather than later.

I wrote a book with Bob Hamman that was published in 1994. In the opening chapter, Bob and Bobby Wolff were playing in the Spingold Knockout Teams and trailing by 32 IMPs at the halfway point against a formidable opponent. On the first board of the second half, Bob and Bobby doubled a beatable 4♠ contract and let it make, increasing the deficit. At that point, Bob asked the reader, “So what do we do now?” The answer: “Go on to the next board, that’s what.”

The board was history and neither player gave it another thought as they went on to win the match despite the bad result. I have never forgotten that advice. I urge you to take it to heart.

Take all your chances, No. 7

By Eddie Kantar Dlr: East ♠ 7 5 3 Vul: E-W ♥ J 8 2 ♦ 6 5 4 ♣ A Q J 9

♠ J 10 9 6 ♥ A K 6 5 4 ♦ A ♣ K 10 4

East opens 1♠, vulnerable, in third seat. You try 2♥. West passes, partner raises to 3♥ and East persists with 4♦. You bid 4♥ and everyone passes. West leads the ♠Q. East encourages, but West cannot dig up another spade and shifts to the ♦2. East plays the jack and you win the ace. At trick three, you play the ♥A and East obliges with the queen. By now you should have enough information to see your way through to 10 tricks. Plan the play.

Solution It looks for the world as if you have four

losers: three spades and a heart. Yet, if you count your tricks, you could easily have 10: three hearts, the ♦A, two diamond ruffs and four clubs. By the way, if you count losers (4) and winners (10) and

the total doesn’t come to 13, you are supposed to count your cards! This deal is the exception to even that rule.

You do have a count on this deal. West is known to have one spade and four hearts. He appears to have four diamonds given the bidding and the lead, so he also has four clubs.

Play three rounds of hearts ending in dummy and ruff a diamond. Now back to dummy with a club and ruff dummy’s last diamond with your last trump. Now take three more club tricks: tricks eight, nine and ten – piece of cake. You have taken 10 tricks. They took the first trick, still have the top spades in one hand and a winning heart in the other for three more tricks! Those three tricks, however, will crash

California calling: Jan Ladd and Tomoko Stock of Valencia CA came all the way to Orlando to play in the NABC. The pair played in Wednesday afternoon’s 49er Pairs.

on top of each other on the last two tricks. West will be forced to ruff one of his partner’s spade winners! The full deal: ♠ 7 5 3 ♥ J 8 2 ♦ 6 5 4 ♣ A Q J 9 ♠ Q ♠ A K 8 4 2 ♥ 10 9 7 3 ♥ Q ♦ K 10 9 2 ♦ Q J 8 7 3 ♣ 8 7 6 5 ♣ 3 2 ♠ J 10 9 6 ♥ A K 6 5 4 ♦ A ♣ K 10 4


Convention card reminderEach player is required to have a convention

card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a session. The convention card must include the first and last name of each member of the partnership, and the cards must be identical.

If a director determines that neither player has a substantially completed card, the partnership may play only the Standard American Yellow Card and may use only standard carding. This restriction may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round after convention cards have been properly prepared and approved by the director. Further, the partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each board played, commencing with the next round and continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the director.

If the director determines the partnership has at least one substantially completed convention card but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the director may give warnings or assign such penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances.

The objective of these warnings and penalties is the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations.

Winners of the inaugural 0–10,000 Fast Pairs: Vladislav Isporski and Jim Melville

10K Fast Pairs starts todayThe 0–10,000 Fast Pairs, which made its debut

on the Fall NABC schedule last year, starts today. The event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions, is limited to players with less than 10,000 masterpoints and pays platinum points at 10% of the overall award up to a maximum of 10 platinum points.

Windows

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 FOR THE 0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS FINAL 26.0 Tables 1 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA 45.85 2 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Scott Weiss, Deland FL 40.97 3 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 40.58 4 Radu Nistor, Sunnyside NY; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 36.77 5 Paul Karas, Elm Grove WI; Gabriel Tawil, Boynton Beach FL 34.24 6 Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 31.47 7 Benjamin Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; William Granger, Bradenton FL 28.81 8 Matthew Campbell, Lincoln NE; Jonathan Cohn, Elkhorn NE 28.36 9 Joel Wolfe, West Hartford CT; Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT 27.94 10 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 26.58 11 Ronald Franck, Pittsburgh PA; Philip Goulding, Wexford PA 24.97 12 Irene Silver, Delray Beach FL; Rita Merl, Boynton Beach FL 24.12 13 Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON 22.43 14 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 21.32 15 Pat Peterson, Hernando FL; Sharron Rosenberg, Lecanto FL 20.21 16 Jack Brawner Jr - Paul Freiberg, Naples FL 19.98 17 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH 19.90 18 Michael Christensen - Becky Stevens, Redmond WA 19.63 19 Christopher Smith - Ronald Andrews, Vero Beach FL 18.69 20 Glen Harmer, Thunder Bay ON; Donald Richards, Kissimmee FL 18.52 21 Susan Fraser, Leesburg FL; Nancy Williams, Mount Dora FL 18.05 22 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL 16.54 23 Marielle Brentnall - Raymond Hornby, Winnipeg MB 16.34 24 Nancy Colter, Dublin GA; George Russell, Moore SC 16.13 25 Michael Wolf - Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL 16.04 26 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 15.39 27 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 14.95 28 Bob Marett - Ward Schaumberg, Saint Simons Is GA 13.56 29 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 13.09 30 Boyce Robbins, Greenville SC; Cecil Boyle Jr, Landrum SC 12.67 31 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA 12.15 32 Gary Neisler, N Richland Hls TX; Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX 10.64 33 Maureen Weiman - Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 9.84 34 Neil Thomas - D Keith Henderson, Birmingham AL 9.82 35 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 8.47 36 Richard Hyken, Pompano Beach FL; Julie Cohan, Montville NJ 8.39 37 Janice Woodbury, Vero Beach FL; Karolyn Smith, Atlanta GA 8.10 38 Scott Nason, Dallas TX; Tomi Storey, Frisco TX 7.96 39 Wayne Bardsley, Mc Lean VA; Jim Dick, Harlingen TX 7.87 40 Cabot Jaffee Jr, Maitland FL; Robert Sprick, Orlando FL 7.81 41 Lucy Spongberg - Gary Spongberg, Niskayuna NY 6.11 42 Beverly Parrish, The Villages FL; Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN 5.21 43 Claire Watson - Janice Madsen, Jacksonville FL 4.89 44 Dwayne Hoffman, South Miami FL; Larry Lowell Jr, Knoxville TN 4.67 45 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 3.53 46 David Platnick, Charlottesville VA; Marsha Platnick, Bluefield WV 3.09 47 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 2.32 48 Marcel Dadon, France; Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA 2.12 49 Janet Sharpe - Diane Campbell, Calgary AB 2.10 50 Margaret Cooke, Celebration FL; Jeanie Engebretson, Detroit Lakes MN 1.57 51 Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX 0.29 52 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 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.


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Blue RibbonQUALIFIERS FOR THE KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS FINAL 39.0 Tables 1 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 83.76 2 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 70.43 3 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 65.20 4 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 61.21 5 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 60.82 6 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 59.30 7 Larry Robbins, Deerfield IL; Maurizio Di Sacco, Ghezzano Pi Italy 57.58 8 Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 57.23 9 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 56.88 10 Choon Chou Loo - Hua Poon, Singapore Singapore 54.93 11 Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 52.32 12 Jerome Rombaut, Lys Lez Lannoy France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France 50.73 13 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 50.47 14 Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 50.06 15 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 48.25 16 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 46.48 17 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 44.22 18 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 43.60 19 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Metarie LA 41.45 20 Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 39.44 21 Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 39.10 22 Joe Grue, New York NY; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 38.77 23 Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 38.74 24 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC 38.44 25 David Baker, Kitchener ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 37.28 26 Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 34.14 27 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 33.72 28 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, 4400 Flekkefjor Norway 33.39 29 Chris Willenken - Alison Wilson, New York NY 32.87 30 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 32.15 31 Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY 31.57 32 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 30.74 33 Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; David Treitel, Miami FL 29.74 34 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Barry Bragin, Prospect CT 28.81 35 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 28.55 36 Aida Jansma, Spijkenisse; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse 28.13 37 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 27.62 38 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 27.07 39 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 25.10 40 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 23.55 41 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 23.33 42 Bob Hamman - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 23.05 43 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 22.20 44 James Melville, Springfield IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI 21.61 45 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 21.35 46 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 19.60 47/48 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 18.06 47/48 David Grainger, Roseville CA; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 18.06 49 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 17.54 50/51 Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 17.46 50/51 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Arthur Loring, West Palm Beach FL 17.46 52 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 17.21 53 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Larry Cohen, Delray Beach FL 15.90 54 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 15.10 55 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 13.21 56 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 9.86 57 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 8.94 58 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 8.45 59 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 7.33 60 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 7.28 61 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 7.20 62 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 6.25 63 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 6.19 64 Christal Henner - Uday Ivatury, New York NY 5.78 65 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 5.72 66 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 5.29 67 Will Ehlers, Madison NJ; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 4.78 68 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX 3.87 69 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 3.11 70 Jon Hansen, Kristiansand Norway; Geir Helgemo, Monaco 3.05 71 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 2.79 72 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Eric Robinson, New York NY 2.37 73 David Standig, Oakland NJ; Kurt Gandenberger, Pendleton SC 2.03 74 Harry Tudor, Miami FL; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 1.65 75 Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria 1.53 76 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 1.44 77 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 0.75 78 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Thorlakur Jonsson, Kopavogur Iceland 0.00

Life Master Open Pairs with his son, Richard Jr., in 2004. Munday won the Fast Open Pairs with Larry Sealy in 2013. Pavlicek has 11 North American championships to his credit.

Second in the Whitehead Women’s Pairs: Gen Geiger and Gigi Simpson.

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Last year’s winners of the Senior Mixed Pairs were Billy Eisenberg and Connie Goldberg.

Senior Mixed Pairs begins today

The Senior Mixed Pairs, an NABC+ event open to mixed partners born before Jan. 1, 1959, begins play today. This is a four-session event consisting of a two-session qualifier and two-session final.2011 1. Polly Dunn, Pat Dunn; 2. Doug Fraser,

Sandra Fraser2012 1. Kitty Cooper, Steve Cooper; 2. Sally

Meckstroth, Ed Schulte2013 1. Ginny Schuett, Jeff Schuett; 2. Sandra

Fraser, Doug Fraser2014 1. Ginny Schuett, Jeff Schuett; 2. Kerri

Sanborn, Lew Finkel2015 1. Billy Eisenberg, Connie Goldberg; 2. Pat

McDevitt, Margie Sullivan

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

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WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 17.0 Tables A B C 5.12 1 Barbara Murphy, Newton MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 69.17% 3.84 2 Gerard Mueller, Stuart FL; Marty Bergen, Palm Bch Gdns FL 68.06% 4.74 3 1 Carol Perrin - Margaret Hart, Baton Rouge LA 61.81% 3.56 4/5 2 James Rowen - John Peer, Indianapolis IN 58.75% 2.21 4/5 Donald Caplin - Sondra Caplin, Waltham MA 58.75% 2.67 6 3 Bev Olsen - Alice Hovde, Carmel IN 56.53% 2.60 4 1 Tracey Guice, Seattle WA; Ulla Winkler, Medford MA 56.11% 1.50 5 Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 55.14% 1.12 6 Jeanne Land, Fort Myers FL; Barbara Moran, Tilghman MD 54.58% 1.95 2 Bob Basch - Judy Basch, Williamsburg MI 54.44% 1.46 3 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Debra Lamountain, Forest Hills NY 52.92% 1.10 4 Polly Webb, Lakewood Ranch FL; Dar Webb, St Petersburg FL 52.50% 0.82 5 Joe Potter, Ottawa ON; Randolph Wentworth, Port Charlotte FL 51.53%

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES36.75 Tables / Based on 18 Tables 9.80 1 Marty Bergen, Palm Bch Gdns FL 123.06% 7.78 2/3 Ranjit Bose, Albuquerque NM 119.02% 7.78 2/3 Arjune Bose, Houston TX 119.02% 6.51 4/5 James Rowen, Indianapolis IN 117.50% 6.51 4/5 John Peer, Indianapolis IN 117.50% 3.83 6/7 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC 116.22% 3.83 6/7 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 116.22% 5.62 8 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 115.66% 4.27 9/10 Joan Simon, Dataw Island SC 115.30% 4.27 9/10 Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC 115.30%

WEDNESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B 1.43 1 Bill Gale - Larry Richert, Mount Dora FL 66.67% 1.07 2 Alan Schaefer - Cindy Schaefer, Houston TX 65.97% 0.80 3 Nancy Turner - Joanne Eakin, The Villages FL 54.86%

WEDNESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 19.0 Tables A B C 3.81 1 1 1 Gilbert Shelden, South Protland ME; Robert Monks, Dublin OH 64.88% 2.86 2 2 Trudie Myers - Pamela Masoud, Hernando FL 62.67% 2.14 3 3 2 Michele Greengard - Joel Greengard, Gaithersburg MD 61.90% 1.46 4/5 4 3 Joan Reid, North Attleboro MA; Edie Carter, Foxboro MA 60.12% 1.41 4/5 Sheila Naylor - Bill Lau, The Villages FL 60.12% 1.10 6 5 Bob Matthews - George Guarino, The Villages FL 59.57% 1.25 6 4 Gail Hudon - Barbara Knight, The Villages FL 58.63% 0.92 5 Joanne Ahearn, Tarpon Springs FL; Mary Didier, Palm Harbor FL 57.99% 0.88 6 Judith Rutledge, Lady Lake FL; Erlinda Hanover, The Villages FL 54.46%

RUSS ARNOLD MEMORIAL FAST OPEN PAIRS 42.5 Tables A B C 23.19 1 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Pamela Furtsch, Armonk NY 61.20% 17.39 2 Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 60.79% 13.04 3 Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL 60.21% 9.78 4 Bart Reiss, New York City NY; Marin Marinov, New York NY 59.11% 7.73 5 Gur Baykal - Margaret Baykal, Markham ON 59.01% 6.63 6 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; John McLaughlin, Melrose MA 58.68% 8.09 7 Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA; Roderic Kerr, Palm City FL 58.57% 11.16 8 1 Stanley Landers, Old Westbury NY; Jeff Jacob, Vancouver WA 58.23% 4.64 9 Carole Maeder, Bonita Springs FL; Lew Walter, New York NY 57.62% 4.22 10 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 57.42% 3.87 11 Jamie Portell, Vero Beach FL; Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL 57.17% 7.29 12 Susan Stockham - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 57.02% 5.01 13 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Hal Hindman, Centreville VA 56.35% 5.10 14 Edward Spear - Nie Lih Kalat, Sarasota FL 56.30% 8.37 15 2 Newton Brightwell - Marilyn Brightwell, Osprey FL 56.29% 7.15 16 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 56.19% 2.58 17 Claire Tornay - Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL 56.03% 2.44 18 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Ruth Stober, Floral Park NY 55.49% 6.28 19 3 David Tomasini, Trilby FL; Jourdain Patchett, Sarasota FL 54.90% 4.71 20 4 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Christina van Leeuwen, Media PA 54.90% 3.94 21 5 Richard Golden - Carol Golden, Boca Raton FL 54.85% 2.50 22 Jesus Arias - Pamela Wilton, New York NY 54.29% 3.94 6 Lillian Mazza, Raleigh NC; Lena Hoomani, Hermosa Beach CA 54.26% 4.34 7 William Alexander, Clermont FL; Lew Shwiller, Ocoee FL 53.65% 2.48 8 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 53.41% 3.58 9 Gloria McCain - Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL 52.26% 2.03 10 Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; David Yoon, Bayside NY 51.32% 2.23 11 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Toni Schultz, New Port Richey FL 51.29% 2.53 12 Roland Miller, Bowdoin ME; Allen McRae, Portland ME 50.81% 4.36 1 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; David Halliday, Fredericton NB 50.81% 3.27 2 Marie Poirier, Parkland FL; Joan Gasparro, Pompano Beach FL 50.10% 2.45 3 Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Daniel Juda, Sarasota FL 49.84% 1.84 4 Tom Schlossberg, Bluffton SC; Kristi Menees, Hilton Head SC 48.63% 1.45 5 Larry Yarger, West Point NE; Keith Kersch, Lecanto FL 48.13%

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surprise that two women would compete in an open event. “The more you look,” says Ose, “the more you see the lack of women’s pairs.”

It wasn’t long before Smoot, a retired aerospace engineer, and Ose, former real estate developer, founded Team OSMO.

Since the fall of 2014, the team has played tough events and improved along the way.

In Providence, Ose and Smoot didn’t get past the first day in the Blue Ribbon Pairs, but in Chicago the following summer they made strides, winning platinum masterpoints. In Denver last fall, Team OSMO made it to the final of the Women’s Board-a-Match Teams. At this tournament, Ose and Smoot made it to the final of the Nail Life Master Open Pairs. Last year, both of them made the Barry Crane Top 500 list.

Ose said making the Women’s BAM final in Denver without winning “wasn’t good enough, but it’s a start.”

In ACBL records, Ose is listed as living in Sacramento, but she is rarely at home, considering herself to be “peregrine,” or “tending to wander.” On Saturday, Ose and Smoot will head for an eight-day national tournament in Cuba. The two have also played in Sweden and Iceland.

“We want to promote women striving to play at high levels because that’s how you get better,” says Ose.

Smoot is a 20-year veteran of the duplicate scene. Ose has been playing for about eight years. She believes the Team OSMO campaign is having an impact. On occasions when she has a chance to tell women what Team OSMO is all about, she can sense that some are thinking, “If they can do it, so can I.”

When she is not playing bridge, Smoot is an avid astrophotographer and a downhill skier. Ose likes long-distance walking and hiking, plus spending time with “three amazing young granddaughters who will be learning to play bridge as soon as I can make it happen.”

Smoot says one of her best moments was an encounter with a woman whose only goal was to


Team OsmoWEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 25.0 Tables A B C 6.64 1 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 63.59% 4.98 2 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Trinity FL 61.68% 5.50 3 1 1 Donald Freedman, St Petersburg FL; Janice Dashler, Belleair FL 60.51% 4.13 4 2 Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA; William Golush, Denville NJ 59.60% 3.09 5 3 Michael Estep - Barbara Estep, Hurst TX 58.70% 2.04 6 Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH; Jeanne Martin, Worcester MA 58.24% 1.43 7 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 57.97% 2.32 4 2 Ann Weinstein - Sol Weinstein, Yonkers NY 56.52% 1.74 5 Gerald Botkin, Staunton VA; William Fitch, Rockingham VA 56.16% 2.14 6 Grady Nichols - Suzanne Nichols, Signal Mountain TN 54.08% 1.55 3 Fiona Armson, Inman SC; Glory Stack, Hendersonville NC 52.90% 1.16 4 Mary Cummins, Leesburg FL; Michelle Crane, Pensacola FL 52.45% 0.87 5 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Springs FL 51.63%

WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 74 Tables B C D 19.96 1 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 94.00 14.97 2 1 Marilyn Gusky, Navarre FL; Daniel Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Beach FL; Linda Zdenek, Shalimar FL 89.00 11.23 3 Charles Sweet, Barrington IL; R Minehart, N Barrington IL; Donald Dall, Arlington Hgts IL; Edward Nield, Naples FL 87.00 7.54 4/5 Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR; Wendy Margraff - Thomas Margraff, St Petersburg FL 84.00 11.18 4/5 2 Gail Cannold, Rye NY; Dennis Glazer, Bronxville NY; Marsha Brustein, Palm Beach Gard FL; Linda Abrahamson, Palm Bch Gdns FL 84.00 5.70 6 Alex Booke - Sandy Booke - Caroline Davies - David Stentz, The Villages FL 82.00 8.39 7 3 Dileep Bal, Kapaa HI; John Tippet, Fort Collins CO; Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI; Eileen Eastman, Emeryville CA 81.00 8.09 8 4 1 Jean Johnson, East Hampton NY; Kathy Mullen, Amagansett NY; W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 80.00 4.97 9 5 Ellen Flenniken - Lee Weiner, Fernandina Bch FL; George Browne, West Orange NJ; Patt Corbin, Amelia Island FL 79.00 4.26 10 6 Eric Taylor - Carolyn Brown - Timothy Kirby, Lake City FL; William Connellan, Gainesville FL 78.00 3.73 11 7 Ruth Weber - Joseph Ur - Joan Sackman - Geoffrey Sackman, Saint Augustine FL 76.00 2.96 12/13 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Forrest Schneider - Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL 75.00 3.31 12/13 8 Kerry Cotterell - Ellen Cotterell, Clifton Park NY; Frederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ 75.00 2.50 14/16 Richard Robinson - Alan Owiesny - David Seares, Melbourne FL; Michael Lane, Merritt Island FL 74.00 6.07 14/16 9/10 2 Cindy Henderson - Jay Henderson, Northfield IL; Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Creek VA; Janet Parsons, St John’s NL 74.00 2.85 14/16 9/10 Robert Gray - Jane Rusch, Jupiter FL; Marvin Skaggs - Cecile Skaggs, Memphis TN 74.00 2.49 17 11 Dan Sutherland - Thom Allen, Northville MI; Ronna Galin - Robert Raf, West Bloomfield MI 73.00 2.00 18/20 Shirley Mueller, Louisville KY; Leslie Cassoff - Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA; Peter Sheiman, Melbourne FL 70.00 4.55 18/20 12 3 Larry Shannon, Yorba Linda CA; Salim Bhimji, Brea CA; Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO 70.00 2.00 18/20 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; Michael Borushok, Davie FL; Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT; Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA 70.00 3.06 13/14 4/5 Paula Smith - Anne Brouillard, Ottawa ON; Marlene Green - Norma Weitman, Sarasota FL 69.00 3.06 13/14 4/5 Robert LaBarge - Dale Marx - Dan Marx - Murray Tanzman, The Villages FL 69.00 1.86 15 Robert Sagor, Greenfield MA; Judith Hyde, Northampton MA; Barbara Morgan, New Braunfels TX; Steven Paxhia, Milton MA 67.00 2.04 6/8 Patsy Warner, Hobe Sound FL; Deirdre Laveran, Radnor PA; Lulie Eide, Naples FL; Susan Kett, Placida FL 62.00 2.04 6/8 Richard Lanzarone, Surfside Beach SC; Barbara O’Brien, Conway SC; Sally Ziemba, Pawleys Island SC; Raymond Nix, Myrtle Beach SC 62.00 2.04 6/8 Claudine Jones, Gainesville GA; Bonnie Hartwig, Oakwood GA; Glenda Dunham, Tate GA; Lawrence Rogers, Winter Park FL 62.00 1.62 9 Eric Marshall - Judith Marshall, Middleton NS; Jane Walker - Bruce Walker, Lakeland FL 60.00

Mary Ose with her Rosie the Riveter water bottle.

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TUESDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP KO TEAMS 6 Tables 0.99 1 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Michael Piken, Torrance CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 0.63 2 Barry Margolin - Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Carolyn Pinto, Fort Worth TX

TUESDAY-THURSDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 7 TablesNora Miller, Grantham NH; Grace Charron, Fall River MA; Claire Gardner, Newport NH; Gail Lambacher, Oakville ON 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 vsJohn Guerra, Naples FL; Gerald Beaubien, Estero FL; William Fogel - Stephen Kolkhorst, Portland ME

Rona Lake - Jo Rogan, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Springs FL; Kathy Gage, Marco Island FL vsEli Zinner - Jan Grieff Zinner, Nipomo CA; David Koble, Bartlesville OK; Lori Hays - Mark Hays, Arroyo Grande CA

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 vsVicky Webb - Anita Berry, Raleigh NC; Dianne Schupak, Orlando FL; Betty Vermillion, Winter Park FL

Theresa Hernandez, Hillsboro Beach FL; Trudy Bell - Geri Michelsen, Fort Lauderdale FL; Trudy Kalen, Lighthouse Pt FL vsFlo Fisher - Brian Fisher - Shay Connors - Joan Henderson, Vero Beach FL

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 9 TablesDoris Needham, Navarre FL; Carmon Lee Woodley, Niceville FL; Sylvia Jackson, Edmond OK; Gayle Marr, Ft Walton Beach FL vsMichael Curley, Grand Rapids MI; Dave Fred, Interlochen MI; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL

Dave Hoffman, Merritt Island FL; Linda James - Linda Kitts, Melbourne FL; Martha Russo, Saint Augustine FL vsCarolyn Rowley, Evanston IL; Randall Roberts - Susan Bass, Chicago IL; George Subt, Southampton NJWEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 16 TablesWalter Mitchell Jr - Constance Mitchell, Bear Creek PA; Estella Lau, Saint Louis MO; Jan Potts, Chestefield MO vsJan Gundersen, Fernandina FL; Susan Carmichael - Caroline Tunkel - Patricia Booton, Fernandina Bch FL

Mel Volmert, Springfield MO; Thomas Suter, Street MD; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD; Art Linderman, Anaheim CA vsRalph Croskey, Jacksonville FL; Lynn Kramer, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Stephen Horwitz, Avalon NJ; Ann Latta, Mesa AZ

By the skin of our teethBy Barry Rigal

When you qualify for the second day of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs by 17 matchpoints out of 1000, every little bit helps. With three deals to go, we were on the outside looking in, but my partner, Glenn Milgrim, came through in the clutch. We were playing against Zia Mahmood and Dennis Bilde. Dlr: East ♠ Q 8 6 5 Vul: Both ♥ 8 4 ♦ A K Q 5 3 2 ♣ 2 ♠ 7 ♠ K 9 4 3 ♥ A K J 7 5 3 2 ♥ 9 6 ♦ J 8 6 4 ♦ 10 ♣ 5 ♣ K J 10 9 8 6 ♠ K 9 3 ♥ Q 10 ♦ 9 7 ♣ A Q 7 4 3 West North East South Zia Rigal Bilde Milgrim Pass 1♣ 4♥ Dbl Pass 4♠ All Pass

Zia found the best defense to 4♠: ♥A, ♥K, ♥J, Bilde pitching his ♦10 as Glenn ruffed in dummy. When Glenn led the ♠Q, it held (Bilde would have done better to cover). Glenn changed tack at that point. He finessed in clubs, ruffed a club, then played three more rounds of spades to throw Bilde in for the forced club play. The diamonds in dummy took care of the rest. That was plus 620 and 59 out of 64 matchpoints, but Glenn was subsequently kicking himself for not taking the club finesse before playing spades. Now the defense has no counter.

On the next deal, Glenn was handed another chance by an opponent – and he took it. Dlr: South ♠ K J 7 6 Vul: None ♥ A 10 8 5 4 ♦ 8 ♣ K 10 9 ♠ A 10 8 2 ♠ 9 5 4 ♥ K 3 ♥ J 9 7 2 ♦ K Q J 2 ♦ A 10 9 6 ♣ Q 7 5 ♣ A J ♠ Q 3 ♥ Q 6 ♦ 7 5 4 3 ♣ 8 6 4 3 2

West North East South Rigal Milgrim Pass 1NT (1) 2♣ (2) 3NT All Pass

(1) 14+ to 17(2) MajorsAs North, perhaps I should have led my singleton

diamond? I’m not that clever. I led the ♥5 and declarer, after some internal ruminations, played low from dummy. Glenn applied the rule of 11 to cover with the 6, and declarer was in trouble. The winning line is to cross to dummy in diamonds to go after spades, but declarer took an early club finesse, and now we could set up our fifth winner before he had nine tricks.

P.S. On a diamond lead, declarer must set up his second spade winner, then play three rounds of clubs via the finesse to endplay North to lead hearts.

Allen Kahn, playing with Jeff Rothstein, did even better as declarer: A world champion North led the ♥5 against 3NT, also having shown the majors in the auction. Kahn played dummy’s ♥7 and took South’s queen with the king. Kahn played back a heart at trick two and North won the ace. A club went to dummy’s jack. Kahn then played the ♦10, then a diamond to the king. He ducked a spade, North winning the jack to clear clubs.

Now Kahn cashed his diamonds, ending in dummy. This was the ending: ♠ K 7 ♥ 10 8 ♦ — ♣ K ♠ A 10 8 ♠ 9 5 ♥ — ♥ J 9 ♦ J ♦ A ♣ Q ♣ — ♠ Q ♥ — ♦ 7 ♣ 8 6 4

On the ♦A, North pitched a spade, gambling that South had two spades left. Kahn then cashed the ♥J, pitching the ♣Q and ran the spades for 11 tricks. To defend against the triple squeeze, North must pitch anything but a spade. That costs one trick but not two.

BIDDING BOX DAYLIGHT A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 25 Tables / Based on 69 Tables A X Y 25.97 1 1 1 Charles Nemes - Peter Tracy - Sherry Tracy, Longboat Key FL; Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL 86.00 19.48 2 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 82.00 14.61 3 Paul Gallizzi - Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 79.00 11.69 4/5 2 2 Gerard Turcotte - Robert Tremblay - Alain Dufour, Quebec QC; Denis Lafrance, Shannon QC 74.00 9.81 4/5 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Gonzalo Herrera, Naucalpan Mexico; Patricia Herrera, Mexico Mexico; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 74.00 8.76 6 3 Barry Spector, Springfield VA; John Klayman, Haymarket VA; Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM 73.00 6.57 4 3 Dale Rands, Palm Beach FL; Rawy Shediac, Englewood FL; Stephen Wright, Edgewater FL; James Marsh Sternberg, Palm Bch Gdns FL 68.00 5.19 5 Debbie Feldman - Christopher Cowan, Oakville ON; Allan Smith, Tiny ON; Bill Kertes, York ON; Ina Demme, Maple ON 67.00 4.18 6/7 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Frank Collecchia - William Toutant, Louisville KY 64.00 4.38 6/7 4 Stanley Littlefield, Maitland FL; Gordon Cable Jr, Monroe Township NJ; Liga Byrne, Austin TX; Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI 64.00 3.46 5 Barbara Clark, West Orange NJ; Pamela Gorbics - Michael Varhalamas, Pinellas Park FL; Andrew Lohan, Mahwah NJ 63.00

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 6.0 Tables A B C 1.63 1 Patricia Foley, Wakefield MA; Richard Mead, Winter Park FL 64.42% 1.31 2 1 Nancy Waddell - Glenda Lukinuk, Peterborough ON 57.67% 0.92 3 Janice Pengelly - Michael Pengelly, Cambridge ON 55.50% 0.98 4 2 Michael Palmer - Suzanne Palmer, Alliston ON 52.42% 1.18 3 1 Sue Wagner, Mobile AL; Kathy Duggan, Knoxville TN 51.08% 0.89 2 Jean Tremblay - Carole Tremblay, Bonita Springs FL 48.08%

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 16 Tables 62.56 1 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam ; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den 43.79 2 Julian Klukowski - Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Victor Markowicz - Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam Israel 25.02 3/4 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland 25.02 3/4 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

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 16 Tables 35.72 1 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Steven Barcus, Altamonte Spg FL 25.00 2 Jerry Murbach - Rae Murbach, Altadena CA; Linda Gruber - Bob Gruber, Camarillo CA 14.29 3/4 Donald Margolin, Delray Beach FL; Madeleine Evansky, Boynton Beach FL; Elizabeth Ghrist - Lucy Terrill, Houston TX 14.29 3/4 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Westlake OH; Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON; Jianfeng Luo - Edward Xu, North York ON


Fantasy in a minor keyBy Barry Rigal

This deal did not occur in the Nail Life Master Open Pairs, but it very nearly did. A couple of cards have been switched to make the point. As East at unfavorable vulnerability, you hold

♠J 5 2 ♥K 10 ♦Q 5 3 ♣K 9 8 6 5

West North East South Pass Pass 3♦ Dbl 4♦ All Pass

Partner’s “inspired” lead of the ♠3 (third- and fifth-best) hits the deck and you see this dummy: ♠A K Q 9 8 ♥ J 9 ♦ 7 4 2 ♣ J 7 4

I guess you are happy you didn’t bid 5♣. Declarer plays the ♠Q and you drop the 5, trying to look like a man with ♠J 5 doubleton. Declarer gives the matter consideration, then leads the ♦2 from dummy. You play suit preference in trumps, so should you play the ♦5 to try to help partner play hearts?

When you’ve decided on that, watch what happens if you follow with the ♦5. Declarer plays the ♦J and partner wins the ace. He advances a low heart and your 10 holds the trick. You play a club to partner’s queen and he leads another club. Declarer ruffs with the ♦8 and plays a spade to dummy, then cashes dummy’s other high spade. This is the ending: ♠ 9 8 ♥ J ♦ 7 4 ♣ J ♠ — ♠ — ♥ Q 8 6 4 ♥ K ♦ — ♦ Q 3 ♣ 10 3 ♣ 9 6 5 ♠ — ♥ A 4 3 ♦ K 10 9 6 ♣ —

If diamonds had been 2-2 originally, declarer can’t lead winning spades from dummy because partner could ruff. Thanks to your play of the ♦5, however, declarer can run the ♦7 now. If you cover, he can ruff his heart in dummy with that massive ♦4. If you don’t cover, he can run spades.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 23.0 Tables A B C 4.33 1 1 David Kelly - Susan Kelly, Vero Beach FL 65.48% 3.25 2 2 Pamela Folsom - Elsa Nail, Lakeland FL 63.10% 2.44 3 3 Harry Eaglesham - Lorraine Eaglesham, Unionville ON 61.90% 1.83 4 4 Victoria Nicoll - Barbara Martin, Orlando FL 61.31% 2.45 5 5 1 Jane Lind - John Eidt, Naples FL 57.74% 1.84 6 6 2 Judith Rutledge, Lady Lake FL; Erlinda Hanover, The Villages FL 57.14% 1.44 3 Anne Hodges - Margaret Irvin, Concord NC 56.25% 1.01 4/5 Janet Page - Darlyn Counihan, Silver Spring MD 55.65% 0.91 4/5 Robyn Williams - Arvis Williams, Pearland TX 55.65% 0.62 6 Veronica Berlin - Franklin Gomes, Walnut Creek CA 55.06%

slowly but surely move up in rank. After learning about Team OSMO and what it stands for, says Smoot, the woman no longer cares whether she’s a Sectional Master or Regional Master. “She just wants to get better.”

Ose says the team focuses on bridge practically around the clock, studying hand records and discussing systems and agreements. “We want to get a title through hard work and improving our partnerships, not by hiring pros.”

Ose says the team competes in international championships whenever they can, “getting to know other bridge players, learning to compete against different bidding systems, and gaining an exposure to different regulatory systems and formats of tournaments.”

The team’s goal may seem far off at this point, but with the work ethic and optimism of Rosie the Riveter, their inspiration, they are confident. Says Ose, “We’re not the best players on the planet – yet.”


Team OsmoWHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 26.0 Tables / Based on 46 Tables 96.00 1 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 864.67 72.00 2 Gigi Simpson - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 813.20 54.00 3 Janet Becker, Delray Beach FL; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 796.66 42.67 4 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 796.57 38.40 5 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 796.21 34.91 6 Libby Fernandez - Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 790.67 32.00 7 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 785.60 29.54 8 Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 767.81 27.43 9 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 767.22 25.60 10 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL 750.94 24.00 11 Judi Radin, New York NY; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 746.70 22.59 12 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA 737.58 21.33 13 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy 736.64 20.21 14 Marietta Huggard, Sarasota FL; Carolyn Holcomb, Englewood FL 734.99 19.20 15 Mildred Breed, Cypress TX; Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 711.60 18.29 16 Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY; Margaret Klamp, Fort Myers FL 707.48 17.45 17 Jo Morse - Janet Dresden, Palm Bch Gdns FL 705.39 16.70 18 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 700.24 16.00 19 Linda Perlman, Wellington FL; Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL 697.51 15.36 20 Paula Mann, Boca Raton FL; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 695.65 14.77 21 Suzan Lordi, University Park FL; Susan Gilbert, Sarasota FL 691.92 14.22 22 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 686.87 13.71 23 Betty Sandifer, Daytona Beach FL; Harriet Eaton Morris, Ponce Inlet FL 685.50

WEDNESDAY GOLD RUSH SWISS TEAMS 62 Tables 7 3 13.12 1 Marty Greengrass - Judy Greengrass, Lutz FL; Catherine Wright, Rockford IL; Robert Larson, Roscoe IL 102.00 9.84 2 Brenda Griffiths - Doug Darnley, Pickering ON; W Menzies - K Menzies, Oshawa ON 99.00 6.46 3/4 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Debra Lamountain, Forest Hills NY; Christina Hare, Fairfield CT; Jack Liu, Greenwich CT 95.00 6.46 3/4 Emiel Domis - Sharon Amberg, The Villages FL; Vicki Valley, Edwardsville IL; Pamela Ames, Maryville IL 95.00 3.80 5/7 David Lebar, Port St Lucie FL; Mimi Klug - Margaret Zoltak - Lorie Heiberger, Vero Beach FL 94.00 3.80 5/7 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH; Lisa Eisenstein, Chesterfield MO; Robert Roark, Cincinnati OH 94.00 3.80 5/7 Tom Goodwin, Northville MI; Carl Gentile, Dallas TX; Suzette Greep, New Port Richey FL; Suzanne Boyer, Tarpon Springs FL 94.00 4.88 8 1 Donna Brown - William Brown - Marc Rissman - Alex Birman, The Villages FL 93.00 2.62 9 Beatrice Bohm - Barbara Rein, Sun City Center FL; David Robinson, Granbury TX; Salina Poon, Ellenton FL 89.00 2.39 10 Paul Boeggeman - William Fleischman - Suzanne Fleischman - Larry Randolph, Leesburg FL 88.00 2.11 11/12 Elaine Laurence, Naples FL; Sheila Namiot - Marvin Rosen, Sarasota FL; Margeret Schiller, Fort Myers FL 87.00 3.66 11/12 2 David Lau, Dunedin FL; Bruce Burns - Martha Core, Palm Harbor FL; Elaine Iwinski, Safety Harbor FL 87.00 1.87 13 Kathy McKay, Lady Lake FL; Jane Elliott, Tampa FL; Patricia Holmes - Robert Vicars Jr, The Villages FL 84.00 1.70 14/15 Milferd Jones - Virginia Jones, Clearwater FL; Michael Williamson, Belleair FL; Lynda Culley, St Petersburg FL 81.00 1.70 14/15 Bob Ondo, Ann Arbor MI; Jane Gardner, Northville MI; Carrie Osborne, Livonia MI; Maria Conti, Dearborn Hgts MI 81.00 1.54 16 Jon Mercurio - Betsy Bunting, Naples FL; Gloria Nelson, Powell TN; Steve Rainey, Taylors SC 80.00 2.75 3 Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT; Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH; Joe Zaksas - Mary Jo Zaksas, Sarasota FL 78.00 2.06 4 Lois Porter, Zelienople PA; Maxine Gant, Cape Canaveral FL; Diana Beaver, Sidman PA; Leida Milazzo, Johnstown PA 76.00 1.51 5/6 C Allan Chapple, Chatham ON; Karl Manderscheid, Apollo Beach FL; Roberta Sylvia, Vero Beach FL; Sandra Palchanis, Boynton Beach FL 72.00 1.51 5/6 Lynn Long - Marsha Johnson - Dorothy Harris, Orlando FL; Lynn Stansberry, Maitland FL 72.00


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CESSY RUBINSON A/X SWISS TEAMS 45 Tables / Based on 160 Tables A X 33.64 1 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; John Potter, Montreat NC 105.00 25.23 2 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 102.00 18.92 3 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland 96.00 14.19 4 Allen Kahn - Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Arno Hobart, Markham ON; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 94.00 15.90 5/6 1/2 Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Catherine Caplan - Paul Caplan, White Oak PA 90.00 15.90 5/6 1/2 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; William Nason, Andover MA; Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville QC; Martin Singer, West Palm Beach FL 90.00 10.22 7 3 Claire Alpert, New York NY; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia; Juan Reyes, Pompano Beach FL 88.00 7.11 8/9 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY; Gunnar Helgason, Reykjavik Iceland 87.00 7.11 8/9 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Jon Brissman, Indianapolis IN 87.00 6.12 10 Mike Marlin - Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY; Tammy Moll - Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 86.00 5.61 11 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Tim Edwards-Davies, Ottawa ON; Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 83.00 7.67 4 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Peter Merker, Mentor OH 81.00 5.63 5/6 Michel Rapoport - Irina Kislitsyna, Aventura FL; Paul Eberman - Madi Drimmer, Sarasota FL 78.00 5.63 5/6 Ping Chen, Winter Springs FL; Mark Raphaelson - Lance Marrou, Orlando FL; Paul Jepson, Saint Augustine FL 78.00 4.54 7 Alan Walters, Naples FL; Elaine Gordon, Myrtle Beach SC; Larry Mann, Boca Raton FL; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 76.00

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 16 Tables 24.14 1 Karen Caton - Caron Peck, Arlington TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 16.90 2 Julia Zucker - Nat Zucker, Monroe Township NJ; Maxime Nault, Montreal QC; Paulin Nault, Saint-Anicet QC 9.66 3/4 Nancy Stein - Judy Pujol, Jacksonville FL; Rona Brenner - Kay Craft, Ponte Vedra FL 9.66 3/4 John Garner, Fernandina Bch FL; Nadine Sabatier, Ponte Vedra FL; Ann Buchholz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Lynn Leisy, Amelia Island FL

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 16 Tables 21.04 1 Liliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA; Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA; Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA 14.73 2 Harold George, Wichita KS; Howard Montemurro, Vineland ON; Wesley Albinger - Charles Pierce, New York NY 8.42 3/4 Steve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL; Karen Lahn - Gerard Lahn, North Venice FL 8.42 3/4 John Guerra, Naples FL; Gerald Beaubien, Estero FL; Jane Clark, Auburn AL; Maxwell Hughes, Vero Beach FL

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 5 16 Tables 17.17 1 Leo Comerford - Jonell Comerford, Broomfield CO; Robert Underwood - Elizabeth Underwood, Henderson NV 12.02 2 Charles Conrad - Ann Conrad - Robert Hamilton - Valerie Byrne, Castro Valley CA 6.87 3/4 Mark Franzoni, Jacksonville Bc FL; Nancy Martin, Neptune Beach FL; Lynn Chapman, Jacksonville FL; Zev Wajsman, Atlantic Beach FL 6.87 3/4 Patricia Booton - Caroline Tunkel - Susan Carmichael, Fernandina Bch FL; Jan Gundersen, Fernandina FL

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 6 16 Tables 13.44 1 Greg Moniz - Paul Moniz, Debary FL; Tom Rusk, Sanford FL; Edwin Hall, Deland FL 9.41 2 Richard Haverland - John Dillon, Vero Beach FL; Ed Michaels - Chris Trower, Atlanta GA 5.38 3/4 Bill Multack, Miami Beach FL; William Lehman, Aventura FL; Eric Schneider, Boca Raton FL; Michael Lynch - Berton Solomon, Edwards CO 5.38 3/4 Eli Zinner, Nipomo CA; David Koble, Bartlesville OK; Lori Hays - Mark Hays, Arroyo Grande CA

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WEDNESDAY B/C SWISS TEAMS 26 Tables / Based on 56 Tables B C 22.96 1 1 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Alex Khrakovsky, Columbus OH; Lawrence Thomas, Peoria IL; Lynn Patterson, The Villages FL 106.00 17.22 2 Tai Chan, Troy MI; Grace Charron, Fall River MA; Rose-Marie Bullis, Clearwater FL; Gail Lambacher, Oakville ON 94.00 12.92 3 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC 89.00 8.67 4/5 2/3 Susi Pitts, Cumming GA; Myrna Mackey, Niagara Falls ON; Sharon Stevens, Vineland-Stn ON; Joan Bentz, Ann Arbor MI 85.00 8.67 4/5 2/3 Diana Dozier, Edgartown MA; Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Barry Ko, Arlington VA; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA 85.00 6.15 6/7 4/5 Jennifer O’Neill, Greenwood Vlg CO; Donna Barrow, Littleton CO; Susan Marshall - Richard Gardner, Denver CO 83.00 6.15 6/7 4/5 Mel Volmert, Springfield MO; John Steffan, Marco Island FL; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD; Thomas Suter, Street MD 83.00

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES112.75 Tables / Based on 32 Tables 15.73 1/2 Keith Harrison, Trinity FL 130.39% 15.73 1/2 Joan Webb, Trinity FL 130.39% 8.27 3 Robert Pearson Jr, Warner Robins GA 122.59% 10.39 4/5 William Golush, Denville NJ 120.30% 10.39 4/5 Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA 120.30% 5.27 6/7 Karen Coe, Ewing IL 117.99% 5.27 6/7 John Coe, Ewing IL 117.99% 6.52 8/9 Ronna Galin, West Bloomfield MI 116.75% 6.52 8/9 Robert Raf, West Bloomfield MI 116.75% 3.97 10/11 Gerald Beaubien, Estero FL 114.49% 3.97 10/11 John Guerra, Naples FL 114.49% 3.20 12/13 Rene Wallace, Mission TX 113.58% 3.20 12/13 John Herrmann, North Port FL 113.58% 2.85 14/15 Jeanne Martin, Worcester MA 113.15% 2.85 14/15 Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 113.15% 1.68 16/17 Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT 112.83% 1.68 16/17 Joel Wolfe, West Hartford CT 112.83%

WEDNESDAY EVENING BAM TEAMS 23 Tables A B C 6.78 1 Simon De Wijs, Doorn ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Bauke Muller, Hoorn 18.00 5.09 2 Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland; Sam Lev, New York NY 17.00 3.81 3 Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden 16.50 2.86 4 Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Yuki Harada - Dawei Chen - Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 16.07 4.43 5 1 Rona Brenner - Kay Craft, Ponte Vedra FL; Nancy Stein - Judy Pujol, Jacksonville FL 16.00 3.32 6 2 Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI; Neil Selvin - John Vega, Naples FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 15.50 2.18 3/4 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA; Susan Morse, Flourtown PA; David Cohan, Doylestown PA 13.50 2.18 3/4 Marv Norden, Peachland BC; Bryant Town, Edmonton AB; Linda Miller, Williamsburg VA; William Belanich, Glen Allen VA 13.50 1.23 5/6 Mark Franzoni, Jacksonville Bc FL; Ann Buchholz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Lynn Chapman, Jacksonville FL; Nancy Martin, Neptune Beach FL 13.00 1.23 5/6 Robert Raf - Ronna Galin, West Bloomfield MI; Dan Sutherland - Thom Allen, Northville MI 13.00 1.75 1 Rebbeca Miller, Highland Beach FL; Kay Rogers, Manakin Sabot VA; Marylou Rogers, Boynton Beach FL; Elizabeth Gompels, Cambridge MA 10.50

WEDNESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 36.0 Tables A B C 8.72 1 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Trinity FL 66.79% 6.54 2 Phyllis Prager - Mary Gerner, Sarasota FL 64.73% 4.91 3 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 63.39% 5.25 4 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 61.39% 6.26 5 1 William Golush, Denville NJ; Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA 60.70% 4.70 6 2 Leonardo Fruscoloni - Margie Cole, New York NY 60.42% 3.52 7 3 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Robert Johnson, Tigard OR 59.31% 1.40 8 Jack Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 58.69% 2.64 4 Paula Coleman, Oakville ON; Jo Anne Casen, Wellington FL 57.97% 2.53 5 Julie Walker, West Palm Beach FL; Bill Noyes, Monument Beach MA 57.62% 1.49 6 Sam Dodson, Houston TX; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN 56.62% 1.81 7 John Guerra, Naples FL; Gerald Beaubien, Estero FL 55.34% 3.22 1 Fiona Armson, Inman SC; Glory Stack, Hendersonville NC 54.34% 2.42 2 Sally McKinney, Henderson NV; Marilyn Batra, Lake Ridge VA 52.21% 1.81 3 Linda Rodrigue, Ponchatoula LA; Mary Morton, Baton Rouge LA 49.07% 1.36 4 Marion Tillack - Charlotte Engle, Sarasota FL 48.86% 1.02 5 Enid Marcus - Linda Simon, Boynton Beach FL 48.01% 0.76 6 Robin Beddis, Calgary AB; Susan Pattillo, Chester NS 46.36%

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 7 12 Tables 9.36 1 John Barton III, Swarthmore PA; Prem Premakumar, Media PA; Cheryl Stark Abrams - Judith Repp, Villanova PA 6.55 2 Vicky Webb - Anita Berry, Raleigh NC; Betty Vermillion, Winter Park FL; Dianne Schupak, Orlando FL 3.74 3/4 Melanie Meyn, Denver CO; Betty Vonseggern, Dunnellon FL; Tippy Davis - Kathleen Gillman, Orlando FL 3.74 3/4 Geri Michelsen - Trudy Bell, Fort Lauderdale FL; Trudy Kalen, Lighthouse Pt FL; Theresa Hernandez, Hillsboro Beach FL JAYNE THOMAS MEMORIAL KO BRACKET 1 15 TablesHemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Johan Sylvan - Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden vsDanny Molenaar, Den Haag ; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Tim Verbeek, ; Bart Nab, Tilburg ; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam

Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia; Mark Lair, Canyon TX vsJustine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland

JAYNE THOMAS MEMORIAL KO BRACKET 2 12 TablesJ-f Allix, Asnia France; Wilfried Libbrecht, 92110 Clichy France; Vanessa Reess, 92100 Clichy France; Joanna Zochowska, Boulogne France; Pierre Schmidt, Beaumont Le Rog France vsMartha McGhee, Maitland FL; Elizabeth Harris, Auburndale FL; William Chan - Molan Chan, Grand Prairie TX

Lorraine Holub - Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; Joan Simon, Dataw Island SC; Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC vsMauricio Figueiredo, Sao Paulo Brazil; Marcos Paiva - Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Roberto Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

JAYNE THOMAS MEMORIAL KO BRACKET 3 12 TablesMatthew Fultz - James Kart, Fort Wayne IN; Joseph Shull, New Haven IN; Steven Jackson, Vero Beach FL vsCarolyn Rowley, Evanston IL; Randall Roberts - Susan Bass, Chicago IL; George Subt, Southampton NJ

Albert Kober, Lighthouse Pt FL; Bernice Kramer, Boca Raton FL; Carolyn Foster - James Caylor, Daytona Beach FL vsJune Stoiber, Put-In-Bay OH; Dave Anthony, Fort Myers FL; Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS; Robert Walters, New Westminster BC

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣


Missorting spawns brilliant lead

On this deal from the second qualifying session of the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs, Paul Karas of the Milwaukee WI area hit on an inspired lead to earn a top board.

With both sides vulnerable, Karas held: ♠Q 4 ♥10 8 2 ♦K 9 2 ♣A Q J 10 3.

His partner, Gabriel Tawil, also of the Milwaukee area, passed as dealer, and Karas’s RHO bid 3♥. Karas passed and RHO bid 4♥, ending the auction.

Karas decided to try the ♠Q on opening lead, and the dummy appeared: Dummy ♠ K 10 7 ♥ Q J ♦ A 7 6 4 3 ♣ K 4 2 Karas ♠ Q 4 ♥ 10 8 2 ♦ K 9 2 ♣ A Q J 10 3

Declared played low from dummy, partner Tawil encouraged, and declarer followed low. Karas continued with a spade to partner’s jack, which held the trick. A third round of spades saw declarer follow low again, and Karas ruffed.

“No spades, partner?” Tawil asked.It was then that Karas noticed something was

wrong: The ♣A in his hand was actually the ♠A. Here was the real layout: ♠ K 10 7 ♥ Q J ♦ A 7 6 4 3 ♣ K 4 2 ♠ A Q 4 ♠ J 8 6 5 ♥ 10 8 2 ♥ 3 ♦ K 9 2 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ Q J 10 3 ♣ A 9 7 5 ♠ 9 3 2 ♥ A K 9 7 6 5 4 ♦ 8 ♣ 8 6

Karas won the ♠A perforce when he corrected his play. Even after declarer mandated that the exposed trump be played to the next trick, there was no way for declarer to avoid an additional two club losers. Down two for North-South, and plus 200 for Karas and Tawil for a cold top. No other North-South pair lost three spade tricks.

WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 2.63 1 1 Thomas Zimmerman - Claire Zimmerman, Pearland TX 64.99% 1.97 2 2 David Kelly - Susan Kelly, Vero Beach FL 62.73% 1.48 3 3 Bob Matthews - George Guarino, The Villages FL 58.84% 1.31 4 4 Richard Galleher, Bowie MD; Carol Marks, Annapolis MD 57.95% 0.92 5 5 Yara Barretta, Celebration FL; Baijanti Shrestha, Katy TX 57.70% 1.75 6 1 Janice Pengelly - Michael Pengelly, Cambridge ON 56.66% 1.31 2 Amy Norcross, Jacksonville FL; Jeanie Norcross, Tyronza AR 54.55% 0.98 3 Patricia Blank - James Blank, Pinehurst NC 53.11% 0.74 4 Patricia Foley, Wakefield MA; Richard Mead, Winter Park FL 50.13%

SPIKE & DUFFY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 70.5 Tables / Based on 74 Tables A B C 33.26 1 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon, Monaco 62.55% 24.95 2 Vonnie Lavender, Burke VA; Sarah Anne Cressy, Falls Church VA 61.25% 18.71 3 1 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA 61.19% 14.03 4 Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA; Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA 59.86% 11.09 5 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Xavier Combey, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 59.74% 9.50 6 Ken Bercuson - Harold Lilie, Las Vegas NV 58.71% 8.32 7 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 58.68% 7.39 8 Paul Darin - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 58.65% 6.65 9 Maritha Pottenger - Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 58.21% 6.05 10 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 58.02% 6.62 11 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 57.99% 5.12 12 Laurie Vogel, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 57.85% 4.75 13 Carlos Munoz - Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 57.70% 5.29 14 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL 57.65% 4.16 15 Lukasz Witkowski, Poland; Mariusz Krasnicki, Lodz Poland 56.63% 11.32 16 2 Aaron Simon - Allen Selling, Boynton Beach FL 56.54% 3.70 17 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 56.51% 8.49 18 3 Ellyn Batko, Northbrook IL; Joyce Neville, White Marsh VA 56.49% 3.33 19 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Robert Morris, Houston TX 56.35% 4.71 20 Jane Eason - Bill Eason, Nesbit MS 56.34% 7.44 21 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 55.87% 2.89 22 Tania Reyes Hiller, Bedford Corners NY; Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 55.69% 7.15 23 Mike McGill, Andover KS; David Erickson, Wichita KS 55.62% 2.66 24 Sandy McCay - David Rogers, Naples FL 55.43% 6.37 25 4 Michael Ryan, Buffalo NY; Arthur Morth, Grand Island NY 55.32% 2.46 26 John Van Ness, Carbondale CO; Kenneth Titow, Scottsdale AZ 54.94% 2.38 27 Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA; Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 54.83% 5.03 28 5 Mark McCarthy, San Francisco CA; Doug Couchman, Berkeley CA 54.79% 4.65 29 6 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mex.; Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mex. 54.62% 2.15 30 Linda Bryant - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 54.60% 2.33 31 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 54.38% 2.02 32 Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD; Linda Miller, Ormond Beach FL 54.37% 2.60 33 Andrew Lee, Richmond BC; Sheila Sache, Delta BC 54.13% 1.90 34 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 54.12% 3.77 35 7 Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON 53.97% 7.44 36 Norman Rubin, Monticello NY; Jonathan Green, Melbourne FL 53.87% 3.72 37 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 53.85% 3.35 8 Alex Heron Jr - Patrick Murphy, Calgary AB 53.61% 3.02 9 Chongmin Zhang, Getzville NY; Yuan Chen, North York ON 53.52% 3.28 10 Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 53.09% 2.52 11 Fernando Teson - Amy Reznik, Tallahassee FL 52.89% 2.32 12 Philip Dewitt Jr - Richard Wisemiller, Windermere FL 52.45% 2.16 13 Thomas Randall, Bradenton FL; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasota FL 52.23% 2.01 14 Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA; Don Doolittle, Burlingame CA 52.12% 2.45 15 Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 51.92% 1.78 16 Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA; Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA 51.75% 4.36 17 1 William Bailey, Palo Alto CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 51.65% 3.27 18 2 John Antonio, Crystal River FL; Donna Lynch, Evansville IN 51.62% 2.45 3 Xie Li - Ruicheng Li, Woodbury MN 48.22% 1.84 4 Robert D’Avanzo, Sarasota FL; Paul Reamer, Longboat Key FL 46.66% 1.56 5 James Moody - Jerry Barrett, Austin TX 46.56%

JAYNE THOMAS MEMORIAL KO BRACKET 4 12 TablesSue Golier - Sharon Rohr, Pittsburgh PA; Judy Ludwig, Fort Pierce FL; Susan McQuillan, Vero Beach FL vsPerrie Kay Avery - Vickie Thomas - Gordy Vondrak - Clara Bunning, Cheyenne WY

Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque - Jean La Traverse - Louise Berthiaume, Montreal QC vsBabs Treiber - Steven Treiber, Leesburg FL; Richard Schroeder - Michelle Feeney, Davenport IA

JAYNE THOMAS MEMORIAL KO BRACKET 5 12 TablesRichard Peacock - Lucy Peacock, Grosse Pt Shore MI; Fred Batten - Penelope Rudolph, Grosse Pointe MI vsKaren Adelman - Peggy Wallace - Ellen Gelberg - Martha Glassmeyer, Vero Beach FL

Bridget Harris, Lutz FL; Catherine Cohan - Patrick Sweeney - Bruce Maier, Tampa FL vsJohn Welte - Martha Welte, Buffalo NY; Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON

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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.

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Players under the age of 26 years named to teams to represent Zone 2 NBOs in world competitions for

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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.

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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.

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detergent16. “Barrons” reader17. A Jacoby two-no bid is a

response to ___19. Cellar cask20. Duvall title role21. Yours and mine22. ___-Wan (Guinness role)23. 1997-2006 UN leader25. Western ski area27. “Lord of the Rings” creature30. and is ___33. Jeans choice35. Funny Fields36. Tax ___40. Football coach’s shorthand44. Chilean concert pianist46. Durable wood

47. showing an ___53. Animal house54. Carries on55. Heartthrob57. Neither Dem. nor Rep.58. A Nashville 73A61. Brawl souvenirs65. Written tribute66. and ___ of the major bid68. ___ & Perrins (steak sauce)69. “The Things We Do for Love”

rock group (1977)70. Old laundry soap71. Write a wrong?72. Building story, in France73. Schools of higher learning: Abbr.

Down1. Baja bears2. Actress Elizabeth3. Nothing, in Nîmes4. Curly-tailed canine5. Making a fine point6. Green eggs and ham promoter

7. Doc bloc: Abbr.8. Japanese Prime Minister during

WWII9. ‘60s all-star Felipe10. Indoor plants’ home11. Armed sea creatures12. Cartoonist’s award13. Firming up18. “Black Beauty” writer Sewell24. Where some surf26. Trail for bloodhounds27. Windy City trains28. Bk. before Esth.29. Fore site31. “Empire” network32. Extra NBA periods34. An op-ed has one37. Like Greater New York38. White-tailed sea bird39. Music hall tune41. Marais ___ Cygnes (Kansas/

Missouri river)42. Granary morsel43. What’s up?

45. TV frequency47. State bird of Maryland48. Cater basely to49. Evoke affection50. Rhine region51. Casual refusals52. Russian composer Shostakovich56. Finally, in France59. Word on a proof60. Skeleton component62. Years untold63. Undercoating prevents it64. Hit show signs67. Cardiologist’s chart, briefly

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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.

Orlando to host world championships in 2018Most people who travel to Orlando from other

countries country spend their time at Disney World or some other tourist attraction. Not World Bridge Federation President Gianarrigo Rona.

Rona’s visit to Orlando during the Fall NABC was for work – mostly checking out the venue for the 2018 World Bridge Series, scheduled for Sept. 22 to Oct. 6 in this city. It will be the first non-youth open world championship in the U.S. since 2010, in Philadelphia. The World Youth Open Bridge Championships took place in Atlanta in 2013. That event will be played at the 2018 tournament in Orlando.

The 2018 World Bridge Series is open to all comers with no national quotas, eliminating the need for qualifying tournaments. All events are

transnational, meaning pairs and teams do not have to be from the same country. The tournament venue will be the Marriott World Center.

Rona says District 9 will organize a regional tournament to run alongside the world championships.

Although the tournament is nearly two years off, Rona said that work has already begun to get ready for what he expects to be a major influx of players from around the world.

Among the preparations, he said, are changes in the formats of certain events, notably the Rosenblum – the open knockout teams. There will be three days of Swiss qualifying to get to the round of 32 in the knockout phase. The Open Pairs will start at the end of the Rosenblum qualifying so that pairs eliminated in the knockout can drop into the Open Pairs.

Rona also said the Mixed Pairs will be shortened to five days.

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