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Daily BulletinSaturday, December 5, 2015 Volume 88, Number 9

88th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday

ATTENDANCEthrough Friday

7740.5 tablesGoodwill Message

Greet and welcome your opponents.Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

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Senior Mixed Pairs winners Billy Eisenberg and Connie Goldberg.

Eisenberg, Goldbergwin Senior Mixed

With one round to go, Billy Eisenberg and Connie Goldberg were holding onto first place in the Senior Mixed Pairs, leading by about five matchpoints. On the penultimate board, they had a bad result and slipped to third, but then rallied for a near top on the final deal to win the event by .55

Vladislav Isporski and James Melville won the 0-10K Fast Pairs.

Melville, Isporski win0-10K Fast Pairs title

James Melville and Vladislav Isporski, in second place with a round to go, took advantage of the chance to play the first-place pair, scoring well enough to change places with them, winning the 0-10K Fast Pairs by 5.93 matchpoints.

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NABC+ Mixed Swiss starts today

A brand-new contest makes its premier on the NABC schedule today: the NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams. The event, which will qualify winners for Grand Life Master, pays platinum points for overall placements. It’s a two-day affair consisting of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions.

Anchor pairRare in an era of bridge break-ups, these two are

like a contented married couple: single in partnership, yet strong, distinct individuals; they finish each other’s sentences, but only when they get excited; and with just a look, they share decades of memories. Most palpably, they like each other.

That’s how Beth Palmer and Lynn Deas have become perhaps the longest-standing – and certainly one of the most formidable – women’s pairs in the world.

After a span of 35 years, their partnership continues to evolve. “We have been there for each other through the deaths of our parents, our weddings, illnesses … the good and the bad,” says Palmer.

Deas agrees. “It is like a marriage. We get things out in the open. We work out what needs to be worked out.”

An early talent for the gamePalmer was born in Boston. Her father worked

with the State Department, so she spent her growing-up years in London and Greece before moving to Washington DC. Her mother played social bridge with her friends and, in her 70s, discovered duplicate.

Palmer earned a degree in history at Bryn Mawr before attending law school at the University of Maryland.

“In law school, I played hearts to earn spending money,” she says.

She and a friend decided to drop into a Sunday afternoon game at the local duplicate club. They won. “This is easy,” she thought. She started playing in tournaments in 1978 with Bill Cole.

Deas, born in Newport News VA, started playing bridge in high school.

She graduated from Catawba College in Salisbury NC with a degree in biology and chemistry. She started playing duplicate in college.

“I played with my computer science teacher at the

Beth Palmer and Lynn Deas

Bramley, Becker leadinto Reisinger day two

Teams captained by Bart Bramley and Mike Becker will take carryover leads of 14.17 boards into the semifinal round of the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, less than half a board ahead of the Martin Fleisher team, which posted the best game of the day with a 20 in the first qualifying session.

In one surprise development, the John Diamond squad, one of the strongest in the field, did not make the cut.

Bramley, of Dallas TX, is playing with Greg Hinze, San Antonio, Australians Sartaj Hans and Peter Gill plus Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA, and Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE.

Becker and Aubrey, Boca Raton FL, are teamed with Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL, Mike Kamil, Delray Beach FL, and Egyptians Tarek Sadek and Walid Elahmady.

Fleisher, Roy Welland and Joe Grue all call New York City home. Their teammates are Chip Martel, Davis CA, Brad Moss, Denver, and Sabine Auken, Denmark.

There are two semifinal sessions today, two finals on Sunday.

Street ahead in KeohaneNorth American Swiss

The team captained by Paul Street will start play today in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams with a victory point carryover of 114.80, slightly more than six ahead of the Mary Ann Berg squad.

Street, of Delray Beach FL, is playing with Nick L’Ecuyer, Montreal; Fredrik Nystrom and Johan Upmark of Sweden and Ishmael DelMonte and Curtis Cheek of Las Vegas NV

Berg, of Atherton CA, is playing with Mark Lair, Canyon TX, Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC, Krzysztof Buras of Poland and Russians Aleksander Dubinin and Andrew Gromov. Their carryover is 108.46.

Third place is held down by Stan Tulin, Boca Raton; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL, Polish players Michal Nowosadzki and Jacek Kalita plus Alon Birman and Dror Padon of Israel.

The event concludes on Sunday.

local club,” Deas says. “In those days, everybody got there early so they could sit East–West to avoid the good players.”

After graduation, Deas entered Eastern Virginia Medical School. It was during this period that Deas met Dave Smith, with whom she started playing bridge every weekend.

She was severely injured in a car accident, and upon recuperation, decided not to return to medical school. She chose instead to play bridge “all the time.”

She says, “My parents were very unhappy. For continued on page 12

Saturday, December 5, 2015 Daily Bulletin

Graduation DayCongratulations

to new Silver Life Master Kimberly Music of Lewis Center OH. Kimberly and her partner, Peter J. Boyd Bowman from Greensboro NC, finished ninth in the 0-5000 Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs.

Michael Thorpe of Montrose CO earned his gold card playing in the Stratified Swiss Teams on Thursday. His partner was Jeanette Roberts of Delta CO. Their teammates were Beth Todd and J.F. Lowenstein of New Orleans.

John and Pat Logan of Casper WY made Life Master together playing in the 299er Pairs Thursday evening. The two planned to earn their gold cards together, but Pat got ahead of her husband somehow, so he had to catch up before they made the final push at the Fall NABC. They had all the pigmented masterpoints they needed before arriving in Denver.

Bobbi Le Fevre of Van Nuys CA became a Bronze Life Master in the Sunday Daylight Gold Rush Swiss Teams. She was playing with Tommie Kadotani of Denver. Their teammates were Sandra Ahlquist and Melba Turner, both of Morrison CO.

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A little dummydiscomfortBy Alan Kudisch

This deal comes from the second qualifying session of the Nail Life Master Pairs.

Dlr: North ♠ A J 4 3 Vul: None ♥ Q J 10 8 ♦ K 10 8 ♣ 9 2 ♠ K 10 ♠ 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 9 7 4 2 ♥ K 6 3 ♦ Q 5 3 ♦ A 6 4 ♣ A K Q J ♣ 7 5 ♠ Q 6 ♥ A 5 ♦ J 9 7 2 ♣ 10 8 6 4 3

West North East South Kudisch Schuld 1♦ Pass 1NT All Pass

The opening lead was the ♣K (count). West cashed the top three clubs. North let go of a spade and East, playing upside-down count and attitude, pitched the ♠7.

At trick four, West switched to a diamond: 3, 8, 6, overtaken by declarer with the 9.

Declarer played the ♥A and exited with the ♥5. East won the king and played back a third heart to dummy as South discarded a club.

Declarer cashed the last heart – East pitched a spade, South his last club –- then led a low spade from dummy to his queen, won by West’s king to reach this ending: ♠ A J ♥ — ♦ K 10 ♣ — ♠ 10 ♠ 9 8 ♥ — ♥ — ♦ Q 5 ♦ A 4 ♣ J ♣ — ♠ 6 ♥ — ♦ J 7 2 ♣ —

When West cashed the ♣J, dummy was squeezed. If he pitches a diamond, East–West cash two diamonds. If dummy pitches a spade, West exits a spade, forcing the North hand to play away from the ♦K 10.

The result was 1NT by South, down two. Plus 100 was worth 89% of the matchpoints.

Masterpoint disclaimerResults reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject

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

Congratulations to Arlene Tauber from Atlanta GA, who earned her gold card on Thursday playing in the Gold Rush Pairs. Her partner was Kem Morgan of Atlanta. She needed 1.24 gold, and earned 1.53 points. Arlene, incidentally, is a big force behind the Bridge Club of Atlanta’s huge success on The Longest Day.


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSPlan for improvement

By Brent ManleyA few years ago, Jane Bruno of Redmond

WA was running a game for newcomers in which players were allowed to ask for guidance. During the play, Bruno was called to a table with three Pass cards showing. The player in fourth seat needed help. After a peek at the player’s weak hand, Bruno and asked what she wanted to do. Player: “I want to pass.” Bruno: “So what’s the problem?” Player, in all seriousness: “I didn’t know I was allowed to.”

I played party bridge for a couple of years before I discovered duplicate, and there was no going back. Among the many facets of duplicate that attracted me was the opportunity to chart my progress by reviewing each game.

In Memphis, my wife and I played in the newcomer game for a while before being told we had to start playing in the open game. It was tough because there were many really good players. We didn’t like coming in last all the time, and we may not have realized it then, but taking our lumps was good for our game. When we finally came in next to last, it felt like we had won the Blue Ribbon Pairs.

What all this is leading up to is a few tips for improving your game.

There’s no question that bridge can be difficult. If it was easy, who would want to play? That said, you don’t have to be an expert or world champion to enjoy duplicate. It’s a fascinating exercise for your brain, and it’s a lot of fun when you execute your first endplay or make a doubled contract – or double the experts and get them for 800. If you play long enough, there will be many highlights.

From the moment I discovered bridge, I spent a lot of time reading. There are dozens of

wonderful books out there that will help you learn basics – very important – and expose you to more advanced plays so you will recognize opportunities for them at the table.

My two favorite authors are Mike Lawrence and Eddie Kantar. I read and re-read their books, learning something new each time. I found them so valuable because of the way they explain things and help prepare you for live action.

At some time in your bridge career – sooner rather than later – I hope you get a copy of “How to Read Your Opponents’ Cards,” by Lawrence. In my view, it belongs in the top 10 of the best bridge books of all time. Kantar has some wonderful books on card play and defense. Be a student of the game. Read.

Here’s another tip: Play up.I’m not saying you should rush out to a

regional and sign up for the Flight A pairs or buy entries in the toughest national events at a tournament like this one. It’s important to play in games with your peers, but it will speed up your development if you seek tougher competition, even if it’s just once a month.

You might also take time occasionally to watch an expert pair playing a session. Most are happy to explain their decision-making process and plays if you have questions after the game.

Many experienced players are happy to help you understand the game more fully and will answer your questions about bidding and card play.

At the bridge club in Memphis, I have a semi-regular date with a player who really wants to improve and has the potential to reach her goal. There are others at the club who mentor aspiring players.

If you love the game as much as I do and steadily improve, one day you will be in a position to mentor someone who strives to play better. I hope you will remember what the game was like for you in the early stages. If so, you will be happy, as I am, to give back.

Take all your chances at bridge - 9By Eddie Kantar

♠ J 10 ♥ A J 6 4 ♦ A K 6 5 ♣ K 7 5

♠ K 8 ♥ K Q 10 9 8 2 ♦ Q ♣ 8 4 3 2

You have a simple auction. You open 2♥, weak, partner says 4♥, and West leads a prompt ♦J. Plan the play.

SolutionYou have a 100% play for the contract, yet

someone with thousands of masterpoints had a blind spot and went down!

To ensure 10 tricks after winning the ♦Q, draw trumps ending in dummy and discard two spades on the top diamonds and eventually lead up the ♣K. The most you can lose is three club tricks (you can ruff the fourth club in dummy if necessary).

The player with the bushel basket of masterpoints

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the Majestic level. Go to the street level of the Tower Building and walk toward the fitness center. Then follow the ACBL signs to the playing area.

discarded two clubs on the diamonds thinking he still had two finesses left in the black suits and only needed one to succeed. But why give yourself a 75% chance when a 100% chance is available? Declarer had a hard time living this one down. The full deal: ♠ J 10 ♥ A J 6 4 ♦ A K 6 5 ♣ K 7 5 ♠ A Q 9 5 ♠ 7 6 4 3 2 ♥ 7 5 ♥ 3 ♦ J 10 9 2 ♦ 8 7 4 3 ♣ Q 10 9 ♣ A J 6 ♠ K 8 ♥ K Q 10 9 8 2 ♦ Q ♣ 8 4 3 2

Notice that if West had found a club lead, the defense could take the first five tricks! It has been said that if an average plus player made the winning lead on every board, he would be a world champion without a shadow of a doubt.

Meet Intermediate-Newcomer Co-Chairs Cal and Flo Newlin.


Shed your tearsBy Barry Rigal

Consider the problem West faces on this deal from the first final session of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs. Dlr: North ♠ Q J Vul: Both ♥ J 9 7 6 4 3 ♦ Q 9 ♣ 9 7 3 ♠ 10 3 ♥ Q 5 ♦ A K J 10 8 6 5 ♣ Q 6 West North East South Pass Pass 2NT (1) Pass 4♦ (2) Pass 4♥ All Pass

(1) Ostensibly 20-21(2) TransferTwo rounds of diamonds stand up. Now what?

South is known to have all the missing high cards except for the ♣J. How can the defense emerge with any extra tricks? Answer: If East has the ♥10 x x, a third diamond allows him to ruff with the trump 10 and promote a trump trick for the defenders via the uppercut.

Doesn’t that seem like a good idea? Not when you see the full deal: ♠ Q J ♥ J 9 7 6 4 3 ♦ Q 9 ♣ 9 7 3 ♠ 10 3 ♠ 9 8 7 6 4 2 ♥ Q 5 ♥ K 8 2 ♦ A K J 10 8 6 5 ♦ 4 2 ♣ Q 6 ♣ J 2 ♠ A K 5 ♥ A 10 ♦ 7 3 ♣ A K 10 8 5 4

When East overruffs the ♥7 with the 8 (imagining declarer will follow suit), two defensive trump tricks turn into one.

You might not approve of the 2NT opener, but Kerry Kappell would tell you it certainly got the job done!

A true bridge winnerBy Barry Rigal

Oscar winner Greg Humphreys is not just a code-making monkey par excellence. He can also play the cards, as witness this deal from a knockout teams. He was playing with Ida Groenkvist. Humphreys was at the helm in 3NT on this deal. Dlr: West ♠ A J 9 8 2 Vul: N-S ♥ J 6 4 ♦ J 5 ♣ J 6 5

♠ Q 10 ♥ A Q 9 7 ♦ A K 5 ♣ Q 7 4 2 West North East South Pass Pass 1♥ 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ Pass 3NT All Pass

West led the ♣3, Humphreys played low from dummy and when East played the 9, Humphrey let it hold. East was immediately endplayed. He exited with a diamond to dummy’s jack. Humphreys now ran the ♥J, covered by the king and ace. Humphreys then led the ♠10 to the ace, repeated the heart finesse and led a club towards dummy’s jack to build his ninth trick from clubs.

Note how well he had done not to believe the fourth-highest lead by winning the ♣Q and returning the suit. While one can survive taking the ♣Q at trick one, Humphreys’ plan was more elegant.

0-10,000 FAST PAIRS 14.0 Tables / Based on 24 Tables 36.40 1 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 437.62 27.30 2 Christina Van Leeuwen - David MacRae, Media PA 431.69 20.48 3 John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA; Roy Weinstein, Denver CO 419.78 16.18 4 Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY 416.08 14.56 5 Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL 409.83 13.24 6 George Tornay Jr, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 409.57 12.13 7 Karen Walker - James Ward, Champaign IL 409.23 11.20 8 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 407.20 10.40 9 Paul Darin - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 404.35 9.71 10 Grant Vance - Jessica Lai, Oakland CA 392.27 9.10 11 Judy Zhu - Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 384.39 8.56 12 Erika Rodin, Stockholm Sweden; Kristin Nedlich, Solna Sweden 379.94

SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 42.0 Tables / Based on 83 Tables 80.00 1 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA 1344.59 60.00 2 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 1344.05 45.00 3 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 1338.13 35.56 4 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 1323.66 32.00 5 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Chattanooga TN 1287.89 29.09 6 Jan Janitschke - Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO 1278.50 26.67 7 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 1264.46 24.62 8 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 1250.66 22.86 9 Patricia Norman - Jeffrey Holligan, Lone Tree CO 1241.94 21.33 10 Judi Radin - Michael Radin, New York NY 1241.91 20.00 11 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 1236.95 18.82 12 Claire Tornay - Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL 1231.94 17.78 13 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 1230.48 16.84 14 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Alan Watson, Lexington MA 1224.26 16.00 15 Cindy Harris - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 1215.23 15.24 16 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 1202.84 14.55 17 Sandy McCay, Naples FL; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 1201.93 13.91 18 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO 1199.18 13.33 19 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 1194.67 12.80 20 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 1188.60 12.31 21 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 1184.87 11.85 22 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richland Hls TX 1177.79 11.43 23 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 1167.79 11.03 24 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 1163.01 10.67 25 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 1162.15 10.32 26 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC 1157.89 11.99 27 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 1156.00 10.85 28 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 1154.19 9.41 29 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 1152.07 9.14 30 Allan Siebert - Bonnie Melchior, Little Rock AR 1143.96 8.89 31 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 1140.86 8.65 32 Nancy Spear - Jack Spear, Shawnee Mission KS 1140.32 8.42 33 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 1138.75 8.21 34 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 1138.45 8.00 35 Doug Hansford, Surrey BC; Susan Peters, Vancouver BC 1136.66 7.80 36 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC 1133.71 7.62 37 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 1118.08 7.44 38 James La Force, Melbourne FL; Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE 1116.57 7.27 39 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 1114.20 7.11 40 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 1114.17 6.96 41 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 1108.45 6.81 42 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Joan Braender, Newnan GA 1106.10

REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS QUALIFIERS 20 Tables / Based on 48 Tables Carryover 1/2 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Sartaj Hans - Peter David Gill, Sydney Australia; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 14.17 1/2 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 14.17 3 Martin Fleisher - Roy Welland - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Brad Moss, Denver CO 13.75 4/5 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 13.54 4/5 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert - Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Hurd, New York NY 13.54 6/8 Martin De Knijff, Las Vegas NV; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Mathias Bruun, Hellerup Denmark; Knut Blakset, Frederiksberg Denmark 13.33 6/8 Vytautas V Vainikonis, Trakai Lithuania; Piotr Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; Wojtek Olafski, Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 13.33 6/8 Andy Hung, Brisbane Australia; Liam Milne, Sydney Australia; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 13.33 9 Pierre Zimmerman - Franck Multon - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy 12.7110/12 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Jean Quantin, Paris France 12.2910/12 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 12.2910/12 Jessica Hayman, New York NY; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden; Carlos Hoyos, Bogata Colombia; Jorge Barrera, Bogota D.C. Colombia 12.2913/15 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Erik Berg, Meldal Norway; Steffen Simonsen, Oslo Norway 12.0813/15 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 12.08


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Fast Pairs

Second place went to Christina Van Leeuwen and David McRae of Media PA. The masterpoints McRae earned in the event made him a Gold Life Master.

Melville, of Springfield IL, is a retired insurance company executive. Isporski owns a scrap metal company in his hometown of Sofia, Bulgaria. He is also chief executive of the Bulgarian Bridge Federation. He and Melville have played together occasionally for about two years.

At the start of play on Friday, the winners were in 13th place, but two solid games helped them to the win..

Runners-up in the 0-10K Fast Pairs: David McRae and Christina Van Leeuwen.


Mixed Pairs

matchpoints.Second place went the Massachusetts pair of Pat

McDevitt, Brookline, and Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach. They were in first before the final board was played.

The victory was the first ACBL national pairs championship for Goldberg, who lives in Merion Station PA. Her previous North American titles came in what is now the Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams in 1997 and the Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams in 1999.

Eisenberg, a five-time world champion now with 15 North American titles, earned his second pairs title. He and Bobby Goldman won the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs in 1968. Eisenberg lives in Perris CA.

Goldberg and Eisenberg have been playing together close to a decade. Before becoming her partner, Eisenberg was coaching Goldberg and a former partner, Wafik Abdou. The two won the World Bridge Productions Open Pairs, part of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs tournament in 2006.

13/15 Jeff Ford - Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Michael Ring, Bothell WA 12.08 16 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 11.8817/18 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 11.6717/18 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Arun Bapat, Andheri East India; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Irene Baroni, Moniga D/G (Bs) Italy 11.67 19 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Ilan Herbst - Ophir Herbst, Haifa Israel; Tom Townsend, London W9 1S England 11.46 20 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY; Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 11.25

Senior Mixed Pairs runners-up Pat McDevitt and Margie Sullivan.

KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS QUALIFIERS 44 Tables Carryover 1 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Ishmael DelMonte - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 114.80 2 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia 108.46 3 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 106.53 4 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Ron Smith - Steve Garner, Chicago IL; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 105.40 5 Glenn Robbins - Eric Robinson, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 104.30 6 Xinli Gan, China People’s Republic of China; Xiao Shi, Quangdong People’s Republic of China; Rui Wang - Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 103.98 7 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 103.73 8 Bob Klein - Erwin Linzner - Jennifer Jones, Santa Rosa CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA 102.80 9 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Brad Carmichael, Shawnee KS; Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 102.33 10 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Valerio Giubilo, Rome Italy; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Gokhan Yilmaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey 99.49 11 Joe Quinn - Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS 98.62 12 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico 98.24 13 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 96.01 14 Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA; Jason Hackett - Justin Hackett, Manchester England; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ; Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV 95.97 15 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Arline Fulton, Neptune NJ; Jason Rosenfeld, San Francisco CA; Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA 94.94 16 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda; Dave DuBois, Westfield NJ; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD 94.45 17 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Maarten Schollaardt, 1811 Et Netherlands 92.94 18 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Mike Redden, Lake Oswego OR; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 92.54 19 Peggy Ellis - Janie Woo - Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 92.31 20 Aaron Jones, Orange CA; Barry Bragin, Pawling NY; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 91.46 21 Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan 60-433 Poland; Mike Passell, Plano TX 91.14 22 Bo Liu, Irvine CA; Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Sheng Li, New York NY; Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA 90.39 23 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Charles Sharf, North Baldwin NY 90.31 24 Jin Hu, Wappingers Fls NY; Xu Wang, Rego Park NY; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 89.59 25 Allen Kahn - Jeffrey Rothstein - Ira Herman, New York NY; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 88.69 26 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Jeff Hand, New York NY 88.63 27 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Carson Arnett, Cloutierville LA; Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Jacob Vrooman, Mathews VA; Guss Ginsburg, New Orleans LA 88.43 28 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 87.93 29 Nan Wang, ; Boang Xiang Zhang - Jian Wei Li - Lin Le - Jiaxiang Shen, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 87.24 30 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Sylvie Willard - Benedicte Cronier, Paris France; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 86.6131/32 Yuxiong Shen - Shui No Huang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC 86.5931/32 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Michel Bessis - Philippe Cronier, Paris France; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland 86.59 33 Magnus Olafsson, New York NY; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Ranald Davidson, North York ON 85.99 34 Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC; Serge Chevalier, Laval QC; Alan Kudisch, East Norwich NY; Michael Fishman, Great Neck NY 85.07 35 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; Michael Bodell - Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Steve Chen, San Jose CA 85.04

Lost pinFormer District 17 President Frank Queen has

lost part of a pin that is similar to what is worn by Goodwill Committee members. The item is black with a small diamond. If you find it, contact Queen at 720-858-1179.


Electronic Device Policy1.11.1 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.

0-10,000 IMP PAIRS – REVISED MASTERPOINT AWARDS 14.0 Tables / Based on 29 Tables 63.70 1 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Spencer Jones, Denver CO 75.96 47.78 2 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 71.47 35.83 3 Mauricio Smid, Mexico Mexico; Robert Martel, Mexico City Mexico 65.05 28.31 4 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 63.07 25.48 5 Jessica Lai, Oakland CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA 51.38 23.16 6 Carlos Hoyos, Bogata Colombia; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 51.03 21.23 7 Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Gregory Vance, Pacifica CA 50.83 19.60 8 Jason Larrivee, Regina SK; Lawrence Diamond, Tacoma WA 47.41 18.20 9 Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 36.46 16.99 10 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 27.79 16.20 11 Jim Johnsen, San Mateo CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 21.24 14.99 12 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 20.08 14.16 13 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 12.92 16.00 14 D Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 8.54 12.74 15 John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA; Roy Weinstein, Denver CO 6.55

WEDNESDAY FLIGHT B SWISS – REVISED MASTERPOINT AWARDS 16 Tables / Based on 51 Tables B C 16.17 1 1 Beth Todd - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO; Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO 93.00 12.13 2 2 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Malcomb, United Kingdom 92.00 9.10 3 Ralph Haines, Evergreen CO; Robert Vetter, Aurora CO; Sheryl Siegel, Greenwood Vlg CO; Carol Bertz, Englewood CO 89.00 6.82 4 3 Alan Hierseman, Olathe KS; Ellen D’Amato - Bernie Fromm, Kansas City MO; Mary Jo Axtell, Lees Summit MO 86.00 5.39 5 4 Richard Leonardon - Donna Sirubi, Santa Fe NM; Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 84.00

WEDSNESDAY GOLD RUSH SWISS – REVISED MASTERPOINTS 41 Tables 7 3 8.20 1/2 1 Steven Lockwood - Joseph Freedman, Albuquerque NM; Bill Davis, Woodridge IL; D John Cunningham, Lake Forest Pk WA 99.00 8.20 1/2 Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA; Jonathan Clark - Bonnie Murphy, Branford CT 99.00 5.27 3 Lee Schultz - Carolyn Pfeiffer, Arbor Vitae WI; James Nixon - Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 95.00 3.95 4 2 Robin Elliott - Gregory Newcomb - Marie Groh - Timothy Niebauer, Boulder CO 92.00 2.90 5/6 Karen Herz - Ellen Vineski - Kelly Wawrzynek, Boulder CO; Sid Stern, Scottsdale AZ 90.00 2.90 5/6 3 Deborah Goldsmith, San Diego CA; Hal Barth, New York NY; Conrad Larkin - Janice Gullarian, Santa Rosa CA 90.00 2.34 7 Trish Fillo, Edwards CO; Pamela McKenney, Bluffton SC; Barbara Kelley, Avon CO; Jo Dee Bowen, Austin TX 87.00 2.08 8 Michael Morter, Boulder CO; Mary Beth Stevens, Boxford MA; Elizabeth Wood, Arlington MA; George Hearne, Broomfield CO 84.00 2.06 9 4 James McRae - John Ochsner - Davis Bennett - Thomas Baesl, Colorado Spgs CO 82.00 1.70 10 Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Dominique Schneider, Old Brookville NY; Debra LaMountain, Forest Hills NY; Janine Buss, Port Washington NY 81.00 1.63 5 Deborah Machlin - Vera Baum, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA; Kathryn Papermaster, Menlo Park CA 80.00 1.39 6 Ed Gould - Cornelia Gould, Incline Village NV; Doris Beaton - Megan Essig, Oklahoma City OK 75.00

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1 9 TablesJames Carroll, Lyons NY; Jim Mulbrandon, Orlando FL; Michael Ross, Bedford NS; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS vsJohn Burgoin, Brownsville TX; Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK; Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ

Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Lora Adkins, Germantown TN vsAdair Karlin - Joan Merrill - Jo-Ann Vaughn - Jared Boulds, Tucson AZ

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2 10 TablesOle Nordhild, Longmont CO; Lucy Strait - Bill Hendrick - William Jeffers, Boulder CO vsMary Hess - Justin Cislaghi, Denver CO; Leah Mach, Castle Pines CO; EllaMargaret Cron, Centennial CO

Hurlon James Dulan - Mary Lynn Darcy, Denver CO; Sandy Bolton, Littleton CO; Eleanor Larson, Golden CO vsRaymond Cole - Elizabeth Cole - Timothy Niebauer - Marie Groh, Boulder CO

THURSDAY ZIP KNOCKOUT 12 Tables 3.34 1 Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 2.34 2 Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ; Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; Jacob Vrooman, Mathews VA 1.34 3/4 Stacy Dibbell, Bismarck ND; Susan Thiess, Eau Claire WI; Maria Weinberg, Poughkeepsie NY; Shirley Miller, Golden CO 1.34 3/4 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; David Yoon, Bayside NY; Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Yoko Glubok Sobel, Brooklyn NY

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 5 TablesHannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan vsSteve Brown - Caryl Brown, Highland Park IL; Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN; Muhammad Hakim, Niles IL

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 6 TablesRoger Pearce - Eric Mead, Lakewood CO; Sandra Koller - Jim Francis, Arvada CO vsRay McLean, Denver CO; William Kacena, Littleton CO; David Osmundsen - Judy Osmundsen, Wheat Ridge CO

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

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

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 15.0 Tables A B C 3.28 1 1 1 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID; Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 64.58% 2.46 2 Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA 62.17% 2.05 3 2 Carie Boucher - Mark Boucher, Centennial CO 59.17% 1.58 4 3 2 Debby Shields - Kay Christensen, Denver CO 58.75% 1.18 5 4 3 David Goodwin - Rose Goodwin, Austin TX 56.67% 0.86 6 5 Shirley Moschetti, Denver CO; Shirley Merritt, Westminster CO 55.83% 0.89 6 4 Cathy Skowronski, Marietta GA; Alice Griffith, Denver CO 53.75% 0.69 5 Tracey Guice, Seattle WA; Baijanti Shrestha, Katy TX 50.43%

36 Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ; Karen Allison, Las Vegas NV 84.33 37 Anita Heitler - Don Heitler, Englewood CO; Neil Hunter, Santa Fe NM; Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM 83.76 38 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR 83.53 39 Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; Randal Burns, Washington DC; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 83.28 40 David Taylor - John Aslin, Seattle WA; Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA 83.22 41 Jo Anne Casen, Wellington FL; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Lynn Johannesen - Dale Johannesen, Saratoga CA 82.41 42 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 82.05 43 Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA; Steve Evans, Centennial CO; Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 81.89 44 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Benjamin Kompa, Chapel Hill NC; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk 80-467 Poland; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 81.76


KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS - REVISED MASTERPOINTS 39.0 Tables / Based on 141 Tables190.00 1 Joe Grue - John Hurd, New York NY 1210.15142.50 2 Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France 1194.56106.88 3 Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 1184.33 87.69 4 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 1165.98 81.43 5 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Tom Townsend, London W9 1S England 1143.98 76.00 6 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 1135.48 71.25 7 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 1135.44 67.06 8 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 1133.19 63.33 9 Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 1132.20 60.00 10 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 1129.81 57.00 11 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 1128.76 54.29 12 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 1128.15 51.82 13 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 1118.69 49.57 14 Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL 1116.06 47.50 15 Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 1115.01 45.60 16 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 1108.59 43.85 17 Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 1103.79 42.22 18 Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Massimiliano Di Franco, Sicily Italy 1100.99 40.71 19 Jian Wei Li - Boang Xiang Zhang, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 1096.18 39.31 20 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 1095.99 38.00 21 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 1084.44 36.77 22 David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 1072.43 35.63 23 Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Jay Borker, Greenwich CT 1070.16 34.55 24 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 1068.08 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 1062.29 31.67 27 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 1061.31 30.81 28 Franck Multon - Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco 1059.37 30.00 29 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL 1056.34 29.23 30 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 1052.69 28.50 31 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 1047.81 27.80 32 Erik Berg - Steffen Simonsen, 1045.11 27.14 33 Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Rego Park NY 1039.05 26.51 34 Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel 1035.96 25.91 35 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 1029.60 25.33 36 Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 1029.00 24.78 37 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 1025.68 24.26 38 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 1025.60 23.75 39 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 1019.14 23.27 40 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark 1013.44 22.80 41 Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 1011.36 22.35 42 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH 1010.29 21.92 43 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 1006.76 21.51 44 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 1002.29 21.11 45 Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON 1002.14 20.73 46 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 995.76 20.36 47 David Gold, Reading Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 994.38 20.00 48 Sartaj Hans - Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 991.98 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 980.13 19.00 51 Alison Wilson - Chris Willenken, New York NY 973.66 18.69 52 Corey Krantz - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 972.26 18.39 53 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 966.50 18.10 54 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 963.80 17.81 55 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 962.68 17.54 56 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 957.76 17.27 57 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 954.09 17.01 58 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 951.24 16.76 59 Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Yuxiong Shen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 950.76 16.52 60 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 950.50 16.29 61 Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA; Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA 946.08 16.06 62 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 936.50 15.83 63 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL 936.01 15.62 64 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 931.23 15.41 65 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 929.61 15.20 66 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Sheldon Natenberg, Glenview IL 927.32 15.00 67 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 920.19 14.81 68 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Gregory Herman, Fort Collins CO 918.03 14.62 69 Xinli Gan, - Xiao Shi, People’s Republic of China 898.50 14.43 70 Eric Stoltz, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 894.64 14.25 71 Jeff Hand, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 888.41 21.84 72 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 883.16 13.90 73 Jessica Hayman, New York NY; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden 871.41 13.73 74 Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI; John Koschik, Livonia MI 845.38 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 839.98 13.26 77 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 837.26 13.10 78 Lorraine Cable - Kerry Kappell, Elmhurst NY 835.34

Two bad optionsBy Barry Rigal

Partners are supposed to protect each other, but sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. Check out this deal from the second semifinal session of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs. You will see that one player was forced to do his partner in. Steve Beatty was North, Tom Carmichael South. Dlr: South ♠ 10 9 6 4 3 Vul: Both ♥ 5 ♦ A 9 6 5 ♣ A 9 6 ♠ A ♠ K J 5 2 ♥ 10 8 6 ♥ Q 7 ♦ K J 10 8 3 2 ♦ — ♣ 10 5 4 ♣ K Q J 8 7 3 2 ♠ Q 8 7 ♥ A K J 9 4 3 2 ♦ Q 7 4 ♣ — West North East South 1♥ 2♦ Dbl Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT Pass 4♥ All Pass

The defenders didn’t find their crossruff. West led a club to the ace, Carmichael pitching a spade. He led a heart to the jack and played two more rounds of the suit. Now Carmichael exited with the ♠Q to West’s ace. Carmichael ruffed the club return and passed the ♠8 to East. This was the ending. ♠ 10 9 6 ♥ — ♦ A 9 6 ♣ — ♠ — ♠ K 5 ♥ — ♥ — ♦ K J 10 8 3 ♦ — ♣ 10 ♣ Q J 8 7 ♠ — ♥ 9 4 3 ♦ Q 7 4 ♣ —

East could not lead a spade without setting up two tricks for declarer, so he played a club honor, stripping West of his exit card.

Carmichael ruffed the club and played a low diamond from hand, ducking when West contributed the 10. West now had to lead the suit around to declarer’s ♦Q. Ten tricks made.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 12 TablesRodney Bias, Phoenix AZ; Lionel Larriva - Clair Kretschmann, Tucson AZ; Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ vsHannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Robert Porter, Henderson NV

Beth Todd - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Irva Neyhart - Brian Breckenridge, Corvallis OR vsJoe Luk - Mary Olson, Colorado Spgs CO; David Ruttner, Peyton CO; James Black, Manitou Springs CO

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 15 TablesJoan Vernick - Leslie Brodsky - Tom Costello, Santa Fe NM; Phillip Yorston, West Palm Beach FL vsJim Solomon, San Luis Obispo CA; Geoff Chichester - Nelson Daigle, Metairie LA; Carol Rynders, Saint Paul MN

Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque - Linda Doucet - Dyane Maurice, Montreal QC vsRobert Ellison - Gina Austin Fresh, Wichita KS; Jack Conway - Anne Beaurivage, Lincoln NE

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3 16 TablesJames McRae - Davis Bennett - Jacek Jezierski, Colorado Spgs CO; Paul Gilbert, Manitou Springs CO vsPaul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC; Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pierrette Matteau, Mont-Royal QC

Annemarie Gordon, Sewickley PA; Elizabeth Wilson - Constance Lanphiel, Denver CO; Diann Miller, Englewood CO vsMarsha Shaw, Littleton CO; William Shaw, Centennial CO; Robert Murphy - Kathleen Kelly, Englewood CO


FRIDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B 1.43 1 1 L Hoffman, Englewood CO; Bonnie Bailey, Denver CO 62.74% 0.94 2/3 Sandi Ogin - Bruce Ogin, Denver CO 56.71% 0.94 2/3 2 Virginia Goebel, Castle Rock CO; Deborah Scheper, Greenwood Vlg CO 56.71%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 65.0 Tables / Based on 64 Tables A B C 31.61 1 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 65.07% 23.71 2 Rebecca Anspach - Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN 63.11% 17.78 3 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 62.37% 13.34 4 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 62.02% 10.54 5 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Dominik Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland 61.92% 9.03 6 Linda Mitchell, Scottsdale AZ; David Ochiai, Phoenix AZ 61.26% 7.90 7 Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Gudrun Wallace, Fort Myers FL 60.50% 7.90 8 Charles Bennett, Spokane WA; Warren Watson, Trail BC 60.15% 16.84 9 1 Wilbur Argersinger - David Graff, Ann Arbor MI 59.57% 5.75 10 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 59.39% 12.63 11 2 Paul Glick, Phoenix AZ; Michelle Steiner, Chandler AZ 59.19% 4.86 12 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 59.14% 4.52 13 Rodney Organt - Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT 58.40% 6.01 14 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 58.26% 6.02 15 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 58.11% 4.64 16 Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 57.62% 9.47 17 3 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Cheryl Backstrom, Orrville OH 57.31% 6.21 18 Jim Hoerlein - Scott Needham, Boulder CO 57.07% 3.16 19 Gregory Charlton - Bill Allegar, Denver CO 57.00% 3.01 20 Judith Argento, Kingston PA; Raymond Depew, Naples FL 56.86% 7.10 21 4 Paul Hochfeld - Terrance Hill, Corvallis OR 56.30% 5.61 22 5 Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO; Bill Cook, Louisville KY 56.22% 4.81 23 6 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Vera Wardlaw, Milford CT 56.05% 2.63 24 Barbara Lasky, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 55.97% 4.21 25 7 Steven Towner, Salt Lake City UT; Richard Towner, Surprise AZ 55.49% 2.50 26 Sylvain Mayer - Janyne Provencher, Montreal QC 55.39% 2.26 27 Bruce Cobb - Paul Witonsky, Denver CO 55.10% 3.74 28 8 Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 54.96% 3.68 29 9 Susan Charczenko - Nick Charczenko, Aurora CO 54.85% 2.04 30 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 54.79% 3.06 31 10 Woody Dillinger, Golden CO; Clinton Heiple, Boulder CO 54.76% 1.92 32 Allen Kane - En Hay, Highlands Ranch CO 54.69% 3.11 11 James Osofsky, Florence MA; Robert Sagor, Greenfield MA 53.92% 4.05 12 Becky Stevens, Redmond WA; Scott Chupack, Seattle WA 53.90% 2.96 13 Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 53.81% 3.49 14 Michael Jalving, Denver CO; Ralph Haines, Evergreen CO 53.67% 3.76 15 Paula Warren, Centennial CO; Dianne Bouquet, Santa Maria CA 53.44% 1.98 16 Kathleen Zipp - Barbara Carpenter, Denver CO 52.94% 2.00 17 Elliott Grosh, Bradenton FL; Edward Banta, Spruce Pine NC 52.80% 3.88 18 Richard Berger - Ramona Berger, Denver CO 52.62% 2.25 19 D Byrkett - P Byrkett, Oxford OH 52.48% 1.60 20 Joan Curran, Castle Pines CO; Judith Ude, Littleton CO 52.23% 6.66 21 1 John Coil, Aurora CO; Peter Fox, Denver CO 52.02% 5.00 22 2 Karen Herz - Ellen Vineski, Boulder CO 51.63% 1.52 23 Toni Krueger, Parker CO; Shirley Heinsohn, Highlands Ranch CO 51.54% 3.75 3 John Rogers, Paradise Valley AZ; Joel Kramer, Minneapolis MN 51.44% 3.78 4 Jeanne Rohner - Steve Lehman, Evergreen CO 50.20% 2.22 5 Judith Bowers - Mary Roble, Boulder CO 50.09% 1.96 6 Judy Helfer, Denver CO; Laura Thomson, Centennial CO 49.38% 1.67 7 Rita Parden - Christine Jorgensen, Denver CO 49.33% 1.48 8 Gerald Schmidt - Robert Morris, Billings MT 48.86% 1.45 9 Phyllis Coelho, Boulder CO; Michael Cooperman, Longmont CO 48.69% 1.75 10 Douglas Scherrer, Arvada CO; Liz Willson, Lakewood CO 48.67%

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 22.0 Tables A B C 6.07 1 1 Melvin Rueppel - Bill Darden, Estes Park CO 66.67% 4.55 2 2 Laurie Simons Divine, Boulder CO; Betsy Messerschmidt, Westminster CO 63.89% 3.41 3 3 Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA; Frank Wharton, London, Eng. 63.06% 2.56 4 4 Barbara Kallaus, Kailua HI; Robert Liu, Honolulu HI 62.08% 1.92 5 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Halle Fowler, Crested Butte CO 61.81% 2.91 6 5 1 Christopher Gorton - Cynthia Gorton, Boston MA 60.83% 1.87 7 6 Brian Breckenridge - Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR 59.86% 2.18 7 2 Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA; Marlene Sabo, Kailua Kona HI 59.31% 1.64 3 Megan Essig - Doris Beaton, Oklahoma City OK 53.33% 1.23 4 Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Nancy Newberry, Burnsville NC 52.64% 0.92 5 Kevin Stansbury, Littleton CO; Donald Fuerst, Denver CO 51.25%

FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 15.0 Tables A B C 3.28 1 1 Susan Martin - Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 65.00% 2.46 2 Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA 62.50% 1.62 3/4 Shari Carnelli - Romie Sachs, Colorado Spgs CO 57.92% 2.33 3/4 2 1 Daniel Thompson, Egan SD; Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID 57.92% 1.75 5/6 3/4 2 Diana Moss, Golden CO; Mary Hoddinott, Denver CO 57.08% 1.40 5/6 3/4 Brian Wallick - Deborah Wallick, Larkspur CO 57.08% 0.90 5 Jerry Morgan - Linda Peri, Canon City CO 55.83% 1.15 6/7 3/4 Gretchen Bunnell - Leah Williams, Crested Butte CO 55.42% 1.15 6/7 3/4 Annabelle Mann, Warwick Bermuda; Janet Fiero, Missoula MT 55.42% 0.82 5/6 Linda Langer, Estes Park CO; Richard Buck, Lyons CO 53.75% 0.65 5/6 Jill McCarren, Longmont CO; Frances McCarren, Bemus Point NY 53.75%

Top I/N masterpoint winners

(through Friday afternoon) 1 11.27 Rita Simas, Denver CO 2 10.59 Lynette Teichman, Granby CO 3 10.59 Dawn Schoen, Fraser CO 4 8.02 Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 5 8.02 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID 6 7.26 Michael Olson, Reno NV 7 7.26 Alice Olson, Reno NV 8 7.14 Kevin Hill, Denver CO 9 7.08 Wayne Eckerling, Denver CO 10 6.96 Mary Atkinson, Denver CO 11 6.96 Kathryn Patten, Nashville TN 12 6.83 Marilyn Eckerling, Denver CO 13 6.69 Ginger Stookesberry, Denver CO 14 6.32 Irene Donelan, Centennial CO 15 6.30 William Lord, Boulder CO 16 6.30 Kathryn Chapman, Boulder CO 17 6.16 Christine Markman, Denver CO 18 6.16 Anita Holmes, Denver CO 19 6.07 Suzanne Carver, Bakersfield CA 20 5.79 Lowell Graves, Silverthorne CO 21 5.79 Toni Graves, Silverthorne CO 22 5.74 Alice Nelson, Bend OR 23 5.74 Gary Nelson, Bend OR 24 5.73 Susan Hines, Rapid City SD 25 5.73 Kathy Denholm, Rapid City SD 26 5.53 Jackie Khilling, Fort Smith AR 27 5.53 Nancy Llewellyn, Fort Smith AR 28 5.35 Denny O Brien, Denver CO 29 5.35 Judy O Brien, Denver CO 30 5.33 Anne Munday, Castle Rock CO 31 5.33 Richard Munday, Castle Rock CO 32 5.25 Judy Pettit, Denver CO 33 5.02 Patricia Robbins, Olympia WA 34 5.02 Orrin Robbins, Olympia WA 35 4.92 Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA 36 4.92 Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA 37 4.86 Elizabeth Wilson, Denver CO 38 4.76 Debra Dezarn, Stockton CA 39 4.72 Linda Albert, Denver CO 40 4.67 Terry Vokos, Santa Cruz CA 41 4.66 Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 42 4.66 Susan Martin, Metairie LA 43 4.55 Mary Newstead, Phoenix AZ 44 4.45 Kay Christensen, Denver CO 45 4.39 Catherine Geraghty, Spokane WA 46 4.33 Norma Malmborg, Cheyenne WY 47 4.33 Martha Eubanks, Denver CO 48 4.33 Kate Schaumann, Cheyenne WY 49 4.29 Linda Hacker, Naples FL 50 4.29 Dottie Thomson, Carbondale CO 51 4.20 Nicholas Reuterman, Silverthorne CO 52 4.20 John Lanigan, Colorado Spgs CO 53 4.20 Thomas Carne, Bozeman MT 54 4.20 Joyce Carne, Bozeman MT 55 4.20 Karol Lanigan, Colorado Spgs CO 56 4.20 Donna Reuterman, Silverthorne CO 57 4.16 Laura Taht, Boulder CO 58 4.16 Linda McCarthy, Boulder CO 59 4.14 Ulla Winkler, Medford MA 60 4.14 Jennifer O Brien, Lakewood CO 61 4.13 Robert Dawson, Littleton CO 62 4.11 Sandi Ogin, Denver CO 63 4.11 Bruce Ogin, Denver CO 64 4.10 Randall Harrison, Westminster CO 65 4.08 Susan Lehman, Evergreen CO 66 4.08 Judy Courtney, Evergreen CO 67 4.04 Thomas Hoaglin, Columbus OH 68 4.04 Ann Hoaglin, Columbus OH 69 3.89 Lindy Hamilton, Boise ID 70 3.89 Kay Alspaugh, Boise ID 71 3.85 John Ganzar, Sewickley PA 72 3.85 Barbara Starr, Sewickley PA 73 3.81 Rose Goodwin, Austin TX 74 3.81 David Goodwin, Austin TX 75 3.77 Vicki Wagner, Tampa FL 76 3.77 Judy Hanson, Dade City FL 77 3.68 Michael Malmer, Louisville CO 78 3.68 June Saunders, Boulder CO 79 3.64 Don Nakasaki, Chino CA

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2016 SpringNorth American Bridge Championships

Reno, NevadaMarch 10–20, 2016

Great bridge is no gamble in Reno NV as the “The Biggest Little City in the World” hosts the 2016 Spring North American

Bridge Championships, March 10–20. The folks in Reno know how to throw a party!

In addition to 11 days of exciting bridge contests for all levels of players – newcomer to expert – the Reno NABC will have free lectures by top players, great after-session snacks, seminars and classes for those who want to be more involved, and much more.

Reno, of course, is famous for its terrific gam-ing venues, but it also features great nightlife, shopping and dining. For lovers of the outdoors, you’ll find tremendous skiing and golfing oppor-tunities. Come see for yourself what a great town Reno is for an NABC!

FRIDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 7.5 Tables A B C 1.84 1 1 Mariwayne Scully, Denver CO; Susan Bacon, Centennial CO 65.00% 1.38 2 2 Ginger Stookesberry, Denver CO; Terri Johnson, Englewood CO 61.82% 1.04 3 3 Kay Alspaugh - Lindy Hamilton, Boise ID 61.37% 0.78 4 Carol Jacks, Littleton CO; Patricia McElhinney, Denver CO 54.09% 0.58 5 Michael Weinshall, Coral Gables FL; Mitchell Hayne, Eagle CO 53.75% 1.16 4 1 Toni Latcham, Denver CO; Carol Browning, Englewood CO 53.63% 0.87 2 Mabel Pirner - Robin Durgin, Lakewood CO 51.37%

FRIDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS 25 Tables A B C 5.31 1 1 1 Hurlon James Dulan - Mary Lynn Darcy, Denver CO; Sandy Bolton, Littleton CO; Eleanor Larson, Golden CO 68.00 3.98 2 Diana Bernal - Carlos Barrientos, Bogota Colombia; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 59.00 3.53 3 2 2 Paul La Crosse - Judith La Crosse, Larkspur CO; Jeanne Schleicher - Pat Salsman, Colorado Spgs CO 56.00 2.64 4 3 Pat Galligan - Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Denis Racine, Pittsburg CA; Chuck Moss, Oklahoma City OK 54.00 1.98 5 4 Janet Sharpe - Diane Campbell - Lamya Abougoush, Calgary AB; Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC 49.00 1.49 6 5 Deborah Crisfield, Philadelphia PA; Cyndi Sauvage, Englewood CO; Sue Bailey, Stockport United Kingdom; Barbara Gallagher, Littleton CO 48.00 1.12 6 Robert Lupton, Aurora CO; Belinda Rust - Robert Paris, Denver CO; Lucy Franklin, Centennial CO 47.00

FRIDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 15.0 Tables A B C 4.74 1 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Richard Leonardon, Santa Fe NM 63.14% 3.56 2 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 60.10% 2.92 3 2 1 Harold Sanchez - Tim Kauffman, Denver CO 59.29% 2.04 4 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Greta Pineles, Jackson NJ 59.13% 2.13 5 3 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 58.01% 1.12 6 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 57.53% 1.60 4 Malcolm Morris, London United Kingdom; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 56.89% 1.50 5 Jim Mulbrandon, Orlando FL; James Carroll, Lyons NY 54.01% 1.07 6 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Lindsey Weinger, New York NY 53.69% 1.31 2/3 Anne Hill - Charles Radcliffe, Denver CO 52.72% 1.31 2/3 Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT 52.72%

80 3.64 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA 81 3.63 George Walters, Grand Rapids MI 82 3.63 Hannah Walters, Grand Rapids MI 83 3.56 Jim Wolf, Littleton CO 84 3.44 Terri Johnson, Englewood CO 85 3.43 Debby Shields, Denver CO 86 3.42 Shari Carnelli, Colorado Spgs CO 87 3.42 Romie Sachs, Colorado Spgs CO 88 3.40 Mary Hoddinott, Denver CO 89 3.40 Diana Moss, Golden CO 90 3.37 Valerie Mullins, Candiac QC 91 3.37 Elizabeth Kavanagh, Candiac QC 92 3.33 Donna Agee, Centennial CO 93 3.33 Charles Drotar, Parker CO 94 3.31 Diane Lusin, Billings MT 95 3.31 Richard Wilson, Solomons MD 96 3.23 Elaine Ennis, Broomfield CO 97 3.23 Barbara Starrett, Tucson AZ 98 3.23 Jo Ann Ellison, Tucson AZ 99 3.16 Richard Fuerst, Littleton CO 100 3.16 Linda Bowles, Littleton CO


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FRIDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS 45.0 Tables / Based on 87 Tables A B C 35.11 1 Mary Gardner - Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL 60.24% 26.33 2 Dan Parish, Omaha NE; Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA 58.63% 19.75 3 Wallace Young - Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 58.53% 14.81 4 Mildred Breed, Cypress TX; Daniel Leightman, Houston TX 58.44% 11.70 5 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Ron Haack, New York NY 58.25% 10.03 6 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Marilyn Eber, Denver CO 57.16% 8.78 7 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 57.01% 7.80 8 Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 56.91% 7.02 9 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO 56.49% 6.38 10 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 55.93% 7.44 11 Gary Steiner - Michael Perlman, Boulder CO 55.72% 5.40 12 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 55.45% 5.02 13 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 55.41% 5.31 14 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 55.26% 7.58 15 Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 54.97% 9.93 16 1 1 Burton Voorhees - Kinga Voorhees, Victoria BC 54.93% 3.90 17 Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 54.48% 7.45 18 2 Theresa Venhuis - Laurah Limbrick, Denver CO 54.30% 5.59 19/20 3 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 54.18% 3.43 19/20 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA 54.18% 3.19 21 Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 54.06% 3.05 22 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 54.00% 2.93 23 Tobi Sokolow - Louis Sachar, Austin TX 53.92% 5.21 24 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 53.87% 4.19 4 Jonathan Hellman, Centennial CO; Gary Morrison, Overland Park KS 52.78% 4.08 5 2 Martha Keller - Jeanette Shinsako, San Francisco CA 52.32% 2.84 6 Shirley Eide - Grace Tanner, Bakersfield CA 51.59% 2.48 7 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Marilee Van Arsdale, Florissant CO 51.48% 2.95 8 3 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Donna Barrow, Littleton CO 51.45% 3.24 9 4 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 50.94% 1.75 5 Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN; Jay Olson, Saint Paul MN 50.35% 2.63 6 Gay Yamagiwa - Judy Soong, San Francisco CA 50.28%

FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 1.73 1/2 1 1 Jason Thede - Barbara Kaiser, Colorado Spgs CO 55.21% 1.73 1/2 Jeffrey Phillips - William Voss, Grand Junction CO 55.21% 1.26 3 2 2 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID; Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 54.69% 0.73 4/5 Thomas Carne - Joyce Carne, Bozeman MT 53.13% 0.95 4/5 3 Rose Goodwin - David Goodwin, Austin TX 53.13%

False hopeBy Barry Rigal

If you open the East hand on this deal from the second final session of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, you will find it very difficult. Dlr: North ♠ 6 5 Vul: None ♥ Q 10 ♦ Q 7 6 3 ♣ A J 5 3 2 ♠ 7 4 3 2 ♠ A J 9 8 ♥ A K 8 5 ♥ 9 6 ♦ A 9 8 ♦ K 6 4 ♣ Q 9 ♣ K 6 4 ♠ K Q 10 ♥ J 7 4 3 2 ♦ J 10 ♣ 10 8 7

For the record, about one-third of the field managed to stop in 3♠. Two North-South pairs actually managed to let through 4♠, perhaps cashing the ♣A prematurely?

Rob Brady was one of the many East’s in 4♠on a club lead. He put up the queen and John Kranyak won the ace to return the ♣J. Brady won and crossed to a top heart to lead a spade to the 9. Had this lost to the 10, he would have cashed the ♠A and switched to a crossruff for down one.

But Vince Demuy to the ♠9 with the queen to exit with the ♦J, and now when Brady repeated the trump finesse, Demuy could win and hold declarer to eight tricks.

Kirby Burkert1945 – 2015

Kirby Burkert, well-known local player who had planned to play in the Fall NABC, died on Sunday after a brief illness. The resident of Centennial, a Denver suburb, was 70.


One of the best things about tournament bridge is that you have the opportunity to play against true experts, even world champions on occasion. Better still, on rare occasions even less-experienced players can come out on top.

That happened in the Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams, where the team captained by Jason Larrivee – with a total masterpoint holding of about 5500 – met the Robert Porter squad, owners of more than 10 times the masterpoints of their opponents.

The Larrivee team survived two round-robins to get to the semifinal round, shrugging off a 16-IMP loss on the first board of one of the matches, to get to the final against the team that included longtime pro Ken Gee. The Larrivee team won by 12 IMPs.

“It was a blast,” said Jeremy Lewis, familiar to tournament goers as a bookseller at dozens of tournaments east of the Mississippi. Lewis, with roughly 600 masterpoints, played on the winning team with Holly Campbell (about 250 MPs), who has been helping him sell books and haul them from tournament to tournament while also working at her own business making digital signs. Larrivee’s partner was Lawrence Diamond, author of a new book, “Mastering Hand Evaluation.”

Of Lewis’s masterpoints, 300 are gold, but he is not a Life Master because he has almost no black

or silver masterpoints. With the busy schedule, neither he nor Campbell has time to play at clubs or sectionals.

In one of their matches on the way to victory, they cut it close, nearly getting a penalty for being late after taking one of ACBL’s Teacher Accreditation Program courses and rushing to put away the jewelry they’ve been selling at their booth in the Sheraton.

“We were sliding into the knockouts like our hair was on fire,” said Campbell.

The Larrivee team was blessed with some luck, avoiding the Gee team until the final and hitting a couple of proverbial homers when they needed to.

In the semifinal round, the team trailed by 23 IMPs when Lewis, in second seat, opened a four-card heart suit, catching Campbell with a 20-point hand. She drove it to 7♥ and left her partner to make it despite a 4-1 trump split. These were the two hands:

♠ A K 6 ♥ A 7 6 3 ♦ 10 4 ♣ A K Q 9

♠ Q 8 7 2 ♥ K Q J 10 ♦ A 3 ♣ 7 6 2

Goliath takes another one to the forehead

Cutline: Surprise winners in the top bracket of the Saturday-Sunday Knockout: Jeremy Lewis, Holly Campbell, Lawrence Diamond and Jason Larrivee.

FRIDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 30.0 Tables 7 3 1 9.19 1 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Donna Marino, New York NY 63.88% 6.89 2 1 Janet Horan, Denver CO; Judith Pogge, Greenwood Vlg CO 60.86% 5.17 3 Carolyn Stevens - Sid Stevens, Sauble Beach ON 59.17% 3.88 4 2 Roger France - Mary France, Buena Vista CO 57.93% 3.06 5 Kevin Stansbury, Littleton CO; Donald Fuerst, Denver CO 57.59% 2.63 6 A Ansari, Austin TX; Bharat Shrestha, Katy TX 57.25% 2.30 7 Debra LaMountain, Forest Hills NY; Janine Buss, Port Washington NY 56.85% 2.88 8 3 Sandy Lemon - Judith Wallace, Santa Fe NM 56.46% 2.16 9 4 Pravina Jani, Austin TX; Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX 56.03% 1.84 10 James Bauer - Dorothy Reimann, Casper WY 55.95% 1.71 11 5 John Miskell, Eagle CO; Jan Govreau, Gypsum CO 55.80% 1.54 12 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 54.91% 1.61 13 Sid Stern - Susan Kraght, Scottsdale AZ 54.85% 1.23 14 Sheila Pohly, Jericho NY; Mark Krinsky, Great Neck NY 54.02% 1.12 15/16 Nancy Marshall, Edgewater NJ; Patricia McKinley, Telluride CO 53.72% 1.84 15/16 6 Samuel Smith, Oklahoma City OK; Lee Greif, Prairie Village KS 53.72% 1.51 7 Kathryn Lindahl, Denver CO; Kirk Mayberry, Golden CO 53.44% 2.28 8 1 Jacqueline Hurlbutt, Avon CO; Karen Johnson, Scottsdale AZ 53.27% 1.71 2 Robin Elliott - Gregory Newcomb, Boulder CO 53.04%

Lewis got the lead of the ♣J against his grand slam. He won in dummy and began pulling trumps. When West discarded a club on the second round of trumps, Lewis was in a bind. With a normal trump break and a 3-3 spade split, he could discard a diamond from dummy on the ♠Q and ruff a diamond for his 13th trick. The bad trump break meant he needed another plan.

Considering West’s first discard, he decided the opening lead had not been from J-10-x-(x), so playing a club to the 9 was scrapped.

Lewis pulled trumps and tested spades, which broke 3-3. East, who had started with 3=4=2=4 shape, including the ♣10 and ♦K Q, felt the pressure when Lewis cashed the ♠Q, pitching a diamond from dummy. Instead of letting go one of her diamonds, she pitched a club. The ♣9 was the 13th trick for Lewis.

On another deal, Lewis overcalled 1NT with 19 high-card points, not liking to double with what he thought was inadequate support for the majors. Campbell blew into 4♥ with a seven-card suit despite having only 4 HCP. The opponents’ 4♠ save produced plus 800 for Lewis and Campbell and another big gain.

The odds were heavily against them, but Lewis and Campbell said they didn’t really think about that until the final scores were entered. Said Campbell, “There was no time to worry about who the opponents were.”

THURSDAY-FRIDAY SIDE GAME SIDE SERIES FINAL66.00 Tables / Based on 26 Tables 12.60 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY 124.82% 8.27 2/3 Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 116.49% 8.27 2/3 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 116.49% 5.86 4 Jim Mulbrandon, Orlando FL 113.92% 4.20 5 Barbara Kallaus, Kailua HI 113.48% 8.15 6/7 Jim Humphrey, Highland Park IL 112.86% 8.15 6/7 Georgann Humphrey, Highland Park IL 112.86% 2.66 8/9 Robert Porter, Henderson NV 111.69% 2.66 8/9 Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz 111.69% 4.15 10/11 Tim Kauffman, Denver CO 111.57% 4.15 10/11 Harold Sanchez, Denver CO 111.57% 1.87 12/13 Malcolm Morris, London 109.77% 1.87 12/13 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 109.77%

Top masterpoint winners(through Friday night)

1 265.45 John Hurd, New York NY 2 258.47 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 3 228.01 Joe Grue, New York NY 4 210.81 Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON 5 205.35 Huub Bertens, Bend OR 6 191.59 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 7 184.00 Boye Brogeland, Norway 8 184.00 Espen Lindqvist, Norway 9 182.78 Boguslaw Gierulski, Poland 10 182.78 Jerzy Skrzypczak, Poland 12 177.42 Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Poland 13 171.63 Thomas Bessis, France 14 171.63 Frederic Volcker, France 15 169.60 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Netherlands 16 168.04 Vytautas V Vainikonis, Lithuania 17 164.85 Olanski Wojtek, Poland 18 162.99 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 19 162.99 Marcin Lesniewski, Poland 20 149.61 Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT 21 149.61 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 22 145.55 Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 23 134.59 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 24 134.59 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 25 124.95 Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 26 124.95 Mike Passell, Plano TX 27 121.32 Jean Barry, Livermore CA 28 120.93 Owen Lien, Detroit MI 29 120.56 Louk Verhees Jr., The Netherlands 30 119.37 David Gold, England 31 119.37 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 32 116.47 Ulf Nilsson, Sweden 33 115.94 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL 34 115.41 Zia Mahmood, New York NY 35 114.41 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 36 112.54 Steve Garner, Chicago IL 37 112.54 Ron Smith, Chicago IL 38 109.25 Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 39 108.92 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 40 108.56 Massimiliano Di Franco, Sicily 41 107.22 Tom Hanlon, Ireland 42 107.22 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 43 105.11 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC 44 105.11 John Mohan, Las Vegas NV 45 104.62 Margaret Baykal, Markham ON 46 104.62 Gur Baykal, Markham ON 47 104.55 Brad Moss, Denver CO 48 104.50 Dan Morse, Houston TX 49 104.50 John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 50 103.17 Wojciech Gawel, Poland


REISINGER BAM TEAMS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS K L 1/2 Martin De Knijff, Las Vegas NV; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Mathias Bruun, Hellerup 2900 Denmark; Knut Blakset, Frederiksberg Denmark 17.50 1/2 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Sartaj Hans - Peter David Gill, Sydney Australia; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 17.50 3 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 17.00 4/5 Jessica Hayman, New York NY; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden; Carlos Hoyos, Bogata Colombia; Jorge Barrera, Bogota D.C. Colombia 16.50 4/5 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Jean Quantin, Paris France 16.50 6/7 Andy Hung, Brisbane Australia; Liam Milne, Sydney Australia; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 15.50 6/7 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert - Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Hurd, New York NY 15.50 8/9 Vytautas V Vainikonis, Trakai Lithuania; Piotr Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; Wojtek Olafski, Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 15.00 8/9 Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 15.0010/12 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 14.5010/12 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 14.5010/12 Franco Baseggio, New York NY; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA 14.5013/15 Walter Schuster - Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria; Ulrike Schuster, Sanibel FL 14.0013/15 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM; Richard McCombs, Santa Fe NM 14.0013/15 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 14.00 SECTION M 1 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 17.50 2 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 16.00 3/4 Jeffrey Wolfson - Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 15.50 3/4 Ken Bercuson - Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 15.50 5 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Ilan Herbst - Ophir Herbst, Haifa Israel; Tom Townsend, London W9 1S England 15.00 6 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 14.50

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 33.0 Tables A B C 8.15 1 Georgann Humphrey - Jim Humphrey, Highland Park IL 65.10% 6.11 2 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 64.17% 6.45 3 1 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 62.11% 3.44 4 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 61.75% 4.84 5 2 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY 61.68% 3.63 6 3 Douglas Mann - Crystal Mann, Calgary AB 61.32% 2.72 7 4 Patrick Kallaus - Barbara Kallaus, Kailua HI 58.90% 2.04 8 5 Laurie Simons Divine, Boulder CO; Betsy Messerschmidt, Westminster CO 58.76% 2.36 6/7 Melvin Rueppel - Bill Darden, Estes Park CO 58.48% 1.34 6/7 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 58.48% 2.18 2 Jared Johnson, Denver CO; Diane McKinley, Wheat Ridge CO 54.06% 1.64 3 Ann Weinstein - Sol Weinstein, Yonkers NY 53.63% 1.23 4 Harold Sanchez - Tim Kauffman, Denver CO 52.28% 0.92 5 Dorcas Evans, Denver CO; Grant La Fleur, Lubbock TX 52.21%

many years I was always getting asked, ‘So when are you going to finish med school?’”

Memorial Day, 1980Palmer and Deas credit Cole and Smith for

bringing them together. Their first game as partners was at the 1980 Memorial Day regional in Norfolk.

Though they didn’t win right off the bat, they did mesh. Palmer says, “We knew we wanted to play together. We’re the same age, we had the same friends and we wanted to play the same light-opening, Eastern Scientific methods.” When they got down to work, they put together an effective big club system. Their first NABC together was in 1981 in Miami.

Although they were not partners, their first win (a tie for the top spot) – came in the Mixed Board-a-Match in 1982. Palmer played with Cole, Deas with Norb Kremer. Though the pair had never won an NABC, they were asked to represent North America as fill-ins at the World Championships in Biarritz, France when Canadian great Francine Cimon and her partner were unable to attend.

“Of course we had no qualifying points,” says Palmer. “Francine and her partner gave us their airline tickets (this was back in the day when you could transfer tickets) and they gave us their hotel.”

Deas remembers it rained every day. Their hotel was three blocks from the playing site.

“We had no money,” says Palmer. Here we were – nobody – nobody knew us. And we won the silver medal in the Women’s Pairs.” Betty Ann Kennedy and Carol Sanders, who were also a replacement pair, won the gold medal in the event.

In 1983, they won their first NABC title – the Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs. “It’s true,” says Deas. “We won a world championship silver medal before we won an NABC.”

The “nobodies” would go on to win Venice Cup titles in 1987 and 1989, the McConnell Cup in 2002 in Montreal and the World Women’s Pairs in Philadelphia in 2010. Deas also won a Venice Cup title in 1991 in Yokohama and the Women’s World Team Olympiad in1996 in Rhodes, Greece. In 2011, Deas and Palmer won both the women’s teams and the women’s pairs at the first Sportaccord World Mind Games in Beijing, China.

Says Palmer, “We’ve finished one, two, three, four and six in the World Women’s Pairs.”

Vugraph audiencesPalmer’s mother enjoyed watching her daughter

online competing at the world championships. Palmer and Deas were on vugraph from Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009.

“I opened 2NT, Lynn bid 3♣, I bid 3♦,” says Palmer, “and that’s as far as the vugraph auction went. We actually went on to bid 3NT. My mother, like the vugraph audience, didn’t see the 3NT bid. She let me know, ‘I would have bid a little more on that hand.’”

Like Palmer’s mother, Deas’s mother watched her daughter play online. On one deal in world championship play, Deas and Palmer took a profitable high-level sacrifice.

“I’m never to going to watch you again,” Deas’s mother informed her daughter. “You stole their hand!”

In sickness and in healthDeas was hospitalized in December 1996, and

she wasn’t released until the following May. It was then she learned she suffered from myasthenia gravis and muscular dystrophy. Myasthenia gravis is characterized by weakness and rapid fatigue of voluntary muscles. The doctor who was finally able to diagnose her illness was a bridge player, and delighted in bringing hands to Deas at the end of his work day for her evaluation and critique.

“I was supposed to be getting ready for the trials for the world championships in Tunisia,” Deas says. “And here I am – seven months in the hospital, not playing a card.”

The team made qualifying as easy as possible on Deas. She recalls her flight to Tunisia. “I took my medicine and started choking. That’s one of the effects of my illness. The airline stewards called out, ‘Is there a doctor on the plane?’ The whole plane stood up. It turned out there was a medical conference just about to start in Tunisia.”

Deas says her health issues require her partners to put up with the good and bad. Palmer says that for the past 10 years, Deas has been incredibly healthy, and that her illness has not affected her bridge play.

The two just returned from the World Championships in Chennai, India with a silver medal. They qualified as part of the team captained by Silvia Moss. Moss, because of health issues, was unable


Deas and Palmer

to make the trip to India. “But she supported us the whole way,” says Palmer.

The squad – Deas and Palmer plus Juanita Chambers, Joann Glasson, Janice Seamon-Molson, Tobi Sokolow – lost in a close match, by 8 IMPs to France.

On the domestic front, Deas and Palmer have 19 NABC titles playing together either as partners or as teammates in mixed events. All told, Deas owns 25 NABC titles and Palmer 27.

Deas is married to bridge player Rich Kasprowicz. They breed dogs. “Rich is home right now with our 14 dogs,” Deas says.

Palmer, an administrative judge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is married to bridge professional Bill Pettis. Pettis has been instrumental working with Deas and Palmer on their system according to the women.

Pettis and Palmer have a daughter – 20-year-old Julie – who is studying early childhood education at Bucknell.

“Julie went to her first nationals in New Orleans when she was five weeks old,” Palmer said. “She grew up in the child care program run by Donna Compton, with Donna’s daughter, Morgan. Then they worked in it and then they ran it.”

Through her mother’s international competition, Julie has been able to travel around the world. Deas nods, “That’s one of the greatest things about bridge.”


THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Laurie Simons Divine, Boulder CO; Betsy Messerschmidt, Westminster CO 63.89% 1 1 Melvin Rueppel - Bill Darden, Estes Park CO 66.67% 2 2 Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA; Frank Wharton, London NW3 England 63.06% 2 2 1 Christopher Gorton - Cynthia Gorton, Boston MA 60.83% 3 3 Barbara Kallaus, Kailua HI; Robert Liu, Honolulu HI 62.08% 3 3 Brian Breckenridge - Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR 59.86% 4 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Halle Fowler, Crested Butte CO 61.81% 4 4 Frank Demeyer, Fort Collins CO; John Blankinship, Loveland CO 56.67% 5 4 1 Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA; Marlene Sabo, Kailua Kona HI 59.31% 5 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX 55.42% 6 5 Daniel Baker - Joyce Cooper, Austin TX 53.61% 6 5 Joseph Browan, Maplewood MN; Jim Hacker, Faribault MN 55.28% 7 6 J F Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 52.08% 7 Marilyn Nesbit - Jo Murray, Ketchum ID 54.86% 8 7 Gerald Connors - Theresa Connors, Peoria AZ 51.94% 8 6 2 Megan Essig - Doris Beaton, Oklahoma City OK 53.33% 9 8 Chris Kindt - Jane Formet, Orlando FL 50.97% 9 7 3 Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Nancy Newberry, Burnsville NC 52.64% 2 Don Tocher, Boulder CO; Rosemary Getsie, Niwot CO 49.31% 8 Ray Degeest - Daniel Hafner, Rapid City SD 52.50% 3 Vicki Hamende - Trudy Owen, Fort Collins CO 47.36% 4 Kevin Stansbury, Littleton CO; Donald Fuerst, Denver CO 51.25% 4 Franklyn Caine - Rebecca Ames, Weston MA 46.81%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Gudrun Wallace, Fort Myers FL 62.10% 1 1 Wilbur Argersinger - David Graff, Ann Arbor MI 65.14% 2 1 Susan Charczenko - Nick Charczenko, Aurora CO 60.82% 2 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Dominik Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland 63.30% 3 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 59.86% 3 Linda Mitchell, Scottsdale AZ; David Ochiai, Phoenix AZ 62.74% 4 Allen Kane - En Hay, Highlands Ranch CO 57.61% 4 Rodney Organt - Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT 60.68% 5 Richard Bender - Jon Nance, Springfield MO 55.37% 5 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 59.81% 6 Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 55.13% 6 2 Elliott Grosh, Bradenton FL; Edward Banta, Spruce Pine NC 58.68% 7 2 Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 54.33% 7 Gregory Charlton - Bill Allegar, Denver CO 57.47% 8 Jim Hoerlein - Scott Needham, Boulder CO 53.61% 8 3 Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO; Bill Cook, Louisville KY 55.90% 9 3 John Jensen, Maysville KY; John Zamboni, Caldwell ID 52.64% 9 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 55.21% 10 4 1 Phyllis Coelho, Boulder CO; Michael Cooperman, Longmont CO 52.48% 10 Bruce Cobb - Paul Witonsky, Denver CO 52.96% 5 Kathleen Zipp - Barbara Carpenter, Denver CO 50.64% 4 Paula Warren, Centennial CO; Dianne Bouquet, Santa Maria CA 52.80% 6 2 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Larry Yarger, West Point NE 49.60% 5 1 Art Murphy - Carol Murphy, San Diego CA 52.56% 7/8 Becky Stevens, Redmond WA; Scott Chupack, Seattle WA 48.88% 6 Woody Dillinger, Golden CO; Clinton Heiple, Boulder CO 51.48% 7/8 3 Douglas Scherrer, Arvada CO; Liz Willson, Lakewood CO 48.88% 7 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 51.13% 4 Stuart Davis, Denver CO; Louise Forsythe, Aurora CO 48.40% 2 Diane Wright - Richard Wright, Minneapolis MN 48.80% 3 Gerald Schmidt - Robert Morris, Billings MT 46.79% 4 Judy Helfer, Denver CO; Laura Thomson, Centennial CO 45.91%

NABC 0-10,000 FAST PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION SECTION MMM 1 John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA; Roy Weinstein, Denver CO 64.41% 2 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 59.36% 3 Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY 58.77% 4 George Tornay Jr, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 58.64% 5 Grant Vance - Jessica Lai, Oakland CA 57.08% 6 Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL 55.37% 7 Paul Darin - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 54.34% 8 Donald Boyarsky, Denver CO; Dan Marthaler Jr, Aurora CO 52.03% 9 Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; David Sterling, Walnut Creek CA 52.01% 10 Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA 51.06% 11 Christina Van Leeuwen - David MacRae, Media PA 50.70%

FRIDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Jacqueline Hurlbutt, Avon CO; Karen Johnson, Scottsdale AZ 58.04% 1 1 Janet Horan, Denver CO; Judith Pogge, Greenwood Vlg CO 63.69% 2 Kevin Stansbury, Littleton CO; Donald Fuerst, Denver CO 53.57% 2 Elizabeth Strasen, Woodacre CA; Stacie Bowman, Sunnyvale CA 57.74% 3 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 53.27% 3 Nancy Marshall, Edgewater NJ; Patricia McKinley, Telluride CO 55.95% 4 2 Steven Lockwood - Joseph Freedman, Albuquerque NM 52.68% 4 Sheila Pohly, Jericho NY; Mark Krinsky, Great Neck NY 55.36% 2 Judy Zimmermann, Fulton MO; Linda Litton, Columbia MO 46.43% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION U EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Carolyn Stevens - Sid Stevens, Sauble Beach ON 69.94% 1 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Donna Marino, New York NY 63.18% 2 Debra LaMountain, Forest Hills NY; Janine Buss, Port Washington NY 55.87% 2 Susan Fallon - Lloyd Parker, Estes Park CO 55.65% 3 1 Susan Morse - Susan Anthony, Flourtown PA 55.36% 3 1 Samuel Smith, Oklahoma City OK; Lee Greif, Prairie Village KS 52.38% 4 2 Betty Vonseggern - Melanie Meyn, Dunnellon FL 51.49% 4 Sid Stern - Susan Kraght, Scottsdale AZ 52.26% 2 Judith Lilly, Loveland CO; Phyllis Tegtman, Fort Collins CO 49.58% 1 Kathryn Riess - Debbie Schell, Naples FL 39.76% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Janet Weins, Plantation FL; Tor Johannessen, Honolulu HI 57.52% 1 1 Roger France - Mary France, Buena Vista CO 56.25% 2 1 Anita Holmes - Rita Simas, Denver CO 57.32% 2 2 Pravina Jani, Austin TX; Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX 56.17% 3 James Bauer - Dorothy Reimann, Casper WY 56.55% 3 Robin Elliott - Gregory Newcomb, Boulder CO 55.95% 4 2 Kathryn Lindahl, Denver CO; Kirk Mayberry, Golden CO 53.91% 4 Beth Barnet - Fred Barnet III, Englewood CO 54.89%

FRIDAY EVENING SIDE GAME (THURSDAY-FRIDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 4 OF 4 SESSIONS) NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Harold Sanchez - Tim Kauffman, Denver CO 59.29% 1 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Richard Leonardon, Santa Fe NM 63.14% 2 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Greta Pineles, Jackson NJ 59.13% 2 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 60.10% 3 2 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 58.01% 3 Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Warren Watson, Trail BC 55.61% 4 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 57.53% 4 2 Jim Mulbrandon, Orlando FL; James Carroll, Lyons NY 54.01% 5 3 Malcolm Morris, London United Kingdom; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 56.89% 5 3 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Lindsey Weinger, New York NY 53.69% 6 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA 55.45% 6 4 1 Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT 52.72% 4 Anne Hill - Charles Radcliffe, Denver CO 52.72%

FRIDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS X W SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mary Gardner - Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL 64.78% 1 Gary Steiner - Michael Perlman, Boulder CO 59.72% 2 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 62.30% 2 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 59.16% 3 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Marilyn Eber, Denver CO 57.89% 3 Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 58.35% 4 1 1 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 56.98% 4 Mildred Breed, Cypress TX; Daniel Leightman, Houston TX 58.00% 5 2 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Taylor Mill KY; Stephen Moese, West Chester OH 56.48% 5 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 56.88% 6 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Ron Haack, New York NY 55.62% 6 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 56.73% 7 3 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 55.41% 7 1 1 Martha Keller - Jeanette Shinsako, San Francisco CA 56.07% 8 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA 55.31% 8 Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 55.92% 9 Donald Sache, Delta BC; Yen Karro, Surrey BC 55.11% 9 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 55.11% 10 Siegfried Lodwig - Mark Mundt, Los Alamos NM 55.01% 10 Jack Jones, Lauderdale Bts FL; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 54.76% 11 4 2 Sohail Hasan, Forest Hills NY; Maria Weinberg, Poughkeepsie NY 54.96% 11 2 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 54.40% 12 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO 54.61% 12 Wallace Young - Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 54.35% 13 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker, New York NY 54.45% 13 3 2 Burton Voorhees - Kinga Voorhees, Victoria BC 54.25% 14 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 54.35% 14 4 3 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Donna Barrow, Littleton CO 53.95% 15 Dan Parish, Omaha NE; Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA 54.30% 15 Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL 53.90% 16 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 54.15% 16 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 53.29% 17 Scott Hiller, Naples FL; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL 54.10% 17 William Curtis, Colorado Spgs CO; Sarah Imig, Sioux City IA 52.99% 18 5 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Marilee Van Arsdale, Florissant CO 53.24% 18 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; Danielle Hejmanowski, Lincoln CA 52.78% 6 Shirley Eide - Grace Tanner, Bakersfield CA 52.18% 5 4 William Kutscher, Broomfield CO; Donna Givner, Golden CO 52.38% 3 Gay Yamagiwa - Judy Soong, San Francisco CA 48.99% 6 Jonathan Hellman, Centennial CO; Gary Morrison, Overland Park KS 51.57% 7 5 Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN; Jay Olson, Saint Paul MN 50.61% 8 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 49.49%

SENIOR MIXED PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P Q EAST-WEST 1 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Chattanooga TN 61.85% 1 Judi Radin - Michael Radin, New York NY 61.29% 2 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 61.68% 2 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 59.08% 3 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 61.16% 3 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 58.37% 4 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC 60.93% 4 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 58.12% 5 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 58.54% 5 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 57.99% 6 Patricia Norman - Jeffrey Holligan, Lone Tree CO 55.91% 6 Susan Picus, New York NY; Timothy Nelsen, Chicago IL 57.83% 7 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 55.84% 7 Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan 57.08% 8 Nancy Spear - Jack Spear, Shawnee Mission KS 55.56% 8 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 55.98% 9 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 55.37% 9 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 55.92% 10 Jan Janitschke - Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO 54.79% 10 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 55.38% 11 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 54.65% 11 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 55.19% 12 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA 54.64% 12 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 53.11% 13 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 52.21% 13 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 52.73% 14 Sigrid Price - Russell Quinnell, Napa CA 52.07% 14 Roberta McIlwain - Sandy McIlwain, Invermere BC 52.70% 15 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 51.97% 15 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO 52.61% 16 Cindy Harris - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 51.84% 16 Gene Kuehneman - Adrienne Kuehneman, Bethesda MD 52.33% 17 Erez Hendelman - Claire Alpert, New York NY 51.69% 17 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 52.24%

FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS SECTION XXX A B C 1/2 1 1 Jason Thede - Barbara Kaiser, Colorado Spgs CO 55.21% 1/2 Jeffrey Phillips - William Voss, Grand Junction CO 55.21% 3 2 2 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID; Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 54.69% 4/5 Thomas Carne - Joyce Carne, Bozeman MT 53.13% 4/5 3 Rose Goodwin - David Goodwin, Austin TX 53.13%

Holiday spiritYou don’t want to miss Denver’s sparkling Parade of Lights, which marches through downtown Saturday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. This 41-year tradition features

dazzling floats, spectacular marching bands and special performances that bring the world’s holiday cultures and traditions to life. For more information, visit denverparadeoflights.com.

PLEASE NOTE: The 16th Street Mall shuttle will not operate during the one-hour period the parade is in action.NOTE TOO: This area will be flooded with Parade visitors. Make your dinner reservations to avoid long waits.


NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DDD EEE FFF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 66.90% 1 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 61.74% 2 Rebecca Anspach - Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN 65.64% 2 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 60.98% 3 1 Paul Hochfeld - Terrance Hill, Corvallis OR 62.60% 3 1 1 Jeanne Rohner - Steve Lehman, Evergreen CO 60.63% 4 2 Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 61.54% 4 Linda Bryant - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 58.20% 5 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 60.78% 5 2 James Osofsky, Florence MA; Robert Sagor, Greenfield MA 56.22% 6 Judith Argento, Kingston PA; Raymond Depew, Naples FL 57.44% 6 3 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Cheryl Backstrom, Orrville OH 55.82% 7 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 56.43% 7 4 Steven Towner, Salt Lake City UT; Richard Towner, Surprise AZ 55.21% 8 Sylvain Mayer - Janyne Provencher, Montreal QC 54.10% 8 5 Paul Glick, Phoenix AZ; Michelle Steiner, Chandler AZ 55.11% 9 3 Joan Kushner, Denver CO; Richard Friedman, Aurora CO 53.24% 9 6 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Vera Wardlaw, Milford CT 54.96% 10 Charles Bennett, Spokane WA; Warren Watson, Trail BC 53.04% 10/11 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Peggy Sprague, Los Gatos CA 54.91% 11 4 D Byrkett - P Byrkett, Oxford OH 51.92% 10/11 Joseph Murray - Ricki Rogers, Mount Laurel NJ 54.91%12/13 5/6 Maxine Divine, Littleton CO; Norita Wiegand, Aurora CO 51.52% 12 7 Ted Witt, Menomonee Falls WI; Greg Stander, Carlsbad CA 54.40%12/13 5/6 Bonnie Motzkus, Denver CO; Lianne Walliser, Golden CO 51.52% 13 8 Jane Huff, Columbus OH; Pamela Ziegel, Petoskey MI 53.24% 14 7 Toni Krueger, Parker CO; Shirley Heinsohn, Highlands Ranch CO 51.47% 14 9 2 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 52.73% 15 8 Michael Jalving, Denver CO; Ralph Haines, Evergreen CO 50.96% 15 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 52.23% 16 9 Wayne Bardsley, Mc Lean VA; Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ 50.81% 16 10 3 Mindy Smith - Thad Smith, Boulder CO 52.13% 10 Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA 50.71% 11 4 John Rogers, Paradise Valley AZ; Joel Kramer, Minneapolis MN 51.42% 11 Virginia Folladori - Bonnie Camp, Denver CO 50.05% 1 John Coil, Aurora CO; Peter Fox, Denver CO 48.73% 2 Edgar Butler - Margaret Butler, Buena Vista CO 46.66% 3 Charles Patrick - Don Elconin, Santa Barbara CA 46.51% 4 John Adams, Alexandria VA; David Snyder, Westminster CO 44.48%

FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA 62.50% 1 1 Susan Martin - Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 65.00% 2 Shari Carnelli - Romie Sachs, Colorado Spgs CO 57.92% 2 2 1 Gretchen Bunnell - Leah Williams, Crested Butte CO 55.42% 3 1 1 Diana Moss, Golden CO; Mary Hoddinott, Denver CO 57.08% 3 3 Shirley Merritt, Westminster CO; Shirley Moschetti, Denver CO 50.83% 2 Jerry Morgan - Linda Peri, Canon City CO 55.83% 2 Tracey Guice, Seattle WA; Baijanti Shrestha, Katy TX 49.17% 2 Lucy Hecker - Margot Levy, Crested Butte CO 45.83% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Brian Wallick - Deborah Wallick, Larkspur CO 57.08% 1 1 1 Daniel Thompson, Egan SD; Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID 57.92% 2 2 1 Linda Langer, Estes Park CO; Richard Buck, Lyons CO 53.75% 2 2 2 Annabelle Mann, Warwick Bermuda; Janet Fiero, Missoula MT 55.42% 3 2 Randall Harrison, Westminster CO; Elaine Ennis, Broomfield CO 52.08% 3 Jill McCarren, Longmont CO; Frances McCarren, Bemus Point NY 53.75%

FRIDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS SECTION XXX A B C 1 1 Mariwayne Scully, Denver CO; Susan Bacon, Centennial CO 65.00% 2 2 Ginger Stookesberry, Denver CO; Terri Johnson, Englewood CO 61.82% 3 3 Kay Alspaugh - Lindy Hamilton, Boise ID 61.37% 4 Carol Jacks, Littleton CO; Patricia McElhinney, Denver CO 54.09% 5 Michael Weinshall, Coral Gables FL; Mitchell Hayne, Eagle CO 53.75% 6 4 1 Toni Latcham, Denver CO; Carol Browning, Englewood CO 53.63% 2 Mabel Pirner - Robin Durgin, Lakewood CO 51.37%

0-10,000 FAST PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION SECTION MMM 1 Christina Van Leeuwen - David MacRae, Media PA 66.07% 2 Karen Walker - James Ward, Champaign IL 60.16% 3 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Matilda Poplilov, Tel Aviv Israel 58.63% 4 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 57.83% 5 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 57.28% 6 Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 53.71% 7 Paul Darin - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 53.16% 8 George Tornay Jr, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 51.92% 9 Judy Zhu - Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 51.65% 10 Irina Kislitsyna, Bradenton FL; Michel Rapoport, Sarasota FL 51.51% 11 Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY 51.37%

FRIDAY GOLD RUSH FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Donna Marino, New York NY 64.58% 1 1 John Miskell, Eagle CO; Jan Govreau, Gypsum CO 62.20% 2 Sid Stern - Susan Kraght, Scottsdale AZ 57.44% 2 Kevin Stansbury, Littleton CO; Donald Fuerst, Denver CO 61.61% 3 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 56.55% 3 2 Elizabeth Cole - Raymond Cole, Boulder CO 53.57% 4 1 Samuel Smith, Oklahoma City OK; Lee Greif, Prairie Village KS 55.06% 4 Doris Moore, Pueblo CO; Rebecca Parmentier, Austin TX 49.70% 2 1 Kathryn Riess - Debbie Schell, Naples FL 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION U EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Jerry Smith, Los Angeles CA; David Smith, Centennial CO 60.97% 1 A Ansari, Austin TX; Bharat Shrestha, Katy TX 68.24% 2 1 Roger France - Mary France, Buena Vista CO 59.61% 2 1 Courtney Pearcy - Denise Pierre, Laramie WY 58.13% 3 2 Pravina Jani, Austin TX; Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX 55.90% 3 Debra LaMountain, Forest Hills NY; Janine Buss, Port Washington NY 57.82% 4 Stacy Dibbell, Bismarck ND; Susan Thiess, Eau Claire WI 52.04% 4 Roger Leemis - Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hls MI 55.27% 2 Susan Morse - Susan Anthony, Flourtown PA 44.90% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Janet Horan, Denver CO; Judith Pogge, Greenwood Vlg CO 58.04% 1 1 Sandy Lemon - Judith Wallace, Santa Fe NM 63.10% 2 2 Dorothy Hyden, Colorado Spgs CO; Howard Hyden, Sandy UT 53.87% 2 James Bauer - Dorothy Reimann, Casper WY 55.36% 3/4 Sheila Pohly, Jericho NY; Mark Krinsky, Great Neck NY 52.68% 3 2 Kathryn Lindahl, Denver CO; Kirk Mayberry, Golden CO 52.98% 3/4 Robert Allen - Andy Scott, San Jose CA 52.68% 4/5 Paul Nelson - Janet Nelson, Highlands Ranch CO 52.68% 4/5 Clark Vernon, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA 52.68%

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME (THURSDAY-FRIDAY SIDE 3 OF 4 SESSIONS) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Y Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 63.83% 1 Georgann Humphrey - Jim Humphrey, Highland Park IL 64.49% 2 1 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY 63.62% 2 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 62.96% 3 2 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 63.40% 3 1 Douglas Mann - Crystal Mann, Calgary AB 60.78% 4 Ralph Cox, Centennial CO; Ron Westwood, Ventura CA 55.66% 4 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 58.17% 5/6 3/4 2/3 Harold Sanchez - Tim Kauffman, Denver CO 54.14% 5 2 Melvin Rueppel - Bill Darden, Estes Park CO 57.52% 5/6 3/4 2/3 Ann Weinstein - Sol Weinstein, Yonkers NY 54.14% 6 Lois Stuart - Jess Stuart, West Chester PA 56.86% 7 5 Karen Trujillo - Alice Perlmutter, Denver CO 54.03% 7 Margret Salazar, Green Valley AZ; Bud Stein, Mequon WI 54.36% 8/9 6/7 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Barbara Jones, Ormond Beach FL 53.38% 8 3 William Horton, Boulder CO; Karen Cox, Centennial CO 53.27% 8/9 6/7 4 Dorcas Evans, Denver CO; Grant La Fleur, Lubbock TX 53.38% 9 4 1 Jared Johnson, Denver CO; Diane McKinley, Wheat Ridge CO 53.16% 10 8 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 52.18% 10 5 Mitsuko Kodama - Lester Kodama, Mililani HI 52.94% 11 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 52.07% 11 Alfred Lee, Rancho Palo Vds CA; Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 51.31% 12 9 Myra Ricketson, Centennial CO; Jean Wolfe, Denver CO 50.76% 12 6 Karen Levy - Nancy Klym, Calgary AB 49.13% 13 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 48.69% 13 7 2 Franklyn Caine - Rebecca Ames, Weston MA 46.19% 10 Leah Mach, Castle Pines CO; Mary Hess, Denver CO 47.93% 8 3 Barbara Robinson - David Robinson, Denver CO 44.99% 9 Jim Francis, Arvada CO; Eric Mead, Lakewood CO 42.81%

STRATI-FLIGHTED A/B/C OPEN PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS X W QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Wallace Young - Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 62.70% 1 Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 65.31% 2 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 61.49% 2 Dan Parish, Omaha NE; Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA 62.96% 3 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 59.21% 3 Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 61.79% 4 Mildred Breed, Cypress TX; Daniel Leightman, Houston TX 58.88% 4 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Ron Haack, New York NY 60.88% 5 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 58.58% 5 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 60.48% 6 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 57.62% 6 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO 58.38% 7 1 Theresa Venhuis - Laurah Limbrick, Denver CO 57.59% 7 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 56.68% 8 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA 56.71% 8 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Marilyn Eber, Denver CO 56.43% 9 Tobi Sokolow - Louis Sachar, Austin TX 56.63% 9 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 55.92% 10 2 Nathan Banker, Flat Rock MI; Joan FitzGerald, St John’s NL 56.38% 10 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 55.72% 11 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Sean Ganness, Miami FL 56.17% 11 Mary Gardner - Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL 55.69% 12 3 1 Burton Voorhees - Kinga Voorhees, Victoria BC 55.62% 12 Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA; Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA 55.09% 13 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 55.49% 13 Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA; D Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA 54.07% 14 Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 55.47% 14 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 53.64% 15 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 54.86% 15 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 53.37% 16 William Curtis, Colorado Spgs CO; Sarah Imig, Sioux City IA 54.25% 16 1 Sandy Potts, Austin TX; Theda Cook, Daingerfield TX 53.24% 17 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 54.18% 17/18 Paul Sorensen - Allan Sorensen, Berwyn AB 53.04% 18 4 Jonathan Hellman, Centennial CO; Gary Morrison, Overland Park KS 54.00% 17/18 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA 53.04% 19 Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 52.20% 19 2 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 52.94% 5 2 Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK; John Burgoin, Brownsville TX 51.67% 3 Lillian Smith, Boulder CO; Gary Logan, Longmont CO 52.30% 6 3 Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN; Jay Olson, Saint Paul MN 50.10% 4 1 Gay Yamagiwa - Judy Soong, San Francisco CA 51.57% 7 4 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Donna Barrow, Littleton CO 48.96% 5 Shirley Eide - Grace Tanner, Bakersfield CA 51.01% 8 Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 48.23% 6 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Marilee Van Arsdale, Florissant CO 49.72% 7 2 Elizabeth Herbert - Robert Herbert, Kansas City MO 49.34% 3 Martha Keller - Jeanette Shinsako, San Francisco CA 48.56% 4 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 44.89%

SENIOR MIXED PAIRS FIRST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P Q EAST-WEST 1 Patricia Norman - Jeffrey Holligan, Lone Tree CO 60.27% 1 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 68.01% 2 Claire Tornay - Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL 59.85% 2 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA 61.49% 3 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 59.76% 3 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 60.83% 4 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 59.24% 4 Sandy McCay, Naples FL; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 59.94% 5 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 58.86% 5 Cindy Harris - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 59.19% 6 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 58.30% 6 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 58.77% 7 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richland Hls TX 56.19% 7 Jan Janitschke - Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO 58.54% 8 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC 55.35% 8 Doug Hansford, Surrey BC; Susan Peters, Vancouver BC 56.43% 9 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 55.30% 9 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Alan Watson, Lexington MA 55.96% 10 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Chattanooga TN 55.21% 10 Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 55.58% 11 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 54.64% 11 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO 55.02% 12 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 53.14% 12 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 54.22% 13 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Joan Braender, Newnan GA 52.63% 13 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 53.89% 14 Kathy Newman - Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 52.58% 14 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 52.39% 15 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 52.53% 15 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 51.22% 16 Jim Dick - Linda Dick, Manassas VA 50.14% 16 Nancy Spear - Jack Spear, Shawnee Mission KS 51.03% 17 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 49.77% 17 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 50.70%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsSunday, December 6, 10 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherStrati-Flighted A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Strati-Flighted B/C Swiss Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Gold Rush 750/300 Swiss Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Two-session playthrough with half-hour break.Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 16 $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $15 $15

Sunday, December 6, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 14 $16 $20

Sunday, December 6, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 11 $16 $20

Sunday, December 6, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom F $30 —KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom A $30 —NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom D $20 —

Sunday, December 6, 2 p.m.Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 16 $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (5000+/0-5000); B/C (1500-2500, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (5000+/3000-5000/0-3000); B/C/D (1500-2500/500-1500/ 0-500) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (2500+/1500-2500/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/100-300/0-100). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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

See you at the Spring NABCin Reno NV, March 10–20, 2016

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS (SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB DDD EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 70.29% 1 Charles Bennett, Spokane WA; Warren Watson, Trail BC 67.26% 2 1 Paul Glick, Phoenix AZ; Michelle Steiner, Chandler AZ 63.26% 2 Rebecca Anspach - Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN 60.58% 3 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 63.01% 3 Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 60.12% 4 2 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Cheryl Backstrom, Orrville OH 58.81% 4 Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Gudrun Wallace, Fort Myers FL 58.91% 5 Darlene Anderson, Lake Havasu Cty AZ; Carol Cortez, Scottsdale AZ 58.45% 5 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 58.00% 6 3 Woody Dillinger, Golden CO; Clinton Heiple, Boulder CO 58.05% 6 1 Richard Berger - Ramona Berger, Denver CO 57.24% 7 4 Leonardo Fruscoloni - Margie Cole, New York NY 57.89% 7 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 57.14% 8 5 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Vera Wardlaw, Milford CT 57.14% 8 Sylvain Mayer - Janyne Provencher, Montreal QC 56.68% 9 6 Brenda Pugsley - Paul Pugsley, Carson City NV 57.09% 9 2 Michael Jalving, Denver CO; Ralph Haines, Evergreen CO 56.38% 10 7 Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO; Bill Cook, Louisville KY 56.53% 10 Judith Argento, Kingston PA; Raymond Depew, Naples FL 56.28% 11 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 56.43% 11 3 1 John Coil, Aurora CO; Peter Fox, Denver CO 55.31% 12 Rodney Organt - Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT 56.12% 12 4 Lora Adkins, Germantown TN; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 55.11% 13 8 Steven Towner, Salt Lake City UT; Richard Towner, Surprise AZ 55.77% 13 5 Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 53.29% 14 9 Elaine Lowenthal, San Francisco CA; Adrienne Oliff, San Mateo CA 53.49% 14 6 D Byrkett - P Byrkett, Oxford OH 53.04% 15 Scott Campbell, Sun City CA; Ken Horwedel, Las Vegas NV 52.83% 15 7 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; Michael Borushok, Davie FL 52.48% 16 Joseph Murray - Ricki Rogers, Mount Laurel NJ 51.52% 16 Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA; Russell Williams, Hanover PA 51.87% 10 1 Sue Bauer - Randy Bauer, Lone Tree CO 51.37% 8 Toni Krueger, Parker CO; Shirley Heinsohn, Highlands Ranch CO 51.62% 11 2 John Adams, Alexandria VA; David Snyder, Westminster CO 50.25% 9 2 John Rogers, Paradise Valley AZ; Joel Kramer, Minneapolis MN 51.47% 3 Merrily Van Zevern, Aurora CO; Ann Schneider, Great Falls MT 47.67% 10 Paul Hochfeld - Terrance Hill, Corvallis OR 50.00% 4 Carol Woodward, Wheat Ridge CO; Jeanne McCleery, Tucson AZ 45.45% 11 3 Rufus Cole, Greenwich CT; Silvia Szanto, Cos Cob CT 49.60% 4 Charles Patrick - Don Elconin, Santa Barbara CA 48.68% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS CCC FFF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 64.00% 1 Jim Hoerlein - Scott Needham, Boulder CO 60.54% 2 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 63.08% 2 1 Becky Stevens, Redmond WA; Scott Chupack, Seattle WA 58.92% 3 Barbara Lasky, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 60.77% 3 2 James Spurlin, Wiscasset ME; Clyde D’Arcy, Parker CO 57.85% 4 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Dominik Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland 60.54% 4/5 Gregory Charlton - Bill Allegar, Denver CO 56.54% 5 Linda Mitchell, Scottsdale AZ; David Ochiai, Phoenix AZ 59.77% 4/5 3 1 Karen Herz - Ellen Vineski, Boulder CO 56.54% 6 Bruce Cobb - Paul Witonsky, Denver CO 57.23% 6 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 55.54% 7 1 Paula Warren, Centennial CO; Dianne Bouquet, Santa Maria CA 54.08% 7 4 Kathleen Zipp - Barbara Carpenter, Denver CO 55.23% 8 2 Wilbur Argersinger - David Graff, Ann Arbor MI 54.00% 8 Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ 54.92% 9 3 Carol Bertz, Englewood CO; Sharon Berglund, Parker CO 53.92% 9 5 2 Judith Bowers - Mary Roble, Boulder CO 53.62% 10 4 Joan Curran, Castle Pines CO; Judith Ude, Littleton CO 53.85% 10 Richard Bender - Jon Nance, Springfield MO 53.46% 5 1 Judy Helfer, Denver CO; Laura Thomson, Centennial CO 52.85% 6 3 Alma Farley - Robert Clarke, Richardson TX 52.15% 6 James Osofsky, Florence MA; Robert Sagor, Greenfield MA 51.62% 7 4 Gerald Schmidt - Robert Morris, Billings MT 50.92% 7 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 49.00% 2 Douglas Scherrer, Arvada CO; Liz Willson, Lakewood CO 48.46% 3 Betsy Brezel, Union WA; Judy Duning, Olympia WA 47.00% 4 Jack Kelly, Guelph ON; Bruce Thornburgh, Boise ID 46.23%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA 62.18% 1 1 1 Debby Shields - Kay Christensen, Denver CO 58.75% 2 Jeffrey Phillips - William Voss, Grand Junction CO 54.25% 2 Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO 54.50% 3 1 Liana Vernon, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Peter Jack, Medford OR 51.75% 3 2 2 Tracey Guice, Seattle WA; Baijanti Shrestha, Katy TX 50.43% 2 1 Diana Moss, Golden CO; Mary Hoddinott, Denver CO 48.42% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 David Goodwin - Rose Goodwin, Austin TX 56.67% 1 1 1 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID; Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 64.58% 2 2 Shirley Moschetti, Denver CO; Shirley Merritt, Westminster CO 55.83% 2 2 Carie Boucher - Mark Boucher, Centennial CO 59.17% 3 Cathy Skowronski, Marietta GA; Alice Griffith, Denver CO 53.75% 3 3 Janet Fiero, Missoula MT; Duncan Macvean, Placerville CA 52.08% 2 Sheri Kuhn, Oldsmar FL; John Montgomery, Tomball TX 50.42%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS SECTION XXX A B 1 1 L Hoffman, Englewood CO; Bonnie Bailey, Denver CO 62.74% 2/3 Sandi Ogin - Bruce Ogin, Denver CO 56.71% 2/3 2 Virginia Goebel, Castle Rock CO; Deborah Scheper, Greenwood Vlg CO 56.71%

REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS K L 1 Martin Fleisher - Roy Welland - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Brad Moss, Denver CO 20.00 2/3 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY; Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 18.00 2/3 Pierre Zimmerman - Franck Multon - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy 18.00 4 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert - Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Hurd, New York NY 17.00 5/7 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 16.00 5/7 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands; Kerri Sanborn - Stephen Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Victor King, Hartford CT 16.00 5/7 Jeff Ford - Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Michael Ring, Bothell WA 16.008/10 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 15.508/10 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Erik Berg, Meldal Norway; Steffen Simonsen, Oslo Norway 15.508/10 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Arun Bapat, Andheri East India; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Irene Baroni, Moniga D/G (Bs) Italy 15.50 11 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 15.0012/13 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Massimiliano Di Franco, Sicily Italy 14.5012/13 Lew Stansby - Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 14.50 SECTION M 1 Vytautas V Vainikonis, Trakai Lithuania; Piotr Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; Wojtek Olafski, Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 17.00 2/4 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Sartaj Hans - Peter David Gill, Sydney Australia; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 16.50 2/4 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 16.50 2/4 Andy Hung, Brisbane Australia; Liam Milne, Sydney Australia; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 16.50 5 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 15.00 6/7 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 14.50 6/7 Martin De Knijff, Las Vegas NV; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Mathias Bruun, Hellerup 2900 Denmark; Knut Blakset, Frederiksberg Denmark 14.50


Today’s Bridge EventsSaturday, December 5, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherFriday-Saturday Morning Compact Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 3rd Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, foyer $15 $19 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20

Saturday, December 5, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15

Saturday, December 5, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Strati-Flighted Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $16 $20Daylight Gold Rush 750/300/100 Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 14 $16 $20 Gold points for 750.

Saturday, December 5, Noon & 7 p.m.REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 SF Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom F $30 —

Saturday, December 5, 1 p.m.Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20

Saturday, December 5, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 SF Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom A $20 —NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $20 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsSaturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.Saturday Compact Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Friday-Saturday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20

Saturday, December 5, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15

Saturday, December 5, 7:30 p.m.Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, foyer $15 $19Strati-Flighted B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, foyer $15 $19Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15

Saturday, December 5, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 12 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (5000+/0-5000); B/C (1500-2500, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (5000+/3000-5000/0-3000); B/C/D (1500-2500/500-1500/ 0-500) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (2500+/1500-2500/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/100-300/0-100). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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

So, here you are enjoying the challenge of bridge in Denver CO. Every morning when you leave your hotel to go to the games, maybe your eyes look west and take in the mountain ridges in the distance. Do you wonder what other bridge challenges could be waiting for you up there?

There are many opportunities for bridge in the mountains, and the landscape around these games is truly spectacular. If you decide to explore bridge in the mountains, get to know Colorado West at www.Unit364.org. All of our clubs are ACBL-sanctioned and open to visitors. They will give you a warm welcome. Let me take you on a brief tour.

About 100 miles west from Denver on Interstate 70 (as you come to the 11,000-foot summit of Vail Pass), you will enter Colorado West territory. In addition to world-class skiing, Vail is home to two bridge clubs: the Vail Valley Bridge Club and the Vail Area Bridge Games.

From there, voyage 100 miles further westward on the highway and you’ll find the club in Grand Junction. You can also turn south down I-70 toward Aspen and find the “El Je Bridge” club in Basalt and the Colorado Mountain College bridge club in Aspen.

Highway 133 from the Aspen area will take you over the beautiful McClure Pass (8755 feet), ending in the towns of Delta and Montrose, where games at two more bridge clubs is waiting! In Montrose, take the opportunity to drive up to the edge of the Black Canyon – a crevasse in the black volcanic rock 2000 feet above the Gunnison River. From there, travel south on State Highway 550, exploring bridge games in the ski towns of Telluride and Crested Butte.

Your adventure continues south to your final bridge game in Durango. Drive through the town of Ouray and over Red Mountain Pass (11,018 ft – no roadside guardrail, so don’t look down) to the National Historical District of Silverton. Much of the town still has unpaved streets and is a delight to explore. Further, past a ski area called “Purgatory” (I kid you not!), you will find the Durango Bridge Club in the town’s senior center.

Bridge in Western Colorado is waiting for you with a warm welcome.

All the best and may all your finesses win.

Today is Colorado West Unit Day!By Tom McCalden, Unit 364 webmaster

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