June - ACBL District 23

The Southern 

California Bridge News 

Post Office: Time Value 

Deliver By 1st of Month 

by Alan LeBendiig 

I told you several months 

ago about a new survey we had 

commissioned to give us more 

of a handle on just how popular 

our game is. The results are in 

and I find them encouraging as 

well as amazing: 

There are 216 million 

Americans over the age of 18 

and 25.1 million of this group 

knows how to play bridge. 

18.7 million actually play and 2.4 million play at least 

once a week. Less than one third (4.9 million) of the group 

that plays bridge is familiar with the ACBL. 

You can see the complete results of this survey at the 

following link: 

http://www.eqr1.com/client/ 

Username: ACBL 

Password: report 

clinck “report list” 

go to the usage study at the top 

Management is attempting to improve the benchmark 

numbers from this survey. 

I also told you about contracting with Simpson 

Communications to get a better handle on the youth 

Market. We will have a detailed report shortly but here is a 

preview:10% of the target population (16 – 26 and K – 8 

teachers) has played bridge at least once. 

Of games they want to learn how to play, bridge ranks 

the highest which presents a significant window of opportunity. 

June 2005 

Volume 40, #6 

District Director’s Report: 

Tidbits From Nationwide Bridge Survey 

Study finds 25.1 million Americans over the age of 25 know how 

to play bridge and 2.4 million play at least once a week 

Where Would You Like to Play 

The Tournament Committee meets often to discuss new locations for 

our Regional Tournaments. So far we have met at hotels at LAX and 

hotels in Long Beach. We need a fairly large (and inexpensive) facility 

and would like to hear from our readers about the locations they prefer. 

I like the following area(s) — please choose no more than two 

❏ SF Valley 

❏ LAX Location 

❏ Long Beach 

❏ Pasadena/San Gabriel 

I prefer games at the following times — please choose only one 

❏ 10:00 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. 

❏ 1 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. 

❏ 10:00 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. 

The survey confirmed the “lost generation”. 36% of 

the youth said they know someone who plays bridge. This 

is much more likely to be a grandparent (32%) than a parent 

(16%). 

Another benchmark to work on is the perception of 

bridge. The audience views it as boring, old-fashioned, 

complicated and in between easy and challenging. 

69% of K – 12 teachers would consider teaching 

bridge in the classroom, but they are not interested (73.4%) 

in sponsoring a club or after-school activity. 

I’ll give you more information as it becomes available. 

This same group, Simpson, also presented concepts for 

the bridgeschool.com web site and video. We plan to 

launch the web site in August for the back-to-school season. 

In Pittsburgh we passed one piece of legislation that 

was intended to honor our older members. 

We created the Century Club for members that were 

over 100 years old. We never considered that this publicity 

might be unwanted. 

One player has already threatened a lawsuit if we disclose 

his age! A number of our provided birthdates are 

incorrect and some members cannot be contacted for confirmation. 

Besides, birthdates are private information. 

We are going to ask Club Managers to identify players 

who would like to be honored when they reach this milestone. 

They will then be sent a Century Club certificate and 

mentioned in the club news section of the Bulletin. 

I assure you I won’t cause a fuss if I make it! 

Make your plans for Atlanta July 21 – 31. It promises 

to be a large NABC. It will be our first NABC with early 

starting times throughout. 

Given the huge number of great restaurants in Atlanta, 

this will present an unfamiliar opportunity for dining 

AFTER the game has ended. 

by John Killian 

Published by ALACBU, Inc. 

Single Copy Price: $1.00 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

About Bridge Week 

It is now May and 

things are being resolved for 

the coming BRIDGE 

WEEK regional. Many of 

our newer players may wonder 

about this title. Gee, we 

now have regional tournaments 

often. Club owners 

will exclaim “too many. ” 

However, decades ago in the 

1950s,when players drove miles to play in a club masterpoint 

game to hopefully win ONE masterpoint. T h e 

Western Division of the ACBL each year held ONE ten day 

tournament initially at the Los Angeles Elks Club, then at 

the Mayfair Hotel in the Civic Center and later at the 

Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard (until 1970 it 

was over memorial day). There was a regional at San 

Francisco over labor day. 

If you go back in history far enough, the regional started 

in LA and then moved to SF, many people traveling by 

train. Of course, Its moniker became “Bridge Week.” 

Times have changed, masterpoints have been inflated, 

and Bridge Week now is being held in Long Beach this 

year. The tournament is much smaller now, but your manager 

and committees are working to correct this. 

This year there is a treat for the I/N players. The 

ALACBU I/N committee of Peter Benjamin and Jan 

Nathan have arranged to have Eddie Kantar speak on 

Saturday July 2nd at 9 a.m. Yes, it is early, but traffic will 

be reduced. Come at 8 a.m. and enjoy a lovely breakfast 

at the hotel. Now if you have a desire to teach Bridge, come 

to Teri Atkinson’s Teacher Accreditation Program which 

begins Monday June 27 at 9 a.m. However, if you are an old 

timer, like me, just come to play good bridge. Win and 

take a mug home for your spouse to file. Where I won’t 

suggest. 

Aside: Thanks to Cecil who reviewed, corrected, and 

improved the initial writing. Thank you so much Cecil. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Deadline for Drawing Extended! 

The ALACBU Scholarship Fund needs your help! Since the early 90s, we have 

awarded over $75,000 to high school seniors with some connection to the bridge world. 

Most were either players or caddies. This fund is the only scholarship awards in any of 

the 25 ACBL districts. 

We are currently giving the recipients $1,000 a year for four years. This fund will 

be exhausted this year unless we raise some serious money. We are asking for donations 

of $100. Every player giving a donation of $100 will be entered into a drawing for a 

chance to play a regional event with either Adrienne Green, Bill Schreiber, or Alan 

LeBendig. Winners will not have to pay card fees for themselves or their partner. 

Multiples of $100 donations will earn extra entries for the drawing. All donations 

are fully tax deductible. 

The drawing has been postponed until July 2nd so that it can be held at the District 

23 Bridge Week Regional held at the Westin in Long Beach. The drawing will be held 

during the afternoon session on Saturday. 

Donations should be sent to: Bill Schreiber, 16430 Ventura Blvd. #108, Encino, CA 

91436. Make checks payable to ALACBU Scholarship Fund. 

Tournament Scheduling. I would prefer: 

❏ Two 10-day tournaments each year (two weekends) 

❏ Three 7-day tournaments each year (one weekend) 

And, now the main question: Do you know of a place the tournament 

committee should consider for future tournaments Please provide name 

of facility and contact information. 

Please take a moment of your time to fill out this form and send it to us 

either via email (ALACBU23@aol.com), fax (310/374-3342) or mail 

(ALACBU, 627 Aviation Way, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266). 

Inside This Issue 

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

Balboa Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4 

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

Bridge Club Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12 

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

Las Vegas Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9 

Long Beach Bridge Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7 

Long Beach Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6 

Pasadena -San Gabriel Valley Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8 

Problem Solvers Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3 

Tournaments in the West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12

PAGE 2 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS JUNE, 2005 

Grand National 

Teams a Success 

by Howard Einberg 

This year's Grand National Teams were a success, 

thanks in part to those who participated and the Bridge 

Academy for use of the club. 

A total of 31 teams entered this year, with the most in 

flight B (0-2000) and the second most in flight C (non-life 

masters with 0-500). The district is returning all the entry 

fees to the winning teams to help pay expenses for the trip 

to the national playoffs (over $1,000 per team) in Atlanta. 

Next year, everyone should try to put together a team. 

For those of you who don't know already, the Grand 

National Team Events can be exciting because everyone 

can be competitive in at least one of the flights. 

The top finishers this year were: 

Open Flight Final 

1 James Glickman, Joshua Donn, Howard Einberg, Adam 

Meyerson, Michael Shuster 

2 Sidney Brownstein, Jeffrey Ferro, Leonard Holtz, 

William Wickham 

Flight A Final 

1 Edgar Hurt Jr, Diane Hurt, Alan Myerson, Abby 

Myerson 

2. Joe Viola, Bob Johnson, Mike Gosnell, Gary Geremia. 

Flight B Final 

1 Martin Blain, Jordan Chodorow, Kyle Mattes, Melissa 

Mattes 

2 Randolph Hammock, Denny Seltzer, Brian Egan, Gary 

Moore 

Flight C Finals 

1 John Jones (NPC), Carol Frank, Robert Forster, Matt 

Matuszewski, James Chakan, David Kempe 

2 Shiu-Ming Huang, Zhong Bin Lin, Victor Wai T Kam, 

James Berglund 

Charity Game Results 

Following are the District 23 overall winners of the 

ACBLwide charity Game for March 15, 2005. 

Congratulations to Donna Davidson and Howard Kaufman 

for their 1st overall win. It appears that all of the other 

leaders were also Valencia Bridge Studio players. 

1. Donna Davidson, Newhall CA; Howard Kaufman, 

Reseda CA - 63.89% 

2. Adam Feldt - Hansford Rowe, Newhall CA - 62.50% 

3. Barbara Jones - Thomas Jones, Canyon Cntry CA - 

57.64% 

4. Bobalee Johansen, Canyon Cntry CA; Kathleen Long, 

Santa Clarita CA - 56.71% 

5. Janet Kordakis, Granada Hills CA; Richard Plotin, 

Northridge CA - 56.25% 

6. Everett Dehn - Rita Vannatter, Valencia CA - 56.25% 

Happy 

Father’s 

Day! 

KIBITZ WITH KARRAINE: THE 199ER REPORT 

Part III (the final installment) 

Playing In Tournaments 

by Karraine Murray 

If only the Desperate Housewives played bridge 

instead of poker as their weekly neighborhood game, our 

sport would be significantly more popular. And sexy. 

For the time being, we’ll just have to be hip and support 

bridge amongst 

ourselves. Speaking of 

hip, I had a W O N- 

D E R F U L time playing 

in the Barrington 

ProAm Game on May 

11. What a fantastic 

way to promote bridge 

and encourage the 

199ers to come out 

and play! 

A delightful time 

was had by all and I 

send out a very special 

thanks to my patient partner, Marlene Singer, who laughed 

when I made an incorrect cue bid (I admit to being slightly 

cue bid happy), in addition to other errors. She said she 

wasn’t familiar with my column, but that she had seen this 

newspaper before, and she was happy to mention other 

clever uses I hadn’t thought of for its pages: covering the 

bottom of the bird cage, and wrapping fish! She promised 

me this month she would read it first though. Thanks 

Marlene! And I’m not opening any more Weak 2’s with 

Voids! 

On to business, folks, as the Long Beach Regional is 

coming to town June 27th – July 3rd. You will be ready! 

Get out there, 199ers, and make me proud! 

Last month I started a list of Do’s and Don’ts for 

199ers (or anyone) playing in tournaments. Let’s recap: 1) 

Bring a partner 2) Fill out your convention cards together 3) 

Greet your opponents 4) COUNT YOUR CARDS, FACE 

DOWN, EVERY TIME! 5) Don’t high five or display any 

other inappropriate behavior. 

Now here we go with the new stuff: 

6) Just say, ‘thank you’ and try to sound like you mean 

it. Later you can discuss the mystery hand. 

7) Announce No Trump Ranges. When partner places 

the 1NT bid card on the table, you must announce to your 

opponents “15 to 17” or whatever range you and your partner 

play. This is an ACBL rule. Now for those of you who 

play at Barrington, this club has waived that rule for playing 

in that club only. At tournaments you must announce. 

8) When You May Ask For Clarification of Bids. Many 

newer players think they may ask for clarification of the 

opponents bid at any time. This is incorrect. Only when it is 

your turn to bid, may you ask for clarification, and you cannot 

ask the person making the bid, but must direct the question 

to the person who is to interpret it (bidder’s partner). 

Similarly, the opponents may ask you or your partner to 

clarify one another’s bids. They make ask, “What are your 

discards” This is a common one, to which I have had to 

answer honestly, “I haven’t a clue.” Partner and I have since 

straightened this out, but if you don’t know, and many 

199ers haven’t ironed out all of their technical details yet, 

the correct answer is, “We don’t have an agreement.” 

9) Things to do while you are dummy: -Go over your 

shopping list once more –Look at everyone else’s outfit in 

the room –Try to figure out the way home with the least 

traffic –Contemplate whether they will run out of peanut 

butter on the snack table before you can get up again 

–Judge how well your manicure is holding up… 

PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON! Make 

sure partner plays 

from the correct hand! 

Even if partner just 

trumped on the board, 

you know we get 

mixed up. Also, make 

sure partner follows 

suit from his hand. 

Ask, “No spades, partner” 

the first time he 

d o e s n ’t follow suit. 

The dummy doesn’t 

make decisions. If 

partner calls for a card 

and you think this is a stupid play (and it may well be, but 

it’s not up to you, you cannot see both hands) – DON’T 

HESITATE, PLAY THE CARD CALLED FOR. And last, 

my pet peeve, don’t play the card from dummy until partner 

calls it. Even if it’s clear to you that she should trump, 

don’t let your hand go there. Even if you know those cards 

in dummy are good in NT and there are no other entries to 

the board – let partner make her own mistakes. You can talk 

about it later. 

I’m almost done. 

10) Speed of Play. As 199ers, we often play slower 

than the more experienced players. And I have to say, they 

are most gracious about this. Once you get behind though, 

it begins to throw off the flow of the round. Try to make a 

conscious effort to play up to the speed of the game. We just 

need to make our mistakes faster. 

Kudos to all of you who get out to the tournaments and 

play! Follow these simple Rules Of The Road and have a 

great time. The only way to improve is to challenge oneself. 

6) Say, “Thank you, partner,” when partner puts 

down the dummy. Even if this is not the hand 

partner promised, even if you are thinking, 

‘where the heck is the hand you bid, partner!’ 

DID YOU KNOW When putting down the dummy 

in a no trump contract, there is no rule regarding in which 

order to place the suits. Some like to place the suit the 

opponents lead in the ‘trump’ (dummy’s right) slot. 

SILLY TIDBIT: (this from a web page someone sent to 

me) It turns out that while all those Hollywood losers like 

“celebrity poker,” the people who really run the world play 

bridge. We’re talking Bill Gates and Warren Buffet who are 

mad for the game. 

JOKE OF THE MONTH: (overheard in a recent 199er 

game) to partner: “You’re not very good, but at least you’re 

consistent.” 

THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH: What counts is not 

the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage. 

-Matthieu Ricard 

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! Play your hearts out, and 

as always, thanks for reading. I can be reached at 

KibitzWithKarraine@yahoo.com. 

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JUNE, 2005 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRIDGE NEWS PAGE 3 

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No VUL 

IMPs 

Problem Solver’s Panel, Moderator: Marshall Miles 

North East South West 

pass pass 1♦ 2♣ 

dbl pass 2♥ pass 

2♠ pass 

You, South, hold ♠109 ♥A1063 ♦K10975 ♣A10 

What call do you make 

LOLLI: Pass. I don't see this as a problem. 

Partner's hand should look like 

♠KJxxxx ♥xxx ♦KQx ♣xx or ♠KQJxx 

♥xxx ♦Qxx ♦Qx ♣Jxx. With any hand 

he has, I want to play 2♠. 

CHERNOFF: Pass. What's the problem 

Partner surely has at least five spades 

which plays OK opposite my 109 doubleton. 

Presumably this sequence is weaker 

than bidding 2♠ directly. He/she (politically 

correct) may have three card diamond 

support (with four he/she would 

have bid 3♦) but it's too speculative and 

dangerous to keep bidding with this 11 

count opposite a passed hand, no less. 

SWANSON: The question is whether 

North is allowed to bid this way with a 4- 

card spade suit. I say no. Thus, I pass. 

DAVIS: Pass. I expect partner to have 

five spades and less than 10 HCP. 

IVASKA: Pass. Partner has fewer then 10 

HCP (since she/he didn't bid 2♠ as a 

passed hand) and probably only five 

spades, but 2♠ should be playable. It's 

possible that 2NT could be better if partner 

has something like Jxx (or better) in 

clubs, but it would be a disaster if he doesn't, 

so I propose to take our chances right 

here in 2♠. I have the not unfamiliar feeling 

that I haven't even considered the bid 

that the Esteemed Moderator (EM) wants 

me to produce. 

GRABEL: Pass. Obviously I'm missing 

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IMPs 

SWANSON: Dbl. Trading the risk of a 4-2 heart contract 

for the best chance of finding the winning contract. One 

could make a case for a 3♠ overcall, but that carries a risk 

of reaching a 4-2 contract also without the advantage of 

bringing other suits into the picture. 

IVASKA: Double. I think I have too much to pass, so it’s 

between double and 3♦, and the former is far more flexible. 

Partner won’t always bid hearts, and when he does, it 

won’t always work out badly. After all, I do have Ax, not 

two small. The Italians have historically done this all the 

time and it seems to work for them. The late David 

Ashley, who was a stickler for having ideal distribution 

for takeout doubles, would not have approved, but then he 

didn’t approve of a lot of things I did (and vice versa, to 

say the least). 

DAVIS: Double. Anything from an ultra-Marshall 3♠ 

5 

EW VUL 

IMPs 

E S W N 

3♣ 

You hold ♠AK76 ♥A8 ♦K7542 ♣103 


W N E S 

1♦ 1♠ pass 

You hold ♠--- ♥109865 ♦KQ1062 ♣A52 


GRABEL: And I thought problem 4 was tough! Have to 

do something and I guess I will bid 1NT although I rate it 

only slightly ahead of 2♥. 

Would love to be able to pass but wouldn't consider it 

against anything other than a truly aggressive LHO who I 

felt was certain to reopen the bidding and that could backfire 

also. 

I know I would bid 1NT at the table. 

something here. In a parallel universe this 

may show a 4-2-4-3 or 4-3-4-2 distribution 

and you have concocted the only way 

for us to stop in 2♠ when opener is 4-4-3- 

2, but in the world that we live in, this auction 

shows five spades and not enough to 

bid 2♠ even as a passed hand or possibly 

a 5-2-4-2 or 5-3-3-2 with a suggestion that 

diamonds are in play. I see no reason to 

disturb 2♠ which should play reasonably 

even though I know partner didn't open 

with 2♠. 

I think you should bid 3♦. Ross at least 

guessed what I had in mind. Partner might 

have a minimum 4-4-4-1 or 4-4-3-2 hand 

that is too weak to cue bid for a choice of 

contracts at the three-level. It seems to me 

t h e re are two reasons for making a negative 

double: to find the best trump fit, and to bid 

a non-forcing new suit at the two-level. Wi t h 

something like ♠KQxxx ♥Kxx ♦Jx ♣x x x , 

you would have no choice except to double, 

intending to bid 2♠ next round if you were 

not a passed hand. But you are a passed 

hand. Some of the panelists suggest that with 

8-9 points-even less with a six card suit, you 

should double and bid 2♠, while with 10-11 

points you would bid 2♠ d i re c t l y. Is that 

m o re important than showing a hand with 

m o re than one place to play And even if you 

think it is more important to show the range 

than to suggest more than one place to play, 

shouldn't you play the opposite way I mean 

2♠ should be weaker than a double followed 

by 2♠ since partner might bid 2NT over a 

double, which would preempt you out of 

showing your suit when your hand was weak. 

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MPs 

Panelists: Vic Chernoff, Ed Davis, Ross Grabel, 

Paul Ivaska, Tim Lolli, and John Swanson 

South West North East 

1♥ pass 4♥ pass 

 

You, South, hold ♠AK9 ♥AK765 ♦Q92 ♣A2. What call do you make 

GRABEL: Pass. Have a very nice hand 

but even the five-level isn't safe. Like to 

play that partner is 5-5 here but could be a 

disaster if partner has six hearts in a more 

balanced hand or some 1-5-4-3 hand. 

DAVIS: Pass. Slam could make (e.g., 

opposite ♠x ♥QJxxx ♦KJxxx ♣xx) but 

even if we investigate we might not get 

there. We also might not be able to make 

5♥ (e.g., opposite ♠x ♥QJxxxx ♦Axx 

♣xxx or ♠x ♥QJxxxx ♦xxx ♣xxx). It is 

best not to investigate slam when you do 

not expect the five-level to be safe. 

LOLLI: Pass. Could slam make Sure. If 

partner has a perfecto such as ♠xxxx 

♥xxxxx ♦x ♣KQx. But there are many 

more hands where even the five-level 

could be in jeopardy. What would partner 

bid with ♠xxx ♥QJxxx ♦xxx ♣Kx Now 

even 4♥ looks very doubtful. I hope the 

opponents don't come in belatedly, 

because they must have a profitable sack 

somewhere, and I do expect to make 4♥ 

most of the time. 

CHERNOFF: Pass. Too speculative to 

bid on. Game before slam, especially at 

matchpoints. Partner could have ♠x 

♥Qxxxx ♦xxx ♣KQxx or ♠Qxx ♥Qxxx 

♦x ♣Kxxxx. Who knows It would help 

to know partner's minimum for a splinter 

bid or his (no more political correctness) 

style for this kind of bid, in general. 

overcall to a wimpish (but maybe smart) pass could be the 

long-run winning bid. 

This is the kind of hand where a simulation might 

provide some very useful information. My guess is that 

double will be the long run winner. It only clearly loses 

when partner has exactly four hearts and either less then 

four spades or has exactly four spades but not enough 

strength to cue bid 4♣. Double will probably give us the 

best chance to reach the right contract unless partner has 

exactly four hearts without both four spades and enough to 

cue bid. 

CHERNOFF: Double and pray. If you don’t bid now you 

may get blown out of the auction. If partner bids some 

number of hearts you will have to just eat it and pass. Of 

course this may not work out well but it’s a bidder’s game. 

GRABEL: Pass. Partner will strain to reopen the bidding. 

3♦ is OK on high cards but is a distortion in every other 

respect. Double will most likely fetch hearts, and I’m not 

good enough to bid again. 

LOLLI: Double and hope for the best. Nothing says partner 

has to have only four hearts if he bids 3♥. Pass is a 

close second choice. I will not bid 3♠, Marshall. 

IVASKA: 1NT. I don't see any choice. 1♠ probably isn't 

a wonderful contract, and 1NT is the only vehicle to get to 

the proper contract in many cases (e.g., opposite ♠Axxxx 

♥Axxx ♦xx ♣Kx or ♠AKxxx ♥Qx ♦Jx ♣K Q x x ) . 

Occasionally partner will jump in spades and I'll regret 

this choice, but passing is a false economy and will not be 

appreciated by partner most of the time. 

SWANSON: 1NT. I have diamonds stopped anyway. 

CHERNOFF: 1NT. Keeps bidding alive in case there is 

game somewhere and gets us out of spades, at least temporarily. 

If it goes pass, pass dbl, I will run. How, I haven't 

decided. 

continued on page 4 

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MPs 

SWANSON: 4♠. It's possible that we are 

down at the five-level, but there are too 

many possible hands for partner which 

will produce an easy 12 tricks. My second 

choice would be a blast to 6♥. 

IVASKA: 5♣. We might be too high at 

the five-level, but pass strikes me as too 

extreme. AS little as ♠xx ♥xxxxx ♦ x 

♣Kxxxx produces a nearly cold slam. On 

the other hand, a 6♥ blast, though 

admirable for its dash, will result in far too 

many no-players and matchpoint disaster. 

I hope partner will appreciate the value of 

the club king and realize that I must have 

a spade control to risk venturing beyond 

game. Come to think of it, maybe that 

inference isn't that strong in view of my 

diamond holding, but I feel I must make a 

slam try, and I can't think of anything better. 

I'm sure EM will advise of something 

better in about 45 days. 

Although I made a slam try with this hand, 

which worked out well, the examples and 

comments of a majority of panelists convinced 

me that passing is the percentage action.. A s 

Ed said, making a slam try won't always get 

you to slam when you belong there, and part - 

ner may accept your try when you don't. 

H o w e v e r, I think, if you are going to make a 

slam try, 5♦ (a help suit slam try when your 

first chance to show slam interest is at the five 

level) is best since partner's diamond holding 

is crucial. It is unlikely that helping the oppo - 

nents with the opening lead will matter. 

W N E S 

1♥ 1♠ pass 

You, South, hold ♠63 ♥8 ♦A7543 ♣AQ642 


DAVIS: 2♣. Too strong for a pass, and 2♣ gives partner 

room for a 2♦ bid. If LHO bids 2♥ and partner passes, 

I will bid 2♠. 

LOLLI: 2♣. If we get lucky and partner bids 2♦, I'll try 

3♥. If partner passes 2♣, at least we are playing in my 

stronger suit. If partner bids 2♠ over 2♣, I'm tempted to 

bid 4♠. If it goes 2♥ around to me, I'll bid 2♠. 

IVASKA: 2♦. However one plays this bid, it should lay 

a sound foundation for the rest of the auction. I plan to 

raise 2♠ to three and remove 2NT to 3♣. We'll sometimes 

(maybe many times) get too high this way, but at 

least we will have explored most of the possibilities. 

GRABEL: 2♣. Impossible problem. Just guessing at 

this point. Might as well make a bid that if I get left there 

has the best chance opposite a small doubleton. If partner 

can bid again I will be better placed to advance. 

CHERNOFF: 2♣. Suit quality is better in clubs than 

diamonds, if I get dropped there. 

SWANSON: 2♦. This hand points out the appeal of 

transfer advances to overcalls. One could bid 2♣, then 

3♣ with assurance of showing both suits. 

I didn't think (Rubens) transfer advances applied when you over - 

called the touching suit (how would you transfer to 2♣) But a 

transfer bid, if available, would work well here. But what is 

w rong with a raise to 2♠ Unorthodox, I'll admit, but how can 

it cost Your best chance for game is in spades. Your high card s 

and ruffing value compensate for weak support, and if part n e r 

bids 4♠, he figures to make it. And if a 2 bid in either minor is 

passed out, wouldn't you rather be in spades -- especially at 

M P s


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Problem 5 continued from page3 

LOLLI: 1NT. It gets across a few values 

and the lack of a fit-albeit not necessarily 

a void. Who knows Pard may 

bid again. A2♣ or 2♥ (dreaming). If he 

bids 2♠, he's on his own. 

DAVIS: 1NT. I have too much to pass 

and I don't want to bid 2♥ and play a 5- 

1 when partner doesn't have enough to 

bid again. 1NT gives me a reasonable 

shot at a plus score and still leaves open 

the possibility of reaching game, e.g., if 

partner bids 2♥. 

I wasn't too stubborn to change my mind 

about problem 2, based on the arg u m e n t s 

and examples of several panelists, but I am 

not swayed by the unanimous vote on this 

p roblem. Nothing bad will happen to us in 

1♠ undoubled. In fact, I suspect that 1♠ i s 

our best part - s c o re contract. We will make 

some spade tricks by ruffing and pro b a b l y 

s c o re three or four tricks with high card s . 

In fact, I suspect that we can take more 

tricks in spades than in notrump with this 

misfit. We might have a game if part n e r ' s 

second suit is hearts, but maybe not even 

then. What are the odds on partner's hav - 

ing four hearts opposite my five Part n e r 

may not have a second suit, and it he does, 

why should it be hearts And while nothing 

bad is likely to happen in 1♠, I can't say the 

same for 2♠ or 3♠. The chances for game 

a re remote, and the chance of part n e r ' s 

rebidding spades is great if we keep the bid - 

ding open. A 1 N T response doesn't show a 

misfit, but is somewhat encouraging. 

Problem Solver’s Panel 

Problems for August 

1. NS vul, MPs 

East South West North 

4♠ 

(a) What call would you make with 

♠-♥AJ7 ♦KJ843 ♣A10763 

(b) What call would you make if the 

clubs were AQ763 

2. NS vul, IMPS 

East South West North 

1♣ 1♦ 2♣ 4♠ 

pass 

You, South, hold 

♠K643 ♥A62 ♦AQ10854 ♣--- 


3. both vul, IMPs 

West North East South 

1♣ dbl 1♥ 


♠76 ♥J4 ♦K10652 ♣KQ86 


4. EW vul, IMPs 

West North East South 

1NT* 2♥** 2♠ 

*15-17 **just shows hearts 


76 ©KJ105 ®10853 ßJ62 


5. no vul, rubber bridge 

West East 

1♥ 2♣ 

2♠ 3♥ 

4♣ 4NT 

5♠ 6♣ 

♠AKQ2 ♠10 

♥ KQJ106 ♥7432 

♦6 ♦AQ7 

♣J53 ♣AKQ104 

The opening lead was a singleton heart. 

North won the ace and gave his partner 

a ruff. Apportion the blame between 

East and West.


The New Complete Book of 

Bridge 

By Albert Dormer and Ron Klinger p a p e r b a c k 

Published by Cassell 

$see below!, 448 pages 

By Ron Garber 

Several years ago I noticed the rise in relative 

strength of the British pound versus the US 

d o l l a r. In my capacity as bridge editor of 

SQueeZe Books, I knew that meant that US 

books would be more attractive in the UK, and 

British books would be less attractive here. 

Here’s what I mean. Way back when, the 

pound was worth about $1.40. A British book 

then priced at 8-9 pounds would be priced at $12 

plus shipping (not cheap) here. Our $12 book 

would be priced at 8-9 pounds (plus shipping) 

over there. The pound is now worth around $1.90 

US. British books are priced around 13 pounds. 

That makes then $24 (plus shipping) here 

[STEEP!]. But our $18 book is about 9 pounds 

(plus shipping) there. 

Therefore (FINALLY!), British publishers 

would ignore the US market, reasoning correctly 

that we wouldn’t be interested. I contacted the 

head of a major British publishing firm, pointed 

out the situation, and indicated a willingness to 

Bridge Shelf: Whatever are they Thinking 

buy the US rights to certain books. We’d sell 

them for much less (here only) and they’d get 

money otherwise unavailable to them. He eventually 

replied that his people assured him that US 

sales were just fine, and thanks anyway. My people 

assured me that this was not the case, but what 

can you do. 

Which brings us to our next candidate: The 

New Complete Book of Bridge. This book was 

first published in 1996 by Dormer. Klinger has 

come on board for the new revised edition. 

Part I (216 pages) is on bidding (Acol system). 

Part II (224 pages) is about card play. 

The instruction level is intermediate. A lot of 

space is used to explain why 1NT openings are 

12-14 (Acol, remember). And the chapter on 

opening leads explains that the strength of the 

opponents’ auction may alter your choice. 

And now to the point. Half of this book is 

unusable to almost all American players. If it 

were published here, it would cost about $20. The 

price is $30! Why would the publisher waste 

review copies on any American journalists 

Clearly, our book selling cousins over the sea 

don’t know their markets. 

CONCLUSION: How can we resist the price 

Problem collections are always popular and Tim 

Bourke is top of the line at problem construction. 

An A-. 

Defending Suit Contracts 

Safety Plays 

Avoidance Play 

By David Bird and Time Bourke 

paperback 

Published by Master Point Press 

$9.95 each 

by Ron Garber 

The Canadian dollar has also 

gained much strength against the 

US dollar, but shipping isn’t tough, 

so Ray Lee of Master Point Press in 

Toronto is taking advantage by 

churning out books at light speed. 

As I mentioned in the past, 

there is a “Bridge Technique” series, 

a dozen small (90 page) books on 

various aspects of card play. Then 

(brilliant) there is a “Test Yo u r 

Bridge Technique” series. These are 

small (90 page) quiz books designed 

to test your understanding of each of 

the topics in the first series. Books 

7,8, and 9 are: “Defending Suit 

Contracts,” “Safety Plays,” and 

“Avoidance Play.” 

In each case an introductory 

chapter, including examples, is followed 

by 36 problems, presented 

four at a time. 

(DSC #22) 

♠ 75 

♥ 953 

♦ K1094 

♣ A764 

LHO opens a spade and rebids 

two spades over RHO’s two heart 

bid. RHO bids Blackwood and then 

bids 6H over the response by LHO. 

What’s your opening lead 

You lead the club ace and partner 

encourages. Declarer plays the 

king. 

The dummy has tabled 

♠AK10983 ♥6 ♦A63 ♣J93. What 

is your lead to trick two 

ANSWER: Resist the impulse 

to play a safe club. Dummy has a 

trick supply in spades and a late 

entry in the diamond ace. Knock out 

that entry. Lead the diamond king. 

Declarer has ♠J4 ♥A K Q J 1 0 8 , 

♦QJ82 ♣K. Nice play! 

A SIGN OF THE TIMES 

Some months ago, I mentioned 

that I had received a new book coauthored 

by Danny Kleinman. 

Normally I get to reading a book 

pretty soon after receipt, but this 

one has just been sitting around. In 

trying to figure out why I’ve been 

reluctant to start reading it, I rejected 

the notion that it had something 

to do with the differences Danny 

and I have had (about bridge writing). 

I know the general plot line of 

the book and it disturbs me. 

A “robot” has been constructed 

to play bridge and while his knowledge 

is monumental, and he may 

very well be the best technician in 

the world, he sneers at the human 

race and never misses a chance to 

insult his partner and his opponents. 

His creator is a pompous windbag 

with delusions of grandeur about his 

own game. 

Sound like an unpleasant combination 

that would get old very 

quickly. 

But, wait. As I began to read 

(not finished yet) I found that there 

were sympathetic characters, that 

the hands were interesting, and the 

robot is occasionally bested because 

he has no understanding of human 

nature. 

Bridge is not all technical. And 

best of all, so far it is impossible to 

make out Danny’s contribution. 

If he has written part of the 

book, the styles of the authors have 

meshed. If he is supplying hands, 

they are good ones. If he is supplying 

ideas, they are good ones. 

So far, so good. Final conclusion 

to be discussed next month. 

THE REST OF THE FUTURE: 

Master Point Press has released 

two reprints co-authored by Terence 

Reese and Julian Pottage. 

Audrey Grant has stopped writing 

for the ACBL Bulletin and has 

produced (with the help of 

Baron/Barclay) a magazine of her 

own. 

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Around the Units 

Downey-Whittier 

by Bernice Crelia 

We started May with a big party celebration in honor 

of Cinco De Mayo. The annual awards were presented to 

out Mini McKenney and Ace of Clubs winners as well as 

enjoying a delicious luncheon and a great bridge game. 

Overall winners of that game were Janet Ju and George 

Wang; Dolores Phillips and Shirlie Faber; Bruce and Chrye 

Horiguchi; A. Lee and Mark Tang; Maryland Shore and 

Lucile Thompson tied with Mahi and Sudershan Sood; 

George Faber and Roy Rodenberg; Al and Mary Kiechle 

tied with Sam Wang and Dick Lum; and Allan Dutton and 

John Stone. 

The Mini Mckenney and Ace of Clubs winners were: 

Mini Mckenney 

Ace Of Clubs 

Rookie of The Year 

Gordon Marion 

Gordon Marion 

Risheng Huang 

Terry Binns 

Qi Huang 

Vincent Remedios 

Junior Master 

Sudershan Sood 

Sudershan Sood 

Anne Birch 

Anne Birch 

Club Master 

Wenjia Yan 

Richard Holmes 

Richard Holmes 

Wenjia Yan 

John Brant 

John Brant 

Sectional Master 

John A Johnson 

John A Johnson 

Clinton Gorsuch 

John McFarland 

John McFarland 

Ken Bloomfield 

Regional Master 

Lucile Thompson 

Lucile Thompson 

Roy Rodenberg 

Roy Rodenberg 

Betty Boss 

Betty Boss 

NABC Master 

Judy Sandberg 

Barbara Horn 

Joel Sandberg 

Don Bradshaw 

Barbara Horn 

Judy Sandberg 

Joel Sandberg 

Life Master 

Allan Dutton 

Allan Dutton 

Beverly Bradshaw Beverly Bradshaw 

Rosemary Nelson 

Rosemary Nelson 

Bronze Life Master 

Albert Kiechle 

Florence Sullivan 

Juanita Schoppa 

Juanita Schoppa 

Mary Williams 

Mary Williams 

Silver Life Master 

Stephen Lowe 

Sherlie Faber 

Mary Kiechle 

Stephen Lowe 

Sherlie Faber 

Bernice Crelia 

Gold Life Master 

George Wang 

George Wang 

Marice Evans 

Marice Evans 

Robert Schwartz 

Edgar Hurt 

Diamond Life Master 

Dr. John Fox 

Dr. John Fox 

Robert Kerr 

Robert Kerr 

Our congratulations to each one of you. 

Plan to attend the unit game June 3, Charity Game 

June 8, Championship Games June 15 and 17, and our 

Birthday Game June 24. 

We will look forward to seeing everyone next month 

for more enjoyable bridge. 

Glendale Verdugo Unit 

By Dorothy LaMaie 

Unit Day Game - Sat June 11 

buffet lunch at 12:15, game at 1 pm 12:15 

Board of Director’s Meeting - Sat June 4 

Regency BC 10:30 a.m. 

No juicy gossip items to report (I can’t get anyone to 

run away with h/h best friend’s spouse!) so a little space 

filling travel news; I’m introducing an Oregon cousin of 

mine to parts of the Great Southwest, I drove about 3,400 

miles to Dallas and back. After a bunch of really flat terrain, 

she was rewarded with the dynamic bronzes and paintings 

of Frederick Remington as well as Charles Russell’s in Fort 

Worth; a huge outdoor long-horn cattle drive sculpture in 

Dallas; browsing in Forney TX, the antique capital of the 

US; the Georgia O’Keefe Art Museum and the Loretto 

Chapel in Santa Fe, and the Pueblo at Taos, NM; the special 

approach to Sedona AZ via Oak Creek Canyon; then 

Hoover Dam NV, and finally the glitz of the new Wynn 

Hotel in Las Vegas (no, we didn’t stay there only oohed and 

ahhed and played my second favorite card game, BJ) No 

expletives from Cuz along the way, only “above expectations” 

and the same for me as I pumped some of that $2.09 

per gallon Texas gasoline. Sometimes reality is hard to 

come home to. 

Pat Abbey also got away, but northward to join her 

son and family for dual celebrations - Mother’s Day, and 

then her #1 and only granddaughter’s Big Three birthday. 

And as Pat reported, amidst the many, many, many 

exchanges between the two of them, the “F” word showed 

up- at least the precious little person used it in a proper context. 

She got by with it because it’s a bit early for discretion 

training, n’est-ce pas 

The May Day Unit Game also provided cause for celebration 

in that Certificates of Accomplishment were made 

available to the Mini McKinney and Ace of Clubs winners 

with appreciative acknowledgements from fellow players. 

Prior thereto, we dined on Italian pasta, marinated mushrooms, 

green salad, thanks to Barbara McKissick (back 

doing the thing she does so well), Betsy Josias, Nancy 

Lyon, Art Chacanias, et moi. That delicious huge carrot 

cake that Margaret Mataga brought in was specially ordered 

to help celebrate Sherry Strube’s birthday. However, she 

provided a celebration of her own, as reflected in the following 

bridge game results, for which our “duplicate” congratulations, 

Sherry. 

NS 

A1 Sherry Strube & Pat Abbey 

A2 Bob Tayrien & Gerry Belcher 

A3 John Villalobos & Dick Plummer 

EW 

A1 Betsy Josias & Nancy Lyon 

A2 Marjory & Joan Masias 

A3 Jean Dea & Robert Tsao 

B3 Karen Alpert & Don Howell 

Overall 

A1&B1 

A5 

B4 

Overall 

A2 & B2 

A3 

A4&B3 

Well done folks. Remember that we have another of 

these contests coming up June 11, so mark your calendars 

to return and via further. In the meantime, practice sessions 

are available as set forth in the Bridge Club Directory on


the last page of this publication, so call and come and hone 

your skills. 

In evaluating potential bridge partners, you may find 

this old Arab proverb helpful: 

He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep 

- awaken him 

He who knows not and knows that he knows not is 

simple - teach him 

He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is 

a fool - shun him 

He who knows and knows that he knows is wise 

- follow him unto the end. 

Oh, so that’s why!! 

Take care everybody and continue to enjoy! 

Long Beach 

by Christine Frumen 

Unit Game June 12 

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

JUNE UNIT GAME: Our unit game will be on 

Sunday, June 12. Let’s keep up the attendance. Remember, 

Unit games pay more in Master Points than regular games. 

APRIL UNIT GAME RESULTS: We again had a 

great turnout for the Unit Game - 27 tables divided into two 

sections - the NLMs played with the big guys! Yeah! Listed 

are the top three pairs in each flight in the order of finish: 

Flt A, Frank Bartlett & Jo Daigle, Lu Kohutiak & Yvonne 

Hernandez, Len Beck & Larry Bolls; Flt B & Flt C, Delores 

Backlund & Bob Goodman, Pat & Bob Adams, Ron Spain 

& Fred Benedetti. (The same three pairs took first, second 

and third in both flights.) This was our Awards Day for the 

MiniMcKenney and Ace of Clubs awards being bestowed. 

Donna Wenberg and Verna Baccus were our good cooks! 

To them and everyone else who lent a hand, we thank you. 

NEW STATUS & NEW MEMBERS: Congratulations 

to the following who have reached new levels of 

achievement this past reporting period: Marcia Myers and 

Tom Skidmore are new Club Masters. Cory Hand, Michael 

Masters and Gene Yaffee are our new Sectional Masters. 

Sherry Royce and Kay Tseng are new Regional Masters. 

Lavonne McQuilkin, Carol Murakoshi and Diane Sachs 

have reached the NABC Masters status and Nick Thomas is 

our newest Bronze Life Master. Keep up the good playing 

to move on up that ladder of success! 

70+% GAMES: Tom Cotton and Evan Willey had a 

whopping 77% game on April 26. Ruth White and Nancy 

Hayzer scored a 71.73% game the day before. 

THIS MONTH AT THE CLUB: Saturday, June 4 at 

12:30 is the World-Wide Bridge Contest. This is a sectionally 

rated, half red, half black points game. Card fees for 

this game are $10. There will be a week of Championship 

Games starting Monday June 13 through Sunday, June 19 - 

regular schedule, regular prices. The Sectionally Rated 

Stratified Open Team Game will be on Monday June 13. 

Call your favorite bridge partner and make your dates. 

CONDOLENCES & GET WELL: We are sorry to 

report that we have lost three bridge players. Joyce 

Kuppinger, Lew Palmer and Betty Raykoff have passed 

away. Our condolences to their friends and families. Arnie 

Maddox is under the weather. Please send your get well 

wishes to him. 

CHARITY: Don’t forget to put some money in the 

donation box when you take one of the books under the TV. 

Take as many as you can read - and bring them back so we 

can resell them when you are done with them. The money 

goes for a good cause, our Unit charity, Long Beach 

Women’s Shelter. 

Reminder: News can be emailed to me at 

golfgal@charter.net or put a note in the envelope on the 

Unit bulletin board. Thanks to those who passed along 

news. 

Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley 

by Jan Wickersham 


San Marino Bridge Club 

Well, I left you off with two groups on pilgrimages to 

various parts of the U.S. Six ladies; Joan Mesias, Arlene 

Johnson, Margery Gould, Charo Holdo, Jeannete Devarian, 

and Barbara Baeskens headed for Arizona for the Mesa 

Regional. Mike Marcucci and Harry Torossian flew over 

about the time the ladies returned. I could never get any 

ìHot Newsî about what happened there, so consequently, I 

have nothing to report. However, the six who ended up in 

Gatlinburg, left their mark! Karen Arase, Gitta Earll, 

Susan Jones, Betty Jackson, Millie Williamson and Jan 

Wickersham left lasting impressions on those ìVolunteersî. 

Millie, playing with longtime partner, Mary Tyrell, racked 

up over 35 points, Betty and Karen a close second with 31, 

and Gitta and Susan hit the 25 mark. Susan got all the gold 

she will ever need. Teri and I werenít really honorable 

mention. We managed to eek out 10 points, but, I do have 

to say of the four times, I have been there, this was the most 

fun! It is truly a spot (bridgewise) that one must just experience. 

They broke all records; 9,095 1/2 tables! Don and 

Judy Foote came down from New York. 

Roy Wilson had a brilliant idea for our May Unit 

Game. He declared May 1st. ìHat Dayî, and it was particularly 

fun because so many got into the swing of it. I know 

Roy took lots of pictures, and I keep looking for them to 

surface on the website, but so far, no crazy hats or pictures. 

Jan Wickersham, with the able help of Karen Arase, provided 

the food. It was Mexican style; carnitas, rice, beans, 

guacamole with all the trimmings topped by Karenís delicious 

salad and Mexican coffee. The big winners, first 

overall were Roy Wilson and John Barrow with a 62 1/2% 

game. Millie Williamson (there she goes again) and C.C. 

Chow were first in B, and Nan Baker and Mark Hartzell 

came in with a photo finish to edge out two other C teams. 

Jake Frenkel was the winner of the 50/50 drawing. 

Players from our unit are turning up at sectionals 

around the area and bringing home some nice victories. On 

the heels of Gatlinburg, was the Bakersfield Sectional. 

Karen Arase and Claudia teamed up for some nice scores, 

and Margery Gould and Dave Priest made an impressive 

showing consecutively for three days. Roger Smith, present 

ACBL president, made a special trip to Bakersfield to 

see an exhibition game played by the children my partner, 

Teri Atkinson, has been teaching for several years now. We 

were also honored because he played on our Swiss team. 

Upon our return,Karen Arase and I didnít waste any time. 

We played in the W.L.A. knockouts and won Bracket II. 

Kathy Helber, Diane Hillyard, and Hollie Fox finished 2nd. 

in Bracket III. Other winners for that tournament were; 

Jeff Goldsmith 2nd. in A in Swiss, Kyle and Melissa Mattes 

3/4 in A and 1st. in X for the Swiss, and the Murbachs were 

2nd. in X. James Berglund and Howard Lui had a nice 

Open Pair game finishing 2nd. in B (58) pairs. In the San 

Fernando Sectional Sam Wang had the second highest 

points for the tournament with 14.29. Kyle and Melissa 

Mattes did well in Thousand Oaks with 9.85 and Jeff


Goldsmith close behind them. Scores for all the sectionals 

in District 23 are readily available online by suing the following 

website; www.acbldistrict23.org. 

Frank is hosting Club Championships on June 15 

(Wednesday night) and June 20 (Monday afternoon). 

A last minute, under-the-wire newsflash!!!!! Kyle and 

Melissa Mattes won first place in the Grand National Team 

event and will represent our district in Atlanta in Flight B. 

I understand Robert Forster will also represent us in Flight 

A. Congratulations, to all of you, and now, letís bring home 

the trophy from the Nationals. 

Until next time............ 

Pomona-Covina 

by Vic Sartor 


Dinner-6:30 Game-7:00 

Last month’s column brought a mixed reaction. 

Several old friends showed up at the club. It was nice to see 

Walt Otto, Pat Radamaker, Larry Clark, Susan Ruoff, Herb 

Stamfl, Lary Alba, and Warren and Mary Ann Wotring at 

recent games. Unfortunately, it made our situation sound so 

pathetic that paramedics showed up offering life support 

services, and several buzzards were seen circling above the 

Knights of Columbus Hall. I was also offered the lead in a 

local production of “Camille,” and asked to host a telethon 

for prickly heat. So I’ve been advised rather strenuously by 

the unit board (OK-threatened with bodily harm) to let 

everyone know we’re still hanging in there every Monday 

and Wednesday night. Come on out and help build the 

games, folks. 

The past month was noteworthy for several spectacular 

hands. My particular favorite was the 1-1 fit played in 4H 

by a very good (but necessarily anonymous) pair after an 

unrecognized splinter bid. The declarer made a valiant 

effort, but it was kind of hard to take 10 tricks while facing 

a 7-4 trump split. To their credit, they managed to avoid 

physical violence and bounced back from a potentially disheartening 

disaster to come in second. 

In the Ripley’s “Believe It Or Not” category, EW 

players in the May Unit game found themselves staring at 

the following monster: ♠AK ♥AKQ109 ♦AKQ ♣AKx - 

a legitimate 32 HCP hand! Greedy MP types bid 6NT and 

7NT,with only 12 tricks available against good discarding. 

(Dummy had one 10.) Those who settled for playing in a 

mundane 5-5 heart fit, however, got a club ruff in dummy 

for an easy 13 tricks. 

Incidentally, Dave and Susan Ruoff posted a nice 66% 

game to take first overall in the unit event, followed by 

Gary Olson/Florence Weinstein and Lary Alba/Cordell 

Goode in a tie for 2nd/3rd. Top game of the month was a 

68.5% result by Dave Ruoff and Vito Sartori. Other winners 

topping 60% were Herman and Kathy Helber, Hans 

Hehnke, Kerry Tillman, Cordell Goode, and Lary Alba. 

Rick Whitham, Clint Lew, Tom Lill, and Genise Hassan 

also took firsts. 

In the bad news category, the monthly individual event 

has been suspended until further notice. It may be reinstated 

if angry mobs take to the street demanding its return, but 

prospective attendance would have to be much better to justify 

its resurrection. Until next time,keep those cards and 

letters coming in (but watch the language). Aloha. 

San Fernando Valley 

by Sheila Bozin 

I am sitting down to write this column at the same 

time the movers are arriving at the Bridge Academy to 

move the Bridge Club from Tarzana to Canoga Park. I tell 

you this to apologize for a column that that will be short but 

sweet, as the last two weeks have been quite hectic and 

today, or these few moments, is the only time I have had to 

write the column. By the time you receive this paper, the 

new club will have been opened for two weeks at 21116 

Vanowen. Their new telephone number is (818) 999-9131. 

They have also changed the name for the web site to read 

www.sfvbridgeacademy.com. Please remember to check 

the web site for bridge results, scheduled events, maps and 

directions, etc. etc. We are, of course, excited to be at our 

new location, but come on down and look for yourself. I 

think you will be pleasantly surprised. 

I promised last month to inform you of the results of 

the San Fernando Valley sectional which was held last 

month. Starting with Friday morning, the overall winners 

of the open game were Lois Colgin and Barbara Baxter, 

while lst overall in the 199er game were Jimmie and Phillip 

Swan. In the afternoon that day, lst overall were Gary 

Ullman and Andrew Vinock in the open game, and the winners 

of the 199ers was again Jimmie and Phillip Swan. 

Friday night the winners overall in the open game were 

Craig and Nancy Kaven. The winners of the knockout 

teams were Kathy Swaine, Rand Pinsky, Mike Pudlin, 

Emily Moffatt, Sumit Daftvar, and John Jones. The next 

day on Saturday morning, the overall winners were Roger 

and Rebecca Clough, and in the afternoon, the winners 

were Adam Meyerson and Elianna Rupper. The winners of 

the afternoon 199ers were Joan and Ernest Grossblatt. The 

evening overall winners were Michael Schuster and Joshua 

Donn. On Sunday was our usual two session Swiss Team 

game, and the overall winners of Flight A/AX were Rae and 

Jerry Murbach and Samuel Wang and Eugene White. The 

B and C Flight was won by Betty Andelson, Sanford and 

Sedwyn Glick and Carol Rand. 

During the sectional, the election was held for the 

Board of Directors of Unit 561, San Fernando Valley. 

Those elected to serve a two year term were Freddi Straus, 

Greg Bozin, Ray Bush, Fran Mink and William Morton. 

Those remaining on the board for the second half of their 

two year term are Mary Dougherty, Jay Brown, Joyce Hart, 

Betty Andelson and Sheila Bozin. 

During the month of April the master point leader at 

the Bridge Academy was Gilbert Stinebaugh. He was followed 

by Ellen Anten, Joan Rubin, Leda Danzig, Seymour 

Zemlyn, Lynda Ullman, Tom Wylie and Susan Somogyi. 

In last month’s column, I mentioned that there would 

be a Farewell Tarzana Bridge Party held on May 15th. 

However, as we all know, the only thing we can be sure of 

is nothing remains the same, and therefore, instead of a 

Farewell Bridge Party we had a “moving party” so to speak, 

not nearly as much fun. Instead, there will be a Grand 

Opening party, hopefully in June. Anyway, I have got to 

dash now as the moving truck is here and there is lots to do, 

so come on down, check us out, and tell me what you think. 

Suggestions are always welcome. See you at the Bridge 

Club. 

Torrance-South Bay Unit 

by Steve Mager 

http://home.netcom.com/~asmager1/sbbchp.htm 

Club Championship: Monday, June 6, 11:30 a.m. 

Club Championship: Friday, June 10, 7:00 p.m.


Club Championship: Wednesday, June 15, 11:30 a.m. 

Club Championship: Friday, June 24, 11:30 a.m. 

Handicapped Swiss Teams: Sunday, June 26, 1:00 p.m. 

There will be Friday Night Games on June 10 and 24 

Club Championships 

The April 21 Club Championship was won by Jan 

Nathan/John J. McDermott in Flight A with Leila & Al 

Jinnah leading the way in Flight B. The Handicapped 

Swiss Team event on April 24 was won by the quartet of 

Jan Nathan, Luis Gamio, Mary Ann Coyle and C. M. 

Meaux. The upgraded Club Championship on May 13 saw 

Judy Lynch/Marilyn Knauer sweeping the board winning 

Flights A, B and C. 

TSB Unit Overall Placers in Western Conference STAC 

Pairs that placed in the overalls during the recent 

Western Conference STAC in games played at the South 

Bay Bridge Club are as follows. 

Monday Morning, 5/2 

2A Carol Mason/Barbara White 

17A John Brailliar/Ralph McNiel 

5C Jean Futami/Christine Uriu 

Monday Evening, 5/2 

7A Byron Steffenrud/Dean Kaloudis 

20A 9B Leila Jinnah/Lutrell Long 

Tuesday Evening, 5/3 

17/18A Bo Bogema/John J. McDermott 

18B 9C Arlene & Stanley Greengard 

Wednesday Morning, 5/4 

7A 4B 1C Beebe Morehead/Betty Williams 

17A Jerry Lewin/Barbara Johnson 

19A Dick Cheng/C. M. Meaux 

Wednesday Evening, 5/4 199er Pairs 

4A Setsue Miyasaka/Margaret Yeh 

5A Joe Ryan/Harold Karp 

6A Dorothy Easley/Shirlie Brennan 

5B Krista & Dennis Hollingsworth 

Thursday Morning, 5/5 NLM Pairs 

5/6A 2/3B Elaine Asch/Terry Arnush 

5/6A 2/3B Ann Shames/Shaheem Rahimtoola 

6B Marjorie & William McNairn 

Friday Morning, 5/6 

15A Dorothy Wood/Barbara White 

3B Bob Welsh/Dick Jones 

9/10B Alan Hamburger/Ron Murray 

9/10B Adelia Horton/Pat Schenasi 

Saturday Afternoon, 5/7 AUX Pairs 

6/7A Fran Israel/Jerry Lewin 

2C Helen Taft/Bob Welsh 

Busy Bea’s Club Results 

Winners in April at Busy Bea’s club were Jeff 

Allyn/Booth Tarkington, Mary Benson/Lea McClernan, 

Norm Imberman/Bob Morrell, Kam Li/Kamla Dutt, Art 

Graybill/Bob Van Lone, Margaret Yeh/Bee De Lim, Hal & 

Jill Goodman and Barbara Bratt/Mary Franklin. 

Ahead in the race for the most points in Bea’s game 

this year are: 

1 - Alan Scharff 

2 - Carrie Brooks 

3 - Kikoyo Ohtomo 

4 - Al Corwin 

5/6 - Booth Tarkington 

5/6 - Jeff Allyn 

7 - Art Arcand 

8 - Carolyn Veren 

9 - Elaine Bleiweiss 

10 - Barbara Coe 

GUV Award 

A sort of combination GUV, Greed and Bad Luck 

award goes to Fran Israel this month. The greed part 

involves the opponents reaching a somewhat errant 6NT 

contract and Fran’s partner laying down the Heart Ace. 

Since Fran held the King and Queen of Hearts she signaled 

violently for a continuation. Partner obliged and Fran won 

the next trick. At this point she shifted to another suit 

apparently hoping for more than a two trick set. I guess if 

there was any justice the field would be in 6NT all down 

two. Alas, Fran and partner still got their top for a 1 trick 

set. 

The bad luck part involves the author of this column. 

In an afternoon game of a recent STAC game I had a Spade 

mixed in with my Clubs and we arrived at 3NT (Down 2) 

instead of 4 Spades (Making 5). Now when I get cards 

mixed in with other suits it’s always in the red suits and 

never the Black suits. But I swear it happened again that 

night against Fran. I thought I held a 4-4-4-1 hand with a 

singleton Diamond and opened 1 Club. Partner bid 1NT 

and Fran on her 5 Spades and 15 HCP overcalled 2 Spades. 

At this point I noticed one of my Clubs was a Spade and I 

actually held 5 Spades and should have opened 1 Spade. 

Well, as I said before, sometimes the Bridge Gods protect 

the idiots. The Bridge Gods in this case gave me back a top 

to even out the bottom I had got in the afternoon for the 

same kind of stupidity. Poor Fran went for 800 and really 

didn’t deserve it, which usually isn’t the case when she 

signs up for a number like this. 

Na Zdrowie 

West LA 

by candy 

Jeri Berger is the winner of the “How to Host a Unit 

Party/ Pro-Am Game” Award . All I can say it starts with 

hard work and ends with more hard work with crazy bridge 

crammed in between. Overall winners of the 30 tables were 

Evelyn Nameroff and Barry Wilkenson. They plus section 

winners Joshua Dunn - Victoria Berth, Phyliss Fireman 

(from Boston) - Joe Garcia, Eddie Gruber - Stanley Roger 

were gift bag winners. Sylvia Shallon and Richard 

Amsterdam took home the gift basket for the players who 

understand what Pro/Am Games are about. Thanks to all 

who helped make this evening a success. 

The only 70%ers this month were from the same 

game. Harvey Katz and Pete Knee were the losers. Art Zail 

and Aram Bedros nipped them out for the free play. How 

annoying!! 

Thanks to all those attending the WLA Sectional. The 

table count was way up. Winners of the Jill Meyers Award 

were Gerry Bare and Rick Henderson. The Mary Jane 

Farell Trophy winner was David Kempe . The names of all 

the winners are listed somewhere else in this paper. 

The hardest thing a Unit Columnist has to do is report 

when players have passed away. This was a bad month for 

our unit we lost six friends. First is Agnes Snowdon’s husband 

Everest. We all hope our loving thoughts and prayers 

will help you through this Agnes. 

Peggy Fox was a great supporter of this game she and 

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her husband Carl loved so much. I was the Culver-Marina 

Unit Reporter when Carl died and said I always enjoyed 

their company when we met in Reno for the tournament. 

They were like family you would see at Christmas. Peggy 

and Carl were asked about by the hotel dealers who missed 

them when they didn’t show up.Gus Haggstrom was a new 

and enthusiastic player. He was doing so well at this game 

that in the short time I’ve been Unit Columnist I learned 

how to spell his name. We need more of that kind of enthusiasm.Joan 

Lebendiger has been sick for a long time. We 

have missed her at the club. Our sympathies to Phil 

Garnish on the loss of this lovely lady. 

Veronica Salveson, our Brit who brought her own 

style and wit to the table. I have a story of Veronica when 

we played one Sunday. A new pair came to the table and it 

was the first time one of them had ever played duplicate and 

would we mind not using the bidding boxes. No problem. 

We put the boxes on the side tables. Veronica’s hand immediately 

went for the box and when her hand hit the table she 

now grabbed the box put it on the table and bid. Seeing 

what she had done apologized and put the box back. 

Second time she learned and grabbed the box without hitting 

her hand. “Sorry about that” as she put the box back 

and threw her sweater over it. Next time in one swift move 

she took the sweater off the box put it on the table and bid. 

By now the opponents and I are laughing so much and 

Veronica says “I feel like Pavlov’s @#%$! Dog.” The 

opponents offered to use the box for her and with a determined 

look she said “No, I’m going to get this right.” She 

got a lot of things right. Earle the memories are many and 

unforgettable. 

My club lost a player this month who always looked 

forward to her weekly Wednesday afternoon game with her 

daughter Jody. Katherine Blakely was recuperating from 

pneumonia and couldn’t make it to the club for her 106th 

birthday. So sent Jody to the club with cake for her friends. 

The next week she was back and we got to celebrate with 

her. At her memorial they had all her favorite foods, fried 

chicken and McDonalds fries. Makes you rethink about all 

that “healthy” stuff your supposed to be eating. 

Four Swiss Team Hands from a Sectional 

by Mike Savage 

BHBC did well in the STAC overalls. Betsy Lutz & 

Ed Troth 2nd - Margie Michelin Aram Bedros 3rd - Annie 

Corea & Kurt Fritz 10th - Val Aron & David Segal 3rd. 

Club Champs June 1st, 7th and 17th. Team Game with 

Candy Wednesday night June 15th. Father’s Day buffet on 

19th (running opposite Father’s Day). Mary Jane is back 

from her cruise and back with her chat the first Monday in 

June. The first Monday in July is the 4th and will not be 

there. 

Cyma is having a Club Championship Tuesday June 

14th. 

Candy is moved in at the Playa del Rey Woman’s 

Club, 8039 Manchester between Lincoln and Pershing. 

Parking behind the building. Still call me at 310-652-6116. 

Come take a look at my new digs. Games are Tuesday and 

Thursdays at 12:30 and Wednesdays at noon. I am closed 

the second Tuesday of the month for the Woman’s Club 

Luncheon. Birthday party day for all my June celebraters 

is Tuesday the 28th. 

Unit Wide Championship Thursday Afternoon June 9. 

Time to put this column and myself to bed. 

These hands are from the West LA Spring Sectional My partner was Gerry Bare, who sat North. Our teammates were Nick Martino and Rick Henderson. All four of us play a relatively 

straightforward 2/1 system and also use standard carding and signals. 

Hand 1. Would your partnership have gotten to the winning contract 

North 

IMPs 

♠ J x x 

Dealer East 

♥ Q J x x 

Vulnerability E/W 

♦ A K 10 

West ♣ K Q 10 East The Bidding at our table 

♠ x x 

♠ K x 

♥ 9 x x x ♥ A 10 x N E S W 

♦ J x x x x x ♦ x x x 1♣ 1♠ pass 

♣ x South ♣ A J 7 x x 2♣ pass 3♠ pass 

♠ A Q 10 9 x x 3NT all pass 

♥ K x 

♦ Q 

The Lead Heart Ace 

♣ 9 8 x x 

After South's 1S overcall, North was not content to just immediately bid game so he began with a cue-bid, intending to jump to 3NT over a 2S rebid - showing a better hand than 

an immediate 3NT bid. South had a fair overcall with an extra spade and if missing, the heart ace would probably be onside and decided to show some game interest by jumping to 3S. 

North now bid 3NT - an offer to play, showing a club stopper as well as other stoppers - but now, not being able to jump to 3NT, his extra strength was unknown. South was concerned 

that North might just have the Kxx in clubs, along with the spade king and other goodies and passed, having short red honors. Pass turned out to be right - as in 4S; West would have 

led his stiff club. East would win the ace and return a high club (asking for a heart back). West would have ruffed, returned a heart and ruffed another club for down one - while in 3NT, 

eleven tricks are there for the taking with the spade finesse predictably on side. At the other table, North just immediately jumped to 3NT for a push board. 

Hand 2. Would you have used a Jacoby transfer with South's hand 

North 

IMPs 

♠ A K x x 

Dealer West 

♥ K 8 

Vulnerability E/W 

♦ Q 10 7 6 

♣ A x x 

West East The Bidding at our table 

♠ x x x ♠ Q 10 x x x N E S W 

♥ Q J 9 7 ♥ A 10 pass 

♦ A K x x x ♦ 9 1NT all pass 

♣ J x 

♣ 10 x x x x 

South 

The Lead Low Spade 

♠ J 

♥ 6 5 4 3 2 

♦ J 8 x 

♣ K Q x x 

This hand closely exemplifies one of South's pet bidding theories Especially in IMPs, “When you have a very poor 5-card major and insufficient values to have any real game 

interest but enough values to probably make 1NT on power and a balanced hand, just pass 1NT - don't force your awful suit to be trumps.” This hand reflects all these conditions with 

one minor flaw - the singleton jack of spades. If South had had one more small spade and one less small club, the hand would have fit South's bidding theory perfectly. 

South rolled the bones on this one and the bones said that game was not in the offing. Hating his worst possible 5-card heart suit, he decided to follow his theory since his stiff was 

an honor and passed 1NT. At the other table, on a strong forcing diamond auction, N/S somehow arrived in 4H, down three! At our table with the low spade lead - and repeated spade 

continuations by West, North wound up making nine tricks for a 6 IMP pick-up. Even 2H would have gone down. Was South just lucky in passing 1NT or was he right 

Hand 3. Faint-hearted South finally took the plunge - would you have done so 

North 

S x 

H K x 

D K Q 9 x x 

C A K 10 x x 

IMPs 

Dealer East 

Vulnerability None 

The Bidding at our table 

N E S W 

South pass pass 1H 

S A 9 8 x x 2D pass 2S pass 

H J 10 x 3C pass 3D pass 

D A J x 3H* pass 3NT all pass 

C J x 

The Lead Low Heart 

North had a hand he thought too good to bid 2NT and so overcalled 2D, intending to bid clubs on his next turn (if given the chance). South had good diamond support but thought 

he should give spades a whorl first and responded 2S. North now bid 3C and over South's faint-hearted 3D response (a brave South might have bid 3H), North decided to cue-bid 3H 

rather than bidding 3NT. He had strong interest in 3NT but if South had something like S A Q J x x H x x x D J x x C Q x 3NT would not make. When asked what the 3H bid 

by North meant, South replied either it showed a partial heart stopper or a heart stopper but he's not sure he wants to be in 3NT without some extras from me. South considered for a 

bit and bid 3NT, liking his spade A, diamond AJx and the J10x of hearts. After the heart king won at trick one, South made six for a 3 IMP pick-up as at the other table North did bid 

2NT, South jumped to 4D and they played 5D making five.


continued from last month 

Results from the Los Angeles Regional February 21-27, 2005 

ALOHA FRI SWISS TEAMS 

5 Teams 

A B C 

1 Rick Henderson, LA CA; 

Peter Schneider, 

La Canada CA; Grant Baze, 

Tucson AZ; Gerald Bare, Pacific Plsds CA 

2 1 Constance Abell - Herbert 

Ehrmann - Brian Rose, 

LA CA; Yvonne Snyder, Santa 

Monica CA 

FRI SENIOR PAIRS 

36 Pairs 

A B C 

1 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay 

Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 

2 1 Maria Abbott, San Francisco 

CA; Maria 

Pendergast, W Hollywood CA 

3 Ruth Ann Alpert - Colleen 

Cody, Fountain Valley CA 

2 Cathryn Martin - Louise 

Reich, Pasadena CA 

3 Arif Shah - Nazaret 

Saghbazarian, Granada Hills CA 

1 Howard Wallach, LA CA; 

Richard Cutler, Beverly Hills CA 

2 Laura Smith - Susan Shank, 

Santa Barbara CA 

3 Judy McCaffrey - John 

McCaffrey, Oceanside CA 

MARGE CANTY STRAT OPEN PR 

32 Pairs 

A B C 

1 Bob Bratcher, Vista CA; John 

Killian, Sunset Beach CA 

2 Craig Kavin - Nancy Kavin, 

Oxnard CA 

3 Marc Leventhal, Yorba Linda 

CA; Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 

1 Linda Gruber - Bob Gruber, 

Camarillo CA 

2 Mario Mory - Phyllis Mory, 

LA CA 

3 1 Frank Rosenbach, San 

Francisco CA; Bruce 

Merchant, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 

2 Sheryl Kohlhoff - Patricia 

Taylor, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 

3 Thomas Annese, LA CA; Ted 

Rogers, Glendale CA 

AFTERNOON SIDE SERIES 

16 Pairs 

A B C 

1 Dick Duff, Denver CO; 

Daniel Williams, Newport Coast CA 

2 1 1 Janet Wagner, Long Beach 

CA; Joe Garcia, Santa 

Monica CA 

3 Jack Blair, Las Vegas NV; Jim 

Looby, Burbank CA 

2 Roland Pineda, So Pasadena 

CA; Sofia Pineda, 

So.Pasadena CA 

3 2 Bob Dingle, Encino CA; 

Mira Rowe, Newhall CA 

3 Herma Altshule, Pacific Plsds 

CA; Laurie Rubin, 

Marina del Rey CA 

FRI COMPACT KO TMS-BKT 1 

10 Teams 

1 Marshall Miles, Redlands CA; John 

Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA; Leo Bell, Long 

Beach CA; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara 

2 Gregory Vernon, Ridgecrest CA; Ann 

Johnson, Durango CO; 

Paul Hern, Dayton OH; R Peel, 

Covina CA 

3 Rae Murbach - Jerry Murbach, 

Altadena CA; Eugene White 

Jr, Playa del Rey CA; Diane Audeon, 

Marina del Rey CA 

FRI COMPACT KO TMS-BKT 2 

9 Teams 

1 Emma Trepinski - Carleton 

Genebach, Huntington Bh CA; 

Richard Stein - Linda Stein, 

Lakewood CA 

2 Eli Wang - Gitta Earll - Miriam 

Harrington, Arcadia CA; 

Jacob Frenkel, Pasadena CA 

3 Ann Lynch - John Malcolm, Tarzana 

CA; Barbara Nevins, 

Woodland Hills CA; Jack Nevins, San 

Clemente CA 

LAST CHANCE KO TMS-BKT 1 

6 Teams 

1 Gene Freed - Bob Matthess, LA CA; 

James Murphy, 

Chesapeake VA; Aram Bedros, Santa 

Monica CA; James 

Rosenstiel, Alhambra CA 

2 Nell Schaefer - Phil Schaefer, LA 

CA; Janet Ju - 

George Wang, El Monte CA 


7 Teams 

1 Alan Curtis - Virgil Taylor - Ocki 

Krogfoss, Thousand 

Oaks CA; Jim Rupp Jr, Oxnard CA 

2 Viktor Anikovich - Gloria Sherwood, 

LA CA; 

Solange Graziani, W LA CA; 

Vivienne Whitworth, 

Toronto ON 


6 Teams 

1 Edward Schwartz - Rufus Rhoades - 

Susan Rhoades, Pasadena 

CA; Brad Beland, La Canada Fltrd 

CA 

2 Manny Krupin - Carolyn Taff - Vicki 

Ebin, LA CA; 

Edwin Feldmann, Beverly Hills CA 

FRI MORN 299ER PAIRS 

16 Pairs 

D E F 

1 1 1 Nancy Conger, Redondo 

Beach CA; Michael Masters, Long Beach 

2 2 2 Marsha Winer, Pls Vrds Pnsl 

CA; Pam Gudish, San Pedro CA 

3 Saul Leonard, Beverly Hills 

CA; Doron Shauly, LA CA 

3 Bob Dingle, Encino CA; Mira 

Rowe, Newhall CA 

3 Laurie Rubin, Marina del Rey 

CA; Herma Altshule, Pacific Plsds CA 

SAT EVE SWISS TEAMS 

18 Teams 

A B C 

1 Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd 

CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA; 

Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Samuel 

Wang, Monterey Park CA 

2 Dean Kaloudis, Redondo 

Beach CA; Patrick Leung, Valencia CA; 

Paul Boudreau, Lomita CA; Steve Mager, 

Hermosa Beach CA 

3 1 Lorraine Bagdasarian, 

Marina Del Rey CA; Aaron Craig - Lynne 

Bronner, LA CA; Ron Birnbaum, Venice 

2 Kathy Swaine - Rand Pinsky, 

Valencia CA; David Gasper - Marlene 

Warren-Gasper, Lancaster CA 

3 1 William Dunbar - Fern 

Dunbar, Lakewood CA; Rosemary Ford, 

Long Beach; Diane Sachs, Rossmoor CA 

2 Ronald Malkin - Gloria 

Malkin, Northridge CA; David Sievers - 

Margy Sievers, Hidden Hills CA 

3 Herbert Stampfl, Ran 

Cucamonga CA; Nancy Conger, Redondo 

Beach CA; Patricia Radamaker - Genise 

Hasan, Claremont CA 

SAT B/C/D PAIRS 16 Pairs 

B C D 

1 Robert C.F. Wang, El Monte 

CA; Shiu-Ming Huang, 

San Marino CA 

2/3 1 Diane Gunther - John 

Gunther, Redondo Beach CA 

2/3 David Cheshire, Torrance 

CA; Jeanne Tamaki, Culver City CA 

2 1 Michael Trafecanty - 

Anthony Trafecanty, Chino Hills CA 

2 Patricia Bailey, Sn Juan 

Cpstrn CA; Margaret Burke, San 

Clemente CA 

STRATI-FLT A/X OPEN PRS 30 Pairs 

A X 

1 Arthur Moore - Dominique 

Moore, Arcadia CA 

2 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, 

Thousand Oaks CA 

3 Michael Mikyska - Catherine 

Podolsky, LA CA 

1 Michael Farber, Carlsbad CA; 

Myrna Blaufarb, Los 

Angeles CA 

2 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; 

Haisam Osman, Fullerton CA 

3 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; 

Bob Johnson, Pasadena CA 

SAT COMPACT KO TMS-BKT 10 Teams 

1 Kyle Mattes - Melissa Mattes, 

Pasadena CA; Howard 

Einberg, LA CA; James Glickman, 

Woodland Hills CA 

2 Susan Somogyi, Van Nuys CA; 

Martin Blain - Armand Szulc - 

Glenna Szulc, Woodland Hills CA 

3 John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA; 

Michael Pudlin, Pasadena 

CA; Lucy Tredennick - John Farr Jr, 

Lomita CA 

SAT COMPACT KO TMS-BKT 2 

13 Teams 

1 Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; 

Hemant Bhatia, Foothill 

Ranch CA; Chiye Horiguchi - B 

Horiguchi, Gardena CA 

2 Edward Schwartz - Rufus Rhoades - 

Susan Rhoades, Pasadena 

CA; Margery Gould, LA CA 

3 Mario Mory - Phyllis Mory - Ronda 

Platt, LA CA; 

Sue Frishberg, West Hollywood CA 

SAT COMPACT KO TMS-BKT 3 

12 Teams 

1 Miriam Harrington, Arcadia CA; 

Jacob Frenkel, Pasadena 

CA; Michael Marcucci, San Gabriel 

CA; Wayne Phillips, 

Diamond Bar CA 

2 Rick Traylor, Santa Ana CA; 

Frederick Solomon, Irvine CA; 

Cathy Bauer, Orange CA; John 

Johnson, Newport Beach CA 

3 Todd Knapp, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph 

Gaynor, Oxnard CA; 

Hansford Rowe - Mira Rowe, 

Newhall CA 

SAT AFTERNOON 299ERS 18 Pairs 

D E F 

1 Anita Roll, Camarillo CA; 

Judy Kupperman, Oxnard CA 

2 Nicholene Costanti - Margaret 

Scholl, Los 

Angeles CA 

3/4 1/2 1 Ronald Malkin - Gloria 

Malkin, Northridge CA 

3/4 1/2 Donna Tainter - Dorothy 

Lazar, Malibu CA 

3 Ronna Berland - Rose 

Kaufmann, LA CA 

2 Beverly Scholes, Arcadia CA; 

Sandra Rucker, San 

Gabriel CA 

SAT AFT SENIOR PAIRS 52 Pairs 

A B C 

1 Scott Campbell, Sun City CA; 

Dale Klinzing, 

Riverside CA 

2 Raymond Mack, Redondo 

Beach CA; Frances Israel, 

Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 

3 1 Arif Shah, Granada Hills CA; 

Harish Singh, 

Diamond Bar CA 

2 1 Kurth Krause, Costa Mesa 

CA; Barbara Gilcrest, 

Irvine CA 

3 2 Steve Chen, Glen Mills PA; 

Harry Lu, Fullerton CA 

3 Dawn Kowalski, Agoura Hills 

CA; Frank Covely, 

Thousand Oaks CA 

SUN A/X SWISS TEAMS 26 Teams 

A X 

1 Alan Gailfus - Debbie Gailfus, 

Carlsbad CA; V Jay 

Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 

2 James Murphy, Chesapeake VA; 

Gene Freed, LA CA; David Weiss, 

Pasadena CA; William Schreiber, Van 

Nuys CA 

3 Nels Erickson, Pasadena CA; 

Alan Le Bendig - Marjorie Michelin, LA 

CA; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL; Jim 

Looby, Burbank CA; Jack Blair, Las Vegas 

1 David Wilczynski, Redondo 

Beach CA; Michael Nash, 

Culver City CA; Adam Meyerson 

- David Kempe, Los 

Angeles CA 

2 Fred Zhang, LA CA; William Ge, 

Vancouver BC; 

Wenjia Yan, Cerritos CA; Seinshu 

Ye, 

3 Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; 

William Ng, Chatsworth 

CA; Samuel Wang, Monterey Park 

CA; Risheng Huang, 

Cerritos CA 

SUN FLT B SWISS TEAMS 26 Teams 

1 Randolph Hammock, LA CA; Alan 

Haim, Sherman Oaks CA; Brian Egan, 

Marina Del Rey CA; Gary Moore, 

Northridge CA 

2 David Gasper - Marlene Warren- 

Gasper, Lancaster CA; B Horiguchi - 

Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena CA 

3 Mollie Love, Montecito CA; Norma 

Shaw - Helen Hostettler, Santa Barbara 

CA; Debbie Bolduc, Goleta CA 

SUN C/D/E SWISS TEAMS 12 Teams 

C D E 

1/2 Martin Binder, Rncho Pls 

Vrd CA; Kim Wang - Stanley Greengard - 

Arlene Greengard, Torrance CA 

1/2 1 Steven Sulzby, Long Beach 

CA; Bill Garrett, Sunnyvale CA; Matt 

Chiwo Leung, Montebello CA; Sherrie 

Auhll, LA CA 

3 2 1 Bradley Haas - Blake Haas, 

Thousand Oaks CA; Daniel Aharoni - 

Saurabh Ganeriwal, LA CA 

3 Ned Wilkins - Vesta Wilkins, 

Henderson NV; Harold Goodman - Jill 

Goodman, Rcho Palos Vdes CA 

2 Mary Smith, Eureka MO; 

Joan Wieber, Ballwin MO; Beverly 

Hinkey - Amal Murad, LA CA 

AFTERNOON SIDE SERIES 90 Players 

1/2 Jim Looby, Burbank CA 

1/2 Jack Blair, Las Vegas NV 

3 Herbert Conrad, Pacif Palisades CA 

MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES 

70 Players 

1/2 Daniel Denison, Solana Beach CA 

1/2 Mary Lou Denison, Solana Beach 

CA 

3/4 Patricia Radamaker, Claremont CA 

3/4 Genise Hasan, Claremont CA 

EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES 

84 Players 

1/2 Rick Traylor, Santa Ana CA 

1/2 Daniel Williams, Newport Coast CA 

3/4 Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena CA 

3/4 B Horiguchi, Gardena CA


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 

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 


7:15 NLM 


7:30 Open & 199er 

Saturday 10:30 Junior 

1:00 Open 


Los Angeles County Bridge Club Directory 

LaFetra Bridge Club 626-335-8258 

333 E. Foothill Blvd, Glendora 91741 

3rd Tues 9am Open 

other Tues 9am-12 Free class 


Friday 8:45am Open 

San Marino Bridge Club 

1800 Huntington Dr. San Marino 91108 

626-300-9819 Director: Frank Jones 



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

Pomona-Covina Unit #551 

Knights of Columbus Hall 

626-335-2414 

2024 E. Rte 66, Glendora 91740 



2nd Sun 7:00 Unit Game 

San Fernando Valley Unit #561 

San Fernando Valley Bridge Academy 

818-999-9131 

21116 Vanowen 

Canoga Park, CA 91303 

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

Monday 11:00 Open & Jr 

7:30 Open & Jr & novice 

Tuesday 11:00 Open & Jr 

7:30 Open & Clinic 

Wednesday 11:00 Open & Jr & Clinic 

7:30 Open & Jr 

Thursday 11:00 Open & Jr 


Friday 11:00 Open & Jr 


Saturday 1:00 Open 


Torrance-South Bay Unit #568 

Beach Cities Bridge Club 714-526-3129 

3007 Vail, Redondo Beach 90278 

Director: Warren Briggs 


Inglewood Beach Club 714-526-3129 

3007 Vail, Redondo Beach 90278 

Director: Warren Briggs 


South Bay Bridge Club 310-325-7222 

24100 Narbonne Ave. St 101/102, 

Lomita 90717 

food provided at all games 

Monday 10:45 Lecture 

11:30 Open/Stratified 


Tuesday 9:00 Beginner Lesson 


Wednesday 11:30 Open/Stratified 

7:00 199er (6:30 lecture) 

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


Friday 11:30 Open/Stratified 


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

Once a quarter Tuesday at 11:30-unit game 

Veterans Park Bridge Club 

301 Esplanade, Redondo Beach 90277 

Director: W. Briggs 



Upcoming Tournaments in the West 

JUNE 2005 

3-5 Balboa Sectional 

10-12 Fresno Sectional 

17-19 Big Bear Sectional 

20-26 Las Vegas Regional 

June 27- July 3 LA Regional 

JULY 2005 

8-10 Escondido Sectional 

15-17 Sun City Sectional 

21-31 Atlanta NABC 

29-31 Pasadena-San Gabriel Sect. 

West Los Angeles Unit #562 

Barrington Bridge Club 310-966-4144 

11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025 

Owners: E’Anne Conaway & Adrienne Green 

Monday 9:30 Lesson & I/M 

with Adrienne Green 

12:30 Open/stratified 

Tuesday noon * with George Siegel 


Wednesday 10:00 * with Wayne Karson 

12:30 Stratified 199er 


7:00 I/M 2/1 with 

Adrienne Green 

Thursday 9:30-11:30 How To Think 

Bridge Class with Wayne Karson 


7 Open/St except 1st Thurs 

1st Thurs 7:00 Team Game 

Friday 10:00 Beginning lessons 

with Pat Banks 

Noon * with Sandy Rink 


7:30 199er - 7:10 Lecture 

Saturday 1:00 Open/stratified 

Sunday 1 pm Open/stratified 

(starting Aptil 10) 

*supervised play 

The Palisades Game 

Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club 

901 Haverford (Sunset at Temescal) 90272 

818-535-7410 (game time) 

818-883-0690 (reservations) 

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

Anaheim Unit #513 

Anaheim Bridge Club 714-520-9632 

201 E. Center St., Anaheim 92805 

www.bridgecluboc.com 


6:00 Free Lesson and Dinner 

7:00Open/Stratified & 0-300 



Thursday 11:00 Jr Fund Game 


6:00 Free Lesson and Dinner 



2nd Sun 1:00 Team game * 

4th Sun 1:00 Unit Championship * 

* 12:30 brunch 

Placentia Public Library 

411 E. Chapman (near Kraemer) 92870 


Balboa Unit 

Balboa Bridge Club 714-437-1427 

Northpointe 

15641 Red Hill, Corner of Bell & Redhill 

www.balboa.acbld22.com 

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

Monday 12:15 Open/Stratified 

Tuesday 12:15 Open/Stratified 


Wednesday 12:15 Open/Strat & 199er 

Thursday 12:15 Open/Stratified 



Huntington Beach Club 714-842-3838 

Huntington Beach Women’s Club 

420 10th St., Huntington Beach 92648 



Beverly Hills Bridge Center 310 - 657 - 6933 

games at Beverly Hills Tennis Center 

325 S La Cienega Blvd., 

Beverly Hills 90211 

FREE PARKING - all games, all the time 


7:15 Open 

Tuesday 12:30 Open 

7:15 Open 

Wednesday 12:30 Open & Jr/Nov Clinic 


7:15 Open 


Saturday 1:00 Open 

7:15 Open 


Bridge With Cyma 310-659-7978 

Marina City Club, Director: Cyma Aronow 

4333 Admiralty Way, Quasar Room 

Marina Del Rey 90292 

Tuesday: 7:30 Open 

Candy’s Club 

310-652-6116 

8039 Manchester 

Playa del Rey 

Tuesday 12:30 Open 



Closed 2nd Tuesday of the month 

Orange County, S. Gold Coast and Santa Ana 

Dana Harbor Unit #538 

Dana Harbor Bridge Center 

www.danaharborbirdgecenter.org 

24921 Dana Harbor Dr. #B210, 

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


Tuesday 12:30 Open/Strat & Nov 


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

Thursday 12:30 Open/Strat & 49er 




3rd Sun 12:30 Unit Game 

4th Sun 12:30 Swiss Teams 

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 





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 


Tuesday 10:30 Handicap 

7:00 Handicap 

Wednesday 10:30 Handicap 

7:00 199er (6:30 lecture) 

Thursday 10:30 Handicap 

7:00 Novice, Handicap 


Saturday 10:30 Handicap 

2:00 99er

June - ACBL District 23

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