August - ACBL District 23

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

by John Killian 

The Association of Los Angeles 

Bridge Units (ALACBU) had a board 

meeting on July 2, 2005. There was 

an election of officers for July 2005 

through July 2007. The elected officers 

are: President, John Killian; Vice 

P resident, Jan Wickersham; Tre a - 

surer, Bill Schreiber; Secretary, Cheryl 

Loggins. The president is limited to two terms, so this will be 

my last. 

Qualification for the next stage of the North American 

Open Pairs is currently being held in District 23 clubs 

August 2005 

Volume 40, #8 

ALACBU Elections, NAOP Qualifying 

through the end of August. Many of the game days and times are listed in this edition of The Southern 

California Bridge News. These listings have been compiled by Mike Marcucci, ALACBU NAOP Chairman. 

Thanks Michael. 

The Long Beach Bridge Week regional held June 27 through July 3 was a success. Near tournament 

time obtaining rooms at the “bridge rate” was difficult and as tournament manager, I helped 25 

persons obtain rooms at the bridge rate. The tournament ran approximately 90 tables for morning and 

afternoon sessions split about 50 tables for pairs and 40 for teams. Evening sessions ran 30 to 36 tables. 

The 299er games ran 9 to 16 tables per session. Eddie Kantar was a headline speaker. 

We received many complements on the tournament and the rooms, so plan ahead for the tournament 

next year. 

Thanks to Betty Bratcher, Paula Olivares, and Kevin Lane for arranging the results on the Distirct 

23 Website daily. You may still review them at www.acbldistrict23.org, click on Tournament results. 

NAOP Qualifying Games are starting for District 23 in July at clubs around the county. These games 

are the first stage of qualifying for the March 2006 Nationals in Dallas. Here are the games that have 

been announced so far (there will be more): 

Arcadia Bridge Center: Aug 16, 7:15 p.m. 

Aug 26, 7:30 p.m. 

Long Beach Bridge Center Aug 27 12:30 pm 

San Marino Bridge Center: Aug 15, 12:30 p.m. 

Barrington Bridge Club: 

Beverly Hills Bridge Center: 

Knights of Columbus Hall, 

Glendora 

Aug 13, 1:00 p.m. 

Aug 20, 1:00 p.m. 

Aug 2, 7:15 p.m. 

Aug 16, 7:15 p.m. 

Aug 24, 7:00 p.m. 

San Fernando Valley Bridge Aug 7, 1 

Academy Aug 18, 730 

South Bay Bridge Club: 

Valencia Bridge Studio 

The Long Beach Bridge 

Week regional held June 27 

through July 3 was a 

success. Near tournament 

time obtaining rooms at the 

“bridge rate” was difficult... 

The Long Beach Bridge Week Regional held June 27 to July 3 was a success. The tournament ran 

approximately 90 tables for morning and afternoon sessions split about 50 tables for pairs and 40 

for teams. Evening sessions ran 30 to 36 tables. Winners included (left picture) Midweek KO, Bracket 

#2, 1st: Robert & Sandy Carroll, Phyllis & Mario Mory and (right picture) Friday Afternoon Open 

Pairs section 1st John Lyddon and Susan Furchtenicht from Santa Maria 

See page 11 for more pictures from the regional. 

NAOP Club Qualifying Games In August 

Inside This Issue 

Aug 19, 11:30 a.m 

Aug 25, 7:00 p.m. 

Aug 16, 645 p.m. 

Antelope Valley/Santa Clarita Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5 

Around the Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6 

Bridge Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5 

Glitter Gulch Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6 

Kibitz with Karraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2 

Los Angeles Fall Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8 

Long Beach Bridge Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10 

Long Beach Regional Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 11 

Long Beach Regional Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2,4 

Orange County Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7 

Problem Solver’s Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3 

West LA Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9 

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District Director’s 

Report: Cheaters 

by Alan LeBendig 

The Bridge world was 

rocked by some bad news in 

early July. A pair of Italian 

players was “caught” cheating. 

During the European 

Championship in Tenerife, 

Spain, they were accused of 

having transmitted information 

about an opponent’s 

hand as the dummy. This involved a diamond 

slam. They were off an ace which was cashed by 

the leader. The trump holding was AK8xx opposite 

J9xx. Declarer now led the ♦J and ran it. This 

successfully picked up the QTx. The slam made. 

This is an anti-percentage play. They were playing 

against a young Israeli team at the time. The 

Israelis reported this to the TD and action was 

taken by a Tournament Committee. The Committee 

did not believe the Italians and reversed the score of 

the match which made the Israelis the victors. The 

Italians were told they could enter the pairs competition 

but they were finished in the team event. 

This Italian pair plays professionally in our 

NABCs. Because Atlanta is about to start, the 

Board and many of our top players did not want to 

see this pair able to compete in Atlanta but they 

had to be stopped legally. An Executive Committee 

meeting was called. I am on this five person 

Committee as the representative of the Western 

zone. This Committee only meets to deal with 

emergencies between Board meetings. Since this 

pair are members of the ACBL we were able to easily 

deal with them. We chose to file charges against 

them for cheating. These charges were filed with the 

Ethical Oversight Committee and will be heard in 

Denver in late November. Because of our requirements 

for notice as put forth in our Code of 

Disciplinary Procedures, there wasn’t enough time 

to charge them prior to Atlanta. Subsequently, the 

Chairmen of the Ethical Oversight Committee have 

suspended them until the Charges are heard. As a 

result, they won’t be able to play in any ACBL 

Sanctioned event before the hearing in Denver. 

This is all very proper. 

Unfortunately, the media latches onto any discussion 

of cheating and espouses that it is rampant 

in Bridge. I feel that nothing could be further from 

the truth. It is clear to me that the majority of us 

will do anything possible to protect the ethics of the 

game we love and subscribe to a very high ethical 

standard. It is quite acceptable to lose. It is never 

acceptable to cheat. The newer players are exposed 

to this early. One quickly finds that as the 

Competition gets better, concerns about the ethics 

of opponents are proven to be groundless. 

This pair has drawn much suspicion in the 

past. They recently won the Cavendish which is one 

of our toughest pair’s events. In November we’ll 

receive a conclusive answer. I’ll keep you posted. 

The Board is engaged in a heated debate about 

one segment of our long range plans. I have mentioned 

this plan to you in the past. We originally 

voted that all clubs were to be reporting their games 

by ACBLscore by 2007. We provide the software free 

to clubs. It seems that there are about 600 clubs 

not reporting their games electronically. By receiving 

games in this manner, Memphis is much better 

able to award the appropriate masterpoints. It is 

also much easier to process these monthly reports. 

Some members of the Board are now expressing 

fears that clubs will discontinue their ACBL 

affiliation if they are forced to make this switch. I 

don’t think this will happen. People have been 

forced to make technological adjustments in the 

past and they always find a way to do it. When tournaments 

and many clubs switched to bidding boxes 

there were many players who vowed to give up the 

game rather than switch. Now players express displeasure 

if bidding boxes are unavailable. 

Please drop me a line if you have any comments 

or suggestions…

PAGE 2 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS AUGUST, 2005 

KIBITZ WITH KARRAINE: THE 199ER REPORT 

Balance, Compete, and Win!!! 

“I like grrrreeeen grrrrapes and ketchup.” I’m 

picturing a petite Slavic girl of about 14 with braided 

pigtails, an elfish grin, and a thick accent. 

Although I’m not sure if it was Olga Korbut or 

Nadia Comaneci who uttered these words in a post- 

Olympic interview years ago, I am certain that they 

both won gold medals for their stellar gymnastic 

abilities, which 

included gravity 

defying feats on 

the balance beam. 

Flying thro u g h 

the air upside 

down, backwards, 

twisted like a 

corkscrew only to 

land feather-light 

with both feet placed perfectly on a slab of wood not 

much larger than a two by four. 

Balance. Without balancing, or with incorrect 

balancing, the opponents could get a leg up, or 

worse yet, you could land with the balance beam 

between your legs. Ouch! Balancing, for Olga and 

Nadia, and for YOU and partner is important. (OK, 

give me a break here on the lead-in and tenuous 

connection to the subject matter, please…after all, 

I’ve got to do SOMETHING interesting to get you all 

to read this paper!) 

What is balancing in bridge There are different 

forms of balancing, as I learned while researching 

this article. Balancing is when the player in 

balancing seat decides to bid on behalf of his partner 

and himself instead of letting the opponents 

receive what appears to be an easy plus score. A 

player is said to be in the balancing seat when his 

pass would end the auction. One should try to 

reopen with a bid or double rather than allow the 

opponents to play in a low-level contract. – from 

Marty Bergen’s Points Schmoints. 

Why is balancing important (aside from that 

previously ugly balance beam scenario) Think 

about it for a minute. You are South. The guy on 

your left opens 1D, your partner passes, and the 

guy on your right passes. You haven’t bid. If you 

don’t, they play this contract in 1D. Sounds kind 

FALL OFF THE BALANCE BEAM! 

We’ll continue with this topic and more 

advanced balancing next month, so please… practice! 

Balancing is when the player in 

balancing seat decides to bid on 

behalf of his partner and himself 

instead of letting the opponents receive 

what appears to be an easy plus score. 

DID YOU KNOW If you are sitting in balancing 

seat with a very strong hand and you want partner 

to know you are 

not just balancing, 

you can 

double, or 

jump. THERE 

ARE NO WEAK 

TWO’s OR PRE- 

EMPTIVE BIDS 

IN BALANCING 

S E AT. Hence, 

1D, Pass, Pass, 2S is strong! In addition, a 1NT in 

balancing seat is weaker (12-14 points) than a regular 

1NT, because of the ‘borrowed’ king. 

NOTABLE PLAYER: I noticed a woman in the 

Barrington’s Friday night 199er game, whom I had 

recently seen in Pat Bank’s rank beginner class. I 

couldn’t help but ask her how she had made the 

bold transition in such a short time (it took me two 

years to get up the courage). Here is the story of 

how Carolyn Kaplan found balance in her life: In 

Memory: As a tribute to my wonderful mother who 

was always an inspiration for her intelligence and 

leadership, I decided to challenge myself by learning 

to play bridge after she passed away at the age of 

92. She had always encouraged me to take classes 

in bridge, because she felt that it was a link to criti - 

cal thinking as well as a great social outlet. I found 

I always had a reason to postpone, either due to 

work or family, but I think it was the fact that I 

feared I could never master such an exotic disci - 

pline. I now discover that it is both challenging and 

exciting to participate in this ongoing mental exer - 

cise. The added bonus is the diverse and fascinat - 

ing group of people I meet along the way. I can only 

look up to the heavens now and say, “Thanks, Mom, 

for your insight!” And I say, thank you, Carolyn. 

of crummy for them doesn’t it NOT REALLY. JOKE OF THE MONTH: One advantage of bad bidding 

Assume the 1D guy has his usual 13 points. His 

is that you get practice at playing atrocious 

partner passes, so he’s got 5 or less. Do the math. 

They have 18 points. Even if we give them 2 extra 

contracts. – Alfred Sheinwold 

points just in case, then they have 20 points. 

THERE ARE 40 HIGH CARD POINTS IN THE 

DECK… Meaning, YES!!! Your team also has 2O!! 

Why are you going to give them the plus score 

If they can make 1D, can’t you make SOME- 

THING Of course there are exceptions (that’s 

the fun in bridge – oh yes it is, just go with me 

here), but in general, you have just as a good a 

chance as they do of making one (or two) of something. 

So. How do you go about it 

Aahhhh. That is the point of this month’s column. 

THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH: A balanced and 

skillful approach to life, taking care to avoid 

extremes, becomes a very important factor in conducting 

one’s everyday existence. – The 14th Dalai 

Lama 

A heartfelt pat on the back goes out to all of 

you who came out for the recent Long Beach tournament. 

It was loads of fun, and I think we should 

all receive one clear master point just for making 

the drive. 

F. Y.I. - Sunday, August 7 at 12:30 p.m., 

Finally. Simple balancing. Mainly, I want Barrington Bridge Club hosts the Multiple 

you to learn to recognize when you are in the balancing 

seat, and to start thinking about these possibilities. 

Balancing is really, really fun. Back to 

the previous example of 1D, Pass, Pass, and now 

it’s up to you to do something or let them play 1D. 

You are looking at the 1D bid card thinking 

Sclerosis fundraiser with Eddie Kantar – sign up 

now! 

That’s all for this time. Practice your balancing 

and let me know how it goes! I can be reached at 

KibitzWithKarraine@yahoo.com. 

Happy bridging and balancing and stay cool. 

come on, between you and me, partner, we must 

have something, and you’re trying to look through 

partner’s cards with x-ray vision… Here, my bridge 

friends, is the tip. BORROW A KING FROM YOUR 

PARTNER. Now don’t get all weirded out with this, 

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHICH KING, AND IT DOES- 

N’T MATTER IF YOUR PARTNER EVEN HAS A 

KING…. JUST PRETEND. Take that King and his 

big ole three points and add it to your hand and bid 

accordingly. Say you have 5 spades, but only 7 or 

8 points, but now, with this King, you have 10 or 

11 points and you can overcall 1S!! It’s magic I tell 

you!!! 

But, partner has a job to do as well. She must 

realize she is RESPONDING TO A BID MADE FROM 

THE BALANCING SEAT. Oh. So what does that 

mean That means partner subtracts the King 

you borrowed and bids accordingly. She might 

have had 10 points and three spades when she 

passed that 1D as the second person to bid. Now 

she sees you have bid 1S in the balancing seat, she 

can subtract the King you borrowed and respond 

2S. Or if she really has zip/nada, she can pass. 

Either way, if both teams have about 20 points, 

your side is better off with the plus score. DON’T 

Long Beach Regional Results 

June 27 - July 3, 2005 

MON EVE STRAT CHARITY PRS 20 Pairs 

A B C 

1 Rand Pinsky, Valencia; Bob Bratcher, 

Vista 

2 1 Janet Wickersham, Sierra Madre; Teri 

Atkinson, Bakersfield 

3 Jim Looby, Burbank; Darrell Keel, 

Peoria AZ 

2 1 Herbert Stampfl, Ran Cucamonga; 

Genise Hasan, Claremont 

3 2 Diane Sachs, Rossmoor; Bernard 

Mann, Redondo Beach 

3 Gerald Benedict - Nancy Benedict, 

Englewood CO 

MON EVE STRAT 299ER PAIRS 16 Pairs 

D E F 

1 1 1 Tamra Boyd - Regis Smith, LA 

2 Janet Wagner, Long Beach; Sharon 

Beran,Huntington Bh 

3 2 2 Marc Phillips, Del Mar; Matthew 

Belau, San Diego 

3 George Stinson, Palos Verdes Pe; 

Gerri Soffa Carlson, Ranch Pls Vrd 

KICK-OFF KNOCKOUT TEAMS 12 Teams 

1 Mary Ann Coyle, Pls Vrds Pnsl; Jan Nathan, 

Manhattan Beach; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach; 

Paul Boudreau, Lomita 

2 Douglas Hewett, Tustin; James Berglund - 

Sumit Daftuar, Pasadena; Margo Coffman, 

Newport Beach 

3/4 Michael Schreiber, Southaven MS; 

Marshall Miles, Redlands; John Jones, Hacienda 

Hgts; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga 

3/4 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino; Mariko 

Kakimoto, Newport Coast; Hemant Bhatia, 

Foothill Ranch; Jeff Strutzel, Redondo Beach; 

Harish Singh, Diamond Bar 

TUESDAY OPEN PAIRS 46 Pairs 

A B C 

1 1 1 Steven Sulzby, Long Beach; Matt 

Chiwo Leung, Montebello 

2 John Fox, Whittier; Morton 

Futterman, Los Angeles 

3 Jan Nathan, Manhattan Beach; Steve 

Mager, Hermosa Beach 

2 Mark Peters, Van Nuys; Arline 

Borovay, Calabasas 

3 Gayle Grubb, Newport Beach; Betty 

Williams, Long Beach 

2 Ed Wills - Theresa Martell, Newport 

Bh 

3 Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll, LA 

TUE AFT 299ER PAIRS 25 Pairs 

D E F 

1 1 1 Lori Morrow - Richard Morrow, 

Coronado 

2 Judy Piper - Laura Kuhn, Santa 

Barbara 

3 2 Joyce Bradley - Sally Sittel, Camarillo 

3 2 Kandi Osborne, Sn Luis Obisp; 

William Ringbom, Arroyo Grande 

3 Braynard Traweek - Sarah Traweek, 

Roseville 

continued on page 4 

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NS VUL 

MPs 

Problem Solver’s Panel, Moderator: Marshall Miles 

Panelists: Billy Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Danny Kleinman, Mike Shuman, Mike Shuster, and Jon Wittes 

E S W N three of them are good for our side! 

East South West North 

I don't care for “double”-I don't even 

4♠ 

1♣ 1♦ 2♣ 4♠ 

have a good lead. Even as a takeout 2 

double, I should have four hearts. 

NS VUL pass 

IMPs 

(a) What call would you 

make with ♠--- ♥AK8 

♦KJ843 ♣A10763 

(b) What call would you make if the 

clubs were AQ763 

EISENBERG: Double with both (a) 

and (b). No choice, as game or slam 

is very possible. 

KLEINMAN: (a) Pass. I have too little 

offense to think partner can 

make a five-level contract if I double 

to encourage, or bid 4NT to force, 

him to bid one, and too little defense 

to be confident of beating 4♠ if I 

double and he passes. (b) I still 

pass, but now I'm a hair away from 

acting. 

SHUSTER: Double with (a) and (b). 

This is a matter of style. I play this 

double as takeout, which means I 

pass good balanced hands here . 

Partner is expected to take the double 

out when holding a long suit 

regardless of hand strength. I know 

that Marshall frequently espouses 

the virtues of passing these doubles 

on a variety of hands on which I 

wouldn't- but Marshall's doubles are 

m o re for penalties than mine. 

Playing with Marshall, I'd bid 4NT on 

both hands. 

SHUMAN: 4NT with both (a) and (b). 

Out of four things likely to happen, 

3 

Both VUL 

IMPs 

W N E S 

1♣ dbl 1♥ 

You hold 

♠76 ♥J4 ♦K10652 ♣KQ86 

What call do you make 

KANTAR: 2♦. Not quite strong enough to bid 3♦ 

and notrump can come later. 

KLEINMAN: 2♦. Notrumps can wait. If everybody 

passes, 2♦ should be as good a contract as 

any. If partner bids again, I can bid 3NT. If an 

opponent bids again, I can bid 2NT, happy to 

have provided a harbor in 3♦ in case partner 

doesn't like 2NT. 

WITTES: 2♦. A free 2♦ bid followed by 3♦, if 

needed, should suffice. 

I have bad distribution with clubs poorly 

located, so I am not jumping to 3♦ on this hand. 

Additionally, partner's heart values should be 

poorly located on the auction. 

EISENBERG: 2♦. If double was card showing 

(recommended), that, followed by 2♦, would be 

best. 

SHUMAN: 1NT. Just routine . . . since we're not 

allowed to bid 2 diamonds! Second choice: 2NT. 

Who bids diamonds on these hands anyway 

SHUSTER: 1NT. Vulnerable at imps, it is best to 

show some values and aim at our most likely 

game. 

I don't see why the first four panelists are so con - 

fident that they will get another chance. North 

actually held ♠AQxx ♥AQ98x ♦Ax ♣9x. Does he 

have another bid over a “free” 2♦ response I did - 

n't think so when I held that hand; yet you should 

have a good play for 3NT. From South's point of 

view, 3NT looks like the most likely game, and 

with a probable double stopper in clubs, why not 

bid 1NT 

You don't need a stopper in RHO's suit to bid 

notrump because partner has shown major suit 

length and/or strength; you just need values in 

opener's suit. 

WITTES: With either (a) or (b) I 

would bid 4NT which I play as a general 

takeout or two-suited takeout 

with emphasis on the minors. I don't 

want to play hearts unless partner 

has five or more hearts and less 

than three in either minor. Double 

is certainly worth considering, 

though partner may pass on a lot of 

balanced hands where we have a 

reasonable play for five of a minor. 

The hand is fraught with some peril, 

however, especially at this vulnerability. 

Certainly if partner has a weak 

balanced hand without a fit for one 

of the minors, we could be going for 

a number, but pass is just too much 

of a chicken bid with this distribution. 

KANTAR: Double, double. I'm not 

too happy about either of these 

actions. But 4NT puts hearts out of 

the game, not to mention the possibility 

that partner may have spade 

length and strength and want to 

pass. One problem is that if partner 

does pass I won't know what to lead. 

However, I never know what to lead. 

This is a close decision (at the table I 

bid 4NT) but this time double was a 

clear winner since partner had 

QJ10x of spades, among other high 

cards, and you can't make anything 

at the five level. 

4 

Both VUL 

IMPs 

SHUMAN: 4♥. Just shows long hears, rather 

than Qx(x) and a card or two. Pass could be the 

winner if we drive the opponents to a makeable 

game. Perhaps a sizing up of the opposition may 

be a factor here. 

But, suppose I pass, fearing bad things, and 

LHO raises to 3♠ and RHO now bids game in 

same. Won't partner now wonder why, black 

against red, I never bid on this hand Can't he 

have some shape (♠xx ♥Axxxxx ♦x ♣KQxx Or 

♠xxx ♥Axxxxx ♦KQxx ♣---) 

Just because of the vulnerability, we MUST 

support hearts. 

KLEINMAN: 3♥. What the hand is worth. Not 

4♥. In case anybody hasn't heard, the “Laws” of 

Total Tricks and Total trumps, which were never 

much good anyway, have been repealed. 

SHUSTER: 3♥. The bad guys are unlikely to be 

West 

East 

5 

♠AKQx ♠10 

No VUL ♥KQJ106 ♥7432 

Rubber 

You, South, hold ♠K643 ♥A62 ♦AQ10853 ♣--. 


SHUSTER: 5NT if we have a response to show either the ace or king; otherwise 

4NT. I am willing to commit to a grand slam on the diamond finesse 

through the opening bidder. If I don't have a GSF available that shows 

either the ace or king, I will try Blackwood and assume that partner doesn't 

hold the ace of clubs. 

KANTAR: 5NT. I'll play the ♦K to be with East if partner doesn't have it. I 

just don't want to get to 7 off the ♠A. I'm assuming we are playing a rationale 

set of responses so that partner can show me the ace without the queen. 

Of course, there is a good chance that partner will have a singleton diamond since 

he probably has 7 or 8 spades and a couple of clubs- and no one has bid hearts. 

If so, you can establish the diamond suit by ruffing without having to take a 

finesse. North actually held 8 spades to the AQJ10 and a singleton diamond. 

WITTES: 7♠. Surely the absolute worst case scenario will involve a diamond 

finesse through the opening bidder. 

KLEINMAN: 6♠. If West bids 7♣ and North doubles, I'll defend. However, 

with something like ♠A10xxxxx ♥xxx♦K ♣, I think North will bid 7♠, and 

my 6♠ bid will encourage him to do so. 

For a change, I don't agree with Danny at all. I would never bid 4♠ with 7 spades 

to the ace-ten, not knowing if partner had any spade support. And I don't think the 

6♠ bid invites 7. Partner might have a singleton club and be gambling that the ♦K 

was favorably placed to make 6 (or that the opponents will be enticed into a phan - 

tom sacrifice). 

SHUMAN: I'm a 5NT bidder. Of course you can always bid 6♠, then after 

pass, pass, 7♣, make a forcing pass and blame partner if he does the wrong 

thing! 

EISENBERG: 5♣. Would bid at least 6, as 7 is very likely. Over 5♠, will try 

6♥. 

W N E S 

1NT* 2♥** 2♠ 

* 15-17 ** just shows hearts 

You, South, hold 

♠76 ♥KJ105 ♦10853 ♣J62 


♦6 

♣J53 

♦AQ7 

♣AKQ104 

able to double this. They don't have trumps and 

3♥ doubled is game. Hopefully, partner won't 

raise this, but sometimes all partner needs to hear 

is support to be able to make a game i.e. ♠xxx 

♥Axxxxx ♦ --- ♣AQ10x, in which case we can 

make five. Besides, selling to 2♠ is known to be 

giving up a partscore swing, and I have a stronger 

raise (2NT) available. 

WITTES: Pass. With all my values in hearts and 

nothing else, I don't want to goad the opponents 

into their probable 4♠. 

EISENBERG: Pass. Unless partner can reopen 

the opponents' chances for 4♠ are too great. 

KANTAR: Pass. If I raise the opener will better be 

able to guage the potential of the hands. 

The high card strength should be evenly divided 

between our side and the opponents, but East 

should have a singleton or void in hearts. You 

know that, but West doesn't. If you pass, West will 

probably pass. The 2♠ bid is not invitational. If 

you raise hearts, West will probably compete in 

spades because he will know that the hands fit 

well-probably three small hearts opposite a void. 

Wouldn't you rather defend against 2♠ than to sac - 

rifice against 4♠ 

West 

1♥ 

2♠ 

4♣ 

5♠ 

The opening lead was a singleton heart. North won the ace and gave his partner a ruff. 

Apportion the blame between East and West. 

SHUSTER: 6♥ is better than 6♣, but there are hands where 6♣ makes and 6♥ doesn't (it is difficult 

to get to 6NT from the East). Did East really think that he could pitch enough low hearts on the spades 

to prevent a late heart loser That seems like a long shot. From West's perspective, if clubs are coming 

home to make 6♣, surely 6♥ will make as well. However, East took control of the auction and forced 

it into 6♣. That seems weird to me. West could have saved the day at the last second by correcting, 

Problem Solver’s Panel Continued on Page 4 

East 

2♣ 

3♥ 

4NT 

6♣


Problem 5 continued from page 3 

so he gets some blame as well. 

Assuming the EW were playing 5- 

card majors, East 80%, West 20%. If 

West could have opened 1♥ on a four 

card suit as weak as AKxx, then East 

20%, West 80%. 

WITTES: East 100%. I would envision 

just such a scenario with East's 

heart holding and would not even 

bring clubs into the equation. I 

would start with a splinter (probably 

best) or possibly Jacoby 2NT. Either 

of these bids is superior to 2♣. I can 

then keycard over almost anything 

partner bids and place the contract 

appropriately in the correct number 

of hearts. 

KLEINMAN: All blame to East. West 

was blameless. West's final pass was 

right. Having taken control with presumably 

6-key Roman Keycard 

Blackwod, East was entitled to place 

the contract in 6♣ and West had no 

reason to overrule him, For all West 

could tell, East may have had ♠x 

♥Axx ♦Ax ♣KQ10xxxx, in which 

case a club ruff could beat 6♥. 

continued from page 2 

TUE AFT SIDE GAME SER, 12 Pairs 

A B C 

1 1 Sheldon Green - Marilyn 

Gams, LA 

2 2 Susan Raphael, Shrmn 

Oaks; Eileen Geisser, Studio City 

3 3 1 Libby Lemoine, Encino; 

Carol Stein, Sherman Oaks 

2 John Billings, Long 

Beach; Bill Brooks, Fountain Valley 

3 Ruth Weil - Gerald Weil, 

San Diego 

TUESDAY SENIOR PAIRS 36 Pairs 

A B C 

1 1 Richard Purvis, 

Anaheim; Jay Boylan, Orange 

2 Lynn Ryan, Glendale; 

Charo Holdo, Pasadena 

3 Nada Sundermeyer - 

West's other calls were right also. 

Though 4♣ might seem doubtful on 

jack-third, West was right to “pattern 

out,” as the example hand for East 

above illustrates. Easts' 6♣ may 

have been based on a fear that West 

had weaker hearts. However, that 

wouldn't make 6♣ the right slam; 

West might have ♠AKQ2 ♥KQ986 ♦K 

♣J53, for example, in which case 

6NT would be the right slam. West 

would have done better to bid 6♦ 

over 5♠, offering West a choice 

between 6♥ and 6NT. East would 

also have done better to have started 

with 3♣. Then, over either a 3♥ or a 

3♠ rebid by West, East could bid 4♦, 

cue-bidding to show the ♦A and 

implying a Type F (fit) jump shift-- 

four card heart support, not threecard 

support. The key to this deal is 

to reach slam in the 9-card fit rather 

than the 8-card fit in order to minimize 

the danger of an opposing ruff. 

It was East who knew which was the 

longer fit, and neglected either to 

inform West or to act appropriately 

on this knowledge. 

There are other problems than mini - 

mizing the danger of a ruff. 

Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 

2 Nancy Tamblyn, Aliso 

Viejo; Elinor Scott, Lake Forest 

3 Barbara Hanson - Pang- 

Pen Sheng, Orinda 

1 Bob Albert, Laguna Bch; 

James Taylor Jr, San Juan Capo 

2 Ruth Sachar, Tustin; 

Kurth Krause, Costa Mesa 

3/4 Albert Brockelman, WI; 

Ruth Ruyle, Roseville 

3/4 Ian Collins, Vista; Dan 

Beck, Carlsbad 

TUE AFT STRAT SWISS 17 Teams 

A B C 

1 V Jay Tipton - Linda 

Tipton, Irvine; Corinne Kirkham - 

Jim Kirkham, San Bernardino 

2 Ellen Anten, Encino; 

Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg; Roger 

Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver 

KANTAR: I think it is West's fault. 

He has the independent heart suit 

and should insist on hearts. 

Responder could have been right if 

opener had something like ♠AKQx 

♥AKxxx ♦x ♣Jxx. 

Basically, I agree with Eddie, except 

that opener's hearts might have been 

AQxxx (consistent with his 5♠ 

response to RKCB) 

SHUMAN: East did nothing wrong 

by offering up 6♣ as an alternative 

contract in case pard held ♠KQJx 

♥AKxxx ♦x ♣J10x 

I also agree with Mike's fear of a 

belated loser in hearts although his 

example is also inconsistent with the 

bidding. 

EISENBERG: West 99%. East 

hoped to discard losing hearts on 

partner's spades. 

I think West should know why his 

partner suggested 6♣ as an alterna - 

tive. And since West knows there is 

no need for heart discards, he should 

have bid 6♥. 

Long Beach Regional Results June 27 - July 3, 2005 

Playa Mazatlan Duplicate Bridge Club 

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City 

3/4 1/2 1/2 Billy Blanchard - 

Bernard Scherer, Thousand Oaks; 

James Hoose, Northridge; Jerome 

Serling, Newbury Park 

3/4 1/2 1/2 Jean Higginson, 

Tustin; Anne Whitaker - Betty Mann, 

Irvine; Donna North, Huntington Bh 

3 C. Buddy Carls - Mary 

Singer, Huntington Bh; Nola Simon, 

Irvine; George Derevjanik, Laguna 

Beach 

3 Irene Hoffmann, Quail 

Valley; Margy Jiran - Lloyd Scott, 

Temecula; Jamie Santistevan, 

Murrieta 

TUES AM 299ER PAIRS 24 Pairs 

D E F 

1 Laura Kuhn - Judy 

Piper, Santa Barbara 

2 Joyce Jue, Rncho Sta 

Mrgrt; Dee Horst, Mission Viejo 

3 1 Helen Mowery - Richard 

Mowery, Palm Desert 

2 1 George Stinson, Palos 

Verdes Pe; Gerri Soffa Carlson, 

Ranch Pls Vrd 

3 2 Thomas Racciatti, 

Minneapolis MN; Marie Racciatti, 

Newport Beach 

3 Sandra Rucker, San 

Gabriel; Beverly Scholes, Arcadia 

TUES EVE SIDE GAME 18 Pairs 

A B C 

1 1 M. Rei Miyauchi, 

Newport Beach; Mark Tang, Seal 

Beach 

2 Mark Cook, Orlando FL; 

Frank Bartlett, Long Beach 

3 2 1 Carolyn Douglas - Bart 

Douglas, Rancho Mirage 

3 2 Oliver Yildiz, Tustin; 

Mevlut Erten, Cerritos 

3 Mark Raggio, Rancho 

Palos Vd; Charles LaFranchi, Rncho 

Pls Vrd 

TUES EVE SWISS TEAMS 8 Teams 

A B C 

1 1 Francy Starr, La Jolla; 

John McCright, San Diego; Audrey 

Flynn, Virginia Beach VA; Sumiko 

Inagaki, Rancho Santa Fe 

2 2 1 Steven Sulzby - Carmen 

Gross, Long Beach; Matt Chiwo 

Leung, Montebello; Karen Michael, 

Palm Springs 

3 William Ng, Chatsworth; 

Samuel Wang, Monterey Park; B 

Horiguchi - Chiye Horiguchi, 

Gardena 

3 2 Edward Schwartz - 

Problem Solver’s Panel 

Problems for October 

1. EW vul, IMPs 

South West North East 

pass 1♦ 2♥ pass 

 


♠--- ♥KJ84 ♦J854 ♣K10873 


2. No vul, MPs 

West North East South 

2♥ 2♠ pass 2NT 

pass 3♣ pass 


♠6 ♥AK4 ♦A87642 ♣875 


3. NS vul, IMPs 

East South West North 

1♦ 2♣ pass 2♥ 

pass 


♠53 ♥J9 ♦AK7 ♣AK10873 


4. EW vul, MPs 

North East South West 

1♣ 1♦ 


♠K73 ♥J1086543 ♦KJ ♣9 


5. Rubber bridge, both vul 

South West North East 

1NT pass 2♣ pass 

2♦ dbl 3♦ pass 

3NT pass 4♦ pass 

6♣ pass pass pass 

West 

♠ Q83 

♥83 

♦KQJ103 

♣A105 

North 

♠J762 

♥A752 

♦97654 

♣--- 

South 

♠K94 

♥KQJ 

♦A2 

♣K9862 

East 

♠A105 

♥10964 

♦8 

♣QJ743 

(a) apportion the fault between 

North and South. 

(b) apportion the fault between 

East and West. 

Patricia Martin, Pasadena; Markle 

Vandervort, Monrovia; Susan Jones, 

Arcadia 

ALACBU KO TMS-BKT 1 10 Teams 

1 Walter Schafer Jr, 

Downey; William Schreiber, Van 

Nuys; David Weiss, Pasadena; 

Michael Schreiber, Southaven MS 

2 Cecil Cook, Long Beach; 

Leonard Beck, Fullerton; Edgar Hurt 

Jr - Diane Hurt, Downey 

3/4 Joyce Sillins - Glenn 

Eisenstein - Jonathan Greenspan, 

New York NY; Paul Soloway, Mill 

Creek WA 

3/4 Bill Greenberg - Eddie 

Rose, Laguna Niguel; Yas Takeda, 

Hacienda Hgts; Subba Ravipudi, 

Downey 

continued next month


Bridge Shelf: Positive Attitude 

Positive Defense at 

Bridge 

By Terence Reese and Julian Pottage 

p a p e r b a c k 

Published by MasterPoint Pre s s 

$16.95, 152 pages 

by Ron Garber 

I worked with English bridge 

writer Julian Pottage on a book two 

years ago so I know first hand how 

good a writer he is. Since then I’ve 

read quite a few of his problem collections 

and the quality is always 

high. In earlier years, Pottage coauthored 

books with Terence Reese, 

and is now in the process of bringing 

them back into print in newly revised 

and expanded form. 

A case in point is “Positive 

Defense at Bridge.” 

Seventy-six defensive problems, 

ever increasing in difficulty. Problems 

on the right page, answers overleaf. A 

conventional format. 

How about first and last 

1) AQ 

J964 

QJ6 

QJ106 

YOU 

K10754 

A102 

975 

A5 

Your LHO opened a 12-14 one no 

trump, and after RHO used Stayman, 

denied a major. The final contract is 

3NT and partner led a top of nothing 

heart eight. Have you got a plan or 

are you just pushing cards 

76) J6 

A85 

94 

KJ10752 

YOU 

A853 

KQ2 

J86 

A63 

LHO opened a 15-17 NT and RHO 

raised to game. Partner led the spade 

The Brain 

by Rob Garber 

deuce to your ace. Partner sure can’t 

have much of anything. What will you 

do 

ANSWER #1) Partner has room 

for one card (in a minor). If you wait 

for partner to lead a spade, declarer’s 

potential Jxx may foil your plan anyway. 

Lead a spade at trick two (yes, 

into the AQ). Partner will lead a second 

one when she is in with a diamond 

honor or the club king. If 

declarer needs a club trick (3-3-4-3 

missing a diamond honor, or 3-3-3-4, 

missing both high clubs), you will 

score three late spades. 

ANSWER # 76) Partner has room 

for a queen and it’s probably in 

spades, but three spade tricks and a 

club won’t beat the contract. Your 

future, at least for a while, lies in the 

heart suit. If declarer holds J9 you 

need to return a low heart (I made 

that exact play in the Spingold some 

years ago and stunned my partner 

and the declarer.) If declarer has the 

J10, or the J missing the 10 and the 

nine, you need to return the king.. In 

the latter case(s), declarer will duck, 

expecting to protect the heart ace or 

gain a heart trick. You won’t get overly 

excited, but will switch back to 

spades to lock up five tricks for your 

side. 

The J9 combo is less likely, so 

lead the king 

CONCLUSION: Good lineage. Good 

expansion. Fair price. Two major difficulties. 

In an attempt to make a silk 

purse out of a silk purse, the publisher 

opted for fancy typography in 

the problem titles. Bad choice. Some 

letters have to be deciphered. Also, 

typically, the author was limited to 

one page per answer, despite the fact 

that in some of his best work, Pottage 

showed how good he is when he has 

space to elaborate. Overall an A-. 

HINTS OF THINGS TO COME. All the 

top bridge publishers are swamped 

with acceptable manuscripts. Even 

some very well known authors have 

been told that they will have to wait 

more than a year before publication. 

They are seeking other outlets (Great 

for SQueeZe!!). We should expect a lot 

of good bridge books over at least the 

next two years. 

Antelope Valley/Santa Clarita Sectional 

September 17 and 18, 2005 

PALMDALE SENIOR CENTER 

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Single Session Stratified Open Pairs, 99er Open Pairs 

Saturday 1 pm and 7 pm 

Stratified Swiss Teams - Double Session 

Sunday, 11 a.m. and TBA 

Strat: A: 1500+; B: 500-1500; C: 0-500 

99ers: D: 50-100; E: 20-50; F: 0-20 

Entry Fee: $8 per person per session 

$8.50 non ACBL members and unpaid LMs 

Silver points at all events 

Partnership or Hotel Information 

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Turn right to Avenue Q-12 

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C&T 

Very few bridge writers bring a unique voice and style to the game. Within 

a few sentences you know for sure who the author is. Reese, Kantar, and who 

else 

I can answer that. A new distinctive voice has emerged….from India. His 

name is R. Jayaram (Jay to his friends). He is a leading bridge journalist in 

India and in the last few years has made his mark in the “Bridge World” and 

various internationally syndicated columns. 

Jay’s first book “Logic, Instinct, and Intuition at the Bridge Table” was 

published by SQueeZe in 2002. It had a theme. With a series of stories about 

bridge deals, most from major Indian tournaments, Jay put forth the idea 

that, contrary to popular (and expert) opinion, bridge acumen is not exclusively 

rational. There is a place for instinct and intuition. In other words, the 

right side of the brain plays a part. Bridge is a two-brain game. Admittedly 

raising questions he couldn’t answer, Jay gave us something to think about. 

In 2003 Jay’s second book, “Moments of Truth at the Bridge Table” was 

published by BT Batsford. It carried the original idea a bit further. 

“There are some things that impinge on us day in and day out…they have 

a definite influence on all the actions that we take every day…..Each event can 

become the basis of subsequent insight.” 

As in the first book, the deals are analyzed efficiently; the players are 

interesting and colorful; and there is always a moral at the end. A rather painless 

and entertaining learning process for the reader. 

Book number three in the “Two-brain” series is almost ready for publication. 

SQueeZe will publish it in the early fall. “Serendipity in Bridge” deals 

with those moments when you find a pleasant surprise, probably because you 

weren’t taking the logical path. It has the same format as the first two books 

and the characters are 

just as fascinating and the deals just as interesting. I’ll mention it again when 

it comes out. 

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Around the 

Units 

Antelope Valley/Santa Clarita 

by Gin 

Upcoming Events 

August 7 Unit Game & Board Meeting 

August 22 Bridge 102 (new Course) 

September 16 No Trump Challenge 

September 17-18 Sectional To u rn a m e n t 

The Sectional To u rnament is just around the 

c o rner hence, it is not too early to form your Swiss 

teams for the team event on Sunday September 18, 

2005. In fact a sign up sheet has been placed on the 

sign-up table in our club room. You can also use this 

list to find another pair to complete your team or to 

find a partner. It is the intent of the partnership committee 

to accommodate the needs of all intere s t e d 

players. The re f reshment committee has also placed 

their sign-up sheet seeking cookie donations. The 

t o u rnament flyers detailing all pertinent inform a t i o n 

a re also available. 

If it sounds like I am promoting our tourn a m e n t , 

you are right! Traditionally we have extended an 

invitation with a flyer to all out of town players participating 

in our preceding tournament. However the 

posted final result sheets, our source of player 

names, mysteriously disappeared from our bulletin 

Glitter Gulch 

6A 

b o a rd. As of this writing the mystery pre v a i l s . 

Consequently our mailing list is much shorter than 

in previous years. Hopefully the power of the mighty 

pen will fill the gap left in our mailing list as our 

members 'talk up” our tournament as they play at 

other venues. Success is directly proportional to the 

support of the membership. From personal experience, 

I find this club not only to be friendly but eager 

to support the common effort to build up the Bridge 

community. 

The Sectional will begin on September 17 with 

the first open pair session at 1 p.m. followed by 

another open pairs session at 7 p.m. The double session 

Swiss team event will begin at 10:30 a.m. on 

Sunday, September 18. Refer to our advertisement 

e l s e w h e re in the newspaper for all pertinent inform a- 

t i o n . 

The gloom and doom news of our reduced attendance 

at our club games seems to be impro v i n g . 

June was the first month this year that we operated 

in the black. 

We also welcomed three new players, John 

C r i g l e r, Lola Rigby and Joe We b b e r. 

The student lists of our projected classes are 

g rowing. We are excited with the efforts of our curre n t 

teachers as their efforts reach fruition. Our newly 

certified teachers are Marlene Gasper, Rand Pinsky 

and Dave White. Dave has introduced a new course, 

Bridge 102, Basic Conventions or How to say what 

you mean without meaning what you say. The 

course content includes the most used, useful, 

abused and misused conventions. It will begin on 

Monday August 22 for five consecutive sessions at 

the Bridge room. The cost will be $4.00 per session 

or $16 for all five sessions. For more information call 

Dave or leave a message at the Club Room. 

As you read this Nora Fincher will be winging her 

way to Kiev Russia where she will cruise the Neva 

R i v e r. She will visit Moscow and St. Petersburg 

b e f o re going to Germany to board her re t u rn flight to 

the USA. Lola Messiha has re t u rned from her trip to 

the Caribbean where she spent 10 days in Curacao 

followed by another 10-day visit in Laguna Beach. 

She reported she will enjoy her time at home until 

mid-August when she will embark on her next trip. 

Glad to see Nora and Lola enjoying the travels but 

they sure are missed when they are away. 

Top Five 

At last a 70.11% game was played by Dave White 

and Stanley Stewart. Second place went to Dave and 

Marlene Gasper with a 66.66% game. Next were KC 

Jones and Lola Messiha with 66.15%. Fourth place 

went to Pat and Dewayne Juenemann with 65.28% 

and in fifth place were Rand Pinsky and Kathy 

Swaine with 64%. It is always great to report at least 

one 70% game. Congratulations to our top five pairs. 

Unit Game 7/ 

A B C 

Bobbi & Doris Thompson 1 - - 

G e o rge Lewis & H. Roediger 2 1 1 

K C Jones & Mary Ellen3 - - 

Russ B. & Pat J. 4 2 - 

Betty R. & Rita V. 5 3 2 

Stan S. & Nora F - 4 - 

Swiss Teams A Strata 

1st Marlene & Dave, Viviane Dinehart & Lola 

M e s s i h a 

2 n d / 3 rd KC, Thelma Nelson, Bob & 

Rosalie Cuccias, Nan Newland, 

Rose Coldiron, Rose Irace & Dave 

W h i t e 

Second B Strata 

Stan Stewart, Dan Mabee, Caro l e e 

Schupp & Gin 

Championship Games 

6 / 7 A B C 

Marlene & Janet C. 1 - - 

Barb S. & Alfred Miller 2 1 - 

Colin M. & Nat Dent 3 2 - 

Nora Fi. & Bob Hart - 3 1 

Rose I. & Mary Stauf 4 - - 

6/8 A B C 

Janet & KC 1 - - 

Marlene & Doris 2 - - 

Rose Coldiron & Mary 3 - - 

Joan Adams & Gin - 1 1 

May A. & Betty Carr - 2 2 

6 / 10 A B C 

KC & Barb S 1 - - 

Marlene & Janet 2 - - 

Joe W. & Thelma N. 3 - - 

Rose I & Lola Messiha 4 - - 

Nan N. & Sandi Oest - 2 - 

Dave White & Pat J. - 3 - 

C a rol & Rich Kemmere r 5 / 6 1 1 

Doris & Bobbi 5 / 6 - - 

A parting thought……As we 

get older we are a virtual store of 

facts however why do we so often 

lose the key to the store. 

D o w n e y - W h i t t i e r 

by Bernice Crelia 

Summer is so full of excitement 

and pleasure that the days 

simply fly by. There is always time 

for bridge, in a friendly location 

though. So come join us often. 

Now lets give you the winners at our 

last two championship games. 

Mary Graif and Bess Kennedy 

s c o red a big 73.57%; followed by 

Deloris Phillips and Betty Wa l s h ; 

M a rcie Evans and Renalda Rippe; 

Lucile Thompson and Ivan Claman. 

The next game was won by 

Janet Ju and George Wang; Diane 

and Ed Hurt; Betty Walsh and 

B e rnice Crelia; Mary Graef and 

Bess Kennedy. 

The July Unit game winners 

Diane and Ed Hurt posted a 

70.98%; followed by Sherlie Faber 

and Delores Phillips; Mary Kiechle 

and Ruth Myers; Betty Walsh and 

B e rnice Crelia; Maryland Shore and 

Lucile Thompson; Chunky Hilton 

and Dick Holmes. 

We would like to thank 

G e o rge Faber for directing our


Long Beach Unit 

by Christine Frumen 

games while Marcie Evans was at the 

hospital before her husband died. We 

will all miss Larry who often played at 

our games with their youngest son 

M a rcus. Let us all turn out often to let 

M a rcie know how much we appre c i a t e 

having her here with us, because we 

really do. 

At Elinor Baratelle's Paramount 

Bridge Club's Championship Open 

Pairs winners were; Mary Graef and 

B e rnice Crelia, Lucile Thompson and 

Ve rna Foley, Bob Allen and Jack 

N e l s o n . 

Diane and Ed Hurt also scored a big 

70% game recently at Paramount. Nice 

g o i n g . 

Glendale-Verdugo Unit 

by Dorothy LaMaie 

Unit Day Game - Saturday Aug 13 @1 

12:15 Free Lunch Buff e t 

B o a rd of Director's Meeting Aug 6@11 

The Summer Solstice has come 

and gone, and so have a number of our 

players, and when it comes to going the 

distance, Steve Guerre ro gets the jetlag 

prize. His mini-odyssey began with 

a round trip to Philadelphia (family 

members), then LAX to Spain (a friend), 

then up to London to join other friends 

for a long flight south to Africa for pre t- 

tiest city accolades. Gerry Belcher 

headed northward with Barbara 

recently and enjoyed much of what 

Alaska has to off e r. They re t u rn e d 

home briefly, and then headed north 

again, this time to Montana, escorting 

Gerry's 97-year-old father and his 88- 

y e a r -old aunt to Reunion Day at their 

high school where these two surprised 

and amazed everyone, probably even 

G e r r y ! 

M a rg a ret Mataga re t u rned fro m 

her three-week trip to Italy late on a 

Monday night, only to have to rise early 

Tuesday morning for the drive to the 

Las Vegas Regional with husband Zeke 

and me. The effort was worthwhile with 

her A1 Swiss Team win resulting in 

5.01 gold master points. She also 

scratched with an A4 in a side game. 

H o w e v e r, Zeke and his brother Yo s h 

(who came down from Stockton) were 

outstanding in the 299ers with a 

marathon perf o rmance. They played 

t h ree sessions most days starting at 9 

a.m. resulting in two A1 overalls, an A2 

overall, an A6 overall, a B6 overall and 

a C1 overall, gathering in 15.60 re d 

MPs that I know of. Testing the mettle 

f u r t h e r, they came in second in an 

Open Pairs event. While Marg a ret was 

in Italy, Zeke joined Yosh for this tournament. 

Whereas I didn't win a single 

M P, I certainly enjoyed all the toasting 

that went on, which should have 

included one for Tom Miyaoka, who 

b rought home 13.97 gold MPs for placing 

2nd in a Knock Outs event. Also 

M a rgery Gould won an A4 and an A2 in 

Stratified Pairs and Senior Pairs, 

respectively, and saw fit to celebrate 

with dinner at the new Wynn Hotel. 

Amongst former unit members, 

Kent Mignocchi won a 1st and a 3rd in 

KOs, netting 59.90 Gold, while Chris 

Lubesnik netted over 30 MPs in Swiss 

Team events, and Open Pairs. Mae Koh 

(now living in Las Vegas) had a B3 in 

Senior Pairs and Juyne Tayson (of 

Palm Desert) managed a C3 overall and 

a C6 overall. Incidentally Juyne re p o r t- 

ed that Shawnee Kostal of Cathedral 

City is now serving as a real estate 

agent. No mention as to how Irv is servi 

n g … 

Meanwhile, back at our local 

bridge club. Brian Petrunich and 

Robert Driskell continued their amazing 

ways on Wednesday nights with a 

70% game. Also Brad Wa rd and Mare l 

“Bud” Bates racked up a 71 perc e n t e r. 

Unfortunately Bud had to cease contending 

for a while to tend to some 

wracking back pain. Bob Quarry had 

to turn some serious pains over to his 

medicine men, and some help was 

received, but not enough to bring him 

back to our tables yet. Hope R&R 

p roves special for both of you. Rae 

Murbach spent a very uncomfortable 

R&R as she re c o v e red from eye surgery, 

which included a week face down 

in bed, followed by many more where 

in a strict regiment was that she could 

sit and stand, but her face was to 

remain perpendicular to the floor. As 

you will see below, she and care g i v- 

er/husband Jerry earned a re a s s u r i n g 

re w a rd for such discipline. All of their 

eyes were working well, and our July 

Unit Game served as the pro v i n g 

g round, as follows: 

N o r t h / S o u t h 

A 1 Rae & Jerry Murbach 

A 2 Robert Tayrien & Gerry Belcher 

A 3 Melina Stevens & Carolyn Cohen 

B 1 Leon Alexander & Harold Bre s l e r 

B 2 Helen Horak & Lois Miller 

E a s t / We s t 

A 1 Brad Wa rd & Sharon Wo l f 

A 2 Ramona Rhoades & Paul Kimmel 

A 3 Art Chacanias & Dorothy LaMaie 

B 4 K a ren Alpert & Don Howell 

Our thanks to Barbara McKissick 

for the tasty turkey and dressing entrée 

and those two pumpkin cream pies, 

and to those other helping hands who 

plied us with the goodies. 

B e f o re the Winter Solstice is upon 

us, we have a Sectional coming up; 

specifically Sept. 30, October 1 and 

October 2. Hope to see many of you 

b e f o re, DURING, and after. 

Many thanks to Sharon Wolf for 

subbing so ably on last month's column 

- your time, efforts, and ability 

(overall!) are much appre c i a t e d . 

Unit Game August 14 

Lunch at 1:00 pm - Game at 1:30 pm 

AUGUST UNIT GAME: M a r k 

Sunday August 14 on your calendars 

and ask your partner to do the same. 

We continue to have great support of 

the Unit game. I guess those more 

points, good eats help. The Unit board 

a p p reciates your support and urg e s 

you to keep coming. The more of you 

that come, the more points possible. 

JUNE UNIT GAME RESULTS: 

Twenty tables (fifteen in the Open and 

five in the NLM) played. In the NLM, 

Fay Beckerman & Steve Sulzby topped 

the field with Bob Peters & Cory Hand 

a close second. The Open game 1st 

place was Gabriela Jackson & 

Raymond Mack; 2nd, Betty McClellan 

& Mary Schefter; 3rd Alfred Lee & 

Samuel Wang. Merlin Hansen (with the 

able assistance of wife Lori) was the 

cuisine king. His birthday was the 

same day so he got to have the party 

and bring the victuals. Smart guy! 

As usual, many thanks to the 

many hands that help. 

NEW STATUS & NEW MEMBERS: 

Madge Nusenow is the newest Junior 

Master and Ylia Ross has become a 

new Club Master. Tom Harris and 

Nancy Mayhew have reached Sectional 

Master status. Jerry Cassaday and 

I rene Hirschland are now Regional 

Masters. Peter Eddy is now a NABC 

M a s t e r. Strike up the band! Emma 

Trepinski is our new Life Master. 

Congratulations to all on your bridge 

status achievements! Keep up the good 

w o r k . 

70+% GAMES: Go Sue Fardette & 

Vincent Remedio! They had a gre a t 

77.78% game in June. Congratulations 

Orange County Regional 

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as well to Peggy Waite & Betty Wi l l i a m s , 

75.25%; Tom Harris & Cindy Matsuk, 

70.83% and Rich Wasser & Jon Yi n g e r, 

70.02%. Always a thrill to get a 70%er, 

no matter how long you've played. 

THIS MONTH AT THE CLUB: 

First thing you will notice is the new 

carpet. It's plush and beautiful (try to 

hang onto your drinks) and there are 

new desks - not quite positioned as of 

this writing but they look grand. The 

Sectionally Rated Stratified Open Te a m 

Game will be on Monday August 22. 

The new thing NOT on the printed calendar 

is: August 27, North American 

Pairs Qualifying, game time 12:30, re g- 

ular fees. I often mention the “good 

eats” at the unit games. The LBBC can 

never be faulted for the chow they re g- 

ularly provide - all for the price of the 

c a rd fees! How George and the others 

accomplish that in the club's tiny, 

“fully unequipped” kitchen is beyond 

me. And they regularly do that for “a 

cast of thousands.” Please don't take 

that for granted and remember it's not 

a restaurant with a menu. Personally, 

it's irksome to overhear some of the 

demands (special requests) Would you 

do that at someone's home when invited 

to dinner We are a lucky club, 

indeed! Remember to thank the club 

o w n e r s . 

C O N D O L E N C E S : Our sincere 

sympathy to the family and friends to 

M a rcia Evans on the loss of her husband, 

Larry. 

THIS AND THAT: I've heard fro m 

Gloria Mize - who sends her re g a rds to 

all - and she is still very, very happy in 

her new home. The Senior Center has 

asked her to teach Beginning Bridge 

and after some careful consideration, 

she agreed to try it. She says their 

games are much more informal than 

ours and “the majority of players…who 

have played for 30 years…hesitate for 

quite a bit.” She tells me that the dire c- 

tors are “playing directors” and don't 

penalize the hesitations. Beware if you 

a re playing in a national tourn a m e n t 

against a player from this part of the 

country. Hesitations seem to be the 

n o rm not the exception! 

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCE- 

M E N T : Don't forget to BACK UP YOUR 

COMPUTER! I lost everything in mine 

in early July. All my real estate business 

contacts, documents, pro g r a m s , 

email addresses, this column - everything! 

I had not one scintilla of data 

left. I was always meaning to backup. 

Don't delay! I lost three years of carefully 

accumulated information. It crippled 

my real estate business for a 

w e e k . 

THANK YOU: A special “thank 

you” to Carol Murakoshi who re - 

emailed me information so I could put 

this column together. She never fails to 

give me news at the club. Thank you, 

C a rol. Also to Irma Johnson who will 

teach me grammar yet. She pro o f re a d s 

the column and keeps my punctuation 

in or out of the quotation marks (which 

I always seem to mess up). Thanks, 

I rm a ! 

Reminder: News can be emailed to 

me at golfgal@charter.net or put a note 

in the envelope on the Unit bulletin 

board. Thanks to those who passed 

along news. 

Pasadena-San Gabriel 

by Jan Wickersham 

w w w . d a r b o n n e . c o m / b r i d g e 

Unit Game: Sept. 11, San Marino BC 

I have to admit that next to the 

special holiday and election party 

events, the July Unit Game is my 

favorite. Mike Marcucci puts his whole 

self into making it so memorable. He is 

out on the back patio, sweating up a 

s t o rm BBQing the hamburgers and hot 

dogs, not having any idea that we're all 

inside having a great time. It's hard to 

put my finger on it, but there is just 

such a great spirit taking place at that 

game. So many people helped Mike, 

and I don't have all the names, but I 

loved seeing Mark Hartzell arrive with 

f resh homemade ice cream all pre p a re d 

in individual glasses for everyone. 

We ended up with 22 tables, and 

the big winners were Gitta Earll and 

Roger Lee. They took a clean sweep 

landing first in A,B, and C. What most 

of you may not know is that Roger had 

just had his wisdom teeth re m o v e d , 

and he was playing in excruciating 

pain. Roger is our brand new scholarship 

recipient, (your dollars are going 

to very good use). He enters Cal Tech in 

the fall. We've all watched Roger gro w 

up, starting at Art's, caddying for us at 

special events, and now winning first 

spot at the Unit Game. I might also 

add that Roger and Gitta had not ever 

played together before. Marie kept 

supplying Roger with ice packs to keep 

the swelling down, and obviously he 

has great concentration. That was a 

g reat moment for both of you! 

Pasadena-San Gabriel Unit made 

an impressive showing at the Long 

Beach Regional. Teri Atkinson and Jan 

Wickersham were first overall in B in 

the Charity Pairs and second overall in 

A. Lynn Ryan and Charo Holdo were 

second in B in the Secior Pairs, and 

Jeanne Dea and Milton Kalikman took 

first in A in the Senior Pairs on another 

day. Ed Schwartz and Rufus 

Rhoades won the Consolation KO's, 

and Kyle and Melissa Mattes won an 

evening side game. Jake Fre n k e l , 

Wayne Phillips, Susan Joanes and 

Markle Vandervort won first in C in a 

Swiss match. Sumit Daftuar and 

James Bergland took an impre s s i v e 

2nd in a KO. They were playing 

against “the big guys” and earned a 

m e re 12.65 for that match. Keep an 

eye on those two!!!!! Peter Szecsi and 

Frances Katz teamed up with some 

friends from Florida and managed to 

finish second in the KO's on two occasions. 

Ann McClelland and Tom Lill 

(the president of the Pomona Unit) took 

first in B and C in the Stratiflighted 

game. Judy Carter-Johnson and her 

team won a Bracket IV KO, and Gerry 

G e remia, Joe Viola, Bob Johnson and 

MIke Gosnell won the Compact KO's in 

Bracket I. Last and certainly not least, 

J e ff Goldsmith and team won top honors 

in the Sunday Swiss in Flight A. I 

counted over 100 members of our unit 

at the tournament, and you all made a 

fine showing! Keep up the good work! 

Art re f e r red to July's “Beat the 

House Night” as “Disasterama.” I wasn't 

sure if he coined that word to 

explain Julio and Abby's win after he 

had called them in to fill in, or whether 

it was the fact that he and Diane had a 

48% game and had so many of us who 

e a rned free plays! 

Quite a few of our players found 

their names in lights at the Las Ve g a s 

Regional. Sam Wang led the pack earning 

72.30 masterpoints for the week. 

Betty Jackson and partner were first in 

B in an Open Pairs. Dominique Moore 

and Millie Williamson were first in A 

and B (108pairs), and Julio Cervantes 

and Abby Tribeck won a KO. Sam 

Wang won two KO's; one with Kyle and 

Melissa Mattes and the other with 

Shui-Ming Huang and Robert Wang. A 

g reat finale was Mike Marcucci, Harry 

To rossian Susan Jones and Sandie 

S t e rn winning first in B in the Sunday 

Swiss. They picked up 19.32 points for 

that event. Thanks for making the unit 

look so good! 

T h e re will be no Unit Game in 

August due to the Sectional. By the 

time you receive this edition, the 

Sectional will have taken place, so look 

Fall Regional 

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for all the results in my next column. 

Ron Moeckel is touring the British Isles with a 

g roup called the Towne Singers. His group will perf 

o rm in London, York, Edinburgh and Dublin. He 

won't be hone in time to make the Sectional, so some 

of the rest of us will have a chance. Anyway, folks, 

that's all I know at the time of this printing. See you 

at the Bridge table...... 

Pomona-Covina Unit 

by Vic Sartor 

Unit Game Aug.14, dinner 6:30 game 7 

This month's top news is that Tom Lill has decided 

that the presidential succession law should apply 

to bridge clubs as well as the U.S. presidency, and 

that he's earned a rest. We are urgently seeking a 

h a rd-working- possibly feebleminded- volunteer willing 

to take the unit president's job for the coming 

y e a r. The job provides no salary, no benefits, no public 

recognition, and the willingness to give some time 

to serve your fellow bridge players. We expect the line 

of applicants to stretch around the block, but if you 

hurry you might have a chance at this plum job. 

Luckily for your humble re p o r t e r, who is totally bere f t 

of clever ideas, there are quite a few intere s t i n g 

results to report this month. Several unit members 

did well at the Long Beach Regional. Herb Stampfl 

was the top winner, gathering 15.42 master points, 

while Genise Hasan picked up 11.72. Special congratulations 

to Tom Lill and Ann McClelland, who 

took first overall in the B-C-D division. The win gave 

Tom his very first gold points- 7.68 of them. Asked for 

a comment, Tom replied, "YEEEEEEEEEEEE- 

H A A A A A A A A A A AW ! " 

Other winners included Barbara Baeskins(4.21), 

Gary Olson, Dave Ruoff, Suan Ruoff(all 2.86), Clint 

Lew(2.54), Eric Paulsen(2.48), and Georg i a n a 

B i e rm a n ( 2 . 4 7 ) . 

Top local club game this month was a nice 72% 

p roduced by Nick Alex and Larry Clark. Winners topping 

60% included Gino Barbieri, Penny Barbieri, 

Toni Dennett, and Jim Best. The July unit game was 

won in a romp by Mary Early and Ann McCleary with 

a 64.9%,while Kerry Tillman and Vito Sartori took 

honors in the other direction. Others placing included 

Florence Weinstein, Gary Olson, Dave Ruoff , 

Susan Ruoff, Cordell Goode, Lary Alba, Pat 

R a d a m a k e r, Genise Hasan, Tom Lill, Wa r re n 

Goldshine, Bill Dennett, and Toni Dennett. 

In the Grand National Pairs qualifier, Stehen Peel and 

G rethen Topp topped the field with a 64.9% win. 

Other qualifiers for the second round were Joe Unis, 

M a rg a ret Jacobs, Clint Lew, Rick Whitham, Linda 

Ananea, Toni Dennett, Nan Baker, Sandra Francis, 

Tom Lill, and Jim Best. Until next time, ciao. 

San Fernando Valley Unit 

by Sheila Bozin 

P ro/Am Sunday Aug 14 

Swiss Teams (with pizza) August 21 

On Sunday, July 10th, the Bridge Academy had 

its lst Swiss Teams Game, and it was very well 

received. Pizza was served, with fruit and other goodies. 

There was quite a large turnout, and the sentiment 

expressed was that we should have more Swiss 

Teams Games. So be it!!! Please check out the academy's 

web site at www.sfvbridgeacademy.com for 

details when the next team game will be held. The 

Bridge Academy will be having a pro/am game again 

in on Sunday, August 14. This popular game which 

attracted a great deal of attention when it was held 

last time is to provide the intermediate players the 

opportunity to get to know and pick up some pointers 

from the open players. All intermediate players 

will sit East/West and open players will sit 

North/South. At the end of each round, the intermediate 

players can ask questions about the play of 

the hand, the bidding or defense and the open players 

will be most pleased to answer any questions. We 

will also have a Swiss team game (with pizza!) on 

Sunday, August 21. 

During the month of June, the high master point 

winner was Susan Somogi. She was followed by 

Seymour Zemlyn, Dick Lum, Lynda Ullman, Leda 

Danzig, Gary Frans, Armand Szulc, Mary Dougherty, 

Judith Rosenstiel and Sharon David. Two popular 

Regionals were held this past month- one in the glittering 

town of Las Vegas, and the other in Long 

Beach. In Las Vegas, Ellen Anten and John Mohan 

came in 1st overall in the open pairs on We d n e s d a y , 

and Samuel Wang and William NG came in 1st overall 

in the Thursday Side Game. In Long Beach, I am 

happy to report that two of our intermediate players 

came in 1st overall in Flight C on We d n e s d a y . 

Congratulations to Carol Stein and Libby Lemoine. 

Well done girls. Ellen Anten, Steve Gross, Roger and 

Rebecca Clough were lst overall in the We d n e s d a y 

Swiss Teams game, while Lynda Ullman, Mary 

Dougherty, Peter and Lori Myers cam in 1st overall in 

Thursday's Swiss Teams. Kudos to all the winners. 

Summer is vacation time, and our very own Mary 

Dougherty is heading for Australia and India with her 

family. Have a great trip, Mary. As for me, I am packing 

my bags today and heading for Idaho. I know it is 

not Australia, but I hear it's pretty cool. (No pun 

intended.) Not much else to report. News is scarc e 

these days. As always, I appreciate anything you 

would like to tell me, and I will be most pleased to put 

it in our column. So if you see me around the club 

let's hear from you. Have a good one. 

Torrance-South Bay Unit 

by Steve Mager 

h o m e . n e t c o m . c o m / ~ a s m a g e r 1 / s b b c h p . h t m 

Upcoming Events 

Club Championship: Aug 1, 11:30 

Club Championship: Aug 17, 11:30 

NAOP Qualifying: Aug 19, 11:30 

NAOP Qualifying: , Aug 25, 7:30 

Membership Game: Aug 26, 7:00 

Handicapped Swiss Tms: Aug 28, 1 

Friday night games on Aug 12 & 26 

Club Championships 

The June 24 Club Championship saw Patty 

Taylor/Sheryl Kohlhoff sweeping the board winning 

Flights A, B and C. The handicapped Swiss teams on 

June 26 was won by the quintet of Jerry Lewin, Ray 

Mack, Mark Raggio, Fran Israel and Gabriela 

Jackson. Leading the way in the July 6 Club 

Championship were Dick Cheng/John J. McDerm o t t 

in Flight A with Bob Rothman /Martin Binder on top 

in Flight B and Arthur Rue/Vatia Albright taking 

Flight C. The North American Pairs Qualifying game 

on July 11 was won by John Brailliar/Cecil Cook in 

Flight A followed by Lea McLernan/Betty Wi l l i a m s 

taking both Flights B and C. On July 12 the Club 

West LA ad 

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Championship was won by Bea 

C ron/Joan Johnson in Flight A with 

Sheryl Kohlhoff / C a rol McCully on top 

in Flight B. 

TSB Heroes at Long Beach Regional 

Following is a summary of people 

f rom the Torrance South Bay unit who 

won events at the recent District 23 

Regional in Long Beach. The 299er 

pairs Flight F on June 29 was won by 

G e o rge Stinson/Gerri Soffa Carlson. 

The District 23 Bracket 2 Knockout 

included the pair of Hiro m i 

Umehara/Masae Kato. The Midweek 

KO Bracket 4 was won by the quartet 

of Mary Belle Hoenig/Barbara 

Coe/Helen Taft/Marilyn Smith. 

Marilyn was very excited since these 

w e re her first Gold points. 

Ron and Gerri Carlson were first in 

Flights D and E of the July 1 299er 

pairs. The Kickoff KO teams was won 

by Mary Ann Coyle/Paul 

B o u d reau/Jan Nathan and some pickup 

teammate. Arlene and Stanley 

G re e n g a rd/Kim Wa n g / L u t rell Long 

w e re on top in Flights B and C of the 

July 2 afternoon Swiss and came back 

that evening to win Flight C in the 

Swiss. The Gre e n g a rds and Kim Wa n g 

w e ren't finished yet as they won the 

Flights CDE Swiss on July 3. 

F e a rful moments for partners at 

S B B C 

At the risk of being too whimsical I 

am including examples of moments 

when a partner's heartbeat and blood 

p re s s u re jump dramatically at the 

South Bay Bridge Club: 

Example 1: Jan Nathan pulls out the 

STOP Card . 

Example 2: (Fill in one of the following 

names) becomes declarer with 2 minutes 

left in the round. (Names: Paul, 

B e rnie, Bob, Leone, and Herb) 

Example 3: The writer of this column is 

on opening lead. 

Any other suggestions to this list 

will be included in future columns. 

GUV Aw a rd 

T h e re were several fine candidates 

this month but I settled on my dear 

wife the Czarina Jan (the Gre a t ) 

Nathan. Jan found out the hard way 

that when you have enough tricks to 

claim, well, claim. In the final round of 

a compact KO event at the Las Ve g a s 

Regional she was in the slightly inelegant 

contract of 4 No Trump. Finally at 

one point she could claim 10 tricks no 

matter what. Instead, with a heart 

holding of Ax facing Kx she played the 

Heart Ace and accidentally threw the 

Heart King under it before she re a l i z e d 

the error of her ways. Down one. 

Amazingly the board was a push. The 

opponents at the other table got to a 

slam off one. Perhaps we should call it 

the “Nathan Coup” 

Na Zdro w i e 

West LA Unit 

by candy 

Remember these dates. Unit Wi d e 

Championship - Tuesday Aftern o o n , 

August 23 at Barrington, Beverly Hills 

and Candy's Bridge Clubs (I decided to 

list the clubs alphabetically and I'm 

still last). WLA Fall Sectional 

September 2 - 5. Unit party Sunday 

December 4. I've kept them concise so 

you don't have to waste brain neuro n s 

on them, so there's some left when you 

need them to play a tough hand. 

Midyear who you're trying to beat 

in the Ace of Clubs: Rookie - Caro l 

S h e rman; Jr. Master - Kris Sommer; 

Club Master - Alan Schneider; Sect. 

Master - Joyce Lelah; Reg. Master - 

Leon Saizow; NABC Master - Sam 

Namer; L.M. - Ed Feldman; Bronze LM 

- Maria Pendergast; Silver LM - Chuck 

F o n o row; Gold LM - Dick Ry d e r ; 

Diamond LM - Aram Bedros; Emerald 

LM - Becky Clough; Grand LM - Mary 

Jane Farell. 

And now your targets for Mini Mac: 

Rookie - Carol Sherman; Jr. Master - 

Kris Sommer; Club Master - Rose 

Kaufman; Sect Master - Irwin Stein; 

NABC Master - Sam Namer; LM - S. 

C a r roll Bronze; Bronze LM - Phyllis 

Mory; Silver LM - Adam Meyerson; 

Gold LM - Reese Milner; Diamond LM - 

Roger Clough; Emerald LM - Becky 

Clough; Platinum LM - Rick 

Henderson; Grand LM - Gene Fre e d . 

T h e re are times as a director the 

h a rdest thing is keeping a straight face. 

In Vegas Brian Richardson got called to 

the table because the opponent was 

deliberately playing slowly so she 

couldn't go to the bathroom. After 

monitoring the situation Brian re t u rn s 

to fellow directors who declare this is a 

"leak out of turn" and he should have 

used Law 81(C)(O)(K)(2)(P). 

70%ers - Joan & Steve Little 

Suzanne & Alan LeBendig Lee 

Sam Haveson & Gene White were Club 

Champs. 

Cyma sent me an e-mail from her 

hectic life aboard ship saying the June 

14th champs were Peter & Lore e 

Myers. They'll be home the 20th. 

Candy's I'm having a Club 

Championship on Aug. 17th I've been 

told a surprise birthday party might be 

held then. My August Birthday Bash 

with Bob Johnson leading us in singing 

"Happy Birthday" will be Aug. 31st. 

The unit sends its deepest condolences 

to the family and friends of 

Geraldine Baird and Len Burc h m a n . 

Since hearing of Jules Farell's passing, 

I can't get words to describe this man 

adequately. One time I saw the Fare l l s 

w e re playing together and mentioned 

to Mary Jane what a rare pleasure this 

must be. She answered "My favorite 

p a r t n e r.” This was true at and away 

f rom the tables. When Jules walked in 

a room there was a warmth that came 

in with him. When you read all the 

obits that will list his accomplishments, 

it's that warmth I, and I hope 

you, will re m e m b e r. 

Reinman & Chuck Maltz. And in a 

league of their own Judy Kamm & Inga 

Graznow had an 80% game at the 

Beach Club. 

A round the clubs... Barrington - 

On Aug.7th Barrington BC will be 

holding the annual Multiple Sclero s i s 

Charity Game reserve early - this is a 

sell out! The first Thursday of every 

month is Team Game (Aug. 4th for 

those of you who are calendar challenged) 

at 7:15. Use this to practiced 

for the Team Game STAC in which all 

points awarded are silver on Aug. 25th. 

T h e re will be pizza and special goodies 

(Is there anything more special than 

pizza I don't think so.) 

Beverly Hills - NAOP Qualifying 

Tuesday Evening Aug. 2nd. Te a m 

S TAC for silver on Wed. evening 24th. 

I would like to 

end my column with an old Celtic 

B l e s s i n g : 

May the blessing of the sweet rain be on 

y o u 

The soft sweet rain. 

May it fall on your spirit 

So little flowers may spring up, 

And shed their sweetness on the air. 

May the blessing of the great rains be 

upon you, 

May they beat upon your spirit 

And wash it fair and clean, 

And leave there many a shining pool 

Where the blues of heaven shines, 

And sometimes a star. 

May the blessing of light be upon you, 

Light without and within, 

May the blessed sunlight shine on you 

And warm your heart 

Till it glows like a great peat fire 

Long Beach 

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The Long Beach Bridge Week Regional 

Mid-Week KO BKT 4 07/01/05 L to R Helen Taft, 

MaryBelle Hoenig, Marilyn Smith, Barbara Coe 

Thursday Eve Side Game, 1st Overall, David Goetz 

and Robert Daniel 

The Long Beach "Bridge Week" regional held June 27 through July 3 was a success. The 

tournament ran approximately 90 tables for morning and afternoon sessions split about 50 

tables for pairs and 40 for teams. Evening sessions ran 30 to 36 tables. The total number 

of possible winning persons was 850, which is reduced some by triple or double bracket 

winners. Of these, 170 registered as winners to receive a mug or pen. Here and on page 1 

are the few who found the the Tournament Photographer to have a picture taken. 

The 299er games ran 9 to 16 tables per session. The headline speaker for them was 

Eddie Kantar whose morning talk attracted 9 players at the beginning (its nice to sleep 

late on Saturday) and 60 at the end of the talk on Saturday morning. Eddie's between 

session talk attracted 30+ players. The other between sessions morning hand discussions 

for the 299ers primarily attracted 4 to 17 players each session. All speakers gave excellent 

tips on how to bid better. Some 299ers did win gold and red points when they played in 

the bottom bracket of the Open Knock Out teams. by John Killian 

Tuesday Eve Swiss Teams 

1st Sumiko Inagaki 

Friday Afternoon Open Pairs 

1st Susan Furchtenich 

Monday Charity Pairs 1st 

overall: Rand Pinsky 

A L A C B U Scholarship Chairm a n 

Peter Szecsi introducing 2005 

recipient Roger Lee 

A L A C B U I / N C h a i rman Peter 

Benjamin and Eddie Kantar 

Tuesday Senior Pairs 1st overall, Jay Boylan 

(Orange CA) and Dick Purvist (Anaheim CA) 

Open Pairs Thursday 2nd session Strat B Ilene 

Grabel and Jim Weeks 

Senior Pairs Strat B, Harvey Goldstein and partner 

Friday Senior Pairs 1st overall, Nada and Clay 

Sundermeyer (Bellevue, WA) 

Teri Atkinson Better Bridge Teacher Accredition 

Program 

Pro Tour Prize Money Bridge Winners: 1st Ahmed 

Sorathia, 2nd Nadini Khalaf, 3rd Solange Graziani 

Last Chance KO Bracket #1 1st, Jack Blaur, Mike 

Savage, Gerald Bare, Rick Henderson 

Saturday Senior Pairs, 1st Overall Dick Lum and 

Bernard Figueirede 

Firecracker Compac KO Brk #4 1st, Robert Daniel, 

David Goeta, Matt Chiwo Leung and Sherrie Aubill 

New Life Masters 7/1/05: Darlene & Phil White, 

San Clemente, CA 

ALACBU KO Bracket #4 1st Liz Nixon, Matt Belau, 

Judy Veliovick 

Sunday Swiss Teams, Flt AX 1st Leslie Strong, Bob 

Kent, Greg West, Everett Boyer


Antelope Valley-Santa Clarita #556 

AV Bridge Club 

661-940-8522 or 661-943-5712 

44203 10th St. West, Lancaster 98534 

Tuesday noon Open 

Wednesday 6:30 Open 

Friday noon Open 

Sunday 1:00 Open 

Valencia Bridge Studio 

Senior Center 661-253-1105 

22900 Market St, Santa Clarita 01321 

Manager: Kathy Swaine Dir: Rand Pinsky 

Tuesday 6:45 Open/Stratified 

Downey-Whitier Unit #564 

Downey Women’s Club 714-322-5505 

9813 Paramount Blvd., Downey 90240 

Wednesday 10 am Open 

Friday 10 am Open 

1st Friday 10 am Unit Game 

Paramount Bridge Club 

at United Methodist Church corner of 5th 

and Downey Ave., Downey 90241 

Elinor Baratelle: 562-633-9116 

Tuesday 10:30 am Open 

Glendale-Verdugo Unit #553 

The Glendale Regency Bridge Club 

818-500-8669 

303 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale 91202 

All games are open/stratified 

Tuesday noon dir: Calvin Smith 

Wednesday 7:15 dir: Pat Abbey 

Thursday noon dir: Tim Stocks 

Saturday 1:00 dir: Frank Rubin 

2nd Sat 1:00 Unit game-12:15 lunch 

Long Beach Unit #557 

Long Beach Bridge Center 562-498-8113 

4782 PCH Long Beach 90804 

Monday 9:30 Open 

12:30 Open & NLM 

7:00 NLM 

Tuesday 12:30 Open & 99er 

4:15 OPEN 

Wednesday 12:30 Open & NLM 

7:00 Open & 199er 

Thursday 12:30 Open 

7:00 49er 

Friday 9:30 Open 

12:30 Open & NLM & 99er 

4:15 Open 

Saturday 12:30 Open/Stratified 


Pasadena-San Gabriel Unit #559 

Bridge Center 

626-445-3797 or 626-357-1590 

333 N. Santa Anita Ave, Arcadia 91006 

Director: Art Gulbrandsen 

Monday noon Junior 

7:15 Junior & NLM 

Tuesday 11:00 NLM 

7:15 open 

Wed 7:15 Junior 


7:15 NLM 


7:30 Open & 199er 

Saturday 10:30 Junior 

1:00 Open 


Los Angeles County Bridge Club Directory 

LaFetra Bridge Club 626-335-8258 

333 E. Foothill Blvd, Glendora 91741 

3rd Tues 9am Open 

other Tues 9am-12 Free class 


Friday 8:45am Open 

San Marino Bridge Club 

1800 Huntington Dr. San Marino 91108 

626-300-9819 Director: Frank Jones 



1st Sun 1:00 (lunch @ 12:30) Unit Game 

Pomona-Covina Unit #551 

Knights of Columbus Hall 

626-335-2414 

2024 E. Rte 66, Glendora 91740 



2nd Sun 7:00 Unit Game 

San Fernando Valley Unit #561 

San Fernando Valley Bridge Academy 

818-999-9131 

21116 Vanowen 

Canoga Park, CA 91303 

1/2-hour lecture before all jr & novice games 

Monday 11:00 Open & Jr 

7:30 Open & Jr & novice 

Tuesday 11:00 Open & Jr 

7:30 Open & Clinic 

Wednesday 11:00 Open & Jr & Clinic 

7:30 Open & Jr 

Thursday 11:00 Open & Jr 


Friday 11:00 Open & Jr 


Saturday 1:00 Open 


Torrance-South Bay Unit #568 

Beach Cities Bridge Club 714-526-3129 

3007 Vail, Redondo Beach 90278 

Director: Warren Briggs 


Inglewood Beach Club 714-526-3129 

3007 Vail, Redondo Beach 90278 

Director: Warren Briggs 


South Bay Bridge Club 310-325-7222 

24100 Narbonne Ave. St 101/102, 

Lomita 90717 

food provided at all games 

Monday 10:45 Lecture 

11:30 Open/Stratified 


Tuesday 9:00 Beginner Lesson 


Wednesday 11:30 Open/Stratified 

7:00 199er (6:30 lecture) 

Thursday 10:30 199er (10:00 lecture) 


Friday 11:30 Open/Stratified 


3rd or 4th Sunday at 1:00-Swiss Teams 

Once a quarter Tuesday at 11:30-unit game 

Veterans Park Bridge Club 

301 Esplanade, Redondo Beach 90277 

Director: W. Briggs 



Upcoming Tournaments in the West 

August 5-7 San Diego Sectional 

August 13-14 Fresno 299er Sectional 

September 2-5 West LA Sectional 

September 5-11 Costa Mesa Regional 

September 16-18 Antelope Valley Sectional 

September 16-18 Lompoc Sectional 

September 22-25 Bakersfield Sectional 

September 24-25 Escondido 299er Sectional 

West Los Angeles Unit #562 

Barrington Bridge Club 310-966-4144 

11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025 

Owners: E’Anne Conaway & Adrienne Green 

Monday 9:30 Lesson & I/M 

with Adrienne Green 

12:30 Open/stratified 

Tuesday noon * with George Siegel 


Wednesday 10:00 * with Wayne Karson 

12:30 Stratified 199er 


7:00 I/M 2/1 with 

Adrienne Green 

Thursday 9:30-11:30 How To Think 

Bridge Class with Wayne Karson 


7 Open/St except 1st Thurs 

1st Thurs 7:00 Team Game 

Friday 10:00 Beginning lessons 

with Pat Banks 

Noon * with Sandy Rink 


7:30 199er - 7:10 Lecture 

Saturday 1:00 Open/stratified 

Sunday 1 pm Open/stratified 

(starting Aptil 10) 

*supervised play 

The Palisades Game 

Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club 

901 Haverford (Sunset at Temescal) 90272 

818-535-7410 (game time) 

818-883-0690 (reservations) 

Wednesday 7:25 Open (dinner at 6:30) 

Anaheim Unit #513 

Anaheim Bridge Club 714-520-9632 

201 E. Center St., Anaheim 92805 

www.bridgecluboc.com 


6:00 Free Lesson and Dinner 

7:00Open/Stratified & 0-300 



Thursday 11:00 Jr Fund Game 


6:00 Free Lesson and Dinner 



2nd Sun 1:00 Team game * 

4th Sun 1:00 Unit Championship * 

* 12:30 brunch 

Placentia Public Library 

411 E. Chapman (near Kraemer) 92870 


Balboa Unit 

Balboa Bridge Club 714-437-1427 

Northpointe 

15641 Red Hill, Corner of Bell & Redhill 

www.balboa.acbld22.com 

1st Sun 1(lunch @12:15) Unit Game 

Monday 12:15 Open/Stratified 

Tuesday 12:15 Open/Stratified 


Wednesday 12:15 Open/Strat & 199er 

Thursday 12:15 Open/Stratified 



Huntington Beach Club 714-842-3838 

Huntington Beach Women’s Club 

420 10th St., Huntington Beach 92648 



Saddleback Unit #525 

Norman Murray Center 

24932 Veteran’s Way, Mission Viejo 

2nd Sun 1:00 Unit Game 

Ralph & Bob’s Game 586-9488 

Monday 12:30 Murray Center 

Thursday noon Sea Country Center 

Leisure World 

Monday 7:00 Swiss (call 472-5403) 

Beverly Hills Bridge Center 310 - 657 - 6933 

games at Beverly Hills Tennis Center 

325 S La Cienega Blvd., 

Beverly Hills 90211 

FREE PARKING - all games, all the time 


7:15 Open 

Tuesday 12:30 Open 

7:15 Open 

Wednesday 12:30 Open & Jr/Nov Clinic 


7:15 Open 


Saturday 1:00 Open 

7:15 Open 


Bridge With Cyma 310-659-7978 

Marina City Club, Director: Cyma Aronow 

4333 Admiralty Way, Quasar Room 

Marina Del Rey 90292 

Tuesday: 7:30 Open 

Candy’s Club 

310-652-6116 

8039 Manchester 

Playa del Rey 

Tuesday 12:30 Open 



Closed 2nd Tuesday of the month 

Orange County, S. Gold Coast and Santa Ana 

Dana Harbor Unit #538 

Dana Harbor Bridge Center 

www.danaharborbirdgecenter.org 

24921 Dana Harbor Dr. #B210, 

Dana Point 92629 9 4 9 - 2 4 8 - 1 2 6 8 


Tuesday 12:30 Open/Strat & Nov 


6:30 open except 1st&3rd-team 

Thursday 12:30 Open/Strat & 49er 




3rd Sun 12:30 Unit Game 

4th Sun 12:30 Swiss Teams 

Santa Ana Unit #541 

Orange County Bridge Club 

714 - 569 - 1960 

13912 Ponderosa, Santa Ana, CA 92705 


Tuesday 6:00 beginner lesson 


Thursday 6:00 novice lesson 

7:00 NLM 

7:15 INV game 


Saturday 11:00 INT/ADV 

12:30 Open (lunch at 12) 

3rd Sun 

1:00Unit Game- 12:15 lunch 

Southern Gold Coast Unit #532 

Bridge Academy II 805-495-0385 

741D Lakefield Rd, Westlake Village 


Tuesday 10:30 Handicap 

7:00 Handicap 

Wednesday 10:30 Handicap 

7:00 199er (6:30 lecture) 

Thursday 10:30 Handicap 

7:00 Novice, Handicap 


Saturday 10:30 Handicap 

2:00 99er

August - ACBL District 23

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