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Daily BulletinMonday, November 26, 2018 Volume 91, Number 4

91st Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski

Goodwill MessageMaintain a courteous attitude toward your

partner and your opponents; treat others as you would treat yourself.

Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

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Alaskan squad takes 10K SwissA team from Anchorage

flew south and found a welcoming climate as they claimed a win in the 0–10,000 Swiss Teams. Ed Rais, Marion Kelly, Doug Scott and Tom Ottley scored 126 Victory Points to best the second-place Marty Harris team.

“We just played bridge,” is how Scott described the winning strategy. “It’s like I used to tell my partner in team games: ‘Just don’t do anything

Birthdays and bridge: a family traditionACBL Hall of Famer Gail Greenberg is

celebrating her 80th birthday in Hawaii. While the big day is Thursday, Nov. 29, her family celebrated on Saturday when 17 of them were here.

There was no question about the location for the birthday gathering. Greenberg has celebrated all of her birthdays since 1966 at NABCs; the last time she missed an NABC was San Francisco in 1965.

For all those years, the Fall NABC has also been where her family holds its Thanksgiving dinner. It’s an easy decision when almost all of them play bridge. Greenberg’s children include Jill Levin and Brad Moss, both world champions like their mother, and Andrew Moss, a former King of Bridge. Jill is married to Hall of Famer and world champion Bobby Levin, and her son Shane Blanchard, an NABC champ, is married to Sandra Rimstedt, yet another world champion. Collectively the group has 75 NABC titles and 16 world gold medals.

“I have a fourth child who doesn’t play bridge,” Greenberg said. “If she ever wanted to have Thanksgiving dinner with the family, she had to find out where the Fall NABC was.”

Getting everyone together in a different location every year requires some planning. They research

Participation in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs is limited to those ACBL members who have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification (or those members on the Lifetime Top 100 masterpoint list). Foreign players who have not earned a Blue Ribbon qualification but feel they are otherwise qualified must receive a

waiver prior to the commencement of these contests. Previously granted waivers will not be honored for the Blue Ribbon Pairs.

For waiver information, please arrive early and see the Director-in-Charge at the selling site.

Notice to Players Who Live Outside North America

Gail Greenberg, with her family: (standing) husband Jack Greenberg, son-in-law Bobby Levin, daughter Jill Levin, son Brad Moss, daughter-in-law Jennifer Moss, bridge and business partner Jeff Hand, granddaughter-in-law Sandra Rimstedt, grandson Shane Blanchard; (seated) sister-in-law Jill Greenberg, grandson Cian Moss, Gail Greenberg, great-grandson Odin Blanchard, granddaughter Lyra Moss; (not pictured) Andrew Moss, Danya Moss, Sofia Moss and Devin Moss.

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Mark Twain wrote, “Manifestly, dying is nothing to a really great and brave man.” Karl Stanley Hicks was a great and brave man. To all who knew him, Karl was a force of nature. His presence filled a room and his sense of humor was unparalleled. Karl swore like the sailor he was

and brought rooms full of people to tears of laughter. He never hesitated to speak his mind. Although, or perhaps because, he did not suffer fools and his brilliant intellect and razor tongue were sometimes fearsome, Karl was loved and respected by countless friends and acquaintances. Stubborn and true to his principles at any cost, he could be a formidable opponent on an issue or across a card table. His remarkable spirit left his body on Nov. 2, but remains

Karl Hicks 1943–2018By Kim Hicks

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Beckers lead Super Seniors

Janet and R. Jay Becker of Delray Beach FL are leading the Super Senior Pairs after scoring 64% and 58% in Sunday’s qualifying sessions. They have a carryover of 62.38 on a 17 top.

Behind them by 1.76 are John Ashton and Dennis Metcalf from the Portland OR area. Locals Everett Fukushima and Godfrey Chang are third.

From a field of 31 tables, 36 pairs qualified for today’s final.

Russians lead Women’s BAMThe Moscow-based team of Tatiana Dikhnova,

Tatiana Ponomareva, Victoria Gromova and Maria Yakovleva are leading the Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match. They got out to a lead in the first qualifying session Sunday with a 17. In the second session, they were one of three teams tied for the top score of 15.5. They have a carryover of four boards.

In second is Loretta Rivers and her mostly Swedish squad of Meike Wortel, Sandra Rimstedt, Cecilia Rimstedt and Ida Groenkvist. The defending champions led by Ljudmila Kamenova are third.

Ten of 13 teams qualified for today’s final.

Doug Scott, Marion Kelly, Ed Rais and Tom Ottley won the 0–10,000 Swiss Teams.

Nickell, Kasle square off in Senior KO

The teams captained by Nick Nickell and Gaylor Kasle meet at high noon today to decide the final running of the Baze Senior Knockout.

In the semis, Nickell dismissed the Lou Ann O’Rourke squad 104–71 despite O’Rourke’s 33–9 fourth-quarter heroics.

The Kasle match against Curtis Cheek’s team was a good deal closer. Down 87–63 after three quarters, Kasle upped their game to slide past Cheek 101–94.

Vugraph presentation will be on display in the Palace Lounge outside the Tapa Ballroom on the second floor of the Tapa Tower.

Levine leads Mitchell Open BAM

The team of Mike Levine, Oren Kriegel, David Grainger, Greg Hinze, Thomas Bessis and Frederick Volcker is leading the Mitchell Open BAM after Sunday’s qualifying sessions with a score of 36.5. They have a carryover of five boards. They scored 18.5 in the first session, and in the second tied with two other teams scoring 18.

Those teams are the second- and third-place qualifiers captained by John Hurd and Roy Welland. Hurd is playing with John Kranyak, Joel Wooldridge and Vincent Demuy. Welland is playing with Sabine Auken, Reese Milner, Hemant Lall, Yinghao Liu and Linlin Liu.

Out of 92 teams, 52 qualified for today’s final.

Monday, November 26, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Talks will be held in Coral Ballroom 1, Mid-Pacific Center. Speakers and topics are subject to change.

Monday, Nov. 269:15 am Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One6:45 pm GS Jade Barrett Counting Made Easier

Tuesday, Nov. 279:15 am Betty Starzec Understanding Lead-Directing Doubles6:45 pm Barbara Heller Active Leads Against Trump Contracts

Wednesday, Nov. 289:15 am Mary Alice Seville Is Your Bridge Too Conservative?6:45 pm Eugene Chan Cuebids and Gropers

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Meetings are at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

Monday, November 268 am-2 pm Best Practices Teacher Assessments. People who complete

the Best Practices Teacher Workshop can sign up for an assessment during this time. (Kahili Suite, second floor, Kalia Tower)

10 am-noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. (Lehua Suite, second floor, Kalia Tower)

5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee members only. (South Pacific Ballroom 4, Mid-Pacific Center)

Tuesday, November 279 am-noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education

course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign up at the door. (Sea Pearl Room 2, Mid-Pacific Center)

Wednesday, November 289 am-noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing

education course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. (Sea Pearl Room 2, Mid-Pacific Center)

HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT

Monday, Nov. 2610:30 pm Guava chiffon cake

Tuesday, Nov. 2710:30 pm Portuguese sausage hot dog

Wednesday, Nov. 2810:30 pm Mini manapua and vegetable spring roll

Evening hospitality is served at the Coral Lounge (Mid-Pacific Center) and the Palace Lounge (Tapa Tower) except where noted.

Discounts offeredFive restaurants at the Hilton Hawaiian

Village are offering discounts to bridge players with convention cards that were not listed in the restaurant guide. Dairy Queen is offering a 20% discount; Blue Water Shrimp & Seafood is offering 10%. At the other three – CJ’s New York Style Delicatessen, Hatsuhana and Round Table Pizza – the discount is 10% excluding alcohol.

Use of the bidding box – Alerts and Announcements

When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time.

When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made.

Daily Bulletin deliveryDaily Bulletins may not arrive until as late as

9 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience.

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH SWISS TEAMS 15 Tables 7 B C 5.25 1 Gail Buck - Dickie Motherwell, Pahoa HI; Dee Fulton, Holualoa HI; Craig C. Thorsen, Kailua Kona HI 82.00 3.94 2 1 1 Sheri French, Pine Island MN; Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY; Sid Parham, Rochester MN; Victor Poon, Stony Brook NY 81.00 2.95 3 2 Bill Walter - Christine Walter, Vancouver BC; Stewart Brightman- Peter Serafini, Calgary AB 79.00 2.21 4 Craig Caldwell - Gigette Caldwell, San Diego CA; Lisa Karam, Bloomfield MI; Carrie Osborne, Livonia MI 76.00 1.82 5 3 Ralph Haberfeld - Victoria Hess, Jackson WY; David Larsen, Honolulu HI; Maree Webster, Wilson WY 67.00

LESTER & MITZIE KODAMA SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 11.5 Tables A B C 3.30 1 1 Peter Parish, Santa Barbara CA; Fumie Parish, Las Vegas NV 63.49% 2.48 2 M. Nakahra - Atsuko Kusaba, Tokyo 59.51% 2.12 3 2 Allan Chernov, Irving TX; Luanne Stoltz, Portland OR 59.34% 1.44 4 Rexanne Ring - Dan Sabo, Kailua Kona HI 56.20% 1.59 5 3 Ed Tunstall - Nancy Tunstall, Warrenton NC 55.90% 1.19 6 4 Richard Schulman - Marcia Schulman, Los Angeles CA 54.99% 0.90 5 Brian Knowles - Lisa Geiger, Boulder CO 53.55% 1.75 6 1 Linda Hill, Bellevue WA; Margot Cahill, Redmond WA 51.51% 1.31 2 Gordon Riddick - Penelope Riddick, Honolulu HI 51.23% 0.98 3 Jan Ladd - Tomoko Stock, Valencia CA 49.33% 0.74 4 Duane Brasch, Fargo ND; Tom Pokonosky, Deephaven MN 48.95%


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSThinking bridge

By Eddie Kantar

The first trick. Taking charge

Dlr: South ♠ 10 5 4 Vul: Both ♥ 9 2 ♦ A K Q ♣ K J 7 5 3 ♠ 7 6 ♠ 9 8 2 ♥ K Q 5 4 ♥ A 10 8 3 ♦ 9 7 4 ♦ 10 8 6 3 2 ♣ 10 9 6 2 ♣ A ♠ A K Q J 3 ♥ J 7 6 ♦ J 5 ♣ Q 8 4 West North East South 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass

Opening lead: ♥K Bidding commentary: As South, treat a

solid five-card major suit as a six-card suit and bid accordingly.

Defensive commentary: As East, avoid the common defensive error of signaling interest or disinterest in the suit partner has led (♥K) before looking at the rest of the hand. Here you have the blank ♣A and would like a club ruff.

You can get it but you must overtake the ♥K, cash the ♣A, exit a heart to partner’s queen, and ruff the club return. Down one. If you look only at hearts, you are apt to signal encouragement to show the ace. Once partner continues a heart, goodbye club ruff, goodbye defeating 4♠. The lesson to be learned here is that third hand should take a moment to get an overview of the deal, not just the suit partner has led, before playing to the first trick.

Bridge Bucksand check cashing

Bridge Bucks and check-cashing services will be available outside the Coral Ballroom in the Mid-Pacific Center. Hours of operation are 9:30 to 10 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m.

Players may purchase Bridge Bucks using all major credit cards. There is a $500 limit daily on check cashing.

No cash concessionsThere will be no cash concessions at this NABC.

Food and beverage costs would have been quite high for the players. Many outlets, including the ABC stores, Wiki Wiki Market and Starbucks, offer a variety of beverages, sandwiches, salads, etc. at reasonable prices.

“We are all sharks,” Tara Fankhauser joked, describing the 49ers section. “I think everyone who starts bridge questions, ‘Why did I start this mental turmoil?’ I could be out on the beach right now.” Fankhauser, from Kauai, the Garden Island, answered her own question. “It’s good fun, I think. Healthy, good fun.”

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.

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

Let ACBL know. Call toll-free in the U.S., 800–264–2743; outside the U.S. 1–662–3191 Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time). You may also email [email protected] or update your info at acbl.com by logging into MyACBL.

New Life MasterShameine Ali

of Vancouver BC became a Life Master on Sunday playing in the Daylight Open Pairs. She was so sure Sunday would be the day, she marched into the Bulletin office Saturday night to tell us she’d back the next day with the news. Ali

arrived in Hawaii on Thursday needing 10.41 points of any color. After three days, she was down to 0.66. Then, in the first half of the Daylight Open Pairs, she earned 0.65, bringing her to 499.99. She finished third in C for 2.19. To celebrate her accomplishment, the native of Trinidad and Tobago will play in the Blue Ribbon Pairs on Tuesday.


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Greenberg

QUALIFIERS IN THE SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 18.0 Tables / Based on 31 Tables Carryover 1 Janet Becker – R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 62.38 2 John Ashton, Portland OR; Dennis Metcalf, Vancouver WA 60.62 3 Everett Fukushima, Aiea HI; Godfrey Chang, Honolulu HI 57.27 4 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 50.96 5 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 50.83 6 Bud Marsh - Marianne Spanier, Scottsdale AZ 49.71 7 Philip Benner - Carolyn Benner, The Villages FL 42.34 8 Layne Noble, Ottawa ON; J. Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON 40.91 9 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 40.75 10 Steve Gross, Agoura Hills CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 40.24 11 Jon King, Balboa Island CA; Nunzio Martorina, Laguna Woods CA 35.79 12 Anthony Barre, Sunnyvale CA; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 33.87 13 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 33.64 14 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 33.00 15 Margaret Breeden - James Breeden, Carson City NV 31.81 16 Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX 28.84 17 V. Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 27.73 18 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 26.87 19 Ronald Wong, Honolulu HI; Joseph Bussen, Kailua HI 25.93 20 John Weinberg, Mercer Island WA; Roger Clough, Culver City CA 25.92 21 John Schoenbrun, Los Altos CA; Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA 25.57 22 Peter Lit, Elk CA; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 24.16 23 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA 23.67 24 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Sun City AZ 22.52 25 Muriel Altus - Philip Altus, Tampa FL 20.18 26 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI 18.52 27 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV 17.18 28 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Verdes CA 15.17 29 Sheila Sache - Donald Sache, West Vancouver BC 11.30 30 Robert Law, Tigard OR; Richard Carle, Longview WA 10.72 31 John Koch, St. Cloud MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 5.35 32 Dennis Heller, Clinton WA; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA 4.05 33 Maurice Fujimoto, Honolulu HI; Gene Takamine, Kailua HI 3.84 34 Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC 2.34 35 Thomas Lum - Iku Donnelly, Honolulu HI 1.71 36 Bernard Eddleston - Margaret Eddleston, Hitchin Herts England 0.00 local restaurants to find out what’s open on the

holiday and has a private room available for their large group.

It wasn’t Greenberg’s plan to have a family full of bridge players. “I was always opposed to children taking up bridge,” she says. “Bridge is better for people in their middle and later years. I had seen too many bright young people get waylaid by bridge.”

Accordingly, she tried to forbid her children from playing. They didn’t listen.

That pattern is starting to repeat itself in the next generation. Though Brad has tried to prevent his children from getting into bridge, his son Cian, 11, has been trying to learn. On Friday Cian played his first game ever with his uncle Andrew in the evening side game. Despite finishing last, “he had a wonderful experience,” Greenberg said.

Despite her protests, it’s clear she’s pleased so many in her family share her passion for the game.

After losing the battle against bridge, Greenberg had one other “rule” for her children when they became adults, and they ended up breaking that one too. “I wanted to keep everyone in New York,” she said. Jill lives in Las Vegas, Brad in Denver and Andrew near San Francisco.

At least she can count on seeing everyone at the NABCs.

“We have a wonderfully close-knit family,” Greenberg says. “This is a great chance for us to get together.”


10K Swiss

QUALIFIERS IN THE MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S BAM 10 Tables / Based on 13 Tables Carryover 1 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva - Victoria Gromova - Maria Yakovleva, Moscow Russia 4.00 2 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden 2.96 3 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 2.43 4 Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Claudette Hartman - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Barbara Hackett, Manchester England 2.09 5 Minako Takahashi - Fumiko Kimura - Sachiko Yamamura - Keiko Matsuzaki, Tokyo Japan 1.22 6 Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Fiona Brown, Yorkshire England; Christal Henner - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Sally Brock, London England 1.04 7 Sandra Probst, Zagreb Croatia; Anne Lamport, Lane Cove Australia; Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Arianna Testa, Rome Italy 0.87 8 Evelyn Holtz - Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA; Sigrid Price, Napa CA 0.70 9 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Makiko Sato, Tokyo Japan; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 0.35 10 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX; Lindsey Weinger, Delray Beach FL; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy 0.00

No smokingHawaii state law forbids smoking or vaping in

public places, including restaurants, hotels, parks and beaches. There is a designated smoking area between the Diamond Head and Ali‘i towers. The legal age is 21 to smoke or vape in Hawaii.

New Life MastersNew Life Masters – share the good news!

Anyone who advances in rank, please stop by the Daily Bulletin office between noon and 7:30 p.m. or after the evening session so that we can report the details. We’re located in Iolani 1 in the Tapa Tower.

stupid.’”This is the first NABC win for each of the team

members.The Harris team, sitting in second place after the

qualifying sessions, was 10.60 VPs off the winning pace. Harris played with Greg Michaels from Cleveland OH, and Miriam Harris-Botzum and John Botzum from Orefield PA.

Californians Jessica Lai, Grant Vance, Jody Williams and Richard Williams finished third.

Runners-up in the 10K Swiss: Greg Michaels, Marty Harris, Miriam Harris-Botzum and John Botzum


WBF robot tournamentsStarting in a couple of months, the format of the

popular WBF robot tournaments will be changing, offering more rankings and prizes! These will include: all-time overall ranking based on total points won by a player; yearly ranking based on the total of the top 20 best scores by a player; and monthly ranking based on the total scores by a player that calendar month. For the top five overall players, there will be exciting prizes awarded by the WBF consisting of invitations to the World Bridge Games 2020. This new format will be announced on the WBF website. If you are not already playing in these tournaments, come and join us in this exciting form of bridge.

Notice of binding arbitrationBy becoming an ACBL member or renewing

your membership in the ACBL, you expressly agree to waive your right to have disputes between you and the ACBL resolved in a court of law and agree to accept the use of binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association. The binding arbitration provisions are available for review at acbl.org/bindingarbitration.

0–10,000 SWISS TEAMS 18 Tables / Based on 36 Tables 70.00 1 Edward Rais - Marion Kelly - Douglas H. Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 125.91 52.50 2 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Miriam Harris-Botzum - John Botzum, Orefield PA; Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH 115.31 39.38 3 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Jody Williams - Richard Williams, San Carlos CA 109.95 31.11 4 Malcolm Morris, London England; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Marshall Kerlin, Sun City Center FL 108.22 28.00 5 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA; Lisa Fishman - Robert Johnson, Beaverton OR; Edward Lee, Portland OR 107.11 25.45 6 John Hindle - Leonard Doerksen - Marlene Pontifex - Marielle Brentnall, Winnipeg MB 105.10 23.33 7 Yuanluo Wang - Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX; Yuan Wei Wang, Beijing China 97.08 21.54 8 Kathie Macnab - Bill Halliday, Halifax NS; Boyd Wells - Jo Ann Lynds, Truro NS 89.47 20.00 9 Adrienne Kuehneman - Gene Kuehneman, Bethesda MD; Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 86.93 18.67 10 Alvaro Ronderos - Estelle Ronderos, Plymouth Meetng PA; Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Springs CO; Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON 84.78 17.50 11 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Sandy Kiesel, Bakersfield CA; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 83.19 16.47 12 Anisia Shami - Anne Gelb, Aukland New Zealand; Steve Baron, Whanganui New Zealand; Moss Wylie, Invercargill New Zealand; R. Bruce Martin, Paia HI 82.92 15.56 13 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Hgts MN; Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD; Jennifer Lin, North Potomac MD 79.06

QUALIFIERS IN THE MITCHELL OPEN BAM 52 Tables Carryover 1 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France 5.00 2 John Hurd, New York NY; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gardens FL 4.55 3 Roy Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA; Linlin Hu, China 4.09 4/5 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis - Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 3.41 4/5 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 3.41 6/7 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 3.18 6/7 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing China 3.18 8/10 Andrew Rosenthal - Chris Willenken - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 2.958/10 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 2.958/10 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Samuel Bahbout, Antwerp Belgium 2.95 11 Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 2.7312/14 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA; Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 2.5012/14 Joyce Hill, Saint Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Little Elm TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 2.5012/14 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 2.5015/18 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 2.2715/18 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ 2.2715/18 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Dennis Bilde, Copenhagen Denmark; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 2.2715/18 Rob Helle, Wroclaw Poland; Ed Hoogenkamp, Ourense Spain; Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands; Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Netherlands 2.27 19 Wen Wei Gao, Xudong Sun, Lili Shen, Shao Hong Wu, Jianwei Li, Nan Wang, China 2.1620/23 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 2.0520/23 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Steve Chen, San Jose CA 2.0520/23 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France 2.0520/23 Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland; Mariusz Krasnicki - Jacek Robert Grzelczak, Lodz Poland; Sobczak Mateusz, Ozorkow Poland 2.0524/26 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands 1.8224/26 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 1.8224/26 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; R Rubinstein, Sunnyside NY 1.8227/30 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 1.5927/30 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 1.5927/30 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland; Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland 1.5927/30 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; David Gold, London England 1.59

Credit cards accepted for entry fees

Purchase your entries for all events at the NABC via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear as ACBL Tournament Entry. To use this option, the entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single card. Please be patient with directors using this system. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an alternative to cash.


Winners of last year’s 0–10,000 IMP Pairs were Bill Grant and Ron Kay.

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

debut in 2015, starts today. The contest consists of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions and is limited to players with less than 10,000 masterpoints. It pays platinum points at 10% of the overall award up to a maximum of 10 platinum points.2015 Spencer Jones, Theri Andino2016 Ed Piken, Steve Cohen2017 Ron Kay, Bill Grant

JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY EVENING AXY SWISS TEAMS 12 Tables / Based on 28 Tables A X Y 10.03 1 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Tatiana Ponomareva - Tatiana Dikhnova - Maria Yakovleva, Moscow Russia 65.00 7.52 2 Monica Jajoo, Gurgaon India; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA 58.00 5.64 3 Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL 51.00 4.23 4 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Alessandro Ganddougua, Rome Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy 43.00 3.76 1 Morgantini Cristiano, Rome Italy; Barbara Dessi - Massimo Vassallo, Rome Italy; Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy 41.00 2.82 2 1 Zhi Jun Zhang - Wei Wei He - Y Huang - Y Guo - W Zhang, China 38.00

JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY EVENING BCD SWISS TEAMS 16 Tables B C D 4.55 1 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA; Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 62.00 3.41 2 1 William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Paul Glaza - Cheryl Glaza, Kaneohe HI 53.00 2.24 3/4 Miwako Wong - Julie Joyce, Cupertino CA; Mischel Postas, Campbell CA; Linda Nemmer, San Jose CA 51.00 2.24 3/4 2 Brenna Wundram, Los Altos CA; Dee Ann Hansen, Saratoga CA; Vivian Betcher - Richard Betcher, Panama City FL 51.00 1.65 5 3 1 Dan Sabo - Rexanne Ring, Kailua Kona HI; Stewart Brightman - Peter Serafini, Calgary AB 46.00 1.24 4 Leon Yu, Syosset NY; Clayton Connolly, Richmond BC; Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Leia Berla, Greenwich CT 43.00

SUNDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 12.0 Tables A B C 4.77 1 1 William Brackett, Longmont CO; Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO 60.23% 3.58 2 2 Carol Maggipinto - Mark Maggipinto, Aptos CA 59.66% 2.68 3 3 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 58.14% 2.01 4 James Tanner, Highland CA; William Hamann, Riverside CA 56.06% 3.20 5 4 1 Albert Stock - Roy Ladd, Valencia CA 55.68% 2.40 6 5 2 William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 54.36% 1.80 3 Brenna Wundram, Los Altos CA; Dee Ann Hansen, Saratoga CA 53.41% 1.35 4 Glenn Mason - Judith Mason, Honolulu HI 52.27%

Don’t lose your headBy Barry Rigal

Sometimes your opponents hand you your head. More often, you are complicit in guillotining yourself. Today’s deal may not have had as much slapstick as a “Carry On” movie, but the blood spilt at the end certainly produced a Grand Guignol effect. Dlr: North Vul: E–W ♠ A 6 4 2 ♠ K 5 3 ♥ K Q ♥ A 8 7 4 ♦ A J 9 ♦ K 2 ♣ K Q 7 3 ♣ J 10 4 2 West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1♣ Pass 1♥ Pass 2NT Pass 3♠(1) Pass 3NT Pass 4NT Pass 6♣ All Pass

(1) ClubsEast–West had reached a playable slam, one that

looked a lot better to West on the lead of the ♦8. He ran that to his hand, ready to take a heart ruff in hand while drawing trump and claiming. At trick two, declarer played the ♣3 … and North showed out!

Remarkably, the contract is still cold, though it requires a specific lie of the cards and careful handling. South sensibly ducked the ♣10, after which the correct sequence of plays is to unblock the ♦K, cash the ♥K Q, ♠K, ♠A, then ♦J, pitching the spade loser. A low spade ruff in dummy sees everyone follow. Because South started with:♠Q 10 9 ♥10 2 ♦Q 4 3 ♣A 9 8 6 5, this is the ending: ♠ — ♥ J 9 6 ♦ 10 ♣ — ♠ 6 ♠ — ♥ — ♥ A 8 ♦ — ♦ — ♣ K Q 7 ♣ 10 4 ♠ — ♥ — ♦ — ♣ A 9 8 6

When you lead the ♥A, South might as well ruff in with the ♣8. You overruff, ruff the last spade with the ♣10, and South can fold his tend and go home.

(At the table, declarer took his ♥A prematurely and South could discard his spade to set the slam.)

31/33 Roger Lee - Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 1.3631/33 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Peggy Ware, Denver CO; Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC 1.3631/33 Richard Pavlicek - Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 1.3634/40 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 1.1434/40 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 1.1434/40 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 1.1434/40 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; Nabil Edgtton, Sydney Australia; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India 1.14 34/40 Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Tor Helness, Monaco; Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway; Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Franck Multon, Monaco 1.1434/40 Lei Jun - Xinguo Fang - Yong Xue - Yumin Liu, Burlingame CA; Xinguo Chen, Richmond BC 1.1434/40 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Sherman Gao - Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA 1.1441/42 Hailong Zhao - Zheng Wei Xie, Shanghai China; Liping Wang, Beijing China; Shen Qi - Wenfei Wang, Shanghai China; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 0.9141/42 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan 0.9143/44 Xiao Yang Lu, Beijing China; Xiao Shi, Guangdong China; Xinli Gan, China; Xueliang Cao, Nin Bo China 0.6843/44 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 0.68 45 Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 0.4546/48 Mike Cailean - Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA; Jason Rosenfeld, Seaattle WA 0.2346/48 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; David Caprera, Denver CO; William Pollack - Barry Rigal, New York NY; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 0.2346/48 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Terry McHenry - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 0.2349/52 Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Gary Peck, Hayward CA; Robert Ipswitch, San Mateo CA 0.0049/52 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA 0.0049/52 Bob Drake, Wassenaar ; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague ; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 0.0049/52 Ilse Artmer - Josef Simon - Terry Weigkricht, Vienna Austria; Peter Zelnik, Austria 0.00


Save the Date for the Turkish Delight!

Get ready for the 9th European Open Bridge

Championship June 15–29, 2019.

It will be held in the Green Park Pendik Hotel and Convention Center in Pandik, Turkey near Istanbul (close to Sabiha Gokcen Airport). Five best things to do before, during and after the event for a perfect experience: Book the dates and participate in bridge competitions (open to all participant levels – amateurs and professionals). Win trophies and monetary prizes

Meet and mingle with bridge players from all parts of the globe

Enjoy the comfortable and air-conditioned convention center surrounded by parks and within walking distance of the beach.

Take advantage of this chance to visit the touristic highlights of Istanbul and its surroundings.

Dramatic license?By Barry Rigal

This deal comes from the Senior KOs. Put yourself in declarer’s shoes as you reach 4♥, only to discover on the sight of dummy that 3NT would have been far more rewarding. Dlr: North ♠ J 9 6 5 Vul: None ♥ A 10 7 4 ♦ K 10 ♣ 8 5 3

♠ K 7 ♥ K Q 9 8 6 5 ♦ 9 8 ♣ A K 6 West North East South Pass 2♠ 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass

You know the story: the defense will take their spade ruff and ♦A and a slow club loser looks inevitable. How can you rewrite the script?

Answer: Drop the ♠K under the ♠A! East will swallow the bait and switch to his doubleton club, letting you draw trumps and lead a diamond toward the king. This is the full diagram: Dlr: North ♠ J 9 6 5 Vul: None ♥ A 10 7 4 ♦ K 10 ♣ 8 5 3 ♠ 7 ♠ A Q 10 8 4 2 ♥ 3 ♥ J 2 ♦ A Q 7 6 5 3 ♦ J 4 2 ♣ Q J 10 7 2 ♣ 9 4 ♠ K 3 ♥ K Q 9 8 6 5 ♦ 9 8 ♣ A K 6

If West takes his ♦A, you will strip off the diamonds and exit with the third club. That endplays West to give you a ruff sluff and the spade loser goes away. West does better to duck his ♦A. Now declarer takes the second top club and exits in diamonds to infuriate both opponents. In this ending: ♠ J 9 6 ♥ 10 7 ♦ 10 ♣ 8 ♠ — ♠ Q 10 8 4 2 ♥ — ♥ — ♦ A Q 7 6 ♦ J 4 ♣ Q J 10 ♣ — ♠ 3 ♥ Q 9 8 6 ♦ 8 ♣ 6

Whoever wins the diamond will have one winner to cash but must concede the rest. So where does the dramatic license come in? Alas, at the table, the ♠7 and ♠3 were switched, so the falsecard could not work. Another great opportunity wasted!

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 27.0 Tables A B C 16.19 1 Hiroko Yanagisawa, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 61.71% 12.14 2 Arun Savara - Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 61.40% 9.52 3 1 Bonnie Macbride, Lafayette CA; Bradley Komsthoeft, Clayton CA 60.30% 7.14 4 2 Yasuyo Iida, Yokohama Japan; Atsuko Katsumata, Kanagawa Japan 59.58% 5.40 5 Dan Dayani - Bette Cornelius, La Jolla CA 55.97% 4.63 6 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 55.87% 5.36 7 3 1 David Graham - Jill Graham, London England 55.56% 4.02 8 4 David Koble, Bartlesville OK; Marilyn LaFleur, Tulsa OK 55.39% 6.30 9 5 Lynne White - John White, Lincoln CA 55.20% 2.99 10 Vicki Lerner - Steven Smolen, San Francisco CA 54.91% 4.55 11 6 Ryo Matsubara - Ayako Matsubara, Tokyo Japan 54.84% 2.49 12 June Keith, New Westminster BC; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB 54.05% 2.38 13 7 Evelyn Goedhart, Saanichton BC; Ted Heck, Victoria BC 53.79% 2.16 14 8 Keiko Miwa, Japan; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 53.08% 1.90 9 Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA; Clinton Lew, Claremont CA 52.86% 2.07 10 Raymond Mack, Torrance CA; Gerry Gastelum, Manhattan Beach CA 52.12% 3.78 2 Darrick Chee, Forest Hill TX; Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA 52.11% 2.19 3 Shameine Ali, Vancouver BC; Ray Fink, Jackson WY 50.44% 1.65 4 James Keefe, Honolulu HI; Marvin Buff, Kailua HI 49.94% 1.30 5 Kristin Smith - Steven Smith, Corralitos CA 48.96%

JO BEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 18.0 Tables A B C 6.07 1 1 Tom Whitesides - Randy Ekman, Dallas TX 65.90% 4.55 2 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 60.68% 3.41 3 Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 60.35% 3.90 4 2 Charles Conrad - Robert Hamilton, Castro Valley CA 59.91% 1.92 5 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 59.37% 2.93 6 3 Thomas Loveday, Sequim WA; Robert Weaver, Kansas City MO 58.17% 2.63 7 4 Gary Lee - Charleen Lee, Gold River CA 56.64% 1.84 5 Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Ying Lin Gu, San Diego CA 56.10% 1.32 6 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Douglas Younger-Lewis, Almonte ON 54.58% 2.63 1 Susan S. Doe, Irving TX; Susan Griswold, Palo Alto CA 52.18% 1.97 2 Daniel Berman - Tina Leong, Honolulu HI 47.82% 1.48 3 Joel Reimnitz - Charlene Reimnitz, Los Gatos CA 46.73% 1.11 4 Robert Lumbert, Severn MD; Bob Shuken, Auburn CA 44.77%

JAZZ WITH ALOHA ODED STITT MEMORIAL SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 8 Tables 19.40 1 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 13.58 2 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Ofra Blonder - Diane Winiger, New York NY

JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY ZIP KO 6 Tables 2.99 1 Jenni Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Sylvia Shi - Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 2.09 2 Kevin Epley, Kent WA; Renee Cooper - Ella Jacob; Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA

JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY-SUNDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1 7 Tables 4.86 1 Jim Liu, Saratoga CA; Cheng Wang, Canton China; Jingyuan Gong, Shenzhen China; Eugene Chung, Daly City CA 3.40 2 Michael Walker - Beverly Walker - Benjamin Levy, Vancouver WA; Carol Orazetti, Redmond OR

InclusivePlaying in the quarterfinals of the Baze Senior

KO, Steve Robinson and Peter Boyd employed a control-asking treatment that landed them in the plum spot. Dlr: North ♠ K J 10 9 7 4 Vul: N–S ♥ A 6 ♦ A J 7 ♣ K 10 ♠ 6 ♠ Q 5 ♥ 9 ♥ Q J 8 3 ♦ 6 4 3 2 ♦ Q 9 8 ♣ A Q 9 8 4 3 2 ♣ J 7 6 5 ♠ A 8 3 2 ♥ K 10 7 5 4 2 ♦ K 10 5 ♣ — West North East South Robinson Boyd 1♠ Pass 4♣ Pass 5♣ Pass 5♠ Pass 5NT Pass 7♠ All Pass

Boyd made a splinter bid over Robinson’s 1♠ opening, showing shortness in clubs. Was Boyd’s shortness a singleton or a void? Robinson had a way to find out.

The pair plays 5♣ as inclusion: here, asking responder to treat a club void as an ace. Boyd’s 5♠ showed two key cards without the queen. When Robinson bid 5NT, confirming all the key cards, Boyd bid the grand.

A handy little gadget to have in the toolbox!

Lost and foundLost and found is located at the Welcome Desk

in the Mid-Pacific Conference Center. You will find volunteers at the desk who can assist you an hour before game time in the morning, afternoon and evening.

VugraphThe Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph

presentation of the final day of the Baze Senior KO will be available today in the Palace Lounge on the second floor of the Tapa Tower.


10 TablesNick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL vs

Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan Poland 3/4 Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Allan Graves, Hammonds Plain NS;

Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY 3/4 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; John Mohan - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN

BAZE SENIOR KO TEAMS FINAL

1 Nickell 34 90 111 1618 Robinson 11 39 50 67

4 O’Rourke 25 34 65 1115 Drake 13 46 97 108

2 Lewis 27 41 72 1167 Kasle 49 71 112 156

3 Cheek 32 80 110 1105 Falk 23 28 35 w/d

1 Nickell 32 63 95 104

4 O’Rourke 12 25 38 71

2 (7) Kasle 22 28 63 101

3 Cheek 10 40 87 94

with all of us who adored him.Bereft is Karl’s beloved partner of 42 years, wife

Kerry, and his four children who revered him: Kim (Scott), Bruce (Donna), Karl Jr. and Laura. His five grandchildren were his pride and delight: Meaghen, Ashleigh, Hana, Hayden, and Ava Marie.

Karl graduated from Mount Allison University in 1967, taking a bit longer than most to earn his degrees in mathematics and education; he was a founder of the Mount A Fossil Club, whose members preferred shenanigans to studying. Karl taught in Scotchtown before teaching math at Breton Education Centre, where he served for many years as vice principal. His 30-year teaching career culminated as principal of Mount Carmel Elementary, a period he described as the most fun and rewarding time in his professional life.

Karl was a Diamond Life Master and a tournament director for the ACBL for 48 years. His awards and achievements in bridge are numerous, but he was especially proud of receiving the Cukoff–LaTraverse–Wiser Trophy in 2016 for ethics and excellence in tournaments and bridge administration. In 2007, he won the Bruce 0–5000 Life Master Pairs and the Mini-Spingold 0–5000 Knockout Teams. He also finished third in the Epson Worldwide Bridge Contest in 1989, placed first in North America, and seventh in the world in the 2001 World Bridge Contest and won two consecutive gold medals for duplicate bridge in the Canada 55+ Games in 2014 and 2016. Always encouraging new players, Karl was the editor of the Maritime Bridge Line for 27 years and taught bridge lessons for more than 40.

Karl was an avid world traveler, having explored six continents with Kerry. He was a gifted artist, philatelist, coin collector and crossword puzzle solver. He was a film buff and lover of rock ’n’ roll, always the last to leave the dance floor. Renowned for his cheeky, irreverent Christmas cards, Karl mailed his hilarious seasonal greetings to hundreds of expectant recipients worldwide every year. Karl, like his father, will be remembered for his characteristic words of wisdom, most particularly his signature: “Illegitimi non carborundum.”


HicksSUNDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS TEAMS 26 Tables A B C 14.40 1 Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Heins, Champaign IL; Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Memphis TN; William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA 96.00 10.80 2 1 Kimiko Kamakari, Kanagawa Japan; Midori Sakamoto, Kawasaki Japan; Yoko Nemomi - Toyoko Saito, Tokyo Japan 84.00 7.09 3/4 2/3 Paul Flanagan - Burton Voorhees - Kinga Voorhees - Karen Billett, Victoria BC 75.00 7.09 3/4 2/3 Alan Arakawa, Kahului HI; Harry Rogers, Wailuku HI; Jack Patnode, Kula HI; Alain Schreiber, Bellevue WA 75.00 5.76 5 4 1 Mary Phillips - Robert Liu - Etsuko Kamo, Honolulu HI; Yumi Nagato, New York NY 73.00 4.11 6 5 Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA; Beverly Shapiro, Boca Raton FL; Julia Gosnell - Michael Gosnell, Walnut Creek CA 71.00 3.60 7 Powdy (npc); Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI; Marjorie Michelin - Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 70.00 4.32 6 2 Hisako Takei, Kawasaki Japan; Setsuko Ono, Matsudo Japan; Sachiko Komine - Momoko Yasuda - Kazuko Yamashita, Tokyo Japan 67.00 3.24 3 Annetta Patrick – N. Dennis Berg - Charles Patrick - Hal Saunders, Santa Barbara CA 66.00 2.43 4 Joseph Ulrich, Arlington WA; Jack Yuan, Bellevue WA; Yoko Reilly, Redmond WA; Eri Griffin, La Quinta CA 62.00 1.92 5 Catherine Hess - Ron Frystak, Kaneohe HI; Busaba Williams - Anna Sung, Honolulu HI 60.00

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 10.5 Tables A B C 3.15 1 1 Kathryn Rector - Dina Fulmer, Pittsburgh PA 64.32% 2.36 2 2 1 Brian Knowles - Lisa Geiger, Boulder CO 61.90% 1.77 3 3 2 Cyndy Sidore, Princeville HI; Tara Fankhauser, Kilauea HI 58.35% 1.33 4 4 Peter Parish, Santa Barbara CA; Fumie Parish, Las Vegas NV 57.57% 1.00 5 Clare Smith, Walnut Creek CA; Jeanette Bartz, Clayton CA 56.43% 1.20 6 5 3 Janis Rodden - Hazel Theodore, Honolulu HI 56.38% 0.90 4 Laura Mirsky, West Des Moines IA; Saul Mirsky, La Jolla CA 54.60%

SUNDAY BRACKETED B TEAMS 1 8 Tables 11.07 1 Gloria McDevitt, Medford MA; Lon Sunshine - Ivanie Yeo, Merrimack NH; Elizabeth Gompels, Cambridge MA 95.00 8.30 2 Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI; Norma Bozzini, San Mateo CA; Thomas Fagan - Katie Fagan, Kailua HI 82.00 6.23 3 Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Edie Wong - Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA 77.00

SUNDAY BRACKETED B TEAMS 2 8 Tables 9.75 1 Mark Rindner - Gailon Ebell - Terry Sappah, Anchorage AK; Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ 91.00 7.31 2 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA; Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 81.00 5.48 3 Danuta Trafford - Thomas Trafford - Helen Dillen - Gamil Tadros, Calgary AB 78.00

SUNDAY BRACKETED B TEAMS 3 8 Tables 8.18 1 Scott Chupack – JC Chupack - Leah Sieg, Seattle WA; Kathy Gilman, Shoreline WA 102.00 6.14 2 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI; Donald Bierman, San Ramon CA; Sarah Simmerman, San Leandro CA 91.00 4.60 3 Sandy Jean Robinson - Kim Cohos - Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT 72.00

Parking validationPlayers who are using daily parking: Please get

your parking validated before game time. Volunteers handling validation are at the Information Booth – located by the Christmas tree in the Coral Lounge near the Coral Ballroom 1 and 2 in the Mid-Pacific Conference Center – prior to game time. There is no one staffing the booth after game time.

1 Nickell

2 (7) Kasle


SUNDAY BRACKETED B TEAMS 4 8 Tables 6.56 1 Tony Greenberg, Malibu CA; Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Doug Couchman - Bettina Brill, Berkeley CA 115.00 4.92 2 Alain Cardinal - Deborah Steffen, Santa Barbara CA; Jacques Simard, Montreal QC; Laura Gastelum, Torrance CA 86.00 3.69 3 Phyllis Bloom, Acton MA; Christine Pettingell, Everett MA; Barbara Wilson, Sudbury MA; Dawn Lee, Los Angeles CA 75.00

SUNDAY OPEN PAIRS 23.0 Tables A B C 16.50 1 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 58.31% 12.38 2 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 57.98% 9.28 3 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 57.73% 8.25 4 1 Karen Epley - Kevin Epley, Kent WA 57.34% 5.50 5 Elliott Grubman - Ava Grubman, Brooklyn NY 56.48% 6.19 6 2 Pangjie Xu, San Jose CA; Winston Huang, Los Altos CA 55.79% 4.81 7 Phyllis Harlan, Oklahoma City OK; Shelba Parmley, Fort Worth TX 55.53% 3.67 8 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Roads AL; Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 55.52% 3.30 9 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Barbara McLendon, New York NY 55.35% 4.81 10 Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA; Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland 55.14% 4.64 11 3 Forrest Gray, San Antonio TX; D’Anne Pientka, Phoenix AZ 55.13% 3.48 12 4 Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 54.37% 2.75 5 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Frances Corney, Vancouver BC 53.50% 2.36 6 David Johnson - Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 53.00% 3.41 1 Ivy French - Tracey Guice, Seattle WA 48.52% 2.56 2 Sun Hee Han, Seoul South Korea; Sooja Kwon, Seoul South Korea 47.98%

JO BEST SUNDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 17.5 Tables A B C 6.07 1 1 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 64.12% 4.55 2 2 Sandra Forsythe - Steven Forsythe, Centerville OH 61.00% 3.41 3 3 1 Tracy Capal, Manchester England; David Sherman, London England 58.20% 2.56 4 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI 58.10% 2.19 5 4 Maureen Weiman - Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 57.99% 1.65 6 5 Charles Conrad - Ann Conrad, Castro Valley CA 56.02% 1.32 7 6 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 55.32% 1.71 2 Beverly Walker - Benjamin Levy, Vancouver WA 50.12%

BRYAN SMITHER SUNDAY EVENING BAM 5 Tables A B C 3.52 1 1 1 Natsuko Nishida - Midori Horikawa - Hiroko Ishino - Ayako Nagayama, Tokyo Japan 17.00 2.64 2 Cherilyn Young - Daniel Berman, Honolulu HI; Paul Davis, Mountain View CA; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 13.50

SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B C 2.10 1 1 Linda Shannon - Frank Shannon, Mesquite NV 61.11% 1.58 2 Stanley Williams - Maureen Fahey, Coventry RI 54.86% 1.76 3 2 1 Saul Mirsky, La Jolla CA; Laura Mirsky, West Des Moines IA 54.17% 1.32 3 2 Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV; Rosalie Holcomb, Seattle WA 52.78%

SUNDAY A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 17 Tables / Based on 47 Tables A X Y 22.80 1 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Alessandro Ganddougua, Rome Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy 124.00 17.10 2 1 Brett Kunin, West Orange NJ; Gerald Mindell, Chicago IL; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 93.00 12.83 3 2 Patti Stuhlman, Minneapolis MN; Glenna Shannahan, Indian Wells CA; William McFall, New Berlin WI; Todd Fisher, Lincolnwood IL 81.00 9.62 4 3 1 Ronald Leight - Ivy Leight - Art McHaffie - Joy McHaffie, Santa Fe NM 76.00 7.60 5 4 2 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON; Moises Saul - Elizabeth Saul, Bellevue WA 75.00 5.13 5 3 Brian King, Kihei HI; James Lutz, Laguna Niguel CA; Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA 74.00 3.85 4 Paul Pugsley - Brenda Pugsley, Carson City NV; Jefri Donovan - Virginia Kellermeyer, Reno NV 71.00

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 3.0 Tables A B 1.52 1 Win Westfall, Folsom CA; Pat Westfall, Fulson CA 57.90% 1.14 2 Meda Brown - Yvonne Wheeler, Honolulu HI 56.88%

SUNDAY BRIDGE PLUS 3.0 Tables A B 1.39 1 Patricia Owens, Incline Village NV; Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV 54.17% 1.34 2 1 Helen Slaughter, Honolulu HI; Judy Pearce, Pearl City HI 52.29% 1.01 2 Yvonne Wheeler - Meda Brown, Honolulu HI 52.08%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsTom Lum Day

Tuesday, November 27, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherJim Bishop Monday-Wednesday Morning Knockout Teams 3rd Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Tom Lum Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20

Tuesday, November 27, 10 a.m.Tom Lum 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19Tom Lum 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Tuesday, November 27, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Tom Lum Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20Tom Lum Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750.Edith Neff Monday-Tuesday Daylight Knockout Teams 3-4 South Pacific 3, MPCC $16 $20

Tuesday, November 27, 1 p.m.Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 3rd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20

Tuesday, November 27, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 — Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions.WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 Q Tapa Ballroom 1, Tapa Tower $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions0-6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Honolulu Suite, Tapa Tower $17 — Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. Limited to players with less than 6000 masterpoints.0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 1-2 F TBA $17 —Tom Lum Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20Tom Lum Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750.Waialae Bridge Club Tuesday-Wednesday Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Godfrey Chang Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20

Tuesday, November 27, 3 p.m.Tom Lum Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single South Pacific 3, MPCC $15 $19Tom Lum 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19Tom Lum 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Tuesday, November 27, 7:30 p.m.Tom Lum A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19Tom Lum B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 4th single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20Tom Lum 299er Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19Tom Lum 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19Tom Lum 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Tuesday, November 27, 11:30 p.m.Tom Lum Zip Knockout Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. 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.

Blue Note HawaiiBlue Note Hawaii was born out

of a partnership between Outrigger Resorts and Blue Note Entertainment Group, owner of music clubs in New York, Washington DC, Milan and two locations in Japan.

Blue Note Hawaii serves as the state’s premier venue for world-renowned artists, from jazz and blues to Hawaiian favorites. Located in the former Society of Seven showroom inside Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort, Blue Note Hawaii features a wide range of musical entertainment – from local talent to international sensations – for limited engagements.

Blue Note Hawaii is very generous in supporting many local causes. We are grateful that they made a substantial contribution to our NABC hospitality fundraising efforts by donating Blue Note vouchers, which were sought-after prizes in our raffles and silent auction.

Mahalo, Blue Note!

Charles and Renee PowellCharles and Renee met in Hawaii in 1947.

Within a year of meeting, they were married here in the Islands. Renee always joked that Charlie married her to teach her how to play a better game of bridge! Charlie was a Life Master, acquiring most of his red,

silver and gold points on the mainland before moving to Hawaii. Renee never obtained the title of Life Master, although she had over 900 points.

After retirement, Charlie had more time to play bridge and all his bridge partners enjoyed his calm, easy play of the game. He was a real gentleman at the table, but he did not like too much talking during the game! Renee retired several years later and the two of them played together, always polite with each other. It was a pleasure to have them at the bridge table.

Charlie passed away in 1996. Renee continued to play bridge with friends she had met over the years. In 2005, after their daughter Janet moved home, Renee encouraged new bridge players by having a small casual novice game at her home. Several of these players have gone on to excel in the game. She was fondly called Coach because during these Tuesday afternoon games, she would help these novice players with bidding and the play of the hand.

Renee passed away in 2015. Both Charlie and Renee would be so honored knowing this game was named in their memory.

Edith NeffBy Friends of Edith

Edith Neff moved to Hawaii with her two eldest children in the mid-’50s to join her husband, who worked with Dole.

During the past 60 years, Edith has been a powerful influence and force in our Hawaii bridge world. For many years, she taught lessons and ran a weekly newcomers’ game in Kailua for players with 49 masterpoints or less. She urged these players to play in other club games and tournaments.

Edith ran director classes, helping to ensure we would continue to have directors for our games. Long before ACBL encouraged better players to partner with new players, Edith developed a Pro-Am game for her Kailua 49ers. There are many of us in Hawaii who are grateful to be playing this wonderful game thanks to Edith.

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Today’s Bridge EventsGoodwill Day/Kauai Day

Monday, November 26, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherSunday-Monday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Jim Bishop Monday-Wednesday Morning Knockout Teams 1st Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20

Monday, November 26, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Monday, November 26, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 1-2 F Honolulu Suite, Tapa Tower $25 —Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20Luke Han & Busaba Williams Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750.Edith Neff Monday-Tuesday Daylight Knockout Teams 1-2 South Pacific 3, MPCC $16 $20

Monday, November 26, Noon & 7 p.m.BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Hibiscus Suite, Kalia Tower $25 —

Monday, November 26, 1 p.m.Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 1st single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20

Monday, November 26, 1 & 7:30 p.m.MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 —MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 — BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS0-10,000 IMP Pairs 1-2 Q Tapa Ballroom 3, Tapa Tower $17 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions.Blue Note Hawaii A/X/Y Open Pairs (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20B/C/D (3000/1500/750) Pairs 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20Monday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Godfrey Chang Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20

Monday, November 26, 3 p.m.Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single South Pacific 3, MPCC $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Monday, November 26, 7:30 p.m.Charlie & Renee Powell Memorial A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19Charlie & Renee Powell Memorial B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20299er Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Monday, November 26, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. 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.

Godfrey ChangBy Friends of Godfrey

Godfrey is our local player who is the most sought after by top players who come to Hawaii from the mainland and from Asia. With some 14,695 masterpoints, he is No. 385 on the list of ACBL’s top 500 players, and is the only Hawaiian player included in that elite group. This is a particularly impressive accomplishment because he almost never leaves Hawaii and never plays online.

Godfrey has been an active member of the Honolulu bridge community since the early 1970s. He has served on the local boards of Hawaiian Contract Bridge Units Association and Unit 470. His depth of knowledge of bidding and the rules governing the game mean that he is often used as a resource by the directors and players.

In the last few years, Godfrey has expanded his role to that of “Teach” for members of Unit 470 wanting to improve their game. In addition to the technical discussions about bidding and play, class time often diverts to discussions about life

and experience at the bridge table. Godfrey always emphasizes the importance of being a good partner and how that will contribute to a successful game.

One of his regular partners shared his experience: “Godfrey is, of course, an excellent expert bridge player. But, in addition, Godfrey is the perfect partner … forgiving, understanding, always pleasant and sociable and extraordinarily ethical. In short, Godfrey is the type of bridge player we all strive to be, but so few of us achieve.”

Thank you, “Teach,” for all your efforts to make us better partners and players.

–Your students

In Memory of Jim BishopBy Iku Donnelly

Jim Bishop served for many years as president and treasurer on the board of Hawaiian Contract Bridge Units Association, sponsor of the annual Hawaii Regional. We all remember him for his high integrity, unselfishness and non-judgmental character.

More than anything else, however, he had a fantastic sense of humor. One of his famous anecdotes happened at the Summer NABC in Albuquerque NM in 1982. He was playing with former

ACBL President Sid Levey. He played in a 4♠ contract with a 0–0 fit and went down eight tricks. When the hand was over, Jim said, “Sorry partner, the trumps didn’t break!” It was a world record and was written up in the New York Times by Alan Truscott.

Luke Han and Busaba WilliamsBy Friends of Luke and Busaba

Luke and Busaba met across a bridge table, and their happy meeting led them from a partnership in bridge to partners in life. In 2005, they decided to implement the vision of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet and introduced Hawaii middle school students to the game of bridge. This led them to accompany 11 seventh and eighth-graders to Atlanta to participate in the first Youth North American Bridge Championship. Every student returned to Hawaii with masterpoints.

In addition, many of our players today are a result of a mentoring program developed by Luke and Busaba for adults, meeting at the Veterans Center on Saturday afternoons.

Sadly, Luke was lost to us and to Busaba in 2011. However, his legacy and their love story continue to inspire us.

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