February - ACBL District 23

The Southern
California Bridge News
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February 2005
Volume 40, #2
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
LA Regional Is Just A Few Weeks Away
by Jan Wickersham
This month, President John Killian asked Vice President
Jan Wi ckersham to write the President’s column.
Greetings and Happy New Year to all my fellow bridge
players!
President John Killian asked me if I would like to write
the column this month, and my reply was that I would be
delighted to do so. As many of you may already know, I
am going to be serving the district as Tournament Manager
for the Los Angeles Regional, February 21-27, just around
the corner. It is my desire to see our Regionals return to
what they once were, and I will do my best to work to that
end. I am hoping to see you there and will welcome your
comments and suggestions.
The LAX Hilton is an upscale hotel, a greatly
improved venue over the Radisson. I think you will be very
pleased with the quality of this hotel. Parking is in a covered
structure which is located near the playing area, and
the Hilton has offered us parking for $5.00 per day with in
by Alan Le Bendig
Our membership has continued to steadily increase.
We have 462 more members than we did at the end of last
year for a total of 150,440. These are paying members and
represent an increase of 0.3%. Counting unpaid Life
Masters, our total membership is 168,380 which is 0.7 %
higher than it was at the end of 2003.
We are going to start stating our membership in terms
of active members only. Any names that remain inactive
for a period of more than 24 months will be considered
“bridge-dead.” We are well aware of the fact that we are
still carrying names on our roles of people that are no
longer with us. Any activity at all from inactive names
such as earning any Masterpoints or submitting an address
change will keep them on our roles. Don’t forget that even
Masterpoints earned in a club game are collected in
Memphis.
One very positive sign is that our renewal rate has
increased for our first and second year members. This has
historically been the most difficult group to keep as members.
Some more good news is that our tournament table
count was way up over the 2003 figures. The actual figure
is 172,691 tables. This represents an increase of 7.73%.
Regionals and NABCs showed the largest increases.
Inside This Issue
Around the Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6-8
Bakersfield Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
Bridge Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
Directory of Bridge Clubs. . . . . . . . . . page 12
GNT Entry form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
Kibbitz with Karraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2
LA Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10
Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2
Long Beach Bridge Center . . . . . . . . . page 11
Problem Solvers Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3
Tournaments in the West. . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
and out privileges. Should you want to take off some time
from the Bridge table (hard to imagine) there are shuttle
buses that run every hour in front of the hotel that will drop
you at the Manhattan Beach Mall for shopping.
Schedules are available at the front desk.
The Hilton is offering a very generous rate of $89.00
per night, and if you stay five nights or more, they will
reduce the price to $79.00 per night.
I want to encourage all of your ‘299er players to come
to the tournament. Each day there is a game just for you
and a chance to win lots of points. There will be a special
prize for the ‘299er who wins the most points for the tournament,
and, just maybe that could be you!
Barbara Dicker is serving as partnership chairman. If
you want to come, but don’t have a partner, she can help
you find one. If you want to contact her before the tournament,
she can be reached at: (562)688-1185.
On another note, I want to congratulate Jill Meyers for
being named the #1 Woman Player in the World for 2004!
She’s always been #1 in my book, but it’s nice to see that
the rest of the Bridge world thinks so, too.
District Director’s Report: Membership
Continues to Steadily Increase
STACs are still popular and the Sectionals remained steady.
There was a study released from Albert Einstein
College of Medicine showing that playing cards “trumps”
Alzheimer’s disease. The researcher now has applied for a
grant to look specifically at the effects of bridge as it pertains
to an Alzheimer deterrent. Our Marketing Dept. submitted
a letter of support for this grant. Since we see so
many very elderly bridge players, I think most of us have a
very positive sense of what our game does for an aging
mind.
I only know of one motion so far for our Pittsburgh
meetings. The reason is that this is my motion! We currently
have a requirement that each zone (East, Central and
West) gets to host one NABC each year. I am suggesting
that we eliminate this requirement and concern ourselves
more with booking our NABCs in cities that our players
WANT to visit. It is certainly much easier to travel than it
was when that regulation was passed. Even if my motion
passes, don’t expect to see any changes in the near future.
Our NABCs are currently scheduled through 2012.
I was very pleased to see the new column in our paper.
I know Karraine Murray and a column written for the
199ers is long overdue. If you haven’t read it yet, check it
out - Kibitz With Karraine.. I wish I could write as well as
she does!
There’s still space in Pittsburgh but it’s going quickly!
A Basic Guide To
Exclusion Blackwood
By Mike Savage
Traditionally when you have a void and are looking for
slam, bidding Blackwood - asking for aces or controls – is
considered not to be the best approach and cue bidding
seems to be the only other option to find out about controls.
However, wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could ask for aces
or controls and tell your partner not to count any in a certain
suit (your void)
Well there is a convention that does just that. It’s an
expensive one though, as the inquiry bid almost always
starts at the 5-level! It’s called Exclusion Blackwood – as
you cue-bid the suit you want excluded from partner’s
answer to Blackwood. After trump agreement – usually
shown, sometimes implied - a jump shift to the 5-level (if
hearts are trumps, to 4S) in a suit that can’t be trumps is
Exclusion Blackwood. Examples are: 1C-1S 3S-5D
(Exclusion Blackwood with a diamond void; 1H-3H 4S
(Exclusion Blackwood with a spade void); 2C-2D 3D-5C
Continued on page 5
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2005 ALACBU Scholarship Applications Due 2/15
Applications are now being accepted for ALACBU
District 23 Scholarship. Requirements are: You must be
a senior in high school with graduating plans in 2005
and reside within District 23. You may be attending college
anywhere in the US, but you must be a resident of
District 23 when applying for this scholarship.
The deadline for completed applications is
February 15, 2005. Applications must be obtained by
writing to Morris Lorber, M.D., 2595 Prava del Amo,
Unit 400, Torrance, CA 90503 or emailing
mointorrance@yahoo.com.
Attention Clubs and Club Managers
February is Junior Month. Clubs and club managers
can help members earn more masterpoints by holding
junior fund games during February.
Here is how your club can help! Any regularly
scheduled sanctioned session during the entire month of
February can be a Junior Fund Game. Players pay an
extra $1.00 per session and can win sectional-rated black
points. For example, if you hold a weekly game on
Tuesday afternoon, every Tuesday afternoon during
February can be a Junior Fund Game.
Reminder: In addition to the February games, up to
four Junior Fund Games per month can be held every
month except April and September.
Help build the future of duplicate bridge by participating
in Junior Fund Games. Your support for the Junior
Program is sincerely appreciated.
If you have any questions, please call or email
Charlotte Blaiss, ACBL director of youth/junior programs,
at 901-332-5586 ext. 1214 or email
charlotte.blaiss@acbl.org
It’s Almost Time for Grand National Teams
Dates have been set for this year’s Grand National
Team Events. The open and flight C events will take
place on April 9-10. Flights A and B will take place on
May 14-15. All four events take place on a weekend at
the Bridge Academy in Reseda. The Saturday event will
be run as a swiss team event with the teams with the
most victory points qualifying for a knockout final on
Sunday. The event is open to all members of District 23
and players can enter more than one flight. An entry
blank can be found on page 7 of this publication and is
due four days before the event. The conditions of contest
were published in December.
For those of you that have not entered in previous
years this is a chance to find out how exciting this event
can be. Everyone can be competitive in at least one of
the flights. The four winning teams will be eligible to
represent our district in Atlanta this summer. All entry
fees will be split between the teams that go to Atlanta,
helping to pay some of the travel expenses. Our district
pays the expenses of running this event so that 100% of
the entry fees can be returned to the winners.
If you have any questions call Howard Einberg at
310-475-9784 or Bill Wickham at 310-234-3238. You
can e-mail questions to howardeinberg@yahoo.com.
Cancelled
The Spring Glitter Gulch Sectional in Las Vegas,
March 7-10 has definitely been cancelled.
The Plaza Hotel and Casino where the Las Vegas
Sectionals have been held for over 20 years was sold to
another organization and Unit 373 lost its space. The
convention space was filled up by the new owners with
their own clients like Nascar and The World Series of
Poker.
The Las Vegas membership apologize for the any
inconvenience that this may cause our loyal guests and
are very sorry and hope that you will continue to attend
their tournaments in the future
If you have further questions please refer to the
www.lasvegasbridge.com, e-mail tournaments@lasvegasbridge.com
or call Helen Allen at 702-870-2962.

PAGE 2 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS FEBRUARY, 2005
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
As he has taken to doing lately, Ron Garber has used
his book-review column in the pages of the ACB's
District 23 publication to vent his personal hatred of me
and give false information to readers. In the January
2005 issue, he misstates the title of my autobiography as
“The Principle of Restricted Talent.” I am confident that
Garber has not read my actual autobiography,
“Everybody's Out of Step But Johnny,” which has relatively
little to do with bridge (although a joke in one of
Alfred Sheinwold's bridge columns has the title as its
punch line). The Principle of Restricted Talent was written
jointly by the wonderful Nick Straguzzi (the main
author in that 6 of its 21 chapters were written by him
alone) and me. Although the book is written in the first
person, the narrator is the entirely fictional Mike Barton,
to whom Nick and I are related only minimally in that we
both have had careers in computer programming.
Danny Kleinman
Results from the Palm
Springs Regional
December 13-19, 2004
Continued from last month
TUESDAY
IT'S KNOCKOUT TIME BKT 6
16 Teams
1 Vann Carter, Palm Desert ; Rosalyn Foster, La
Quinta
; Bess Roth, Indianapolis IN; Anne Schwartz, Rancho
Mirage
2 Erin Gove, Los Gatos ; Fung Bao, Cupertino ; Jan
Samuels, Los Altos ; Merle Orelove, Palo Alto
3/4 Heidi Current - Dave Current, Palm Desert ; Marsha
Helton - Darryl Helton, Sedona AZ
3/4 Shirley Eide, Bakersfield ; Charlotte Stern, Sun City
; Robert Steffey, Salt Lake City UT; Hannah Moon,
Prince Albert SK
IT'S KNOCKOUT TIME BKT 7
13 Teams
1 Robert Meyer - Robert Victor, Palm Springs ; Sally
Fusco, Palm Desert ; Eva Bloch, Cathedral City
2 Gregory Houldin, Mission Viejo ; Maurice Mandel -
Kenneth Leslie, Palm Desert ; Abdol Samiian,
Laguna
Hills
3/4 Edward Victor - Mim Spertus - Angelika Hederer -
Constance Fishbach, LA
3/4 Carl Hoeberling - Howard Glenn, Banning ; Charles
Williams, Port Angeles WA; Nancy Stojsic, Toronto
ON
IT'S KNOCKOUT TIME BKT 8
12 Teams
1 Edward Faichuk - Alan Hochstein - Lucielle Smith,
Calgary
AB; Wesley Anderson, Kelowna BC
2 Darryl Hendershot, Dsrt Hot Spgs ; F Gilmore,
Hickory
NC; Peggy Scott, Cathedral City ; Wendy Favero,
Twain
Harte
3/4 Clarence Fosler - Marie Fosler - Anita Roll,
Camarillo
; Judy Kupperman, Oxnard
3/4 John Daniel, Lenexa KS; Edith Kohler - Sheila Mac
Lean,
Mesa AZ; Gladys Foster, Regina SK
IT'S KNOCKOUT TIME BKT 9
12 Teams
1 Todd Knapp, Costa Mesa ; Charlotte Blank, San
Francisco
; Terry Helm, Mill Valley ; Matt Chiwo Leung,
Montebello
2 Paul Levine, San Carlos ; Patricia Galinet, Oro
Valley
AZ; Tybie Becker, Long Beach ; Irene Hirschland,
Seal
Beach
3/4 Jack Kruger - Maurice Wilson, Palm Springs ;
Harold
Kaplan M D, Rancho Mirage ; John Worley Jr, Palm
Desert
Continued on page 4
KIBITZ WITH KARRAINE: THE 199ER REPORT
Rain, Rain, Rain = Play, Play, Play
By Karraine Murray
Rain, rain, rain equals PLAY, PLAY, PLAY!! Hey,
199ers! What were you doing during all that rain I know
you weren’t outside replanting your amaryllis bulbs. I
doubt you were hiking the Santa Monica Mountains or
rollerblading through Venice. No, the correct answer is:
You were at the club playing bridge! That kind of monsoonal
weather is just perfect for ensconcing in a nice
warm, dry classroom or club, amongst the merry din of
bridge players. That is what you were doing, right
Because my friends, that is our collective resolution this
year, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY! You can’t improve if you don’t
play.
Speaking of which, there will be a WONDERFUL
opportunity at the end of the month for all of us 199ers to
put this resolution into effect. THE LOS ANGELES WIN-
TER REGIONAL will be near LAX at the Los Angeles
Hilton from Monday, February 21 through Saturday,
February 26 and I want you all to come out and play in at
least one 299er game. YES, YOU CAN (I have columnist
ears and I heard that barely audible whine). The times/days
for the 299er (the closest we can get to 199er) events are:
Monday at 7:30pm and Tuesday through Saturday at 10:30
am and 3:00 pm. You can attend with or without a partner
(call ahead if you are without a partner) and parking is $5.
Carpooling is also an excellent idea. I am planning to
attend the Monday night game, so why don’t you come out
and introduce yourselves We can support each other, and
I’d love to meet you.
And I would like to say one more thing about this rain
business. That is how you pronounce my name. It rhymes
with rain. The rain. Karraine. The rain in Spain falls mainly
on Karraine. Not Corinne, not Coreen, not Carrie-anne,
not Karin or Karen or Corina. KA RAIN. Period. No one
has any problem with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – it rolls off of
people’s tongues like butter.
Onto more bridge happenings. Big news and changes
at Barrington! Barrington gets a face lift! Adrienne Green
is now one of the owners of the Barrington Bridge Club and
she, along with current owner E’Anne Conaway, have just
completed a renovation including new tile, carpeting, and
furniture, not to mention plans for some new games. On
Thursday nights, Barrington will host an open game at 7:15
pm – with a kick-off pizza party the first time on February
10. In the works for the future is a Sunday afternoon game,
so stay posted. Adrienne, who is an electric bundle of energy
around the club, told me that one of the things she loves
about bridge is that at any level it is an opportunity to use
your mind, meet people and share a common bond. She is
even offering a special for any new player who has never
played at the club to come out and play his or her first game
for free! Come on 199ers (or anyone) this is your chance
to start changing your lives!
Here is a list of the 199er games at Barrington:
Friday Nights with Pat Banks Lecture at 7:15 pm, game
at 7:30 pm. Pat has taken over the Friday Night 199er game
which was previously directed by Marie Dahl. It is a pleasant,
comfortable game, with plenty of regulars and Pat’s
ship is a little more relaxed than Marie’s. So far when I’ve
played, she hasn’t run the timer. Yay! Pat, who has been
playing bridge for 30 years, says she learned bridge when a
friend of hers put their friendship on a back burner to the
game. Pat’s goal is to make the Friday night game the
friendliest game in town with an impressive line up of guest
speakers. Last week she even brought out a birthday cake
and made the whole club sing to one of the players.
Hmmm, maybe we all want to delete our birthdays from the
club’s database.
Wednesday Afternoons with Wayne Karson Game at
12:30pm. Wayne’s game provides a casual, laid-back environment
perfect for newcomers to duplicate bridge. And
for encouragement, I offer you this deep morsel from the
guru himself, “Bridge is all about losing. Even the best
players in the world lose more than they win.” Hey guys,
isn’t that a relief Of course, just when I’m starting to feel
hopeful again, Wayne, whose talent roster includes accomplished
pianist (get over yourself already) comes up with
this, comparing adept bridge players and gifted musicians:
“Intelligence in music requires visualization as it does in
bridge.” Me, I can’t read a note. Oh well.
Now, 199ers, I know I report mostly from Barrington
since that is where I play and where I started, but I do
encourage you to check out the lessons and games in your
area which are listed on the back page of this paper in the
Bridge Club Directory.
I am also venturing out, now that the rain has subsided,
to do some surveys of my own. Let me tell you of my little
adventure in the Palisades Game.
On Wednesday nights, Tony Scott runs a lovely dinner
game up in the Palisades. I called him and told him I was
doing research for the 199er column and wanted to check
out his game. Well, you can’t beat this deal. For ten bucks
you get a well-balanced delicious dinner, complete with
dessert and coffee. The players are unbelievably friendly
and professional. I would recommend this to any 199er
who has been playing duplicate and wants a challenge.
Now, you might ask, why do I say challenge Well, what
charming Tony neglected to mention was that the average
player master point count in that game is IN THE THOU-
SANDS! Now, I know, accumulation of points does not
always a stellar player make, but… It’s still a good time,
and I’m looking forward to going back.
OK, I’m running over my allotted word count so I better
wrap it up.
DID YOU KNOW The double of an artificial bid is
lead directing. Because the bid is artificial, for example:
TWO CLUBS STAYMAN, or JACOBY, or TWO DIA-
MONDS WAITING AFTER A STRONG TWO CLUBS
OPENER, the opponents will bid again. You just want to
tell your partner what to lead. This can be the key to setting
the contract.
SILLY TIDBIT: Hands down the cutest outfit award in
Barrington’s Friday 199er game goes to Joanie Pepper. The
Peppers are also THE team to beat, East/West. Come on!
JOKE OF THE MONTH: Two partners have been
playing for some time and without fail the one ALWAYS
bids 2NT over his partner’s 1NT. Finally, the 1NT bidder
asks, “Partner, why do you always raise my 1NT to 2NT”
Partner replies, “Because I know your most dreaded contract
is 1NT.” -shared by Carl Dahl
MY THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH: You’ve heard it
a million times. You’ve even repeated it without thinking.
But in bridge it’s really really true. It’s not whether you win
or lose, but how you play the game.
Please email me with your comments, suggestions,
questions and/or frustrations. I’m here to help.
KibitzWithKarraine@yahoo.com.
See you at the Los Angeles Regional! And remember,
PLAY, PLAY, PLAY!
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FEBRUARY, 2005 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS PAGE 3
Problem Solver’s Panel
Moderator: Marshall Miles
Panelists: John Jones, Eddie Kantar, Danny Kleinman,
Mike Shuman, Michael Shuster, and John Wittes.
2
NS VUL
IMPs
East South West North
1♥ 1♠ 1ΝΤ 2NT
pass
You, South, hold: ♠A8652 ♥A84 ♦A106 ♣J3 What call do you make
SHUMAN: 3♥. Love this hand on the
auction—I shall bid a mere 5♦ if pard now
bids 3NT (showing what might be a “wasted”
heart value for slam, and 6♦ after any
other response by pard, ready to apologize
if he holds x Qx KQJxx KQ10xx, but
shouldn’t he just “double” 1NT with that
hand, whether responsive or otherwise
SHUSTER: 4♦. I must make some sort of
positive move with all of these cover
cards. This feels like a slight underbid, but
I don’t see how 3♥ would help partner
make a more effective final decision.
KLEINMAN: 4♦. Wonderful cards: aces
in the majors, where partner is short (most
likely one spade and two hearts), three
trumps including a high honor in the trump
suit, and a useful jack in partner’s long
side suit. “Aces are our friends”—Nick
Straguzzi.
JONES: Pard didn’t double 1NT, thus
2NT must be unusual for the minors. Pard
might be as light as x xx QJ9xx Q109xx,
but could be considerably stronger. My
hand is quite good for him. The aces are
all gold, and the ♦10 and ♣ J are well
placed. I need to do something that lets
pard know there might be a game. The
rational choices are 4♦ and 3♥. With only
three trumps, 4♦ seems about right.
John’s partners must bid a lot more
than I would. In fact, with his regular part -
ner, I know that is true. But I would never
force the bidding to the three level with
that misfitting hand and I probably would
not accept an invitation to game with x x
KQxxx Q109xxx, or x xx KQxxx KQxxx,
for example.
How bad a hand should partner have
to force to the three level with no assur -
ance of a fit
1
NO VUL
IMPs
West North East South
3♦ pass pass
You, South, hold: ♠Q1086 ♥QJ543 ♦AKJ ♣6 What call do you make
KANTAR: 3NT. Hide this answer.
WITTES: Very tough problem. Partner is
probably short in diamonds and could not
act. Double is out, since I cannot stand to
hear partner’s probable bid of clubs. Pass
is a possible action, since we rate to get a
plus score, and I have far too many values
in diamonds, and too little elsewhere.
However, if partner has only his share of
the missing values with at least one four
card major, we may have a game.
Therefore, the choice is between a conservative
3♥ and the aggressive 4♦. I’ll go
for aggression and bid 4♦, though I still
have a lot of sympathy for pass. The good
news about bidding 4♦ is that if partner is
3-3 in the majors, he will bid 4♥, so at
least we’ll play our eight-card fit.
SHUSTER: Pass. When they pre-empt in
your best suit you should always consider
passing. On this hand, all my major suit
values are soft cards, hightening the danger
of entering the auction. Partner,
marked with shortness in diamonds, was
unable to double, so either partner is light
in values or long in clubs (without enough
direction to bid 4♣). If I were to bid, I have
no idea whether double, 3♥ or 3NT would
be the right approach, so even when some
positives action would be successful, I still
must guess which one. It must be better to
try for a plus score here.
SHUMAN: Pass—just a guess, as nobody
knows the answer. The problem is worse
if vul vs. not vul. For now if I pass, and we
have a game, I’m risking TWICE the
IMPs. If vul, I’d have to try 3♥ (my 2nd
choice here), and shoot dice, as RHO
might bend that one! Now, picture partner
“escaping” to 4 clubs! I guess we shouldn’t
live in fear of the worst scenario.
JONES: PASS! With most of my values
in the opponent’s suit this looks like an
easy pass. If partner, with shortness in the
opponent’s suit, couldn’t bid, it’s not likely
we are missing game.
KLEINMAN: Pass. No good suit, only
5 H C P outside diamonds, and few fast
tricks for 3NT make entering the auction
unwise. I’ll defend, expecting a small plus.
At the table my partner bid 3♥ with
this hand. I raised to 4♥ with xx Ax xx
AKxxxxx, and we were doubled, going
down several tricks with a 6-0 tru m p
break. As it happens, we can make 3NT. I
didn’t overcall 4♣ since I thought, if we
had a game, it was probably 3NT, but
lacked the nerve to bid it myself.
Nevertheless, I thought, and still think, the
percentage call is to pass with partner’s
hand. Leo Bell tested it on a software pro -
gram called Dealmaster pro and stated
that pass was the big winner.
3
NO VUL
IMPs
East South West North
1♥ 2♣ pass 2♥ ∗
3♦
* transfer advance
You, South, hold: ♠A54 ♥A84 ♦J6 ♣AK985
What call do you make
JONES: 3♠. The 3♦ bid robbed us of the room we
needed to show extra values and spade support by jumping
to 3♠. Now 3♠ is conservative and 4♠ is aggressive.
Is 3♥, trying to show a three and a half spade bid, a reasonable
compromise No, because 3♥ being my only
below 3NT cuebid, pard will think I have extras with
good clubs, not spade support. Forced to choose 3♠ or
4♠, I will go conservatively due to the increased chance
of bad breaks given opener’s 3♦ call.
I think the hand is strong enough to bid 4♠, but if I
wanted to invite I would bid 3♥. Partner would think
that my bid showing spades improved his hand, so it
should be an invitation in spades. But if partner thought
it might be an invitation in clubs, and he was willing to
accept, he would bid 4♦ or 4♥ as a safety measure, just
in case I was interested in spades rather than clubs.
Perhaps 4♦ should show good clubs and 4♥ should
show good spades. 3♠ should show a lack of interest in
either contract.
KANTAR: 3♥. I hope partner interprets this as a 3♠
raise. We’ll see.
SHUSTER: 3♥. An easy one for a change. I have a
great hand for spades, so must cuebid. I would have
overcalled 1NT, not 2♣.
KLEINMAN: 3♥. Another good hand, a wonderful
dummy for partner in spades. “Aces are our friends”—
Nick Straguzzi.
WITTES: 4♠. I have a great hand in support of spades,
even if partner has very little other than a six card suit.
SHUMAN: 4♠. As Roth would say, “give up on slam.”
(2 nd choice is a 3♥ cue, followed by 4♠).
4
NS VUL
IMPs
South West North East
1♠ 4♣ 4♦ pass
4♠ pass 5♥ pass
5♠ pass 5NT pass
You, South, hold: ♠AQJ865 ♥62 ♦7 ♣ KJ53
What call do you make
KLEINMAN: 6♠. Whatever partner needs me to have
for a grand slam, I don’t have it. He can’t need only good
spades, or he’d have used Josephine [grand slam force]
directly over 4♣. I’d like to be able to open a Weak 2♠
with this hand. Yes, Marshall, you remember correctly
that I refused to play Weak Two’s with you in nickel-apoint
rubber bridge games at the Cavendish West 30 years
ago, but when I’m not playing for money, I’ll try anything—even
Weak Two’s.
WITTES: 6♠. This cannot be a grand slam force. Surely,
if that’s all partner needed to know, he could have bid it
earlier. I think partner is offering a choice of slams with
something like xx AKxxx AKQxxx —.
SHUMAN: 6♣. . . . cheapest bid except for “pass” which
is not possible. Torturous. I refuse to take a red-suit preference
. . . . let him pick his own slam. (Don’t I show xx,
x in the reds and non-solid spades by this bid, Marshall)
Perhaps so, but do you expect partner to make
whichever slam he chooses
KANTAR: Pass. I have alternately changed my answer
from 6♦ to pass four times with this ungodly nightmare
hand.
JONES: 6♣. Wonderful! My decent opening bid gets
reduced to essentially a 7 HCP hand with one bid by the
opponents. Now pard keeps forcng me. Pard has a massive
hand with something like 1-5-6-1, 1-5-7-0 or 2-5-6-0
shape. 5NT says “pick a slam.” 6♣ says, “No, you pick.”
Could 6♣ be interpreted as a grand try Unlikely. I have
made nonforcing, minimum bids the last two rounds. 6♣
implies that my spades are not sufficient to play opposite
a singleton and that I don’t have two diamonds. If pard
bids either 6♦ or 6♠, I will pass. If he bids 6♥ I will correct
to 6♠. By the way, I know the hand. It’s from the
Istanbul World Championships, and my hero passed 5NT,
which was the last making contract. I’m glad he was
right, but passing artificial forcing bids is not my cup of
tea. It’s bad for partnership confidence in the long run,
and isn’t guaranteed to be right anyway.
SHUSTER: 6♣. Take THAT, partner! Partner should
have the red suits. With spade support, she should have
cuebid or raised at some point. Partner ought to be able to
figure out which suit would make the best trump suit by
looking at her hand. 5NT is choice of slams. Strain
always has priority over level, and I strongly believe that
5NT means “pick a slam whenever that definition is so
much as vaguely possible. On this hand, it is pretty obviously
pick a slam, as partner has learned nothing new
about my hand since the last round of the auction, so if
GSF is what she had in mind, she should have bid it last
round.
It is obvious that partner wanted you to pick a slam.
But if he had ♦AKQJxx(x) he would have bid 6♦ at imps,
not caring if he missed a higher scoring major. After you
had bid spades three times, without solid diamonds, he
would have supported spades with two small, or at least a
doubleton honor. Even if partner has ♦AKQxxx, and
♥AKQxx, he has far less than a 36% chance to find a 3-3
break in either red suit because West should have an eight
card club suit, which doesn’t leave much room for other
cards. Even if one red suit breaks 3-3, that still doesn’t add
up to 12 tricks; you probably need a 3-3 break in both So
it is extremely unlikely that any slam will make. You
haven’t been doubled yet, and it is quite possible that East
won’t have a club to lead. If that is the case, you might be
able to give up a trick in each red suit and still take eleven
tricks at notrump.
I don’t consider a pass as a violation of partnership
confidence. You know that you and West probably have 12
clubs between you and that a slam is extremely unlikely to
make. Partner doesn’t know that. From his point of view,
you might have the singleton honor in diamonds or three
small hearts or a seventh spade, any of which would have
given you a fair play for a slam.
Please see page 5 for Problem 5 and Problems for April

PAGE 4 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS FEBRUARY, 2005
Four Interesting Hands From The Palm Springs Regional
by Mike Savage
My partner was either Rick Henderson or Leo Bell, and they always sat North. We play
a simple two over one approach with standard carding and signals. These hands were taken
from IMP matches.
Hand 1. A “Get Rich Quick” hand
North
♠ A Q 10 5 2
♥ Q 7 6 3
♦ A 5 3
♣ 4
Dealer East
Vulnerability Both
The bidding at our table
North East South West
1♦ pass 1♠
pass 1NT pass 2♠
It sure looked like a chance to get a big number to North and since E/W were vulnerable,
he doubled (tempting, no) and led his stiff club. But as in most “get rich quick” situations
- if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. As the cards lay, 2♠ is cold for 8
tricks while South could make 3♣ if he plays it right.
Hand 3. What a difference a lead can make!
West
♠ x x
♥ A J 9 8 6 x
♦ Q x
♣ x x x
North
♠ K x x
♥ K 10 7 x x
♦ J 10 9 x
♣ x
South
♠ Q J 10 x x
♥ void
♦ K x
♦ Q J x x x x
East
♠ A x x
♥ Q x
♦ A x x x x
♣ A K x
Dealer South
Vulnerability NS
The bidding at our table
North East South West
2♥
pass 4♥ pass pass
Dbl all pass
Lead: low club
West
East
♠: K 8 7 6 x ♠: 9 x
♥: A x x ♥: K J 9 x
♦: Q x ♦: K 9 8 x
♣: x x x ♣: A J 9
South
♠: J
♥: 10 x
♦: J 10 7 6
♣: K Q 10 8 x x
At the other table, West conservatively elected to pass 2♣ and N/S went plus instead
of –670!
Hand 2. Opening 2D instead of 3D actually may have made it harder for E/W to get
to their 6S slam
North
♠ x
♥ x x x x
♦ A 10 x x
♣ x x x x
West
♠ A K J x x x
♥ A 10 x x
♦ x
♣ J x
South
♠ x x
♥ J x x
♦ K J 9 8 x x
♣ x x
East
♠ Q x x x
♥ K x
♦ Q x
♣ A K Q x x
Dealer South
Vulnerability Both
The bidding at our table
North East South West
2♦ 2♠
5♦ 5♠* all pass
* very long break in tempo
Lead: ♦A
At the other table, South opened 3D, West overcalled 3S and North also now bid
5D. East (John Jones) really liked his hand and cue-bid 6D, trying for the grand! At our
table, after 2D-2S and the jump to 5D, East had to guess whether to bid 5S, 6S or double.
Double would have gotten E/W plus 800 but would have lost 12 IMPs anyway. East, an
experienced player, agonized for a while and finally decided that since N/S might only go
for -500 and slam might be going down, elected to bid only 5S (-13 IMPs).
Did the 3S overcall vs. the 2S overcall make bidding slam easier What's East's best bid -
5S, 6S or 6D
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At the other table, North did not double 4♥ and made the normal lead of the diamond
jack. South won the king and switched to a spade but it was too late and E/W got out for
down one (-50). At our table, North made an aggressive double (after which East considered
re-doubling with his superb hand with all primes and Qx of trumps - but wisely
passed) and picked a different lead, his stiff club – looking to get an extra trump trick.
Declarer was now doomed to a multiple trick set. Even if he guessed to lead a diamond
towards the queen (not at all clear after the double), South would win and give his partner
a club ruff while requesting a spade switch. North would now lead a low spade. If declarer
won the spade ace and lead a diamond to the queen he would now have no quick entry
to dummy to enjoy the diamond ace in order to pitch his losing spade. A heart towards the
queen would be won by North and another low spade now would put South in for another
club ruff and a two trick set. Actually at the table, North blithely led the heart queen at trick
two (South pitching the spade queen) and suffered a three trick set for minus 500, losing 2
club ruffs, a diamond, a spade and 2 natural trump tricks (allowing N/W to get an uppercut).
Hand 4. Hand 4. A very tough hand to play – How would you play it after trick two
East
Dealer North
♠ K 10 x x
Vulnerability Both
♥ x
♦ A J
The bidding at our table
♣ K Q 10 8 x x North East South West
1♣ pass 1♥
West pass 1♠ pass 2♦*
♠ J x pass 3♣ pass 4♠
♥ A 10 8 x pass 5♦ pass 5♠
♦ x x x
* 4th suit
♣ x x x x
Lead: ♣A
Declarer, a renowned World Champion, ruffed the club and led the heart king in order
to be able to pitch a diamond on the heart king. North won the ace and returned a low diamond.
What’s the best line to make your contract from here
At the table, declarer won the diamond ace and led a club and ruffed it low – intending
to then cash the heart queen, pitch his diamond and then turn his attention other things.
As fate would have it, North surprisingly over-ruffed and cashed the diamond king for
down one! Would you have done better
South’s hand: ♠ x ♥ J 9 8 ♦ x x x ♣ A J 9 x x x
North’s hand: ♠ Q 9 8 x ♥ A x x x ♦ K x x x ♣ x
Results from the Palm Spring Regional
Continued from page 2
3/4 Eileen Schennum, Lake Forest ; Anne Whitaker - Marcia
Vaughan, Irvine ; Patricia Rock, Santa Ana
TUES MORN I/N PAIRS
38 Pairs
D E F
1 1 1 Norma Arlen - Merle Arlen, Flagstaff AZ 65.34%
2 2 2 Harriet Bernstein, Highland Park IL; Joan
Sharfstein, Glencoe IL 64.39%
3 3 Roberta Levine, Winnetka IL; Muriel
Goldberg, Rancho Mirage 63.83%
3 Zora Bain, Sammamish WA; Sue Huberty,
Bellevue WA 56.63%
AM SIDE GAME SERIES
10 Pairs
A B C
1 1 Robert Fosse - Robert Sanders, Palm Springs 63.00%
2 2 1 Mitzi Diamond, Minneapolis MN; Trudy
Robinson, Winnipeg MB 59.00%
3 3 Pat Lester, West Vancouver BC; Richard
Sutter, Palm Springs 54.00%
2 Howard Nelson - Dewey Green, Palm Springs 47.00%
Continued on page 9

FEBRUARY, 2005 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS PAGE 5
The Golden Rules of
Opening Leads
By Julian Pottage
paperback, Published by Cassell
The Bridge Shelf: The Golden Rule(s)
(Exclusion Blackwood with a club void),
etc. It promises a good trump fit and a hand
strong enough to play at the 5- or 6-level no
matter what partner’s response is.
Perhaps the most important thing about
using Exclusion Blackwood is not to use it
– unless you have discussed what bids are
Exclusion Blackwood in your partnership.
The simplest rules for deciding what is
Exclusion Blackwood are those mentioned
above – a jump shift to the five-level in a
suit that can’t be trumps or a jump shift to
4S if hearts are trumps.
However some partnerships use
Exclusion Blackwood over other
sequences. Perhaps the most common is
after a 1NT or 2NT opener, followed by a
Texas transfer to four of a major and then if
responder bids a new suit (4S over hearts or
any 5-level new suit), it’s Exclusion
Blackwood.
Beyond these “common” instances of
Exclusion Blackwood, much partnership
discussion and agreement will be needed to
decide on other instances. One instance that
might bear discussion is: when is a secondround
(or later) jump shift to the 4 or 5-
level a splinter raise - and when is it
Exclusion Blackwood
Only partnership discussion and agreement
can answer this question. There are
experts in dedicated partnerships that use
Exclusion Blackwood in still other
sequences - a few of which utilize altogether
different responses.
What are the standard responses to
Exclusion Blackwood The easiest on
memory would be to use whatever regular
Blackwood structure your partnership plays
- but it is highly recommended that you use
opens 4NT, asking for specific aces. RHO
bids five hearts, showing only the heart ace.
LHO bids 6H, and RHO, in a fit of “dyscooperation”,
bids 7H. Your lead!
CONCLUSION: I’m a big fan of Julian
$19.95, 160 pages Quite a few bridge authors (Terence
Pottage. His deals are always interesting.
Reese and Jeremy Flint; Larry Cohen; the
His explanations are lucid, friendly, and
Granovetters) have taken a stab at bridge
by Rob Garber
entertaining. But the format of this book
fiction. Invariably the results are mediocre.
Julian Pottage and Marc Smith have rubs me the wrong way. Without going into
Which is funny, when you come to think of
collaborated on four books in the “Golden great detail, I can say that it has always
it. The bridge world is filled with interesting
characters (Yes, I’m talking about
Rule” series. Now Julian is out there on his seemed to me that a book on opening leads
own.
should concentrate first on the opponents’
you.). Why hasn’t someone been able to
The form of this book is the same as auction, and second, on your hand. Along
transfer them to the printed page in a satisfying
way
the others. There are twelve chapters, each the way we would stumble upon some old
titled with a general principle: “Lead partner’s
suit”; “Avoid a trump lead”; “Do not well. What do I know about writing bridge
saws and see why they’ve survived. Ah,
The author, a player and President of
the Canadian Bridge Federation, has tried
underlead an ace”; “Defend grand slams books, anyway.
his hand at a murder mystery.
passively”.
The price is too high, but typical of an
After the (first) body appears, a duplicate
playing police lieutenant gets a chance
In each chapter there are partial and English book at this point in the
full deal examples of situations that support dollar/pound cycle. The grade is B+.
to work the case. Since he is familiar with
the title thesis. “Leading partner’s suit can:
the animosities reverberating throughout
Build tricks for your side; Set up a ruff in P.S. There is a “right” answer to the lead
the bridge world, he might have some
your hand; Set up a forcing game; Displace problem above. Since LHO is willing to bid
insights into the situation. But, no! He’s
an opponent’s entry;” etc.
a small slam opposite one ace, he must have
stymied until a second body appears. Then
Then there are examples of when NOT a void (in one minor). The system response
he catches on. One of the final scenes is
to follow the main premise. I especially to 4NT to show only the club ace is 6C. If
an extended interrogation of the murderer
liked the advice that you shouldn’t lead LHO had a club void, and partner showed
in an attempt to get him to confess.
partner’s suit when “you are void in it”. only the club ace, he’d be forced to the six
Generally well written, it was a bit repetitive
in execution.
Here’s a hand illustrating when you level off two aces. Therefore, his void is in
should not defend a grand slam passively. diamonds. Lead the club ace. Dummy was
You hold 8x, x, AQ8xx, AJ97x. LHO AKQJ10x, KQJ109x, ---, x.
A Guide To Exclusion Blackwood
Continued from page 1
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either standard 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Blackwood
responses or, my favorite, 0314 Roman
Keycard Blackwood responses (1430
Roman Keycard responses are not recommended
for Exclusion).
Theoretically it seems best that you use
a version of Blackwood that has zero as its
first step (either aces or controls – your
choice).
Since you are usually starting
Exclusion Blackwood at a very high level,
you need to be able to show 0 controls with
the 1st step and 1 with the 2nd step.
Should you use queen-asking bids after
p a r t n e r’s response to Exclusion
Sometimes you’ll have a known 10+card
fit; in others, you will have the queen.
Playing queen-asking bids means you’ll
have to start king-asking one step higher.
Some pairs never queen-ask after their partner’s
response to Exclusion, they only ask
for specific kings. Others only ask for the
queen if they can do so below trumps at the
five-level and some insist on always using
queen-asking bids, regardless of the level.
It’s a partnership choice. If not queen-asking,
any non-trump suit bid after Exclusion
is king-asking - asking for that specific
king.
In dedicated partnerships, other instances
of Exclusion are possible, especially with
minor suit fits. However, if your partnership
hasn’t specifically agreed on an
instance when Exclusion might apply, presume
it’s not Exclusion until discussed - as
a misunderstanding could be catastrophic!
Problem Solvers Panel
Problems for April
1. Both vul, IMPs
North East South West
1♦ pass 1♥ pass
2♣ pass
You, hold ♠10753 ♥AQJ43 ♦6 ♣Q62
What call do you make
Takeout Double
By Jim Priebe
paperback, Published by Master Point Press
$17.95, 217 pages
CONCLUSION: In an attempt to make the
book accessible to more readers, the author
has kept bridge deals out of the book. Hard
to say if that makes sense. Frankly,the
book’s OK; nothing more; nothing less.
Grade it a B.
NEXT MONTH: I’ve finally unpacked the
bridge books I’ve received in the second
half of last year, and it’s time to plow
through them. Coming up: David Bird,
serious and funny; how to play for overtricks
at match points.
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2. Both vul, IMPs
East South West North
1NT* pass 2♣ pass
2♥ pass 3NT (all pass)
* 14-16 HCP
You hold ♠A102 ♥AKQ752 ♦86 ♣85
What would you lead
3. NS vul, MPs
East South West Noth
2♠ dbl pass 2NT*
pass
*Lebensohl
You hold ♠54 ♥AQ4 ♦AK109 ♣AKQ4
What call do you make
Panel continued from page 3
5
Both VUL
IMPs
N E S W
1♦ 1♥ 1♠ p
2♠ p
You, South, hold:
♠ AJ8764 ♥QJ ♦J85 ♣Q7
What call do you make
KLEINMAN: Pass. I’m not safe at the
three-level and game looks remote.
“Quacks are not our friends”—Danny
Kleinman.
WITTES: Pass.
Normally, I would swim a river of
crocodiles to at least make a game try
with a six card suit and 11 high card
points, but something smells rotten on
this hand. East made a vulnerable overcall
and was not supported. My QJ of
hearts are probably worthless; therefore I
have an 8-point hand with no shortness.
And on top of all this, most of the missing
diamond or club honors are probably
offside.
KANTAR: 3♠. I can’t get myself to
make a wimpy pass or a madness 4♠ bid.
SHUMAN: 3♥, intending to pass either
3NT or 4♠ from partner.
JONES: 3♥. My queen-jack of hearts
are likely wasted. However, pard may
have a hand such as Kxxx xx AKxx KJx
where game is good despite the heart situation.
Further, pard might have a heart
honor or a singleton (although the opponents’
actions would tend to indicate that
is likely not the case).
Some game try seems called for.
3♥ is an effort to make a game try and let
pard know that heart honors are valuable.
SHUSTER: 3♦. I must make some sort
of game try vulnerable at IMPs once
partner raises my 6-card suit.
It is true that this hand is quite
j u n k y, but give partner KQxx xxx
AK10xx x and we are on a finesse for
4♠—even without using any of my
rounded suit honors.
I think our best chance for game is
if partner has the right hand to bid 3NT
(holding something like KQx A x x
Q10xx K109, which would bring all my
soft values into play.
Perhaps the chance of finding part -
ner with the ace or king of hearts is too
remote to justify a further bid, but if you
do make another bid, surely your best
chance for game is in notrump, played by
partner, if he has the ace or king of
h e a rts. Isn’t bidding 3♥ your best
chance to get to notrump when partner
has a heart honor
4. Both vul, IMPs
North East South West
1♦ 2♣ pass pass
dbl pass
You hold ♠K952 ♥Q62 ♦ 1097 ♣ Q76
What call do you make
5. Both vul, MPs
South West North East
pass 1♥ pass 3♦*
* Bergen (limit raise in hearts)
You hold ♠KJ854 ♥-- ♦A74 ♣ 109852
What call do you make

PAGE 6 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS FEBRUARY, 2005
Around the Units
Anaheim Unit
by Jan Ingham
Lots of info to report this month – let’s get started with
the list of Mini-McKenney and Ace of Club award winners
in our unit.
Mini-McKenney; Ace of Clubs
Rookie David Mason; Jack McDuff
Junior Master Grace Byrd (both)
Club Master Lucia Teulecke; Elsie Van Alstine
Sectional Master Mel McKinnon (both)
Regional Master John Ionescu; Marcus Evans
NABC Master Wayne Rapp (both)
Life Master Mike Ventri (both)
Bronze LM Gayle Andrews; Lorrie Schramm
Silver LM Duane Kennedy; Joe Swain
Gold LM Ahmed Sorathia (both)
Diamond LM Charlotte Sturm; Nunzio Martorina
Grand LM Gene Simpson (both)
We will hold our awards unit game on Sunday, April
24th, at 1:00. Hopefully all the winners listed above will be
there to pick up their well deserved awards!
The unit Christmas party was held on Sunday, Dec.
19th. Art Linderman was in charge of the food, and
arranged a wonderful Honeybaked ham feast with all the
fixins. The club was Christmasy and festive and almost
everyone there won a raffle prize! Winners were Don
Green and Nancy Coons – 1st overall in A, and first overall
in B were the Ready’s, John and Joy.
At the Anaheim club, the February unit game will be
a Jr. Fund game which is fully sectionally rated. In appreciation
for your attendance, Unit 513 will donate $1 to the
ACBL Jr. Fund. Don’t forget – Sunday, February 27.
New milestones achieved include Wayne Rapp, who
reached Life Master, and Gayle Andrews who became a
Silver Life Master at the Palm Springs tournament. And
also, the Barry Crane 500 list is a list of the top 500 master
point earners in the country in 2004. Several members of
our unit are on it – Gene Simpson, Ahmed Sorathia, Subba
Ravipudi, Leonard Beck, Yas Takeda, and Gayle Andrews.
Congratulations to all of them for such an achievement.
Antelope Valley-
Santa Clarita Bridge Unit
by Jan Gibson
Officers for the 2005 year are: Marlene Gaspar -
Chairperson, Rand Pinsky – Vice Chairperson, Bob
Cuccias - Secretary, Mary Stauf - Tr e a s u r e r. Board
Members are David Gaspar, Joanne Freatman, Geoge
MacDonald, May Abagi, Vi rginia Dudley, Doris
Thompson, Bobbi Thompson and Jan Gibson. David
Gaspar - Club Manager. Bob Vickers - Building Manager
From Valencia: Top Master Point Winners for
December were: Marlene and David Gaspar and Hansfor
Rowe. Flight B Players were Marge Pinkers, Adam Ellfeldt
and Everette Dehn.
The after holiday party was a pot luck success with ten
tables. Overall winners were Marlene and David Gaspar,
Kathy Swaine and Anna Schmidt.
Rand Pinsky and Kathy Swaine presented year long
achievement awards as follows: Pat Juenemann received
the most loyal attendance award for playing in 50 weeks of
bridge. George MacDonald was second with 49 weeks,
Caroline Tucker 48 weeks, and Dan Axtell with 47 weeks.
Leading Master Point Winners for 2004 were:
Howard Kaufman, Donna Davidson, Marlene and David
Gaspar, Rand Pinsky, and Patt Juenemann. Flight B players
were Dan Axtell, George MacDonald, Tom Jones, and
Barbara Jones.
Those attending the Palm Springs tournament garnered
many points. Bobbi Thompson and Russ Buker,
Marlene and David Gaspar, Kathy Swaine and Rand Pinsky
were all winners.
Jack Miller was club master for November, Russ
Buker mid-regional for December, George Lewis ABC
Master, and Mira Lowe Sectional Manager.
Recent winners at Antelope Valley with an average
score of 60.88 were:
Rose Irace, Lola Messiha 63.75
K.C. Jones, Barbara Shuping 58.33
Thelma Nelson, Russ Buker 57.92
George MacDonald, O. Jaspering 57.92
Marlene Gaspar, Janet Coussens 65.93
Alfred Miller, Barbara Shuping 60.74
Thelma Nelson, K.C.Jones 59.72
Rose Irace, Lola Messiha 66.37
Janet Coussens, Marlene Gaspar 59.82
Marlene Gaspar, David Gaspar 64.18
Bobbi Thompson, Russ Buker 59.38
O. Pallauli, V. Dinehart 64.81
Janet Coussens, Marlene Gaspar 61.85
Rose Coldiron, D. Newland 65.11
Marlene Gaspar, David Gaspar 60.96
Marlene Gaspar, Janet Coussens 59.48
Lola Messiha, Rose Coldiron 59.38
K.C. Jones, G. Robinson 58.33
Russ Buker, Thelma Nelson 67.89
B. Cuccias, K.C. Jones 77.08
M. Stauf, B Carr 57.29
B. Thompson, D. Thompson 61.96
Marlene Gaspar, Janet Coussens 59.23
David Gaspar, Marlene Gaspar 61.59
D. Newland, M. Shaw 65.63
Rose Irace, Bob Cuccias 70.00
K.C. Jones, Thelma Nelson 65.00
D. Newland, A Glass 69.91
Rose Irace, Mary Stauf 62.96
K.C. Jones, Bob Cuccias 60.00
Mary Stauf, M. Shaw 70.00
Personalities at AV Bridge: Carol and Richard
Kemmerer raised three daughters while living in Lancaster
where Richard worked for Northrup and Lockheed. On
retirement they moved to Bear Valley Springs and enjoy
golf. After a break of some 30 years of bridge playing,
they resumed their interest in bridge about five years ago
and frequently act as directors at the Bear Valley Club.
Carol peruses her hobby of knitting and joins some of her
other knitting friends on cruises. We welcome the
Kemmerers to our club.
Nice to see Barbara Rinehart and hope she can join in
the regular games soon.
Keep good thoughts for Dodi Morton and wish her
return to bridge soon.
Downey-Whittier
By Mary Kiechle
The New Year brought new officers for our club and
they are as follows:
President
Betty Boss
1st Vice president
Marge Barnings
2nd Vice President Marcie Evans
Secretary
Barbara Newman
Treasurer
Roy Rodenberg
Board Members
Renelda Rippe
Beverly Pokershing
Sherlie Faber
George Faber
Bernice Crelia has volunteered to write the Bridge
Column for 2005
At our Unit Game on Jan. 7, the winners were:
NS
EW
1. Ruth Myers-Betty Walsh Janet Ju-George Wang
2. Dolores Phillips-Sherlie Faber Diane Hurt-E. Hurt Jr
3. Marcie Evans-Bernice Crelia Samuel Wang -Hough
We have a dual game on the last Friday of the month
to commemorate birthdays and to have a Junior fund game.
Beginning in February we are going to have a regular
Charity Game once a month.
With all the people in need in this turbulent world a
Charity Game seems only right. Our first game will be
held on Wednesday February 16th. Please make this game
a must on your schedule.
In December we had one member, Judy Sandberg,
reach the rank of Life Master and we congratulate her.
Glendale Verdugo Unit
By Dorothy LaMaie
Unit Game – Sat, 2/12/05
Lunch@12:15 pm/ game@1 pm
Board of Director’s Meeting 2/5 @ 10:30 am
Glendale Regency Bridge Club
Well, the “Merry” season is over, and so is the college
football one with that big win by #1 USC at the Orange
Bowl in Miami. Having followed the team around the country
all season, Gerry Belcher was rewarded (luckily) by garnering
lottery entrance for that grand finale. He and Barbara
extended their celebrating with a flight to Chile for some
cruising down around Cape Horn and on up to Buenos
Aires. (You missed the rhythm of our winter raindrops,
Gerry…)
Margaret and Zeke Mataga spent Christmas with her
aunt in Las Vegas. Santa was kind, and Margaret brought
back some LV dollars to support her habit – no, no folks;
it’s shopping! And, of course, there’s her photography, and
some good samples of you Christmas-party models are on
display at the Regency. While we’re on the subject of MM,
let’s heap some more due credit on her for the tremendous
amount of time and hard work she expends on purchases,
sales and deliveries in support of our Unit’s various fundraising
drives. Would that we had a trophy, Margaret…
Vita Press flew out to Houston to join family members
for the holidays. She suffered no airport apoplexy – the
secret is to go early and return late. Steve Guerrero tended
to pre-Christmas activities here, and then took his language
skills to Spain for New Ye a r’s festivities. Tapas and
Sangria, anyone Glenn Durflinger also headed east
recently with special incentive: to visit his daughter is
South Carolina who introduced him to his newest grandchild.
The daughter of Diane and Rodger Thisdale brought
delight of another kind. She served as part of the Pasadena
Tournament of Roses Committee last year, and wound up
really getting things started. She was called upon sort of at
the last minute to fill in as one of the dancers who performed
prior to the parade. Talent and stamina to the rescue!
Mike Billow has reported that Millie Williams died in
early December. Millie had been a long-time member of
our Unit and served as a travel agent until she was sidelined
by poor health. With her eyesight failing, she retired and
moved down to the Palm Springs area. Our condolences to
her family and many friends. And to Brad Ward on the loss
of his father, it’s just never a good time.
Rumor has it that the January Unit Game proved
enjoyable with a pasta spread provided by Barbara
McKissick and game results provided by Frank Rubin’s
skill at the computer. Carolyn Cohen & Melina Stevens
shared the NS big “A” win with Sharlene Huang & Robert
C. Wang (the latter pair also placed B1). Ann Banta & Bob
Quarry were A3; and John Villalobos & Richard Plumer
captured A4 and B2. Contending winners EW were Esther
Tapelband & Timothy Stocks in A1; Tom Lolli & Bob
Tayrien A2; Bud Bates & Bruce Altshuler A3; Sharon Wolf
& Art Chacanias A4 and C1; and Leon Alexander & Tom
Sawyer C2. Congratulations to the winners, and a special
invitation to all you strivers to come join us “next time” on
February 12, as well as “before” and “after.”
Take care and everyone continue to enjoy…
Long Beach
By Christine Frumen
Unit Game – Swiss Teams
2/20, Lunch @ 1 pm, game @ 1:30
JANUARY UNIT GAME RESULTS: Considering
the endless rain, rain, rain we had, we were happy to have
17 tables at the Unit Game. And the winners were…NS –
1st Dottie Thompson & Eleanor Baratelle; 2nd Doris Ayers
& Gloria Cook-Brown; 3rd Jose Rodriguez & Pritzi Lembi.
The EW winners were 1st Raymond Mack & Jerry
Schreider; 2nd Richard Hull & Donna Wenberg; 3rd Bob
Mault & Phyllis Parker. Carol Murakoshi and Barbara
Balowitz were the hostesses for the delicious lunch.
NEW STATUS & NEW MEMBERS: A warm welcome
to new unit members, James Devey, Mike Ullman,
Ann Getz and Lee Van Sant. Claudette Barrack, Sue
Boswell, Monica Honey, Tom Skidmore and Mark Speizer
have reached the status of Junior Master. Cory Hand and
Jeannie Hughes are our newest Club Masters. Doris
Richardson is a new Sectional Master. Bernard Mann is a
new Regional Master. Suzanne Hand is our newest Life
Master. And Diane Schmitz is now a Bronze Life Master.
Congratulations to all!
70+% GAME WINNERS: Cory Hand and Marshall
Pelle had a 78.47% game the end of Dec. Wow! That’s
great. Other big games were: Verna Baccus & Al Lum –
72.08%; Cayce Blanchard & George Welsh – 71.67%;
Ralph Beazley & John Santen – 71.06%; John Vanderveen
& Roger Farmer – 70.65%; and Rob Daniel & David Goetz
– 70.57%. Kudos to all of you for your exemplary play!
THIS MONTH AT THE CLUB: The monthly
Stratified Team Game will be held on Monday evening,
Feb. 7 at 7 pm. There will be a week of Championship
Games starting Monday February 7 through Sunday, Feb.
13. – regular prices, regular schedule. And on Monday
morning at 9:30 am, there will be the ACBL-Wide SENIOR
GAME. (Note: March’s Stratified Team Game [and Board
meeting] will be the first Monday in March unlike the normal
schedule.)
CONDOLENCES & GET WELL: Two of the nicest
ladies in our club have passed away, Pat Aumann and
Maureen Broscow. Both ladies loved the game and were a
pleasure. We will miss them. We also lost Robert Johnson
and Barbara Frischkorn lost her son. The club members
extend their sympathies to all their families and friends. We
hear that Dottie Anderson is having vision problem. Our
hearts go out to you and hope things improve and we see
you back at the bridge table.
NEWS OF OUR MEMBERS: The tragic Tsunami

FEBRUARY, 2005 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS PAGE 7
touched one of our members, Louise Sperr, who was visiting
Thailand when it struck. Her worried partner and
friends were unsuccessful calling her to assure her safety
but they were very happy to see her back at the club.
Fortunately, she was touring inland Thailand and she came
home unharmed but we bet she saw many sad aftermath
sights. Good to have you back! Palm Springs Knockout
winners were Steve Sulzby’s team of B. Garrett, S. Auhill
& M. Leung. Steve ranked nationally as a Club Master in
the Mini-McKenney race. Good work.
DID YOU KNOW We notice players who are supposed
to be dummy playing the hand for the declarer – and
not just newer players! The rule says “Dummy takes no
active part in the play of the hand. Whenever it is dummy’s
turn to play, the declarer must say which of dummy’s cards
is to be played… (as long as it is legal)... If when calling for
a card the declarer specifies the suit only, dummy is to play
the lowest card of that suit.” I have seen dummy play a card
– without declarer calling for it – when dummy could not
follow suit! Do be careful. I know some of you are sure
you’re better players than your partner but when you are
dummy…be dummy. There can be partial board penalty
for not being a good dummy.
While searching for this rule on the Internet, I came
across something I had never heard of and we bet you
haven’t either. It’s called The Beer Card which is the Seven
of Diamonds. “It is not part of the official rules of Bridge,
but there is a tradition among some players that if the
declarer succeeds in making the contract and wins the last
trick with the Seven of Diamonds, dummy must buy the
declarer a beer of the declarer’s choice. In the same way, if
the opponents defeat the contract and one of them wins the
last trick with the Seven of Diamonds, the opponent who
wins the last trick is bought a beer by the other opponent.”
That must hark back to the days when there were ashtrays
on every table, don’t you think
Reminder: News can be emailed to me at golfgal@charter.net
or put a note in the envelope on the Unit
bulletin board.
Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley
By Miriam Harrington
Web site: www.darbonne.com/bridge
Unit Game – 1/30 (one week early)
San Marino Bridge Club
1800 Huntington Dr., San Marino
HAPPY NEW YEAR one and all. As I write this, we
are actually into the third dry day in a row, and I’m really
enjoying the sun.
Last Sunday was our fist Unit Game of the new year.
Lasagnas and salads brought by Peter and Frances were
thoroughly enjoyed by all, and the dessert table didn’t do
too badly either. Attendance was a little low, but we thank
those of you who did brave the elements to be there. Janet
Ju and George Wang took first in A with an exceptional
68.3%. Jeff and CC Fang came in second with a nevershabby
62.5%. Millie Williamson and Bernie Mateer were
third, as well as first in B. Second in B were Gitta Earll and
Eli Wang, our first in C pair. Susan Rhoades and Brad
Beland rounded out the B’s. Second and third in C were
Judie and John Barrow and Manda and A J Joshi, respectively.
The next Unit game, as is listed above, is one week
early, January 30, so as not to compete with the Super Bowl
game.
The next game after that is our Election Party. This is
always an excellent day, with a pairs game in the afternoon
and Swiss Teams in the evening. The $30 fee entitles one
to both games and a wonderful dinner in between. The date
is March 6, the place is the Holiday Inn in Monrovia, and
the tickets can be bought from any board member. The
most important business to be conducted at that time will be
the election of new board members. The six names on the
slate are Betty Jackson, Dick Loggins, and Peter Szecsi,
returning members, and Mark Hartzell, Cathy Martin, and
Marie Nimmrich, new candidates. As per Article III,
Section C of the Unit By-Laws, “Additional nominations
may be made by the membership, but such nominations
must be in writing, signed by at least ten (10) members, and
must be mailed to the Secretary of the Unit within ten (10)
days after giving notice as provided in 2. Above.” This section
states, “The names of the persons nominated as
Directors by the Nominating Committee shall be make
known to the members at least (20) twenty days prior to the
election date.”
The three members who are leaving the Board are
Joannie Mesias, Bob Malouf, and Wayne Dockery. We
wish to acknowledge the many hours of service given by
these three, and thank them so much for all their help.
We have two new members and one transfer to welcome.
John Clay and Janet Nugent are new, and Jeanne
Nichols has transferred from the West LA Unit. Great to
have you with us! As for this month’s milestones: new
Club Master is Mary Froede, Section Master is Nancy
Harwich, Regional Master is Sofia Pineda, and Silver Life
Master goes to Robert Wang. Also, as of the end of
December, and hot off the presses, we have word that Ann
McClelland had reached Life Master on the 11th and
Bronze Life Master on the 14th. WAY TO GO TO YOU
ALL!
Kudos also go to our Unit. The latest figures show
that we are first in new member gains with a 9.67%. We are
also the unit with the lowest average member age at 61.18
years. I want to see all of our “youthful exuberance” portrayed
at all times.
There are quite a few events coming up that might be
of interest to you. The Anaheim Regional will take place
January 31 to February 6 at the Sheraton Anaheim. At the
San Marino Bridge Club, club championships are scheduled
for Valentines Day, February 14 and February 23. The
LA Winter Regional is February 21-27 at the Los Hilton
Hotel. On March 7 and March 9 there will be StaC games
for our district with silver points awarded at San Marino.
Another item give to me just the other day was the
amazing result that Unit 559 had at the North American
Open Pairs finals. Bob Johnson and Joe Viola came in first
in A. Kyle and Melissa Mattes were first in B, and Robert
Wang and Shiu-Ming Huang were second. Victor Kam and
James Berglund were first in C. Kathy Helber and Penny
Barbieri were second, and Ann McClelland and Harry
Torossian and Roland and Sofia Pineda tied for third and
fourth. The first-place pairs all qualified to play in this
event at the Nationals in Pittsburgh, with various degrees of
monetary assistance from ACBL. We congratulate you all
and are EXTREMELY proud.
On December 13-19, the Palm Springs Regional took
place. A lot of our members traveled there and did quite
well. Among the first place winners was Fred Theurkauf.
second place finishers included Fred and Herman Helber,
Kyle and Melissa Mattes, and Jeanette Deverian and Charo
Holdo. Third place finishes went to Jeanne Dea and Milt
Kalimans, Karen Arase and Connie De Rosa, Connie and
June Harwell, and Peter Szecsi and Frances Katz, who
played with our former members Phil and Adele Perlman.
The team of Jeanne Dea, Peter Jager, Jake Frenkel, and
Miriam Harrington came in 7th out of over 45 pairs in the
Sunday Swiss. Among the big total point winners as of
Saturday were Peter Schneider with 47.31 points and Kyle
and Melissa Mattes with 31.83 points.
Hope your 2005 is going well in bridge and otherwise…
Miriam
Pomona-Covina
by Vic Sartor
Unit Game Sun., 2/13
Dinner-6:30 P.M. Game-7:00
As the old joke goes, there’s some good news and
some bad news this month. Our move to our nice new facility
in Glendora is complete. Players who have come out to
try the games have generally been pleased with the well-lit,
comfortable playing area. However, attendance remains
below hoped-for levels. The board is starting a telephone
tree to try to pair up players who have stopped playing
because they lack regular partners. We hope this will succeed
in getting out some players who haven’t been playing
recently, which in turn will make the games larger and more
fun.
We are also beginning a series of free lessons for
beginning and rusty lapsed players. Lessons are scheduled
for Monday and Wednesday nights at 6:15, before the regular
7:00 games. Intermediate lessons will also be offered if
players express interest. If anyone wishes further information,
they may email me at vsartor77@aol.com.
In competitive results, the biggest recent news was
provided by Penny Barbieri and Cathy Helber, who finished
2nd in District 23 in Class C of the North American
Pairs. They will represent the district in the nationals in
Pittsburg. (First prize was a week in Pittsburg. Second place
finishers have to spend two weeks.) Congratulations and
good luck, ladies.
Top recent local results included 70%+ games by
Hans Hehnke, Dave Ruoff, Cordell Goode, Lary Alba,
Marc Leventhal, Sandy Barnes, and Vic Sartor. Winners of
the January unit game were Bill Papa and Lulu Minter.
San Fernando Valley
By Sheila Bozin
Our Holiday Party held at the Radisson Hotel on
December 19th was very well attended. In fact, we had
such a successful turnout that we may have been just a tad
too crowded. However, food was plentiful, bridge was
plentiful and a good time was had. We were fortunate
enough to have two sections as many non-life masters
attended. In the afternoon session, Shelly Linnick and Sam
Faye were first NS and Joyce Hart and Fran Mink won EW.
The life master and above section was won by Joan Rubin
and Gil Stinebaugh playing North/South while Alan Haim
and Gary Moore won EW. In the evening, Ed Berlinger and
Klara Mocsary won NS in the non life master section, while
Judith Butler and Lois Sweet won EW. The life master section
NS winners were won by Barbara Liederman and Jean
Sparks, and repeating their afternoon accomplishment winning
EW were Alan Haim and Gary Moore. Jack Rubin,
Joan’s husband, kindly volunteered to take photos of the
p a r t y, and they may be viewed at our web site at
tarzanabridgeacademy.com. Thank you, Jack, that was
very nice of you to give up your time. Also I would like to
thank Denny Seltzer for all his hard work. It is no easy feat
to direct two sessions with two sections, and he accomplished
this as if it was easy peasy. Our next Unit Game we
will be held at the Bridge Academy on Sunday, February
13. It is our annual Valentine’s Day celebration, so come
and play with your favorite Valentine, or your favorite
friend, or your favorite partner. But come and have fun.
The month of December’s masterpoint winners at the
Bridge Academy was led by Dick Lum, closely followed by
Ellen Anten, Joan Rubin, Gilbert Stinebaugh and Tom
Wylie. Rounding out the top ten is Feddie Straus, Lynda
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Ullman, Judith Rosentiel, Leda Danzig and Susan Somogyi. At the Valencia Bridge Club,
the leaders in December were Richard Plotin, Betty Pavey, Paul Mostman and Kathy
Swaine. The after Holiday Party that was held in Valencia garnered a tie for lst overall
between Kathy Swaine and her partner Anna Schmidt, and Marlene and David Gasper. Just
before the party, Kathy went down to Palm Springs on Saturday with Rand Pinksy, and
together with David and Marlene Gasper came in lst overall in the knockouts.
Well, the month of January brought us record rains causing flooding in some areas,
and gridlock on the freeways, but undaunted our bridge players came out to play. After all
what else is there to do on a rainy day Anyway, not to sound like a broken record, but this
is your column, so remember the little brown envelope in the club, and drop me a note
about what’s going on so we can all enjoy. Have a happy!!!
Torrance-South Bay Unit
By Steve Mager
http://home.netcom.com/~asmager1/sbbchp.htm
Club Championship: Thurs. 2/10 7 pm
Club Championship: Sat. 2/12 1 pm
Unit Game: Tues. 2/15 11:30 am
Club Championship: Fri. 2/18 11:30 am
Handicapped Swiss Teams: Sun. 2/20 1 pm
There will be Friday night games on February 4 and 18.
The club will be closed Tuesday evening, February 22, Thursday evening February
24 plus Saturday, February 26 and Sunday, February 27 for the Los Angeles Regional being
held at the LAX Hilton. Regular games and 199er games will be held at the other regularly
scheduled times.
Club Championships
The December 15 Club Championship was won by Dick Cheng /Fran Weston in flight A
with Art Graybill/Bob Van Lone leading the way in both Flights B and C.
GUV Award
Although my sister Emily Rankin resides in upstate New York, she and husband Jon
became honorary TSB Unit members the last two winters. They were snowbirds staying
with Jan and I. As new players they played in many 199er and regular stratified games at
the SBBC. Being honorary TSB unit members her tale of woe from a Regional in
Saratoga, NY is eligible to be included for consideration as a GUV Award. I’m just not too
sure whom to give the award to.
Emily and Jon were on a KO team playing in a lower masterpoint bracket consisting
of Flight C players. They were ahead by double digit IMPs in their match at halftime. The
match was being played in the morning and this necessitated playing it in an area of the
hotel which had a curtain across the entryway with a lamp standard next to it. Starting the
second half a renowned Female Bridge star entered through this curtain in a wheelchair and
accidentally knocked over the lamp. The lamp fell toward the table my sister was at and
conked an opponent knocking her into dreamland for a short while. A few minutes later
the opponent appeared to have sufficiently recovered to continue. However the hotel
insisted she go for a medical check. So the directors in attendance brought in a pair to substitute.
As it turned out this substitute pair turned the match around for the opponent’s team
and they won the match. Maybe the GUV award should go to the directors since the substitute
pair consisted of two Flight A players.
Na Zdrowie
West LA
By candy
Hi. New Years resolutions— #1) catching a mistake before you do it is easier then
defending it later. #2) drive partner crazy, when they make a mistake smile and wink. #3)
when an opponent fixes you, instead of gnashing your teeth (that leads to expensive dental
bills), fondly remember the last time you fixed someone. #4) remember whatever terrible
happens at the table will make a great story later. #5) when a herd of cats comes running
at you, protect the delete button.
The Unit elected its new officers the quick way. The old officers tried to find someone
to run against them— proving we didn’t elect a stupid unit board. All you can say to
our officers - better luck next time. Opening the envelope she now announces “And your
new Unit Officials are:” President Howard Einberg, V.P. Sam Haveson, Secretary Roger
Clough, Treasurer Fred Mautner, Unit columnist, sorry Jen and Jan, its still moi.
I’d like to thank Michael Halberstad for e-mailing me news (someone out there is
reading my column). His partner Ronnie Morris made Life Master the hard way at the
Palm Springs Regional. On Friday, Ronnie and Michael (C players) won the AM session
with a 68.33% game getting 5.48 gold, enough to put Ronnie over the top. Ronnie won
all of his gold in pair events. And Michael for your e-mail, I bestow upon you a shorter
name, feel free to remove any letters you want from your name.
The Unit Championship on Jan. 13th was won by Sam Haverson and Chuck Fonarow
with a 72% game, 2nd overall were Aram Bedros and Art Zail with a 70% game. Flight
B winners-Angelica Hederer and Anita Levine. C: Betty Medof and Mary Louise Shnier.
Other 70% games were Adi Arieli and David Segal, James Clarkson and Pete Knee (both
of these games gotten during the STAC) Sylvia Shallon and Charles Wright Jr., and on the
last day of the year, Margie Enders and Justin Graf. Janice Goldstein came back from a
cruise having had an 82% game!
Now for a quick peak at the clubs
Barrington- From her renovated digs, E’Anne announced Adrienne Green is her new
partner. There will be a new Thursday night Team game starting Feb. 10th at 7:15 with
pizza and party to celebrate the new session.
BHBC - Club Champs Afternoon- A: Mary Jane Farell and Fred Mautner, B: Alice
Davidson and Harold Lapidus, C: Shirley and Leonard Hilborne. Eve- A Ronda Platt and
Bill Weingarden, B: Nancy Heck and Karen Byrd, C: Joana Ogner and Al Frankin. Get
your team ready for the regional play in the Wed Eve. Team game Feb. 16 at 7:15 Feb. 7th
is Monday Morning with Mary Jane.
Cyma’s Club - Club Champs A&B: Leila Newman and Nora Weckler, C: Margarete
Gentschein and Kelly Lightner. 12/21 Unit game - A: Lorraine Bagdasarian and Bert
Koslen, B&C: Barry and Rachel Simon. Camile Harouche back after a brief hospitalization.
Candy’s Club - My parents were born on Feb. 22nd so that’s the date this month for
the February Birthday Party. Tues. Aft. At 12:30, I will be holding my monthly team game
and supper on that same day. That is on a new night— Tuesday, but same time, supper
7:00, and Game at 7:30.
Our condolences to Delia Juul-Dan on the loss of her daughter. With Brian by her
side and all her bridge friends, we hope to make this sad time for her easier.
Thoughts go out to the family and friends of Fran Schaen who died recently in Palm
Springs.
A short month, but jam-packed with special days, Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day,
President’s Day and the not so well publicized National Insanity Day (19th) and National
Obnoxious Day (24th). Also, it’s National Chocolate Appreciation Month. So go and
appreciate. I’ll see you next month.
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Results from the Palm Springs Regional, December 13-19, 2004
Continued from page 4
TUE AFT SIDE SWISS TEAMS 50
Teams
A B C
1 Reese Milner, LA ; Marc Jacobus,
Las Vegas NV; Jim Looby, Burbank ;
Cameron Doner, Richmond BC
68.00
2 Lynne Cook, Wyandotte MI; Jean Shufelt -
John Shufelt, Newport RI; Allan Cokin,
Wellington FL 60.00
3 Dick Prochnow, Rancho Mirage ; Jerry
Clerkin, New Albany IN; Dennis Clerkin,
Bloomington IN; Brian Kelly, Iowa City IA
58.00
1 1 Fletcher Anderson - Marilyn Anderson -
Patricia Todd, Palm Desert ; A Hirson,
Palm Springs 54.00
2 Linda Kaeser - Sumiko Inagaki, Rancho
Santa
Fe ; Brenda Mason Carter, San Diego ;
Yoko Davis, Cardiff 53.00
3 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI; Berny Gertz
- Andrea Rachlin, Palm Desert
51.00
2 Donald Block - Jean Block - Colleen
Armstead - Suzanne Visser, Sun City West AZ
47.00
3 Phyllis Vierra, San Jose ; Ben Grubel, El
Cerrito ; Joyce Vass - Charles Vass, Rio
Vista 46.00
WEDNESDAY SENIIOR PAIRS 78 Pairs
A B C
1 Ruth Ann Alpert - Colleen Cody, Fountain
Valley 65.45%
2 Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel ; John Fox,
Whittier 62.53%
3 Dale Klinzing, Yucaipa ; James Wooden,
Murrieta 60.79%
1 Laverne Marano, San Juan Capo ; Harold
Binder, Dana Point 55.68%
2 Alan Rowen - Ray Rowen, Coronado
53.41%
3 Florence Weinstein - Cordell Goode, Pomona
52.89%
1/2 John Winslow, Mission Viejo ; Roger
Alderson, Laguna Beach
52.87%
1/2 Suzanne Visser - Colleen Armstead, Sun City
West AZ 52.87%
3 Joe Conti, Thousand Oaks ; Shirley Hooks,
Houston TX
52.29%
WEDNESDAY OPEN PAIRS 68 Pairs
A B C
1 Leonard Ernst, Las Vegas NV; Loren
Hawkins,
Bremerton WA
63.08%
2 David Oakley - David Walters, San Diego
61.00%
3 Robert Solomons, Huntington Bch ; Joel
Hoersch, San Diego
60.24%
1 1 Patricia Hoffman - Joyce Dennis, Fairborn
OH 58.63%
2 Kit Humphrey, Los Gatos ; Maritha
Pottenger, San Diego
57.99%
3 M. Rei Miyauchi, Newport Beach ; Mark
Tang, Seal Beach 55.46%
2 Tom Te Maat, Camarillo ; Donald Glynn,
Westlake Vlg 52.38%
3 Richard Brown, Rancho Mirage ; Warren
Payn, Dsrt Hot Spgs
48.31%
WED AFT SWISS TEAMS 64 Teams
A B C
1 Maxine Poulton, Chandler AZ; Ken Gee,
Regina SK; Jackie Evans, Albuquerque NM;
Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ
67.00
2 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside ; Rhoda Walsh,
Palm Desert ; Grant Baze, San Diego ;
Shawn Quinn, Richmond TX; Mildred Breed,
Austin TX 61.00
3/5 Bill McClean - Betty Curtis, Pacific Plsds
; Letha Couch, Chula Vista ; Billie
Greene, San Diego 58.00
3/5 1/2 Linda Kaeser - Sumiko Inagaki, Rancho
Santa
Fe ; Brenda Mason Carter, San Diego ;
Yoko Davis, Cardiff 58.00
3/5 1/2 1 Ferdinand Wolfram, Riverside ; Charles
Williams, Port Angeles WA; Roman Woroch,
Delta BC; Suzi Case, Santa Barbara
58.00
3/4 2/3 Jeannette McNeil, Menlo Park ; Freya
Charney, Atherton ; Judi Carollo, Los
Gatos ; Elizabeth Moley, Carmel
54.00
3/4 2/3 Karen Michael, Palm Springs ; Carmen
Gross, Long Beach ; Anthony Mascari - Pat
Mascari, Riverside 54.00
EVE SIDE GAME SERIES 49 Pairs
A B C
1 Mike Albert, Omaha NE; Albert Feldman,
Carlsbad 67.22%
2 Cathy Garvin, Riverside ; Betty Pellow,
Highland 62.67%
3 1 Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd ; William Ng,
Chatsworth 61.79%
2 Kimberly Fanady - Steven Kipperman, San
Francisco 60.45%
3 Ilene Grabel, Huntington Bh ; Neil Stern,
Bermuda Dunes
58.71%
1 Steven Sulzby, Long Beach ; Linda
Parsons, Las Vegas NV
58.13%
2 Joyce Vass - Charles Vass, Rio Vista
54.66%
3/4 Lawrence Hanna, Huntington Bh ; Richard
Hanna, Laguna Woods
54.63%
3/4 Bernard Simkin, Rancho Santa Fe ; Sharron
Dudeck, Winnipeg MB
54.63%
85 - NO CHALLENGE BKT 1 16 Teams
1 Rose Meltzer - Peter Weichsel, Los Gatos ; Kyle
Larsen,
San Francisco ; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD;
Cezary
Balicki, Wroclaw Poland; Adam Zmudzinski,
Katowice 40-479
Poland
2 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Michael Penick,
Dallas TX;
Bill Papa, Upland ; Corinne Kirkham - Jim Kirkham,
San
Bernardino ; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC
3/4 Reese Milner, LA ; Brenda Jacobus - Marc
Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Jim Looby, Burbank ;
Cameron
Doner, Richmond BC
3/4 Rod Beery, Lincoln NE; Ed Howard, Wichita KS;
Kim Corbin,
Scottsdale AZ; John Oxley, Saint Joseph MO
85 - NO CHALLENGE BKT 2 16 Teams
1 B Horiguchi - Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena ; Charles
Gill -
Carol Garnett, St Petersburg FL
2 Jerry Drennan, Redding ; Arthur Schein, Palm
Springs
; Elaine Sarko, Scottsdale AZ; Sharlene Weinberg,
Phoenix AZ
3/4 V Everett Boyer, San Bruno ; Yatindra Sahae,
Carmel ;
Rita Smith, Tucson AZ; Ginny Alexander, Oro Valley
AZ
3/4 Jeannette Wier - Teresa Sackett - Jeffrey Arenson,
Saint
Continued on next page
Thursday - April 21, 2005
1:00 pm Stratified Pairs
(0-500,500-1500,1500+)
7:00 pm Stratified Pairs
Friday - April 22, 2005
1:00 pm Stratified Pairs
7:00 pm Stratified Pairs
Saturday - April 23, 2005
10 am Strati-Flighted Pairs
(A,AX = 0-3000, 3000+)
(B,C,D = 1000-1500, 500-
1000, 0-500)
3:00 pm Stratified Pairs
Sunday - April 24, 2005
10:00 am Strati-Flighted
Swiss Teams
and TBA
Directions:
Bakersfield Spring Sectional
Kern County Society for Disabled Children
1819 Brundage Lane, Bakersfield, CA
April 21-24, 2005
Bridge Fees Each Session: $8.00 - ACBL Members, $8.50 - Non- Members
Tournament Chair: Teri Atkinson - 661.664.1678, TeriAtk@sbcglobal.net
Partnerships: Evelyn Pelmear - 661.399.0823, luv2bid@earthlink.net
Play-Through Lunch on Sunday, $8.00 per person
NON-SMOKING WITH BREAKS, DOOR PRIZES AND SNACKS
Southbound 99 - exit Stockdale Hwy, left on Stockdale which becomes Brundage
Lane (about 1 mile)
Northbound 99 - exit Brundage Lane, right on Brundage (less than a mile)
Or from either direction: exit Highway 58 East to first exit (H Street); turn left over
freeway and left on Brundage
Hotel accommodations: Super 8 Motel 800.800.8000
Ramada Limited 661.831.1922
California Best Inn 888.768.8833

PAGE 10 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS FEBRUARY, 2005
Results from the Palm
Springs Regional, December
13-19, 2004
Continued from previous page
Paul MN; Elaine Prebonich, New Brighton MN
The Los Angeles Winter Regional February 21-27, 2005
Los Angeles Hilton Hotel 5711 West Century Blvd. 310-410-4000 or (800) 445-8667
Mention Bridge Tournament when making Reservations. Reservation cut-off date: January 31, 2005
Free 24-Hour Shuttle between Hotel and LAX Airport Parking $5.00 with in/out; Valet $12.00
Hotel Reservation Information: Single/Double $89.00 + tax; Special $79.00 rate with 5 nights or longer, prepaid.
The playing areas are located on the lower floor. Reserve early to help assure our room blocks are met.
85 - NO CHALLENGE BKT 3 16 Teams
1 Susan Diamond, St Louis Park MN; Leonard Block,
Rancho
Mirage ; Lorraine Schweitzer - Paula Cohen,
Minneapolis MN
2 Owen Kustner - James Linke - Jean Cantwell -
Thomas
Cantwell, Riverside
3/4 Leon Gildin, Paradise Valley AZ; Lola Nightingale,
Cottonwood AZ; Daniel Carter - June Wood,
Encinitas
3/4 Fran White - Wicker Gamble - Susan Reed - Jean
Reed,
Fallbrook
85 - NO CHALLENGE BKT 4 13 Teams
1 James Payton, Rancho Mirage ; Roger Sielicky -
Margaret
Eyre - Renee Rogers, Palm Desert
2 Michael Bossert - Sara Bossert, Las Vegas NV;
Frank
Hansen - Kathryn Hansen, Henderson NV
3/4 William Smithers - Gayle Smithers, Las Cruces NM;
Ben
Grubel, El Cerrito ; Phyllis Vierra, San Jose
3/4 Fred Vescial - Ann Vescial - Olivia Malyn, Laguna
Woods
; Beatrice Cuthbertson, Indio
85 - NO CHALLENGE BKT 5 12 Teams
1 Larry Bamberger - Victoria Bamberger, Bonita ; Jane
Harrison, Oceanside ; Romi Kerfoot, San Diego
2 Harvey Goldstein - Marilyn Goldstein - Gerald Weil
- Ruth
Weil, San Diego
3/4 Ernest Mason - C. Sue Mason, Gold Canyon AZ;
Rus Thorson
- Jane Thorson, Mesa AZ
3/4 Linda Ananea, San Dimas ; Virginia Dewing, Blue
Hill
ME; Jean Jolin, Westlake Vlg ; Julia Sherman,
Tucson AZ
85 - NO CHALLENGE BKT 6 12 Teams
1 Ron Copley - Carol Copley, Whittier ; Cece Boger -
David Boger, Minocqua WI
2 Robert Hiltz - Nancy Hiltz - Bradley Traxler - Gloria
Traxler, Las Vegas NV
3/4 Harry Riegel - Mimi Esser, Sedona AZ; Miki
Blakemore -
Patricia Dodd, Cottonwood AZ
3/4 Hetty Kallman, Agoura ; Patricia Blasingame -
Maria
Magoun - Ann Prehn, Thousand Oaks
WED MORN 299ER PAIRS 40 Pairs
D E F
1 1 1 Bob Rydberg - Kathy Buss, San Diego
68.85%
2 William Hardt - George Chapin, Palm Desert
61.61%
3 Saul Morantz, Winnipeg MB; Ann Lehrer,
Palm
Desert 60.71%
2 2 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm
Desert 59.33%
3 Eugene Kuhlman, Enumclaw WA; Earl Hill,
Surprise AZ 59.03%
3 Jim Hemerson - Bonnie Berg, Yucca Valley
58.63%
AM SIDE GAME SERIES 40 Pairs
A B C
1 1 1 Fletcher Anderson, Palm Desert ; A
Hirson, Palm Springs
64.60%
2 Jerry Clerkin, New Albany IN; Brian Kelly,
Iowa City IA 62.31%
3 Robert Robinson - Leo Shearer, Winnipeg
MB 60.89%
2 Robert Fosse - Charlie Brown, Palm Springs
60.24%
3 2 Norman Wheatcroft - Doris Wheatcroft,
Continued on next page
Hospitality: I/N reception Sat., Feb 26 afternoon session approximately 6:30 with discussion of hands with expert.
Evenings: From 10:00 to mid-night in hospitality suite. Registration gift at hospitality desk.
Playing Fees: All events are $10 per person/per session. Players who have not paid their ACBL membership or Life
Master Service Fees will be charged $1.00 additional fee per session. The playing fee for Youth members (25 years
and younger) is $7.00 per player. Juniors 19 and younger may play free.
Contacts: Tournament Manager Jan Wickersham: (626) 355-2666; email janwickersham@adelphia.net. District
Office (310) 3138-2270; email ALACBU23@ aol.com
Conventions: All conventions on the ACBL General Convention Chart are approved for any event at this tournament.
For pair and team events, the mid-chart conventions for defense over notrump opening or overcalls are
allowed. Mid-chart conventions, for which the ACBL has published approved defenses, may be used ONLY in the
top bracket of the KO events, and then ONLY if NO team in the bracket averages fewer than 1500 master-points. Any
pair using mid-chart conventions is responsible for having the published defenses at the table.
Website: Check at the District website: www.acbldistrict23.org for tournament information and results.
Team Events: For 3-session K.O., a playoff for 3 rd & 4 th is expected if eight (8) or more teams are in a bracket.
This will allow teams that enter this event to win maximum number of masterpoints. Every effort will be made to
split brackets at logical masterpoint breaks, even if there are uneven number of teams in each bracket. If there is only
one bracket, handicapping will be provided with a maximum of 2 IMPs per board.
Unless noted otherwise, all flighted and stratified events are divided:
0-750, 750-2000, 2000++. 299er Pairs: as attendance warrants.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Stratified Charity Pairs (red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.
Kickoff Charity K.O. Teams (1 st of 4 sessions, gold). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
ALACBU K.O. Teams (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Kickoff K.O. Teams (session 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.
Senior Stratified Pairs (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Emi Mulvin Memorial Stratified Open Pairs (Sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
299er Stratified Pairs (single sessions, red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.
Side Game Stratified Series I, II & III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.
Swiss Teams (20 VP) (single session, red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00; 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23
ALACBU K.O. Teams (sessions 3 & 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
District 23 K.O. Teams (gold) 3 sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Compact K.O. Teams (gold). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Kickoff K.O. Teams (session 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.
Senior Stratified Pairs (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Stratified Open Pairs (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
299er Stratified Pairs (single sessions, red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.
Side Game Stratified Series I, II & III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.
Swiss Teams (20 VP) (single session, red). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Mid-Week K.O. Teams (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Kickoff K.O. Teams (session 4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.
Senior Stratified Pairs (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Strat. Open Pairs (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. or 3:00 or 7:30 p.m.
299er Stratified Pairs (single sessions, red). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.
Side Game Stratified Series I, II & III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.
Swiss Teams (20 VP) (single session, red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00; 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Last Chance K.O. Teams (gold) THREE SESSIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m., 3:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Mid-Week K.O. Teams (sessions 3 & 4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Compact K.O. Teams (gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Senior Stratified Pairs (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Marge Canty Memorial Stratified Open Pairs(Sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
299er Stratified Pairs (single sessions, red). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.
Side Game Stratified Series I, II & III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.
Swiss Teams (20 VP) (single session, red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00; 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Compact K.O. Teams (gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Senior Stratified Pairs (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Stratiflighted Open Pairs (sessions 1 & 2, gold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Flt. AA@: 3,000++; Flt. AX@: 0-3,000, Flts. B/C/D: 1,000-2,000; 500-1,000; 0-500 MP
299er Stratified Pairs (single sessions, red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Side Game Stratified Series I, II & III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.
Swiss Teams (single session, red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Flighted Swiss Teams (A & B, gold; C, red) (20 VP).... 10:30 a.m. & TBA
Flt. AA@, 3,000++; Flt. AX@, 0-3,000; Flt. AB@, 0-2000; Flt. AC@, 0-750 MP (stratified as attendance warrants)
Flts. AA@, AB@ & AC@ - 20 victory point scale Random draw for matching the first two matches

FEBRUARY, 2005 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS PAGE 11
Results from the Palm Springs Regional, December 13-19, 2004
Continued from previous page
Huntington Bh 56.21%
3 Debra Cameron, Fallbrook ; Virginia Cone,
Temecula 51.63%
WED AFT 299ER PAIRS 29 Pairs
D E F
1 Betty Rothschild - Jim Rothschild Jr, Short
Hills NJ 64.26%
2 1 Cecile Forman, Oceanside ; Mary Lou
Montulli, Vista 63.52%
3 Lucia Teulecke - Leslie Adams, Laguna
Woods 60.36%
2 1 Jim Hemerson - Bonnie Berg, Yucca Valley
59.64%
3 Orson Dee, Monarch Beach ; Karen Aiello,
San Juan Capo 58.89%
2 Jill Vigra, La Quinta ; Jo Boyer, San
Francisco 55.74%
3 Joanie Pepper - Ronny Pepper, W Hollywood
53.47%
WED AFT SIDE GAME 30 Pairs
A B C
1 1 Rosemary Hayden - Jack Hayden, Las Vegas
NV 61.51%
2 2 Joseph Miller, Palm Desert ; Gene Turbin,
RANCHO MIRAGE
59.46%
3 3 1 Robert Willmann - Abbott Andresen, San
Diego 58.24%
2 Denise Rousso, Rancho Mirage ; Maria
Smith, Palm Springs
55.54%
3 Jill Seagren, La Jolla ; Susan Monken,
Solana Beach 53.55%
WED-THUR STRT SWISS TEAMS 30 Teams
A B C
1 Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park ; Bruce Noda,
Corte Madera ; Diane Shannon, Saratoga
; Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon
121.00
2 Diane Starbuck, Huntington Bh ; Richard
Ekstrum, Crystal MN; T Grue - E Sue Grue,
Las Vegas NV 105.00
3 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks ; Jon Wittes,
Palm Desert ; Paul Maier, Riverside ;
Ross Grabel, Huntington Bh
104.00
1 B Horiguchi - Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena ;
Charles Gill - Carol Garnett, St
Petersburg FL 85.00
2 James Tanner, Highland ; Millie
Garrison, Riverside ; Gregory Vernon,
Ridgecrest ; Matt Chiwo Leung,
Montebello 84.00
3 Alan Curtis - Virgil Taylor - Ocki
Krogfoss, Thousand Oaks ; Jim Rupp Jr,
Oxnard 79.00
1 Erin Gove, Los Gatos ; Fung Bao,
Cupertino ; Lois Tracey - Marjorie
Somberg, Scottsdale AZ
68.00
2/3 Peter Stanton - Sharon Stanton, Redmond
OR; Arthur Dick Circle - Norma Circle,
Rancho Mirage 65.00
2/3 Jeannette McNeil, Menlo Park ; Freya
Charney, Atherton ; Elizabeth Moley,
Carmel ; Judi Carollo, Los Gatos
65.00
THURSDAY OPEN PAIRS 82 Pairs
A B C
1 Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Albuquerque
NM 62.41%
2 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage ; Kent
Mignocchi, Bronx NY
61.16%
3 Kathy Schenk, Phoenix AZ; Gene Freed, Los
Angeles 60.43%
1 Donald Ricart, Palm Springs ; Wallace
Goldban, Palm Desert
56.11%
2 1 Charlie Brown - Shirley Gonzales, Palm
Springs 55.30%
3 Kyle Mattes - Melissa Mattes, Pasadena
54.04%
2 Bernard Simkin, Rancho Santa Fe ; Sharron
Dudeck, Winnipeg MB
52.42%
3 Carolyn Douglas - Bart Douglas, Rancho
Mirage 50.86%
THURSDAY SENIOR PAIRS 82 Pairs
A B C
1 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo ; Teddy
Robins, Ivins UT
62.70%
2 1 Patricia Riensche, Palm Desert ; Abigail
Wright, Indian Wells
60.17%
3 John Currie - Audrey Currie, Palm Desert
59.44%
2 Robert Waite, Apple Valley ; Valdek
Roosna, Tacoma WA
58.25%
3 Dottie Horn, Corona ; Beverly Hughes,
Moreno Valley 57.86%
1 Noel Hanford - Patricia Hubbard, Rancho
Mirage 55.35%
2 Marlene Koerner, Murrieta ; Patricia
Hawkins, San Marcos
54.81%
3 Kay Perkins - Jean Wilkinson, Crestline
52.81%
299ERS THURS AFT STRAT 26 Pairs
D E F
1 1 Merle Arlen, Flagstaff AZ; Mike Brubaker,
Palm Desert 70.45%
2 Joel Sandberg - Judy Sandberg, Hacienda
Hgts 57.58%
3 2 1 Serl Zimmerman - Stev
Long Beach Bridge Center
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Monday, Feb 7 through Sunday Feb 13
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Monday Morning Feb 28 at 9:30
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lunch at noon
7:00 NLM Hand records & teacher to
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Wed 12:30 Open & NLM Free lunch at noon
7:00 Open & 199er Two very friendly games
Thursday 12:30 Open Free chili during the game
7:00 49er A friendly newcomers game
Friday 9:30 Open Free continental breakfast
12:30 Open, NLM, $5 if you played at 9:30. Free lunch
& 99er at noon.
4:15 Open Twilight game with free dinner at 6
Saturday 12:30 Open Jackpot game
All games stratified
March
District 23 Silver-Point Sectional
Tournament at Clubs
Monday, March 7 through Sunday March 13
Regular Schedule, Regular Prices, but no discounts
Sectionally Rated Stratified Open Team Game
Monday evening March 7 at 7:00
Membership Game
Thursday Afternoon, March 17 at 12:30
Unit Game
Sunday Afternoon March 20 at 1:30
Membership Game
Tuesday Twilight March 29 at 4:15
Play of the Hand
Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30
$5 per class
OngoingClasses
Conventions
Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00
$3 per class
Supervised Play
Thursdays, 9:30-11:30
$4 per class
Everyone loves our Tuesday and Friday Twilight
Games that start at 4:15, break for a free dinner
at 6:00, and are over by 8:00

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Antelope Valley-Santa Clarita #556
AV Bridge Club
661-940-8522 or 661-943-9759
44203 10th St. West, Lancaster 98534
Tuesday noon Open
Wednesday 6:30 Open
Friday noon Open
7:00 Open
1st Sunday 1:00 Open
2nd Sunday
Swiss Teams
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
Manager: Marcie Evans
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
Sunday 1:30 Open
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
Thursday 11:00 Open
7:15 NLM
Friday 12:30 Open
7:30 Open & 199er
Saturday 10:30 Junior
1:00 Open
Sunday 1:00 Open
Women’s Club of South Pasadena
1424 Fremont Ave. S Pasadena 91030
1st Sunday 1:00 Unit Game
LaFetra Bridge Club 626-335-8258
333 E. Foothill Blvd, Glendora 91741
3rd Tues 9am Open
other Tues 9am-12 Free class
Thursday 6:45 Open
Friday 8:45am Open
Los Angeles County Bridge Club Directory
San Marino Bridge Club
1800 Huntington Dr. San Marino 91108
626-282-391 Director: Frank Jones
Monday 12:30 Open
Wednesday 7:30 Open
Pomona-Covina Unit #551
Bridge, Etc. 909-576-9557
560 Foothill Blvd, Claremont
Monday 7:00 Open
Knights of Columbus Hall
2024 E. Rte 66, Glendora 91740
Wednesday 7:00 Open
131710 Central Ave., Chino
3rd Sat 9:00 am Individual
2453 Valewood St., Glendora
2nd Sun 7:00 Unit Game
San Fernando Valley Unit #561
The Bridge Academy 818-881-5865
6020 Reseda Blvd. Tarzana 91356
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
7:30 Open & Jr
Friday 11:00 Open & Jr
7:30 Open & Jr
Saturday 1:00 Open
Sunday 1:00 Open
Torrance-South Bay Unit #568
Beach Cities Bridge Club 714-526-3129
3007 Vail, Redondo Beach 90278
Director: Warren Briggs
Friday 12:30 Open
Fort MacArthur Bridge Club
games at San Pedro Elks Club
1748 Cumbre Dr, San Pedro 90732
Manager: Sarah Perkins 831-3088
Tuesday 7:30 Invitational
Inglewood Beach Club 714-526-3129
3007 Vail, Redondo Beach 90278
Director: Warren Briggs
Friday 7:30 Open
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
7:00 Open/Stratified
Tuesday 9:00 Beginner Lesson
7:00 Open/Stratified
Wednesday 11:30 Open/Stratified
7:00 199er (6:30 lecture)
Thursday 10:30 199er (10:00 lecture)
7:00 Open/Stratified
Friday 11:30 Open/Stratified
Saturday 1:00 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
Monday 6:00 Open
Wednesday 12:30 Open
West Los Angeles Unit #562
Barrington Bridge Club 310-966-4144
11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025
Owners: E’Anne Conaway & Alan Le Bendig
Monday 9:30 Lesson & I/M
with Adrienne Green
12:30 Open/stratified
Tuesday noon * with George Siegel
12:30 Open/stratified
Wednesday
10:00 * with Wayne Karson
12:30 Stratified 199er
12:30 Open/stratified
Thursday 12:30 Open/stratified
7:00 I/M 2/1 with
Adrienne Green
Friday 10:00 Beginning lessons
with Pat Banks
Noon * with Sandy Rink
12:30 Open/stratified
6:00 I/M with Shuster (call
first, game at 7:30)
7:00 beginning lessons
with Pat Banks
7:30 199er 7:10 Lecture
with Marie Dahl
Saturday 1:00 Open/stratified
*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
Monday 11:00 Open
6:00 Free Lesson and Dinner
7:00Open/Stratified & 0-300
Tuesday 11:00 Jr Fund Game
7:00 Open/Stratified
Wednesday 11:00 Open/Stratified
7:00 Open/Stratified
Thursday 7:00 barometer biweekly
Friday 11:00 Open/Stratified
6:00 Free Lesson and Dinner
7:00 Open/Stratified
Saturday 1:00 Open/Stratified
7:00 Open/Stratified
1st Sun 1:00 Mentoring *
2nd Sun 1:00 Team game *
4th Sun 1:00 Unit Championship *
* 12:30 brunch
Placentia Public Library
411 E. Chapman (near Kraemer) 92870
Wednesday 7:00 Open
Balboa Unit
Park Newport Apartments
1 Park Newport, Newport Beach 92626
1st Sun 1:00 Unit Game
Huntington Beach Club 714-842-3838
Huntington Beach Women’s Club
420 10th St., Huntington Beach 92648
Monday 12:15 Open/Stratified
Friday noon Open/Stratified
Tony’s Game 714-4BRIDGE
3180 Redhill, Costa Mesa
Director: Scott Campbell
Tuesday 7:15 Open/Stratified
Jeanie’s Game 949-215-6522
3180 Redhill, Costa Mesa
Director: Jeanie Farquhar
Tuesday 12:30 Open/Stratified
J & J Bridge Club 949-233-6655
3180 Redhill, Costa Mesa
Director: Jim Elbogen
Wednesday 12:15 Open & 49er
(I/M lesson at 11:15)
Chris’ Game 714-957-0560
3180 Redhill, Costa Mesa
Director: Chris Larsen
Wednesday 12:30 Open (lesson at 11)
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
Monday 12:30 Open
7:15 Open
Tuesday 12:30 Open
7:15 Open
Wednesday 12:30 Open & Jr/Nov Clinic
Thursday 12:30 Open
7:15 Open
Friday 12:30 Open
Saturday 1:00 Open
7:15 Open
Sunday 1:00 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
310-642-8640 (pregame)
310-652-6116 (questions and reservations)
Westchester Women’s Club
8020 Alverstone, Los Angeles 90045
Tuesday 12:30 Open
Thursday 12:30 Open
7:30 Open
Closed 3rd Thursday of month
Orange County, S. Gold Coast and Santa Ana
Dana Harbor Unit #538
Dana Harbor Bridge Center
949 - 248 - 1268
www.danaharborbirdgecenter.org
24921 Dana Harbor Dr. #B210,
Dana Point 92629
Monday 12:30 Open/Stratified
Tuesday 12:30 Open/Strat & Nov
Wednesday 12:30 Open/Stratified
Thursday 12:30 Open/Strat & 49er
Friday 12:30 Open/Stratified
7:30 Open/Stratified
Saturday 12:30 Open/Stratified
3rd Sun 12:30 Unit Game
4th Sun 12:30 Swiss Teams
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)
Santa Ana Unit #541
Orange County Bridge Club
714 - 543 - 5850
13192 Ponderosa, Santa Ana, CA 92705
Monday 7:00 Open
Wednesday 7:00 Open
Thursday 7:00 Open
Friday 7:30 Open
Saturday 12:30 Open (lunch at 12)
3rd Sun 1:00Unit Game- 12:30 lunch
nov/int lessons Mon at 6 & Sat at 11
Southern Gold Coast Unit #532
Bridge Academy II 805-495-0385
741D Lakefield Rd, Westlake Village
Monday 10:30 Open
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
Friday 10:30 Open
Saturday 10:30 Handicap
2:00 99er