The following is the Board of

Directors Policy on ZERO TOLERANCE:

All game directors are required

to enforce the ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY as established by the ACBL. The following list are some examples of behavior which will not be tolerated:

. Badgering, rudeness, insinuations, intimidation, profanity, threats, or violence.

. Negative comments concerning opponents’ or partner’s play or bidding.

. Constant and gratuitous lessons and analyses at the table.

. Loud and disruptive arguing with a director’s ruling.

IN ADDITION, annoying behavior, embarrassing remarks, or any other conduct that might interfere with the enjoyment of the game is specifically prohibited by Law 74A. Law 91A gives the director the authority to assess disciplinary penalties AND GAME DIRECTORS ARE EXPECTED TO DO SO.

Any player, in any game, is authorized, and indeed requested, to call the director when another player’s behavior violates the above guidelines. The director, when he observes such behavior or when he is summoned by any player, will address the situation immediately and decisively.

The director, when called, shall make an assessment of the situation. If it is established that there was unacceptable behavior, an immediate ¼ board disciplinary penalty (3 IMP in team games) shall be assigned to all offenders. This may involve any one of all four players at the table irrespective of who initiated the unacceptable behavior. If both members of a partnership are guilty, the penalties are additive (1/4 board EACH = ½ BOARD! A SUBSEQENT VIOLATION BY THE SAME PLAYER IN THE SAME GAME WILL RESULT IN DOUBLED PENALTIES OR DISQUALIFICATION.

WARNINGS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED and will be given ONLY in cases where there is no clear violation or in cases where the facts cannot be established.

The director is REQUIRED TO DOCUMENT ALL CASES OF IMPROPER CONDUCT – whether penalized or warned – on a ZERO TOLERANCE REPORT FORM, and to forward this form to the LBA’S CONDUCT AND ETHICS COMMITTEE for recordation and further review.

Please review JENNIE’S comments on opening leads. FACE DOWN PLEASE.

Elsewhere, please note the 299’s result from our FIRECRACKER REGIONAL which were erroneously omitted from the July KIBITZER. This was not done on purpose. We love our 299’s!

The inaugural EIGHT IS ENOUGH drew 8 tables and will be continued on the last FRIDAY of each month. The BOARD OF DIRECTORS will review the present point strata to encourage more “A” players to participate.

Our annual MEMORIAL GAME will return SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15^TH and you are urged to make a contribution in memory of your partner, spouse or fellow players.

-ED BALDINGER

299’s FIRECRACKER

REGIONAL TOURNMENT WINNERS

Thursday Afternoon

Jeanne Soignet- Marilyn Downs

Thursday Night

John and Jane Patterson

Friday Afternoon

A. Kathy Rantz – Kathleen Savino

B. Donald and Jean Soignet

Saturday A.M.

A and B. Betty Townsend and Rosemary Austin

C. Om and Lallie Garg

UNIT 134 MEMBERS IN THE TOP 2000 AT THE NASHVILLE SUMMER NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP

RANK POINTS

John Onstott, New Orleans

262 79.79

Lynn John Federico, Kenner

603 47.75

Lillian Range, New Orleans

901 35.69

Julius Rosenfield, River Ridge

902 35.69

Bernie Weise, New Orleans

1334 25.02

August Bagert Metairie

1618 20.91

Doyle, Swift, Slidell

1742 18.99

Joan Van Geffen, Metairie

1784 18.62

Jean Talbot, Metairie

1785 18.62

GOOD JOB!

Total Masterpoints: 110,083.88 earned by 4,822 players

SPECIAL CLUB EVENTS

July 30^th –Aug.5^th

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP – All sessions $6.00

August 7^th – 7:15 P.M. NAOP - $7.00 fee

August 11^th – Noon – UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP. $6.00 fee

August 23^rd –NAOP – Noon - $7.00 fee

September 3^rd – 10:30 a,m. UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP - $6.00 fee

September 8^th – 7:15 p.m. UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP - $6.00 fee MEMORIAL DEDICATION

September 19^th- 7:15 p.m. – Instant Matchpoint game - $7:00 fee

CONGRATULATIONS TO 70% CLUB

Open and Intermediate games

July 20^th

Ellie Miller – Bob Bowers

71.47%

July 21^st

Ellie Miller – Bob Bowers

70.83%

KNOW THE DIRECTOR RULINGS

Jennie Flynn Sauviac

Claim or Concession of Tricks

If you do not follow the rules for Claim or Concession in the Laws of Duplicate Bridge, you could concede a trick to the opponents that they could not legitimately earn without your error.

A Claim is any statement to the effect that a contestant will win a specific number of tricks. A contestant also claims when he suggests that play be curtailed (“I think I can handle it from here”, for example), or when he shows his cards (unless he demonstrably did not intend to claim).

A Concession is any statement to the effect that a contestant will lose a specific number of tricks. Also, a claim of some number of tricks is a concession of the remainder, if any. A player concedes all the remaining tricks when he abandons his hand. Regardless of the foregoing, if a defender attempts to concede one or more tricks and his partner immediately objects, no concession has occurred.

Any claim should be accompanied by a statement of clarification as to the order in which cards will be played, the line of play or defense through which the claimer proposes to win the tricks claimed. The claimer has a right to state a line of play and should the opponents call the director in such haste that the claimer can not clarify his/her line of play, the Director shall allow the claimer such a statement.

Once a claim or concession has occurred, ALL PLAY CEASES. No player who objects to the claim or concession has the right to say, “Let’s play it out.” Instead the Director should be summoned immediately, and he/she will adjudicate the result of the board as equitably as possible to both sides, but any doubtful points shall be resolved against the claimer.

The Director proceeds as follows:

The claimer will be required to repeat the clarification statement she/he made at the time of the claim.

1. The Director will then require all players to place their remaining cards face up on the table.

2. Next, the opponents shall be given a chance to state any objections to the claim that they may have.

3. The Director then rules on the legitimacy of the claim.

If a claim is made when there is an outstanding trump and the clarification statement does not account for that situation, the Laws direct the Director to award a trick or tricks to the opponents if the claimer A) failed to mention the outstanding trump, B) was probably unaware that a trump remained in the opponents hand, and C) a trick could be lost to that trump by any normal play. For the purposes of the Laws, “normal play” does include “play that would be careless or inferior for the class of player involved but not irrational.”

In conclusion then, a player who claims has the right to make a statement concerning his/her proposed line of play upon making a claim. That statement should account for any outstanding trumps and any finesse(s) that the player intends to take. Failure to make a statement of clarification leaves the Director to resolve any doubtful points against the claimer. It is not enough to have known a trump was outstanding if it was not included in the claim statement. Such an omission will often cause the loss of a trick. Thus, in the interest of making better claims, one should make a practice to draw all trumps before one claims and to make sure that the remaining line of play will be as straightforward as possible. If any doubt exists about how clear the claim will be, one should simply play out the hand.

IN MEMORIAM

Glenn K. “Mich” Michener

WISEDOM AT THE BRIDGE TABLE

Years ago there were only two acceptable reasons for not leading partner’s suit: (1) having no cards in the suit; (2) sudden death.

-Alfred Sheinwold