Career
Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 22nd among 73 living Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (Member of Parliament) and 3rd by placing points that do not decay over time. Deas is a native of Newport News, Virginia, near Norfolk, where she was a student at Eastern Virginia Medical School when she suffered a bad automobile accident in 1980. Already an avid bridge player, she played "all the time" when broken bones and blurry vision forced her to take one-year leave from school, and subsequently decided to drop out in favor of the card game as a career.
At one time Deas ranked first among Women World Grand Masters.
At one time she was on the road as a professional player for 30 weeks a year. She was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 1997 and reduced her traveling
As of January 2012, she lived in Schenectady, New New York Online she advertises teaching and coaching services, as well as playing.
Not a world championship meet, the SportAccord WMG invited 24 women from Great Britain, France, China, and the United States. to compete in three small tournaments as four national teams, twelve pairs, and 24 individuals.
Wins Runners-up North American Bridge Championships von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2002 Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 2005 Smith Life Master Women"s Pairs (2) 1989, 2010 Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2014 Machlin Women"s Swiss Teams (2) 2008, 2013 Wagar Women"s Knockout Teams (4) 1981, 1986, 1992, 1994 Sternberg Women"s Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1991, 2001 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1981, 1984.
