wednesday, november 28, 2018 daily bulletin volume 91 ... · couldn’t smash the ball.” then he...

He has a quick wit, a quick pace and a quick twinkle in his eye. He plays, writes, commentates and teaches bridge. His overnight output for championship newspapers is prodigious – his byline in your Daily Bulletin is as familiar as your morning cup of coffee. Or tea, if that’s your preference.

Barry Rigal is a man of boundless energy in the bridge world.

“I always wanted to find something to excel at,” Barry says. “I haven’t yet decided whether bridge is it. There is the beauty of the permutations when card combinations fall the way you want and for a short time, you think you understand the patterns and what the game is all about. Then the next board comes and you realize you were deluding yourself.”

Barry was born and grew up in central London. He has one older brother, two younger sisters and 10 nephews and nieces, all of whom still live in London. He was raised in a card-playing household – “knockout whist, oh hell, but not bridge.”

He attended what was generally considered the strongest academic high school in the U.K., studying math and Latin and Greek. “I was consistently at the bottom of my class,” he says. Looking for something to excel in, he first tried table tennis. “But I

couldn’t smash the ball.”Then he took up chess: “I could play chess, but

clearly I wasn’t going to excel.”Then his math teacher organized bridge games a

ATTENDANCEthrough Tuesday3192.5 tables

Daily BulletinWednesday, November 28, 2018 Volume 91, Number 6

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

Goodwill MessageAccept the decisions of your director with

politeness and grace. Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

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Pre-registration required for Reisinger

Teams that wish to enter the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams must pre-register no later than 9 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29. See Matt Smith in the Tapa Ballroom.

Godfrey Chang is known as Hawaii’s best local player. A Platinum Life Master with almost 15,000 masterpoints, Chang has been playing for 58 years and earned most of them without leaving his home state.

Chang, 81, is also known for his

longtime partnership with John Sutherlin, who died in May.

“He’s as good a guy as you can ever meet,” Peggy Sutherlin says. “They really did become lifelong friends. I think John would consider Godfrey one of his five best friends.”

It began the first time they played against one

The wise mananother at a Hawaii Regional in the late 1960s. Chang says he had less than 50 masterpoints at the time. He was playing with Maizie Ho, who managed to endplay her partner twice in a row on the same hand. Sutherlin felt bad for Chang and offered to play with him the following year at the regional. They would play together each January for 50 years, winning dozens of pair events along the way.

Chang considers himself lucky to have been endplayed by his partner twice on the same hand that day. “That experience was worth a lot to me,” he says.

In 1999 at the Spring NABC in Vancouver, Chang finished second in back-to-back national pairs events: the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs with Gerry Caravelli and the Rockwell Mixed Pairs with Anne Arndt. The Rockwell was especially hard for Chang because it was so close: He and Arndt lost to Mike and Shannon Cappelletti by 0.62 matchpoints. That’s how close he came to making Grand Life Master.

Before that Chang used to travel to one NABC

Godfrey Chang is Hawaii’s highest-ranking player.

Behind the byline:Barry’s world

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Hua Yang of Plano TX and Yuan Wei Wang of China won the 0–10,000 IMP Pairs on Tuesday. They’re a first-time partnership and for Wang, it’s only the second time playing in the United States. Both come from bridge-playing families in China and knew each other through family.

Third after qualifying, Yang and Wang posted the second-best scores in each of the final sessions to win by almost 16 IMPs.

“It’s very lucky to get a championship,” Wang said.

Josh Donn of Las Vegas and Peter Gelfand of Corralitos CA had a monster first final session to take a 35-IMP lead but went negative in the last session to place second. Miriam Harris-Botzum and Marty Harris, the leaders after qualifying, finished third.

Chinese pair wins 10K IMP Pairs

continued on page 11Winners of the 0–10,000 IMP Pairs: Yuan Wei Wang and Hua Yang Canadians top Mini-Blues

after day oneLayne Noble and J. Mark Siegrist of Ontario,

Canada, lead the field after the qualifying sessions of the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs. The three-day event is limited to players with 0–6000 masterpoints.

A board out of first place were Rebecca Anspach and Keith Connolly from St. Paul MN.

Sitting in third are Texans Virgil Massey and Charlene Sands.

The field of 106 pairs, reduced to 56 pairs for today’s semifinal sessions, will be cut in half for tomorrow’s final.

Fleisher, Martel set the pace in the Blues

Carrying the momentum of their win in the Mitchell Open BAM Monday night, Martin Fleisher and Chip Martel top the field of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs after the qualifying sessions. They submitted scores of 66% and 61% to set the pace in the three-day event.

Frenchmen Jerome Rombaut and Combescune Baptiste enter the day in the two spot, while Nicolas L’Ecuyer and Zygmunt Marcinski from Quebec hold down third place.

The Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs is a three-day event consisting of two qualifying sessions, two semifinal sessions and two final sessions. Today’s field of 104 pairs will be cut in half for the Thursday final.

Cappelletti, Fung lead Women’s Pairs

Allison Cappelletti of Delray Beach FL and Kismet Fung of Edmonton AB are leading the Whitehead Women’s Pairs after Tuesday’s qualifying sessions. They scored 57% and 65% to take the lead and a carryover of 34.98 into today’s final, where 13 will be top.

In second, just 4.4 matchpoints back, are Virginia Kellermeyer and Brenda Pugsley from the Reno–Carson City area. Californians Kate Hill and Evelyn Holz are sitting in third.

Half of the 28-table field qualified for the second day.

Wednesday, November 28, 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.

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

Thursday, Nov. 299:15 am Donna Compton Let the Opponents Do the Work for You6:45 pm Barbara Heller Leading and Carding

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Meetings are at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

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)

Sunday, December 2TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)

HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT

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

Thursday, Nov. 2910:30 pm Malasadas

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

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.

Awkward!By Barry Rigal

This deal presented an awkward declarer and defense problem. Dlr: East ♠ 7 6 2 Vul: Both ♥ K 8 5 2 ♦ J 10 8 4 ♣ A K ♠ K 9 ♠ Q J 10 5 4 ♥ 6 3 ♥ A J ♦ A Q 9 6 5 2 ♦ 7 ♣ Q 6 2 ♣ 9 8 7 5 3 ♠ A 8 3 ♥ Q 10 9 7 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ J 10 4 West North East South Pass Pass 2♦ Pass Pass 2♥ Pass 3♥ All Pass

Because 2♦ escapes for down one, South did well to balance, but North’s raise put his side in dangerous territory. West did not find the ♠K lead, instead, putting a low club on the table.

Declarer won to lead a low heart. East took the ace and knew partner rated to have a top spade and decent diamonds. The ♠Q shift covered all bases. South had to duck, and now East shifted to diamonds: king, ace, 4.

When West reverted to spades, declarer could win and draw trumps, then set up either a diamond to pitch his spade or ruff a club and then exit in spades to avoid losing a diamond.

Should West have found the winning defense? Underlead in diamonds at trick five. East can ruff and exit in spades and one way or another, the defenders must score a fifth trick.


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSThinking bridge

By Eddie Kantar

Hand evaluation. Responder’s rebid. Third-hand play. Counting your tricks.

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

Opening lead: ♣Q.Bidding commentary: As South, partner’s

bidding shows two spades, not three. Partner usually supports directly with three trumps. To bid on in this sequence requires 16+ high-card points. But if you are strong enough to bid again with this distribution, try 3♥ to show a singleton club as well three hearts (your 2♦ rebid has denied four hearts), catering to a possible five hearts in partner’s

hand. As North, holding two spades, a 2♥ rebid after partner bids 2♦ shows six hearts, exceptionally, five headed by three of the top four honor cards. Opener can pass 2♥ with a singleton heart.

Defensive commentary:

As East, if declarer plays low at trick one, signal encouragement with the ♣9, your highest equal spot card. Signaling with the ♣8 denies the ♣9!

Play commentary: With the ♣A marked on your right, duck the first club, ruff the club honor return and try to make as many low trumps as you can. Play the ♦A and ♦K, ruff a diamond low, ruff a club, ruff a diamond with the ♠A and lead dummy’s last club. If West still has a club, you can ruff, your seventh trick. The ♠K and ♥A bring your trick total to nine. Don’t worry that you’re ruffing a diamond with the ♠A; the diamond is s a loser in any case and the ruff provides you with a dummy entry to ruff a club.

Defensive commentary: Defenders often give count when declarer initiates a suit (diamonds). However, when the count in the suit is known (diamonds is declarer’s second-bid suit), giving

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.

Wendy Wiltse and Randy Wentross were playing for the first time as partners and the first time at this tournament on Tuesday in the 299er game. Wiltse, a local, has been playing for six months. Wentross, who has been playing for two years, used to live in the area but moved to Tucson AZ. “A teacher we had in common put us together,” Wentross said.

FOR THE RECORD By the Numbers

By Robb Gordon, National RecorderOne of the more visible tasks of the Office of

National Recorder is compiling a database of Player Memos and making sure they are investigated by the appropriate party, be that the National Recorder, or a district or unit recorder. We want to have a copy of every Player Memo in ACBL-land in our database, and we have been encouraging tournament directors and local recorders to help us make that happen.

Through the end of October, the numbers look like this:• We have received

286 Player Memos: We got 41 in Philadelphia, 40 in Atlanta and 185 in non-NABC events.

• Out of these, 17 were matters not within ACBL jurisdiction, such as club discipline.

• Forty-seven were handled at the unit level, 80 at the district level and 122 by the National Recorder.

• Sixteen Player Memos went to the Anti-Cheating Commission for consultation.

• Twenty-six matters were heard by various disciplinary committees: Units handled 12 (including two appeals of club barrings); districts handled four and a regional tournament disciplinary committee handled one.

• That leaves nine that were handed at the national level. Four were handled directly by managment. The ACBL Disciplinary Committee heard five cases, of which two resulted in negotiated resolutions.

• There was one disciplinary appeal to a district appellate committee.

• The ACBL Appeals & Charges Committee heard one appeal and one automatic review.Sometime during the first quarter of 2019 we

expect to have full-year data available.

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.

count is counterproductive. As West, if declarer plays a fourth diamond, intending to ruff with dummy’s ♠A, discard your last club. Now declarer cannot enjoy a third club ruff and is held to eight tricks.


Conventional wisdomBy Barry Rigal

One of the gadgets that the fancy have taken up is a modified form of key card in response to a preempt. The way it works is to use a jump to 4♣ (or 4♦ over a 3♣ opener) to ask for key cards with that suit set as trump – a call of 4NT can be placed as ace asking.

Step responses show:• Zero key cards• One key card without the trump queen• One with the trump queen• Two without the queen• Two with the queen

Some pairs (including two current world champions) use the first step to say, “Not only do I have none but you will be sorry you asked!” We will assume you don’t need that one.

On Board 18 from the Mitchell Open BAM first final, John Lusky and Allan Falk probably tied the record for reaching 7NT in terms of speed. Dlr: East ♠ A J Vul: N–S ♥ A K Q 10 8 5 3 ♦ 9 ♣ A 10 5 ♠ 9 7 6 ♠ 4 2 ♥ 6 2 ♥ 9 7 4 ♦ K J 7 6 3 ♦ Q 8 5 2 ♣ K Q 9 ♣ J 7 3 2 ♠ K Q 10 8 5 3 ♥ J ♦ A 10 4 ♣ 8 6 4

When Allan, South, opened 2♠, Lusky could use 4♣ key card for spades and blast 7NT over the response. Dummy’s J♥ was a nice bonus.

QUALIFIERS IN THE KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 52.0 Tables / Based on 103 Tables Carryover 1 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 610.89 2 Jerome Rombaut - Combescune Baptiste, Hem France 606.88 3 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 589.59 4 Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 580.00 5 Stan Schenker - David Milton, Herndon VA 576.81 6 Joe Grue, New York NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 576.49 7 Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 570.28 8 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 569.80 9 Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 565.40 10 Massimiliano Di Franco - Giovanni Donati, Italy 563.90 11 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV 563.18 12 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 562.31 13 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Barry Rigal, New York NY 561.67 14 Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 557.59 15 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 557.58 16 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 554.21 17 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 553.94 18 Nabil Edutton, Australia; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand 552.53 19 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA 551.87 20 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 551.18 21 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 546.22 22 Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 545.92 23 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India 544.24 24 Jacek Robert Grzelczak, Lodz Poland; Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland 542.05 25 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 541.26 26 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 539.85 27 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 539.66 28 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 539.45 29 Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Magnus Eriksson, Sweden 537.90 30 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 537.61 31 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Mike Passell, Plano TX 536.16 32 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 535.70 33 Michael Prahin - Elena Prahin, Irvington NY 535.33 34 Richard J. Probst - Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia 534.71 35 Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 531.68 36 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ 530.91 37 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 530.52 38 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 529.68 39 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 528.30 40 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA 528.06 41 Liam Milne - Andy Hung, Sidney Australia 525.89 42 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden 525.13 43 Mark Moss, Piedmont CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 524.65 44 Fredrik Helness - Martin Andresen, Oslo Norway 524.43 45 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 524.09 46 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 522.60 47 Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Renee Cooper, Perth WA 521.97 48 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 521.88 49 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Victor King, Hartford CT 518.91 50 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 517.52 51 Frances Corney - Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 516.54 52 Monica Jajoo, Gurgaon India; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India 516.52 53 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 514.65 54 Leigh Gold, Melbourne Australia; Kitty Muntz, East Malvern Australia 514.62 55 David Gold, London England; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway 514.34 56 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Richard Chan, Markham ON 513.16 57 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 513.02 58 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 512.99 59 Debbie Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 509.59 60 Mariusz Krasnicki, Lodz Poland; Mateusz Sobczak, 509.27 61 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 508.32 62 Larry Pocock - Yue Su, Vancouver BC 507.55 63 Yul Inn - Cheryl Mandala, Cupertino CA 504.49 64 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 504.39 65 Terry Weigkricht, Vienna Austria; Peter Zelnik, Austria 504.34 66 Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands; Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Netherlands 502.59 67 Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; John McAllister, Keswick VA 502.24 68 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA 500.89 69 Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; George Mittelman, Thornhill ON 499.91 70 Steven Smolen - Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA 499.59 71 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 499.01 72 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 498.87 73 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 498.56 74 Sanna Clementsson - Thomas Andersson, Sweden 496.94 75 Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina; Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA 496.51 76 Jeffrey Schwartz - Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 496.12 77 Linlin Hu, China; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA 495.94 78 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX 495.36 79 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 495.20 80 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 494.81 81 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Chris Moll, Durham NC 494.74 82 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 493.24 83 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 492.24 84 Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 491.96 85 Huub Bertens, Las Vegas NV; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 489.47 86 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing China 488.74 87 Kazuko Takahashi, Tokyo Japan; Sumiko Sugino, Fukuoka Japan 488.51 88 David Caprera, Denver CO; William Pollack, New York NY 488.15 89 Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 486.72 90 John Hurd, New York NY; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ 486.53


per year, but since then he’s been to maybe three in the past 20 years.

“My goal was never to reach for Grand Life Master,” Chang says. “Just mental stimulation. That is the key as you get older. Keep your mind and body going because they work in harmony.”

Chang was fascinated by cardplay long before he encountered bridge. As a 5-year-old, he could spend hours watching his mother and her friends play mahjong. “I was a very strange child,” he admits. Later on Chang played trumps, a trick-taking game similar to spades.

While attending the University of Hawaii, he noticed a foursome of retirees playing bridge at a country club. “As I was watching them play, I thought, ‘This looks like trumps.’” He bought Sheinwold’s “Five Weeks to Winning Bridge,” and when he got back to the university, jumped in and started to play. “No one dragged me down and said, ‘You gotta learn this game.’”

He learned about organized bridge from a fellow student, Burton Long, who invited him to play duplicate. “The taste of winning started to come right away,” Chang says. In 1963 he and Long played in an ACBL-wide Charity Game and placed third with a 73%.

As his stature among local players increased, Chang was asked to be appeals chair for the Hawaii Regional, a position he has held for 30 years. He also served on the Hawaii Contract Bridge Units Association board for eight years and six years on the Honolulu Unit 470 board.

It took more prodding to get him to start teaching bridge. Whenever Chang received the frequent suggestions he should teach, he would smile and say he hadn’t really considered that. Eventually he relented and decided to give it a try as a way of giving back to the game. He discovered teaching to be rewarding. “The reward comes when you light up that bulb, that joy when they see,” he says. “The other joy I get, they become part of the family. The social network enlarges.”

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Chang

Vugraph operators neededVugraph operators are needed Saturday and

Sunday for the Reisinger Board-a-Match broadcast on BBO. The first session each day starts at noon, the second session starts at 7 p.m. ACBL pays operators $50 per session.

If you haven’t been a vugraph operator before, you will need some training, but it should not be hard if you are familiar with playing on BBO. Jan Martel is available for training on Friday. If you are available for any day/time, please email Jan at marteljan at gmail.com or text her at 530-574-5780, and she will answer any questions you may have. Thousands of BBO spectators around the world will appreciate your help!

91 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR 486.44 92 Zachary Madden, Bethesda MD; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE 486.19 93/94 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 485.94 93/94 Michael Christensen, Seattle WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA 485.94 95 Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Samuel Bahbout, Antwerp Belgium 485.60 96 Jianwei Li, Guangdong China; G Wen Wei, China 485.27 97 Ray Miller - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA 484.74 98 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 484.64 99 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA 484.34 100 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 484.05 101 William O’Shea - Vanessa Brown, Spit Junction Australia 483.91 102 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 483.86 103 Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Guy Gecht, Los Altos CA 483.49 104 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 483.39

QUALIFIERS IN THE 0–6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 28.0 Tables Carryover 1 Layne Noble, Ottawa ON; J. Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON 409.58 2 Rebecca Anspach - Keith Connolly, Saint Paul MN 395.23 3 Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 395.21 4 Jack Patnode, Kula HI; Alain Schreiber, Bellevue WA 394.43 5 Stan Fong - Margot Loren, Toronto ON 390.74 6 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 390.08 7 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Diana Jing, Surrey BC 385.94 8 Dean Jenkins, Kailua Kona HI; Richard Gittleman, Kamuela HI 382.62 9 Arjun Dhir, Johns Creek GA; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 381.19 10 Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 377.30 11 Alan Kosansky, Kailua HI; Steven Johnson, Honolulu HI 375.24 12 Ronald Leight - Ivy Leight, Santa Fe NM 374.94 13 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA 374.72 14 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN 372.60 15 Ken Rosenfeld, Mountain View CA; Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA 372.23 16 Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA; Leon Yu, Syosset NY 371.05 17 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 369.87 18 Dustin Stout, Huntington Beach CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 369.07 19 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Barbara McKay, Alamo CA 367.86 20 Cliff Marx, Everett WA; Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA 367.38 21 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 366.64 22 Caryn Villalon, Bonsall CA; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 366.36 23 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 364.09 24 Dawn Foltz - Gregory Foltz, Fort Collins CO 363.07 25 Leonard Doerksen - Marlene Pontifex, Winnipeg MB 362.40 26 Edward Rais - Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 361.85 27 James Herchenroeder - Laurie Herchenroeder, Harrodsburg KY 361.28 28 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI 360.60 29 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 359.91 30 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 358.50 31 William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 357.09 32 Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC; Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 356.85 33 Gamil Tadros - Helen Dillen, Calgary AB 356.79 34 James Lindemann, Spokane WA; Dee Steil, New Westminster BC 355.91 35 Bradley Komsthoeft, Clayton CA; Bonnie Macbride, Lafayette CA 353.96 36 Maureen Weiman - Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 353.35 37 Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT 353.26 38 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Judith Zimmerman, Columbus OH 352.05 39 Stuart Goodgold - Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 351.78 40 Marielle Brentnall - John Hindle, Winnipeg MB 351.29 41 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 350.86 42 Terry Sappah, Anchorage AK; Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ 350.82 43 Roy Ladd - Albert Stock, Valencia CA 350.12 44 Marilynn Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA; Susan Huber, Brentwood CA 349.19 45 Andrew Krywaniuk, Burnaby BC; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 346.29 46 Louis Trautwein III - Helena Fine, Naples FL 346.18 47 James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV 345.73 48 Edward Lee, Portland OR; Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC 345.52 49 Jason Larrivee - Pamela Keim, Regina SK 344.67 50 Norma Bozzini, San Mateo CA; Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI 344.43 51 Sedat Nassi - Gerty Nassi, Aventura FL 344.19 52 Romain Jacques, Gatineau QC; Lise Macra, Cantley QC 343.50 53 Joyce Goldstein, Brooklyn NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 342.85 54 Leah Sieg, Seattle WA; Elizabeth Saul, Bellevue WA 342.38 55 Gary Waldron, Laguna Beach CA; Harold Binder, Dana Point CA 342.22 56 Tomi Storey, Frisco TX; Scott Nason, Dallas TX 342.08


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TOM LUM TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 8 TablesJudy Cohen, Northbrook IL; Denise Kadleck, Chicago IL; Pat Teer - Bill Teer, Fairfax VA vsLee Stem - Laima Stem, Mississauga ON; Ruth Tschumy, Honolulu HI; Eileen McCashew, Calgary AB

New Life MasterDickie Motherwell of Pahoa

HI on the Big Island became a Life Master on Tuesday in the Edith Neff Daylight Knockout Bracket 2 with Gail Buck, Judy Blankenfeld and Betsy Hartley. Upon arriving in Honolulu, Motherwell needed 8.26 gold points. That was down to 3.01 after Sunday’s Gold Rush Swiss Teams, and getting to the final of the knockout delivered the rest.

MilestoneGeorgina Little of London

ON became a Ruby Life Master on Tuesday playing in the Godfrey Chang Monday-Tuesday KO Bracket 2. Little played with her husband Frank Stoffle, Bruce Moor and Tom Jolliffe. They made it to the semifinal of the event.

0–10,000 IMP PAIRS 10.0 Tables / Based on 20 Tables 40.00 1 Hua Yang, Plano TX; Yuan Wei Wang, Beijing China 93.18 30.00 2 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 77.59 22.50 3 Miriam Harris-Botzum, Orefield PA; Martin Harris, Chicago IL 69.56 17.78 4 Sam Madison-Jammal - Wirt Gilliam, San Diego CA 55.70 16.00 5 Leo Lin, Hsinpei City Taiwan; Clair Miao, Honolulu HI 44.20 14.55 6 Eugene Chung, Daly City CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA 22.72 13.33 7 Jim Johnsen - Paul Darin, San Diego CA 15.21 12.31 8 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 9.89 11.43 9 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA 7.96 10.67 10 Ivanie Yeo - Lon Sunshine, Merrimack NH 7.74

QUALIFIERS IN THE WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 14.0 Tables Carryover 1 Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; K. Fung, Edmonton AB 34.98 2 Virginia Kellermeyer, Reno NV; Brenda Pugsley, Carson City NV 30.58 3 Kate Hill - Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA 30.03 4 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 28.27 5 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 27.72 6 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 25.63 7 Susan Humphries, Auckland New Zealand; Julie Smith, Vancouver BC 19.80 8 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 19.36 9 Tobi Sokolow - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 19.03 10 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Junko Hemus, San Clemente CA 18.48 11 Gen Geiger - Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL 17.27 12 Peggy Ware, Denver CO; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 16.94 13 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA 15.84 14 Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA; Sigrid Price, Napa CA 14.74 15 Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 13.97 16 Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka Sweden; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 13.42 17 Margie Cole - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 13.20 18 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 10.23 19 Barbara Dessi, Rome Italy; Cristiana Morgantini, Rome Italy 9.02 20 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 8.47 21 Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL 8.03 22 Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 6.38 23 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Elizabeth Crenshaw, Birmingham AL 6.16 24 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 5.28 25 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 4.95 26 Lindsey Weinger, Delray Beach FL; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy 3.74 27 Yuanluo Wang - Yan Song, Plano TX 1.76 28 Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 0.00


MITCHELL OPEN BAM – REVISED 52 Tables / Based on 91 Tables140.00 1 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 35.91105.00 2 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 35.82 78.75 3 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Dennis Bilde, Copenhagen Denmark; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 34.77 62.22 4 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing China 34.68 56.00 5 Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Tor Helness, Monaco; Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway; Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Franck Multon, Monaco 33.64 50.91 6 John Hurd, New York NY; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL 33.05 46.67 7 Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Little Elm TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 33.00 43.08 8 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 32.55 40.00 9 Andrew Rosenthal - Chris Willenken - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 32.45 37.33 10 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse ; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 32.18 35.00 11 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 32.09 32.94 12 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; R. Rubinstein, Sunnyside NY 31.82 31.11 13 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 31.77 29.47 14 Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 31.23 28.00 15 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 30.77 26.67 16 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 30.05 25.45 17 Wen Wei Gao, Xudong Sun, Lili Shen, Shao Hong Wu, Jianwei Li, Nan Wang, China 29.16 24.35 18 Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland; Mariusz Krasnicki - Jacek Robert Grzelczak, Lodz Poland; Sobczak Mateusz, Ozorkow Poland 29.05 23.33 19 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 29.00 22.40 20 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal 28.95 21.54 21 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao, Shanghai China; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan 28.91 20.74 22 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 28.84 20.00 23 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA; Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 28.50

TUESDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 19.0 Tables A B C 6.28 1 Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 62.46% 4.71 2 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 61.91% 5.20 3 1 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 59.00% 3.90 4 2 Robert Weaver - Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 58.70% 3.80 5 3 1 Dee Ann Hansen, Saratoga CA; Brenna Wundram, Los Altos CA 57.78% 2.19 6 4 Bruce Brownfield, Graham WA; Muriel Stitt, Honolulu HI 55.56% 2.85 7 5 2 William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 55.28% 2.14 6 3 Dori Foster - Joe Foster, Atherton CA 54.72% 1.60 4 Jan Dragoo, Sierra Vista AZ; Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ 54.17% 1.20 5 Connie True - Steve Dickason, Little Rock AR 53.70%

TOM LUM TUESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 1.75 1 M. Prebula - Adam Wilkinson, Juneau AK 58.93% 1.60 2 1 Charles Levin, Los Angeles CA; Natalie Englekirk, Pacific Palisades CA 58.55% 1.20 3 2 Shideh Nikkhoo - Sandra Miano, Honolulu HI 55.95% 1.32 4 3 1 Sally Flinn - Joyce Spoehr, Honolulu HI 52.77% 0.99 4 2 Mollie Brackett, Longmont CO; Gail Lurie, Boulder CO 48.82%

TOM LUM TUESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 6.0 Tables A B C 2.40 1 1 1 Janis Rodden - Hazel Theodore, Honolulu HI 58.50% 1.80 2 2 Sharon Weber, Kealakekua HI; Elizabeth Reid, Kailua Kona HI 55.50% 1.35 3 3 Charlotte Riviera, Bellevue WA; Joanne Kerr, Kirkland WA 54.50% 1.01 4 4 Greg Manchuk - Kathleen Manchuk, Kihei HI 51.50% 1.32 2 Judy Fisher, Redmond WA; Lola Leen, Bellevue WA 49.00%

How to qualify in the BAMBy Barry Rigal

Displaying a combination of bad luck, bad judgment and bad karma, your team has struggled to 25/51 with just one deal to go. You need a win on the final board to reach average (hooray!) and earn a spot on the roster for the BAM final. Can you do it? Dlr: West ♠ A J 6 Vul: None ♥ 7 ♦ K J 3 ♣ A K 10 9 8 4 ♠ 2 ♠ K Q 7 5 ♥ K Q 10 8 5 2 ♥ A 9 3 ♦ 8 7 2 ♦ A Q 10 9 6 ♣ 7 6 5 ♣ 3 ♠ 10 9 8 4 3 ♥ J 6 4 ♦ 5 4 ♣ Q J 2 West North East South 2♥ 3♦ 4♥ 4♠ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

Identical auctions in the two rooms. Your teammates have collected 500 from 4♠ doubled, so if you do better, you are in. If the same, you face a tie-break. And if worse, you get a sleepless night and a 10 a.m. pair game – a fate worse than death.

West leads the ♥K and shifts to a MUD ♦7, the sort of play that earns MUD its name and reputation. Naturally East cashes two diamonds then disappointedly reverts to hearts. You get to ruff, and then what? ♠ A J ♥ — ♦ K ♣ A K 10 9 8 4 ♠ 2 ♠ K Q 7 5 ♥ Q 10 8 5 ♥ 3 ♦ 8 ♦ 10 9 6 ♣ 7 6 5 ♣ 3 ♠ 10 9 8 4 3 ♥ J ♦ — ♣ Q J 2

After cashing the ♦K to pitch your heart, it looks natural to play ♠A J. East wins, forces you twice when in with top trumps, and collects 500. Your best chance here may be to give up on any miracle in spades. Cash the ♦K and exit with the ♠J!

If East wins and leads a red winner, you can survive. You ruff in dummy and cross to the ♣Q having saved a tempo and can drive out the remaining top trump while retaining control for minus 300.

Of course East does have a recourse. He wins the ♠Q and exits in clubs. Now you are locked in dummy and must concede the ruff and the master trump. (This is the winning defense whether declarer cashes the ♦K before playing the ♠J or not,)

Did you get a good night’s sleep?

EDITH NEFF MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO 1 11 Tables 24.99 1 Hiroko Yanagisawa - Yukiko Tokunaga - Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 17.49 2 Midori Sakamoto, Kawasaki Japan; Yasuyo Iida, Yokohama Japan; Atsuko Katsumata, Kanagawa Japan; Yoko Nenohi, Kawasaki-Shi Japan; Toyoko Saito, Tokyo Japan 10.00 3/4 Howard Co - Barbara Linn - A Acey - John Donoghue, Honolulu HI 10.00 3/4 Elizabeth Golamco, Alamo CA; Rita Levin, Los Angeles CA; Robert Englekirk, Rancho Mirage CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA

EDITH NEFF MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO 2 9 Tables 11.54 1 Patti Moore, Kalaheo HI; Mimi Levison, Koloa HI; L. Stuart Vance - Dileep Bal, Kapaa HI 8.08 2 Gail Buck - Dickie Motherwell, Pahoa HI; Betsy Hartley, San Clemente CA; Judy Blankenfeld, Hilo HI 4.62 3/4 Dawn Ligon - Annetta Patrick - Hal Saunders - Charles Patrick, Santa Barbara CA; Alan Curtis, Thousand Oaks CA 4.62 3/4 Brian Castle, San Diego CA; Linda Atkinson - Drucilla Field, Encinitas CA; Marge Van Hemert, Bonita CA


Improving your chances in the Baze final

By Paul BardenThese deals come from the first quarter of the

final in the Baze Senior KO, featuring the Nickell team against the Kasle team. Nickell played with Ralph Katz, Robert Levin, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell. Kasle played with Drew Cannell, Jim Krekorian, Drew Casen, Michal Kwiecien and Wlodzimierz Starkowski.

Dlr: East ♠ 5 Vul: E–W ♥ A 9 6 Bd: 6 ♦ A K Q 10 2 ♣ A K 9 8 ♠ 6 2 ♠ Q J 8 7 ♥ J 5 4 ♥ 10 8 3 2 ♦ J 9 8 7 3 ♦ 6 5 ♣ J 7 6 ♣ Q 10 2 ♠ A K 10 9 4 3 ♥ K Q 7 ♦ 4 ♣ 5 4 3

West North East South Hamman Starkowski Levin Kwiecien Pass 1♠ Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ Pass 2NT Pass 3♥ Pass 4NT Pass 6NT All Pass

Opening lead: ♥3In the Polish style, South’s 2♠ shows a minimum

hand and does not promise extra length. North’s 2NT is artificial and asks about shape. 3♥ from South shows the sixth spade while denying diamond support, and 4NT is a quantitative invitation, usually with a singleton spade since he could bid a forcing 3♠ with two. Kwiecien accepted, viewing his spade suit as a likely source of tricks.

Levin considered a spade lead, but eventually chose a safe heart. Kwiecien put his dummy down and took a bathroom break, while Starkowski thought about how to play the hand.

If the only consideration is to establish the spade suit for one loser, the percentage line is to play spades from the top. This succeeds against all 3–3 breaks and against 4–2 breaks where one or both of the queen and jack are in the doubleton – 9 of the 15 possible doubletons. That’s a 64.6% chance. The alternative of taking the first-round finesse is better when West has a small doubleton – 6 distributions – but worse when he has honor doubleton – 8 distributions. Which makes it a 61.4% shot. However, the finesse has the advantage that if it does lose to a doubleton honor, you’re not yet off. Unfortunately West will return a diamond before you find out the spade break, so you can’t afford to finesse (if West doesn’t return a diamond, it’s so suspicious you’ll probably choose not to finesse anyway). Nevertheless you’ll recover from your spade play if diamonds are 4–3 with the jack

dropping, or if East has a doubleton or singleton jack, in which case there’ll be a double squeeze. That improves the line to 65.7%. And you also have the chance of running the diamonds when West started with ♠Q J x x, which brings the odds up to 68.3%.

What if East has five or six spades? Then if you establish an 11th trick in spades, you make whenever West has the diamond length, or if West has the ♦J short. You get that 11th trick by playing spades from the top if West has a singleton honor, or by finessing if West has a small singleton. This improves your chances to 67.8% and 73.1% respectively. Finally, if you discover that East has five or six spades but you haven’t established an 11th trick, you can try to play the diamonds for five tricks, either by finessing (if you played spades from the top) or by trying to drop the tripleton jack (if you finessed in spades). That gets you to 69.4% playing spades from the top, or 73.7% if you finesse in spades.

Of course, no one can do these calculations at the table. Starkowski tried a third approach: he won the lead with the ♥A and cashed two top diamonds. His idea was that if the jack fell, he’d be up to 11 tricks and could consider how best to combine his chances, depending on which hand had the diamond length. When nothing happened, he played spades from the top and went one off.

West North East South Kasle Katz Cannell Nickell Pass 1♠ Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♣ Pass 3♥ Pass 4NT All Pass

Opening lead: ♥2At the other table Katz and Nickell bid naturally.

In a similar position to Kwiecien, Nickell chose not to bid slam. Katz played spades from the top and made 11 tricks.

Dlr: West ♠ — Vul: N–S ♥ A J 10 9 7 6 Bd: 12 ♦ A K Q 8 5 ♣ 9 6 ♠ A Q 10 8 5 3 ♠ K J 7 6 2 ♥ 4 ♥ Q 3 2 ♦ J 7 6 4 3 2 ♦ 10 ♣ — ♣ Q J 8 7 ♠ 9 4 ♥ K 8 5 ♦ 9 ♣ A K 10 5 4 3 2 West North East South Hamman Starkowski Levin Kwiecien 2♠ 4♦ 4♠ 5♣ Pass 6♣ All Pass

Opening lead: ♠AStarkowski’s 4♦ was leaping Michaels, showing

at least 5–5 in the red suits. When Kwiecien nevertheless bid 5♣, Starkowski not surprisingly went on to slam. Kwiecien gave that a long look before passing, by which time Hamman, West, had decided there was enough doubt for him not to

save despite his extreme distribution. Hamman led the ♠A, which declarer ruffed in dummy to lead a trump. Levin, looking at two trump tricks by force, covered the 9 and declarer played the ace expecting to claim, but Hamman discarded a spade. Declarer now cashed dummy’s ♦A K intending to pitch his spade loser. If Levin had ruffed, declarer, who had a complete count, would have had an easy make by overruffing, cashing his top club, crossing to the ♥A, running the jack, and discarding his spade loser on dummy’s top diamond. But Levin carefully worked out that his trump tricks couldn’t go away, and resisted the temptation to ruff, just in case his partner had six diamonds. So the contract went an unlucky one off.

West North East South Kasle Katz Cannell Nickell 3♠ 4♥ 4♠ 5♥ 5♠ 6♦ 6♠ Pass Pass 7♦ 7♠ Dbl All Pass

Opening lead: ♦KAt the other table, the higher preempt forced

North–South into their best fit. West is expected to have extra shape to bid 5♠; if East had known the shape was in diamonds, he’d have passed 7♦ to give West the chance to make a Lightner double of 7♥. The grand slam can in fact be made if South is declarer and he sniffs out the distribution – he can finesse against East once in hearts and twice, if East splits, in clubs, then ruff the clubs good and use the third round of hearts as an entry to hand to run the clubs.

As it was, West had to play 7♠ doubled. Katz cashed the ♦K and the ♥A, then Kasle carelessly claimed the rest, not considering the implications of the 5–1 diamond break suggested by the auction. A sensible order of play of play after ruffing North’s heart continuation at trick three would be diamond ruff high, spade to hand, diamond ruff high, spade to hand, diamond ruff, and the defense gets one more diamond for three off. Or it’s possible to endplay South in clubs for three off after drawing trumps and ruffing some red cards. But in law these lines are not available to declarer unless stated when he claims, so the director rightly ruled the contract down four for an 800 penalty.

Kasle’s reward for reaching two good slams in the first segment had been to lose 25 IMPs. Against the number 1 seeds they would have hoped for better luck. After 15 boards, Nickell led by 42 IMPs to 21.

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RigalTOM LUM TUESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SWISS TEAMS 9 Tables A B C 4.05 1 Minako Takahashi - Fumiko Kimura - Sachiko Yanamura - Keiko Matsuzaki, Tokyo Japan 63.00 3.40 2 1 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Jan Dragoo, Sierra Vista AZ; Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI 60.00 2.55 3 2 Masako Otsuka - Hiroko Saito - Mari Mitani - Eriko Ito, Tokyo Japan 49.00 1.91 4 3 Lester Kodama - Mitsuko Kodama, Mililani HI; Daniel Berman - Bob Bradley, Honolulu HI 43.00 1.82 1 Doyle Johnson - Carolyn Johnson - Steve Dickason - Connie True, Little Rock AR 39.00

TOM LUM TUESDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 32.0 Tables 7 3 2 11.03 1 1 1 Ralph Haberfeld, Jackson WY; David Larsen, Honolulu HI 61.31% 8.27 2 Barbara Wilson, Sudbury MA; Phyllis Bloom, Acton MA 60.89% 6.20 3 2 Sharon Putter - Margaret Paterson, Winnipeg MB 60.71% 4.65 4 3 Margaret Randle - Cheryl Diane Patrick, Kansas City MO 60.17% 3.68 5 4 Clare Smith, Walnut Creek CA; Jeanette Bartz, Clayton CA 59.67% 3.51 6 5 2 Jean Mutchmore - Jeanne Fortin, Boucherville QC 58.42% 2.76 7 C. Shipley, Kansas City MO; Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS 57.87% 2.63 8 6 3 Yukari Ishikawa - Atsuko Wada, Tokyo Japan 56.61% 2.21 9 7 4 Maree Webster, Wilson WY; Victoria Hess, Jackson WY 56.40% 2.35 10/11 8 Suzanne Brisebois - Denis Piton, Longueuil QC 56.10% 1.93 10/11 Jefri Donovan, Reno NV; David Ouyang, Waianae HI 56.10% 1.70 12 9 5 Leah Williams - Gretchen Bunnell, Crested Butte CO 55.95% 2.36 13 10 Joan Shafer, Pahoa HI; Robin McDuff, Santa Cruz CA 55.36% 1.71 14 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Peoria AZ 55.21% 1.38 15 Rich Oom - Sharon Oom, Kentwood MI 54.61% 1.38 16 Paul Davis, Mountain View CA; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 53.57% 1.34 6 Barbara Levine – H. Michael Mogil, Naples FL 51.49%

TOM LUM TUESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 32.0 Tables / Based on 72 Tables A B C 37.66 1 Fred King, McLean VA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 64.20% 28.25 2 Ken Bloom, Acton MA; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 61.68% 21.18 3 Eugene Chan, Richmond BC; Gary Tomczyk, Las Vegas NV 61.53% 15.89 4 Nunzio Martorina, Laguna Woods CA; Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA 60.04% 19.42 5 1 Christina van Leeuwen, Kansas City MO; Todd Fisher, Lincolnwood IL 58.66% 10.76 6 Naomi Paasch, Moorhead MN; Roark Johnson, Edina MN 58.47% 9.42 7 Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA; Panette Talia, Kelseyville CA 57.27% 14.57 8 2 Douglas Smith, Carson City NV; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 57.16% 7.53 9 Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 57.10% 10.92 10 3 Clinton Lew, Claremont CA; Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA 56.39% 8.19 11 4 Robert Liu - Ann Bernson, Honolulu HI 56.04% 5.79 12 William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; Martin Hinds, Bakersfield CA 55.66% 5.38 13 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 55.54% 6.47 14 5 Yuki Kondoh, Japan; Erika Kawano, Kanagawa Japan 55.31% 4.71 15 Bruce Luttrell - Karen Rice, San Jose CA 55.25% 4.43 16 Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 55.02% 9.89 6 1 Tomoko Uchiyama - Rieko Sako, Japan 53.46% 4.86 7 Mary Phillips, Honolulu HI; Ronald Resnick, Kula HI 53.02% 4.32 8 Susan Shaver - Anne Casey, Sun Lakes AZ 51.50% 7.42 9 2 Roger David - Lise Bedard, Trois-Rivieres QC 51.24% 3.53 10 Janet Parsons, St John’s NL; Darleen Bates, Durham NC 50.97% 3.68 11 Carmen Meuter, Brentwood CA; Teresa Duewer, Portland OR 50.89% 5.56 3 Julianne Wooden, North Vancouver BC; Freda Cryer, Kelowna BC 50.82% 4.17 4 Emi Sonemoto - Tsuji Sanae, Tokyo Japan 50.46% 3.30 5 David Graham - Jill Graham, London England 50.42% 2.83 6 Eddie Bishop, Lacey WA; Kimberly Johnson, Olympia WA 49.72% 2.47 7 Catherine Hess - Peter Galbraith, Kaneohe HI 49.30%

TOM LUM TUESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 3.00 1 1 1 Rochelle Mathieu - Jane Waldron, Volcano HI 64.29% 2.25 2 2 Greg Manchuk - Kathleen Manchuk, Kihei HI 60.97% 1.69 3 3 Rod Goree, San Francisco CA; Warren Kenyon, Littleton CO 58.25% 1.50 4 4 2 Judy Fisher, Redmond WA; Lola Leen, Bellevue WA 57.74% 0.95 5 5 Melody Harper, El Segundo CA; Esther Zacks, Hermosa Beach CA 55.36% 0.71 6 Charlotte Riviera, Bellevue WA; Joanne Kerr, Kirkland WA 53.11% 1.13 3 Randy Wentross, Tucson AZ; Wendy Wiltse, Kailua HI 50.77% 0.84 4 Kondo Fuyuko - Horie Machiko, Japan 48.98%

couple of days a week during lunch. “I was hooked,” says Barry. “Bridge, chess and the occasional game of poker is how I spent my time – anything rather than working.”

Barry took his “Do as little as possible to get by” philosophy with him to Queen’s College at Oxford.

After university, Barry worked as a chartered accountant, first for Pricewaterhouse, then for Conoco. His chosen area of expertise was corporate tax work, which he specialized in even before qualifying, which was unusual at the time. But the area was critical to companies such as Conoco, for whom taxes were a major liability that drove decision-making.

“Under those circumstances, they listen to you,” he says. “I found it immensely interesting and enjoyable.”

Between 1982 and 1995, Rigal won more than 10 major British championships, including the Gold Cup, the Tollemache Cup and the Shapiro Spring Foursomes.

It was in Bal Harbour FL at the 1986 World Bridge Championships that Barry met Sue Picus. Sue, a four-time world champion, was also working in London at the time. They became friends and bridge partners and then started dating in 1992. Then Sue’s job took her back to the U.S.

While their transatlantic romance was working, “It took Conoco to step in and play Cupid,” Barry says.

In 1994, Conoco decided to close its London office. Rigal took the compensation package the company offered and moved to New York to be with Sue. At the same time, he made the fulltime career switch to bridge.

In 1997, Sue and Barry married. “We’re coming up on our 21st anniversary,” he says, smiling.

He is the president of the International Bridge Press Association, which is he says is the most time-consuming of his bridge responsibilities. He commentates vugraph presentations for the World Bridge Federation in addition to writing for the Daily Bulletins. He also writes the WBF World Championship books.

Barry ghostwrites a syndicated bridge column and writes for a number of publications including Bridge World and the Bridge Bulletin. Of the experts on the Bridge Bulletin’s It’s Your Call panel, Barry is always amongst the first to respond to the problems – usually turning around his answers the same day the problems are emailed.

Barry’s writing is chock full of British colloquialisms and spelling that sometimes need translation for U.S. audiences. “I depend upon my proofreaders to spellcheck my infelicities,” he says. Though it’s been nearly a quarter of a century, “I still think of myself as English, especially as regards the Ryder Cup.” While he doesn’t golf himself, he avidly follows the biennial contest between Europe and USA’s best golfers.

Between NABCs, WBF championships, EBL tournaments, the Gold Coast Congress in Australia and various invitational tournaments, Barry estimates he is away from New York six months of the year. He and Sue also make it a priority to spend time with their London family.

Periodically he and Sue headline bridge cruises. Next month they’re going to Vietnam and Thailand – “Sue will teach the beginners and I will take the intermediates. I’ll be able to tick another country off my bucket list.”

Barry has a favorite story. He leans back in his chair.

“When I was at Oxford, I read Latin and Greek for two years and classical Hebrew for two years,” he says.

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GODFREY CHANG MONDAY-TUESDAY KO 1 9 Tables 36.60 1 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Alessandro Ganddougua, Rome Italy; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland 25.62 2 Jun Shang, Beijing China; Bo Fu - Yichao Chen - Junjie Hu, Shanghai China; Yan Sun, China 14.64 3/4 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 14.64 3/4 Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands


WAIALAE BRIDGE CLUB TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 1 14 TablesDebbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Curtis Cheek - Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV vsJames Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy

Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands vsMary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC

GODFREY CHANG MONDAY-TUESDAY KO 2 14 Tables 21.22 1 Steve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL; D’Anne Pientka, Phoenix AZ; Bruce Yee, Paradise Valley AZ 14.85 2 Paul Christ - Lynn Larson, Traverse City MI; Linda Monahan - Pat Monahan, Interlochen MI 8.49 3/4 Frank Stoffle - Georgina Little - Tom Jolliffe - Bruce Moor, London ON 8.49 3/4 Steven Forsythe - Sandra Forsythe, Centerville OH; David Fotland - Wendy Fotland, San Jose CA

TOM LUM TUESDAY OPEN PAIRS 17.0 Tables / Based on 49 Tables A B C 29.50 1 Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 59.56% 22.13 2 Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 58.95% 16.59 3 Robert Hope, Provost AB; Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 58.53% 12.45 4 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Steve Ramos Jr., Seal Beach CA 57.33% 9.83 5 Lisa Fishman - Robert Johnson, Beaverton OR 57.03% 8.43 6 John Ashton, Portland OR; Dennis Metcalf, Vancouver WA 56.13% 7.38 7 Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands; Bob Drake, Wassenaar Netherlands 55.77% 6.56 8 Suzi Subeck - Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 54.69% 5.90 9 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Barbara McLendon, New York NY 54.51% 11.71 1 1 Brenna Wundram, Los Altos CA; Vivian Betcher, Panama City FL 52.34% 8.78 2 Ryo Matsubara - Ayako Matsubara, Tokyo Japan 52.10% 6.59 3 Zag Kadah, Los Gatos CA; K Blumenthal, Portland OR 50.06% 4.94 4 William Brackett, Longmont CO; Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO 49.94% 3.90 5 Ron Frystak, Kaneohe HI; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 49.46% 4.10 2 Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 48.80% 3.08 3 Scott Chupack - JC Chupack, Seattle WA 48.32% 2.53 4 Jacques Simard, Montreal QC; Alain Cardinal, Santa Barbara CA 47.78%

TOM LUM TUESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 10.0 Tables 7 B C 5.25 1 1 David Letourneau - Angela Letourneau, Indian Land SC 59.23% 3.94 2 Gigette Caldwell - Craig Caldwell, San Diego CA 54.61% 2.95 3 Beverly Walker - Benjamin Levy, Vancouver WA 54.02% 1.98 4/5 Susan Frieder, Wailuku HI; Jeanne Radtke, Larkspur CA 53.87% 3.00 4/5 2 1 Linda Shannon - Frank Shannon, Mesquite NV 53.87% 1.50 6 Conrad Larkin, Santa Rosa CA; Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA 52.23% 2.25 3 2 Laura Mirsky, West Des Moines IA; Saul Mirsky, La Jolla CA 51.49% 1.69 4 Susan Wavada, Enfield CT; Mee Warren, New York NY 50.00%

TUESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 7.0 Tables A B C 3.68 1 1 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 71.25% 2.76 2 Paul Janicki - Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON 61.25% 2.76 3 2 1 Rich Ardini, Vienna VA; William Smits, Kapolei HI 57.50% 2.07 4 3 Laura Gastelum - Raymond Mack, Torrance CA 52.50% 1.55 5 4 Brenda Woodman - James Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 52.08% 1.02 5/6 Roger Smith, Modesto CA; Krista Kabacy, Vancouver WA 50.00% 1.02 5/6 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Village MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 50.00% 1.71 2 Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Tony Greenberg, Malibu CA 49.58%

TOM LUM TUESDAY EVENING 299ERS PAIRS 2.5 Tables A B C 1.95 1 Gail Lurie, Boulder CO; Mollie Brackett, Longmont CO 62.50% 1.46 2 Ed Tunstall - Nancy Tunstall, Warrenton NC 52.50%

TOM LUM TUESDAY EVENING A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 10 Tables A X 6.21 1/2 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 54.00 6.21 1/2 Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy 54.00 3.99 3 1 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Anthony Barre, Sunnyvale CA; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 50.00 2.99 4 2 Kotomi Asakoshi - Junko Tsubaki, Tokyo Japan; Shugo Tanaka, Tokyo Japan; Yumiko Oda, Tokyo Japan 42.00

TOM LUM TUESDAY EVENING B/C/D/ SWISS TEAMS 7 Tables B C 2.98 1 1 Brian Castle, San Diego CA; Linda Atkinson, Encinitas CA; Marlene Felix, Los Angeles CA; Jennifer Wellman, Manhattan Beach CA 57.00 2.24 2 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Lola Gebauer, Haiku HI; Marvie Kelly, Honolulu HI; Richard Betcher, Panama City FL 47.00 1.68 3 Tuba Unlu, Portland OR; Gul Acar, Turkey; Guler Uyanik - Nurten Kucukkoylu, Turkey 46.00


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsBig Island Day

Thursday, November 29, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherKaren Lanke Wednesday-Friday Morning Knockout Teams 2nd Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Jannie Feeback Thursday-Friday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Mark Teaford Celebration of Life Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game 1st single session Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20

Thursday, November 29, 10 a.m.Lester & Mitzie Kodama 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19Lester & Mitzie Kodama 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Thursday, November 29, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Kathy Golitzen Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750.Rick Wall Thursday-Friday Daylight Knockout Teams 1-2 South Pacific 2, MPCC $16 $20

Thursday, November 29, 1 p.m.Lake Minnetonka Bridge Wednesday-Thursday Side Game 3rd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20

Thursday, November 29, 1 & 4:30 p.m.0-10,000 FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q South Pacific 4, MPCC $17 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions.

Thursday, November 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 3, Tapa $25 —SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 1-2 Q Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Ballroom $25 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Contestants must have been born prior to Jan. 1, 1959.0-6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Nautilus Suite, MPCC $17 —Jack Buchanan Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20Castle Resorts Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750.Leonard & Helen Fahrni Thursday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Patsy Lum Wednesday-Thursday Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20

Thursday, November 29, 3 p.m.Jack Buchanan Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single South Pacific 2, 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

Thursday, November 29, 7:30 p.m.Jim Bishop A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19Jim Bishop B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19Lake Minnetonka Bridge Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 4th 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

Thursday, November 29, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16/team/match

Note: Entry for the REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS required by 9 p.m. Thursday.

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.

After he left, Neil – a friend of his who planned to attend Oxford – asked Barry whom he might speak to about Hebrew. Neil was also interested in studying Arabic, so he got in contact with Mr. Jones, an Arabic professor.

At the end of the conversation, Jones asked Neil how he knew who to contact about the program. Neil named Barry.

“Barry Rigal!” laughed Jones. “The laziest man in Oxford.”

Look fast. There’s that twinkle again.

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.

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.


Rigal

Wang recently got invited to play for a professional bridge club in China. “It’s like a soccer club,” Yang explained. While in Honolulu, Wang’s wife took Learn Bridge in a Day.

Runners-up in the 0–10,000 IMP Pairs: Josh Donn and Peter Gelfand


10K IMP PairsJim 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 vsLei Jun - Yong Xue - Xinguo Fang - Yumin Liu, Burlingame CA

WAIALAE BRIDGE CLUB TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 2 13 TablesToyohiko Ozawa, Kawasaki City Japan; Midori Horikawa - Ayako Nagayama - Ishino Hiroko, Tokyo Japan vsPaula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Laurent Thuillez, Frede Ric France; Romain Tembouret - Claire Tembouret - Pascale Thuillez, France

Karen Hudesman - Donald Stark - Paul Wayne English - Judith Dubester, Seattle WA vsCharles Conrad - Ann Conrad - Valerie Byrne - Robert Hamilton, Castro Valley CA

WAIALAE BRIDGE CLUB TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 3 9 TablesShawn Cantlin, Tracy CA; Donna Neff - Linda Golm - Louis Golm, San Francisco CA vsTom Singleton, Laguna Hills CA; Tobie Allard-Smith, Laguna Woods CA; Keith Kalway - Herbert Nakagawa, Honolulu HI

John Montgomery - Carol Lombardino, Tomball TX; Ivy Steinberg - Allan Quaile, Stouffville ON vsEli Zinner - Yolanda Medina - Jan Grieff Zinner, Nipomo CA; Marie Sheehy, Nicholasville KY


Today’s Bridge Events

Karen Lanke DayBy Dick Lanke and Ruth Tschumy Karen and her

husband, Dick, met in New York City at the Cavendish Club: he won the A flight in a tournament and she won the B flight.

They married and visited Hawaii on vacation. Karen loved the islands and they moved to Oahu in the 1980s. They founded their own game, known as the Honolulu Bridge Club, where Karen shared managing and directing duties with Dick.

Karen was known for her warm and encouraging personality and her kindness and generosity – endlessly promoting duplicate bridge and teaching and mentoring new players and new arrivals to the islands.

Those of us who were lucky enough to learn from her remember her admonition to “Do something intelligent!” when faced with a difficult bid or lead.

Karen passed away in 2014; in 2016, she was inducted posthumously into the Hawaii Contract Bridge Units Association Hall of Fame. Karen is greatly missed but fondly remembered for her ever-

present smile, her joyful nature and for her devotion to the bridge community.

Patsy L. LumBy Tom Lum & friends of Patsy

Patsy Lum, a Diamond Life Master, was an ACBL member for more than 40 years. During this period, she was active in bridge, serving on the unit board for many years and on the hospitality committee for the Hawaii Spring NABCs in 1975 and 1983.

Patsy was also a gracious hostess during the 40 years the Hawaii Regional was chaired by her husband, Tom. Patsy elevated the game in a way few others have. Beneath her elegant dress and demeanor lay a sweet, but formidable opponent.

Lake MinnetonkaBy Tom and Mary

Pokonosky Bridge by the icy shores

of Lake Minnetonka in January, or a balmy seaside escape to Waikiki? Any doubts?

Today’s Sponsors

Karen Lanke DayWednesday, November 28, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherTom Lum Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Jim Bishop Monday-Wednesday Morning Knockout Teams 3rd Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Karen Lanke Wednesday-Friday Morning Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20

Wednesday, November 28, 10 a.m.Karen Lanke 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19Karen Lanke 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Wednesday, November 28, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Karen Lanke Fast Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Honolulu Suite, Tapa Tower $16 $20

Wednesday, November 28, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.Karen Lanke Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20Karen Lanke Bracketed B Teams (0–3000) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Brackets of 8 teams by average masterpoints; 3 teams in each bracket earn gold.

Wednesday, November 28, 1 p.m.Lake Minnetonka Bridge Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 1st single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20

Wednesday, November 28, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 —WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 1, Tapa Tower $25 —0-6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $17 —Karen Lanke Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20Karen Lanke Open Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Tapa Ballroom 3, Tapa Tower $16 $20Karen Lanke Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300/200) 1-2 South Pacific 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 750.Patsy Lum Wednesday-Thursday Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20Waialae Bridge Club Tuesday-Wednesday Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20

Wednesday, November 28, 3 p.m.Karen Lanke 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19Karen Lanke 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 p.m.Karen Lanke Evening Board-a-Match Teams (unlimited/3000/750) single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Open to Swiss drop-ins and new entrantsLake Minnetonka Bridge Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 2nd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20Karen Lanke 299er Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19Karen Lanke 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19Karen Lanke 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Wednesday, November 28, 11:30 p.m.Karen Lanke Zip Knockout Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16/team/match

Note: Entry for the REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS required by 9 p.m. Thursday.

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.

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