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Oregon Trail Regional: Feb. 21–27TRUMPETTHE DISTRICT 20www.ACBLD20.orgVol. 17, No. 3Bridge Across the DistrictDistrict 20 pair wins national eventLouis Beauchet of Sherwood, Ore., and IrvaNeyhart of Portland won the NAOBC Three-DayOpen Pairs. Beauchet, 20, is a full-time professional player. Originally from France, Beauchethas lived in the U.S. for six years. Neyhart wonthe national Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs racefor her bracket three years in a row.“There were lots of fun hands,” said Beauchet,“Including two doubled partscores that we made.And also, lots of great defense by Irva.”“What an opportunity to play against greatcompetition,” said Neyhart. “My faInsidevorite part of the grueling three-daySee storyevent was playing great defense andPage 9watching Louis play the hands!”The pair qualified for the final day in10th place. They scored 63.64% in the first finalsession, which moved them up to second place.Louis Beauchet and Irva NeyhartACBL boardseeks balanceUrges for policies thatsupport F2F clubs,keep online optionsI thought I got my get-out-of-jailcard in June. It seems I was actuallyon probation and now I’m back in jail.It is a pretty nice jail and I’m stillplaying bridge, sometimes online andsometimes in person with masks.This pandemic has been frustrating.Just when I feel things are turningaround, something like delta happens and turns itupside down. I’vebeen lucky, no family members or closefriends have died.The ACBL haswanted to protectits employees andfrom exLaurie Rowe membersposure. But as weD20 District Directorwere all set to return to regionalsand sectionals, the number of covidcases skyrocketed. District 20 waslucky. Although we had to cancelSeaside, we escaped with minimal financial impact. Last I heard fromthe director in the Atlanta area, theircosts in canceling the regional thereare at least 50,000.Nationally, the board and management are trying to find the balancebetween encouraging F2F play andsupporting clubs with online play.There have been multipliers inplace for a long time to encourageContinued on Page 9Al and Marge Roe of Grass Valley, Calif., have taken up assembling puzzles since the pandemic began.At your leisurePlayers from around the district share their favorite hobbiesBy Jen SmithThe TrumpetWe know you love to play bridge, andthese players do too. But they also dabblein some extracurriculars. Get ready tomeet some players with a wide range ofhobbies — from gliding to pickleball tocollecting Hot Wheels.Marge and Al RoeA dynamic duo in leisure activities,Marge and Al Roe of Grass Valley, Calif.,have no trouble keeping busy in theirspare time. When not playing bridge, youcan find both of them enjoying a goodpuzzle as part of a local group in theirhometown. Puzzling is something Margehas enjoyed since childhood, but rediscovered after covid shut everything down.“During the pandemic I started doingsome jigsaw puzzles, which I haven’t donesince my children were young,” Margesays. “I also have always been an avid sudoku and jumble solver.”Continued on Page 6Sayonara, SeasideVolunteer extraordinaire Sue Kroning moves awayfoothills of the Sierra Nevadamountains.During her time in Oregon,Kroning served in many roles atthe club, unit and district levels.She was the manager of the Seaside Bridge Club and a directorand teacher for many years,teaching beginner courses everyINSIDEBy Chip DombrowskiHobbies Bobby Thompson’slove of sportscasting 8Exit TD John Gram retires 9GNT Hands from D20 final 3The TrumpetOne of the hardest workingvolunteers in District 20 for thepast 25 years has left the area.Trumpet founder Sue Kroning,who was honored as the ACBL’s2012 Nadine Wood Volunteer ofthe Year, has moved to AngelsCamp, Calif., a small town in theSue KroningContinued on Page 9Fall 2021SeasidecanceledDelta is a Greek letter, a U.S. airline, a symbol meaning change inmath and science, part of sororityand fraternity house names, and thereason we’ve only been able to seefamily, friends and bridge partnersfor a brief shining moment.Each of the five states in District20 has imposed some restrictions.We all are responsible for ourselves, and each other. Delta is scary.Oregon has two of the four countiesin the entire U.S.with the highest percentage of cases.In light of allthose facts, the district board decidedthe best way forward for the futureof players, staff, andMike Eyer community was toD20 Presidentcancel the SeasideRegional.My great thanks to the board members and others who joined the discussion in bringing their concerns,local information and hopes. Everyone wishes a different outcome werepossible, but the safety of our localand visiting players is our top priority.Special thanks to tournamentmanagers Amy Casanova and JimWheeler, Northern Coastal representative Jon Gustafson, tournament director liaison McKenzie Myers, andbusiness manager Marie Ashton forall the effort they put into having thetournament ready to go.Continued on Page 14Next regionalis OTR 2022Planning is under way for the 2022Oregon Trail Regional at the Vancouver Hilton. Play begins on Presidents Day, Feb. 21. The last D20regional was held there in 2020.While much is subject to changebetween now andthen, one thing iscertain: The boardmoved to change toa daylight schedule.Look for 10:30 a.m.and 3:30 p.m. starttimes, plus a latersession for the nightAmy Casanova owls. I’m thinking ofTournament Manager calling it “7 p.m. isthe new midnight”and running a horizontal knockoutevent. Drinking will be encouraged.Continued on Page 2

Page 2The District 20 TrumpetFall 2021All bridge all the time? Let’s take up knittingMy paternal grandmother, Clara, wasShe said she’d show me how. I boughtI’d go over to her house most days afterborn in 1912. I remember that because itschool. We’d watch the NBC soap operas – some yarn and needles and started mak“Santa Barbara” and “Days of Our Lives,”was the year the Titanic sank.ing my first scarf. It became some kind ofShe lived through the Depression, and I then “Donahue.” There was always coldunknown geometrical shape that was notFresca in the fridge, blueberries in thebelieve it influenced her life greatly. Shescarf-like. I think I was splitting the yarnfreezer (that she picked) and miniaturewas generous with her grandchildren, butand making more stitches. I kept at it andI noticed how she saved everything, metic- candy bars. We’d eat seasoned Rye Krispproduced wearable scarves, eventually.with cottage cheese and tomatoes. Sheulously preserved for later use. When sheI still have Grammie’s sewing machine,taught me how to polish her sildied, her belongings were allan ancient, heavy Pfaff. My sewing isver tea set.neatly rolled and rubber-banded,mostly limited to squares and rectangles –One day, she taught me how to pillowcases and curtains. My knitting wasencased in thin plastic produceknit. I’d requested a canary-yelbags (reused, of course).pretty much limited to that as well.low shaker-knit sweater vest andShe did not work outside theI felt like I needed to do someshe was making it for me. Ithome, but was always busy insidething outside of bridge, which Ididn’t turn out quite like Iof it, and in the garden. She grewspend many hours at between work,wanted; it was a little bulkybeautiful flowers; everyone complay and district responsibilities, so Iand awkward. I was at anmented on her “green thumb.”am currently in the midst of my firstage where fitting in atShe was a solid cook and baker,advanced-for-me knitting project: aschool meant wearing thealthough her signature oatmealcardigan. I clicked through countlessAmy Casanova right clothes, and minechocolate chip cookies earnedpatterns on the internet; they allManaging Editornever were. Or maybe itthe name “dog food cookies” belooked too hard. I finally found onewas just me.cause my stepmother thoughtthat seemed doable and it is, if IDid I mention she was athey were a bit dry.don’t look too far ahead.The yellowbridge player? She neverGrammie sewed most of myThe future is overwhelming to me,played duplicate, but I re- sweater vest. I worry that I won’t know what to do,clothes until she said I got toomember there would bebig. Could be she grew tired ofwhat do all of those codes in the patdays when she’d say, “Don’tit, or I started demandingtern mean? But I realize if I just take it stepcome after school tomorrow,more complicated patterns, orby step, it will make sense when I get to it.Amy. I have my bridge ladies.”both. I think I was in aboutI’m sorry we won’t get to play in SeasideI’d play with the double-decksthird or fourth grade when Ithis year. I’d like to thank all the volunteersof cards that were stored in thefell in love with a patternwho spent many hours planning for thedrawer of her coffee table.called The Ribbon Dress. Itevent. I hope that we all might play at theFast-forward a couple ofwas kind of a ’70s-inspiredOregon Trail Regional in February. Maybedecades, I’m in my late 20s.peasant dress with ribbon edgI’ll be done with my sweater by then.The wife of my co-worker wasing and ribbons weaved in theThe Ribbon Dress tested waiting for him at the bar, knit- Amy Casanova can be reached atbodice. That was probably theGrammie’s sewing skills. ting a scarf. I was intrigued.last straw.trumpeteditor@gmail.com.Plans for another glorious return scuttledI had high hopes for this issue. I wantMy fall plans:every issue of the Trumpet to be good andput in great effort into making it so, butthis one was special. After a year and ahalf of publishing online, we were finallygoing to print. Then Seaside got canceled.Our last print issue, not coincidentally,came out two weeks after our last regional. The district makes most of its income by holding regionals, and withoutthem there hasn’t been money to print.The return to Seaside was an opportunity.But even when the pandemic finally ends,assuming it will eventually end, the Trumpet’s fate is uncertain. So, to remind every- someone who can be an inspiration to allof us – created this wonderful thing weone how valuable our print publication is,call the Trumpet and served aswe set out to produce our besteditor for five years. Five years isissue ever.a fairly long time to do it. 2022We were blessed with signifiwill be my 10th year.cant news: two of our players,But having a high quality printLouis Beauchet and Irva Neypublicationin District 20 ishart, won the most prestigioussomethingIbelieve in, and it’spairs event of the SummersomethingI’mgoing to keepNAOBC; and two people whoworkingtowardand fighting for.have done much to keep bridgein our area going for the past 30The slam that always makes?years, Sue Kroning and JohnChip Dombrowski Bart Bramley claims to play aGram, retired.convention called “6 alwaysEditor at LargeBut we didn’t know any ofmakes.” He even has it written onthose things would happen whenhis convention card. The way itwe started planning this issue, so we foworks is, anytime you think you’re probablycused on finding a great idea for a mainmaking 6 but not sure, just bid it.feature. This is my 40th issue as an editor,I don’t have “SDAM” written on my conand it can be challenging to find new topvention card, but I have been known toics to explore after coming up with soleap to some questionable slams. The onesmany. But with hobbies, I found somein diamonds are perhaps allowed to be athing that not only makes a fun, interestbit more questionable given the smalling read, but also lends itself to greatcomfort of superstition.pictures — something that is almost nonThis one really tested my faith.existent in the world of bridge journalism.[see next column]It all came together as well as we couldI get a heart lead and, surveying dummy,have hoped. There are just two problems.realize, wow, this looks bad. I have a natuOne, you’re reading it online. And two,ral trump loser, so I have to find a way towe’ve set the bar high enough that whatavoid losing anything else, missing bothever we do for the issue that does getblack queens and the K. It’s too much toprinted next is bound to fall short of ourhope the robot has led away from thatexpectations.In some ways a job gets easier the longer card, but might he have the jack?When I play low from dummy, Eastyou do it. But when it comes to keeping aplays the jack, so I now have the addedpublication fresh and interesting, it reallypressure of a fast heart loser if the oppodoesn’t get any easier. Sue Kroning –The delta variant:Dlr: NorthVul: N–SElection noticeThe office of district president is up forelection during the Oregon Trail Regional. Itis a one-year term beginning at the end ofthe board meeting during the regional inFebruary 2022.A president may serve two consecutiveterms and additional nonconsecutive terms.Other district offices – vice president, secretary and treasurer – are also up for electionbut not subject to the same term limits.Any member in good standing is eligibleto run. To declare candidacy for one ofthese positions, send notification to districtpresident Mike Eyer at leela.tardis@gmail.com.The declaration should be received byFeb. 1, 2022.RegionalsContinued from Page 1In all seriousness, downtown Vancouver is convenient and highly walkable,with many dining options close by. Thehost hotel is modern and very pleasant.The playing area is spacious and well-lit.It will be wonderful to play face-to-face ina tournament setting and I hope to seeyou there. Please check the district website, acbld20.org, for updates.For tournament related questions,Amy Casanova can be reached atcasanova.amy@gmail.com.DeathsPat Denniston – 94, of Redding CAdied May 7, 2021.Sharon Dent – 73, of Redding CA diedJuly 12, 2021.Virginia Garver – 100, of Eugene ORdied Aug. 6, 2021.Lindsey Horenblas – 71, of PortlandOR died April 6, 1949.Patty Massler – 78, of Redmond ORdied Feb. 11, 2021.Meredith McKittrick – 90, of BlackButte Ranch OR died July 26, 2021.Dorothy Tokerud – 98, of Bend ORdied Aug. 7, 2021.Jack Triplett – 99, of Inkom ID diedAug. 20, 2021.Leigh Wells – 81, of Springfield ORdied Aug. 31, 2021. A J 8 Q 10 7 10 4 2 A J 10 4www.acbld20.org K 9 5 3 A 9 A K 7 6 3 K 6WestPassPassAll PassNorth1 1NT3 EastPassPassPassThe District 20 TrumpetVol. 17, No. 3 Fall 2021 2021 D-20 OrganizationSouth1 2 6 nents get in before I can dispose of it. Andif nothing works I could be down three.But I don’t think it’s completely hopeless. I win the A, cash the K and play aclub to the J. It wins, so I cash the A,pitching my heart loser as the Q falls.Now it’s time to pull trump. When I playa diamond from dummy, East plays anhonor. This is either really good news orreally bad news. I win the A and cash the K, dropping the Q–J doubleton. A diamond to the 10 pulls the last trump, andI can pitch a spade on the 10.Now a spade to my K and I’m homefree. I’m down to two diamonds and twospades opposite the A J. I take one morelucky finesse. Making seven. And a beer.Miracles happen. Maybe they happenmore often when you’re in 6 .Chip Dombrowski can be reached atchip.dombrowski@acbl.org.Official publication of theAmerican Contract Bridge LeagueDistrict 206512 SW Midmar PlacePortland OR 97223-7517Phone: (503) 244-5733www.acbld20.orgThe District 20 Trumpet is published fourtimes a year in March, June, September andDecember. It is distributed free to clubs inOregon and Northern California and smallparts of Washington and Idaho.All sectional announcements are free.Managing editor: Amy CasanovaDesigner/Editor at large: Chip DombrowskiCopy editor: Jim FlintSenior writer: Jen SmithAds: Susan Chambers, Sunset Bay MediaPrinting: Oregon Lithoprint,McMinnville, ORDeadlines: The deadline for the Winter2021-22 issue is Oct. 6 for free sectional adsand advance articles. The deadline for unitreports is Monday, Oct. 18. The deadline forfront-page articles is Nov. 1. Please send tomanaging editor Amy Casanova. Emailtrumpeteditor@gmail.com; phone 503-753-9395.New Life Masters: Please send a photo forpublication by email.

Fall 2021The District 20 TrumpetPage 3GNTFlight C team reaches GNT quarterfinal; NAP returns in OctoberNAPandDistrict 20 sent six teams to the Sum Flight B1: Tim Rilling, Don Herring,mer NAOBC to compete in the GNT finals.Kevin Marnell, Louis-Amaury Beauchet;We didn’t have to send them very far be Flight B2: Janice Smith, Wendy Medcause our national championships connick, Brad Johnson, Kent Livingston,tinue to be contested online.Leslie Kelinson, Jamie Sparks;We hope that when our NAP fi Flight C1: Jon Gassaway, Brucenals are contested, in Reno nextBackup, Ryerson Schwark, AndreyMarch, that we will be back toDashko;face-to-face play. Flight C2: Paula Koeller, LindaWe had six teams representingRountree, Ed Trachtenbarg, Kathus in the national finals, becauseleen Hart, Mark Jansa, Fran Jansa.in flight B and C we are allowed toThe top 16 teams from thesend our top two teams. BecauseSwiss qualifying stage of the naa few players won our districttional finals move on to the KOHalchampionships in more than onestage. Our open team finishedMontgomery 17th, missing the KO stage by oneflight, we had some teams repreNAEvents Coordinator VP. Our flight A team finishedsenting us at the nationals thathad combined and added players.18th, missing the KO stage by 1.6Our representatives were:VP. Neither of our B teams made the KO Open Flight: Duane Christensen,stage, nor did our C2 team, which finishedSteve Nafus, John Gram, Suzanne St.20th.Thomas, Bruce Cuthbertson, Hal MontHowever, our C1 team won the Swissgomery;qualifying and dominated in their first KO Flight A: Amy Casanova, Ben Bomber,match winning by 130 IMPs. Unfortunately,Rick Prouser, Ray Robert;they had one bad quarter and lost in thequarterfinals finishing fifth-eighth in ournational championship.Two players brought hands to my attention. In both cases our players exercisedjudgement in their choice of opening bidsthat led to useful pickups. Holding: K Q J x x x x x — Q x x x x,Suzanne St. Thomas opened 1 againstthe Ashton team in the semifinals of ourdistrict’s open flight. Her bidding judgment was rewarded when her pair endedup bidding and making 6 . This handprovided the winning margin in a veryclose match.In the Swiss portion of the national finals,Linda Rountree downgraded this hand: A K 7 K J 9 Q 8 6 2 A J 5.She opened a 15–17 1NT. Her partnership made a partscore while at the othertable her opponents went down three ingame.Qualifying for the 2021-22 GNT starts inSeptember. We don’t know how the national finals will be contested but we hopethey are F2F next summer in Providence,Rhode Island.North American PairsOur district NAP finals are being contested online on Saturday, Oct. 30, forflights A and C and on Oct. 31 for flight B.I hope players from all parts of our districtwill gather and have bridge parties for ourfinals.At this time, monitors for online play inour NAP finals are required by the ACBL.The monitors can enjoy the party atmosphere and earn a few free plays. Pleasecontact me if you need help finding aplace to play.We can send 11 pairs to the nationalchampionships: three from Flight A andfour each from B and C. The ACBL provides substantial subsidies for the top twopairs in each flight. D20 has providedsome additional money in the past for thethird and fourth place pairs.Hal Montgomery can be reached atdewitt@imaginata.com.Bomb squadBen Bomber competes in final matches of three GNT flights in D20, winning two J5 A 8 9 8 3 K J 7 4 3 2 10 9 8 K Q 6 3 2 Q 10 7 6 2 J9543 Q J 10 6 Q 10 9 6 A 7 4 K A K 7 5 4 2 A 8 5Dlr: NorthVul: NoneBy Amy CasanovaThe TrumpetBen Bomber, a young (28) immigrationlawyer living in Portland, played in theOpen, A and B flights of the Grand National Teams and made it to the finals ofall three. Partnering Kevin Marnell andteaming with Tim Rilling and Don Herringin Flight B, their team lost in the finals tothe team that consisted of the other halfof his Flight A team: Rick Prouser, RayRobert, Leslie Kelinson and Jamie Sparks.Prouser, Robert, Bomber and AmyCasanova won Flight A, and Casanova andBomber won the Open Flight, teamingwith Hal Montgomery and Bruce Cuthbertson.NafusAll PassThe road to the open finalBomber used inference from his opponent’s overcall in this hand from the semifinal match against the Zwerling team(Marc Zwerling, Mark Tolliver, John Lusky,Randy Pickett, Mark Bennett, EverettFukushima): 6 5 2 A J 9 2 K 9 7 6 5 3 A Q J 10 4 K 9 8 K 5 3 6 4 2 10 8 6 4 A K Q 7 A Q 8 4 7 3 Q 10 8 7 J953 J 10 2Dlr: NorthVul: NoneBomber1 4 4 Pickett CasanovaPass1 2 DblPass4 All PassLuskyPassPassPassMy double showed three-card spadesupport, Bomber splintered with 4 , and Icooperated with a diamond cuebid;Bomber signed off. Pickett led his singleton diamond. Bomber won in dummy, ledto his A, and pulled trump ending indummy. He then led a heart, won byLusky with the 10, who was now somewhat stuck. If he leads a club, Bomber hasBomber Christensen Casanova3 Pass6 Ben Bomber with Amy Casanova won the districtlevel of the Grand National Teams in the open flightand flight A. Bomber also reached the final in flightB with another partner, Kevin Marnell.a loser-on-loser play: He can pitch a heart,and lose another heart, but the Q indummy will be established for a diamondpitch. Lusky continued hearts, andBomber read the position perfectly, heducked again. Pickett won perforce andwas endplayed into cashing the K, whichBomber ruffed and discarded his diamondloser on the Q.Cuthbertson, in the North seat at theother table, declined to overcall. Bennett,with nothing to go on in the bidding,made the normal play of a heart to hisking and went down one. In the finals against the Christensenteam (Duane Christensen, Steve Nafus,John Gram, Suzanne St. Thomas), Bomberplayed a little too quickly:[see next column]The K was led. If both minors are 2–2,there is not much to the play. Theyweren’t. The correct line is to be aware ofthe timing and entry issues. It looks counterintuitive, but the K must be unblocked at trick two, even though itappears to be a precious dummy entry.Entries to hand are what is needed. Now,when trumps are pulled, ending in hand,the A is cashed, and a spade is pitchedfrom dummy. When diamonds turn out tobe 3–1, dummy’s 7 can be led to declarer’s jack, endplaying East into giving aruff-and-sluff.Bomber’s aggressive style got their sideto a great, hard-to-find slam. St. Thomasdidn’t open the North hand, even thoughher BBO name is “maniac47.” Gramopened a heavy 1NT in third seat; theyplayed 3NT making five.Bomber was able to chalk up thisminor-suit slam swing in the Open final,taking the safety play in trumps that wasmissed at the other table. A 9 A K Q 4 2 J542 A J Q 5 3 2 10 8 7 4 J 10 8 7 9 6 7 Q 10 8 6 8 6 5 2 10 9 7 K J 6 5 3 A K 9 3 K Q 4 3Dlr: NorthVul: E–WNafusPassPassPassAll PassBomber Christensen CasanovaPass2 (1)1 Pass3 2 3 Pass3NT6 4 (2) Pass(1) General game-force(2) Cuebid3NT felt like an underbid, but we doopen most 11-point hands and if Ben waspatterning out with 3 , indicating clubshortness, I want to protect my club holding. When Ben moved past 3NT with theclub cuebid, showing slam interest, I simply bid 6 .“In 6 , you need to be preparing for theworst,” explains Bomber. “Both tables gota spade lead. Once playing low from theboard draws the queen, you have a surfeitof top tricks. The biggest risk comes fromthe trump suit. The question becomeshow best to play diamonds to protect thecontract. Let’s start by acknowledging a5–0 break either way is going to sink thecontract. The spots are not good enoughto handle this type of break. Once yourecognize that, the question then becomeshow to protect against as many breaks including 4–1 as possible.“I started by playing a diamond to theace to test the suit, when both followed, Iused the safest suit to get back to myhand, which is clubs. I then led a low diamond to the board, planning to coverwhatever my LHO played. If they show out,I am going to win the king and lead backtoward the jack. This line is 100% if opening leader did not start with a singleton ineither black suit and three diamonds.”Since Ben planned to cover, if Eastplayed the 8 and Ben the 9 from dummy,he could have lost to Q-7 or 10-7. If Easthad a singleton spade or club and threetrumps, there could have been a ruff.When the 9 held, Ben claimed for 12tricks.When trumps were played from the topat the other table, there was no way toavoid two losers in that suit for down one.

Page 4The District 20 TrumpetFall 2021Play of the HandSectionalsProving the adage: Looks can be deceivingUpcoming sectionalsToday’s hand offers advice on twofronts:1. As soon as dummy comes down, lookat all the suits and think about how you’regoing to play in each.2. If declarer is likely to play a suit byguessing or considering the odds, give himthe illusion of certainty in order to leadhim astray.Although simplecourtesy and bridgeethics forbid celebrating when deceptionworks, isn’t it satisfyingwhen a plan comes together?In this deal, Northdecided to forgo bidding his wimpy fourJim Flintcard spade suit inPlayof the Handresponse to opener’s1 . Instead, he bidwhere his strength lay, diamonds. Theiragreement was that a response of 1 doesnot deny a four-card major. If South had amajor, North was sure to hear about it onSouth’s next bid.After hearing the spade bid by South,North, with four spades, 13 high cardpoints, quick tricks in diamonds, and aworking king in his partner’s first-bid suit,jumped to game.West took the first two tricks with the K Q, and got out with a diamond, takenin dummy.When declarer led trump from theboard and inserted the 9 from his hand,West smoothly took the trick with theking! As soon as he had won the firstheart trick, he had made up his mind toDlr: SouthVul: E/WLead: K 8 7 5 3 J 10 A K Q 6 K 5 4 K J 6 4 2 K Q 6 4 3 A 7 5 2 9 7 5 8 3 2 10 7 6 J82 A Q 10 9 9 8 J 10 5 A Q 9 3WestNorthEastPassPass1 4 PassAll PassSouth1 1 try to make South think that East heldthe J.After West exited with another diamondto dummy, declarer led another trumpand, sure enough, finessed East for the J.After all, why would West win the 9 withthe king if he had the jack? Yes, why indeed?West took his second trump trick withthe jack he was not supposed to have fordown one.Left to his own devices, South mighthave finessed East for the king if West hadwon the 9 with the jack instead. It wouldhave been one of those flip-of-the-cointhings. But in this case, West gave South“assurance” that he couldn’t possibly holdthe J.This is similar to a famous Victor Mollohand where the Rueful Rabbit was playingin a foreign country and was unable todistinguish between the king and jack bythe unfamiliar letters on the cards. Hold-2021–2022ing them doubleton, the rabbit made thesame play as today’s West accidentally. Intending to play the jack when it was a winner, the rabbit guessed wrong and pulledthe king instead. As usual, the rabbit wasrewarded for the blunder when declarernext finessed his partner for the jack.After the opening lead, make up yourmind right away how you’re going to playon trumps. If your trump holding mightproduce another trick with smooth deception on your part, you want to be prepared.Don’t wait until it’s time to play to thefirst trump trick to make your decision.The slightest hesitancy will give you away.Decide early.Vancouver I/NThe Vancouver I/N Sectional will beheld Oct. 16–17 at the Vancouver (WA)Bridge Club. See ad page 5 for details.ReddingThe Redding Sectional that was scheduled for Nov. 5–7 has been canceled.Corvallis I/NThe Bob Peery Heart of the Valley299er Sectional will be held Nov. 6–7 atthe Heart of the Valley Bridge Center inCorvallis OR. See ad page 5 for details.VancouverThe Vancouver Sectional will be heldNov. 13–14 at the Washington School Forthe Deaf. See ad this page for details.Jim Flint can be reached atpubathome@yahoo.com.NEW ACBL MEMBERSAdriana Achinelli, Honolulu HISuzanne Adkins, Bend ORJeannie Botelho, Portland ORSheridan Collins, Portland ORGlenda Groff, Brookings ORBrian Haskell, Corvallis ORLarry Jacobson, Vancouver WARonnie Jacobson, Vancouver WASteve Kanter, Portland ORWelcome!Jane Nicholson, Portland ORGaynel Rader, Kelso WAFrank Santos, Grass Valley CAPhil Shane, Portland ORDoug Sheehan, Portland ORRita Stotka, Langlois ORDeadline notice for Sectional Tournament organizersPlease submit tournament flyers to the ACBL website at least six months inadvance of all tournaments to ensure timely inclusion in the Trumpet.Flyers for sectionals held in January, February and March are due in October.Vancouver USAFall SectionalNovember 13-14, 2021Join us at theWashington School for the Deaf,611 Grand Blvd. (entrance on Evergreen Blvd.)Vancouver, Wash.Win a subsidized trip to Reno, Nevada! Three or four pairs ineach flight will earn the privilege to compete at the Spring NABCNAP finals, March 9–20, 2022!Pre-registration:D20 Finals:Nowonline!Fees:National Finals:Pre-registration is required by Oct. 15, 2021, forall 昀ights to assure participation in the 昀nals.D20 Finals flights compete online via BBOFlight A: Open, unlimited - Oct. 30, 2021Flight B: Less than 2500 MPs - Oct. 31, 2021Flight C: NLM with 500 MPs - Oct. 30, 2021Start times: 8 a.m./1 p.m. in Hawaii, 11 a.m./4p.m. PDT in Oregon, noon/5 p.m. MDT in Boise.Venues: A monitor is required at each playingsite. Contact your club, NAP Coordinator or D20Area representative for details. 60 per pairMarch 9-10, 2022 (Flight A),March 19-20, 2022 (Flights B & C)Silver Legacy/Circus Circus/Eldorado, Reno, Nev.For details, visit the D20 website:https://web2.acbld20.org/NA Events/NAP/2019/NAP info.pdf ,or contact North American Events Coordinator Hal Montgomery,(503) 583-3717, or by e-mail to: dewitt@imaginata.com.Note: Tournament昀yer not availableat press 琀me;all informa琀onsubject to change.Saturday, Nov. 13 — PairsStrati昀ighted Open Pairs (AXY & BCD) . 10 a.m.Novice Pairs (0-100 strati昀ed, # of tables permitting . 10 a.m.Strati昀ed Open Pairs .

May 07, 2021 · the national Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs race for her bracket three years in a row. “There were lots of fun hands,” said Beauchet, “Including two doubled partscores that we made. And also, lots of great defense by Irva.” “What an opportunity to play against great. competition,” said Neyhart. “My fa-vorite part of the grueling .

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