The Dallas Aces Part III
Mike Lawrence - Bob Hamman - Bobby Wolff
Jim Jacoby - Billy Eisenberg - Bobby Goldman
Cheating at Bridge on the Highest Stages
​By Ken Monzingo
The black eye of our bridge world is the result of multiple episodes of cheating at the highest of all levels of play, and on the highest of world playing stages. Cheating is defined here as illegally conveying your holding to your partner during the auction. Since bridge players are normally high aptitude people, and play a game that often involves serious planning and often deception, perpetrators who choose to fudge are quite capable of creating a variety of creative communications; a.k.a cheating.
Black eye number 2 is when the powers that be choose not to prosecute these dastardly acts in fear of bad publicity for the tournament, or the venue, or the governing organizations; a.k.a. coverup.
2025 District 16 GNT Finals Underway
Flights A & C were competed in Houston on Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6.
Flight A Competition
Flight A was open to D16 players with less than 6000 masterpoints and there were ten teams entered. The teams played all-day Swiss Teams qualifying games on April 5 which narrowed the field to four teams for the second day Knockouts.
The four Flight A teams that qualified to compete in the Sunday Knockouts were:
Chen: Steve Chen, Sarah Chen, Andrew Chen & Charlie Chen – Unit 207 (Austin)
Rangan: Kas Rangan (Spring), Ted Bain, Steven Bell (Cypress) & Joe Volanski (Magnolia) – Unit 174 – Unit 174​​
Experience the Fun of Bridge War!
By Betty Starzec
Bridge War is an exciting blend of both bridge and war that is offered by the ACBL through their online [game at www.bridgewar.com] It is completely free. If you’ve ever tried to engage your family, neighbors and friends to learn bridge this is an exciting first step to get them on their way.
The website offers the “Warrior’s Guide” which illustrates how to play. There are practice duels in “Combat Training” and then playing with the robot partner who is always dummy against another pair of robots in “Enter Battlefield.” The object is to take the first seven tricks – the side that does is the winner of the battle. (Winning
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2024 District 16 Star Award Winners
The District 16 Star, formerly the Texas Star Award, was established in 1995 to honor unit volunteers who work steadfastly at the unit level to promote bridge and further unit activities. Selection is made only by the unit boards of each unit, and the awards for 2024 were presented during Houston’s Lone Star Regional in February.
District 16 ACBL
Treasurer’s Report
YTD Dec. 31, 2024
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By Jamie Southerland
District 16 Executive Treasurer​
Attached are the Statement of Financial Activities for the twelve months ending on December 31, 2024, and the Statement of Financial Position depicting the financial condition of District 16 as of December 31, 2024.
Our revenue in excess of expenditures amounted to $8,914. This is the first year we have had positive income since 2020. This is encouraging news!
