DailySaturday, March 10, 2018 Volume 61, Number 2

61st Spring North American Bridge Championships NABCDailyBulletin@acbl.org | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski

Goodwill Message

Today is Junior Day. Have a word of encouragement for young players, for they are the future of our game.

Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

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Pre-registration required for national knockouts

Spring aheadDaylight Saving Time starts

in the lost hour between Saturday and Sunday. Set your watches and clocks ahead one hour Saturday night or risk being late for your first bridge date on Sunday.

I joined the ACBL while still in high school in Milford DE and started playing in regionals and sectionals — from Cherry Hill to Lancaster — while attending the University of Delaware. I made some wonderful friendships in those early days and I consider myself blessed that so many of them continue to this day. As a former member of District 4, and as the fortunate friend of many current members, I’m extremely proud to be the chief corporate sponsor for the 2018 Spring NABC in Philadelphia.

Those who know me through bridge understand my passion for the game and the importance of my relationships with my partners and teammates. What you may not know is that for 30 years, I have delivered consistent and practical investment advice and careful retirement planning to many members of the bridge community.

As an avid bridge player, I know the importance of communication with a partner, both in bidding and defense. As a financial advisor, I practice the same skill, where thoughtful client communication is not only good practice — it’s essential.

What distinguishes bridge from many other

Bridging the Gap between Player and Advisor

By Rusty Krauss, NABC Sponsor

Please accept our apology for the difficulty in getting to the Convention Center yesterday. The shortest route to the playing area in the Convention Center is to exit the Marriott through the doors near the front desk. Make a left going west on Filbert Street and then a right onto 13th Street and go one block north to Arch Street. The best Convention Center entrance to use is on the northwest corner of 13th and Arch. This is a short walk, less than a quarter of a mile.

We strongly suggest that you do not use the skybridge from the Marriott to enter the Convention Center. This will take you to a part of the building that makes it difficult to find the bridge play.

Philly isn’t just the birthplace of the union: Bridge grew up here, too. Fourteen original U.S. bridge greats hail from this area. See their pictures in our Philly 14 display on the third floor of the Marriott. How many can you name? Your answers could win you $100!

Fill out a blue entry form found near the display. A winner from among the forms with the most correct answers will be drawn on March 18, and the winner notified by email. Entries can be returned

to the Information Desk (fifth floor Marriott) or put in the box at the display. You can read the full contest details on the entry form. You do not have to be present to win.

Check back in the Daily Bulletin over the next five days for a new hint about one of the pictures and learn more about Philly bridge player history. Good luck!

Today’s Philly 14 hint: “I am ‘Mr. Bridge.’”

Play the ‘Philly 14’ contest

Getting to the Convention Center

It takes a lot of patience and generosity to be selected ACBL Goodwill Member of the Year. Nelda Linman of Bend OR says she learned that behavior from the best.

In her 30s, while living in Mexico City where her husband had recently started working, Nelda was asked to help organize a charity bridge game at the American embassy. She knew very little of either bridge or Spanish, but for the role of organizer, she didn’t need to – or so she thought. Then came game time, when a man showed up without a partner. Without filling out the last table, the charity would lose $100, so Nelda reluctantly agreed to play.

The game was conducted in Spanish and there were no bidding boxes, so Nelda, who was barely

familiar with bridge terms in English, had to quickly learn how to follow an auction and call for cards in another language. She was so flustered that she precipitated three director calls in the first 20 minutes, by which point she was in

tears. But her partner came to the rescue.“He was just so nice and put me at ease,” Nelda

says. “He told me he was just here to have a nice time with me.”

The mystery man’s calming words helped Nelda

A Friendly ExampleNelda Linman is 2018 Goodwill Member of the Year

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Pre-registration for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is required before by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 11. Teams entering the 0–10,000 Knockout must

pre-register no later than 10 a.m. Monday, March 12 (the day of the event). Pre-register in the Grand Ballroom, 5th floor Marriott.

Hampson-Greco set pace in Platinum Pairs

Geoff Hampson and Eric Greco topped the qualifying round of the Kay Platinum Pairs, boosted by a strong first session. The duo scored 68.51% in the first set and paired it with a 52.67% in the second to take the pole position with a carryover of 395.78.

In second with 392.75 are Leslie Amoils and Tom Hanlon, and in third with 390.14 are Joe Grue and Brad Moss.

The three-day contest attracted 112 pairs, and 56 pairs qualified for today’s semifinal round.

Local squad leads 10K Swiss

The team captained by Deepak Khanna scored 113.19 victory points in the qualifying round of the 0-10,000 Swiss Teams to take the lead going into today’s two-session final. Playing with Khanna are Thomas Kriz, John Botzum and Miriam Harris-Botzum. Their carryover is 24.85 VPs.

In second place with a carryover of 24.43 is the New Jersey-based team led by Peter Stein. His teammates are Leonard Helfgott, Stephen Arshan and Richard Ross.

The field of 66 teams was cut to 34 finalists for today’s final.

CEO Meet and GreetBahar Gidwani, the ACBL’s chief executive, will

hold sessions to meet with members in Philadelphia. Come find him in 13 Restaurant at these times:

Saturday, March 10 5–6 p.m.Sunday, March 11 8:30–9:30 a.m.Monday, March 12 10:30–11:30 p.m.

Masilamani-Rai lead IMP Pair quals

A large field of 338 pairs entered the Kay Platinum Pairs, and Kansans James Masilamani and Atul Rai posted the top score in the qualifying round to lead the event for today’s two-session final. Masilamani and Rai scored 32.30 IMPs in the first qualifier and added 53.89 IMPs in the second session to finish with 86.19 IMPs. Their carryover for the final is 28.20 IMPs.

In second place with a carryover of 27.74 are Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis and Vasileios Vroustis of Greece.

One hundred eight-two pairs qualified for the final.

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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 from PurplePass. (If you see PurplePass on your credit card statement later, remember this is a charge for ACBL entry fees!) To use this option, the entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single card. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an alternative to cash.

Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Room: Franklin 5-8, 4th floor. Speakers and topics are subject to change.

Saturday, March 109:15 a.m. Patty Tucker Practical Five-Level Competitive Decisions

Sunday, March 119:15 a.m. Norman Beck Odd Things To Help With the Game6:45 p.m. Robert Todd Is It Forcing? How Forcing Is It?

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Meetings are at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.

Saturday, March 108 am-Noon Bridge Teaching Dynamics Workshop. Session three of

three. ACBL’s 10-hour seminar for people interested in learning how to teach bridge. (Rooms 401-403)

10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Jerry Helms followed by a special game for newer players. (Franklin 9-10, 4th floor)

9:30 am-Noon ACBL Educational Foundation meeting. (Conference Suite 1, 3rd floor)

10 am-Noon ACBL Charity Foundation meeting. (Conference Suite 3, 3rd floor)

10 am-6 pm WBF meeting. (Room 502)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 both class instruction and coached play. No pre-registration required. Fee: $20 covers textbook and door prizes. (Franklin 9-10, 4th floor)

6-8:30 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. Fee: $75. (Franklin 9-10, 4th floor)

Sunday, March 118:30-10 am Audrey Grant’s Modern Techniques for Bridge Teachers

and Club Managers. 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 90-minute seminar. Fee: $20 covers materials. (Liberty Ballroom, 3rd floor)

9 am-Noon Changes to the Laws of Duplicate Bridge. This continuing education course focuses on the changes in the Laws that took effect in September 2017. Discussion includes explanations of the changes and illustrations of their application. Tips for club directors will be presented to help handle the table situations where the revised laws are applicable. While designed for club directors, players interested in understanding the changes to the Laws are welcome. Fee $10. Sign up at door. (Room 307)

10 am-Noon Board of Governors meeting. This meeting is also open to the general membership of the ACBL. (Grand Hall, 5th floor)

10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant followed by a special game for newer players. (Liberty Ballroom, 3rd floor)

10 am-6 pm WBF meeting. (Room 502)1-5 pm Notrump in a Day. This workshop explores basic notrump

bidding and the most common responses, from raises to Stayman and Jacoby transfers. Fee: $20 at the door (includes textbook). (Liberty Ballroom, 3rd floor)

HOSPITALITYLate night snacks will be served nightly, following the evening session, in the pre-function space outside the Marriott ballroom on the fifth floor. Tonight, build

your own mini Philly cheesesteak.

EntertainmentBig Bus ToursSee Philadelphia

– $20 discount tickets (usually $32) – with ACBL convention card. Get tickets at the Hotel Tour Desk in the lobby of the Marriott. Board the Big Bus on 12th Street outside the front door of the Marriott at 10:15 and hourly thereafter.

Atlantic City BoardwalkOn Sunday, March 11, District 4 invites you to

take a stroll on the Atlantic City Boardwalk – right

inside the hotel. The fifth floor of the Marriott will be transformed into the boardwalk – the one we remember when we were kids.

The boardwalk will have cotton candy, sno cones, hot dogs and funnel cakes with salt water taffy as a parting gift. There will be arcade games like skee-ball, darts, ring toss and plinko. Strolling magicians will walk around and do up-close magic and a balloon vendor will give away balloons. There will even be photo booths with on-site printable pictures. It’s an event not to be missed.

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Check out the vendorsLooking for bridge books, bridge fashion,

dealing machines and more? Check out the bridge vendors on the fourth floor of the Marriott daily.

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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSThinking bridge

By Eddie Kantar2NT response after a takeout double and

when not to draw trumps. Dlr: South ♠ 10 8 7 3 Vul: N-S ♥ 10 ♦ A 7 6 2 ♣ K 8 7 4 ♠ — ♠ 9 6 5 4 ♥ A 9 7 6 ♥ K Q J 5 ♦ K Q J 5 ♦ 10 9 4 ♣ Q 9 6 5 2 ♣ 10 3 ♠ A K Q J 2 ♥ 8 4 3 2 ♦ 8 3 ♣ A J

West North East South 1♠ Dbl 2NT Pass 4♠ All Pass

Opening lead: ♦K Bidding commentary: North’s jump

response to 2NT after a takeout double is a popular convention called “Jordan.” It shows limit-raise values – 9-11 support points – with at least four-card support. Following a double, a direct jump to 3♠ is weak. If you mentally replace the ♦A with a low diamond or the ♣K with a low club, you will get an idea of what a jump to 3♠ looks like after a takeout double.

As South, knowing of nine-card spade fit, revalue upwards. The player who receives support, South, adds 2 extra points as a bonus just for the nine-card fit. Additionally, if the long hand contains

a singleton or two doubletons (your hand does) another point is tacked on. Using this method, your hand has blossomed from 15 to 18 points, enough to bid 4♠. If you bid 3♠, partner is supposed to pass.

Defensive commentary: As East, if declarer leads a heart from dummy at trick two, play an honor and switch to a spade to stop heart ruffs in dummy. As West, if declarer mistakenly leads a spade at trick two and exits with a heart, play low, allowing partner to win and play a spade.

Play commentary: As South, your dummy cries out to be used for ruffing hearts. Your plan should be to ruff three hearts in dummy. A heart, not a spade, should be led at trick two. You need those spades in dummy to ruff hearts. Unless you are playing against close friends or relatives, you can expect the opponent who wins your heart exit to lead a spade, because he can see what you are up to. If you play a heart at trick two and ruff your three losing hearts in dummy, you will make an overtrick, losing one heart and one diamond. If you play one round of spades before leading a heart, and they switch to a spade upon taking the first heart, you will lose an extra heart trick. You will still make your game, but you should not be proud of yourself. Finally, if you played two rounds of spades before leading a heart, keep it a deep, dark secret.

Diana Turek-Gever and Hal Gever of Holland PA started playing bridge last year and are playing in their first NABC. “We both retired around the same time and were looking for something we could do together before we got used to going our separate ways,” Hal said. Diana added, “We do a lot of things separately. This is the one thing we do together.”

Gu is Grand LMJiang Gu of Mountain Lakes

NJ is among the newest of the ACBL’s Grand Life Masters, the title awarded to players who earn at least 10,000 masterpoints and at least one NABC title or its equivalent.

Gu won the 2004 Lebhar IMP Pairs with Nikolay Demirev, and he has two second-place finishes as well – the 2005 NABC Fast Pairs and the 2011 Keohane North American Swiss Teams.

Earler this week, Gu finished second in the Spring NABC Online Individual.

Check cashing and Bridge BucksThe check cashing and Bridge Bucks desk is located on the fifth floor of the Marriott across from Salon H.The desk will be open Friday, March 9, from 11 am to 1 p.m.Beginning Saturday, the desk hours will be 9:30 to 10 a.m, and noon to 1 p.m.

ParkingDiscounted parking tickets are available for two

nearby garages at the Information Desk. 12th & Filbert – immediately across Filbert

Street from the entrance to the Marriott – $16/day.12th & Walnut – entrance on the west side of

12th at Sansom Street – $12/day.These discounts have been arranged through

Parkway Corporation.The Information Desk is open daily at the

following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2–3 p.m., 4:45-6 p.m., 6:30–7:30 p.m. When you arrive at the Marriott, stop by the desk and pick up a ticket. You will use THIS ticket when you pay for your parking on the way out rather than the one you received when you entered the garage.

If you are playing in the Convention Center, parking tickets will be available at the Partnership Desk one hour before each session.

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LEBHAR IMP PAIRS - QUALIFIERS 91.0 Tables / Based on 169 Tables Carryover 1 James Masilamani, Topeka KS; Atul Rai, Wichita KS 28.20 2 Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis - Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece 27.74 3 James Diebel, Wood Dale IL; Bill Goldberg, Skokie IL 27.36 4 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Bob Rebelein, Poughkeepsie NY 27.28 5 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 27.27 6 Daniel Wilderman, New York NY; Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL 26.27 7 Robert Barrington - Raluca Dobrescu, New York NY 26.04 8 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 25.86 9 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Charles Sharf, North Baldwin NY 25.58 10 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark 25.52 11 Stasha Cohen - Mark Cohen, West Orange NJ 25.23 12 Adolfo Madala, Capital Federal Argentina; Robin Fellus, Rome Italy 24.72 13 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 24.44 14 Arthur Korth, Galloway NJ; Andrew Markowitz, Lahaska PA 24.12 15 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Phil King, Marrow England 23.57 16 Peter Cheung, Fremont CA; Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA 23.55 17 Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL 23.25 18 Jostein Sorvoll, Oslo Norway; Sverre Koch, Jar Norway 22.42 19 Simon Cope, Hertfordshire England; Peter Crouch, Surrey England 22.26 20 Jess Stuart, West Chester PA; William Muir, Kansas City MO 21.85 21 Art Brodsky, Huntington Station NY; Frank Anshen, Setauket NY 20.65 22 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX 20.23 23 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 20.15 24 Eric Sieg, Seattle WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 19.67 25 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA 19.30 26 Michael D’Alioto, Birmingham MI; Sheldon Kirsch, West Bloomfield MI 18.46 27 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL 18.01 28 Oleg Rubinchik - Igor Milman, Brooklyn NY 17.70 29 Claire Alpert, Miami FL; Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY 16.94 30 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Brett Adler, Norwalk CT 16.78 31 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 16.16 32 Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; David Yoon, Bayside NY 16.09 33 Frances McKeon - Robert Clow, Glasgow 15.87 34 Geir Helgemo, Monaco; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 15.85 35 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON 15.72 36 Roger Coffman, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Chris Coffman, Wellington FL 15.70 37 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ 15.59 38 Peter Trenka, New York NY; Samuel Amer, Queens NY 14.81 39 Michael Crane, Canton MI; Richard Temkin, Farmington MI 14.79 40 James Ward - Karen Walker, Champaign IL 14.38 41 Robert Zimmermann, Pittsburgh PA; Jack Hawthorne, Valencia PA 14.18 42 Fred King, McLean VA; Barry Bragin, Fort Pierce FL 14.03 43 Hongmo Wang, Herndon VA; Kun He, North Potomac MD 14.01 44 Joseph Pospis, Saddle Brook NJ; Lynn Mackall, Ringwood NJ 13.71 45 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 13.56 46 Lewis Finkel, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT 13.44 47 Alene Friedman - Jane Dillenberg, New York NY 13.22 48 Stan Schenker - David Milton, Herndon VA 13.19 49 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY 13.01 50 Eleanor Seaman - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 12.73 51 Patrick Williams, Greenbrier TN; Chris Sloan, Nashville TN 12.33 52 Kim Brinkman, Highland Village TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 11.81 53 James Gump, Pittsburgh PA; David Collura, Elizabeth PA 11.75 54 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA 11.70 55 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Clay Hall, Vestavia AL 11.56 56 Kevin Choi - Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL 11.54 57 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 11.52 58 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce Poland 11.39 59 Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN; Bill Cook Jr., Madison MS 10.08 60 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 10.04 61/62 Adriano Rodrigues - Roberto Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9.95 61/62 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Tiger Lili Williams, Fair Lawn NJ 9.95 63 Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD; George Klemic, Bensenville IL 9.86 64 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 9.84 65 Faten Farhat, Beirut Lebanon; Mohamed Heshmat, Cairo Egypt 9.72 66 Ala Hamilton-Day, Philadelphia PA; Brett Kunin, West Orange NJ 9.53 67 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC 9.28 68 Fredrik Helness - Odin Svendsen, Oslo Norway 9.03 69 Linda Tipton – V. Jay Tipton, Irvine CA 8.96 70 Cliff Campbell, Thunder Bay ON; John Zilic, Houston TX 8.92 71 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY 8.85 72 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Alan Watson, Lexington MA 8.69 73 Albert Bingaman Jr. - Gregory Kiddy, Reading PA 8.61 74 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 8.53 75 Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 8.36 76 James Gingrich Jr., Lansdale PA; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 8.33 77 John Jones, Santa Fe Springs CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 8.23 78 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL 8.18 79 Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 8.17 80 Ahmed Yousry, West Palm Beach FL; Ahmed Soliman, Astoria NY 8.08 81 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL 8.01 82 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 7.99 83 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 7.95 84 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA 7.93 85 David Hemmer, East Amherst NY; Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY 7.89 86 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY 7.80 87 D. Keith Henderson - Neil Thomas, Birmingham AL 7.47 88 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 7.46 89 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 7.34 90 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 7.18 91 Michael Donnelly - Stephen Barr, Dublin Ireland 6.92 92 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ 6.85 93 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Dennis Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ 6.67 94 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 6.57 95 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 6.56 96 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 6.52 97 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Jan Soule, Chicago IL 6.32 98 Steven Ackerman, Essex Junction VT; Mary Tierney, Burlington VT 6.29

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get it together, and she was surprised to discover she was actually having a good time. After the game, she learned her partner was George Rosenkranz, the person with the most masterpoints in Mexico and the head of the company sponsoring the charity game.

“It was really the best way ever to start playing bridge,” Nelda says. “He was a real gentleman.”

About 25 years later, after settling in Bend, Nelda returned to bridge. She joined the ACBL in 2002, playing at the Cascade Duplicate Bridge Club, where attendance was dwindling. In order to turn things around, they decided to try something new: hold elections. Nelda ran for the unit board and, in 2005, became president for the first of three terms. She started a mentorship program at the club and started mentoring Jan Hart.

“I have never known anyone as excited and enthusiastic about the game of bridge,” Hart said in her nomination letter, one of about a dozen submitted to the ACBL Goodwill Committee on Nelda’s behalf. Hart was surprised that Nelda’s mentorship extended beyond playing at the club to traveling to tournaments. Playing with Nelda meant playing up, and Hart was sometimes intimidated. Once, the two of them came up against Mike Cappelletti, and Hart was so nervous she forgot Stayman. “If my confidence waned, she was always kind with encouraging words,” Hart said.

Now a Sapphire Life Master with more than 5000 masterpoints, Nelda is best known as the driving force behind the Sunriver Regional, first held in 2014, which has since become District 20’s fastest growing regional. “I think she was personally responsible for making it happen,” says Judy Mundt, a district board member who spearheaded the nomination campaign with her husband, Ron. Nelda spent six years lobbying the district board for a regional in the Bend area before it was finally approved. Then, for the next two years before it happened, Nelda encouraged everyone in the unit who traveled to tournaments to personally invite every person they met.

“Everyone worked so hard,” Nelda says. “I had a team of workers for that regional that just wouldn’t quit.”

Along with six years as president of Unit 476, Nelda has also served six years on the Board of Governors, nine on District 20’s board and twice as local chair of the Sunriver Regional. The third Sunriver Regional will be held May 14–20 this year.

The Mundts met Nelda when they started learning bridge nine years ago. “I was so impressed with her friendliness and her willingness to help new players,” Judy said. “And then I got to know her on the board and I got to see what a giving person she is. ... Her willingness to play with players at much lower ability, I think it says a lot about her as a person.”

In 2002, the city of Bend honored Nelda as its volunteer of the year for her service to the local hospice program, which has now been ongoing for 24 years.

Another project Nelda started as unit president was reciprocal housing for coastal Oregon residents to come to Bend’s sectional and hosting Bend residents during Newport’s sectional, which resulted in increased attendance.

“The friendlier you are, the more success you’ll have,” Nelda says. “The more bridge players I meet, the happier I am.”

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Goodwill Member of the Year 99 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 6.21 100 Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 6.20 101 James Geist, Olney MD; Robert Levey, Bethesda MD 6.18 102 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 6.12 103 Gloria McDevitt, Medford MA; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA 6.04 104 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Springs Village AR 5.99 105 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 5.79 106 Shakeel Ahmad - Manju Ceylony, Clarence Center NY 5.78 107 Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL 5.76 108 Elizabeth Jankord - Amit Chakrabarti, Manhattan KS 5.58 109 Judy Hansen, Eagan MN; Grant Boadwine, Preston MN 5.48 110 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Jack Waller, Dana Point CA 5.43 111 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 5.38 112 Glenn Eisenstein - John Rengstorff, New York NY 5.37 113 Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY; John Fout, Monticello NY 5.22 114 Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 5.16 115 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 5.05 116 Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 5.02 117 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; C. Lee Hastings, Saint Louis MO 4.95 118 Susan Fuller, Miami FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL 4.81 119 Fred Hawa, White Plains NY; Roonie Kennedy, Bronxville NY 4.73 120 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 4.64 121 Natalie Bassil - Marina Polestra, Boston MA 4.50 122/123 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 4.37 122/123 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr., Needham MA 4.37 124 Anne Taylor - Robert Taylor, Newark DE 4.35 125 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 4.34 126 Bryan Delfs, Seattle WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 4.33 127 George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ; Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY 4.16 128 David Katzen, Sparta NJ; Stephen Garreffa, Randolph NJ 3.87 129 Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Shinjuku-Ku Tok Japan 3.73 130 Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 3.69 131 John Glynn, Annandale VA; Larry O’Maley, Hartwell GA 3.67 132 Michael Ranis, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 3.59 133 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 3.44 134 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; H. Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY 3.41 135 C. Reis, Baton Rouge LA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 3.34 136 John Hurd - Gillian Miniter, New York NY 3.28 137 Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 3.06 138 Jerry Barrett, Austin TX; Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX 2.98 139 Craig Robinson - Steven Fine, Durham NC 2.95 140 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 2.79 141 Bob Balderson Jr. - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 2.71 142/143 Lidang Dong, Shaanxi China; Ji Chen, Beijing China 2.67 142/143 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Michael Rosen, New York NY 2.67 144 Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 2.63 145 Ralph Tamlyn - Gloria Tamlyn, Larchmont NY 2.57 146 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 2.53 147 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 2.50 148 Bill Parks, Phoenix AZ; Barry Gorski, Wyomissing PA 2.44 149 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 2.28 150 Ralph Russo, Tysons Corner VA; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 2.24 151 Terry Visentin - Michael Shaw, Winnipeg MB 2.20 152 Bill Rose, Seattle WA; Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA 2.15 153 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 2.10 154/155 Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Rona Cappell, Toronto ON 2.05 154/155 A.J. Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 2.05 156/157 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 2.01 156/157 Jarek Langer - Shawn Drenning, Austin TX 2.01 158/159 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Sandston VA 2.00 158/159 Donald Faskow, Hollywood FL; John Albright, Plantation FL 2.00 160 Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Brent Xiao, Fremont CA 1.85 161 Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD; Robert Hopkins Jr., Arlington VA 1.73 162 Stanton Subeck - Suzi Subeck, Glenview IL 1.53 163 Michael Berard, Glenn Dale MD; Peter Van Zijl, Hanover MD 1.51 164 Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 1.40 165 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 1.33 166 Jeffrey Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 1.22 167 Stan Dub, Shaker Heights OH; Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH 1.15 168 Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 0.90 169 May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 0.85 170 Lauren Block, Manhasset NY; Jeffrey Colton, East Williston NY 0.71 171/172 Patricia Civale, Chesterfield NJ; Daniel Ellis, Lumberton NJ 0.68 171/172 Elliott Grubman - Ava Grubman, Brooklyn NY 0.68 173 Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia; Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina 0.63 174 Paul Frean - David Parsons, New York NY 0.61 175 Dewitt (Hal) Montgomery III, Portland OR; Bruce Cuthbertson, Vancouver WA 0.52 176 Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Joan Millens, Kingston NY 0.50 177 Lynne Schaeffer - Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 0.48 178 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 0.47 179 Nian Si, Stanford CA; Yewen Fan, Urbana IL 0.27 180 Owen Lynch - Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 0.17 181 Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT; Rick Prouser, Portland OR 0.07 182 Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ; Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ 0.00

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0-10,000 SWISS TEAMS – QUALIFIERS 34 Tables / Based on 66 Tables Carrryover 70.00 1 Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA; Thomas Kriz, Breinigsville PA; John Botzum - Miriam Harris-Botzum, Orefield PA 24.85 52.50 2 Peter Stein, Hillsborough NJ; Leonard Helfgott, Teaneck NJ; Stephen Arshan, Jackson NJ; Richard Ross, Highland Park NJ 24.43 39.38 3 Stephen Moese, West Chester OH; Mike Ma, Cincinnati OH; Molly O’Neill - Michael Wolf, Fort Lauderdale FL 18.19 31.11 4 Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY; Lewis Klein, Clementon NJ; Bruce Williams - Jacquelyn Williams, Medford Lakes NJ 17.81 28.00 5 Paul Wrigley, Troutdale OR; Amy Casanova, Portland OR; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR; Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA 17.02 25.45 6 Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC; Barry Ko, Arlington VA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 15.48 23.33 7 Uday Ivatury - Laura Tolkow - David Feldman, New York NY; Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA 14.92 21.54 8 Joan Dziekanski - Siqing Yu - Harry Faivus, New York NY; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 14.63 20.00 9 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason - Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX; Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX 13.98 18.67 10 Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA; Robert Shore - Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA 12.72 17.50 11 William Bailey - Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV; Aaron Jones, Oceanside CA 9.73 16.47 12 Hilda Setton, New York NY; Pierre Franceschetti, Montpellier France; Nicholas Lhuissier, Rueil Malmaison France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France; Quentin Robert, Paris France; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France 9.66 15.56 13 Andy Anderson - Mark Churchman - Curley Anderson - Donald Shatilla, Saskatoon SK 9.63 14.74 14 Alfred Lee, San Mateo CA; Betty Scull - Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Township NJ; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 9.42 14.00 15 Dan Morgenstern - Jack Mahoney, Brunswick ME; Ronald Mak, Manchester NH; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS 9.27 13.33 16 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 9.26

KAY PLATINUM PAIRS – QUALIFIERS 28.0 Tables / Based on 56 Tables Carryover 1 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 395.78 2 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 392.75 3 Joe Grue, New York NY; Brad Moss, Denver CO 390.14 4 Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL 389.56 5 Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 389.35 6 Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Ashley Bach, Germany 386.77 7 Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 376.82 8 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 370.76 9 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN 365.61 10 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 365.31 11 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 364.48 12 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 364.43 13 Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt; Ahmed Hussein, New York NY 363.69 14 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway 362.44 15 Ron Gerard, White Plains NY; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO 362.28 16 Allan Livgard, Norway; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway 361.28 17 Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL 360.44 18 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 358.70 19 Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria; Thomas Paske, Hereford England 357.60 20 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New York NY 356.61 21 Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 350.73 22 Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 350.49 23 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 349.35 24 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 348.74 25 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 348.04 26 Thomas Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Tor Eivind Grude, Trondheim Norway 347.71 27 R. Rubinstein, Astoria NY; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE 347.58 28 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 347.57 29 Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 346.79 30 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 346.59 31 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 346.14 32 David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Ron Smith, Chicago IL 345.60 33 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 345.50 34 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 344.77 35 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia 344.12 36 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 341.80 37 Jean Quantin, Paris France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 341.16 38 Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 339.78 39 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 338.18 40 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 338.03 41 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, Sunnyside NY 336.18 42 Glenn Milgrim, Ransomville NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 336.17 43 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; Tor Helness, Monaco 335.40 44 Michael Moss - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 333.63 45 Xu Wang, Astoria NY; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI 333.46 46 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL 333.31 47 Mike Passell, Plano TX; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 333.07 48 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL 332.06 49 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 332.02 50 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse 331.68 51 Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 329.88 52 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA 329.78 53 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 329.66 54 Rose Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 329.12 55 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 328.56 56 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 328.52

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Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsKrauss Investment Group Day

Sunday, March 11, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive membersPhil Krauss Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20401K Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Sunday, March 11, 10 a.m.Bridge-Plus+ single Liberty Ballroom, 3rd floor Marriott Free Free Free lesson, 14-deal game follows299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19

Sunday, March 11, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Retirement Safety Play Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Retirement Safety Play Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.Finessing Taxation Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20Finessing Taxation Bracketed Flight B Teams 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 No player over 3000 MPs. Brackets of eight teams by average MPs. Three teams in each bracket earn gold.

Sunday, March 11, 1 p.m.Fran and Al Architzel Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session Grand Ballroom D, 5th floor Marriott $16 $20

Sunday, March 11, 1 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom I, 5th floor Marriott $25 —LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor Marriott $25 — Only players born before Jan. 1, 1959, and who have a Silver, Red or Blue Ribbon qualification are eligible to play. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions.GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 Q Room 118, Convention Center No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsPRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 Q Room 118, Convention Center No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsRetirement Checkback Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20Retirement Checkback A/X Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor Marriott $16 $20Retirement Checkback B/C Swiss Teams (3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Dan Dansby Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300) 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.Rusty Krauss Sunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Sunday, March 11, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19

Sunday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.Preemptive Planning Evening Swiss Teams single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session Grand Ballroom D, 5th floor Marriott $16 $20299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Sunday, March 11, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $12/team/matchNote: Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is required by 6 p.m. Sunday night, March 11. Entry for the 0–10,000 Knockout Teams is required by 10 a.m. Monday morning, March 12.Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. 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.

MonitoringACBL will be monitoring events at this and

future North American Bridge Championships with both visible and concealed real-time cameras in public spaces. The images will be recorded and available for later inspection and review by ACBL management and tournament officials, among others, including members of the Anti-Cheating Commission. These recordings will also be uploaded to the internet following the NABC.

By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues or disputes arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not be tolerated.”

Desk hoursDesks are staffed at the following times:8:30–10 a.m. – Information, Welcome,

Partnership Marriott, I/N Partnership, Prizes11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. – Information, Welcome,

Partnership–Marriott, Partnership–Convention Center, Prizes

2–3 p.m. – Information, Welcome, I/N Partnership

4:45–6 p.m. – Information6:30–7:30 p.m. – Information, Welcome,

Partnership Marriott, Partnership–Convention Center, I/N Partnership, Prizes

12.73 17 Frank Cymerman - Jan Assini, Pittsburgh PA; Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 9.17 12.17 18 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer - Hayk Bosnakyan - Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC 8.22 11.67 19 Edward Scolnick, Wayland MA; Ann Baum, Waltham MA; Shekhar Sengupta, Marlborough MA; O. Gordon Lien III, Augusta GA 6.27 11.20 20 Estelle Ronderos, Plymouth Meetng PA; Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Barry Dehlin, Dresher PA 6.17 10.77 21 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI; Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH; Julie Arbit, Charlotte NC 5.83 10.37 22 Richard Gabriel, Naples FL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Larry Bass, Tamarac FL; Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL 5.68 10.00 23 Charles Nemes, Longboat Key FL; Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL; Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL 5.26 9.66 24 Eric Hendrickson - Steven Gaynor - Jean Boettcher, Minneapolis MN; Paul Gutterman, Eagan MN 4.58 9.33 25 Pierre Gaudreau - Nicole Tremblay, Sainte-Sophie QC; Robert Tremblay - Gerard Turcotte, Quebec QC 4.20 9.03 26 Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON; Tom Ramsay, Guelph ON; J. Melvin Norton, Burlington ON; Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON 4.13 8.75 27 Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY; Frank Morgan, Allentown PA; Arup Mukherjee - Bagisa Mukherjee, Bethlehem PA 3.17 8.48 28 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA; Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 2.99 8.24 29 Gene Kuehneman - Adrienne Kuehneman, Bethesda MD; Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 2.98 8.00 30 Conner Boyd, Key West FL; Barbara Murphy, Newton MA; Cecilla Borras, Waltham MA; Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 2.88 7.78 31 Craig Biddle - Warren Oberfield - Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA 2.33 7.57 32 Barbara McLagan, Sudbury MA; Steven Paxhia, Milton MA; Ru Hong Terajewicz, Newton MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 2.31 7.37 33 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL; Terry Goodykoontz, Tolono IL; David Stevens, Charleston IL 0.96 7.18 34 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA; Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; John Baker, North Augusta SC 0.00

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The regional games today are named by Rusty Krauss and his team. The Krauss Investment Group (KIG) has the knowledge and expertise to provide financial plans designed to meet your long- and short-term needs. We can help you address all areas of concern, whether it be estate planning and wealth transfer, gifting for your grandkids, or planning for your own children’s college. Our plans are tailored to your specific needs and will be modified over time to incorporate changes in your situation.

Please take a few minutes to meet with one of our advisors at the Krauss Investment Group Desk in between games today.

Bobbie Gomer Friday/Saturday KnockoutsSponsored by Peggy Greenawalt

and Bobbie’s many admirersToday we celebrate ACBL

National Goodwill Committee member, Platinum Life Master, author, PCBA board member and teacher of many decades, Bobbie Gomer.

Over a hundred of Bobbie’s

students have gone on to become Life Masters. Widely known as a gifted entertainer in the classroom whose students never feel forgotten when they venture out into the duplicate arena, Bobbie’s always watching, applauding successes, recommending partners, answering questions and sending beams of love to all her fledglings.

Fran & Al Architzel Friday–Sunday Side SeriesSponsored by Honesdale-Hawley

Duplicate Bridge ClubAl and Fran Architzel founded the Honesdale-

Hawley DBC in 1976. Al and Fran taught in the public schools in the state of New York and Al also worked for the Internal Revenue Service and for the U.S. Agency for International Development. However, most people in northeastern Pennsylvania remember them for their dedicated interest in duplicate bridge. They loved the game and taught many aspiring players. They were members of the Unit 120 board including positions of president, treasurer and secretary, and Al was also a member of the district board.

When Al passed away in 1994, Fran continued organizing and running the club for the enjoyment of its members until her retirement in 1997. Fran was presented with a meritorious service award in recognition of outstanding and dedicated service to Unit 120.

The club continues today, still playing bridge, still teaching new beginners how to enjoy the wonderful game of duplicate bridge.

Today’s Bridge EventsJunior Day

Krauss Investment Group DaySaturday, March 10, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members401K Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20ACBL Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m.Bridge-Plus+ single Rooms 9-10, Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott Free Free Free lesson, 14-deal game follows299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20 & 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Saturday, March 10, 10 & 3 p.m.Estate Planning Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Estate Planning Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.College Planning Daylight Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Saturday, March 10, 1 p.m.Fran and Al Architzel Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20BBO Offline Individual single Room 118, Convention Center $5 $5

Saturday, March 10, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 1-2 SF Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor Marriott $25 —LEBHAR IMP PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor Marriott $25 —0–10,000 SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor Marriott $17Wealth Transfer A/X Open Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20Wealth Transfer B/C Open Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20Wealth Transfer Gold Rush Pairs (750/300) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.College Planning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20Bobbie Gomer Friday-Saturday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20

Saturday, March 10, 3 p.m.Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Saturday, March 10, 7:30 p.m.Flight A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Flight B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $190-20 & 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Saturday, March 10, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $12/team/matchJunior Zip KO Teams (25 & younger) single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott Free!Note: Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 11. Entry for the 0–10,000 Knockout Teams is required by 10 a.m. Monday, March 12.Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. 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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