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BRIDGE NEWS FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA
www.SouthernArizonaBridge.com
September 2016
September Events
2015 UNIT 356 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT: Adair Karlin
Friday September 9
Unit Wide Club Championship
Sunday September 11
Unit Game
Bridge Center of Greater Tucson
September 22 - 25
Non Life Master Regional
Tucson
VICE PRESIDENT: Kenneth Grafton
TREASURER: Carolyn Reynolds
SECRETARY: Betsy O’Dell
TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN: Steve Reynolds
TOURNAMENT COORDINATOR:
Cindy Shoemaker
PARTNERSHIPS: Rudy Martinez
CADDY MASTER: Judson Jones
CLUB MANAGER: Joan Merrill
Welcome New Members
Joey Curtis
Dixie D Irwin
Wendy Reed
Larry Snyder
Edward Van Naerssen
EDUCATION: Ann Shaylor
FACEBOOK: Ann Shaylor & Betsy O’Dell
MEMBERSHIP: Ann Hinge
I/N REPRESENTATIVE: Cindy Shoemaker
CONDUCT AND ETHICS: Kenneth Grafton
HOSPITALITY: Joan Merrill
PUBLICITY: Cindy Shoemaker & Mindy Hawkins
Adobe’s new address
401 E Limberlost
(effective Saturday Aug 27)
DISTRICT 17 REP: Darwin Afdahl
—————————————————————-Webmaster and Kibitzer: Ann Hinge
District 17 Official Website: www.d17acbl.org/
Unit 356 Official website www.SouthernArizonaBridge.com
Recent Rank Advances
Recent Rank Advances
New Junior Masters:
New Regional Masters:
Ellie T Breitbart
Carole A Delie
Ruth E Sakol
Lillian Simon Hawkins
Phillip J Bush
Rose M Fries
P W Kambourian
James G Young
New Club Masters:
Barbara J Ansell
Jane Ellen Perry
New NABC Masters:
Sophie Katz
New Bronze Life Masters:
New Sectional Masters:
Jane C Pendley
Richard Bryant
John K Kerr
Cynthia E Ochs
New Silver Life Masters:
Susan Walsh
New Ruby Life Masters:
Judson R Jones
Walter G Mann
Adobe
By Jared Boulds
July Results
Master Point Winners Under 750
John McKethen 10.20; Nadine Schacht 6.79; Brad Leach 6.69; Virginia Brier 6.46;
Eric Shoberg 6.36.
Master Point Winners 0 - 3000
William Howard 25.29; Jared Boulds 22.68; Joan Merrill 13.63;
Richard Plumer 13.39; Steve Reynolds 11.41,
Master Point Winners Open
Max Limbocker 25.79; William Howard 25.29; Louis Herbster 24.48;
Jared Boulds 22.68; Martin Schiff Jr 21.93,
65% games
Russ Bright - Peg Bright 71.88; Randy Mandigo - Sydney Lipman 70.25;
George Good - Dev De Lucia 69.87; Kathy & Steve Jacobs 66.50;
Ed Helpert - Lou Herbster 66.44; Steve Reynolds - Steve Pozez 66.26;
Linda Grissom - Janet Hornung 66.25; Marty Schiff - Jared Boulds 66.20;
Kate Stewart - Randi Berkson 66.00; Bill Howard - Greg West 65.74;
Adair Karlin - Cindy Shoemaker 65.51; Linda Grissom - Virginia Brier 65.48;
Sharon O'Connor - Brad Leach 65.28.
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Tucson Charity Bridge By
Pat Felker
July Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners
James Kerr 6.04; Janice Richard 5.90; Samuel Sagi 5.31; Tunde Dolan 5.25;
Hurd Baruch 5.12; Sara Boyd 4.95; Howard Richard 4.86; Robert Yanal 4.57;
Ruth Houkom 4.35; Trey Smyth 3.82.
65% GAMES
Sara Boyd-Robert Yanal 68.28; Howard & Janice Richard 67.86;
Sandra Cohen-Pamela Shoemaker 67.42; James Kerr-Trey Smyth 66.97;
Armin Cicala-Tunde Dolan 66.78; Howard & Janice Richard 65.74
Donations
The club and individual donations allowed the group to donate $3100 to Casa Maria,
which has been in existence since 1981. Their soup kitchen is open daily except
Thanksgiving and Christmas, and exists on private donations. They provide meals
daily to those in need, as well as helping with different emergency needs of people
in the community.
Saguaro By Doris
Kuzmak
July Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners
Fran Herrmann 8.61; Franz Schatz 8.31; Ken Grafton 5.73; Joan Opinante 5.57;
Richard Lindquist 5.18; Lorraine Vonk 4.82; Kay Coombs 4.66; Mary Baptist 3.89;
Bob Baptist 3.89; Nancy Porterfield 3.82.
Bridge Center of Greater Tucson By Al Peters
July Results
Master Point Winners
Donna Depesa 6.60; Steve Maltzman 6.44; Jane Pendley 5.50;
Darlene Barstadt 5.39; Al Spaet 4.95; Bud Smith 3.08; Dick Augur 3.00;
Marylyn Augur 3.00; Greg West 2.99; Loretta Wood 2.96
65% GAMES
Steve Maltzman - Donna Depesa 70.83; Donna Depesa - Greg West 68.75;
Steve Maltzman - Greg West 66.67; Donna Depesa - Steve Maltzman 65.97;
Al Spaet - Jim Huble 65.42; Marion Rogge - Marie Heald 65.28.
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Green Valley By Allen Bowman
July Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners
Fran Herrmann 9.16; Nora Tkacz 9.13; Allen Bowman 8.88; Bob Baptist 8.16;
Mary Baptist 8.16; Russ Stowers 7.36; Franz Schatz 7.24; Paul Black 5.65;
Lorraine Vonk 5.52; Joanne Franson 5.17.
65% games
Fran Herrmann - Nora Tkacz 72.28; Paul Black - Marty Allen 67.79;
Dick Lindquist - Russ Stowers 67.73; Bob & Mary Baptist 67.56;
Bill Barkley - Paul Black 67.5; John Arnold - Joan Opinante 67.5;
Dave & Sue Sachs 67.43; Al Bowman - Franz Schatz 67.13;
Fran Herrmann - Ernie Perkins 66.9; Paul Black - Mick Miller 66.72;
Bill Barkley - Al Bowman 65.41; Joanne Franson - Anna Mae Sublett 65.13;
Bob & Mary Baptist 65.11.
Small Slams Bridge Club By Joyce Honorof
July Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners
Mike Pickering 2.21; Carl Travor 2.21; Pat Alley 1.46; Phil Bush 1.38; Sue Bush
1.38; Ellie Breitbart 1.29; Sylvia Goldin 1.29; Carole Delie 1.17; Miki Pratt 1.06; Irma Frank 1.03
65% Games
Mike Pickering - Carl Travor 70.24; Mike Pickering - Carl Travor 66.07.
NOW HIRING:
ACBL Club Director. Interested but not yet certified? Our club
directors will mentor and train you toward your certification. Our club runs Thursday
afternoons from 12:30PM - 4:30PM at SaddleBrooke. Flexible schedule: Work one
Thursday afternoon monthly to all Thursday afternoons monthly. Contact us at
SmallSlamsBridgeClub@gmail.com
Thunder Mountain Bridge Center
By James Cobis
July Results
65% games
Paul Soper - Richard Turke 66.70; Shirley Cole - Judy Shelnutt 65.00;
Margaret Glen - Robert Walton 65.00;
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Mike’s Play and Learn Bridge By Mike Smith
July Results
Top Ten Master Point Winners
Kathie Cade 1.38; Pam Krisak 1.38; Bob & Mary Jo Ogurek 1.28.
65% games
Jane Perry - Jean Porter 71.35; Pam Krisak - Kathie Cade 66.67; Ruth Ganeles Myrna Silver 66.67; Joe & Sandy Cohen 65.97; Dee & Doug Donahue 65.66.
Teams are forming now for the Fall Pro-Am Swiss Teams Event
Sunday, October 9, 2016
The Fall Pro-Am Swiss Teams event is just around the corner. Teams are forming now for this popular Unit
356 event held Sunday, October 9, 2016 at the Adobe Bridge Club, 401 E. Limberlost Drive, Tucson.
The event starts at 1 pm, but please arrive before 12:30 pm to enjoy a wonderful buffet complete with
beverages and desserts.
For this pro-am event, a pro is defined as a life master with 500 or more master points. An am is defined
as a player with less than 500 master points and is not a life master.
Please register your team of four (two ams and two pros) by emailing Cindy Shoemaker, cndyshoemaker@yahoo.com
Registration forms for the Fall Pro-Am Swiss Teams event are now available on this website
www.southernarizonabridge.com
Registration deadline: Thursday, October 6, 2016.
Fee: $5 per player.
Over 70% Games all Clubs
July Results
Fran Herrmann - Nora Tkacz 72.28; Russ Bright - Peg Bright 71.88; Steve Maltzman - Donna Depesa 70.83; Randy Mandigo - Sydney Lipman 70.25; Mike Pickering - Carl Travor 70.24;
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Opening 1NT with a singleton: It’s officially legal
The ACBL Board of Directors removed a legal gray area surrounding semi-balanced
notrump openers when it approved a change to the definition of a notrump opening
in the General Convention Chart. The change allows players to open 1NT with hands
that include a singleton ace, king or queen, as long as they do not also contain a
doubleton.
Here is the new definition, effective Aug. 1:
“A notrump opening or overcall is natural if, by agreement, it contains no void, at
most one singleton which must be the A, K or Q and no more than two doubletons.
If the hand contains a singleton, it may have no doubleton.”
This includes hand patterns such as 5-4-3-1, 6-3-3-1 and 4-4-4-1, in addition to
those that were previously allowed, such as 4-3-3-3, 5-3-3-2 and 5-4-2-2.
The change was recommended by the Competitions and Conventions Committee, a
group of players appointed by the Board, in an effort to bring regulations in line with
popular and expert practice, said ACBL Field Manager Sol Weinstein, who supervises
tournament directors.
Before, opening notrump with a singleton was considered a psych. It was legal to
do, but players could not have an agreement to open such hands 1NT or 2NT. The
lack of clarity was a thorny issue for directors.
“Many players were doing it anyway,” Weinstein said, particularly when a different
opening would create a problematic rebid. “They decided it’s not right to have a rule
that’s contrary to the way bridge is being played.” The idea of expanding the definition has been discussed for years within the committee, but previous proposals have
failed because they lacked the simplicity of the new definition.
“The Laws don’t allow you to limit bridge judgment,” Weinstein explained.
“Regulations have to conform to the Laws.”
The new definition prohibits opening notrump with more shapely hands, such as 5-5
-2-1, 6-4-2-1 or 7-22-2. “All of this has to do with your agreements,” Weinstein
noted. “That doesn’t prohibit an out-andout psych, but you can’t keep doing that or
it becomes an agreement, and an illegal one at that.”
The change does not impact the one allowable exception of a partnership agreement
where 1NT is treated as a 100% forcing opening bid (and not considered “natural”
with any distribution). The use of such an unbalanced, non-natural 1NT opening
must be alerted.
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Unit 356 Board of Directors Meeting
7-10-2016
Las Candelas Bridge Club
Members present were Adair Karlin, Barry Abrahams, Jud Jones, Steve Reynolds,
Joan Merrill, Ann Shaylor, Mindy Hawkins, Cindy Shoemaker, Anne Hinge, Betsy
O'Dell and D17 Representative Darwin Afdahl.
The minutes from the May meeting were approved. There were no comments
about the treasurer report from the board. Darwin stated that the next D17 meeting would be in Phoenix.
Membership in the unit is up 51 member from the same time last year.
Commercial printing - The price for 2 sided 8x10 is about $329.00. Recommendations for future flyers are needed.
There were 8 full tables at the last unit game. Verbal communications, Streams,
and e-mail blasts can be credited for this. The NLM people often stay for Jared's
and Barbara's classes.
Fees - Tucson has a very cheap card fee. The fee is now $7.00. There was discussion about a $6.00 unit game fee. It will be discussed after the first of the year.
NLM fees are $3.00.
ACBL District 17 board election - We will send in as a unit. Barry will take care of
the submittal.
The September unit game will be in Catalina. There will be a 30 minute training
session on knockouts. The purpose is to encourage NLM to play at the NLM regional and the open regional.
The unit records need consolidation in one place possibly a trailer.
Adobe Bridge situation
a. Their lease is up and options need to be sorted out.
b. Barry wanted the board's view on a short term cash advance to Adobe.
There were mixed opinions.
Regional prizes - There are some T-shirts in the trailer to sell. $15.00 for each shirt
will make money. Prizes should be a different color than the ones being sold. Further discussion needs to be done to finalize decision.
NLM regional
a. Speakers - Thursday - Barbara Rosenthal, Friday - Ken Badertscher,
Saturday ACBL president Ken Monzingo
b. Everything is completed including the patch.
November Sectional
a. The flyers are done.
b. Ann Shaylor has speakers but needs to list their topics.
Eric Swanson, Ken Grafton, Jared Boulds
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c. Color coded events on flyers are easier to read. This is done for regionals
but not sectionals.
d. Caddies - Flyers will be put up in colleges and an article in the Kibuttzer
to recruit caddies.
Regional at Radisson
a. 1600 to 1700 tables are average
b. If there are 1900 tables, extra space will be needed.
Other Events
a. The Holiday flyer is done.
b. Venues through April for events are set up.
c. 2017 Member Appreciation game is set for Skyline Country Club.
d. The mentoring program is continuing at Adobe. Unit mentoring programs
depend on the Adobe situation.
e. A decision must be made by August for Senior Olympics. Al Spaet should
be asked if Sunni's building is not available
Board Members
a. Barry, Ken, Ann, Adair and Steve are up for re-election. They were asked if
they wanted to continue as a board member. Ken was not at the meet
ing. Barry said probably unless he was on the Adobe board. Steve, Ann
and Adair said yes.
b. Will Cindy be a board member or I/N representative?
c. There is a nominating committee meeting in August.
Respectfully submitted by Betsy O'Dell
July 25, 2016
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BRIDGE BITES #63
THIRD TIME LUCKY
Brian Gunnell
Here is a deal which looks pretty simple, but don’t be fooled! We can tell you now that none of the suits
breaks impolitely, and yet making 10 tricks may not be as easy as it at first appears.
♠2
♥ KQJT
♦ QT86
♣ AQJ9
E-W Vulnerable
South West North East
1♦
Pass
1♥
Pass
3♥
Pass
4♥
Pass
Pass Pass
Dummy
West
East
West led a Spade and Declarer saw an easy route to 10
tricks. He’d get two Spade ruffs in Dummy, added to which
there would be three more trump tricks, the ♠A and four
Clubs. Seems too easy, what’s the catch?
Declarer
♠ AJ5
♥ 9832
♦ J7
♣ K653
The play went: ♠A, Spade ruff, cross to the ♣K, Spade ruff, Heart to East’s Ace, Club won by Dummy, after
which Dummy’s last trump was cashed. “Oops!” said Declarer. There was still an enemy trump out, but Declarer could not get back to hand to draw it. Eventually he ran into a Club ruff and that was down one.
So, going after the two Spade ruffs in Dummy doesn’t work. How about drawing trumps immediately, planning
for just one Spade ruff in Dummy and relying on the Diamonds for a 10 th trick?
Nope! The play goes: ♠A, ♥K is ducked by East (good play!), ♥A wins the next trick, Spade return is ruffed on
the board. It’s another “Oops!” moment. Now the defense is a step ahead of Declarer, and will score a Spade
trick before Declarer can set up his Diamond winner.
What is the winning line of play that will avoid a third “Oops!”?
To avoid that third “Oops!” Declarer must go to work on the Diamonds at Trick 2. This subtle change in timing
leaves the defense with no winning option, and now it is Declarer who is one step ahead of the game. Here is
the full deal:
♠2
♥ KQJT
♦ QT86
♣ AQJ9
♠ Q9874
♥ 75
♦ K94
♣ 842
Dummy
West
Declarer
East
♠ KT63
♥ A64
♦ A532
♣ T7
♠ AJ5
♥ 9832
♦ J7
♣ K653
The first chapter in books on card play invariably says “Draw the defenders’ trumps before they start ruffing
your winners”, and then the remaining chapters are dedicated to explaining the numerous exceptions to this
rule. Setting up side-suit tricks early is a common such exception.
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WEEKLY CLUB SCHEDULES
Club
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Adobe Bridge Club
(Jared Boulds Club Manager)
401 E Limberlost 795-2441
adoblebridge@qwestoffice.net
www.bridgewebs.com/adobe
1:00pm
Open
9.00 am
299’er
9.00 am
199’er
9.00 am
99’er
12:30pm
Open & 749
12:30pm
Open
12:30pm
Open & 749
12:30pm
Open & 749
12:30pm
Open & 749
9:00am
749 Game
1:00pm
Open
1:00pm
Inv
Canoa
1:00pm
Inv
Canoa
Green Valley Duplicate Bridge Club
Games Open to Members and Guests Only
(Al Bowman—Club Manager)
3660 S Camino Del Sol
albowmangv@cox.net gvbridge.com
1:00pm
Inv
Canoa
High Desert Hands
(Carol L Erbeck, Club Manager)
1270 Treasure Road, Pearce 520-559-7894
carol@crazyedoptical.com
12:00pm
Mike's Play and Learn Bridge
(Michael D Smith, Club Manager) 520-820-1757
5360 E Pima St Tucson AZ 85712
mikesmith55@cox.net
1:00
199'er
Mountain View Duplicate Bridge Club
(Jo Ann Aiken, Club Manager)
38759 Mountain View Blvd, Saddlebrooke - 818-1727
jotax123@aol.com
www.bridgewebs.com/mountainview/
1:00pm
1:00pm
Saguaro Duplicate Bridge Club
(Doris Kuzmak, Director/Manager)
600 S La Canada Dr 625-4027 or 237-1959
dldkay@cox.net
gvbridge.com
Thunder Mountain Bridge Center
240 N Hwy 90
(James Cobis , Club Manager)
P.O. box 839, Bisbee, Arizona 85603 or 520-366-1866
jcobisab@gmail.com
12:30pm
Open
12:30pm
Tucson Charity Bridge
(Ruth Houkom, Club Manager)
5360 E Pima Street, Tucson
info@tucsoncharitybridge.com OR
www.bridgewebs.com/tucsoncharity
Bridge Center of Greater Tucson
(Al Spaet Club Manager)
16150 N Oracle Road 520-825-2383
info@tucsonbridge.com OR
www.tucsonbridge.com
Small Slams Bridge Club
Open to SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch
residents and their guests only
(Joyce Honorof Club Manager)
SaddleBrooke HOA #1 Activity Center and Clubhouse
64518 Galveston Lane; Tucson, AZ 85739
SmallSlamsBridgeClub@gmail.com
www.bridgewebs.com/smallslams/
12:30pm
12:30pm
749
(Streams)
1.00pm
Open & 749
1.00pm
749
12:30pm
12:30pm
749
(Streams)
1.00pm
Open & 749
1.00pm
Open & 749
9:00am
1:00pm
9:00am
749
(Streams)
1.00pm
749
1.00pm
749
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SPECIAL EVENTS SCHEDULE — September 2016
Sunday
September 4
Monday
September 5
Tuesday
September 6
Wednesday
September 7
AD SFG
AD Potluck
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
September 1
September 2
September 3
AD SFG
MV CC
September 8
September 9
September 10
BC CC
Unit Wide
Championship
All Clubs
S SFG
September 15
September 16
September 17
MV, AD
SFG
AD CC
BC B
September 11
September 12
Unit Game
Bridge Center
Of Greater
Tucson
September 13
September 14
BC CC
AD SFG
BC CC
GV CC
September 18
September 19
September 20
September 21
September 22
Pro-Am
Swiss
Adobe
AD CC
MV CG
BC Pizza
NLM Reg.
Hotel Tucson
September 25
September 26
September 27
September 28
September 29
NLM Reg.
Hotel Tucson
GV, BC CC
AD SFG
BC CC
SS, GV CC
BC CC
September 23
September 24
NLM Reg.
NLM Reg.
Hotel Tucson Hotel Tucson
S CC
September 30
Abbreviations: AD– Adobe, MV – Mountain View, S –Saguaro, TM – Thunder Mountain, GV
- Green Valley, HDH - High Desert Hands, TCB - Tucson Charity Bridge, MPL - Mikes Play
and Learn, BC - Bridge Center, SS - Small Slams
B -Birthdays, BAM -Board-a-Match, CAC – Club Appreciation Championship, CC – Club
Championship, CG - Charity Game, MAG—Member Appreciation Game, NLM – Non Life
Master, IN – Intermediate /Novice, SFG—Special Fund Game, SR—Sectionally Rated, ST—
Swiss Teams, UWC—Unit Wide Championship, AMB--Membership Game, GNT - GNT Qualifier, NAP - North American Pair Qualifier, * See write-up under club
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