Hurd, Grue capture Blue Ribbon title

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Friday, December 4, 2015 Volume 88, Number 8
Daily Bulletin

88th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday
Hurd, Grue capture Blue Ribbon title
good game despite some hiccups near the end to win
the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs by 15 matchpoints on a
top of 38. The win was the second in a row for Hurd,
who won with Justin Lall in Providence last year.
Second place went to Frenchmen Thomas Bessis
and Frederic Volcker, whose 60.78% game in the
second final session lifted them from 12th place to
the runner-up spot.
In third place were Owen Lien and Zach
Brescoll, the leaders at the start of the day on
Thursday and after the first final session.
Hurd now has eight North American
championships, Grue six.
Besides the Blue Ribbon wins, Hurd’s North
Winners of the 0-10K Mini Blue Ribbons Pairs:
American championships include two Freeman
Grant Robinson and Teresa Boyd.
Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (2009 and 2015), the
Kay Platinum Pairs and Swiss teams victories and the Californians eke out
NABC+ Fast Open Pairs, his first major win, in 2003.
Winners of the Blue Ribbon Pairs: John Hurd Grue has won the Reisinger Board-a-Match Mini Blues victory
and Joe Grue. Teams (2006), the Keohane North American Swiss
Teresa Boyd and Grant Robinson of Dublin CA,
John Hurd and Joe Grue, 67 matchpoints out of Teams in 2008 and the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams in
trailing the leaders by 27.68 matchpoints with one
first with one session to play, came through with a 2012.
session to go, rallied with a 57.73% game to win the
0-10K Mini-Blue Ribbon pairs by .61 matchpoints.
Smiling ‘Pepsi’ loves his job
The winners were just ahead of Om Chokriwala,
Sherman Oaks CA, and Joan Rubin, Encinco CA,
As a college freshman at the Polytechnical
who were leading the event after the semifinal
Institute of Lublin in Poland, Jacek “Pepsi” Pszczola
session but had dropped to seventh after the first
played on the school’s basketball team. He was pretty
final. They rebounded with a 60.02% game, but it
good, but a conflict arose. Basketball, it seemed, was
was not enough.
taking away from time playing bridge.
Eventually, Pszczola had to make a choice, and
bridge won out. In basketball, he recalls, “I didn’t Gamio, Reygadas lead
have enough talent, but I thought ‘I can do something
in bridge.’” Senior Mixed Pairs
Right he was. At age 48, Pszczola is a World C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA,
Grand Master in World Bridge Federation rankings, and Miguel Reygadas, Tialpan, Mexico, take a
owner of three gold medals as a player in WBF carryover lead of 9.58 matchpoints (41 top) into
tournaments and was coach of the winning squad in today’s two final session of the Senior Mixed Pairs.
the d’Orsi Seniors Trophy in Chennai, India, a couple Right behind them are Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne
of months ago. PA, and Billy Eisenberg, Perris CA.
In ACBL competition, he is a Grand Life Master Judi and Michael Radin will start the day in third,
with more than 30,000 masterpoints and owns four about 16 matchpoints off the pace.
North American championships, including wins in
the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams and the Reisinger
Board-a-Match Teams. Weimans top
Well respected by his peers and popular for his
easy-going demeanor, Pszczola has come a long way 10K Fast Pairs
from his beginnings in bridge, which he learned at In college, Pszczola studied mining engineering
Maureen and Magnus Weiman from Eden Prarie
age 12. and upon graduation went to work in sales for Exxon.
MN enjoy a 28.55 point carryover going into the
No one in the family played bridge, but one He was paid well, but it didn’t take him long to
final day of the 0-10,000 Fast Pairs. A mere .27
summer he went to a youth camp, where bridge rethink his career goals. Bridge won again. “I decided
points back are Floridians Juan Castillo and Luisana
entered his life. “Two girls taught me,” he says. to have less money and more happiness,” he says.
Madueno. Fourteen tables will be in play on Friday.
Pszczola had been into chess, but found bridge much Pszczola soon discovered that he could earn good
This is the first playing of the 10K Fast Pairs,
more interesting. “I felt this game is for me,” he says. money playing bridge, traveling to tournaments in
which pays platinum points at 10% of the overall
A voracious reader – averaging three books a day Poland and Germany. One time, he played in a big
award up to maximum of 10 points.
– he went looking for volumes on bridge. They were bridge congress in Warsaw and left without knowing
hard to find, but he started playing regularly with a he had won a pile of cash. “They came looking for
group of friends. He played in his first tournament at me to give me the money,” he recalls. Goodwill Message
age 19. Pszczola and his wife, Olga, have three children:
Accept both victory and defeat with
Soon he was playing in a duplicate league as a Kuba, 17; Zusia, 13, and Szymon, 12. Their
grace.
junior, but he was so advanced that he was asked to hometown is about 100 miles southeast of Warsaw.
Sandy DeMartino, Chair
move three levels higher than normal for his age. Pszczola’s daughter was a member of a group
Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee
As late as 1990, he was representing Poland in hip-hop dancing team and won a world championship
Junior tournaments. By 1996, he was a member of in Germany. “She likes to say she won a world
the national team, helping Poland to a second-place championship at a much younger age than me,” he
finish in the European Teams Championships in says with a smile. ATTENDANCE
Montecatini, Italy, in 1997.
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Sunday, Dec. 6
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CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM
Don’t miss the following free lectures.
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ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY
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Saturday, Dec. 5
10:30 pm Quesadillas
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Honoring new LMs Pairs problem Correction
and other achievers By Barry Rigal In the page-one article about Peter Rank in the
When you score below average in the first Thursday edition of the Daily Bulletin, Rank was
If you make Life Master at this tournament or
semifinal of the Kaplan Blue Ribbons Pairs, you incorrectly identified as the oldest living winner of
achieve a masterpoint milestone such as Silver LM or
need something good to happen in the second set. the Barry Crane Top 500, formerly known as the
higher, please visit the Daily Bulletin office to have
On the following board, the opponents missed an McKenney Trophy.
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opportunity. Billy Rosen, who lives in the Chicago area, won
E in Director’s Row in the Plaza Building Lobby/
Dlr: East ♠ A 7 3 the masterpoint race in 1953 and sent this email:
Street Level of the Sheraton.
Vul: None ♥ 10 4 3 2 “Hey, I’m still alive, won the McKenney, am 10
♦ A 9 4 years older than Peter Rank and until I die am the
Used Book Sale ♣ A 8 4 oldest.” Thanks, Billy, for letting us know.
♠ 10 9 8 ♠ Q 6 5 4 2
On Saturday after 10 a.m., stop by the
♥ A Q J ♥ 9 6 5
TournTables Book Store in the Plaza Building, Handbag with history
♦ Q 10 7 3 ♦ 2
Concourse level. You’ll find a bunch of used books at
Sally Ann
♣ J 7 2 ♣ Q 10 9 3
great prices!
Rhea’s mother,
♠ K J
Judith Ann Rhea,
♥ K 8 7
Complimentary Internet attended the
♦ K J 8 6 5
Denver 1972
Free wireless connections are available in hotel ♣ K 6 5
Summer NABC.
rooms at the Sheraton. You reach 3NT from the South seat after 1NT –
The registration
Pass – 3NT. West leads the ♠10 and you win in hand.
SSeeee wwhhoo’’ss hhaannggiinngg gift in ‘72 was
What’s best at pairs?
a bag, which
The contract looks normal, the lead not
oouutt aatt tthhee nneeww
was passed on
unfavorable. Do you go for the max or for the safest
from mother to
line?
PPaarrttnneerrsshhiipp DDeesskk.. I can’t answer that, but when our declarer tried daughter. Sally
Ann employed
a diamond to the ace, he was sunk against the 4-1
the bag to hold
diamond break. The defenders shifted to clubs and
her children’s
declarer emerged with just seven tricks.
dominos.
Whether leading a diamond to the 9 at trick two
Wednesday, Sally Ann found a new use for it – on her
is right at pairs, it undeniably works very well in this
arm as a vintage purse.
case, preserving communications between the North
and South hands.
I think one could make an ever better case for DC 2016 NABC
cashing the ♦K and leading a diamond to the 9. You
T-shirts for sale
pick up all the 4-1 breaks and collect ♦Q x offside,
Next summer in DC, the Capitol Steps will be
while losing to ♦Q x x onside.
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A small parlay, perhaps, but on this day it would
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Daily Bulletin Friday, December 4, 2015 Page 3
JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS
singleton, none in a void.
Useful ‘rules’
After you have done the math, if your
By Brent Manley answer is one or zero, just pass. If the answer
is two or higher get in there as long as you
A player at a club in Florida pulled her hand have at least 6 high-card points. That’s how
from the board but found the cards to be sticky. She the formula got to be the Rule of Eight. Try
was having a hard time separating and counting these examples. Using the formula, what
the cards. Once the task was completed, she sighed action would you take over 1NT?
and said, “Finally, (a) ♠Q J 7 6 5 ♥Q J 10 5 4 ♦5 ♣3 2
I have thirteen.” (b) ♠A J 6 5 ♥K Q 7 2 ♦4 3 ♣8 7 6
Her opponents told (c) ♠J 10 9 8 7 ♥6 ♦Q 8 5 4 3 2 ♣7
her she shouldn’t With (a) you have 10 cards in your two
be announcing her long suits and seven losers: two each in
high-card points spades and hearts, one in diamonds and two
and was about to in clubs. You have 6 HCP, so get in there and
call the director. bid.
When the woman With (b), you have 10 HCP, but only
explained, all was eight cards in your two long suits and eight
well – and she losers. The math puts you at zero, so you
opened 1NT. should pass.
With (c) you have great shape but fall
Everyone knows about the popular and highly short in HCP and you have lots of losers. If
effective Rule of 11, useful to declarers and the vulnerability is in your favor and you
defenders. For those not familiar with this rule, have an understanding partner, give it a try.
here are the basics. When a player makes a fourth- The Rule of Two is not widely known,
best lead, declarer and the partner of the opening but it’s easy to apply and could save you
leader can subtract the number of the card (e.g. the some embarrassment. If you are about to
6) from 11 and know, in declarer’s case, how many employ Blackwood (4NT) to ask for aces
higher cards the other defenders has. The opening and your agreed suit is diamonds, you should
leader’s partner can apply the same formula about have at least one ace in your hand. If the
declarer’s hand. agreed suit is clubs, you should have at least
It would behoove you to try to get into the two aces.
habit of applying this rule every time your partner Think about it: If your suit is clubs and
or an opponent makes an opening lead (assuming partner’s response with one ace would be 5♦,
their lead agreement is fourth-best). Soon it will when you have just one ace yourself you will
become automatic and you won’t even have to be forced to bid slam off two aces. You want
remind yourself to do it. to be sure your side has at least three aces if
You are probably aware that there are other partner’s reply to 4NT might be above five
“rules” that can be helpful. One of my favorites is of the agreed suit.
Finding your I/N game
the Rule of Eight as devised by Mel Colchamiro, Many players are familiar with the Rule
I/N games are located in the Tower Building on
a New York expert. It is meant to help you decide of 15, a guideline to help you decide in close
the Majestic level. Go to the street level of the Tower
whether to enter the auction when your right-hand cases whether to open in fourth seat after
Building and walk toward the fitness center. Then follow
opponent opens 1NT (15-17). three passes. It works like this: count the
the ACBL signs to the playing area.
Here’s the formula: take the number of cards number of HCP in your hand and add the
in your two longest suits and subtract the number number of spades. If the sum is 15, bid. If
of losers in your hand. Losers in this context are not, consider passing. Spades are important judgment based on experience is more important
missing aces, king and queens in suits of three in the rule because it is the boss suit. You don’t than formulas.
cards or longer. You can have no more than two want to give the opponents a chance to outbid you
losers in a doubleton, no more than one in a if they have spades. Of course, as with all “rules,”
likely as most players lead singletons even when they ♠ A 6
Take all your chances
don’t have one. ♥ Q 8 7 4 3 2
at bridge - 8 If the ♦K loses to the ace and today is your lucky ♦ J 4 3 2
day, the ♣K will drop under the ace (13%). You will ♣ 3
By Eddie Kantar
make this contract about 55% of the time. ♠ Q J 10 8 7 4 3 ♠ K 9 2
Even if you had the ♣A K J 10 x x x x, you should ♥ 9 5 ♥ J 10 6
♠ A 6
still lead a diamond at trick two as you have a ♦ Q 6 ♦ A 10 9 8 5
♥ Q 8 7 4 3 2
reasonable chance of dropping the ♣Q (a little more ♣ K 8 ♣ 7 6
♦ J 4 3 2
than 50%) if the ♦K loses to West’s ace. Two chances ♠ 5
♣ 3
are better than one. The full deal: ♥ A K
♦ K 7
♠ 5
♣ A Q J 10 9 5 4 2
♥ A K
♦ K 7
♣ A Q J 10 9 5 4 2
With only your side vulnerable, West opens
Meet Rick Weigle,
3♠, partner passes and East ups the ante to 4♠. You
Intermediate/
have no qualms about bidding 5♣, and everyone
Newcomer
passes. The ♠Q is led. Plan the play.
Partnership Chair.
Need a partner? Stop
Solution by the partnership
You are in the dummy for the last time and desk an hour or so
have to decide whether to lead up to the ♦K or take before game time.
the club finesse. The club finesse is much less than
50% because you can’t pick up K-x-x-(x) in the
East hand. Play the odds and lead a diamond up
to the king, a 50% play unless West started with
a singleton diamond and didn’t lead it – not too
Page 4 Friday, December 4, 2015 Daily Bulletin
KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS
World champ slips
39.0 Tables / Based on 141 Tables
By Barry Rigal 190.00 1 Joe Grue - John Hurd, New York NY 1209.65
Even the experts don’t get them all right. Witness 142.50 2 Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France 1194.56
what happened on this deal from the first semifinal 106.88 3 Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 1184.83
87.69 4 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 1165.48
session of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs when a
81.43 5 Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL 1144.56
multiple world champion reached 4♥ on a strong
76.00 6 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Tom Townsend, London, England 1143.98
1NT auction.
71.25 7 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 1135.48
Dlr: East ♠ K J 8 7 4 3
67.06 8 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 1135.44
Vul: E-W ♥ —
63.33 9 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 1133.19
♦ J 10 7 6 2 60.00 10 Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 1132.20
♣ 5 3 57.00 11 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Netherlands; Mikael Rimstedt, Sweden 1130.31
♠ A Q 5 ♠ 10 9 6 54.29 12 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 1127.65
♥ J 10 8 5 3 ♥ A K 9 7 6 51.82 13 Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 1115.01
♦ Q 9 ♦ A 8 5 49.57 14 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 1108.59
47.50 15 Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 1103.79
♣ 10 6 2 ♣ A 4
45.60 16 Alejandro Bianchedi, Argentina; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy 1100.99
♠ 2
43.85 17 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 1098.26
♥ Q 4 2
42.22 18 Jian Wei Li - Boang Xiang Zhang, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 1096.18
♦ K 4 3
40.71 19 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 1095.99
♣ K Q J 9 8 7
39.31 20 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 1090.69
West North East South 38.00 21 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 1084.44
1NT Pass 36.77 22 David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 1072.43
2♦ 3♠ 4♥ All Pass 35.63 23 Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Jay Borker, Greenwich CT 1070.66
Glenn Milgrim led his singleton spade. East went 34.55 24 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 1068.08
up with the ♠A and played a heart from dummy to 33.53 25 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; David Grainger, Roseville CA 1064.92
32.57 26 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 1063.29
get the bad news. He won the ♥A and played the ♣A
31.67 27 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 1061.81
followed by another club. Milgrim had no choice but
30.81 28 Franck Multon - Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco 1059.37
to win and play a third club, ruffed.
30.00 29 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL 1056.34
Now declarer should have found his way home.
29.23 30 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 1052.19
On a diamond towards the queen, Milgrim wins and
28.50 31 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 1047.81
exits with a dimaond. Now a trump to East’s king 27.80 32 Erik Berg - Steffen Simonsen, 1044.61
allows him to cash the ♦A, pitching a spade. A third 27.14 33 Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Rego Park NY 1039.05
round of hearts puts Milgrim on lead to provide a 26.51 34 Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel 1035.96
ruff-sluff and dummy’s last losing spade goes away. 25.91 35 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 1029.10
25.33 36 Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 1028.50
24.78 37 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 1026.68
Email us 24.26 38 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 1026.10
23.75 39 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 1018.14
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23.27 40 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark 1013.44
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22.80 41 Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 1011.36
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21.51 44 Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON 1002.64
date and the editors’ names. 21.11 45 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 1001.79
This email address won’t be checked with any 20.73 46 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 995.76
regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please 20.36 47 David Gold, Reading Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 994.88
continue to use our office email addresses for non- 20.00 48 Sartaj Hans - Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 991.98
tournament–related correspondence. 19.66 49 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 984.01
19.32 50 Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 979.63
19.00 51 Alison Wilson - Chris Willenken, New York NY 973.66
SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT 1
6 Tables 18.69 52 Corey Krantz - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 971.76
19.58 1 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jan Zadroga, 18.39 53 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL 967.01
Todz Poland; Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Ken Gee, Regina SK; 18.10 54 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 966.00
Gerald Lackner - Senta Lackner, Graz Austria
17.81 55 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 963.80
13.71 2 Roberta Toll, Bloomfield Hls MI; Linda Perlman,
17.54 56 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 962.68
Wellington FL; Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Jonathan
17.27 57 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 958.76
Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI
17.01 58 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 953.59
SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT 2 16.76 59 Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Yuxiong Shen, People’s Republic of China 951.76
7 Tables 16.52 60 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 951.50
7.59 1 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Won Yang, Clermont
16.29 61 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 950.74
FL; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD
16.06 62 Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA; Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA 945.58
5.31 2 Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA; Marlene Sabo,
Kailua Kona HI; Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pierrette 15.83 63 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 937.00
Matteau, Mont-Royal QC 15.62 64 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 930.73
15.41 65 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 929.61
THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KN OCKOUT
15.20 66 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Sheldon Natenberg, Glenview IL 927.32
BRACKET 1
15.00 67 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 919.19
5 Tables
Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA; Teri 14.81 68 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Gregory Herman, Fort Collins CO 917.53
Smoot, Placerville CA; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA 14.62 69 Xinli Gan - Xiao Shi, People’s Republic of China 898.50
vs 14.43 70 Eric Stoltz, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 895.14
Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Jan Zadroga,
14.25 71 Jeff Hand, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 887.91
Todz Poland; Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Kenji Miyakuni,
21.84 72 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 883.16
Tokyo Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan
13.90 73 Jessica Hayman, New York NY; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden 871.91
vs
Steve Brown - Caryl Brown, Highland Park IL; Marsha Devine, 13.73 74 Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI; John Koschik, Livonia MI 844.88
Minneapolis MN; Muhammad Hakim, Niles IL 13.57 75 William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 840.65
13.41 76 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 839.48
THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT
13.26 77 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 837.76
BRACKET 2
13.10 78 Lorraine Cable - Kerry Kappell, Elmhurst NY 835.84
6 Tables
Roger Pearce - Eric Mead, Lakewood CO; Sandra Koller - Jim
REVISED WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS
Francis, Arvada CO
vs 18.0 Tables / Based on 39 Tables
Judy Soong - Gay Yamagiwa - Gayle Tunnell - James Tunnell, San 82.00 1 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris France 539.67
Francisco CA
61.50 2 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 508.73
46.13 3 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA 508.48
Ray McLean, Denver CO; William Kacena, Littleton CO; David
Osmundsen - Judy Osmundsen, Wheat Ridge CO 36.44 4 Carol Ward, Arvada CO; Jeanne Gray, Niwot CO 497.39
vs 32.80 5 Sandy Kiesel, Bakersfield CA; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 496.13
Keith Meyer - Marci Meyer, McKinney TX; Mary Cornelius - Ken 29.82 6 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 495.12
Cornelius, Portland OR
27.33 7 Jennifer Jones, Santa Rosa CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 489.42
25.23 8 Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 488.71
23.43 9 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 488.44
21.87 10 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Linda Otness, Greenwich CT 487.85
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20.50 11 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 476.22
Pepsi
19.29 12 Pamela Nisbet, Kanata ON; Diane K.M. Gordon, St Catharines ON 474.31
18.22 13 Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO; Linda Sundbye, Broomfield CO 472.94
continued from page 1
17.26 14 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 467.28
Zusia is right. Her dad was 31 when he and
16.40 15 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria; Ulrike Schuster, Sanibel FL 461.04
15.62 16 Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 460.59 Michal Kwiecien won the World Open Pairs in Lille,
14.91 17 Sylwia McNamara, Scarsdale NY; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 458.73 France, in 1998. His other two world titles were in
14.26 18 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 457.87 the World Transnational Open Teams in Lille, 2012,
13.67 19 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 455.70 and Bali, Indonesia, the following year.
13.12 20 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 455.20 In 2011, Pszczola had a successful homecoming
at the Open European Championships in Poznan,
SENIOR MIXED PAIRS QUALIFIERS
Poland. He was on the winning squad in the Open
42.0 Tables / Based on 83 Tables Carryover
Teams, third in the Mixed Teams and placed in
1 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 123.23
2 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA 113.65 the Mixed Pairs and Open Pairs. His was the top
3 Judi Radin - Michael Radin, New York NY 106.94 performance at the tournament.
4 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 105.24 Pszczola attended his first North American
5 Allan Siebert - Bonnie Melchior, Little Rock AR 100.90
tournament in 1999. “I liked the atmosphere and
6 James La Force, Melbourne FL; Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE 99.88
I thought it would be a good place to improve my
7 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Alan Watson, Lexington MA 96.27
bridge.” Success was almost immediate. In his
8 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 95.89
9 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 93.50 second year, he played on the second-place squad in
10 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 84.57 the Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams and won his first
11 Claire Tornay - Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL 84.33 North American title in 2001 – the Nail Life Master
12 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 82.75 Pairs, playing with Polish star Piotr Gawrys.
13 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 77.09
Pszczola now averages about six months a year
14 Jan Janitschke - Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO 77.01
playing in the U.S., reserving the month of August
15 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 75.95
to return to Poland for time with his family. School
16 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 74.24
17 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 73.98 is out then “and we can go on holiday.” Says Donna
18 Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 67.14 Compton, who has gotten to know Pszczola at
19 Kim Wang, Torrance CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 65.81 NABCs and world championships, “Pepsi is a great
20 Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 65.18 dad.”
21 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richland Hls TX 64.46
While he’s in the U.S., Pszczola says, “I’m
22 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 63.14
playing bridge all the time. I’m doing what I really
23 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 62.27
like.”
24 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 61.74
25 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 61.23 Pszczola’s current partner is Michael Rosenberg,
26 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 59.31 one of North America’s top players. The two played
27 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC 58.97 on the Mark Gordon squad in the Spingold Knockout
28 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO 58.14
Teams in Chicago this year, advancing to the
29 Sigrid Price - Russell Quinnell, Napa CA 56.13
quarterfinal round before losing to the powerhouse
30 Larry Bausher - Phyllis Bausher, West Haven CT 52.55
Monaco squad.
31 Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Rocky Hill CT 51.28
“He is pretty funny,” says Rosenberg of his new
32 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 50.64
33 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 50.51 partner. “He is very smart, and he’s a very good
34 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 49.75 player.”
35 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Robert Walters, New Westminster BC 48.85 He was a member of winning squads in
36 Sandy McCay, Naples FL; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 46.56
consecutive years in the World Transnational Open
37 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Chattanooga TN 45.66
Teams: with the Reese Milner team in 2012 and the
38 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 45.54
Mark Gordon team in 2013.
39 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 45.28
40 Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan 42.28 In Chennai, Pszczola played for the Gordon team
41 Toshiko Yingst - Chris Champion, Colorado Spgs CO 40.43 in the WTOT and coached the Milner team to victory
42 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 40.22 in the d’Orsi Seniors Trophy.
43 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA 39.04 Hemant Lall played with Milner in the winning
44 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 38.83
effort and had nothing but praise for Pszczola’s
45 Cindy Harris - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 37.63
contribution. “You couldn’t hope for a better coach,”
46 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 37.12
says Lall. “He was always there telling us what the
47 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 34.26
48 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 31.03 opponents were doing and how to play against each
49 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 29.54 pair. He was the best – very good with the systems.”
50 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 29.09 Pszczola enjoyed the coaching gig. “Bob
51 Michael Yuen - Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC 27.93 Hamman,” he says, “is the best teammate ever.”
52 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 27.42
Although he is pleased at how his foray into
53 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena CA 25.25
North American bridge has turned out, Pszczola has
54 Gene Kuehneman - Adrienne Kuehneman, Bethesda MD 24.87
no plans at present to relocate the family. “I have
55/56 Polly Dunn - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 24.74
55/56 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 24.74 very smart children,” he says, “and education is free
57 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 23.64 in Poland. My son is learning five languages and he
58 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 22.85 wants to add two more.”
59 Kathy Newman - Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 22.70
The nickname Pepsi was bestowed on him in
60 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 20.79
Lille by a vugraph commentator. “They couldn’t
61 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 20.03
pronounced Pszczola, so I became Pepsi Cola,” he
62 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY 19.89
says, noting that he does not mind the nickname at
63 Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN; David Pankratz, Santa Rosa CA 19.05
64 Elizabeth Smith - Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 18.99 all. In Polish, “pszczola” means “honey bee.”
65 Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 18.24 That’s appropriate because life these days is
66 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Joan Braender, Newnan GA 15.81 sweet for Pepsi. “I’m very happy playing bridge,” he
67 Erez Hendelman - Claire Alpert, New York NY 15.43
says. “I like the people, I like the work and I like to
68/69 Doug Hansford, Surrey BC; Susan Peters, Vancouver BC 14.54
go to places I haven’t been before. Anywhere you go,
68/69 Shirley Scott, Colorado Spgs CO; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA 14.54
you can find something interesting.”
70 Roberta McIlwain - Sandy McIlwain, Invermere BC 14.40
71 Susan Picus, New York NY; Timothy Nelsen, Chicago IL 14.02
72 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 13.77 Parking discount
73 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Susan Stark, Cleveland OH 13.64
Discount tickets for self-parking are available at
74 Cal Newlin Jr - Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 13.47
the Registration Desk. The cost is $28.90.
75 Judy Hummel - Robert Wingeard, Colorado Spgs CO 13.35
76 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; John Chan, Sacramento CA 12.84
77 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC 12.37
78 Nancy Spear - Jack Spear, Shawnee Mission KS 9.69
79 Patricia Norman - Jeffrey Holligan, Lone Tree CO 8.54
80 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 8.07
81 Virginia Gunter - Warren Garrett, Arvada CO 7.95
82 John Burgener - Karen Erlanger, Saint Louis MO 5.61
83 Louis Sachar - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 0.50
84 Mildred Breed, Cypress TX; Daniel Leightman, Houston TX 0.00
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WEDNESDAY ZIP KNOCKOUT 0-10,000 FAST PAIRS QUALIFIERS
12 Tables
14.0 Tables
3.34 1 Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON; Sylvia Shi,
1 Maureen Weiman - Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 28.55
Rockville MD; Huub Bertens - Jeff Roman, Bend OR
2.34 2 Katherine Grant, Riverview FL; Virginia Bright, 2 Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL 28.28
Nokomis FL; John Cox, Saint Maries ID; Alene Wrobel, Farr West 3 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 24.50
UT 4 Grant Vance - Jessica Lai, Oakland CA 22.11
1.34 3/4 Chuck Adelman, Warren NJ; Doree Sobel,
5 Erika Rodin, Stockholm Sweden; Kristin Nedlich, Solna Sweden 21.68
Fair Lawn NJ; Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD; Dave DuBois,
6 Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; David Sterling, Walnut Creek CA 20.41
Westfield NJ
7 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 18.92
1.34 3/4 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Len
Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; 8 Ina Demme, Maple ON; Bill Kertes, York ON 17.63
McKenzie Myers, Seatac WA 9 Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY 15.16
10 Judy Zhu - Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 14.15
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT
11 Paul Darin - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 13.07
KNOCKOUT 1
12 Lynne Cook, Riverview MI; Georgene Cronin, Rochester Hills MI 12.91
9 Tables
9.90 1 Robert Lupton - Robert Vetter, Aurora CO; Sheryl 13 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 12.04
Siegel, Greenwood Vlg CO; Belinda Rust, Denver CO 14 Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; Linda Sundbye, Broomfield CO 10.68
6.93 2 Lynne Newman - Randall Dougherty, San Diego 15 Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 10.61
CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA; Joe Houde, Vista CA 16 Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA 10.54
4.46 3 Richard Olson, Colorado Spgs CO; Loring
17 Donald Boyarsky, Denver CO; Dan Marthaler Jr, Aurora CO 10.37
Knoblauch, Chicago IL; Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; William Golush,
18 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Matilda Poplilov, Tel Aviv Israel 10.14
Denville NJ
3.47 4 Suzanne Viau - Therese Huot, Boucherville QC; 19 Karen Walker - James Ward, Champaign IL 9.05
Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Marie Duval, Montreal QC 20 Christina Van Leeuwen - David MacRae, Media PA 7.66
21 George Tornay Jr, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 6.13
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT
22 Daniel Baker - Joyce Cooper, Austin TX 5.63
KNOCKOUT 2
23 John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA; Roy Weinstein, Denver CO 3.84
13 Tables
24 John Hoffman, Mountain View CA; Leila Sink, Los Gatos CA 3.82
5.83 1 Barry Fratkin - Winifred Fratkin - Nancy Golden,
Richmond VA; William Belanich, Glen Allen VA 25 Steven Kipperman - Kimberly Fanady, San Francisco CA 3.02
4.08 2 Elliott Grosh, Bradenton FL; Edward Banta, 26 Lynne Newman - Randall Dougherty, San Diego CA 1.84
Spruce Pine NC; David Evans - Yvonne Evans, Greensboro NC 27 Irina Kislitsyna, Bradenton FL; Michel Rapoport, Sarasota FL 0.04
2.62 3 Sara Lynn Thomas - Marjorie Sandoval, Colorado
28 Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 0.00
Spgs CO; Pamela Williams, Albuquerque NM; Nanette Hittmeier,
Olympia WA 0-10,000 MINI BLUE RIBBON PAIRS
2.04 4 Judy Yordi, Cordillera CO; Joan Bornstein, Avon
18.0 Tables / Based on 84 Tables
CO; John Miskell, Eagle CO; Jan Govreau, Gypsum CO
75.00 1 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 541.68
TUESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 56.25 2 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Joan Rubin, Encino CA 541.07
7 Tables 42.19 3 Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 525.62
17.72 1 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Pamela Nisbet, 34.62 4 Margaret Baykal - Gur Baykal, Markham ON 524.73
Kanata ON; Diane K.M. Gordon, St Catharines ON; Michael 32.14 5 Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA; Laura de Vesine, Westminster CO 524.04
Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Ranald Davidson, North York ON
30.00 6 Bo Liu, Irvine CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 515.61
12.40 2 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner,
28.13 7 Samuel Amer, Newark DE; John Krah, Seattle WA 497.14
Glenview IL; Claire Tornay, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Gary Kessler,
Springfield IL 26.47 8 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 493.05
6.29 3/4 Jared Boulds - Jo-Ann Vaughn - Joan Merrill - 25.00 9 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 486.00
Adair Karlin, Tucson AZ 23.68 10 Steve Chen - Sarah Chen, San Jose CA 484.67
22.50 11 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 482.32
TUESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2
21.43 12 Jon Gustafson - Neil Petrie, Fort Collins CO 482.24
8 Tables
20.45 13 Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Mike Cook, Memphis TN 481.33
8.18 1 Peter Clay - Kathleen Clay, Wellesley MA; Amy
Blumenthal, Charlotte NC; Nancy Newberry, Burnsville NC 29.44 14 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 479.08
5.73 2 David Minson, Littleton CO; Michael Jalving - 18.75 15 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Peggy Sprague, Los Gatos CA 478.58
Marty Caplan, Denver CO; Curtis Castleman, Evergreen CO 18.00 16 Sherman Gao, Pomona CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 477.02
17.31 17 Warren Watson, Trail BC; Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 474.34
Electronic Device Policy 16.67 18 Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA; Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA 473.62
16.07 19 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 469.18
1.11.1 The electronic device policy at NABCs
15.52 20 Theresa Venhuis, Denver CO; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 468.58
allows players to bring electronic devices into the
17.73 21 Gayle Quiros - Judith Washor, Scottsdale AZ 463.51
playing area. Except for health-related equipment
14.52 22 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO 462.98
and/or by permission of the Director-in-Charge of the
14.06 23 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 459.46
tournament, all such devices must be inoperable and 13.64 24 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 459.23
turned off. 13.24 25 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 459.04
1.11.2 Any device 12.86 26 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 446.10
capable of either sending or 13.75 27 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 443.66
receiving electronic signals 12.16 28 Douglas Dorland, Palmer AK; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 434.09
11.84 29 Niki Coons - Dominic Antonelli, York ON 434.08
must not be visible during
11.54 30 Irva Neyhart - Brian Breckenridge, Corvallis OR 431.64
the session.
11.25 31 John Dukellis, Colorado Spgs CO; Warren Nelson, Cloquet MN 429.03
1.11.3 This policy
10.98 32 John Baragona, Tempe AZ; Harvinder Sidhu, Scottsdale AZ 426.03
applies to all pairs, team
10.71 33 Murray Berger - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 410.57
members, captains,
14.94 34 Steve Caplan, Hampstead QC; Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC 404.32
coaches, play recorders 10.23 35 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 393.41
and kibitzers with the 10.00 36 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 373.86
exception of those persons designated by the ACBL.
THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS
This policy is in force throughout any actual playing
15.0 Tables
session or segment of play.
A B C
1.11.4 A violation of the policy will result in an
3.28 1 1 1 William Lord - Kathryn Chapman, Boulder CO 60.42%
automatic penalty pursuant to Law 91 of the Laws of
2.46 2 2 2 Lynette Teichman, Granby CO; Dawn Schoen, Fraser CO 56.67%
Duplicate Bridge of one full board at matchpoints/ 1.85 3 3 3 Debby Shields - Linda Albert, Denver CO 56.25%
board-a-match scoring, 12 IMPs at IMP pairs/ 1.38 4 4 Susan Martin - Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 55.00%
knockouts or 20% maximum of VPs available per 1.04 5 5 4 Frances McCarren, Bemus Point NY; Jill Mc Carren, Longmont CO 54.17%
match in a Swiss team event for the first offense. A 1.18 6 6 Norma Malmborg - Kate Schaumann, Cheyenne WY 54.08%
second offense will result in disqualification from the 0.74 5 Paula O Leary - Suzanne Yager, Avon CO 53.83%
0.78 6 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID; Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 53.75%
event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy
will be required to leave the playing area for the
THURSDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS
remainder of that session.
5.5 Tables
A B C
Free chocolate 1.63 1 1 Lowell Graves - Toni Graves, Silverthorne CO 64.54%
1.22 2 2 1 Marilyn O Neil, Castle Rock CO; Nina Dowd, Centennial CO 62.64%
Players are encouraged to stop by the
0.92 3 3 Kay Alspaugh - Lindy Hamilton, Boise ID 57.69%
Registration Desk today for souvenir Colorado
0.69 4 4 Margaret Mauger - Debra Rickard, Denver CO 53.92%
chocolate (dark and milk chocolate). The desk is
0.89 2 Laurie Steuri - Kelly Rodholm, Denver CO 51.25%
located on the concourse level in the Plaza Building
of the Sheraton. Registration Desk hours are
8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.; noon to 1 p.m.; 2:30 p.m. to
3 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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THURSDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS
Reverse gear
25.0 Tables
A B C Mark Itabashi found Board 3 from the first
6.64 1 1 Dawn Campbell - Layne Benben, Portland OR 59.64% session of the Thursday Daylight Open Pairs a fun
4.98 2 2 Jane Huff, Columbus OH; Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI 59.38%
hand to play. He concedes that it required a good
4.08 3 3 Joseph Browan, Maplewood MN; Jim Hacker, Faribault MN 59.06%
dose of luck, too.
2.80 4 4 1 Michael Houlik, Longmont CO; Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO 58.38%
Dlr: South ♠ Q 10
2.10 5 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Nathan Roser, Leawood KS 55.79%
Vul: E–W ♥ 10 6
1.86 6 5 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Joann Miller, Lakewood CO 55.48%
♦ 7
1.40 7 6 Jim Solomon - Torre Houlgate-West, San Luis Obispo CA 55.43%
2.86 7 Jane Formet - Chris Kindt, Orlando FL 55.25% ♣ A K Q J 10 9 6 2
1.73 2 Kris Klamut, Aurora CO; Piotr Gawron, Lakewood CO 53.95% ♠ 8 5 2 ♠ A K J 9 3
1.29 3 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 52.54% ♥ 7 4 3 ♥ K Q 9 5
0.97 4 Jack Hawks, Walnut Creek CA; Cyndi Sauvage, Englewood CO 51.69% ♦ K Q 8 4 ♦ A J 9 6
THURSDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS ♣ 7 4 3 ♣ —
14.0 Tables ♠ 7 6 4
A B C ♥ A J 8 2
4.55 1 1 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Sheng Li, New York NY 65.87% ♦ 10 5 3 2
3.41 2 2 Jay Silberberg, Denver CO; Thomas Burger, Englewood CO 64.58% ♣ 8 5
2.56 3 3 Michael Christensen - Becky Stevens, Redmond WA 63.94%

1.96 4 4 Jonas Drobulis, Fraser CO; Vijas Vanikonis, 57.85%
West North East South
2.45 5 5 1 Patrick Sweeney, Tampa FL; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 57.37%
Gelfand Itabashi
1.08 6 Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 56.57%
Pass
0.94 6 Paul Hochfeld - Terrance Hill, Corvallis OR 55.13%
Pass 3NT (1) 4♠ Pass
1.84 2 Vicki Hamende - Trudy Owen, Fort Collins CO 54.97%
1.38 3 Joan Bornstein, Avon CO; Judy Yordi, Cordillera CO 51.44% Pass 5♣ 5♥ Dbl
1.03 4 Margaret Norris, Deadwood SD; Tahimy Razafimanjato, Rapid City SD 45.67% 5♠ All Pass
(1) Gambling.
THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS North opened a gambling 3NT and Itabashi,
9.5 Tables sitting East, chose to bid 4♠ rather than double. North
A B C
didn’t go quietly, competing with 5♣. When Itabashi
2.63 1 1 David Goodwin - Rose Goodwin, Austin TX 60.26%
then showed hearts and South said “I have hearts,
1.97 2 2 Anita Holmes - Christine Markman, Denver CO 59.97%
too,” West took Itabashi back to 5♠ and that’s where
1.48 3 John Logan - Patricia Logan, Casper WY 57.48%
he played it.
1.53 4 3 1 Rita Simas - Kevin Hill, Denver CO 56.84%
Itabashi ruffed the opening lead of the ♣8 with
1.15 5 4 2 Gregory Newcomb - Robin Elliott, Boulder CO 56.68%
0.86 6 5 3 Kay Alspaugh - Lindy Hamilton, Boise ID 55.54% the ♠3. From the bidding, it sounded like he was
probably looking at two heart losers. He had to hope
THURSDAY OPEN PAIRS something good happened in spades. The fall of the
44.0 Tables ♠10 under the ace was a good sign – and the fall of
A B C the ♠Q under his king an even better sign.
23.63 1 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 60.05%
Spotting a dummy reversal as the only means
17.72 2 Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA; Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA 59.42%
to 11 tricks, he led the ♦9 to the king, ruffed a club,
13.29 3 Richard Wieland, Reading CT; Marin Marinov, New York NY 59.40%
then led a low diamond. South could have defeated
9.97 4 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Serdar Ogut, Darien IL 59.19%
the contract by playing the ♦10, but not seeing the
9.29 5 1 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 59.09%
danger, played low. Itabashi put in the 8 and ruffed a
6.75 6 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 58.41%
5.96 7 Robert Kuz, Selkirk MB; Barry Senensky, Toronto ON 57.78% club with his last trump. He then crossed to dummy’s
5.25 8 Melanie Tucker - Radu Nistor, New York NY 57.48% ♦Q, drew the last trump with the ♠8 and led a heart.
5.92 9 Maurizio Di Sacco, Ghezzano Pi Italy; Enrico Castellani, Pisa Italy 57.40% Six spade tricks, one heart and four diamonds
4.30 10 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 56.79% added up to 11 tricks. Plus 650 added up to 24 out of
3.94 11 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 56.72% 25 matchpoints for East–West.
5.10 12 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 56.66%
3.38 13 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 56.15%
5.97 14 2 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 56.14%
2.95 15 Ari Greenberg - Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 56.13%
3.26 16 Paul Cornelius, Mountain View CA; Stephen Castellino, Castro
Valley CA 55.96%
2.63 17 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; George Krizel, Feasterville
Tr PA 55.61%
3.65 18 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 55.58%
2.36 19 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 55.44%
4.48 20 3 Joe Jenkins, Denver CO; Paul Perkowski, Highlands Ranch CO 55.10%
3.36 21 4 Daniel Hafner - Ray Degeest, Rapid City SD 54.69%
2.05 22 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 54.61%
4.98 5 Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Scott Chupack, Seattle WA 54.46%
2.65 6 Frank Demeyer, Fort Collins CO; John Blankinship, Loveland CO 53.29%
1.99 7 Jason Rosenfeld, San Francisco CA; Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA 51.42%
1.86 8 Marion Brum de Barros - Margaret Devere, Denver CO 51.41%
2.99 1 Carolyn Stevens - Sid Stevens, Sauble Beach ON 47.76%
2.24 2 Thomas Anderson - Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 45.19%
Runners-up in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs:
Thomas Bessis and Frederic Volcker.
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THURSDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS
4.0 Tables
A B C
1.43 1 1 L Hoffman, Englewood CO; Bonnie Bailey, Denver CO 65.69%
1.07 2 Michael Weinshall, Coral Gables FL; Mitchell Hayne, Eagle CO 57.11%
0.91 3 2 Laurie Steuri - Kelly Rodholm, Denver CO 49.75%
THURSDAY DAYLIGHT FLIGHT A PAIRS
26.0 Tables / Based on 100 Tables
A X
36.70 1 Ophir Herbst - Ilan Herbst, Haifa Israel 69.35%
27.53 2 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 63.88%
21.60 3 1 Allan Simon - David Johnson, Calgary AB 61.31%
15.48 4 Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 58.77%
12.23 5 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 58.08%
16.20 6 2 Douglas Burke, Fremont CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 57.65%
A scoring update in the Whitehead Women’s 9.18 7 Glenn Eisenstein - Peggy Ellis, New York NY 55.85%
Pairs moved Jean Barry and Linda Lewis from 8.16 8 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 55.50%
third to second place. 7.34 9 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico 54.19%
6.67 10 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 54.15%
THURSDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1
12.15 11 3 Dean Jenkins, Kailua Kona HI; John Posluszny, Aurora CO 53.35%
16 Tables
5.65 12 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 52.96%
29.05 1 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Chris Compton,
Dallas TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 9.11 13 4 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 52.85%
20.34 2 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; 6.69 5/6 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; John Miller, Stillwater MN 52.54%
Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; John Schermer, Seattle WA 6.69 5/6 Louise Ducharme, Ottawa ON; Eric Swanson, Tucson AZ 52.54%
13.07 3 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Dave DuBois,
5.40 7 Ted Witt, Menomonee Falls WI; Greg Stander, Carlsbad CA 51.96%
Westfield NJ; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD; Roman Smolski,
4.80 8 Dick Duff, Denver CO; Paul Ossip, Englewood CO 51.69%
Warwick Bermuda
10.17 4 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New 4.32 9 Michael Christensen - Becky Stevens, Redmond WA 51.58%
York NY; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski,
Dolnoslaskie Poland THURSDAY DAYLIGHT FLIGHT B PAIRS
39.0 Tables / Based on 74 Tables
THURSDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2
B C
16 Tables
23.28 1 1 Renee Alpert, Orange CA; Joan Kaye, Corona Del Mar CA 60.04%
19.53 1 Edward Xu - Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Yan
Wang, Scarborough ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 17.46 2 J F Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 59.37%
13.67 2 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Catherine 13.10 3 Eric Schulz - Mary Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 59.36%
D’Ovidio, Colombes 92700 France; Nathalie Frey, 98000 Monaco; 9.82 4 2 P Byrkett - D Byrkett, Oxford OH 59.28%
Marcel Dadon, France
7.76 5 Eve Davenport, Broomfield CO; Reiko Raese, Boulder CO 58.56%
8.79 3 Joanna Neve, Boulogne France; Vanessa Reess,
6.65 6 3 Margie Cole - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY 57.85%
92100 Clichy France; J-f Allix, Asnia France; Wilfried Libbrecht,
5.82 7 4 Monty Gray - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA 56.71%
92110 Clichy France
6.84 4 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica 5.17 8 5 Bill Oates - Pat Oates, Brighton MI 55.68%
CA; Crispin Barrere - Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 4.66 9 6 Linda Ahrens - Joseph Brouillard, Lincoln RI 55.62%
4.23 10 7 William Ashbee - Nettie Ashbee, Longmont CO 55.28%
THURSDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3
3.88 11 8 James Baker, Brooklyn NY; Wendy Marks, Austin TX 54.62%
12 Tables
3.58 12 Pamela Thaut - L Hall, Tucson AZ 54.59%
12.51 1 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Rick Holcomb,
Malden MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA; Alan McLellan, Ottawa ON 3.33 13 9 Jackie Bradley - Panola Lisle, Albuquerque NM 54.45%
8.76 2 Ralph Cox, Centennial CO; Joseph Viola III, 3.10 14 10 Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ; Wayne Bardsley, Mc Lean VA 53.66%
Altadena CA; Ron Westwood, Ventura CA; Hope Ellis, Beachwood 2.91 15 11 John Adams, Alexandria VA; David Snyder, Westminster CO 53.49%
OH 2.74 16 12 Kathleen Zipp - Barbara Carpenter, Denver CO 53.40%
5.63 3 Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC; Serge
3.04 17 13 Gina Austin Fresh - Robert Ellison, Wichita KS 53.36%
Chevalier, Laval QC; Michael Fishman, Great Neck NY; Alan
2.45 18 Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 53.08%
Kudisch, East Norwich NY
4.38 4 James Black, Manitou Springs CO; Bill 2.33 19 14 Blair Young, Littleton CO; Elizabeth Ronning, Denver CO 53.03%
Wittmann, Colorado Spgs CO; Alice Kinningham - Susan Grauer, 2.96 20 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Darlene Anderson, Lake Havasu Cty AZ 52.93%
Aurora CO 1.30 15 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 52.58%
THURSDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 4
THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS
12 Tables
59.5 Tables
10.37 1 Brian Gelles - Janet Gelles, Fairview TX; Michael
Bossert - Sara Bossert, Cypress TX 7 3
7.26 2 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, 16.08 1 Bonnie Murphy - Jonathan Clark, Branford CT 65.43%
Naperville IL; Leila Greenfield, Studio City CA; Michael Klemens, 12.06 2 Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO; Marilyn Hutcherson, Overland Park KS 62.95%
Tarzana CA
9.05 3 Joel Kramer, Minneapolis MN; John Rogers, Paradise Valley AZ 62.50%
4.67 3 Joan Vernick - Leslie Brodsky - Tom Costello,
6.78 4 Stuart Davis, Denver CO; Louise Forsythe, Aurora CO 61.31%
Santa Fe NM; Phillip Yorston, West Palm Beach FL
3.63 4 Clinton Heiple - Jean Hupka - Sally Ann Rhea, 5.36 5 Carol Murphy - Art Murphy, San Diego CA 60.42%
Boulder CO; Woody Dillinger, Golden CO 4.59 6 R Dean Porter, Arvada CO; Steve Lehman, Evergreen CO 60.12%
7.88 7 1 Karen Roland, McKinney TX; Barbara Lively, Plano TX 58.93%
THURSDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 5 3.57 8 Therese Koller - Doris Moore, Pueblo CO 58.63%
14 Tables
3.22 9 Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA; Valerie Lycette, Issaquah WA 58.42%
9.71 1 Karen Levy - Nancy Klym - Crystal Mann -
5.91 10 2 James Albright - Karen Albright, Parker CO 58.31%
Douglas Mann, Calgary AB
6.80 2 Ellen Coffield - Byron Southern, Little Rock AR; 2.68 11 Lee Schultz - Carolyn Pfeiffer, Arbor Vitae WI 57.35%
Kathy Storey - Monica Mitchell, Hot Springs AR 2.47 12 Susan Anthony - Susan Morse, Flourtown PA 56.70%
4.37 3 Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON; John Burgoin, 2.30 13 Rhoda Taylor, Arvada CO; Donna McMillan, Westminster CO 56.55%
Brownsville TX; Diane K.M. Gordon, St Catharines ON; Shirley
4.43 14 3 Mary Ann Rose, Erie CO; Mary Wright, Arvada CO 56.40%
Liss, Fairbanks AK
3.32 15 4 Bruce Poster - Camille Ovitsky, Santa Fe NM 56.29%
3.40 4 David Carlson - Carole Carlson, Englewood CO;
1.89 16 Nancy Clayman, Boston MA; Susan Rutstein, Brookline MA 56.25%
Shirley Schley, Denver CO; Ginger Roe Anderson, Aurora CO
2.63 17 5 Rufus Cole, Greenwich CT; Silvia Szanto, Cos Cob CT 55.95%
THURSDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 6 2.53 18 6 Nancy Hayden, Boca Grande FL; Katherine Roloson, Telluride CO 55.57%
16 Tables 1.97 19 7 Robert Storrs, Golden CO; Liz Willson, Lakewood CO 54.82%
9.09 1 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Todd Werby,
1.84 20 David Smith, Centennial CO; Jerry Smith, Los Angeles CA 54.59%
Tiburon CA; Dawn Campbell - Layne Benben, Portland OR
1.53 21 Kem Morgan - Arlene Tauber, Atlanta GA 54.51%
6.36 2 Donna Barrow, Littleton CO; Dan Stern, Denver
CO; Linda Doucet - Dyane Maurice, Montreal QC 2.07 22 Phyllis Roddy, San Diego CA; A Ansari, Austin TX 54.46%
4.09 3 Linda Brown - Trish Larsen - Beth Loehnen, 1.53 23 Judith Bowers - Mary Roble, Boulder CO 54.32%
Missoula MT; Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT 1.75 24 8 Jennifer Duval - Terry Ahern, Santa Clara CA 54.17%
3.18 4 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, 1.24 25 Hart Renger - Nila Hobbs, Fort Collins CO 54.13%
Fenton MI; Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI
1.58 26 9 Ray Weitzel, Broomfield CO; Kamilla Macar, Boulder CO 54.02%
1.50 27 Pamela McKenney, Bluffton SC; Trish Fillo, Edwards CO 54.00%
THURSDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT BRACKET 7
16 Tables 1.43 28/29 10 Mary France - Roger France, Buena Vista CO 53.72%
6.39 1 Amy Blumenthal, Charlotte NC; Nancy 1.09 28/29 Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC; Barbara Olsen, Marana AZ 53.72%
Newberry, Burnsville NC; Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; 1.31 30/32 Ann Gruidel - John Crittenden, Boulder CO 53.57%
Pierrette Matteau, Mont-Royal QC
1.01 30/32 Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO 53.57%
4.47 2 James McRae - Davis Bennett - Linda Nicholos -
1.53 30/32 11 Betsy Brezel, Union WA; Judy Duning, Olympia WA 53.57%
George Nicholos, Colorado Spgs CO
1.36 12/13 Robin Elliott - Gregory Newcomb, Boulder CO 53.27%
2.88 3 Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA; Linda Hanson,
Capitola CA; Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL; Dorothy Mersereau, 1.44 12/13 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 53.27%
Calgary AB 1.57 14 Sandy Lemon - Judith Wallace, Santa Fe NM 52.40%
2.24 4 Gay Yamagiwa - Linda Golm - Martha Keller -
Judy Soong, San Francisco CA
Daily Bulletin Friday, December 4, 2015 Page 9
THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS
15.0 Tables BRACKET 1
16 Tables
A B C
53.01 1 Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Josef Blass, Chapel
3.28 1 1 1 Debby Shields - Linda Albert, Denver CO 69.17%
Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Mike Passell, Plano
2.46 2 2 Rita Simas - Christine Markman, Denver CO 65.83%
TX; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk 80-
1.62 3/4 Romie Sachs - Shari Carnelli, Colorado Spgs CO 59.58% 467 Poland
1.62 3/4 Julie Wertz - Susy Smith, Fort Collins CO 59.58% 37.11 2 Ranald Davidson, North York ON; Michael
1.68 5 3 Jane Martin - Roger Sebenik, Boulder CO 58.75% Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY;
Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY
1.67 6 4 2 Paula O Leary - Suzanne Yager, Avon CO 56.25%
21.20 3/4 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle
1.25 5 3 Lucy Hecker - Margot Levy, Crested Butte CO 55.83%
Aan Den Netherlands; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Maarten
0.94 6 4 Bettye Clement - Judy Pettit, Denver CO 55.00% Schollaardt, 1811 Et Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands;
1.05 5 Doris Beaton - Megan Essig, Oklahoma City OK 54.17% Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden
21.20 3/4 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer,
THURSDAY EVENING FLIGHT A SWISS Montreal QC; Curtis Cheek - Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Johan
Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden
33 Tables
A X Y
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS
12.22 1 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Sylwia McNamara, Scarsdale NY; BRACKET 2
Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Juanita Chambers, Garland TX 60.00 13 Tables
8.02 2/3 1 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA; Hussein 27.76 1 Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ; Ulf Nilsson,
Dalby Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Greg Humphreys,
Fouad, Cairo Egypt; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 58.00
Charlottesville VA
8.02 2/3 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Cedric
19.43 2 Steve Zolotow - Anam Tebha, Las Vegas NV; Aaron
Lorenzini, Cachan France; Jean Quantin, Paris France 58.00
Jones, Orange CA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA
4.52 4/5 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; 11.10 3/4 Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN; Mark
Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH; John Schwartz, Plano TX 56.00 Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Jason Larrivee, Regina SK; Lawrence
4.52 4/5 Walter Schuster - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria; Douglas Diamond, Tacoma WA
11.10 3/4 Christopher Young, San Diego CA; Judy Rimer, La
Kuschner, Valencia CA; Frderico Iavicoci, Rome Italy 56.00
Jolla CA; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton
4.10 6 2 1 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Joan FitzGerald,
SC
St John’s NL; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 53.00
2.69 7/8 3/4 2/3 Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS
Diana Berral, ; Carlos Barrientos, Bogota Colombia 49.00 BRACKET 3
2.69 7/8 3/4 2/3 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; 12 Tables
19.20 1 Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; Richard Olson -
Randal Burns, Washington DC; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 49.00
Gary Kulbitski - Lee Kulbitski, Colorado Spgs CO
1.73 5 4 Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; John Cox, Saint Maries ID; Sam
13.44 2 Diane Campbell - Janet Sharpe - Lamya
Dodson, Houston TX; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN 47.00 Abougoush, Calgary AB; Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC
1.30 6 Christopher Young, San Diego CA; Judy Rimer, La Jolla CA; Gary 7.68 3/4 Jo-Ann Vaughn - Adair Karlin - Jared Boulds - Joan
Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA 46.00 Merrill, Tucson AZ
7.68 3/4 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Paul
1.06 5 Michael Bodell - Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Stephen Tu,
Burnham, Wilton CT; Joan FitzGerald, St John’s NL
Milpitas CA; Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA 42.00
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS
BRACKET 4
12 Tables
Masterpoint disclaimer Smoking Policy 12.42 1 G Steve Wheeler - Carol Kingery - Ann Scheffel -
Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject Smoking is not permitted in the playing area Susan Wheeler, Castle Rock CO
8.69 2 Stacy Dibbell, Bismarck ND; Janet Sebranek - Pat
to change because of score changes or corrections. during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This Reinardy - Susan Thiess, Eau Claire WI
The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also includes electronic smoking devices. 4.97 3/4 James Smith, Boulder CO; Michael Houlik -
subject to change. Gerdur Kristjansdottir, Longmont CO; Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO
4.97 3/4 Teresa Fraas, Centennial CO; Sheri Martin, Phoenix
AZ; Vivienne Cummings, Scottsdale AZ; Jeanie Wolff, Spokane WA
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New Silver LM THURSDAY EVENING FLIGHT B SWISS
35 Tables
Congratulations
B C D
to new Silver Life 6.83 1 1 Robert Liu, Honolulu HI; Alan Kosansky - Katie Fagan - Thomas
Master Kimberly Fagan, Kailua HI 68.00
Music of Lewis 5.12 2 2 James Smith, Boulder CO; Michael Houlik - Gerdur
Center OH. Kristjansdottir, Longmont CO; Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO 64.00
3.84 3 Jane Champion, Naples NC; Jane Adams, Lexington MA; Perry Poole,
Kimberly and her
Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 59.00
partner, Peter J.
3.23 4 3 Barry Fratkin - Winifred Fratkin - Nancy Golden, Richmond VA;
Boyd Bowman from
William Belanich, Glen Allen VA 53.00
Greensboro NC,
2.42 5 4 1 A Ansari, Austin TX; Phyllis Roddy, San Diego CA; Bim Gupta,
finished ninth in the Littleton CO; Bharat Shrestha, Katy TX 52.00
0-5000 Mini Blue 1.82 6 5 Beth Todd - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Jeanette Roberts,
Ribbon Pairs. Delta CO; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO 51.00
1.22 7 James Carroll, Lyons NY; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Brenda
Glaze, Anchorage AK; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 49.00
1.36 6 Keith Meyer - Marci Meyer, McKinney TX; Ken Cornelius - Mary
Cornelius, Portland OR 48.00
0.90 7/8 Ivor McGloughlin, Kingston Great Britain; Judith Gidden, Chicago
IL; Suzanne Viau - Therese Huot, Boucherville QC 46.00
1.75 7/8 2 Nancy Marshall, Edgewater NJ; Patricia McKinley, Telluride CO;
John Boshart - Melissa Cooke, Mountain City GA 46.00
1.31 3 Alain Cardinal - Carole Bennett, Santa Barbara CA; Betsy Brezel,
Union WA; Judy Duning, Olympia WA 40.00
0.98 4 Pamela Williams, Albuquerque NM; Linda Thieken - Santhe Niedner,
Scottsdale AZ; Nanette Hittmeier, Olympia WA 39.00
SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS S P Q EAST-WEST
1 Judi Radin - Michael Radin, New York NY 62.28% 1 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA 64.07%
2 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 60.43% 2 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 63.53%
3 Claire Tornay - Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL 60.38% 3 Jan Janitschke - Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO 61.76%
4 James La Force, Melbourne FL; Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE 59.31% 4 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 61.58%
5 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 58.66% 5 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 57.76%
6 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 57.54% 6 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Alan Watson, Lexington MA 57.08%
7 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 56.61% 7 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO 56.55%
8 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC 56.61% 8 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 55.43%
9 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richland Hls TX 56.54% 9 Louis Sachar - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 55.24%
10 Virginia Gunter - Warren Garrett, Arvada CO 54.89% 10 Elizabeth Smith - Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 55.01%
11 Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan 54.11% 11 Kim Wang, Torrance CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 54.93%
12 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 54.08% 12 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; John Chan, Sacramento CA 54.39%
13 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 53.65% 13 Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 53.80%
14 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA 53.27% 14 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC 53.19%
15 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 53.09% 15 Wallace Young - Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 52.85%
16 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 52.13% 16 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 51.99%
NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F O T EAST-WEST
1 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 63.61% 1 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 61.66%
2 Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 60.78% 2 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 60.63%
3 Toshiko Yingst - Chris Champion, Colorado Spgs CO 60.05% 3 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 60.45%
4 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 56.17% 4/5 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 59.46%
5 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 55.21% 4/5 Allan Siebert - Bonnie Melchior, Little Rock AR 59.46%
6 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 54.86% 6 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 59.06%
7 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 53.87% 7 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 58.55%
8 Polly Dunn - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 53.69% 8 Gene Kuehneman - Adrienne Kuehneman, Bethesda MD 56.28%
9 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Robert Walters, New Westminster BC 53.59% 9 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 56.07%
10 Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Rocky Hill CT 53.52% 10 Larry Bausher - Phyllis Bausher, West Haven CT 54.66%
11 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 53.06% 11 Dan Hertz - Natalie Hertz, Harrison NY 54.58%
12/13 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Susan Stark, Cleveland OH 52.07% 12 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 53.90%
12/13 Sandy McCay, Naples FL; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 52.07% 13 Michael Yuen - Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC 53.49%
14 Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 51.77% 14 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 53.47%
15 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 51.75% 15 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA 53.14%
16 Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA; Deana Liddy, Omaha NE 51.57% 16 Erez Hendelman - Claire Alpert, New York NY 52.81%
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