The ACBL Information Fair is your one-stop shop for ACBL information. All ACBL departments will be represented and available to answer your questions during this free event on Saturday, March 14 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the foyer of the

Grand Ballroom on the third floor. Coffee and pastries will be served.

• Club & Membership Q&A: Here’s where to get your questions answered about club game sanctions, special events for clubs, regulations and most anything do to with clubs.

• Discipline at the club, unit and district level: ACBL’s disciplinary coordinator will be available to answer your questions about the ACBL’s Code of Disciplinary Regulations (CDR), how and when the CDR applies and the roles played in the discipline process by presidents, recorders and disciplinary/appellate Chairs.

• Marketing your club, class or tournament: Come learn more about the ACBL’s newest tool

Daily Bulletin Friday, March 13, 2015 Volume 58, Number 1

58th Spring North American Bridge Championships NABCDailyBulletin@acbl.org Editors: Sue Munday and Brent Manley

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What a great tournament our New Orleans hosts have planned for us. Let’s observe the zero tolerance rules and be kind and gracious to all.

San DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

Information, please

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Pre-registration required for national knockouts Pre-registration for the Vanderbilt Knockout

Teams is required before by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Teams entering the 0–10,000 Knockout must pre-register no later than 10 a.m. Monday, March 16 (the day of the event). See Matt Smith in the Grand Ballroom on the 3rd floor.

Bienvenue a la Nouvelle-Orléans!By NABC Co-Chairs Eleanor Onstott and Dee Moses

and Honorary NABC Chair John OnstottWelcome to one of the

world’s most fascinating cities. Steeped in a history of influences from Europe, the Caribbean, Africa and beyond, New Orleans is truly a unique melting pot when it comes to culture, food and music.

Whether your preference is museums (we have several world-class art and history museums), wandering the historic French Quarter, visiting the Aquarium and IMAX Theater, taking the ferry across the mighty Mississippi or visiting a magnificent zoo, you will find it all here.

A recent and fascinating addition is the World War II Museum, conceived and sponsored by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and other history buffs. Our Museum of Art is a lovely streetcar ride to City Park, and houses three levels of European masters and contemporary and ethnic treasures. Don’t miss the sculpture garden at the back of the museum. Entry is free.

The bridge schedule, too, is lively and varied: from Intermediate/Newcomer games, lessons and activities to world-class competition for the

Honorary NABC Chair John Onstott flanked by co-chairs Dee Moses and Eleanor Onstott.

prestigious Vanderbilt Trophy.Away from the bridge table, you will stroll

through historic neighborhoods, spend late nights in a dark jazz club, find bowls with gumbo filled to the rim and meet some of the nicest people anywhere.

We hope that your jazz is hot, your cocktails cold and your masterpoints all ... PLATINUM and GOLD.

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Cookin’ up some fun!Please join us tonight after the evening session

for some good food and good music. Entertainment features the local band Cuisine. With horns, drums and vocals, Cuisine serves up a range of oldies, jazz and blues that lives up to New Orleans tradition.

In between dance numbers, step into one of the photo booths and pose for a souvenir photo. We’ve got the props, you bring the smiles. Be warned: Some of these pics may find their way onto the pages of the Daily Bulletin during the course of the tournament.

The fun starts at 10:30 in the Mardi Gras Ballroom on the third floor of the Marriott.

District 25 duo winNAP Flight A

It took a while, but Mark Aquino finally won his first North American championship after several close calls. The District 25 president and Shome Mukherjee parlayed two strong sessions in the Baldwin North American Pairs, Flight A, to win the event by a board and a half on a 13 top.

The Boston-area players are retired, Aquino from Procter & Gamble-Gillette, Mukherjee from the University of Massachusetts, where he taught math until 2004. He still teaches at the school part-time. “They won’t let me retire,” he says.

The win was gratifying for Aquino, whose close finishes include a runner-up spot in the 2004 Nail Life Master Pairs (with Jonathan Green) and a third in the Silver Ribbon Pairs with

NAP Flight A champs: Shome Mukherjee and Mark Aquino.

Superstitions about Friday the 13th are so prevalent that there’s a name for the anxiety: Paraskevidekatriaphobia. For all their above-average logic and reasoning skills, bridge players are a surprisingly superstitious lot.

Take, for example, the legendary Grant Baze. Reporter Nina Schuyler interviewed Grant for his Stanford alumni magazine. “I wasn’t superstitious until I got involved in serious bridge,” he says.

In the beginning it was a lucky rock that he carried in his pocket. When the Mamas and

Papas came out with “California Dreamin’” in the mid-1960s, that became Grant’s lucky song – he would sing it to himself as he walked to clubs and tournaments. One time, he had his hand on the club’s doorknob when he realized he had forgotten to sing it. He backtracked and began his approach all over again.

On the eve of a tournament, Grant would chant, “Win tomorrow, win tomorrow” before going to sleep. He also had a lucky pen that he kept with him for 15 years.

“I used that pen on the first day of a tournament and won,” Grant said. So if he forgot to bring it, he would leave the bridge table to get it before playing.Write is might

Grant is not the only one who believes that pens

Higher-level anxieties

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Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! (Mardi Gras Ballroom, 3rd floor)

Speakers and topics are subject to change.Friday, March 13

9:15 am Jerry Helms Splinter Raises6:45 pm Audrey Grant A Balanced Daily Diet

Saturday, March 149:15 am Patty Tucker Cuebidding in Competitive

AuctionsSunday, March 15

9:15 am Daryl Fisher Overcall with a Purpose6:45 pm Robert Todd Preempts

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Meetings are at the Marriott unless otherwise notedFriday, March 13

0-5 NEWCOMER PAIRS PLAY FREE TODAY!7-8:30 am TD Meeting. (Balcony K, 4th floor)8:30 am-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). Session two of

three. ACBL’s 10-hour seminar for people interested in learning how to teach bridge. (Sheraton, Gallery)

9:30 am-6:30 pm WBF World Congress. (St. Charles, 41st floor)10-11:30 am TD Meeting. (Balcony K, 4th floor)10-11:30 am Charity Foundation. (Beauregard, 5th floor)4:30-6:30 pm Club and Teacher Reception. This is the ACBL’s “thank

you” reception for the teachers and club officials who work so hard to recruit and retain our members. (Riverview, 41st floor)

10:30 pm-1 am NABC Opening Reception. (Mardi Gras Ballroom, 3rd floor)

11-11:30 pm National Appeals Committee meeting. (Balcony K, 4th floor)

Saturday, March 14JUNIOR DAY

8:30 am-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). Session three of three. ACBL’s 10-hour seminar for people interested in learning how to teach bridge. (Sheraton, Gallery)

9:30-11:30 am ACBL Information Fair. A one-stop shop for ACBL-related information: Get answers to your questions about marketing, clubs, memberships, teacher accreditation, Youth bridge programs, Ruling the Game, disciplinary matters and how to handle negotiations for your tournament hotel. (Grand Ballroom foyer, 3rd floor)

9:30 am-Noon ACBL Educational Foundation meeting. (Beauregard, 5th floor)

9:30 am-6:30 pm WBF Meeting. (St. Charles, 41st floor)10 am-Noon GNT/NAP Coordinators. (Lafayette, 41st floor)10 am-Noon ACBL Laws Commission meeting. (Audubon, 5th floor)10 am-Noon ACBL Hall of Fame Committee meeting. (Galvez, 5th

floor)10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Jerry Helms followed by a

special game for newer players. Free coffee and pastries will be served. (Sheraton, Bayside Room, 4th floor)

Noon-2 pm Bridge-Plus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 MP) players. 14 boards, no card fee. (Sheraton, Bayside room, 4th floor)

6:30-7:30 pm Intermediate-Newcomer Reception. (Mardi Gras A-C, 3rd floor)

11:30 pm-1 a.m. Celebration of Life: Jeff Johnston. (Riverview, 41st floor)

Sunday, March 158-10 am Audrey Grant’s Modern Techniques for Bridge

Teachers. Audrey Grant’s hands-on approach and creative use of the table, cards and bidding boxes keeps students engaged, excited and focused. She will share these teaching techniques in this breakfast seminar. Fee: $20 covers breakfast and materials. (Sheraton, Bayside room, 4th floor)

9:30 am-12:30 pm WBF Meeting. (St. Charles, 41st floor)10-11:30 am Board of Governors. All members of the ACBL Board of

Governors are invited to attend the Spring NABC meeting. This meeting is also open to the general membership of the ACBL. (Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor)

10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant. Grant has an international reputation in the field of bridge education. Her vision and commitment have been key to the success of her official Better Bridge series textbooks, TV shows, lectures, the Better Bridge magazine and the Better Bridge Teacher Accreditation Program. Free coffee and pastries will be served. (Sheraton, Bayside)

Noon-2 pm BridgePlus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 MP) players. 14 boards, no card fee. (Sheraton, Bayside)

1-6 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ This popular session is designed especially for true beginners, those returning to bridge after long absences and those merely wanting to “test the waters” before committing to formal classes. The concentrated course includes class instruction and coached play. No pre-registration required. Fee: $20 covers textbook and door prizes. (Sheraton Bayside)

6:30-9 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ Teacher Accreditation. Teacher training includes information on organizing and marketing LBIAD as well as maximizing retention rates, writing effective grant requests and the presentation of the seminar. (Sheraton, Bayside room, 4th floor)

HOSPITALITYFriday, March 13Welcome reception

Mardi Gras Ballroom, 3rd floor

Late-night snacks will be served at 10:15 pm at the Marriott in the Preservation Hall lobby (2nd floor) and Grand Ballroom lobby (3rd floor).

Saturday, March 14Chicken andouille po’ boys

Sunday, March 15Ice cream bars

Volunteer Coaches Needed for

‘Learn Bridge In a DAY?’Patty Tucker, with Whirlwind Bridge, will host

Learn Bridge In a DAY on Sunday, March 15 from 1 to 6 p.m. This event is for individuals with no bridge experience or those who have played social bridge and are interested in learning more about duplicate.

The event requires a coach at every table to help participants follow the lesson. We’re looking for volunteers to be table coaches. Even ACBL members with just 5 masterpoints will enjoy coaching. A large attendance is expected, so the more table coaches available, the better. This is a great opportunity for local club managers and teachers to network with some of their future members.

You oughta be in picturesACBL has retained a professional

photographer to update images for our publications and website. We are looking for you – Hall of Famers, NABC winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters, soon-to-be Grand Life Masters and Platinum Life Masters, Bulletin contributors, I/N speakers, etc.

On Monday, March 16 from 4 to 8 p.m., the photographer will be located in the Jackson room on the 5th floor. Please try to look nice. If you’ve had your photograph taken at one of the past three NABCs, you are off the hook for now.

Questions? Email the Daily Bulletin folks at NABCDailyBulletin@acbl.org.

Playing in an NABC+ pairs game? Please buy your

entry early!NABC+ pairs events requires time to allow

for proper seeding. The ACBL asks participants to please buy entries at least 15 minutes before game time. This is especially true if you expect to be a seeded pair.

Avoid the lines by buying your entry online. Go to BridgeWinners.com – your initial transaction extends as long as your pair or team remains in the event and you pay only the cost of the entry – there is no service charge.

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

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

Masterpoint disclaimerScores as 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.

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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSGood Behavior

By Brent Manley

Kathy Feiock of Baltimore reported that in a Swiss teams event, her partner was having a tough day, so she told him to relax and “just have fun.” At the start of a subsequent round, Feiock told the opponents, “We are trying out a new system – we’re going to have a good time.” Without batting an eye, one of the opponents retorted, “Do you have a suggested defense to that system?”

If you have read these columns in other Daily Bulletins, you know that I always start off with a funny story to remind the readers that bridge is supposed to be fun.

In more than 40 years of playing bridge, I have encountered some who apparently are not familiar with that concept.

This is less of a problem in newcomer games, but I like to start this series of articles by urging you to hone your partnership skills so that everyone – you, your partner and your opponents – have a good time while playing the best game ever.

I have covered bridge at high levels – NABCs, world championships and tournaments in Europe – for a quarter of a century, and I can tell you that the best, most effective partnerships are, first and foremost, true partners. They know their partners function best in a supportive, respectful environment.

At a world championship a couple of years ago, one of the top pairs in the world recorded minus 1400 at a critical time in a key match. Not one word was spoken about the result. What would be the point? Nothing could be done about what happened.

Most of us will never play as well as these champions, but you can emulate their partnership skills by keeping your mouth shut.

If you find yourself inclined to comment on partner’s unfortunate opening lead or his failure to make a lay-down contract, think about how you would feel if it was you who made the mistake and partner jumped on you about it.

Do you think your mind would be clear when you pulled the cards out of the next board? Or would you be thinking of something sharp to say to partner about his mistakes? Maybe you would be thinking that partner’s comments were erroneous and you want to set him straight.

With all that going through your mind, how do you think you’ll do with the 13 cards you are now holding?

Now think about how you would feel if your poor opening lead allowed the opponents to make a doubled contract and the comment from the other side of the table was, “Bad luck, partner. I would have made the same lead.” Big difference, eh?

Discussion is important to the success of a partnership, but it must not take place in the middle of the game.

If something goes wrong and you feel it should be discussed, make a note in your convention card and put it out of your mind. Most games these days have hand records, so there’s no need to worry about forgetting your hand. Discussion away from the heat of battle will go much more smoothly, keeping both members of the partnership happy.

Make good partnership skills a priority in your

Thinking BridgeBy Eddie Kantar

Using the bidding as a guide to play and defense – part 1 Dlr: West ♠ Q 10 8 Vul: N-S ♥ 5 2 ♦ A Q 10 9 ♣ A Q 9 5 ♠ K 7 ♠ 6 5 4 3 2 ♥ A J 8 7 4 3 ♥ 10 6 ♦ 8 6 4 ♦ 7 3 2 ♣ 7 4 ♣ K 8 6 ♠ A J 9 ♥ K Q 9 ♦ K J 5 ♣ J 10 3 2

West North East South 2♥ Dbl Pass 3NT All Pass

Opening lead: ♥7 (fourth best).Bidding commentary: Nothing unusual.

North would have liked to have four spades for the double, but if you always wait for the perfect hand, you spend half your life waiting.

Play commentary: The bidding tells you that West has six hearts and the Rule of 11 tells you that East has one heart higher than the 7: the 10. Ergo, East started with ♥10 x. As the club finesse goes into East, duck the first heart. Assuming East returns the suit at trick two, it is now safe to finesse into East to ensure nine tricks because East is out of hearts.

Defensive commentary: Say declarer errs by winning the first heart, crosses to a diamond and takes a losing spade finesse. As West, after winning the ♠K, looking at the ♥J, you know that partner played his highest heart and, furthermore, the play of the ♥10 denies the ♥9. So declarer remains with the ♥Q 9. Translation: Don’t cash the ♥A hoping the queen will drop. In fact, if you lead any card in your hand other than a heart, declarer fails as the club finesse is needed for a ninth trick and it doesn’t work.

bridge development. It will pay off handsomely.Good luck at the Spring NABC. May all

your finesses be successful!

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RED TEAM WHITE TEAM BLUE TEAM

National Appeals Committee roster and schedule for the New Orleans NABC

DirectorPaul Janicki, Markham ON

ChairmanAdam Wildavsky, Keystone CO

Team LeadersDoug Doub, West Hartford CT

Richard Popper, Wilmington DE

Team MembersKen Barbour, Scottsdale AZ

Migry Zur Campanile, New York NYShannon Cappelletti, Hollywood FL

David Caprera, Denver COMark Feldman, Austin TX

Gail Greenberg, New York NY Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC

Chris Moll, Raleigh NC Tom Peters, Grapeland TX

Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gardens FLBlair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ

Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NVDavid Stevenson, Liverpool, England

Jim Thurtell, Dallas TX

On dutyFriday, March 13

Monday, March 16Thursday, March 19

Team LeadersJeff Goldsmith, Pasadena CA

Aaron Silverstein, New York NY

Team MembersBart Bramley, Dallas TX

Tom Carmichael, Atlanta GAMitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA

Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ Abby Heitner, Wheaton MD Fred King, Falls Church VA

Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QCJohn Lusky, Portland OR

Jacob Morgan, Madison WIMike Passell, Dallas TX

Barry Rigal, New York NYBruce Rogoff, Upper Grandview NYMichael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA

John Solodar, Palm Beach Gardens FL Dan Sprung, Las Vegas NV

Kathy Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH

On dutySaturday, March 14 Tuesday, March 17 Friday, March 20

Team LeadersMark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA

Ron Gerard, White Plains NY Michael Huston, Joplin MO

Team MembersCraig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL

Jeff Aker, Ossining NY David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL

Dick Budd, Portland ME Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV

Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse, NetherlandsEd Lazarus, Baltimore MD Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL

Ray Miller, Seattle WAJosh Parker, Briarcliff NYBruce Reeve, Raleigh NCLou Reich, Wheaton MD

Becky Rogers, Las Vegas NV Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA

Patty Tucker, Atlanta GAEddie Wold, Houston TX

Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY

On dutySunday, March 15

Wednesday, March 18Saturday, March 21

National Appeals Committee meeting

There will be a meeting of the National Appeals Committee on Friday, March 13 at 11 p.m. in Balcony K at the Marriott.

Baldwin North American Pairs, Flight A

The Baldwin North American Pairs, Flight A is a grassroots event that began last summer at the local club level. Qualifiers at the club level advanced to unit competition and those qualifiers advanced to district finals. Three pairs from each district — more, depending upon attendance — qualified for the North American final.

Winners have their names inscribed on the Baldwin Memorial Trophy and also receive certificates of recognition.

The trophy is presented in memory of Col. Russell J. Baldwin (1889–1969), U.S. Army officer and expert on tournament procedure who was ACBL Honorary Member of the Year in 1943.

Baldwin was active as an organizer from the earliest days of contract bridge. He became a director of the American Bridge League and its treasurer shortly after its founding in 1927. He was a member of the ACBL Laws Commission and primarily responsible for the first Duplicate Code issued in 1935.

Baldwin was active as a tournament director

Winners of the 2014 North American Pairs, Flight A: Terry Spector and Bryan Howard, District 10.

from 1927 until 1941. After service in World War II, he was ACBL business manager from 1946 until 1951.

He was recalled to military serve at the outbreak of the Korean War and retired from the U.S. Army in 1957. He rejoined ACBL in 1958 and was in charge of tournament scheduling until his retirement in 1963.Previous winners:1979 Arthur Moore, Eric Robinson1980 Bob Feller, Jeffrey Hall1981 Helen Blakey, Robert Blakey1982 Bill Nuttig, Ivan Scope1983 John Griscom, Jim Felts1984 Steve Sion, Harold Stengel1985 Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson1986 Drew Cannell, G. Sekhar1987 Jan Janitschke, Dick Reed1988 Jan Martel, Chip Martel1989 David Caslan, Dennis Clerkin1990 Sidney Lazard, Jack LaNoue1991 Mark Stein, Boris Baran1992 Jim Krekorian, Rick Zucker1993 James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze1994 James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze1995 David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz1996 Marshall Tuly, James Cunningham1997 Aidan Ballantyne, Gordon McOrmond1998 Ron Sukoneck, Bill Cole1999 James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze2000 Patty Tucker, Kevin Collins2001 Frank Merblum, Doug Doub2002 JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby2003 Steve Landen, Michael Zerbini2004 Henry Lortz, Wayne Ohlrich2005 David Yang, Nikolay Demirev2006 Gordon Campbell, Piotr Klimowicz2007 Dave Abelow, Dick Wegman2008 Xiadong Shi, David Yang2009 Jim Krekorian, John Rengstorff2010 Doug Doub, Frank Merblum2011 Shane Blanchard, Joe Grue2012 Jordan Cohen, Barry Senensky2013 Kevin Dwyer, Gavin Wolpert 2014 Bryan Howard, Terry Spector

Be Scent-sitive!Some people have an extreme sensitivity to

fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The

ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its members to refrain from using fragrances.

Because duplicate bridge requires players to be in close proximity to each other, individuals who suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among the commonly reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these individuals, the issue is much more serious than simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health problem.

The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, perfume or scented lotions.

Electronic Device Policy The electronic device policy

at NABCs allows players to bring electronic devices such as cell phones into the playing area provided that such devices are turned off.

Further, any such equipment must not be visible during the session

The policy applies to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, except those designated by the ACBL and are in force throughout any actual playing session or segment of play.

A violation of the policy will result in an automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from the playing area for the remainder of the session.

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Information

for success -- the Resource Center. We’ll show you how to access and customize advertising and publicity templates to help you achieve your growth goals. Or come tell us your best marketing tricks so we can share best practices with other clubs, teachers and tournaments.

• Tournament Director University updates and information: Have you thought about becoming a tournament director? Here is the place to get information on how to get started.

• Education programs: Are you interested in teaching bridge to younger players in your area? Would you like your unit or district to train and accredit new teachers? Find out how the ACBL Education Department can help. Programs include school bridge, teacher accreditation, Learn Bridge in A Day? ® and more.

• Ruling the game: Is there one ruling just nagging at you? Is there a law you just don’t understand? Here’s where to get your answer. We want to help as many players as possible so please keep it to one question so everyone gets a chance!

Play starts today in the 0-10,000 Swiss Teams. Open only to players with fewer than 10,000 masterpoints, the event pays 10 percent platinum to those placing in the overalls. While it has a national rating, it does not serve as a Grand Life Master qualification.

Previous winners:2013 Ralph Letizia, Ellen Koslove, Drew

Cannel, Barbara Casle2014 David Grainger, Tom Breed, Jackie

Macchi, Ira Chorush, Roger Lee, Daniel Korbel

Last year’s 0–10,000 Swiss Teams winners: David Grainger, Tom Breed, Jackie Macchi, Ira Chorush, Roger Lee and Daniel Korbel.

Spring 0-10,000 Swiss TeamsDefenders 2015 Spring North American Bridge

Championships2014 Winners• 10K Knockout: Robert Todd, Garth Yettick,

Peggy Ware, Spencer Jones• 10K Swiss Teams: David Grainger, Tom Breed,

Jackie Macchi, Ira Chorush, Roger Lee, Daniel Korbel

• Jacoby Open Swiss Teams: Josef Piekarek, Christina Madsen, Alexander Smirnov, Sabine Auken, Roy Welland

• Lebhar IMP Pairs: Radu Nistor and Iulian Christian

• Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs: Bernie Yomtov and Allen Hawkins

• Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams: Hu Wen, Gan Ling, Wang Yanhong, Huang Yan, Li Lixuan, Li Yiting

• NABC+ Fast Pairs: Zachary Grossack and Adam Grossack

• Baldwin North American Pairs, Flight A: Terry Spector and Bryan Howard, District 10

• Golder North American Pairs, Flight B: Aleksandar Vujic and Miroslav Kovacevic, District 2

• President’s Cup North American Pairs, Flight C: Sharlene Tyler and Donald Richards, District 9

• Platinum Pairs: Richard Coren and Robert Levin• Rockwell Mixed Pairs: Richard Coren and Janice

Seamon-Molson• Silodor Open Pairs: John Diamond and Geoff

Hampson• Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs: Bronia

Jenkins and Bernace De Young• Vanderbilt Knockout Teams: Nick Nickell,

Ralph Katz, Steve Weinstein, Robert Levin, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Kokish (coach)

• Mott Smith Trophy: Robert Levin

Audrey Grant will offer a special continuing education opportunity for teachers at a breakfast on Sunday, March 15 at 8 a.m. The seminar will be held at the Sheraton in the Bayside Room. A $20 fee covers the textbook and seminar. The breakfast is sponsored by Baron Barclay Bridge Supply.

When it comes to teaching bridge, Grant is a household name. For decades, she has taught students, teachers and club owners across the world. Her hands-on approach and creative use of the table, cards and bid boxes has helped keep students engaged, excited and focused. Grant will share her teaching techniques in this seminar for bridge teachers.

Following the seminar, you may attend Grant’s free two-hour bridge lesson and observe her techniques at work. See how she leaves students eager to learn more!

For more information about Grant, visit her website: www.betterbridge.com

Audrey Grant’s Modern Techniquesfor Bridge Teachers

Email usGot a hand to share or a nice story? We’d love to see it.The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: NABCDailyBulletin@acbl.org. You’ll also find it on the

front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the date and the editors’ names. This email address won’t be checked with any regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please

continue to use our office email addresses for non-tournament–related correspondence.

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Get your results by text message!

ACBL Live allows members to receive their results by text. Simply text your name and ACBL player number to 901-289-2094 or to text@acbl.org. As soon as results are available, you’ll receive your personal results by a reply text.

Norman Kay Platinum Pairs begins today

The six-session Norman Kay Platinum Pairs gets underway today.

Eligible players are paid-up ACBL members who meet one of the following criteria: have earned 50 platinum masterpoints over the three calendar years prior; earned at least 200 platinum points lifetime, or have attained Platinum Life Master or Grand Life Master rank. No exemptions will be granted for this event.

The event honors Norman Kay, who was named ACBL’s top performance player for the double decade 1957–1977. Partnered by Sidney Silodor (who died in 1963) and later by Edgar Kaplan, Kay had 13 major wins in those 20 years: two Spingolds, four Vanderbilts, four Reisingers, one Blue Ribbon and two Open Pairs. He was a World Bridge Federation Life Master who placed second in the Bermuda Bowl in 1961 and 1967, and second in the World Olympiad Teams in 1968 and third in 1960.

An ACBL Grand Life Master with more than 13,000 masterpoints, Kay won the McKenney Trophy (now the Barry Crane Top 500) in 1955. His North American championships outside the 20-year window include four additional wins in the Vanderbilt and three in the Reisinger.

2010 Andrew Stark, Franco Baseggio2011 Joel Wooldridge, John Hurd2012 Bob Hamman, Justin Lall2013 Martin Fleisher, Michael Kamil2014 Richard Coren, Robert Levin

Richard Coren and Bobby Levin won the Platinum Pairs last year.

INTERNATIONAL FUND 299ER PAIRS 22.0 Tables A B C 4.20 1 1 Linda Conner - Lynn Flynn, New Orleans LA 66.07% 3.15 2 2 Bonnie Zeran - Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 65.18% 2.36 3 3 Freddie Schmitt - Peter Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 63.39% 1.77 4 Sally Alex - Dottie Larson, Spokane WA 61.01% 1.33 5 Pamela Marinaro, Kenner LA; Carl Koppeis, Metairie LA 60.71% 1.38 6/7 4/5 Valerie Fraser - Floyd Fraser, Mobile AL 59.23% 1.84 6/7 4/5 1 Nancy Smithfield, Clarksville TN; Liza Philpy, Midland TX 59.23% 0.80 6 Gwen Davis - Annie Wright, Baton Rouge LA 58.04% 1.38 2 Janet Stone - Thomas Stone, Duluth MN 56.85% 1.04 3 Terry Jonas - Sheila Cesarano, Miami Beach FL 56.55% 0.78 4 Rodney Barnette - Susan Barnette, El Dorado AR 53.87% 0.58 5 Donna Griffin - David Griffin, Duluth MN 52.08%

INTERNATIONAL FUND A/B/C PAIRS 82.0 Tables A B C 22.96 1 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 66.31% 17.22 2 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Brett Adler, Norwalk CT 63.77% 12.92 3 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 63.31% 9.69 4 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 62.85% 7.26 5 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 62.00% 5.45 6 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 61.15% 4.09 7 Ann Rickard, Greer SC; Michael Oechsler, Greenville SC 61.00% 5.54 8 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 60.23% 12.03 9 1 Aleksandar Vujic, Toronto ON; Miroslav Kovacevic, Markham ON 60.08% 9.02 10 2 Satya Rami, Morganville NJ; Rajendra Gokhale, Cupertino CA 59.92% 6.77 11 3 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jay Shah, Saint Louis MO 59.77% 3.68 12 Chris Moore, Mountlake Ter WA; Ray Miller, Seattle WA 59.62% 1.77 13 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 59.54% 2.77 14 Nanette Noland - Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 59.46% 2.63 15/16 Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 59.38% 5.95 15/16 4 1 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 59.38% 2.77 17/18 James Flesher - Michael Berggren, Salt Lake City UT 59.23% 3.81 17/18 5 Donna Christensen, Laguna Beach CA; Connie Marfell, Milwaukee OR 59.23% 2.85 19 6 Roark Johnson, Edina MN; Chuck Cummins, Minneapolis MN 58.77% 4.46 20 7 2 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Dundas ON 58.69% 1.94 21 Gary Neisler, N Richland Hls TX; Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX 58.15% 3.88 22/23 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker, New York NY 58.08% 3.35 22/23 8 3 Lucy Morini, Warren VT; Eugene Pellegrino, Athens NY 58.08% 2.63 9 4 Huixin Pan, Bolingbrook IL; Frank Hsieh, Naperville IL 57.92% 2.77 10 5 Robert Pfeffer - Larry McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 57.69% 1.94 11 6 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 57.54% 1.32 12 Gerardo Malazdrewicz - Trisha Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS 57.46% 1.06 7 James Abbott, Chicago IL; Jan Abbott, Leland NC 52.15%

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IMP Pairs begins todayThe four-session IMP Pairs – two qualifying

sessions followed by two final sessions – gets underway today with the Lebhar Trophy at stake.

The trophy was donated by Bertram Lebhar Jr. in 1948 in memory of his wife, Evelyn. The trophy was previously given to winners of the Mixed Teams but re-designated for the IMP Pairs by the ACBL Board of Directors.

Lebhar (1907-1972), under the name of Bert Lee, earned a national reputation as a sportscaster and later as a bridge player and administrator. In private life, he owned radio and television stations in Florida. He was one of the founders of the Greater New York Bridge Association and was elected its first president in 1948.

The 2014 Lebhar IMP Pairs winners were Radu Nistor and Iulian Christian.

Lebhar was also a player: He won the Spingold in 1940 and the Master Mixed Teams in 1946. His team was his wife Evelyn along with Samuel Katz and Alicia Kemper.

Previous winners1987 Robb Gordon, Linda Danas1988 Gene Freed, Mike Passell1989 Richard Schwartz, Fred Hamilton1990 Ralph Cohen, Renee Mancuso1991 Harvey Brody, Ralph Buchalter1992 Vera Gama, Marcelo Branco1993 Bob Klein, David Ruderman1994 Tom Fox, Walter Schafer1995 Steve Sion, Harold Lilie1996 Mike Albert, Marilyn Hemenway1997 Tom Carmichael, Joel Wooldridge1998 Jim Robison, Gene Freed1999 Ralph Katz, George Jacobs2000 Aschley Bach, Stephen Burgess2001 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd2002 Alan Schwartz, Ai-Tai Lo2003 Steve Weinstein, Robert Levin2004 Jiang Gu, Nikolay Demirev2005 Blair Seidler, Kevin Wilson2006 Fred Gitelman, Geoff Hampson2007 Boye Brogeland, Ishmael Delmonte2008 Doug Doub, Adam Wildavsky2009 Nikolay Demirev, Nicolas L’Ecuyer2010 Pablo Lambardi, Pablo Ravenna2011 Runar Lillevik, Oyvind Ludvigsen2012 Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang2013 Kent Mignocchi, Joel Wooldridge2014 Iulian Christian, Radu Nistor

INTERNATIONAL FUND D/E/F PAIRS 21.5 Tables D E 4.90 1 1 Douglas Steele - John Aluise, Chapel Hill NC 65.43% 3.68 2 Martha Potter - Dave Drischell, Seattle WA 62.46% 2.76 3 2 Dianne Butler, New Orleans LA; Barbara Pyburn, Metairie LA 61.77% 2.07 4 3 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Leif Bjorn Odden, Drangedal Norway 60.33% 1.55 5 4 David Roberts - Janis Roberts, New Orleans LA 59.38% 1.16 6 5 Paul Rosenblum, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 55.57% 0.81 6 Carolyn Singletary - Paula Potter, Hattiesburg MS 53.16%

No more lines!The ACBL and Bridge Winners have teamed

up to enable you to buy entries for NABC events online in advance. You need not be a member of the Bridge Winners community to use this service and you pay only the cost of the entry – there is no service charge.

Except for the Vanderbilt, which requires pre-registration by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15, entries may be purchased up to 10 a.m. the morning of the event. Your initial transaction extends as long as your pair or team remains in the event. Your credit card will not be charged until after the event is over.

A link at the top of the BridgeWinners.com homepage will take you to the list of events. Click BUY AN ENTRY, fill out the form specifying who you are playing with (you’ll need partner’s ACBL number). If you would like a seeded entry, check the box that says “Please seed me.” Bridge Winners will provide you with a seeding number via email prior to the event. When you’ve completed the form, click REGISTER at the bottom of the screen.

Once you’ve purchased your entry, all you do is check your email for your table assignment, show up at game time, sit down at your table and play cards!

For more information, please go to BridgeWinners.com. You can also access Bridge Winner’s entry purchase screen via the ACBL’s home page.

Celebrating JeffA Celebration of Life for Jeff Johnston, who ran the NABCs for two decades, will be held:

Saturday, March 1410:45 p.m. (after the evening session)

Riverview Room,

41st floor

Please join Jeff’s family and friends as we remember this extraordinary man.

Movin’ on up Congratulations

to Faisl Kayali from Orlando, the first new Life Master of this NABC. Kayali picked up 1.24 points playing in the charity pairs with Lyn Shapiro. He needed only .35 to reach the promised land.

If you achieve a masterpoint milestone here in New Orleans, please come by the Daily Bulletin office on the fourth floor and tell us about it. Everyone wants to celebrate your achievement!

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EDUCATIONAL FUND 299ER PAIRS 13.0 Tables A B C 3.02 1 1 Annie Wright - Gwen Davis, Baton Rouge LA 61.74% 2.27 2 2 Dorothy Nance, Duncanville TX; Gloria Ventress, Houston TX 61.17% 1.70 3 3 Ruth Rosenthal - Jean Frank, New Orleans LA 60.23% 1.27 4 Sally Alex - Dottie Larson, Spokane WA 60.04% 1.07 5 4 Peter Schmitt - Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 57.01% 1.53 6 5 1 Nancy Smithfield, Clarksville TN; Liza Philpy, Midland TX 55.11% 0.60 6 Jett Elmer - Jan Benson, Topeka KS 54.36% 1.15 2 Cecilia Vinson, Maumelle AR; Mary Boudreau, Little Rock AR 50.19% 0.86 3 S Reese Koppel - Janet Koppel, Metairie LA 46.78% 0.65 4 Rodney Bond - Virgina Bond, Fort Worth TX 42.05%

EDUCATIONAL FUND A/B/C PAIRS 90.0 Tables / Based on 100 Tables A B C 24.46 1 Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata Argentina; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires Argentina 66.31% 18.35 2 Melih Ozdil - Justine Cushing, New York NY 65.69% 13.76 3 Patricia Griffin - James Griffin, Sausalito CA 65.23% 10.32 4 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 64.14% 7.74 5 Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA 63.54% 11.81 6 1 Charles Showalter, Lady Lake FL; Paul Matheson, The Villages FL 62.84% 4.35 7 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Melissa Baker, West Harrison NY 61.30% 8.86 8 2 Robert Morin, Val-Morin QC; Serge Hamelin, Montreal QC 60.92% 2.72 9 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 60.80% 6.64 10 3 Alison Gayfer - Mike Davis, London United Kingdom 60.53% 4.08 11 James Melville, Springfield IL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 60.15% 4.08 12 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 59.77% 2.92 13 Ron Lien, Brea CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 59.23% 5.83 14 Michael Berggren - James Flesher, Salt Lake City UT 59.13% 4.08 15 William Ehlers, Livingston NJ; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 59.08% 4.98 16 4 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Portland OR 58.62% 2.92 17 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 58.23% 2.92 18 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 57.85% 2.04 19 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 57.69% 1.55 20 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI 57.62% 4.08 21 5 Doug Barnes, Caledon ON; John McWhinnie, Hillsburgh ON 57.46% 1.34 22 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 57.11% 2.04 23 Gordon Deckelbaum, Hollywood FL; Sean Ganness, Miami FL 57.08% 2.80 24 6 Brian McGuire - Brian Ransley, United Kingdom Great Britain 56.92% 2.63 7 Shekhar Sengupta - Marie Sengupta, Marlborough MA 56.38% 5.43 8 1 Sheila Malinowski, Vallejo CA; Barbara Lemme, Sonoma CA 55.46% 1.32 9 Jim Dingwerth - William Hoge, Olathe KS 55.31% 1.76 10 Charles Bradford Jr, Columbus GA; Armand Grassi, Lynn Haven FL 54.85% 1.99 11 Trisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS 54.79% 4.07 2 Bruce Mann, Aledo TX; George Mann Jr, Kinnelon NJ 54.31% 3.05 3 Christopher Young - David Williams, New Orleans LA 54.15% 2.29 4 Richard Shaw, Greenville SC; Kay Rogers, Manakin Sabot VA 52.15% 1.72 5 Carol Raimondo, Cayucos CA; Marvin Weitzenhoffer, Las Vegas NV 51.69% 1.58 6 Rajiv Kapadia - Anne O’Meara, Mankato MN 51.45%

EDUCATION FUND D/E/F PAIRS 10.0 Tables D E F 3.06 1 Karen Hudesman - Martha Potter, Seattle WA 60.71% 2.30 2 1 Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 57.14% 1.72 3 Penny Robinson - Debra Kestenberg, Toronto ON 56.85% 1.29 4 Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS; William Goetze, Bolivar MO 56.25% 1.48 5/6 2 Gail Fayard, Gretna LA; Cindy Lewis, Luling LA 53.87% 0.85 5/6 Linda Echtenkamp - Burt Echtenkamp, Boise ID 53.87% 1.11 3 Stephen Mast - Holli Mast, Cypress TX 51.79% 0.83 4 Barbara Pastine - Ellen Pedersen, Bozeman MT 50.89%

EDUCATION FUND 299ER PAIRS 13.0 Tables A B C 3.02 1 1 Annie Wright - Gwen Davis, Baton Rouge LA 61.74% 2.27 2 2 Dorothy Nance, Duncanville TX; Gloria Ventress, Houston TX 61.17% 1.70 3 3 Ruth Rosenthal - Jean Frank, New Orleans LA 60.23% 1.27 4 Sally Alex - Dottie Larson, Spokane WA 60.04% 1.07 5 4 Peter Schmitt - Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 57.01% 1.53 6 5 1 Nancy Smithfield, Clarksville TN; Liza Philpy, Midland TX 55.11% 0.60 6 Jett Elmer - Jan Benson, Topeka KS 54.36% 1.15 2 Cecilia Vinson, Maumelle AR; Mary Boudreau, Little Rock AR 50.19% 0.86 3 S Reese Koppel - Janet Koppel, Metairie LA 46.78% 0.65 4 Rodney Bond - Virgina Bond, Fort Worth TX 42.05%

EDUCATIONAL FUND D/E/F PAIRS 10.0 Tables D E F 3.06 1 Karen Hudesman - Martha Potter, Seattle WA 60.71% 2.30 2 1 Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 57.14% 1.72 3 Penny Robinson - Debra Kestenberg, Toronto ON 56.85% 1.29 4 Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS; William Goetze, Bolivar MO 56.25% 1.48 5/6 2 Gail Fayard, Gretna LA; Cindy Lewis, Luling LA 53.87% 0.85 5/6 Linda Echtenkamp - Burt Echtenkamp, Boise ID 53.87% 1.11 3 Stephen Mast - Holli Mast, Cypress TX 51.79% 0.83 4 Barbara Pastine - Ellen Pedersen, Bozeman MT 50.89%

Mukherjee, who had two previous North American championships. He was a member of the winning squad in the 1997 Keohane North American Swiss Teams and the Baze Senior Knockout Teams in 2000.

The winners moved from back in the pack to second after the first final session with a 60.43% game, then followed with 61.39% in the second final session.

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NAP-A

Richard Oshlag and Jim Munday, second in the NAP, Flight A.

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 1 6 TablesG S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland vsTerry Currie - Lucy Terrill - Elizabeth Ghrist, Houston TX; Linda Brodie, Bellaire TX

John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA vsEdward White, Grand Blanc MI; Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 2 7 TablesStephen Heffner, Springfield LA; Diane Schwartz, Covington LA; Arnaldo Partesotti, New Orleans LA; Doris Liukkonen, Metairie LA vsWayne Bardsley - Catherine Bardsley, Mc Lean VA; Amanda Carter, Arlington VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA

Stephen Cooper, Belle Mead NJ; Leonard Myers, Elizabeth NJ; Mary McCarron - David McCarron, Austin TX vsPeter Kyper, West Chester PA; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Susan Kestenbaum, Jenkintown PA; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 3 6 TablesCarolyn Campbell - Susan Belding, Houston TX; Rhoda Haimson, Great Neck NY; Susan Scheinerman, Melville NY vsSue Hanneman - Mark Hanneman, Plainfield IL; Linda Leaming, Rockford IL; Per Halvorsen, Laksevag Norway

Garel Fulks, Springville TN; Roberta Meyer, Puryear TN; Sarah Pentecost, Dresden TN; Carolyn Rogers, Germantown TN vsGina Bresler, Lansdale PA; Harriet Schwartz, New Hope PA; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 4 8 TablesMary McIntyre - Margaret Rich - Robert Pfeffer - Larry McIntyre, Saint Paul MN vsClaire Gardner, Newport NH; Nora Miller, Grantham NH; Linda Hartt, Westmount QC; Bruce Eisen, Boca Raton FL

Alan Mannheimer, Charlotte NC; Darlene Mannheimer, Pittsburgh PA; Pat Sandler - Guy Gundaker, Scottsdale AZ vsWon Yang, Clermont FL; Mark Bruce - Kathleen Burnham - Phyllis Chak, Ocala FL

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 5 8 TablesValerie Fraser - Floyd Fraser - Delores Courtney, Mobile AL; Janet Connell, Spanish Fort AL vsRita Rocys, Toronto ON; Wendy Wade, Mississauga ON; Richard Osborn, Gulf Breeze FL; Larry Clark, Keene NH

Lee Smart, Olive Branch MS; Linda Sherrell, Collierville TN; Joan Chrestman, Bartlett TN; Susan Ray, Germantown TN vsGregory Clemmons - Janet Clemmons, Hillsboro OR; Janice Smith, Portland OR; Lisa Korick, Vancouver WA

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EDUCATION FUND A/B/C PAIRS 90.0 Tables / Based on 100 Tables A B C 24.46 1 Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata Argentina; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires Argentina 66.31% 18.35 2 Melih Ozdil - Justine Cushing, New York NY 65.69% 13.76 3 Patricia Griffin - James Griffin, Sausalito CA 65.23% 10.32 4 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 64.14% 7.74 5 Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA 63.54% 11.81 6 1 Charles Showalter, Lady Lake FL; Paul Matheson, The Villages FL 62.84% 4.35 7 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Melissa Baker, West Harrison NY 61.30% 8.86 8 2 Robert Morin, Val-Morin QC; Serge Hamelin, Montreal QC 60.92% 2.72 9 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 60.80% 6.64 10 3 Alison Gayfer - Mike Davis, London United Kingdom 60.53% 4.08 11 James Melville, Springfield IL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 60.15% 4.08 12 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 59.77% 2.92 13 Ron Lien, Brea CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 59.23% 5.83 14 Michael Berggren - James Flesher, Salt Lake City UT 59.13% 4.08 15 William Ehlers, Livingston NJ; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 59.08% 4.98 16 4 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Portland OR 58.62% 2.92 17 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 58.23% 2.92 18 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 57.85% 2.04 19 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 57.69% 1.55 20 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI 57.62% 4.08 21 5 Doug Barnes, Caledon ON; John McWhinnie, Hillsburgh ON 57.46% 1.34 22 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 57.11% 2.04 23 Gordon Deckelbaum, Hollywood FL; Sean Ganness, Miami FL 57.08% 2.80 24 6 Brian McGuire - Brian Ransley, United Kingdom Great Britain 56.92% 2.63 7 Shekhar Sengupta - Marie Sengupta, Marlborough MA 56.38% 5.43 8 1 Sheila Malinowski, Vallejo CA; Barbara Lemme, Sonoma CA 55.46% 1.32 9 Jim Dingwerth - William Hoge, Olathe KS 55.31% 1.76 10 Charles Bradford Jr, Columbus GA; Armand Grassi, Lynn Haven FL 54.85% 1.99 11 Trisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS 54.79% 4.07 2 Bruce Mann, Aledo TX; George Mann Jr, Kinnelon NJ 54.31% 3.05 3 Christopher Young - David Williams, New Orleans LA 54.15% 2.29 4 Richard Shaw, Greenville SC; Kay Rogers, Manakin Sabot VA 52.15% 1.72 5 Carol Raimondo, Cayucos CA; Marvin Weitzenhoffer, Las Vegas NV 51.69% 1.58 6 Rajiv Kapadia - Anne O’Meara, Mankato MN 51.45%

BALDWIN NAP FLIGHT A 14.0 Tables / Based on 37 Tables 65.00 1 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 437.56 48.75 2 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 418.69 36.56 3 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 396.88 28.89 4 Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 395.76 26.00 5 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; James Streisand, Sudbury MA 389.06 23.64 6 Brian Glubok, New York NY; R Jay Becker, Timonium MD 382.42 21.67 7 Robert Lebi - John Rayner, Toronto ON 379.90 20.00 8 Daniel Boye, Farmington NY; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 379.76 18.57 9 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Hailong Ao, Ashburn VA 374.85 17.33 10 Bart Bramley - John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 371.55 16.25 11 David Gurvich - Ron Haack, New York NY 368.77 15.29 12 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 364.85 14.44 13 Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA 359.06 13.68 14 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 357.36 13.00 15 Patricia Dovell - Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 356.36 12.38 16 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 352.96 11.82 17 Mike McGill, Andover KS; David Erickson, Wichita KS 352.75 11.30 18 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI 350.80 11.71 19 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 350.35

Entry FeesPlayers must be ACBL members whose service

fees or dues are current in order to compete in any of the following national-ranked events: Kay Platinum Pairs, Silodor Open Pairs, Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs, Rockwell Mixed Pairs, Lebhar IMP Pairs, Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs, NABC+ Fast Pairs, Jacoby Open Swiss Teams, and the Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams.

The entry fees for these NABC+ contests are $20 per player per session. For NABC+ events when screens are in use, the entry fee will be $30

per player per session. Note: $1.50 per person per session benefits the International Fund.

Players must also be current ACBL members to play in the 0-10,000 Swiss Teams and the 0-10,000 Knockout Teams. The entry fee is $17 per player per session.

Regional championships are $16 per player per session for ACBL members, $20 for non-members.

All other events are $15 per player per session for ACBL members, $19 for non-members. (Note: There is no entry fee for any flight of the North American Pairs, but participants who have qualified to play in these events are still required to be paid members.)

and pencils possess strong magic. “Never use a red pen,” insists Norberto Bocchi

(in Italian).One of those who claims she’s not usually

superstitious, Karen Walker says, “I have a thing about the pens I use to write results in my private score card. I carry several, and after a good session I make sure I use the same pen for the next session. If I have a few bad boards in a row, I change pens in an attempt to break the streak of ‘bad luck.’”

Lynn Deas says that in a long event such as a KO, she gets attached to a specific pen “and I must use the same pen every day.”Numbers and directions

A number of players mentioned directional “preferences” (not superstitions, mind you).

Daniel Korbel says he used to sit East until he had a sponsor who insisted on sitting East. “We did very well in a few events and I got used to sitting West. Then we accidentally sat in the wrong direction – he sat West and I sat East – and we had a terrible game.”

Michael Rosenberg always tries to sit East and North, “not due to any superstition, but because if I pick up a hand record months later, I have a better chance of remembering the results.”

Larry Sealy doesn’t like to sit West. “The last time I sat West was in 2001, I think.” He also doesn’t like to shuffle a board when vulnerability is infavorable for his side. “This comes from my early days as a more adventurous preemptor.”

Jill Meyers avoids section A. “Having lunch with my non-bridge playing friend, Paula, before a tournament also brings me luck.”

“It’s not quite a superstition,” Bart Bramley says, but I have a strong directional preference for East because I sat East in the very first duplicate session I ever played (1965) and I liked it. But I can sit West if I have to.”

Another of Bart’s “not quite a superstitions” is SDAM. “SDAM means ‘six diamonds always makes’. It’s on my convention card. I’ve been playing it since college in the late ‘60s.” A whole group of Bart’s MIT college friends were believers in SDAM. “I can provide many examples of the power of SDAM.”

Peg Kaplan likes 13. “Oddly enough, the number 13 brings me good luck! I won my first regional event starting at table 13, and often get good results on that board, too.”

Joel Wooldridge says that collecting 800 brings him good luck. “What do I try to avoid? Going for 800.”Clothes matter

Larry Cohen recalls a Spring NABC when he and David Berkowitz were not doing so well in a pair game. Matthew Granovetter invited Larry to Friday night Kiddush, an invitation Larry declined.

“But I did tell him that if David and I won the event, I might consider coming the following weekend.” They won the pair event.

“The following weekend, we had reached the semifinals of the Vanderbilt. Matthew invited me

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BALDWIN NAP FLIGHT A NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 62.50% 1 Don Sulgrove - Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 59.01% 2 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 58.92% 2 Robert Lebi - John Rayner, Toronto ON 56.34% 3 David Gurvich - Ron Haack, New York NY 58.71% 3 Charlie Garrod - F2md 4 Boyce Robbins, Greenville SC; Greg Roberts, Aiken SC 58.60% 4 Ben Takemori - William Ge, Burnaby BC 55.46% 5 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 58.55% 5 Daniel Boye, Farmington NY; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 55.25% 6 Bart Bramley - John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 58.12% 6 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 55.15% 7 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 57.96% 7 Brian Glubok, New York NY; R Jay Becker, Timonium MD 54.89% 8 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 54.49% 8 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 53.63% 9 James Ward - Karen Walker, Champaign IL 54.43% 9 William Aeschbacher, Park City UT; Harold Farnsworth, Salt Lake City UT 53.46% 10 Philip Hiestand - Shoichi Yoshihiro, Irvine CA 53.79% 10 Patricia Dovell - Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 52.78% 11 Mike McGill, Andover KS; David Erickson, Wichita KS 53.47% 11 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Connie Marfell, Milwaukee OR 52.64% 12 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 53.26% 12 Charles Kopp, Columbus OH; Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH 52.60%13/14 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI 53.15% 13 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 52.24%13/14 Stephen Nellissen, Ramsey NJ; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 53.15% 14 Stephanie Alexander - Robert Alexander, Mentor OH 52.04% 15 Nicolas L’Ecuyer - Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Montreal QC 52.72% 15 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 51.69%

BALDWIN NAP FLIGHT A 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 64.58% 1 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; James Streisand, Sudbury MA 62.02% 2 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 61.00% 2 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 58.65% 3 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 60.15% 3 Mike McGill, Andover KS; David Erickson, Wichita KS 58.49% 4 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 59.13% 4 Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 57.53% 5 Charlie Garrod - Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA 57.37% 5 L James Phillips, Chicago IL; Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL 57.00% 6 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 56.84% 6 Philip Hiestand - Shoichi Yoshihiro, Irvine CA 56.57% 7 Daniel Boye, Farmington NY; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 56.14% 7 Kenneth Meyer, Lititz PA; Bruce Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ 56.20% 8 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 55.40% 8 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 56.04% 9 Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA 54.65% 9 Barry Gorski - Albert Bingaman Jr, Reading PA 54.86% 10 Brian Glubok, New York NY; R Jay Becker, Timonium MD 54.38% 10 David Gurvich - Ron Haack, New York NY 53.31% 11 Patricia Dovell - Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 53.85% 11 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 53.04% 12 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 53.10% 12 Jack Wynns - Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 52.88% 13 Ben Takemori - William Ge, Burnaby BC 52.94% 13 Boyce Robbins, Greenville SC; Greg Roberts, Aiken SC 52.83%14/15 Don Sulgrove - Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 52.35% 14 Leo LaSota, Glen Burnie MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 52.46%14/15 Miroslav Kovacevic, Markham ON; Aleksandar Vujic, Toronto ON 52.35% 15 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Hailong Ao, Ashburn VA 52.40%

BALDWIN NAP FLIGHT A 1ST FINAL SESSION SECTION A 1 Brian Glubok, New York NY; R Jay Becker, Timonium MD 63.19% 2 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 60.43% 3 Robert Lebi - John Rayner, Toronto ON 56.05% 4 Bart Bramley - John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 55.26% 5 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 54.74% 6 Daniel Boye, Farmington NY; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 54.45% 7 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 54.32% 8 Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 53.76% 9 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; James Streisand, Sudbury MA 53.08% 10 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI 52.14% 11 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Hailong Ao, Ashburn VA 52.06%

INTERNATIONAL FUND 299ER PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION T EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Valerie Fraser - Floyd Fraser, Mobile AL 59.23% 1 1 Freddie Schmitt - Peter Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 63.39% 2/3 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 56.85% 2 Pamela Marinaro, Kenner LA; Carl Koppeis, Metairie LA 60.71% 2/3 2 1 Janet Stone - Thomas Stone, Duluth MN 56.85% 3 2 Jane Foster - Polly Norris, Palm Beach FL 55.65% 4 3 Margaret Shirer - John Clement, Metairie LA 56.25% 4 3 Gregory Clemmons - Janet Clemmons, Hillsboro OR 53.27% 4 2 Rodney Barnette - Susan Barnette, El Dorado AR 53.87% 4 Jean-Noel Willk - Karen Irico, Little Rock AR 50.60% 1 Bill Booth - Connie Booth, Clarksville TN 47.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION S EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Linda Conner - Lynn Flynn, New Orleans LA 66.07% 1 1 Bonnie Zeran - Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 65.18% 2 Sally Alex - Dottie Larson, Spokane WA 61.01% 2 2 1 Nancy Smithfield, Clarksville TN; Liza Philpy, Midland TX 59.23% 3 2 Gwen Davis - Annie Wright, Baton Rouge LA 58.04% 3 3 Marc Oliff - Lori Oliff, Englewood Clffs NJ 55.65% 4/5 Patricia Burke, New Orleans LA; Muffin Balart, Metairie LA 56.55% 4 4 Faith Lerner, Syosset NY; Susan Eisner, Huntington Bay NY 53.87% 4/5 3 1 Terry Jonas - Sheila Cesarano, Miami Beach FL 56.55% 2 Mary Stanley - Gail Dearing, Atlanta GA 49.70% 4 Virginia Brooks - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA 51.49%

INTERNATIONAL FUND A/B/C NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 60.23% 1 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 63.31% 2 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker, New York NY 58.08% 2 1 Satya Rami, Morganville NJ; Rajendra Gokhale, Cupertino CA 59.92% 3 1 1 Robert Pfeffer - Larry McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 57.69% 3 Nanette Noland - Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 59.46% 4 2 2 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 57.54% 4 2 1 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Dundas ON 58.69% 5 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 56.92% 5 Art Gulbrandsen, Monrovia CA; Mike Spero, Burbank CA 57.85% 6 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY 56.08% 6 3 Gerardo Malazdrewicz - Trisha Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS 57.46% 7 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Nancy Keller, West Newbury MA 54.69% 7 Edmund Wu, San Francisco CA; Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV 56.00% 8 3 Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Sam Graham, Germantown TN 53.92% 8 Jonathan Shute - L. Anne Posch, Sackville NB 55.77% 9 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Melissa Baker, West Harrison NY 53.85% 9 Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH 55.54% 10 James Griffin - Patricia Griffin, Sausalito CA 53.46% 10 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 53.38%11/12 4 3 James Abbott, Chicago IL; Jan Abbott, Leland NC 52.15% 11 Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA; Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA 51.38%11/12 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Cecilla Borras, Waltham MA 52.15% 4 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Portland OR 48.85% 5 4 Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR 51.46% 5 2 Helen St Romain - Fay Batt, Metairie LA 47.54% 6 Larry Legault - Lyn Legault, Coe Hill ON 50.62% 6 Madeleine Herbert, Teaneck NJ; Betty Ann Smith, Cresskill NJ 46.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H I EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 66.31% 1 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Brett Adler, Norwalk CT 63.77% 2 Ann Rickard, Greer SC; Michael Oechsler, Greenville SC 61.00% 2 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 62.00% 3 1 Aleksandar Vujic, Toronto ON; Miroslav Kovacevic, Markham ON 60.08% 3 James Flesher - Michael Berggren, Salt Lake City UT 59.23% 4 2 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jay Shah, Saint Louis MO 59.77% 4 Gary Neisler, N Richland Hls TX; Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX 58.15% 5 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 59.54% 5 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 57.15% 6 3 Roark Johnson, Edina MN; Chuck Cummins, Minneapolis MN 58.77% 6 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 57.00% 7 4 1 Lucy Morini, Warren VT; Eugene Pellegrino, Athens NY 58.08% 7 1 Terry Shaw, Halifax NS; Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS 54.15% 8 Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL 57.38% 8 2 Robert Morin, Val-Morin QC; Serge Hamelin, Montreal QC 54.00% 9 5 Armand Grassi, Lynn Haven FL; Charles Bradford Jr, Columbus GA 56.38% 9 3 Phyllis Timko - Donald Timko, Houston TX 53.23% 10 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 55.23% 10 Leo LaSota, Glen Burnie MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 52.77% 11 Melih Ozdil - Justine Cushing, New York NY 55.15% 11 4 1 Faisl Kayali, Belle Isle FL; Lyn Shapiro, Maitland FL 51.54% 6 William Weiss - Jean Weiss, New Orleans LA 50.08% 5 2 Christopher Young - David Williams, New Orleans LA 49.54% 2 Bill Beaushaw, Pearl River LA; Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 45.85% 6 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Beach FL 49.08% 3 Frank Vignati - W June Vignati, Palm Coast FL 41.92% 7 Francis Tseng, Erie PA; Chetan Mody, Greenville PA 48.85% 3 Rajiv Kapadia - Anne O’Meara, Mankato MN 46.77% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J N EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 61.15% 1 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 62.85% 2 1 1 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 59.38% 2 Chris Moore, Mountlake Ter WA; Ray Miller, Seattle WA 59.62% 3 2 2 Huixin Pan, Bolingbrook IL; Frank Hsieh, Naperville IL 57.92% 3 Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 59.38% 4 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 55.85% 4 1 Donna Christensen, Laguna Beach CA; Connie Marfell, Milwaukee OR 59.23% 5 Douglas Dye - Dale Dye, Wyndmoor PA 55.38% 5/6 Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 55.54% 6 3 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 54.46% 5/6 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC 55.54% 7/8 Brian Hingerty - Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN 53.77% 7 2 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 53.23% 7/8 4 Brian Ransley - Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 53.77% 8 Bill Bradshaw, Billings MT; Tanya McCully, Whitefish MT 52.08% 9 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 53.31% 9 Mark Bendure, Grosse Pointe MI; Joe Chiesa, Oak Park MI 51.69% 10 Idell Adams, Baton Rouge LA; Larry Federico, Metairie LA 50.85% 10 3 Craig Jones - John Cissel, Boise ID 51.15% 5 Barbara Grantham, Houston TX; Luigi Lenaz, Newtown PA 50.62% 4 1 Dorin Toma, Mississauga ON; Gabriel Tatar, Toronto ON 50.31% 6 3 Roberta Meyer, Puryear TN; Garel Fulks, Springville TN 50.31% 5 David Baskin, El Dorado Hills CA; Vicki Willis, Houma LA 49.15% 4 David Alan Smithfield, Clarksville TN; Carolyn Vick, Nashville TN 48.46% 2 Jennifer Breihan, Houston TX; Jason Holliday, Baton Rouge LA 48.92%

INTERNATIONAL FUND D/E/F NORTH-SOUTH SECTION K EAST-WEST D E D E 1 1 Dianne Butler, New Orleans LA; Barbara Pyburn, Metairie LA 61.77% 1 Martha Potter - Dave Drischell, Seattle WA 62.46% 2 2 David Roberts - Janis Roberts, New Orleans LA 59.38% 2 Amelia Powell - Cornelia Givhan, Mobile AL 54.07% 3 Paul Mock - Patricia Mock, McMinnville OR 54.10% 3 Linda Echtenkamp - Burt Echtenkamp, Boise ID 51.62% 4 Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN; Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL 53.71% 4 1 Mike Anthony, Mandeville LA; David Scherer, Covington LA 51.50% 2 Rosalyn Millar - Malcom Millar, Summerside PE 47.72% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION L EAST-WEST D E D E 1 1 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Leif Bjorn Odden, Drangedal Norway 60.33% 1 1 Douglas Steele - John Aluise, Chapel Hill NC 65.43% 2 2 Paul Rosenblum, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 55.57% 2 Charles Baker, Mount Sinai NY; Catherine Layden, Coram NY 53.21% 3 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 55.05% 3 2 Carolyn Singletary - Paula Potter, Hattiesburg MS 53.16% 4 3 Wendy Wade, Mississauga ON; Rita Rocys, Toronto ON 52.26% 4 Elaine Friedman, Miller Place NY; Arnold Fox, Mount Sinai NY 52.64%

BALDWIN NAP FLIGHT A 2ND FINAL SESSION SECTION A 1 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 61.39% 2/3 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 60.21% 2/3 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 60.21% 4 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 58.73% 5 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 57.69% 6 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; James Streisand, Sudbury MA 55.92% 7 Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA 55.47% 8/9 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Hailong Ao, Ashburn VA 53.55% 8/9 Mike McGill, Andover KS; David Erickson, Wichita KS 53.55% 10 Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 53.40% 11 James Ward - Karen Walker, Champaign IL 52.07%

Page 11Daily Bulletin Friday, March 13, 2015

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events

Today is Jane DeMontluzin Memorial Day.

Jane was born in Memphis. After earning a master’s degree in psychology from Radford University in Virginia, she pursued a career in human resources.

Jane moved to the Big Easy to be near her sister. Shortly after relocating, she called the Louisiana Bridge Association center to inquire about the game schedule. Doug DeMontluzin, took the call. You can figure out the rest of that story!

Janie combined her love of bridge with her love of teaching to become a teacher and director. Her students were introduced to the logic and

elegance and logic of bridge through Jane’s organized approach and joyful delivery

Jane died last year. She lived, loved, learned and left a legacy of kindness to her spouse, family, friends and students.

Sponsored events today include the John Onstott Stratified Open Pairs and the Edward Madden Memorial Newcomer Pairs.

John Onstott is a Grand Life Master with more than 25,000 masterpoints. His has been involved in New Orleans bridge since the 1970s. He co-chaired the 1983 NABC in New Orleans and serves as the honorary chair of this 2015 tournament. He was vice president of the LBA and

he sat on the ACBL Board of Governors 1981–1987.

John’s international success include winning the World Team Senior Bowl in 2001 (Paris) and the Senior International Cup at the World Team Olympiad in 2004 (Istanbul). Other accomplishments include winning the North American Swiss Teams in 1998 and the Central American Championship Open Pairs, and finishing second in the Spingold in 1999, the North American Swiss Teams in 1983 and the Grand National Teams in 1987 and 1997.

Edward Madden is the late husband of local stalwart Jackie Madden.

Today’s Sponsors

Junior Day Julius and Natalie Rosenblum Memorial Day

Saturday, March 14, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherSaturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20ACBL Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Gallerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20

Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m.Bridge-Plus+ Sheraton Hotel, Bayside Room, 4th floor Free Free Free lesson, 14-deal game follows at 12:30 p.m.Dorothy Middleton 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19Dorothy Middleton 0-20 & 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Saturday, March 14, 10 & 3 p.m.Strati-flighted Daylight Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $16 $20Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/100) 1-2 Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Saturday, March 14, 12:30 p.m.Bridge-Plus+ single Sheraton Hotel, Bayside Room, 4th floor Free Free 14 deals; follows free 10 a.m. lesson

Saturday, March 14, 1 p.m.Friday-Saturday Side Game Series 3rd single session Gallerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20

Saturday, March 14, 1 & 7:30 p.m.NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 1-2 SF Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20LEBHAR IMP PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $200–10,000 SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Gallerie 4, 2nd floor $17Saturday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Friday-Saturday Bracketed KO Teams sponsored by a generous 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Unit 134 donorStrati-flighted Open Pairs A/B (Unlimited/5000) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20Strati-flighted Open Pairs C/D (3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floorGold Rush Pairs 750/300 1-2 Galerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Saturday, March 14, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Saturday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.Sue Maly Strati-flighted A/B/C Side Swiss Teams (Unlimited/5000/3000) single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19Sue Maly Strati-flighted D/E/F Side Swiss Teams (2000/1000/500) single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19Friday-Saturday Side Game Series 4th single session Gallerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20 & 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Saturday, March 14, 11:30 p.m.KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/matchJunior Zip KO Teams (25 & younger) single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor FREE

Note: Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Entry for the 0–10,000 Knockout Teams is required by 10 a.m. Monday, March 16.Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided: A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director.*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.

again for Kiddush. I refused again, but this time I made him a promise. I said, ‘Matthew, if we win our semifinal match (we were trailing at the half), I promise I will wear your big black religious hat for the first quarter of the final.’

Cohen says they won the semifinal match and, as promised, showed up the next day wearing the hat. “My team captain saw it and had a fit! ‘That hat is bad luck. Take it off.’ I took off the hat and we lost the match.”

Matt Granovetter harbors a superstition of his own: “If you can’t find the bid you want in the bidding box, bid something else.”

George Jacobs eyes another “bridge prop”: “I am superstitious about letting Claude touch the Bridge Mates.”

A softer, kinder Claude says, “Playing with George, I need all the luck I can get. So what I do is wear the green coat I wore when we had our first victory.”

Kerri Sanborn says that when she and Jack Zhao played the World Mixed Pairs in Sanya, he wore the same shirt for the whole event. “And it didn’t even smell bad when we were finished.”

Sylvia Shi brings a touch of class to the table. “I change my nail polish color for each event.”

Bobby Levin says he has many superstitions. “I will always change clothes between sessions when I feel unlucky or play like a moron. For the

Vanderbilt, you can be sure I will be wearing the lucky Northwestern sweatshirt I wore last year.”

Partner Steve Weinstein doesn’t feel as strongly as Bobby about any of that. “Bobby and I had a big game in a session of the Cavendish, and took the lead in the event. Bobby’s mom, Sheila was kibitzing. When I came down to the game for the next session freshly showered and wearing a crisp new shirt, their jaws dropped in shock. After stunned silence, Sheila was finally able to say, ‘You changed your lucky shirt …’ I replied, ‘When I die, I will have a whole closet of lucky shirts.’ I also plan to get to 100 lucky hats!”

As for Bob Hamman? Here’s his take: “If you play bad bridge, you will lose.”

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Friday the 13th

Daily BulletinPage 12 Friday, March 13, 2015Today’s Bridge Events: all events played at the Marriott0-5 Newcomer Pairs Play Free Today!

Jane DeMontluzin Memorial Day

Friday, March 13, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherACBL Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Gallerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20

Friday, March 13, 10 a.m.Ed Madden 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19Ed Madden 0-20 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15Ed Madden 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor Free! Free!

Friday, March 13, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.John Onstott Strati-flighted Daylight Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $16 $20Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/100) 1-2 Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Friday, March 13, 1 p.m.Friday-Saturday Side Game Series 1st single session Gallerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20

Friday, March 13, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 Eligible players are paid-up ACBL members who meet one of the following criteria: have earned 50 platinum masterpoints over the three calendar years prior; earned at least 200 platinum points lifetime; or have attained Platinum Life Master or Grand Life Master rank. No exemptions will be granted for this event. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions LEBHAR IMP PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions0–10,000 SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $17 No player may have more than 10,000 MPs. 10% platinum points for overall placings (10 points maximum). 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsFriday-Saturday Bracketed KO Teams sponsored by a generous 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Unit 134 donorStrati-flighted Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Gallerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/100) 1-2 Gallerie 4, 2nd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Friday, March 13, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $150-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor Free! Free!

Friday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.Sue Maly Strati-flighted A/B/C and D/E/F Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19Sue Maly Strati-flighted D/E/F Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19Friday-Saturday Side Game Series 2nd single session Gallerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $150-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor Free! Free!

Friday, March 13, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/match

Note: Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Entry for the 0–10,000 Knockout Teams is required by 10 a.m. Monday, March 16.

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided: A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events UPPER CASE = NABC events Green = Regional events Blue = Gold Rush events Red = Intermediate/Newcomer 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.

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Youth and Junior entriesCoupons will be made available for junior

members in good standing for entry into events at NABCs:1. Any player under the age of 26 years who

is a full-time student (must provide proof of eligibility) will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per session.

2. Any player under the age of 21 years will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per session.

3. Any player 19 years and under will be granted free plays for each session of regionally rated events.

Notice to playersEach player must have an ACBL convention

card filled out and on the table. Please note that other types of convention cards, such as the WBF convention card or homemade cards that do not sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes.