Oldies and Goodies

Volume 5, Issue 4
July 14, 2013
U N I T E D S T A T E S W O M E N ’ S
C H A M P I O N S H I P S
A N D
S E N I O R S ’
USBF President
George Jacobs
B R I D G E
Oldies and Goodies
USBF VP
Howie Weinstein
USBF Secretary
Jan Martel
Seniors’ RR Results:
Team Name
Total
4
1
13
3.62
5.08 11.46 10.00 12.33
10
6
2
8
4.17 11.46 18.19
11
12
3
9.01 18.73 19.37 17.36 10.00
7
9
5
BYE
5.75
7.67 15.83 14.92
1.81 13.15 16.64 13.15 10.00
USBF Treasurer
Cheri Bjerkan
USBF COO
Jan Martel
4. Kasle
150.78
1. Lynch
150.26 16.38
13. Lay
147.22 14.92 14.25
10. Simson
146.46
6. Levine
146.20 10.00
5.41 16.89
.63
2. Schwartz
139.91
6.10 13.90
3.11
3.62
8. Street
137.82 15.83 12.33 15.54 15.54
5.41
11. Friedland
132.40
8.54
4.17
3.62 16.38 13.15
8.10 11.90
12. Brod
123.58
1.81
5.08
6.85 16.11 13.53
1.62 13.90 11.90
3. Strul
116.11 10.99 18.19
7.67 10.50 10.99
7. Meltzer
110.64
1.27
9. Cappelli
95.91
.63
5. Morse
92.71
2.64
Appeals Administrator
Robb Gordon
3.89 18.38 8.10 15.54 19.65
.35 13.90 10.00
Appeals Committee:
7.67 2.21 18.19 5.08 7.25 19.65
1.81 10.00
Bart Bramley
6.10 10.00 1.10 10.50 13.15 6.10 18.19
10.00
Larry Cohen
Marty Fleisher
Steve Garner
Gail Greenberg
Geoff Hampson
Gaylor Kasle
Ralph Katz
1
4
2
6
3
5
Stephen Landen
10.37
10.74
14.86
6.99
15.97
John Lusky
9.63
10.00
15.76
4.67
14.37
Chip Martel
Dan Morse
9.26
10.00
4.03
14.37
16.18
Beth Palmer
5.14
4.24
15.97
12.72
5.38
Josh Parker
13.01
15.33
5.63
7.28
6.42
Kerri Sanborn
Aaron Silverstein
4.03
5.63
3.82
14.62
13.58
Ron Smith
Danny Sprung
Steve Weinstein
7.65
67
31
Adam Wildavsky
29
48
Chris Willenken
1.56
20
32
Gavin Wolpert
25
20
8.54 13.53
7.67
6.47 14.59 13.90
10.99
9.01
6.85
3.11
19.37 16.89
4.76
2.87
3.36 11.90
7.67
.49
6.85
1.81
4.46
1.81
5.08
Women’s RR Results:
1. Sprung
129.16
Carry
Over
70.23
4. Westheimer
120.28
65.85
2. Baker
103.13
49.29
6. Sonsini
102.84
85.64
59.39
55.95
14.27
Team Name
3. Moss
5. Mandala
Total
6.10
37.97
SENIORS’ USA1:
4.46 16.38 13.15 12.33 15.24
8.10 18.19 10.00
4.46
3.62
3.89
9.50 17.13 12.33 18.19 10.00
16.38 14.59
6.85
6.47
9.01 14.92 19.51 15.54 10.00
11.90 11.90 18.38 10.99 16.11 12.33 13.90 10.00
8.10
9.01
8.10
8.54
6.10 11.46
1.62 17.79 10.00 10.00
8.10 15.83 11.90
13.90
4.17
1.81 18.90 10.00
4.46 14.92
6.10
.35 12.75
9.50 10.00
USBF CFO
Barbara Nudelman
Directors - USBC
Sol Weinstein
Harry Falk
Operations Manager
McKenzie Meyers
6.85 10.00
1
8
Lynch
Friedland
105.65
77
2
7
Schwartz
Lay
53.56
45
3
6
Levine
Street
109.61
92
5.61
52
45
52
47
VuGraph Organizer
Jan Martel
4
5
Kasle
Simson
96.53
68
1.53
51
34
44
34
Bulletin Editor
Suzi Subeck
SENIORS’ REPECHAGE:
10
13
Strul
Meltzer
35
64
12
6
8
44
15
14
11
12
Cappelli
Morse
74
37
14
20
26
16
34
1
1
Photographer
Peg Kaplan
Local Hospitality Chairs
Lisa Berkowitz
Molly O’Neill
Webmaster
Kitty Cooper
OLDIES AND GOODIES
JoAnn Sprung, Capt
Cheri Bjerkan
Shawn Quinn
Lynn Baker, Capt
Cindy Bernstein
Pam Granovetter
Sylvia Moss, Capt
Jill Meyers
Tobi Sokolow
Valerie Westheimer, Capt
Jill Levin
Stasha Cohen
Rozanne Pollack
Mildred Breed
Karen McCallum
Sally Wheeler
JoAnna Stansby
Joann Glasson
Janice Seamon-Molson
Migry Zur Campanile
Hjordis Eythorsdottir
Jenny Wolpert
Mandala
Cheryl Mandala, Capt
Jenni Carmichael
Melody Bi
Pamela Miller
Sonsini
Barbara Sonsini, Capt
Beth Palmer
Kerri Sanborn
Judi Radin
Lynn Deas
Irina Levitina
Sprung
Baker
Moss
Westheimer
Lynch
Schwartz
Strul
Kasle
Morse
Levine
Meltzer
Street
Cappelli
Simson
Friedland
Brod
Lay
Carolyn Lynch, Capt
Eddie Wold
Roger Bates
Richard Schwartz, Capt
Sam Lev
Neil Chambers
Aubrey Strul, Capt
Lew Stansby
Drew Casen
Gaylor Kasle, Capt
Arnold Fisher
Kit Woolsey
Dan Morse, Capt
John Sutherlin
Howard Weinstein
Michael Levine, Capt
Russell Ekeblad
Jerry Clerkin
Rose Meltzer, Capt
Mark Feldman
Steve Beatty
Paul Street, Capt
Matthew Granovetter
Hemant Lall
Robert Cappelli, Capt
Kenneth Kranyak
John Onstott
Doug Simson, Capt
Mark Tolliver
Mark Lair
Peter Friedland, Capt
Gloria Bart
Mike Passell
Garey Hayden
Marc Jacobus
J. Allan Graves
Robert Hamman
John Schermer
Lewis Finkel
Bart Bramley
Jim Krekorian
Larry Kozlove
Fred Hamilton
Fred Stewart
Bobby Wolff
Dan Gerstman
Ron Smith
Dennis McGarry
Peter Weichsel
Dennis Clerkin
John Mohan
Bill Pollack
Mark Cohen
Barnet Shenkin
Ron Rubin
Ira Chorush
Robert Katz
Phil Becker
Bruce Ferguson
Jeff Aker
Marc Zwerling
Clement Jackson
Mark Dahl
Les Bart
Geoffrey Brod, Capt
Glenn Eisenstein
Robert Bitterman
Spike Lay, Capt
Ronald Smith
John Rengstorff
William Wickham
Jerry Helms
Linda Smith
Larry Griffey
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Day
Friday
Friday
&
Saturday
Date
July 12
July 12
Time
9:30 am
10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Stage
Captains' Meeting
Round Robin
July 13
SEMI-FINAL
10:00 am - 12:15 pm
12:25 - 2:40
Sunday
July 14
4:00 - 6:15
6:25 - 8:40
Boards 1-16
Boards 17-32
Dinner break
Boards 33-48
Boards 49-64
FINAL & USA2 SEMI-FINAL
Monday
Tuesday
July 15
July 16
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
3:40 - 5:50
6:00 - 8:10
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
3:40 - 5:50
6:00 - 8:10
Boards 1-15
Boards 16-30
Lunch break
Boards 30-45
Boards 46-60
Boards 61-75
Boards 76-90
Dinner break
Boards 90-105
Boards 106-120
USA2 FINAL
Wednesday
Thursday
July 17
July 18
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
3:40 - 5:50
6:00 - 8:10
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
3:40 - 5:50
6:00 - 8:10
Boards 1-15
Boards 16-30
Lunch break
Boards 30-45
Boards 46-60
Boards 61-75
Boards 76-90
Dinner break
Boards 90-105
Boards 106-120
Senior Moments…
Ladies’ Lines…
Be kind to your kids; they'll be choosing your nursing home.
Is it true that the family of your love
hates you?
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
I don't have hot flashes, I have power surges.
Due to budget cuts, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.
- It is true. His wife said she is ready to
strangle me with her hands.
My own mortality will be the death of me yet.
Husband to wife:
Caution, senior moment in progress!
- Darling, I have to confess you that
when I’m having sex with you, I sometimes think about other women.
A man asked his wife, "What would you most like for your birthday?"
She said, "I'd love to be ten again."
On the morning of her birthday, he got her up bright and early and they went
to a theme park. He put her on every ride in the park - the Death Slide, The
Screaming Loop, the Wall of Fear. She had a go on every ride there was. She
staggered out of the theme park five hours later, her head reeling and her
stomach turning.
Then the were off to a movie theater where they ate popcorn and sweets and
drank Cola. At last she staggered home with her husband and collapsed into
bed.
Her husband leaned over and asked, "Well, dear, what was it like being ten
again?"
One eye opened and she groaned, "Actually, honey, I meant dress size!"
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(Continued on page 4)
- Oh you jerk. When I have sex with
other men, I always think about you!
There are two ways to understand the
logics of women. Unfortunately, none of
them works.
A lady comes to fortune-teller, who can
read palms.
- Will anyone marry me?
- No.
- But you haven't even looked at my
palm.
- I see it from your face...
Day
Friday
Date
July 12
Round Robin
Friday
July 12
Time
9:30 am
10:00 - 10:55
11:00 - 11:55
12:00 - 12:55
2:15 - 3:10
3:15 - 4:10
4:15 - 5:10
5:30 - 6:25
6:30 - 7:25
7:30 - 8:25
Saturday
July 13
10:00 - 10:55
11:00 - 11:55 **
12:00 - 12:55 **
1:00 - 1:55 **
Quarter-Final & USA2 Round of 32 (click here for schedule)
Saturday
July 13
4:00 - 6:10
6:20 - 8:30
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
Sunday
July 14
3:40 - 5:50
6:00 - 8:10
Boards Played
Captains' Meeting
Boards 1-6
Boards 7-12
Boards 13-18
80 Minute Lunch Break
Boards 19-24
Boards 25-30
Boards 31-36
20 Minute Break
Boards 37-42
Boards 43-48
Boards 49-54
Boards
Boards
Boards
Boards
55-60
61-66 **
67-72 **
73-78 **
Boards 1-15
Boards 16-30
Boards 1-15
Boards 16-30
70 Minute Lunch Break
Boards 31-45
Boards 46-60
(Continued from page 3)
Q. What did the bald man say
when he got a comb for his
birthday?
A. Thanks. I'll never part with
it!
A well adjusted woman is one
who not only knows what she
wants for her birthday, but
even knows what she's going
to exchange it for.
“The secret of staying young
is to live honestly, eat slowly,
and lie about your age.”
- Lucille Ball
Semi-Final & USA2 Round of 16
Monday
July 15
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
Tuesday
July 16
Final & USA2 Quarterfinal
Tuesday
July 16
Wednesday
July 17
3:40 - 5:50
6:00 - 8:10
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
4:00 - 6:10
6:20 - 8:30
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
3:40 - 5:50
6:00 - 8:10
USA2 Semi-Final
Thursday
July 18
Friday
USA2 Final
Friday
Saturday
July 19
July 19
July 20
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
3:40 - 5:50
6:00 - 8:10
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
4:00 - 6:10
6:20 - 8:30
10:00 am - 12:10 pm
12:20 - 2:30
3:40 - 5:50
6:00 - 8:10
Boards 1-15
Boards 16-30
70 Minute Lunch Break
Boards 31-45
Boards 46-60
Boards 61-75
Boards 76-90
Boards 1-15
Boards 16-30
Boards 31-45
Boards 46-60
70 Minute Lunch Break
Boards 61-75
Boards 76-90
Boards 1-15
Boards 16-30
70 Minute Lunch Break
Boards 31-45
Boards 46-60
Boards 61-75
Boards 76-90
Boards 1-15
Boards 16-30
Boards 31-45
Boards 46-60
70 Minute Lunch Break
Boards 61-75
Boards 76-90
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“Inside every older person is a
younger person wondering
what happened.”
- Jennifer Yane
“You were born an original.
Don't die a copy.”
- John Mason
Why couldn't prehistoric man
send birthday cards?
The stamps kept falling off
the rocks!
Why did the older gentleman
feel warm on his birthday?
Because people kept toasting
him!
Birthdays are good for you.
Statistics show that the people who have the most live the
longest.
I get everything I set my mind
to. Now where'd I set my
mind?
From the Seniors’ Event ...
Board 11
Dealer: S
None Vul.
 Q63
 Q832
 J7
 AK74
 T542
 T6
 K9842
 86
N
West
North
East
South
Griffey
Schermer
Lay
Chambers
Pass
 K7
 AKJ9754
 AT5
 J
 AJ98

 Q63
 QT9532
1C
Pass
1H
Pass
2H
Pass
4S (KB)
Double
Pass
Pass
6H
All pass
Schwartz
R. Smith (TN)
Graves
L Smith
Pass
1C
Pass
2H
Pass
3H
Pass
3S
Pass
4C
Pass
4D
Pass
4H
Pass
4NT
Pass
5D
Double
Pass
Pass
5H
All pass
On a simple auction with three rounds of bidding, Griffey and Lay bid to 6H.
At the other table, Schwartz and Graves used seven rounds of bidding to reach 5H.
Eleven tricks are easy. The trick is to find the 12th.
Spike Lay did in short order. He won the opening club lead with the ace, drew two rounds of trumps, and led the seven
of spades.
Chambers was forked!
If he rose with the SA, Lay could use the CK and the SQ to discard two diamonds from his hand. When Chambers
ducked the ace of spades, his spade trick went away. Lay discarded the king of spades on the king of clubs and conceded one diamond.
Contract making for an 11 IMP gain.
Hospitality Suite Information:
The hospitality suite for the 2013 Women's and Seniors’ USBC is Suite1222. Players, volunteers, kibitzers, friends and
supporters are welcome in the Hospitality Suite during the tournament. Please join hostesses Lisa Berkowitz and Molly
O'Neill for:
Breakfast each day from 8:00-11:00 am.
Lunch on Monday through Wednesday from 2:30-4:30.
On Friday, Saturday & Sunday, lunch will be an abbreviated menu in the Watercress café on the lower level of the hotel.
Team captains will have received lunch coupons for their team members at the Captains' Meeting on Friday morning. If
you find you need additional coupons, they will be available from Jan Martel.
The Hospitality Suite will be open for Vugraph, casual chit chat, drinks & snacks during the most of the playing hours,
and for a short time after the end of play each day. It will be closed from 11:00-2:30 while our hostesses are shopping and preparing lunch.
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Sudoku 2
Sudoku 1
Sudoku 2 Solution
Sudoku 1 Solution
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Puzzle Page …
Four people were very busy in the kitchen this afternoon. Each decided to make fresh cookies to go with dinner and so
set right to work, mixing up the cookies from scratch. Unfortunately, each ran out of a major ingredient before the batch
was finished and had to make an emergency run to the grocery store. Determine the full name of each cook, what ingredient each ran out of, and what kind of cookies each made.
1. The one who made the sugar cookies didn’t run out of sugar. Cindy didn’t run out eggs.
2. The chocolate chip cookies weren’t made by Greg. Sara’s last name wasn’t Fohl. Peter ran out of sugar.
3. The person who made the oatmeal raisin cookies ran out of eggs. Mr. Smith didn’t make the peanut butter cookies.
4. Ms. Bentley didn’t run out of flour. The person who ran out of butter didn’t make the peanut butter cookies.
5. The chocolate chip cookies, which didn’t need more butter, were not made by the person whose last name was Fohl.
Cindy
Greg
Peter
Sara
Chocolate Chip
Oatmeal Raisin
Peanut Butter
Sugar
Butter
Eggs
Flour
Sugar
7
Sugar
Peanut Butter
Oatmeal Raisin
Chocolate Chip
Sugar
Flour
Eggs
Butter
White
Smith
Fohl
Bentley
6. Greg White, who didn’t run out of butter, didn’t make the peanut butter cookies.
Board 8
Dealer: W
None Vul.
 Q8
 953
 52
 AT8653
 A9432
 KQJ2
 643
 Q
N
 KT76
 6
 AK8
 KJ942
 J5
 AT874
 QJT97
 7
Board 26
Dealer: E
All Vul.
 864
 A
 A632
 AKJ82
North
East
South
Schwartz
R Smith
Graves
L Smith
Pass
1S
2C
Double
Pass
2H
Pass
4H
5C
Double
All pass
Griffey
Schermer
Lay
Chambers
Pass
1S
2C
Double
4C
4H
All pass
After seven boards of the Schwartz/Lay match, the score was 5-2. The first real
swing came on Board 8. Both North/South pairs bid to 4H, which will always be
defeated two tricks.
Schwartz, who had not raised his partner’s club suit despite his six card support, decided to sacrifice in 5C. Of course, partner held the perfect hand and this
was cold. In the other room, 4H was defeated 2 tricks. 10 IMPs to Schwartz
G. Bart
 Q75
 765
 854
 QT76
N
West
 AK2
 QJ2
 KQJT7
 94
 JT93
 KT9843
 9
 53
Jacobus
L. Bart
Wold
1NT
Pass
4NT
Pass
5D
Pass
6C
Pass
6D
Pass
7D
All Pass
Passell
Friedland
6C
Lynch
Dahl
1NT
2C (1 suit)
All Pass
A difference in views?
Gloria and Les Bart did well to bid the diamond grand slam. If clubs or diamonds
split evenly, there would be easy 13 tricks.
As the cards lie, it is anything but easy. The opening lead was the jack of spades
followed by a club to the ace, a diamond to the king, and another club to the king. A club was ruffed with the queen of
diamonds. Les led a heart to the ace, ruffed another club, played a diamond to the ten, and led the queen of hearts. Wold
covered and Les claimed 13 tricks.
Not a great grand… but a whole lot better than playing in a 5-2 club fit. The auction seems strange, but assuming the
VG operator recorded it correctly … Not sure what went through Passell’s mind when he jumped to the small slam in
clubs, but he was sufficiently punished for the lack of science. 19 IMPs to Friedland.
World Youth Bridge Open Championship in Atlanta
The WBF, with support from the ACBL, the USBF, the MABC, ACBL District 7, ACBL District 9, the Common Club, as
well as private donors, will hold the 3rd World Youth Bridge Open Championship in Atlanta this summer. The complete
schedule of play is posted on the WBF website.
All participants will be provided with lunch and dinner each day. All players must have been born in or after 1988.
Among the activities planned, participants will be treated to an Atlanta Braves Game courtesy of Turner Broadcasting
and David Levy.
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Board 20
Dealer: N
All Vul.
 QT964
 AK6
 A93
 Q6
West
 AJ
 9543
 5
 AT9832
N
 532
 QJT
 JT64
 K74
 K87
 872
 KQ872
 J5
North
East
South
Friedland
Lynch
Dahl
Pass
Pass
Pass
1NT
Pass
2S (size or clubs)
Pass
3C (maximum)
Pass
3NT
All pass
G Bart
Jacobus
L Bart
Wold
Pass
Pass
Pass
1NT
2C (clubs and a
major)
3NT (denying a ♣
stopper)
Pass
4S
All Pass
Passell
Clearly this is a “Silence is Golden” hand.
In the room where Friedland sat North, he passed quietly over 1NT. His opponents had a simple auction to land in 3NT. Friedland led the ten of clubs to his
partner’s king. A club came back and the defense took the first six tricks to defeat the contract two tricks.
Jacobus, holding the North cards, bid two clubs on his six bagger. Les Bart was able to show game values without a club
stopper. Since Gloria also lacked a stopper, she introduced her five card spade suit.
Jacobus led his singleton diamond. It went deuce, TEN, and declarer won in hand with the ace. Gloria led a trump toward dummy’s king. Wanting his ruff, Jacobus rose with the ace.
Had Wold played a small diamond, Jacobus might well have switched to a club to get his ruff. At the table, Jacobus
shifted to a heart. Bart won the heart, played the high diamonds and ruffed a diamond, played a spade to the eight and
cashed the winning diamond to collect 10 tricks. 12 IMPs to Friedland
Debbie Rosenberg, preparing
the Juniors to compete in
Atlanta next month.
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Limey Jack ...
Blimey but the Senior Yank Trials have gone wildly off the rails. Friedland, Lay, Street and Simson must all be chuffed to
bits to still be in the main event. Three of them may even survive to fight another day. Even Brod is probably running
starkers around the lobby actually getting a bye into the loser bracket. After tomorrow Morse will be gutted and Strul will
be made redundant after having dumped Limey Jack's favourite Yank, Michael Becker. Had he played his career here, he
would be Sir Michael. Meltzer and Capelli advance.
Friedland gets bounced by Lynch, Street throws quite a scare into Levine prior to the close, Kasle takes the measure of
Simson. In the most exciting encounter which we hopefully can see on the Telly, Schwartz is upset by Lay. Limey Jack
has a few quid on that one.
On the Ladies side, Moss has to be shell shocked to be flying home tomorrow, whilst Mandala only brought two changes
of unmentionables.
Sprung-Baker: On paper this one seems pre-ordained in favour of Sprung. However, the Bakerites are both tough and
mean. Sprung may prevail, but they will be knackered entering the first final.
Westheimer-Sonsini: Limey Jack hears bits and bobs about some bad blood lingering with the remaining four teams,
these two among them. This figures to have some very rough patches along the way. Lots of experience on both sides,
but some weakness is glaring on the one. Westheimer will emerge with a stunning victory. Sonsini may have a second
bite at that very same apple down the road.
Limey Jack gives you the goods, Howie Dung gives you the runs.
Ta ta, LJ
Howie Doing…
It’s form over field in USA1 …
Easy to pick with the matches some done.
In Friedland v Lynch, I have to pick Wold...
After all, it’s the Seniors and Wold rhymes with old!
It’s Schwartz riding high and Lay laying low,
And word on the Street is that he’s next to go.
Kasle is king and Simson is done.
He might end up 2 but he’s won’t end up 1!
Debbie and Michael Rosenberg going over the hands with
the Juniors at the USBF Junior Training Camp
In USA2, I’m picking Ms. Rose.
Junior Update:
And though he’s behind, Morse stays and Katz goes.
Her team has a shot, but for USA2!
Today the team of Kevin Rosenberg, Ben Kristensen, Oren
Kriegel, and Greg Herman took second place in the top
flight of the Friday/Saturday Knockout in St. Charles.
Baker is out and I’m picking Sprung…
These kids play well and play with confidence.
Sonsini’s a winner and Westheimer’s through.
That’s how Howie’s Doing, not how Howie’s Dung!
The Training sessions were great for them and they
bonded with one another and with the Rosenbergs.
See you tomorrow!!!
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