Day

The day you all have been waiting for has now been scheduled, so set June 15th aside for our Membership Unit Appreciation Day. Dinner will be at Fung Lum, starting at 4:30 PM, and will have a seven (7) course feast followed by Bridge of course. The best part is, if you are a member of our Unit, everything is free. That's right, no charge for dinner or bridge. Last year we had 47 tables at this event, including a novice section (which we intend to include again this year). Can we beat that?

The Pro/Am game was a lot of fun, and we had 13 full tables. I kept hearing from the Ams as they got to our table, that they were learning so much. Everyone had a great time. I noticed there were a lot fewer Director calls at this event than at the wine and cheese game. Apparently, the number of Director calls goes up proportionately to the amount of wine consumed. I'll drink to that!

Our Unit STAC game on Saturday night May 10th had 14 tables. See our Web site (http://www.sjbridge.org/results/R030510E.htm) for the winners!

I hope that you all won the amount of Silver points you needed during STAC week.

The nominations are in. Now it is time to vote, so come on down to the club and fill out a Ballot. The following people, in alphabetic order, are running: Nagraj Alur, Stu Goodgold, Michael Migdol, Tanya Moalem, Rekha Nirula, Mich Ravera, Sharon Sava, Will Watson, Neil Webb, Marshall Yancey and Ray Yuenger. They must have heard that pizza is provided at the meetings, which last only one hour, once a month. If you don't like the above slate of candidates, you are welcome to write-in someone else (or yourself), but please make sure that person is willing to serve.

Have you noticed that some of the game scores are now available on our Web-site? Often times the scores will be on line before you get home from the game. That Web site address is: www.sjbridge.org

See you at the tables, Dan

Back Home to Oakwood by Bill Traver

The Oakwood Bridge Club has returned to the refurbished Oakwood Club house at the Oakwood Garden Apartments, 700 Saratoga Ave., San Jose.

We had a huge 15 table game for the May 7th STAC game.

All players and especially newer players are welcome.

The playing area is beautiful. Come join us.

An Unusual Scoring Quiz by Jeff Hack

This quiz assumes match point scoring. Each question refers to one hand of Duplicate Bridge. What are the results that score:

1. Least Points on Defense? (1)

2. Least Points as Declarer? (1)

3. Most Points on Defense? (1)

4. Most Points as Declarer? (1)

5. Most Points as Declarer not vulnerable (1)

6. Most Points as Declarer Doubled (1)

7. How does declarer make 610 without an overtrick? (2)

8. How does declarer score 2000 points vulnerable? (2)

9. List all the ways that declarer can make 1000 points not vulnerable? (3)

10. 6NT not vulnerable making 6 is +990. What unusual result would push that board? (2)

Answers are on page 3

Top Ten Games April 11-May 10

1	87.50%	Team 8 (Yokel, Stuart, Meltzer, Hayashi)	4/29 AM
2	83.33%	Vicky Xu - Nathalie Guiragossian	4/27 PM
3	72.59%	Carole Dietz - N Hatfield	4/24 AM
4	72.10%	Bob & Nancy Ward	4/27 Eve
5	71.30%	Dan Rappaport - Matt Moore	4/14 Eve
6	70.24%	Stephen Tu - Will Watson	5/6 Eve
7	68.29%	Will Watson - Leila Sink	5/7 Eve
8	67.86%	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang	4/17 Eve
9	67.05%	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang	4/19 PM
	Tie	Janice Scott - Molly Kaufman	5/2 AM

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Text Box: Late April– Early May Winners
Sunday 1:00 PM, San Jose Bridge Center (SJBC)

4/13	Karen Kulander - Happy Fordham Patty Loomis - Phyllis Gaffney
4/27	Vicky Xu - Nathalie Guiragossian 83.33% Michelle Keiserman - Lydia Cid
5/4 ProAm	Bill Yetter - Rekha Nirula A Alan Becker - Jewel Schimke A Joyce Sogg - Kathleen Donaldson B/C Harry Shannon - Gigi Spinazze B Michael Migdol - Jo Ann Rogers C

Sunday 5:20 PM SJBC

4/13	Mich Ravera - Fred Kurzweil A
4/27	Bob & Nancy Ward A/B/C 72.10% Alexander Tampilang - Joe Chui A
5/4	Linda & Robert Caren A Ben & Fia Bosklopper B/C Jane Casciano - Joy Baker A Ellie & Dick Pitzer B/C

Monday 11:00 AM SJBC

4/14	Gary Yang - Boyer Chu A Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch A Maxine Lubow - Ray Lubow B H Zoellner - Richard Kilner B
4/21	David Gambelin - Bill Yetter A Rita Tingley - Timothy White A/B Y.E. Chen - Boyer Chu B
4/28	Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A 65.88% Alan Becker - Virginia English A Boyer Chu - Ginn Hua B/C Maxine Lubow - Ray Lubow B
5/5	W Riester Jr - Ted Richmond A Ruth Sporer - Maureen Ellenberg A/B/C Andrew & Jim Wulfhorst B/C

Monday 7:30 PM SJBC

4/14	Dan Rappaport - Matt Moore 71.30%
4/21	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang Al Chase - Marc Epstein
4/28	Erin Gove - Kat Wesolowska Larry Perlstein - Teri Perlstein
5/5	Mike Sullivan - Hiram Shen A 65.08% Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang A Dotte Brush - Sherry Geddes B/C Linda Caren - Robert Caren B

Tuesday 10:30 AM SJBC

4/15	Y.E. Chen - Norman Wang A/B Mike Roney - Derek Fiero A Paul Nelson - Josephine Cooley B
4/22	Dana Brown - Tina Pearson A Gigi Spinazze - Edward Barlow A Billee Giansiracusa - Doris Oelberg B Gary Yang - David Chang B Y.E. Chen - Norman Wang C
4/29	Team 8 -- Lynn Yokel - Wayne Stuart - Rose Meltzer - Jim Hayashi A
5/6	Jim Hayashi - Anne Boboricken A Frances Dickman - Diane Shannon A

Tuesday 7:30 PM SJBC

4/15	Judy Fisher - Gary Porter A Steve Chen - Edward Lee B Alan Becker - Z Kadah A Dave Davies - Malcolm Sprott B Subrata Sircar - Becky Willrich C
4/22	Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A Andrew & Jim Wulfhorst A/B/C Cindy Gilbert - John Oswalt B
4/29	Henri Farhi - Kit Humphrey A Derek & Teddi Fiero A/B Boris Ginzburg - Eugene Vodkin B/C Kenneth Yip - Andy Andrews C
5/6	Stephen Tu - Will Watson A 70.24% Carole Dietz - Rekha Nirula A Michael Migdol - Michael Abrams B Don Hayden - Ruthann Critchfield B Eugene Vodkin - Boris Ginzburg C

Wednesday 10:30 AM SJBC

4/16	Victor Rivkin - Norma Black A
4/23	Dolores Clinch - Barbara Barlow A 66.67% Frank Kitchiner - Yen Shen B/C
4/30	Jack Clinch - Sidney Safir A/B
5/7	Richard Jacobs - Jane Casciano A/B Rita Tingley - Candy Wentworth A/B Ruth Sporer - Maureen Ellenberg C

Wednesday 7:00 PM SJBC

4/16	Lynn Yokel - Steve Chen A/B 65.05% Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A Shih-Ming Shih - Gemma Min B
4/23	Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A Carole Dietz - Judy Fisher A Gigi Spinazze - Shih-Ming Shih B
4/30	George Humphrey - Kou-Ping Cheng A Kit Humphrey - Robert Ritz A Victor Rivkin - Boris Ginzburg B Srinivasan Ravindran - Dana Brown B
5/7	Will Watson - Leila Sink A 68.29% Robert Madalena - John Schoenbrun A Derek Fiero - Teddi Fiero B

Wednesday 7:30 PM Oakwood

4/2	Dan Oneal – Marilyn Campbell A/B Donald Perry – Richard Jacobs A/B Barbara Soohoo – Nancy Nakamura C Celso & Ching Ravelo C
4/9	Gary Ratts – H Zoellner A/B/C Richard Jacobs – Bill Traver A/B Tom Coleman – Gary Kao C
4/16	Mervin & Shirley Falk A/B/C 66.07% Dan Oneal – Marilyn Campbel A/B Nancy Nakamura – Barbara Soohoo C
4/23	Melinda Foos – George Pledger A/B 65.48% Abby Aldecoa – Larry Miller A Tom Coleman – Gary Kao B/C
4/30	Abby Aldecoa – Larry Miller A 65.48% Peggy Chen – Molly Kaufman A/B Melinda Foos – George Pledger B Mervin & Shirley Falk C Anne Dudman – Val Abid Tie C Hiram Shen – Donald Perry Tie C

More Winners

Thursday 10:30 AM SJBC

4/17	M C Chen - Boyer Chu Billee Giansiracusa - Jim Hayashi
4/24	Carole Dietz - N Hatfield A 72.59% Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois A Paul Amato - Jim Wulfhorst B
5/1	Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois A Norman Wang - Gary Yang A/B
5/8	Frances Dickman - Diane Shannon A Beverly Wright - Jean Power A Loreta Flynn - Lynn Brown B Ginn Hua - Boyer Chu B/C

Thursday 7:00 PM SJBC

4/17	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang A 67.86% Richard Jacobs - Tom Coleman A Mich Ravera - Sharon Sava B Jane Casciano - Joy Baker B
4/24	Hugh Roberts - Harry Shannon A/B/C Mich Ravera - Alka Mathur A/B Norma Epler - Martin Anding C
5/1	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang A Maxine Lubow - Carol Taylor A Mike Carney - Bob Reinthaler B Billie Untiedt - Kim Kennedy B/C Kat Wesolowska - Judy Kaplan C
5/8	Alexander Tampilang - Celso Ravelo A Peggy Chen - Molly Kaufman A Andre Dermant - Fred Kurzweil B Herb Jubin - Matt Moore B/C Elizabeth Strasen - Stacie Bowman C

Friday 11:00 AM SJBC

4/11	Rita Tingley - Timothy White Norman Wang - Yen Shen
4/18	Dan Hoffman - Joan Simpson Jane Casciano - Raja Smadi
4/25	Irv & Marion Wentzien Richard Jacobs - Malcolm Stewart
5/2	Janice Scott - Molly Kaufman 67.05% Norman Wang - Lee Tsai
5/9	Rita Tingley - Vibeke Gilbreath A 65.34% Phyllis Vierra - Ray Crist A/B

Saturday 12:45 PM SJBC

4/12	Richard Jacobs - Eric Yang 65.18% Jewel Schimke - Janice Scott
4/19	Leon W. Lee - Eric Yang 67.05% David Gambelin - Ted Ujifusa
4/26	Jewel Schimke - Janice Scott Joan Simpson - Mike Braun
5/3	Elaine Erickson - William Ahrens Joan Simpson - Mike Braun
5/10	H Zoellner - Alexander Tampilang A/B Lu Weakland - Robert Freitas A Dan Hoffman - Mack Johansen B/C Frank Kitchiner - Mich Ravera C

Special STaC Saturday 7:30 PM SJBC

5/10	Michael Migdol - Stephen Tu A/B Tien-Chun Yang - Kou-Ping Cheng A Bert Goldstein - Ken Hazen B/C Eric Yang - Leon W. Lee C

Answers to the Quiz

1. 50 (not vulnerable down 1)

2. 70 (1♣ or 1♦ making)

3. 7600 (7 of anything redoubled vulnerable down 13)

4. 3160(1^NT redoubled vulnerable making 7

5. 2280(7^NT redoubled not

6. 2490(7^NT doubled vulnerable)

7. 4^NT doubled not vulnerable

8. 5♥ or 5♠ redoubled making 7

9. 5♥ or 5♠ redoubled making 5
5♣ or 5♦ redoubled making 6
3^NT redoubled making 4 (one point each)

10. 2^NT doubled making 7

Scoring (15 possible):

0-5 points: Don’t sit North in my game

5-10 points: Check the back of the cards in the bidding box before you score.

11-13 points: Check the travelers for us

14-15 points: Care to help improve ACBL Score?

Idioter’s Corner

Most months, a 75% game would land you either the first or second spot in the Top Ten. This month it would barely get you a third.

I had the pleasure of playing in the ProAm with Jeff Hack. I had heard of him previously but never met him. His submission of the Bidding quiz predates our playing together in the ProAm. I want to thank Jeff, both for playing with me in the ProAm and for his quiz.

I had missed this event in earlier years, but was glad that I was able to play in it this year. In spite of all of the cross words that I have personally heard partners speak to each other at other times, I heard none from any of the Pros at this event.

One wonders why getting your name on a plaque suddenly gives your partner the right to berate you. If we are required to take our partners away from the table in order to congratulate them on their good plays, people should be required to take their partners away from the table to give them a dressing down. While they are about it, maybe they should take their partners a LONG way away from the table to berate them -- Maybe even to the car -- Maybe they should even start the car. At that point, as long as they have the car started, they should choose one of a couple of alternatives:

1) Plug the tailpipe and wait a couple of hours before returning to the game

2) Engage one of the forward gears and make deliberate contact some solid object

3) Back out of the parking place and drive to some other destination.

Yes, any of these will be considered rude and will make the movement a little awkward, but the other players and the directors will get over it (probably sooner than if they had kept playing). If they were that concerned about being rude, maybe they should just pick a different subject about which to berate their partners and a different time and place to do it!

The Di-Rek’Tor

The Di-Rek’Tor is published monthly by Unit 507 of the American Contract Bridge League, Campbell Community Center, One West Campbell Avenue, Building J-68, Campbell, CA 95008. Opinions in articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Unit Board.

Unit 507 Board Officers

President

Dan Turkus

Vice President

Ray Yuenger

Secretary

Marshall Yancey

Treasurer

Neal Webb

Sgt. at Arms

Art Fonda

Membership

George Pledger

Ethics

Bill Langlois

Unit Recorder

Carole Dietz

Forum columnist

Ray Yuenger

Tournament Coordinator

Phylis Vierra

The Di-Rek'Tor Editor

Michael Angelo Ravera

Education/NAOP

Lynn Yokel

D21 Representative

Jeff Hack

Rose Meltzer-Johnson

New Player Representive

Sherry Waki

Unit 507 Club Games

Day	Time	Game Type	Photo	Directors	Phone (408)
Sunday	1:00 pm	Easy Bridge (0-49 Game)		Faye Parsons	378-4719
Sunday	5:20 pm	499er Stratified (Lesson: 5:00 pm) Monthly Potluck: 4:30 pm		Faye Parsons	378-4719
Monday	11:00 am	Open Stratified Hand records		Bill Traver	379-4490
Monday	7:30 pm	499er Handicapped (Lesson: 7:10 pm)		Al Becker	252-1426
Tuesday	10:30 am	Open Stratified Hand records		Judy Fisher / Carole Dietz	395-0032 / 395-6360
Tuesday	7:30 pm	Open Stratified Hand records		Neal Webb / Ray Yuenger	243-9132 / 379-7717
Wednesday	10:30 am	Open Stratified Hand records		Jeanne Becht	(831)634-1584
Wednesday	6:30 pm	Open (in Sunnyvale)		Janet McDonald	262-2378
Wednesday	7:30 pm	Open Stratified Hand records At Oakwood		Bill Traver	379-4490
Wednesday	7:00 pm	Open Stratified Hand records		Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken	292-2370 / 379-2805
Thursday	10:30 am	Open Hand records		Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken	292-2370 / 379-2805
Thursday	7:00 pm	999er Stratified (Topics: 6:40 pm)		Faye Parsons	378-4719
Friday	11:00 am	0-800 Handicapped (Review: 2:30 pm)		Al Becker	252-1426
Saturday	12:45 pm	0-2000 Handicapped		Al Becker	252-1426

All games are held at the San Jose Bridge Center (408-871-1232) at one W. Campbell Ave, Room J-68, except those identified as “in Sunnyvale” and “at Oakwood”. The Sunnyvale game is held at 1085 Tasman (2^nd Clubhouse), Sunnyvale. The Oakwood game is generally held at the Oakwood Garden Apartments, 700 Saratoga Ave., San Jose. Check club postings or call for the exact dates and times of the Special STaC and Special Sunday games, and of the 499er Potluck. Games are often reduced, relaxed, or cancelled during local tournaments.

Top Ten Games April 11-May 10

More Winners

Unit 507 Club Games

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Directors