Data 9X28 Main

One Club vs. One Notrump

by Richard Pavlicek

First seat, 10-13 HCP

Found 350 comparisons in 40,069 deals from 72 major events 1996-2014.
First and last, and all swings of 5+ IMPs in between, are shown here.
Deals are rotated as needed to align comparison criteria to N-S.

1. 2014 Spingold Final, Seg 3, Bd 46

N deals
None vul 8 4
A 10
A 7 6 3
K 10 7 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Multon Graves Zimmermann Schwartz Lindqvist Fantoni Brogeland Nunes
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 4 (AP) Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 4 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 A 2 10 J 10 4 A
A 3 4 2 4 5 K 2
10 9 K 6 6 3 K 9
5 Q 8 7 8 A 7 6
4 3 K 2 2 4 9 3
Q 6 2 A Q 5 2 3
Q 7 5 3 A 5 4 8
J 8 4 5 9 Q 10 J
J 6 Q K K

6 2
Q 6 2
K 9 8 5 4
Q 5 3 Table A J 5 3
9 7 3
Q J 2
J 9 8
ACC7A =
11153 =
Par NS +980 K Q 10 9 7
K J 8 5 4
10
A 6

1 opening
4 S = +420
Tie 0
1 NT opening
4 N = +420
Tie 0

3. 2014 USBC Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 28

N deals
E-W vul A K 8 6
Q 10 6 4
K J 10
5 3

West North East South West North East South
Nickell WeinsteinH Katz Grabel Hamman Meckstroth Lee Rodwell
1 Pass 2 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 4 Pass 4
Pass 4 NT Pass 6 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 9 7 6 10 3 6 A
3 4 K 2 3 4 K 2
J 5 A 10 J 5 A 4
6 4 10 Q J 7 A 2
J K 2 3 10 7 2 K
11 tricks claimed 11 tricks claimed

7 4
K 5 3
4
Q 10 9 8 7 4 2 Table Q 10 5 3 2
9 8 7
Q 5 2
J 6
CABC7 CABC8
13115 =
Par NS +990 J 9
A J 2
A 9 8 7 6 3
A K

1 opening
3 NT N +2 +460
+11 13
1 NT opening
6 S -1 -50
-11 0

4. 2014 USBC Semifinal, Seg 5, Bd 79

N deals
N-S vul A Q
Q 10 8 7
K 7 4
Q 10 7 6

West North East South West North East South
Platnick Cohler Diamond Martel Rosenberg Hampson Willenken Greco
1 Pass 2 NT 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP 2 2 Pass 4 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 4 Q 5 Q 5 A 4
6 9 A 7 2 K 6 9
2 K 2 J 7 2 A 5
A 6 3 5 4 6 10 3
Q 8 4 10 11 tricks claimed
10 2 4 6
7 3 J 5
A 5 8 9
K 3 Q 2
K 4 6 9
9

10 5
6 5
A 10 8 3 2
A 5 4 3 Table J 9 8 6 2
9 3 2
Q 6
J 8 2
B9B8A =
24252 =
Par NS +660 K 7 4 3
A K J 4
J 9 5
K 9

1 opening
3 NT S -1 -100
-13 13
1 NT opening
4 N +1 +650
+13 13

7. 2014 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 5, Bd 78

N deals
None vul K Q 3
A J
K 9 2
10 9 7 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Diamond Pratap Platnick GordonM Berkowitz Hampson Sontag Greco
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
2 Dbl Pass 2 NT 2 Pass Pass 3 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 2 8 7 10 2 7 J
3 J 10 2 3 4 K 2
10 4 5 Q 10 A 2 4
Q K 4 10 4 A 2 5
K 2 6 4 9 tricks claimed
Q 4 8 9
3 5 9 7
A 2 3 7
J 5 9 10
K 8 6 A

—
K 9 8 7 4 3
A Q 5 3
Q 8 2 Table 10 7 5 4 2
10
J 8 6 4
A J 4
99657 =
43684 44676
Par NS +300 A J 9 8 6
Q 6 5 2
10 7
K 5

1 opening
3 NT S -2 -100
-11 13
1 NT opening
3 NT N = +400
+11 24

9. 2014 Vanderbilt Round of 32, Seg 3, Bd 41

N deals
E-W vul Q 8
K J 5 2
J 7 6 4
A J 7

West North East South West North East South
Maksymetz Levin Rogoff Weinstein Rodwell L'Ecuyer Meckstroth Marcinski
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Dbl AP
Dbl Pass 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 K 7 3 4 3 J Q
7 8 A 5 8 2 5 7
2 3 J Q J 3 8 4
4 2 Q A 4 8 9 10
A 5 3 8 Q 7 4 5
4 K 6 9 10 J 3 6
2 7 Q 10 6 2 5 A
9 10 J K 2 A 9 9
4 10 3 6 7 K Q 3
J 8 6 2 A 10 10 2

J 7
A 10 4
A 10 3
K Q 10 8 2 Table A 9 6 4 2
7 6 3
K 8 2
4 3
66776 =
77567 =
Par NS -90 K 10 5 3
Q 9 8
Q 9 5
9 6 5

1 opening
2 E -2 +200
+11 24
1 NT opening
1 NT× N -2 -300
-11 25

10. 2014 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 4, Bd 57

N deals
E-W vul A K 7 2
6 5 4
Q J
Q 9 7 5

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Weinstein Helness Levin Rodwell Fantoni Meckstroth Nunes
1 1 1 1 NT Dbl Pass
Pass 1 NT 2 3 (AP) 2 Pass Pass Dbl
Pass Pass 3 Dbl (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 6 4 J 6 4 J A
K 7 5 Q 2 10 8 6
7 10 9 5 7 5 Q K
3 2 Q A Q 3 4 K
9 10 4 5 5 7 Q 9
7 2 J 6 A 2 4 J
3 4 A 10 3 4 7 K
K Q 5 6 10 5 6 A
2 3 8 8 7 tricks claimed
9 tricks claimed

J 9 8 6 4
9 8
5 4
10 6 4 2 Table Q 10
K J 7 2
A K 9 8 3 2
A
77769 =
46474 =
Par NS +110 5 3
A Q 10 3
10 7 6
K J 8 3

1 opening
3 N = +110
-9 24
1 NT opening
3 × E -2 +500
+9 34

15. 2013 BB Final, Seg 3, Bd 42

N deals
Both vul K 10
A Q 6
7 4
K J 7 5 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Fantoni Lauria Nunes Versace Bocchi Helness Madala Helgemo
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 AP Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 2 9 Q 3 5 Q K
2 4 Q A 7 3 K 2
2 K A 5 Q A 5 8
7 J 4 6 2 10 J 6
9 6 K 8 A 8 9 6
J 10 6 10 A 5 8 4
A 3 8 3 7 2 4 Q
4 A 5 2 8 tricks claimed
J 8 4 10
7 J Q 5
9 tricks claimed

Q 9 4 2
K 9 4 3
10 8 2
A 6 Table A J 7 3
7 5
A 9 6 3
10 8 4
75769 =
68674 =
Par NS +110 8 6 5
J 10 8 2
K Q J 5
Q 9

1 opening
2 N +1 +110
+5 34
1 NT opening
3 NT N -1 -100
-5 34

18. 2013 BB Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 35

N deals
E-W vul A 7
8 7 2
A Q 4
Q J 10 9 8

West North East South West North East South
Helness Weinstein Helgemo Levin WolpertG Nunes Kranyak Fantoni
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
1 NT Pass 2 Dbl Dbl 2 NT 3 Pass
Pass 3 AP Pass 4 Pass 4
Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 8 7 4 7 2 K A
6 9 2 4 2 4 A 10
2 4 A 10 K Q 7 5
K Q 7 5 J 3 8 6
J 3 8 6 10 tricks claimed
Q K A 3
11 tricks claimed

K J
Q 10
K J 10 3
A K 6 5 3 Table 10 9 8 6 5 3 2
6 5 4
7
7 2
A5AA8 A5BB8
28222 =
Par NS +450 Q 4
A K J 9 3
9 8 6 5 2
4

1 opening
3 S +2 +200
-6 34
1 NT opening
4 N = +420
+6 40

19. 2013 BB Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 19

N deals
E-W vul A Q 5
Q J 6 3
10 7
Q 8 7 4

West North East South West North East South
Sementa Buras Duboin Narkiewicz Balicki Madala Zmudzinski Bocchi
1 1 Dbl 1 NT 2 Pass
2 2 3 4 Pass Dbl AP
4 Pass Pass Dbl (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 8 3 5 K 8 3 5
5 9 Q K 3 2 A 6
4 2 2 6 5 J 2 7
10 4 J 2 2 10 Q K
9 7 7 Q 3 6 K 7
A 7 3 3 9 tricks claimed
4 7 4 2
10 K
10 tricks claimed

9 7 2
8
K Q J 8 5 4
A 10 9 Table K J 10 8 6 4
10 9 5 4
3
K J
63849 =
69584 =
Par NS -100 3
A K 7 2
A 9 6 2
6 5 3 2

1 opening
4 × E = -790
-9 34
1 NT opening
2 × E +1 -380
+9 49

21. 2013 BB Quarterfinal, Seg 5, Bd 71

N deals
Both vul A 7 5
9 3
A 8 5
A 10 9 6 4

West North East South West North East South
v.Prooijen Zmudzinski Verhees Balicki Buras Muller Narkiewicz de Wijs
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 (AP) Dbl Pass Pass 2
Pass Pass Dbl Rdbl
2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q A 2 3 9 K 2 5
3 K 2 5 2 K 4 5
9 K 4 5 J K A 7
4 Q 9 7 10 8 2 3
J 7 8 6 4 9 Q 5
J 5 4 7 6 3 J A
Q 3 6 8 7 8 4 10
2 K A 3 Q A 3 7
10 tricks claimed 8 K J

Q J 10 4
A Q 5
Q 4 2
K 5 3 Table 9 8 6 2
K 7
K 10 9 6 3
8 7
85969 =
57474 =
Par NS +140 K 3
J 10 8 6 4 2
J 7
Q J 2

1 opening
2 S +2 +170
+7 41
1 NT opening
2 W = -110
-7 51

32. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 20, Bd 19

N deals
E-W vul A J 7 2
8 2
A 6 2
Q 10 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Apteker Versace Gower Eber Madala Bosenberg Bocchi
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 2 AP Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 2 10 K 10 3 K A
8 7 10 K 2 9 4 2
5 7 J 2 5 7 J 2
A 8 6 9 3 8 K 9
4 2 10 Q 6 Q A 4
4 3 A 2 4 5 10 5
3 K 7 6 3 8 J Q
J 5 6 4 7 tricks claimed
5 9 A 10
A 8 5 3
6 tricks claimed

K
A J 4 3
J 7 4 3
J 9 7 2 Table Q 10 9 6
K 10 6 5
10 8
K 6 3
67577 =
75856 =
Par NS -100 8 5 4 3
Q 9 7
K Q 9 5
A 8

1 opening
2 S -2 -100
-5 47
1 NT opening
1 NT N = +90
+5 65

33. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 20, Bd 25

N deals
E-W vul A 8 4
A 9 3
Q 6 5
Q 8 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Versace Gower Lauria Apteker Bosenberg Bocchi Eber Madala
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 3
1 Dbl 3 4 (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 A 10 5 6 A 10 5
3 2 K A 3 2 K A
J 4 2 2 7 4 K 2
4 5 A 8 2 3 Q 9
3 10 K 7 5 5 A 8
Q 3 9 J 4 J 6 2
2 3 Q 9 9 8 Q 4
5 5 10 J 7 K 9 J
6 8 Q 6 6 10 9 4
10 9 Q 6 10 tricks claimed

J 9 7 6 3
7 5
K J 8 3
A 9 Table K Q 10 2
J 10 8
9
J 7 6 5 2
85AA8 =
48335 =
Par NS +420 5
K Q 6 4 2
A 10 7 4 2
K 10

1 opening
4 S -1 -50
-10 47
1 NT opening
4 S = +420
+10 75

34. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 21, Bd 1

N deals
None vul K Q 10 4
K J 8
K J 10 4
3 2

West North East South West North East South
Rehder Bakhshi Gromoeller Gold Robson Fritsche Forrester Rohowsky
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass Rdbl Pass 1 2 Pass 2 Pass
Pass Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass
1 NT AP 3 NT Pass Pass Dbl (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J 3 5 6 5 2 K 3
K A 8 2 J 7 8 6
8 6 K 3 4 A 9 2
5 2 A 7 A 6 4 2
10 J Q 4 10 7 K 3
9 8 5 5 Q 4 8 J
4 10 6 3 9 8 5 3
6 K 7 2 5 10 6 2
4 7 9 9 10 K 4 5

8 2
A 10 9 6
6 2
K Q 9 5 4 Table A 9 6 5
Q 7 4
A 7 3
A 10 8
35373 =
98A6A =
Par NS -420 J 7 3
5 3 2
Q 9 8 5
J 7 6

1 opening
1 NT W +2 -150
+11 58
1 NT opening
3 NT× E +1 -650
-11 75

35. 2013 BB Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 35

N deals
E-W vul A 7
8 7 2
A Q 4
Q J 10 9 8

West North East South West North East South
Mazurkiewicz Duboin Jassem Sementa Lauria Buras Versace Narkiewicz
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
2 Pass 2 Dbl Dbl 2 Pass 3 NT
Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 4 AP
4 Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 10 8 5 7 9 J Q
4 K Q 7 2 5 J Q
Q 2 4 A 3 4 4 2
4 J A 2 7 4 K 8
7 3 Q K K A 6 5
A 8 2 9 10 Q K A
3 9 5 6 9 2 3 3
7 A 10 7 2
8 tricks claimed 6 10 8 3

K J
Q 10
K J 10 3
A K 6 5 3 Table 10 9 8 6 5 3 2
6 5 4
7
7 2
A5AA8 A5BB8
28222 =
Par NS +450 Q 4
A K J 9 3
9 8 6 5 2
4

1 opening
4 × E -2 +500
+12 70
1 NT opening
4 N -2 -100
-12 75

39. 2013 BB Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul A K 10 4
10 5
6 4 3
A 6 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Helness Gold Helgemo Bakhshi Robson Nunes Forrester Fantoni
1 2 4 1 NT Pass 4
5 5 6 6 Pass 4 Dbl AP
Pass Pass Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 5 A J A 5 10 4
K 8 9 3 A J 2 5
A 5 2 4 K 8 2 3
8 Q K 10 6 Q K 10
7 6 J Q 7 6 J Q
9 tricks claimed 2 4 K 3
9 tricks claimed

—
K 9 7 4 3 2
10 9 7 2
J 8 7 Table 3
A 8 6
A K J
K Q 10 9 4 2
59121 =
43BAC 43CBC
Par NS -500 Q J 9 8 7 6 5 2
Q J
Q 8 5
—

1 opening
6 × S -3 -500
-9 73
1 NT opening
4 × N -1 -100
+9 84

45. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 2, Bd 25

N deals
E-W vul 10 8 5 4
K Q
J 8
A K 7 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Levin Helness Weinstein Kranyak Fantoni WolpertG Nunes
1 1 Dbl 1 NT Pass 2
2 2 Pass 3 (AP) Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 6 4 A J 6 9 A
Q A 4 8 3 2 3 4
J 2 8 K 4 8 K A
K 2 5 9 3 5 9 Q
8 5 A 3 5 Q 7 8
J 10 J 3 A 2 4 6
6 4 4 K 9 J 5 K
5 2 7 9 10 tricks claimed
10 9 8 K
6 A 2 5

Q J 2
10 9 8
Q 9 4 3
9 8 4 Table K 6
A 7 6 3 2
K 5
Q J 10 2
79687 =
63756 =
Par NS +140 A 9 7 3
J 5 4
A 10 7 6 2
6

1 opening
3 N = +140
-7 80
1 NT opening
4 N = +420
+7 95

48. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 14, Bd 31

N deals
N-S vul K Q 3
10 9
K 3 2
K J 9 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Asbi Bach Tobing Cornell Tislevoll Sakul Ware Karwur
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 3 Pass 4
Pass 4 Pass 6 (AP) Pass 4 Pass 4 NT
Pass 5 Pass 6 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q A 5 10 A 3 7 2
4 3 K 6 12 tricks won
2 7 8 6
A 5 3 J
2 A 3 7
K 9 2 4
11 tricks claimed

8 6 5
K 7 6 5 3
—
A Q 6 5 4 Table 10 9 7 2
Q J 8 2
J 7 6
10 7
B85B8 =
13815 =
Par NS +660 A J 4
A 4
A Q 10 9 8 5 4
2

1 opening
6 N -1 -100
-16 80
1 NT opening
6 S = +1370
+16 111

49. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 14, Bd 31

N deals
N-S vul K Q 3
10 9
K 3 2
K J 9 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Helness Kamil Helgemo Fleisher Rosenberg Nunes Willenken Fantoni
1 Pass 2 1 NT Pass 2
2 3 3 4 2 Pass Pass 3
Pass 4 NT Pass 6 Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)
Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 2 A 8 Q
3 11 tricks won
12 tricks won

8 6 5
K 7 6 5 3
—
A Q 6 5 4 Table 10 9 7 2
Q J 8 2
J 7 6
10 7
B85B8 =
13815 =
Par NS +660 A J 4
A 4
A Q 10 9 8 5 4
2

1 opening
6 × N = +1540
+13 93
1 NT opening
3 NT N +2 +660
-13 111

54. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 17, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul Q J 4
A 4
7 6 4
A J 7 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Nunes Allfrey Fantoni Robson Forrester Multon Gold Zimmermann
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass
Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 10 K 4 2 10 K 6
9 6 2 Q 3 4 Q 5
10 4 2 K 8 10 2 A
J A 8 7 J 5 2 9
2 4 Q 5 Q K 3 7
8 3 Q A 7 tricks claimed
J 6 3 3
Q 5 2 10
J K A 7
7 tricks claimed

10 9 7
K 9 7 3 2
K 9
Q 8 4 Table K 6 5
Q 8 6
J 8 5 2
K 9 6
89688 79688
54744 =
Par NS +140 A 8 3 2
J 10 5
A Q 10 3
10 3

1 opening
3 N -2 -100
-5 99
1 NT opening
1 NT N = +90
+5 117

56. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 19, Bd 13

N deals
Both vul K 8 7
A 7 6
J 10 4
K Q 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Smirnov Bocchi Piekarek Madala Versace Gromoeller Lauria Rehder
1 Pass 2 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
9 3 J 7 10 3 J 7
K 6 2 5 Q 6 2 5
4 A 10 8 4 A 9 8
7 6 J A 8 3 J A
Q 7 2 5 K 4 6 5
4 K 3 5 2 Q 10 2
J 7 2 5 8 3 J Q
4 8 A 6 5 J Q A
K 6 10 Q 3 6 10 7
9 10 K 3 8 tricks claimed

Q 10 6
K Q J 4
6 5
A 9 4 2 Table 4 3 2
10 9 2
Q 9 8 7
10 6 3
99898 =
43545 =
Par NS +600 A J 9 5
8 5 3
A K 3 2
J 5

1 opening
3 NT N = +600
+12 111
1 NT opening
3 NT N -1 -100
-12 119

57. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 20, Bd 25

N deals
E-W vul A 8 4
A 9 3
Q 6 5
Q 8 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Ino Helness Teramoto ChenD Fantoni Furuta Nunes
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
1 Dbl 3 4 (AP) Pass 2 NT Pass 4 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 A 2 5 3 A 2 5
3 2 K A 3 7 K A
6 4 Q 2 7 4 K 2
2 K 5 9 A 3 5 9
9 8 K 4 2 K 6 5
4 8 Q 8 6 8 Q 4
10 6 7 6 4 8 Q 8
K 7 3 10 10 10 J 3
7 3 A 5 Q 2 7 9
9 J Q 5 8
10 tricks claimed 9 tricks claimed

J 9 7 6 3
7 5
K J 8 3
A 9 Table K Q 10 2
J 10 8
9
J 7 6 5 2
85AA8 =
48335 =
Par NS +420 5
K Q 6 4 2
A 10 7 4 2
K 10

1 opening
4 S = +420
+10 121
1 NT opening
4 S -1 -50
-10 119

58. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 20, Bd 29

N deals
Both vul A 7 5 4
K Q 8 7
8 4
K 9 8

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Ino Helness Teramoto ChenD Fantoni Furuta Nunes
1 2 Pass 1 NT 2 Pass
3 NT AP 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 2 Q K Q 4 2 6
J A 2 3 8 5 J 10
K A 2 6 3 Q K 2
3 2 K 4 9 4 6 A
10 5 4 6 J 4 3 2
J 8 5 3 9 8 5 3
9 9 A 6 7 4 6 6
Q 8 7 7 K 5 A 8
10 10 5 Q Q 9 J 7
6 3 7 8 10 10 5 8
4 J A 8 2 Q K A

K J 10
10 6
K J 9 7
A Q 7 5 Table 2
A 9 5 4
A Q 10 6 5 3
4 2
48526 =
957B7 957A7
Par NS -600 Q 9 8 6 3
J 3 2
2
J 10 6 3

1 opening
3 NT W +1 -630
-12 121
1 NT opening
3 NT W -1 +100
+12 131

59. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 21, Bd 2

N deals
E-W vul A 10
A 10 3
8 7 3
A 7 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Fritsche Forrester Rohowsky Robson Bakhshi Gromoeller Gold Rehder
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 4
Dbl Pass 2 3 Dbl Rdbl 5 5 (AP)
4 Pass Pass 4
Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 3 6 5 K 3 6 5
K 7 10 Q A 7 9 Q
K 3 7 2 J 8 10 2
6 4 10 5 3 4 10 5
A 8 3 Q A 8 6 K
10 tricks claimed 10 tricks claimed

K Q 4
K J 9 2
A K J 4 2
6 Table 8 5
Q 8 7 6 5 4
10 9 6
8 5
7A33A =
62A82 =
Par NS +200 J 9 7 6 3 2
—
Q 5
K Q J 10 9

1 opening
4 × S = +590
+12 133
1 NT opening
5 S -1 -50
-12 131

60. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 21, Bd 14

N deals
None vul A Q 6 4
A 8
9 5 4 2
Q 10 9

West North East South West North East South
Fritsche Forrester Rohowsky Robson Bakhshi Gromoeller Gold Rehder
1 1 NT Dbl 1 NT Dbl 2
2 Pass Pass 3 (AP) Pass Pass 2 NT Dbl (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 K 2 8 4 7 Q A
2 7 Q A Q 7 2 A
Q 5 4 A 10 J K 3
10 3 4 3 6 6 9 3
4 A 10 6 4 2 8 10
J K 7 9 4 8 10 K
5 8 9 3 8 3 9 Q
6 3 4 J 5 5 2 9
K 6 2 Q 2 7 4 J
8 5 6 2 9 7 A J
8 7 A J 5 A 10 8

10 7 5 3
J 6 4 2
8 7 6 3
7 Table K J 2
Q 10 9 3
A Q J
A J 3
9656A =
46873 =
Par NS +300 9 8
K 7 5
K 10
K 8 6 5 4 2

1 opening
3 N +1 +130
-9 133
1 NT opening
2 NT× E -3 +500
+9 140

62. 2013 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 54

N deals
N-S vul 10 8 5 3
K 7 4 2
K Q
A J 5

West North East South West North East South
Buras Jagniewski Narkiewicz Gawel Kalita Gromov Nowosadzki Dubinin
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT 2 Pass
3 Pass 3 NT AP 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 2 A 3 K 4 9 A
J 6 4 8 J Q 9 3
5 10 K 2 A 5 10 2
7 5 8 9 3 6 2 4
J 6 2 5 10 3 J 8
4 8 10 K 9 8 4 7
4 Q 5 10 5
9 7 K 3 9 tricks claimed
A Q
9 tricks claimed

K 4 2
10
A J 10 7 6 5 2
8 2 Table A Q J 9
A Q 9 3
4
10 9 6 3
54625 =
896A8 =
Par NS -140 7 6
J 8 6 5
9 8 3
K Q 7 4

1 opening
3 NT E = -400
-6 136
1 NT opening
2 W +1 -140
+6 146

64. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 7, Bd 96

N deals
N-S vul A J 10 4
Q 8 5
Q 9 2
A 10 6

West North East South West North East South
Platnick Kranyak Diamond WolpertG Bathurst Hampson Dwyer Greco
1 Pass 1 NT 1 NT Pass 2
Dbl Pass 2 Dbl Dbl 2 NT AP
2 Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 3 K A 5 3 Q 4
A 8 6 2 8 J 4 6
3 5 7 10 A 7 2 3
K 3 6 4 2 3 K A
4 J Q 6 J Q 6 4
Q 9 K 4 9 10 5 7
2 2 10 7 Q K 2 6
K A 5 3 8 3 10 7
A 9 5 7 2 4 Q 6
Q 4 7 6 5 7 K

K Q 9 8 7 2
A J 4 3
A J
3 Table 5
9 7 6
10 7 6 3
Q J 9 7 4
97788 =
46645 =
Par NS +600 6 3
K 10 2
K 8 5 4
K 8 5 2

1 opening
2 × W -2 +300
+9 145
1 NT opening
2 NT N -1 -100
-9 147

65. 2013 USBC Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 56

N deals
None vul Q 10 4 2
J 10
J 2
A K Q 9 6

West North East South West North East South
Milner Grabel LallH WeinsteinH Feldman Compton Pollack Wold
1 1 Pass 1 NT Pass Pass
1 2 Pass 3 2 Dbl 4 AP
3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 4 K 8 2 4 A 8
4 9 K 3 K 7 5 3
3 4 9 7 5 2 J K
5 2 J 7 8 4 2 10
10 2 9 6 J 3 6 6
4 J Q 2 4 10 Q 3
J 3 K Q 10 6 8 9
A 10 8 5 A J 8 5
K J Q 6 9 J A 3
A 3 6 10 9 tricks claimed

8 6 5 3
A K 9 7 4
K 9 4
4 Table A J 9
Q 8
A Q 10 7
J 10 8 7
33226 =
AABA7 =
Par NS -450 K 7
6 5 3 2
8 6 5 3
5 3 2

1 opening
3 E +1 -130
-5 145
1 NT opening
4 E -1 +50
+5 152

67. 2013 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 4, Bd 57

N deals
E-W vul K 7 5
6 4
K Q 10 8 5
Q J 7

West North East South West North East South
Verhees AukenS v.Prooijen Welland BildeM Drijver BildeD Brink
1 2 Pass 1 NT 2 Pass
4 AP 4 Pass 4 Pass
4 NT Pass 5 Pass
6 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
9 6 Q 2 9 A 5 3
4 2 3 Q A 7 10 3
A 7 10 3 2 J 2 4
2 Q 7 4 7 3 Q 4
A 5 7 6 5 Q 10 6
K 8 3 5 A 5 3 6
J 9 K 8 6 8
11 tricks claimed J 9 7 5
9 6 A 7

A Q 10 3
Q
A 7 6
A K 8 5 2 Table J 9 8
A K J 10 7 2
J 3 2
10
11143 =
BBB9A =
Par NS -660 6 4 2
9 8 5 3
9 4
9 6 4 3

1 opening
4 E +1 -650
-13 145
1 NT opening
6 E -1 +100
+13 166

68. 2013 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 50

N deals
E-W vul J 9 5
Q 7
J 5
A K Q 9 8 5

West North East South West North East South
Weinstein Upmark Levin Nystrom Fredin Meckstroth Fallenius Rodwell
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Dbl 2 AP Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 4 7 J 6 4 A 5
A 2 3 7 2 J Q K
K 6 4 10 5 3
Q 3 5 J 8 tricks won
Q 6 8 A
A 5 9 8
A
10 tricks claimed

A 7 4 3
A 3
A 10 7 2
J 10 7 Table Q 8 6
10 6 4 2
Q 9 6 3
6 2
8786A =
35463 =
Par NS +130 K 10 2
K J 9 8 5
K 8 4
4 3

1 opening
2 N +2 +130
+5 150
1 NT opening
3 NT N -1 -50
-5 166

70. 2013 Vanderbilt Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul K 6 5 2
A K
8 7 3
Q 9 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Helness BildeM Helgemo BildeD AukenS Nunes Welland Fantoni
1 1 1 1 NT 2 Dbl
Pass 2 3 4 (AP) Pass 2 Pass 4 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 A 3 9 Q 9 7 A
2 8 A 3 2 8 A 3
Q 9 5 8 Q 10 5 8
10 2 K 6 10 K 3 A
2 4 A 5 J 10 2 K
K 6 3 4 2 4 A 5
7 8 9 5 7 6 Q 3
Q 6 10 J 7 J 2 9
3 J 2 4 6 5 4 8
A 5 9 7 10 tricks claimed
Q 10 K 8

J 10 9 3
7 2
K 9 4
J 8 6 5 Table 8
Q J 8 6 5 4 3
A Q J 6
4
99479 =
44964 =
Par NS +200 A Q 7 4
10 9
10 5 2
A K 10 7

1 opening
4 S -1 -50
-10 150
1 NT opening
4 N = +420
+10 176

72. 2013 Vanderbilt Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 14

N deals
None vul Q J
A J 9 8
9 2
A J 9 5 2

West North East South West North East South
BildeD Helness BildeM Helgemo Fantoni AukenS Nunes Welland
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Dbl 2 2 3 (AP) Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A J 8 3 4 Q K 9
3 2 A Q J 2 A 4
5 6 6 9 10 6 3 8
5 10 A 2 8 7 7 5
8 4 K 3 5 10 6 2
10 K A 8 K
9 tricks claimed 5 tricks claimed

A K 4
10 3
K J 7 6 3
K Q 3 Table 8 7 6 5
7 4 2
A 10 8 5 4
8
55949 =
88494 =
Par NS +100 10 9 3 2
K Q 6 5
Q
10 7 6 4

1 opening
3 S = +140
+6 156
1 NT opening
1 NT N -2 -100
-6 176

73. 2013 Vanderbilt Round of 32, Seg 3, Bd 40

N deals
None vul K 6 4 2
8 3 2
Q 9
A K 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Boyd Zmudzinski Robinson Balicki Dubinin Woolsey Gromov Stewart
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass
Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
8 5 2 Q 2 4 10 K
2 K 9 6 Q 3 2 K
7 A 3 4 J 4 A 9
2 7 Q 5 7 Q 5 2
5 8 Q 4 A 8 9 4
K 9 4 10 J 3 6 6
2 9 K 6 7 8 5 10
9 tricks claimed 3 Q 7 6
5 8 2 J
4 6 8 9

J 10 8 5 3
Q 10 6
K 8
10 8 7 Table A 7
A J 9
10 6 4 3
J 9 3 2
97898 =
45445 =
Par NS +400 Q 9
K 7 5 4
A J 7 5 2
Q 4

1 opening
3 NT S = +400
+7 163
1 NT opening
1 NT N +1 +120
-7 176

74. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 88

N deals
None vul J 2
K J 7 2
10 7
A Q J 8 4

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Nystrom Helness Upmark Bertheau Nunes Cullin Fantoni
1 1 Pass 1 NT 2 Pass
1 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass
4 AP 4 Pass Pass Dbl (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 K 3 4 10 2 A 4
A 3 J 2 6 J 7 K
5 7 10 J 5 7 10 J
7 Q A 6 2 4 7 10
K A 4 5 K A 8 3
3 9 J A A 3 2 2
4 5 10 7 A 3 6 J
3 4 8 8 Q 5 3 7
6 Q 9 8 6 4
8 tricks claimed 10 tricks claimed

K Q 10 9 6
—
J 4
K 10 9 6 3 2 Table A 8 4
A 10 9 6 4
K Q 9 2
5
43665 43765
8A678 =
Par NS -420 7 5 3
Q 8 5 3
A 8 6 5 3
7

1 opening
4 W -2 +100
+12 175
1 NT opening
4 × W = -590
-12 176

75. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul A 3
10 7 2
Q 8 3
A K 10 9 3

West North East South West North East South
Fitzgibbon Zaremba Mesbur Zak Zmudzinski Garvey Balicki Carroll
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 1 1 2 Dbl 2 2 3
4 AP 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 A 8 4 7 Q K 6
2 3 K 8 A 5 7 2
9 7 2 3 3 K 8 4
4 Q K 6 4 5 A 3
Q 10 J 6 K 8 9 2
J Q 7 5 2 Q 10 4
J 10 tricks claimed
9 tricks claimed

6 4 2
A Q 4
A K J 7 6 2
Q Table K Q 10 9 5
9 6 5
10 9 4
J 6
64839 =
79594 =
Par NS -100 J 8 7
K J 8 3
5
8 7 5 4 2

1 opening
4 E -1 +100
+6 181
1 NT opening
3 E +1 -130
-6 176

76. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 6, Bd 86

N deals
N-S vul Q 3
Q 8 5 2
Q 4 3
A K 9 8

West North East South West North East South
Helness Amoils Helgemo WolpertD L'Ecuyer Fantoni Demuy Nunes
1 Dbl Rdbl 1 NT Pass 2
1 Pass 3 4 Pass 2 Pass 4 (AP)
Pass 5 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 A 7 4 7 3 J A
3 2 9 7 2 6 K 3
3 6 4 2 4 J 5 10
10 J K 8 2 8 6 4
Q 7 8 2 Q
3 A 10 4 10 tricks claimed
6 J 5 2
4 3 Q A
6 K J 5
K 6 8 9

5 4 2
J 3
J 10 7 2
Q J 6 2 Table A 9 7 6
A 10 6
K 9 8 6 5
7
88A6A =
44373 34373
Par NS +620 K J 10 8
K 9 7 4
A
10 5 4 3

1 opening
5 N -1 -100
-12 181
1 NT opening
4 N = +620
+12 188

83. 2012 WC Final, Seg 5, Bd 65

N deals
None vul 7 6 2
5 3
A K Q J 10
K 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Zmudzinski Nystrom Balicki Upmark Bertheau Narkiewicz Cullin Buras
1 1 2 1 NT 2 3
2 Pass 3 Pass 3 AP
3 Pass 3 NT Pass
Pass Dbl Rdbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
8 2 K 10 K 4 3 A
A 2 5 4 A 5 8 7
K 3 7 8 J Q 8 5
7 tricks won 3 2 K 10
Q 2 5 4
A 3 6 8
K K 7 9
7 9 J 5
9 tricks claimed

J 9 8
8 4
9 8 4
A J 9 4 2 Table A K Q 10 4 3
A J 7
3 2
Q 10
43884 =
89457 =
Par NS -140 5
K Q 10 9 6 2
7 6 5
8 7 3

1 opening
3 NT×× E -2 +600
+12 193
1 NT opening
3 E = -140
-12 192

85. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul A 3
10 7 2
Q 8 3
A K 10 9 3

West North East South West North East South
Multon Cullin Zimmermann Bertheau Nystrom Fantoni Upmark Nunes
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
2 Pass 3 Pass Dbl 2 2 4
3 NT AP 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 6 8 Q 5 A 3 9
K J 5 4 2 A 5 7
10 5 4 2 8 10 8 2
3 Q 7 4 8 Q K 6
10 5 A 3 9 tricks claimed
K 8 4 8
J Q 9 J
A 5 3 6
9 6 2 2
3

6 4 2
A Q 4
A K J 7 6 2
Q Table K Q 10 9 5
9 6 5
10 9 4
J 6
64839 =
79594 =
Par NS -100 J 8 7
K J 8 3
5
8 7 5 4 2

1 opening
3 NT W -3 +300
+5 198
1 NT opening
4 E -1 +100
-5 192

89. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 60

N deals
E-W vul A J 6 3
6 3 2
Q J 8
K 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Smirnov Carroll Piekarek Garvey McGann Rehder Hanlon Gromoeller
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 Pass Pass Dbl 2 2 AP
Dbl Pass 1 NT Pass
3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 10 6 8 4 10 2 8
A 8 3 7 Q A 2 4
2 J 5 9 Q 3 7 A
3 A 4 J 5 3 9 10
6 7 9 K 9 2 J K
3 2 7 Q K 7 9 6
10 tricks claimed A 5 J 3
10 7 4 8
5 4 6 6

Q 5
K J 10
A 6 4 2
A Q 10 9 Table K 9 8 2
A 8
K 10 5 3
8 6 3
33433 34433
A98AA =
Par NS -630 10 7 4
Q 9 7 5 4
9 7
J 7 4

1 opening
3 NT E +1 -630
-10 198
1 NT opening
2 E +1 -140
+10 202

96. 2012 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 56

N deals
None vul K 3
A J 9
A 6 4
J 10 9 8 5

West North East South West North East South
Weinstein Brink Levin Drijver Verhees Rodwell v.Prooijen Meckstroth
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2 NT
Pass 1 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 3 NT Pass 4
Pass 4 Pass 5
Pass 6 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 Q 3 4 4
2 4 J 12 tricks won
12 tricks won

10 9 7 6 5 2
K 4 2
7 5 3
4 Table Q 8 4
8 6 5
J 10 9 8 2
A 7
C8B8C =
14141 =
Par NS +990 A J
Q 10 7 3
K Q
K Q 6 3 2

1 opening
3 NT N +3 +490
-10 203
1 NT opening
6 N = +920
+10 214

99. 2012 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 59

N deals
None vul 9 7 3 2
J 8
A 5 4
A K 9 3

West North East South West North East South
Helness Willenken Helgemo Rosenberg Zia Fantoni Martel Nunes
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 2 AP 2 Pass 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 2 K 4 Q 8 4 6
10 Q A 3 3 K A 2
6 9 6 J K 5 2 6
Q K A 6 A 7 4 8
5 2 J 8 3 Q 4 10
10 2 4 7 J 10 5 7
4 3 8 A 2 8 A 9
9 tricks claimed 6 Q K
8 tricks claimed

A 6 5
K 10 5 3 2
K 8
10 8 6 Table K 10
A 7 6
9 7 6 2
Q J 7 5
78577 =
64866 =
Par NS +100 Q J 8 4
Q 9 4
Q J 10 3
4 2

1 opening
2 S +1 +140
+6 211
1 NT opening
2 E = -110
-6 218

102. 2012 USBC Final, Seg 1, Bd 12

N deals
E-W vul A Q 8 2
K Q 8
10 9 3
Q 10 5

West North East South West North East South
Moss Katz Gitelman Nickell Hamman Hampson Zia Greco
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2 NT
Pass 1 NT Pass 6 NT (AP) Pass 3 Pass 4
Pass 4 Pass 5 NT
Pass 6 Pass 7
Pass 7 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 A 3 6
13 tricks won 13 tricks won

K J 5
J 10 5 3
4
J 9 7 6 3 Table 9 7 3
6 4 2
8 7 6 5
8 4 2
DCCDB =
01102 =
Par NS +1520 10 6 4
A 9 7
A K Q J 2
A K

1 opening
6 NT N +1 +1020
-11 211
1 NT opening
7 NT N = +1520
+11 232

104. 2012 USBC Round of 16, Seg 5, Bd 66

N deals
E-W vul A 4 2
K 10 6 5
K J 9 3
7 2

West North East South West North East South
Pollack Demirev Feldman Lee Garner Stewart WeinsteinH Woolsey
1 1 2 1 NT 2 NT 3
Pass Pass 3 AP 5 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 2 5 9 A 3 9 3
4 A 2 3 A 7 4 3
4 3 Q 7 2 10 6 9
A 10 3 9 10 4 9 K
2 5 6 J A 2 5 J
Q 2 J K Q 3 6 5
11 tricks claimed 5 8 J J
Q 2 6 5
J 2 8 6
11 tricks claimed

Q J 10 3
7 4 3 2
4
A J 10 6 Table —
J 9
A Q 8 6 5 2
K Q 8 5 3
67742 67642
7569B =
Par NS -600 K 9 8 7 6 5
A Q 8
10 7
9 4

1 opening
3 E +2 -150
+10 221
1 NT opening
5 W = -600
-10 233

108. 2011 BB Final, Seg 7, Bd 105

N deals
E-W vul J 8 7 5
10 5
A Q 7
A J 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Brink Hurd Drijver Wooldridge Grue de Wijs LallJ Muller
1 1 Dbl 1 NT Dbl 2
3 3 4 AP Dbl Pass 2 Pass
4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 2 A 3 J 2 Q K
5 A 6 9 A 6 2 5
K 3 2 10 K 9 3 10
K 5 4 7 7 8 9 5
6 8 4 Q 4 5 10 A
4 5 10 A 7 K 2 3
10 tricks claimed 9 tricks claimed

K 6 4
9 8 4 3 2
4 2
K Q 6 Table Q 10
A K Q J 7
K 6 3
10 8 3
58487 48387
75956 75955
Par NS -100 A 9 3 2
6
J 10 9 8 5
9 7 4

1 opening
4 E = -620
-12 221
1 NT opening
4 E -1 +100
+12 249

110. 2011 BB Playoff, Seg 1, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul Q 8 7 4
J 9 2
A Q 2
K 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Versace Fleisher Lauria Kamil Stansby Bocchi Martel Madala
1 Pass 1 1 NT 2 3
Pass 1 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 9 10 K 2 9 10 K
8 A 2 5 A 9 5 3
5 6 J 3 Q 8 6 4
8 tricks won 2 3 J 10
K 4 4 5
7 J 8 9
8 6 7 10
2 5 Q A
A 6 8 3
Q 7 6 4
7 J 10 2

6 5
K Q 10 4
10 4 3
J 10 8 6 Table A 10 9 3
8 5 3
9
A Q 7 5 2
76593 =
3674A 4674A
Par NS -100 K J 2
A 7 6
K J 8 7 6 5
9

1 opening
3 NT N -1 -50
-10 221
1 NT opening
3 NT N = +400
+10 259

114. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 1

N deals
None vul A J 8 5
7 4
A 2
A 10 9 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Verhees Bosenberg v.Prooijen Eber Apteker de Wijs Gower Muller
1 1 2 1 NT Pass Pass
2 NT 3 3 AP 2 Dbl 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 6 5 8 Q K A 8
J K A 3 10 3 2 6
3 2 K A 3 7 K A
7 5 K 6 4 9 K 6
7 Q 5 10 2 8 7 10
6 8 9 4 J Q K A
J Q K A 9 tricks claimed
9 tricks claimed

K Q 9 6
Q J 8 6
K 4
K 7 6 Table 10 3
A 10 9 5 3
J 10 8 7 6
8
8746A 8756A
45863 =
Par NS +130 7 4 2
K 2
Q 9 5 3
Q J 3 2

1 opening
3 E = -140
-5 227
1 NT opening
4 E -1 +50
+5 264

115. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 1

N deals
None vul A J 8 5
7 4
A 2
A 10 9 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Wooldridge Levin Hurd Weinstein Stansby Grue Martel LallJ
1 3 Pass 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass Pass Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 9
9 tricks won 8 tricks won

K Q 9 6
Q J 8 6
K 4
K 7 6 Table 10 3
A 10 9 5 3
J 10 8 7 6
8
8746A 8756A
45863 =
Par NS +130 7 4 2
K 2
Q 9 5 3
Q J 3 2

1 opening
3 E = -140
-6 227
1 NT opening
1 NT N +1 +120
+6 270

117. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 25

N deals
E-W vul A 7
10 9 6 4
K 10 8 6
A 8 2

West North East South West North East South
Buras Fredin Narkiewicz Fallenius Cullin Martens Upmark Jassem
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 4 K A 3 5 J K
3 6 8 J A 4 3 6
4 5 J K 2 J 5 Q
A 4 7 Q 2 6 4 A
2 K 5 3 7 5 8 K
7 A 2 6 K A 2 4
10 2 6 2 Q 6 7 2
9 7 9 3 Q 3 6 3
Q 8 10 9 9 tricks claimed
5 6 A 3
7 8 10 K

K 6 4
J 8 7 5 3 2
J 2
Q 6 Table J 8 3 2
K
Q 9 7 4 3
K J 4
9898A =
45453 =
Par NS +400 Q 10 9 5
A Q
A 5
10 9 7 5 3

1 opening
2 NT S +1 +150
-6 227
1 NT opening
3 NT N = +400
+6 276

119. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 18, Bd 28

N deals
E-W vul Q 10 8
K 10 9 6
A 4 2
K 6 4

West North East South West North East South
JonssonT Ginossar Baldursson Pachtman HerbstI MagnussonM HerbstO Haraldsson
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
1 2 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass
3 NT AP 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 5 K A 9 Q 3 5
3 K 10 4 3 9 Q A
J 3 4 Q K A 7 3
5 9 J A 5 2 A 8
10 2 7 3 K 10 9 6
6 Q 8 8 3 Q 5 7
6 2 Q 2 6 K J 2
7 6 8 5 J 7 6 2
A 2 9 K 4 4 8 2
5 6 A 8 4 8 10 10

A K J 4 3
5
Q J 10 7
9 8 3 Table 9 5
A Q 4 2
8 6 5 3
A Q 7
53624 =
897B9 =
Par NS -600 7 6 2
J 8 7 3
K 9
J 10 5 2

1 opening
3 NT E -1 +100
+6 233
1 NT opening
3 W +2 -150
-6 276

120. 2011 BB Final, Seg 1, Bd 16

N deals
N-S vul A 8 5 2
A 10
K J 10
9 7 6 4

West North East South West North East South
Brink Wooldridge Drijver Hurd Zagorin de Wijs Bathurst Muller
1 Pass 1 NT 1 NT Pass 3 NT
Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 10 2 4 3 4 9 2
K 8 6 2 J 5 7 6
J 3 9 4 5 J 8 6
4 2 A 3 4 2 10 Q
5 8 9 J 4 10 A 9
8 tricks claimed 3 Q 2 K
6 J A 3
K 8 7 2
5
7 tricks claimed

J 9
K J 7 6
7 5 4 2
Q 8 3 Table K Q 7 3
9 5 3 2
A 8 3
J 2
77778 87778
56664 =
Par NS +120 10 6 4
Q 8 4
Q 9 6
A K 10 5

1 opening
1 NT S +1 +120
+8 241
1 NT opening
3 NT N -2 -200
-8 276

121. 2011 BB Playoff, Seg 3, Bd 37

N deals
N-S vul K 7
A 2
J 10 7 5
A 7 5 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Weinstein Bocchi Levin Madala Duboin Martel Sementa Stansby
1 Pass 2 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 2 7 10 A 5 3 2
6 3 K 4 4 J K 6
5 3 Q A 9 8 3 7
6 A 4 9 A 7 4 6
7 8 Q A 2 K 8 9
Q 2 5 K 8 tricks claimed
2 4 J K
8
9 tricks claimed

A 5 3 2
Q J 6 3
A 4
10 6 3 Table 10 8 4
8 7 5 4
K 9 3
Q J 8
897A8 =
44634 =
Par NS +140 Q J 9 6
K 10 9
Q 8 6 2
K 9

1 opening
3 NT S = +600
+12 253
1 NT opening
3 S -1 -100
-12 276

122. 2011 BB Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul A 10 2
A K J 5
10 5 4 3
10 7

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Brink Versace Drijver Muller Madala de Wijs Bocchi
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3 NT
Pass 2 Pass 3 NT Pass 4 AP
Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 3 Q A K A 2 3
K 4 2 9 K 4 2 J
3 5 A J 3 5 A 9
10 4 6 8 10 4 6 8
4 8 J 2 4 8 J 7
6 2 5 9 2 4 A 6
3 K A 7 K Q 3 8
J 10 5 6 10 tricks claimed
9 5 Q 7

8 5 4
10 9 8 4
7 2
A J 9 2 Table J 9
Q 6
K Q 9 8
Q 8 5 4 3
8A995 AAA95
33348 =
Par NS +430 K Q 7 6 3
7 3 2
A J 6
K 6

1 opening
4 S -2 -100
-11 253
1 NT opening
4 N = +420
+11 287

127. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 5, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul A Q J 10
3 2
K 6
Q J 9 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Gawrys Gower Kalita Apteker Donde Martens Stephens Jassem
1 1 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 AP
Pass 2 Pass 2 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J 6 Q 8 8 3 7 Q
9 Q 4 2 Q 2 4 K
3 7 10 6 5 K A 3
Q 2 4 K J Q 5 2
5 J K 4 A 3 7 2
K A 5 3 6 5 8 9
6 3 J J Q 8 J 6
A 3 5 K 4 9 10 3
4 9 10 7 A 6 4 2
10 10 9 6 5

7 5 2
10 5 4
J 10 5
K 10 5 3 Table K 9 8 6
K J 9
A Q 7 4 2
2
76869 66859
66464 66564
Par NS +110 4 3
A Q 8 7 6
9 8 3
A 6 4

1 opening
2 S -2 -100
-5 257
1 NT opening
2 N = +110
+5 292

132. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 30

N deals
None vul K 5
K 2
10 8 5 3
K Q J 7 3

West North East South West North East South
Fleisher McAvoy Kamil Hargreaves Roche Martel Rayner Stansby
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
1 Pass Pass 2 Dbl 2 2 3
2 3 3 AP 3 Pass 4 Dbl (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 3 5 A K 8 4 5
A 5 3 2 Q 9 10 6
10 K 6 9 3 Q A 6
9 tricks won 2 K 5 4
2 3 3 A
8 tricks claimed

A Q 10 8 7 4
A J
K 6
6 5 2 Table J 6 3
Q 9 6 4 3
Q 7 4
9 8
757AA =
48633 =
Par NS +130 9 2
10 8 7 5
A J 9 2
A 10 4

1 opening
3 W = -140
-10 259
1 NT opening
4 × W -2 +300
+10 305

137. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 16, Bd 20

N deals
Both vul Q 9 8 7
J 8 6 3
A 9
A J 5

West North East South West North East South
Edgtton Campos Gosney Villas-Boas Amaral Hans Chagas Nunn
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
1 2 3 Pass Pass
3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 5 A 4 6 3 9 J
3 K A 2 3 5 A 4
9 5 4 Q 2 10 J K
2 7 A J K 4 7 A
5 6 K 8 6 2 7 Q
10 6 K 2 6 7 A J
K 3 7 A Q 10 3 5
8 tricks claimed 8 9 2 8
2 3 4 9
5 4 K 9

K 6 4 3 2
Q 10 4
K Q J
9 7 Table A 10 5
K 5
8 5 2
K Q 8 6 2
34764 =
99578 =
Par NS -600 J
A 9 7 2
10 7 6 4 3
10 4 3

1 opening
3 W -1 +100
+5 266
1 NT opening
1 NT N -1 -100
-5 306

138. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 16, Bd 28

N deals
E-W vul Q 5
7 6 5 2
Q J
A K J 10 5

West North East South West North East South
Edgtton Campos Gosney Villas-Boas Amaral Hans Chagas Nunn
1 2 2 1 NT 2 2
4 Pass Pass 5 4 Pass Pass Dbl (AP)
5 6 Pass Pass
Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J Q A 2 2 3 Q A
2 Q A 6 K 5 3 6
4 K 8 5 2 Q A 3
2 3 A 3 4 K 8 5
5 4 4 7 A 2 Q 5
6 K 4 J 7
11 tricks claimed 10 6 5 8
9 tricks claimed

K J 8 7 2
A 8
6 4 2
Q 8 3 Table A 10 9 4 3
J 10 9 4 3
8 7 5
—
7449B 7448B
39621 =
Par NS +400 6
K Q
A K 10 9 3
9 7 6 4 2

1 opening
6 × N -1 -100
-7 266
1 NT opening
4 × W -1 +200
+7 313

142. 2011 USBC Semifinal, Seg 7, Bd 91

N deals
None vul A J 5 2
A 8
K 3 2
J 10 8 7

West North East South West North East South
LallJ Wolfson Grue Cohen WeinsteinH Wooldridge Garner Hurd
1 1 NT 2 1 NT Dbl Pass
Pass Pass 2 2 Pass Rdbl AP
Pass 3 Pass Pass
3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 K 8 6 A 5 4 2
9 2 8 5 Q 2 6 3
10 tricks won J 3 7 K
8 6 Q K
4 A 10 2
2 6 K 9
10 4 5 Q
10 5 9 8
A 3 9 7

9 4
Q 5 4 3
9 7 6 4
K 9 4 Table Q 7 6
K 10 6
A Q J 10 8
A 6
58538 58438
858A4 =
Par NS -130 K 10 8 3
J 9 7 2
5
Q 5 3 2

1 opening
3 E +1 -130
+13 280
1 NT opening
1 NT×× N -3 -1000
-13 314

144. 2011 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 19

N deals
E-W vul 9 8 6
K 7 4
A 9
K Q 9 8 5

West North East South West North East South
ShiX Bakhshi Gu Delmonte Grue Kang Cheek Sun
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Dbl Rdbl Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP)
Pass Pass 2 Dbl (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 2 Q A 5 K 2 8
10 4 7 K 4 2 Q 3
5 3 7 J 7 2 Q 3
A 3 7 2 6 7 K A
6 9 K 5 A 3 7 6
4 4 Q 10 10 Q J 9
8 J A 5 6 9 K 5
6 A 3 2 8 10 2 J
K 2 5 J 4 3 A
5 tricks claimed 6

J 7 2
J 10 9 3
10 8 5
J 7 2 Table A 10 5 4
5 2
K J 4 3
A 10 3
88989 =
55454 =
Par NS +140 K Q 3
A Q 8 6
Q 7 6 2
6 4

1 opening
2 × E -3 +800
+9 289
1 NT opening
3 NT N = +400
-9 314

146. 2011 Vanderbilt Round of 32, Seg 3, Bd 40

N deals
None vul K 8 5 3
K 9 4
K 7 4
A 6 4

West North East South West North East South
Shivdasani Helgemo Allegaert Helness Brogeland LallH Saelensminde LallJ
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Dbl Rdbl Pass Pass Dbl 3 Pass 4 (AP)
1 Pass Pass 3
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
8 6 10 K Q 4 8 A
K 7 2 A J 6 4 7
Q 4 5 A 6 A 3 2
Q 6 4 8 J K 3 9
J 2 9 7 K 8 2 A
10 5 7 9 10 7 5 6
5 4 4 10 Q K 7 J
3 9 3 2 5 10 3 4
6 A 5 7 9 tricks claimed

A Q 9 4
A 6
Q J 10 2
8 5 2 Table 10 7 2
8 7
8 5 3
K J 10 9 7
86966 =
46367 47367
Par NS +140 J 6
Q J 10 5 3 2
A 9 6
Q 3

1 opening
3 NT N = +400
+10 299
1 NT opening
4 S -1 -50
-10 314

148. 2010 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 2, Bd 32

N deals
N-S vul A Q J
Q 5 3
Q 9 4
Q 10 8 5

West North East South West North East South
Lynch Helgemo Passell Helness Strul Dubinin Becker Gromov
1 1 NT Pass 1 NT Dbl Pass
Pass Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass
3 Pass 5 Pass
5 Pass 6 Pass
6 Dbl Pass Pass
7 Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 6 Q 3 3
5 K 2 2 8 tricks won
9 2 4 J
8 A 9 2
10 3 7 Q
3 K A 4
6 9 Q J

K 8 7 4
10 9 4 2
K J 8 2
6 Table 10 9 6
K J
A 10 6 3
A K 7 3
65647 55647
78796 =
Par NS -110 5 3 2
A 8 7 6
7 5
J 9 4 2

1 opening
1 NT E -1 +50
-14 299
1 NT opening
7 × E -5 +1100
+14 328

149. 2010 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul K 10 9 8
A 9 7
Q 10
A 8 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Diamond Cayne Platnick Seamon Versace Hampson Lauria Greco
1 1 NT Pass 1 NT Dbl Pass
Pass Pass Pass Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 4 A 5 A 5 2 10
9 8 3 6 K J 3 Q
7 J Q K 9 2 7 4
2 Q 4 5 4 3 8 5
5 K 9 2 3 A 7 6
A J 3 10 8 K 9 2
K 2 7 4 6 2 10 7
9 3 8 8 5 Q K A
6 4 7 9 9 J 3 6
A J Q 10 8 10 4 8
6 Q J 9 5

Q 7
K 6 4
8 7 3 2
J 10 3 2 Table A 6 5
J 8 5
A K 9 6 4
K 7
68747 68647
75696 =
Par NS -100 J 4 3 2
Q 10 3 2
J 5
Q 9 6

1 opening
1 NT E = -90
+5 304
1 NT opening
1 NT× N -2 -300
-5 328

155. 2010 Rosenblum Qualifying, Rd 9, Bd 2

N deals
E-W vul J 9 7 5
Q 9 5
K 4 2
K Q J

West North East South West North East South
WangW El Ahmady Zhuang Sadek Sementa LiJ Duboin LiuJ
1 Pass Pass 1 NT Pass 2
Dbl Pass 1 Pass Dbl Pass 2 Pass
2 NT Pass 3 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 AP
3 Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 2 3 5 9 J K 5
5 2 10 K 5 10 6 A
10 J 4 7 A 5 2 4
9 3 8 A K 9 3 8
2 J 3 6 A 2 7 6
K A 6 8 Q 4 6 8
9 4 4 4 K 7 3 8
5 6 J K 2 J 2 Q
Q 6 J 10 8 Q

A K 4 2
A K
A Q J 3
10 8 5 Table 10 3
J 7 6 3 2
7 5
A 9 4 2
55343 =
8899A =
Par NS -140 Q 8 6
10 8 4
10 9 8 6
7 6 3

1 opening
3 NT W -1 +100
+5 310
1 NT opening
3 E = -110
-5 335

157. 2010 Rosenblum Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 43

N deals
None vul A Q 9
K J 5 2
K 9
8 5 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Helness Moss Helgemo Gitelman Greco Nunes Hampson Fantoni
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 3 NT
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 (AP) Pass Pass Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 A 4 7 A 10 2 3
K 5 3 7 K Q 7 4
9 6 A Q 6 2 J 5
J 2 2 8 A 2 9 8
10 3 Q K 2 A 4 7
A 10 5 3 10 7
9 tricks claimed Q 3 K 4
J 6 10 5
6 tricks claimed

J 8 6 5 3 2
A 7
Q 7
J 7 2 Table K 4
9 6 4 3
8 6 5
A K 9 6
759A6 75996
48336 =
Par NS +130 10 7
Q 10 8
A J 10 4 3 2
Q 10

1 opening
2 S +1 +110
+6 316
1 NT opening
3 NT N -3 -150
-6 335

162. 2010 Rosenblum Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 4

N deals
Both vul K Q 6
8 4 3 2
K 9
K Q 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Jassem Nickell Martens Katz Zia Kurka Hamman Kopecky
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 4 NT Pass 3 NT Pass 6 NT (AP)
Pass 5 Pass 6 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 K J 9 5 4 10 K
2 5 K A 2 5 K A
5 3 7 A 10 3 7 Q
11 tricks won 12 tricks won

5 4 2
A 10
10 8
10 8 7 6 5 2 Table 8 7 3
9 7 5
Q 7 6 5 3 2
J
CCB99 =
11144 =
Par NS +1440 A J 10 9
K Q J 6
A J 4
A 9

1 opening
6 S -1 -100
-17 316
1 NT opening
6 NT N = +1440
+17 358

166. 2010 Rosenblum Round of 64, Seg 2, Bd 26

N deals
Both vul A 8 7
A 5 3 2
K 8 2
Q 6 4

West North East South West North East South
Fischer BessisT Saurer BessisM Chagas Jokisch Levy Kasimir
1 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 2
2 NT Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 9 10 J 2 Q 3 7
3 8 Q 7 4 J A 9
5 2 K 6 2 6 6 Q
3 4 J 8 K 3 5 7
A 4 7 Q 9 2 J 5
8 6 10 2 8 2 K 4
9 K 2 7 3 K A 7
11 tricks claimed Q 10 3 8
A 8 7 6
6 tricks claimed

K 6 3
K Q J
9 3
K 10 9 7 3 Table 10 5 2
9
A Q J 6 4
A J 8 5
25731 25621
B869B A869A
Par NS -660 Q J 9 4
10 8 7 6 4
10 7 5
2

1 opening
3 NT W +2 -660
-10 319
1 NT opening
2 N -2 -200
+10 369

169. 2010 Rosenblum Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 25

N deals
E-W vul A 6 3
Q J 7
J 7
K 10 6 5 3

West North East South West North East South
BildeD Welland Graversen H-Welland Smirnov BildeM Piekarek Hansen
1 1 NT Pass 1 NT Dbl Pass
2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Rdbl Pass 2
2 NT Pass 3 NT AP Dbl Pass 3 Pass
3 Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 7 3 A Q 7 3 2
4 8 K 7 8 2 K 4
3 J A 6 6 A 9 3
2 10 Q 3 4 8 K J
9 6 7 8 3 7 A 6
5 7 6 4 2 10 Q 6
3 Q K 2 5 3 4 J
A 10 5 J 9 7 6 4
9 5 J A 2

Q 9 5 2
8 5 3
K Q 9 5 3
7 Table K 7 4
A K 9 6
A 4 2
A 4 2
33236 =
8ABA7 =
Par NS -650 J 10 8
10 4 2
10 8 6
Q J 9 8

1 opening
3 NT E = -600
-12 319
1 NT opening
3 NT E -1 +100
+12 381

170. 2009 BB Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 37

N deals
N-S vul K Q 6 2
K Q 5 3
7 6 2
Q 4

West North East South West North East South
Smirnov Karaivanov Piekarek Trendafilov Aronov Gromoeller Stefanov Kirmse
1 Pass 1 1 NT Dbl Pass
Dbl 1 NT Dbl 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass
Dbl 2 Dbl AP Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 J A 2 3 J A 6
10 6 5 4 4 Q 2 7
4 K A 7 Q A 7 4
Q K 4 7 A 9 6 3
9 6 3 J J 10 3 K
9 8 3 2 7 5 4 10
6 3 A 4 5 K 10 9
5 K A 7 2 9 K 2
10 9 8 Q 8 8 5 Q
Q 2 10 2 Q K 3 A

J 8 5 4 3
6 4
A 10
A J 8 2 Table A 10
A J 8 2
Q 9 5 3
K 6 5
33443 =
AA99A =
Par NS -430 9 7
10 9 7
K J 8 4
10 9 7 3

1 opening
2 × N -5 -1400
-12 319
1 NT opening
2 × N -3 -800
+12 393

175. 2009 BB Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul A 10 9 8
A Q 7 3
9 4
J 7 2

West North East South West North East South
Muller Brogeland de Wijs Lindqvist Saelensminde Brink Austberg Drijver
1 1 2 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 3 AP 2 Pass 2 2 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 5 3 4 K 5 3 4
7 2 J A A 6 3 9
3 9 10 K 2 10 K A
Q 8 6 5 2 4 A 3
4 A 5 J K 8 7 10
9 K 6 4 5 Q J 8
2 7 8 Q 4 3 5 J
2 4 A 3 9 4 10 6
Q Q 7 2 6 J 9 2
8 tricks claimed Q 6 8 10
10 tricks claimed

K Q J 4 3
K 8 6 4
3
Q 8 3 Table 7 6
9 5 2
A K J 10 8 2
10 4
87779 =
55553 46553
Par NS +120 5 2
J 10
Q 7 6 5
A K 9 6 5

1 opening
3 N -1 -50
-6 323
1 NT opening
2 NT N +2 +180
+6 400

178. 2009 BB Qualifying, Rd 14, Bd 6

N deals
N-S vul 6 4
Q 3 2
K J 2
A K 8 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Karakolev Lindqvist Danailov Brogeland Saelensminde Stefanov Austberg Aronov
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 2 AP Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 A 5 8 5 8 9 6
K 7 10 4 2 4 A 10
2 7 10 K Q K 7 3
2 4 A K 3 6 K 10
3 4 9 6 A 5 8 4
3 6 K 9 J 9 4 A
J 10 5 A J 2 3 9
10 tricks claimed 6 3 J
8 tricks claimed

J 9 7 2
K 6 5
A 6
10 9 6 4 Table A Q 5 3
J 7 4
10 9
Q J 7 5
86AA7 =
46325 46336
Par NS +620 K 10 8
A 10 9 8
Q 8 7 5 4 3
—

1 opening
2 S +2 +130
+6 330
1 NT opening
3 NT N -1 -100
-6 400

179. 2009 BB Qualifying, Rd 14, Bd 5

N deals
N-S vul K Q 10 9
A Q J 6
3
9 7 6 4

West North East South West North East South
Duboin Drijver Sementa Brink de Wijs Fantoni Muller Nunes
1 Pass 1 1 NT 3 3
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 6 NT (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 J 3 4 5 2 J K
4 2 Q 8 9 3 A 6
2 6 K 5 7 4 Q 2
3 K A 4 6 5 Q 8
J 2 6 Q A 3 7 10
3 A 3 9 4 2 Q 3
K 2 6 5 10 8 5 8
7 8 A 5 6 5 K 8
Q 10 5 9 7 9 A 10
9 J J 7 10

J 8 6 4 3
10 9 8 2
6 4 2
8 Table 5
5 3
K Q 10 8
K J 10 5 3 2
BBB99 =
22234 =
Par NS +660 A 7 2
K 7 4
A J 9 7 5
A Q

1 opening
3 NT S +2 +660
+13 343
1 NT opening
6 NT N -1 -100
-13 400

183. 2009 BB Qualifying, Rd 18, Bd 2

N deals
E-W vul Q 9 7
Q J 9 5
A 7
Q J 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Khiuppenen Ventin Kholomeev Lambardi Muzzio Khokhlov Bianchedi Matushko
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4
Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 4 AP
Pass 4 Pass 5
Pass 5 Pass 6 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 Q K 6 K 2 3 4
A 3 5 2 A 3 5 2
4 10 Q 6 K 10 9
4 8 7 3 13 tricks won
2 8 J 4
5 10 8 6
A 3 7 2
6 4 Q 5

J 4 3
10 3
K 10 9 8
9 7 6 3 Table 8 5 2
—
6 5 4 3 2
A K 10 8 2
BDD67 BCD67
00076 =
Par NS +1510 A K 10 6
A K 8 7 6 4 2
Q J
—

1 opening
6 S +1 +1010
+11 355
1 NT opening
4 N +3 +510
-11 402

185. 2009 BB Qualifying, Rd 14, Bd 7

N deals
Both vul 7 4
9 5 3
A K Q 3
K 9 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Kholomeev Branco Khiuppenen Chagas Villas-Boas Dubinin Campos Gromov
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 4 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 10 J K A 9 8 4
7 K 9 8 5 10 J Q
7 Q A 3 3 7 Q A
J K 5 2 2 7 K 10
4 A 10 3 5 2 10 K
6 6 10 4 3 4 A 2
9 tricks claimed K J 5 10
9 tricks claimed

8 3 2
Q J 2
J 8 7
A J 10 8 Table A K 6 5
10 4
9 6 5 4
7 6 5
88988 =
55445 =
Par NS +140 Q J 10 9
A K 8 7 6
10 2
Q 2

1 opening
3 NT N = +600
+12 367
1 NT opening
4 N -1 -100
-12 402

186. 2009 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 20

N deals
Both vul A 9 6 2
K J 9
9 4
K Q 9 6

West North East South West North East South
Lynch Meltzer Passell Larsen Helness Dubinin Sontag Gromov
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
1 Dbl 2 AP Pass 2 Pass Pass
2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 3 7 A 2 5 10 K
3 6 Q 4 3 A Q 4
5 10 K A K A 5 10
6 4 J 2 2
3 10 J A 8 tricks claimed
2 6 7 9
3 4 10 J
4 5 K 7
9 2 6 A
7 2 K 8

K J 8 7 3
10
A 7 5 3
A 8 2 Table Q 5
A 8 7 2
K 10 2
10 5 4 3
65754 =
68588 =
Par NS -110 10 4
Q 6 5 4 3
Q J 8 6
J 7

1 opening
2 W -1 +100
+5 372
1 NT opening
2 W = -110
-5 402

189. 2009 Spingold Round of 64, Seg 4, Bd 55

N deals
Both vul A Q 9
Q 6 5
A 9
J 10 9 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Lindop Townsend Baxter Gold Rosenberg Rayner Feldman Roche
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT Dbl Pass 2 Dbl
2 AP 2 Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J 2 K A J 2 6 Q
K A 2 10 K A 3 4
9 Q 3 4 3 4 K A
5 8 6 9 J Q 2 2
5 4 6 Q 5 7 5 6
K A 3 2 10 9 8 J
10 7 9 7 K A 5 3
10 Q 6 4 10 2 7 7
9 8 7 8 4 9 Q 8
K 5 2 A 4 9 K

K J 10 8 7 6
K J 3
K 4
A Q Table 3
8 4 2
Q 7 6 5 2
8 7 4 2
75756 76756
57476 57475
Par NS +90 5 4 2
A 10 9 7
J 10 8 3
K 6

1 opening
2 W -2 +200
+13 387
1 NT opening
2 × W = -670
-13 402

192. 2009 USBC Semifinal, Seg 7, Bd 104

N deals
None vul K 5
K Q 9 2
9 7 4
K 8 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Wildavsky Garner Doub WeinsteinH CohenB Woolsey Smith Stewart
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 3
Dbl Pass Pass 2 Dbl Pass 4 Pass
4 Pass 4 AP 5 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K J 4 A 4 A 6 J
3 4 A 5 2 4 A 5
A 2 2 5 4 3 3 6
4 3 3 6 2 J 6 7
2 3 6 7 7 2 4 5
7 8 4 Q 5 Q 7 9
7 6 7 K 9 8 10 Q
9 K 5 6 5 3 8 9
5 10 8 9 K 3 6 A
10 2 10 A K 7 10

A J
A J 8 7 6
—
A J 10 9 7 4 Table 10 8 7 3 2
10 5 4 3
A 8 5 2
—
76285 75285
67B57 67B47
Par NS -450 Q 9 6 4
—
K Q J 10 6 3
Q 6 5

1 opening
4 E +1 -450
-11 387
1 NT opening
5 W -2 +100
+11 415

193. 2009 USBC QuarterfinalB, Seg 3, Bd 34

N deals
E-W vul 7 5 3
A J 9 2
10 8 2
A K 8

West North East South West North East South
Strul Smith Becker CohenB Willenken Martel Welland Stansby
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
2 Pass 2 AP 2 Pass 2 Pass
2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J Q K 6 K 4 3 5
A 4 3 5 A 6 2 9
8 7 10 9 8 7 10 Q
7 A 2 3 K A 3 10
K A 5 10 10 3 6 A
5 J Q K 10 3 A 6
Q 2 3 6 K 7 2 2
8 9 3 4 4 8 9 5
4 9 7 2 Q 2 5
7 A 6 2 8 tricks claimed

K 10 9 2
K Q 8 6 4
A
Q 9 5 Table A J 4
7 5 3
K 5 4 3
7 6 4
65587 =
77856 77756
Par NS -100 Q 8 6
10
Q J 9 7 6
J 10 3 2

1 opening
2 E -2 +200
+7 394
1 NT opening
2 W = -110
-7 415

200. 2008 WC Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul K Q 10
A 8
9 7 6
K 6 5 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Helgemo Versace Helness Tundal Nunes Groetheim Fantoni
1 Pass 2 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 4 Pass 4 NT Pass 3 NT AP
Pass 5 Pass 6 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 8 K 2 4 Q 3 8
4 A J 6 A J 6 4
Q 5 8 9 2
11 tricks won 7 3 K 9
Q 4 2 6
10 7 3 7
10 4 5 Q
11 tricks claimed

J 9 8 5 4
J 9 5 3
J
A 7 4 Table 6 2
K 10 7 6 4
4 3 2
Q 9 8
B86CA A85BA
25713 =
Par NS +920 A 7 3
Q 2
A K Q 10 8 5
J 10

1 opening
6 S -1 -50
-11 398
1 NT opening
3 NT N +2 +460
+11 428

203. 2008 WC Semifinal, Seg 5, Bd 72

N deals
None vul J 10 2
K J 9
J 9 3 2
A K 9

West North East South West North East South
Elinescu Malinowski Wladow Sandqvist Townsend Kirmse Gold Gromoeller
1 1 1 1 NT Pass 2
Dbl Pass 2 2 (AP) Pass 2 Pass 4
Pass 4 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 2 5 4 8 4 K 2
6 A 3 4 6 A 3 4
J 5 3 K J 5 3 Q
7 K 8 5 2 K 8 5
9 Q 4 2 10 4 A 6
A 3 9 4 6 tricks claimed
Q 6 K 5
J 7 2 8
2 7 9 Q
9 tricks claimed

K Q 6
10 8 6 3
K
J 10 7 6 2 Table 5
7 5 4
A Q 10 8 7 5
Q 8 3
79786 =
44557 =
Par NS +140 A 9 8 7 4 3
A Q 2
6 4
5 4

1 opening
2 S +1 +140
+8 406
1 NT opening
4 NT N -4 -200
-8 430

204. 2008 WC Qualifying, Rd 13, Bd 6

N deals
N-S vul K J 3
J 10 5
K 5 3
A 9 7 6

West North East South West North East South
Klinger Compton Mullamphy Hamman Rodwell Richman Meckstroth Gill
1 1 2 1 NT Pass 3 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 Pass 4
Pass 4 Pass 4
Pass 5 Pass 6 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 J Q A 6 4 3 10
4 6 K 10 3 10 A 2
3 10 A 7 4 7 K 6
Q 2 5 2 5 9 Q 6
4 3 10 K 9 J 5 2
6 9 J 5 7 J Q A
A 3 6 5 8 2 6 8
4 K 8 7 4 3 A 2

A Q 4 2
7 3
J 7 6 2
8 5 3 Table 10 9 8 6
K Q 8 6 2
10
Q 10 2
B79BB =
14412 =
Par NS +660 7 5
A 9 4
A Q 9 8 4
K J 4

1 opening
6 S -2 -200
-13 406
1 NT opening
3 NT N +1 +630
+13 443

205. 2008 Spingold Final, Seg 4, Bd 50

N deals
E-W vul A 10 7 3
A K 10 2
10 7
Q 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Balicki Smith Zmudzinski CohenB WeinsteinH Gromov Garner Dubinin
1 1 1 1 NT Pass 2
2 NT 3 Pass 4 (AP) Pass 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 7 A 5 Q 3 7 A
A 2 6 4 A 5 2 9
J K 6 10 3 J Q K
2 9 10 J 6 K 4 8
7 J 3 5 4 7 J 3
4 K A 5 K 6 5 A
Q 3 K 8 9 tricks claimed
8
9 tricks claimed

K 9
7 6
Q 8 6 2
10 9 8 6 3 Table J 5
Q J 5 4
A J 9 4 3
A 7
79856 =
54586 =
Par NS +140 Q 8 6 4 2
9 8 3
K 5
K J 2

1 opening
4 S -1 -50
-5 406
1 NT opening
2 N +1 +140
+5 448

206. 2008 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 18

N deals
E-W vul K 7 5
10 9
J 7 4 3 2
A K 9

West North East South West North East South
Cayne Glubok Seamon Welland WeinsteinH Fantoni Garner Nunes
1 1 2 1 NT 2 Pass
4 Pass Pass 4 NT 2 NT Pass 4 AP
Dbl 5 Pass Pass
Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 3 3 A 9 2
9 tricks won 2 5 Q 4
8 4 K 10
3 7 J 6
A
10 tricks claimed

6 3 2
A K 7
K 10
J 10 7 5 3 Table A Q J 10 9 8
Q J 8 2
—
8 6 2
33494 33493
9A839 =
Par NS -300 4
6 5 4 3
A Q 9 8 6 5
Q 4

1 opening
5 × N -2 -300
+8 414
1 NT opening
4 E = -620
-8 448

209. 2008 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 59

N deals
None vul 7 5 2
A K Q 7
A 9 7
10 9 6

West North East South West North East South
Lusky CohenB McNay Smith WeinsteinH Horton Garner Tolliver
1 1 Dbl 1 NT 2 Pass
2 2 Pass Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass
4 AP 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q A 6 4 5 2 K 3
3 7 10 J 2 J 3 7
8 6 2 9 8 6 2 9
6 8 J 9 4 8 J 9
2 Q 3 3 A 9 3 5
2 K K A K 6 4 8
4 7 4 5 4 7 4 3
A Q 6 5 9 tricks claimed
10
12 tricks claimed

K J 6
J 9 6 4 2
3
A K 7 2 Table A 10 9 4 3
—
Q 10 6 5 4 2
4 3
62836 =
69596 =
Par NS -140 Q 8
10 8 5 3
K J 8
Q J 8 5

1 opening
4 E +2 -480
-8 414
1 NT opening
3 E = -140
+8 456

210. 2008 Spingold Final, Seg 3, Bd 39

N deals
Both vul K 9 6
A 10 8 7
Q 6
Q J 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Balicki CohenB Zmudzinski Smith Glubok Dubinin Welland Gromov
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 1 NT Pass 3 (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 5 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
8 4 5 J 2 6 J A
2 9 K A 4 5 Q 9
10 Q 2 8 K A
11 tricks won 11 tricks won

8 5 2
K J 5 4 3
3 2
A 10 5 Table J 7 3
Q 9 6 2
A 7 5 4
9 8
7B7AB =
42622 =
Par NS +650 A Q 10 4
—
K J 10 9 8
K 7 6 4

1 opening
3 N +2 +150
-10 414
1 NT opening
5 S = +600
+10 466

213. 2008 USBC Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 50

N deals
E-W vul A 9 7
5 2
K 9 7
A 10 5 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Berkowitz Jacobs Cohen Katz Levin Martel Weinstein Stansby
1 2 Pass 1 NT 2 Pass
2 NT Pass 3 AP 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 6 A 9 2 K 4 6
3 K 8 7 5 4 Q K
3 4 A 2 5 9 J Q
6 7 10 2 A 7 6 10
Q 3 2 A J 9 8 8
2 2 7 3 3
10 tricks claimed 3 9 4 2
A 5 10 4
K 2 5 6
8 tricks claimed

6
A K J 7
A Q J 3 2
Q 7 6 Table K Q J 10 5 4
10 3
8 6 5
K 9
22535 =
8B8A7 898A7
Par NS -650 8 3 2
Q 9 8 6 4
10 4
J 8 4

1 opening
3 E +1 -170
-7 415
1 NT opening
3 NT W -1 +100
+7 475

217. 2008 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 1

N deals
None vul A 10 6 5
9 6
K 6 3
A 10 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Gierulski El Ahmady Skrzypczak Sadek Krekorian Jassem Onstott Martens
1 1 Pass 1 NT 2 Pass
1 Pass 2 2 2 NT Pass 3 AP
Dbl Pass 2 Pass
2 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
9 3 2 Q 8
4 2 K 8 7 tricks won
5 7 Q A
3 5 Q A
7 10 J 4
9 7 2 3
8 J 2 6
4 8 K 10
5 7 J Q

Q 9 4 2
Q
A J 9 8 2
Q 7 4 Table K 8 7
K 10 8 5 3
—
K J 9 6 5
66684 =
77759 =
Par NS -100 J 3
A J 7 4 2
Q 10 7 5 4
8

1 opening
2 NT W +1 -150
-6 415
1 NT opening
3 E -2 +100
+6 484

219. 2007 BB Final, Seg 7, Bd 98

N deals
E-W vul K 3
A J 3
A 8 6 5
10 9 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Garner Helness WeinsteinH Helgemo Tundal Rosenberg Groetheim Zia
1 1 Dbl 1 NT 2 Pass
2 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass Pass Dbl
3 AP Pass 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 2 A 4 K 5 10 3
3 K 8 6 4 2 9 K
5 2 Q 10 A 4 8 6
2 6 Q K J Q J 2
2 10 K 4 2 4 10 K
J Q 8 10 9 6 2 5
3 9 5 5 A 5 3 5
6 4 3 K A 9 7 3
9 J 6 3 7 8 6 8
A J 7 8 6 Q K Q

Q 10 9 7 6 5
10 6 2
2
Q 7 4 Table 4
K Q 9 7 4
Q J 4 3
A K 5
65577 =
77766 =
Par NS -90 A J 8 2
8 5
K 10 9 7
J 6 2

1 opening
3 E -2 +200
+7 422
1 NT opening
3 N -2 -100
-7 485

222. 2007 BB Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 83

N deals
E-W vul Q J 5
9 8 2
A J 3
Q J 10 2

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi Eber Duboin Bosenberg Cope Nunes Holman Fantoni
1 1 NT Pass 1 NT Dbl Pass
Pass Pass Pass Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 5 8 A 2 6 10 Q
K 2 7 3 Q K 3 5
8 5 9 J 4 3 J 2
Q A 3 5 10 3 8 2
4 6 J 2 7 J K 4
10 A 2 4 7 6 K 8
Q K A 4 8 5 3 A
7 8 J 3 4 8 J A
9 tricks claimed A 10 5 9
9 6 4 10
A 9 5 6

10 8 4
K J 5
Q 10 9 7 6
8 5 Table K 9 3 2
A 7 4
K 8
A K 9 7
43434 =
9A8A9 =
Par NS -620 A 7 6
Q 10 6 3
5 4 2
6 4 3

1 opening
1 NT E +2 -150
+8 430
1 NT opening
1 NT× N -3 -500
-8 487

224. 2007 BB Final, Seg 2, Bd 25

N deals
E-W vul K J
A 10 9
5 4 2
K Q 9 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Zia Helness Rosenberg Helgemo Brogeland Garner Saelensminde WeinsteinH
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
2 Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass
3 Pass 4 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass
4 AP 5 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K A 3 7 K 2 10 A
2 10 3 5 5 A 2 3
5 9 K 3 K A 3 7
6 J 8 Q 4 6 Q 10
A J 2 3 Q J 7 3
4 K 7 6 5 9 7 6
8 Q K 4 2 10 3 4
5 10 9 8 4 5 9 8
2 6 Q A 6 J K 9

A Q 7 5 4
Q 5
A K J 8 3
7 Table 2
K 8 7 4 2
10 9 7
A 8 6 2
44316 =
889B7 =
Par NS -600 10 9 8 6 3
J 6 3
Q 6
J 10 3

1 opening
4 W = -130
+10 441
1 NT opening
5 W = -600
-10 487

227. 2007 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 30

N deals
None vul K 6 2
K J 10
J 8 4
A 6 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Gu Balicki Chechelashvili Zmudzinski Gromov WangJ Dubinin Ao
1 Pass 2 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 5 A 2 3 5 A 2
4 6 10 7 J 6 Q 7
10 K 3 2 10 9 4 K
6 4 J Q J 7 5 2
9 5 3 J 4 9 10 K
4 8 Q 5 9 10 Q 6
10 K 4 7 8 7 4 2
3 K A 7 A 8 3
2 8 9 10 8 tricks claimed
8 tricks claimed

A J 4
9 4 3
K 3 2
J 7 5 3 Table Q 10 8 3
A Q 5 2
9 7
10 9 8
76686 76687
57746 =
Par NS +90 9 7 5
8 7 6
A Q 10 6 5
K Q

1 opening
3 NT N -1 -50
-5 441
1 NT opening
1 NT N +1 +120
+5 492

229. 2007 Vanderbilt Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 12

N deals
E-W vul J 7 3
A 5
A Q 4
Q 9 7 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Freeman Lev Nickell Pszczola Milner Soloway Compton Hamman
1 1 2 1 NT 2 3 NT
2 3 3 Pass Pass Pass Pass
4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 6 7 7 K 6 2 A
4 2 Q 3 5 Q 9 3
J A 2 8 8 J 4 5
2 8 3 10 3 J Q 3
K 6 2 A 9 5 A 6
5 3 A J K 10 7 7
4 3 9 5 8 8 2 10
9 4 10 6 4 9 4 4
Q 9 4 5 2 A 3 K
K J 5 Q J A 2 6

A Q 9 8 5
4 3 2
J 9
J 10 6 Table K 4
K Q 10 8 7
K 10 7 5 3 2
—
75338 75228
68AA5 =
Par NS -500 10 6 2
J 9 6
8 6
A K 8 4 3

1 opening
4 E -1 +100
-7 441
1 NT opening
3 NT N = +400
+7 499

231. 2006 USBC Final, Seg 5, Bd 74

N deals
Both vul J 2
K 8 4
Q 9
A K 10 7 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Ekeblad Rosenberg Rubin Zia WeinsteinH Hampson Garner Greco
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 5 9 J 6 8 2 3
2 8 10 6 5 6 J 3
K A 3 4 2 4 10 9
3 Q 4 2 Q A 7 8
9 3 A J Q 4 5 3
Q 2 5 4 2 K A 7
8 8 7 9 J 10 6 8
Q 5 7 A 9 tricks claimed
K 6 6 10

A 9 6
Q 9 6 2
J 10 8 7 3
2 Table 8 7 4 3
A J 5
4
Q J 9 6 4
87787 =
55655 =
Par NS +120 K Q 10 5
10 7 3
A K 6 5 2
8

1 opening
3 NT N -1 -100
-12 441
1 NT opening
3 NT N = +600
+12 513

236. 2006 USBC Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul A Q 4 2
K J 7 4
7
Q J 7 5

West North East South West North East South
Hampson Meltzer Greco Larsen Bates Rubin Sontag Ekeblad
1 1 Dbl 1 NT 2 Pass
2 NT 3 4 4 (AP) 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 3 9 4 7 6 2 10
5 9 Q 6 Q K A 2
7 9 A 6 2 3 9 J
2 K J 10 7 9 A 6
5 7 J 2 7 9 Q 6
A 3 8 2 A J 3 10
A J 7 10 9 tricks claimed
Q 2 3 5
5 6 8 K
10 4 Q
10 tricks claimed

K 10 9
Q 9 8 5
K 10 8 5
K 6 Table J 6
A 10 6 3 2
A Q J 6
10 9
49459 4945A
74873 =
Par NS +140 8 7 5 3
—
9 4 3 2
A 8 4 3 2

1 opening
4 N = +420
+8 450
1 NT opening
4 W -1 +100
-8 516

238. 2006 Spingold Round of 32, Seg 2, Bd 27

N deals
None vul 10 8 4
K Q 9 3
A 10 9
K 7 2

West North East South West North East South
Wolff LallH Morse Chorush LallJ Stewart Grainger Woolsey
1 1 1 NT 1 NT 2 2
Pass Pass Pass Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 8 A 5 J 3 6 A
Q K 6 4 8 10 K A
3 6 A 5 Q K 2 4
9 2 K 7 8 10 K 5
A 7 3 4 9 5 K 6
8 J K 5 2 J A 2
Q 6 6 10 Q 4 5 7
9 3 8 Q 10 J 5 4
10 3 3 6 2
8 tricks claimed 6 7 8 3

2
J 10 7
Q J 7 6
Q J 10 6 4 Table A Q J 9 3
6 5 4 2
5
A 9 3
88674 77674
55548 =
Par NS +100 K 7 6 5
A 8
K 8 4 3 2
8 5

1 opening
1 NT S +1 +120
+5 457
1 NT opening
3 S -1 -50
-5 516

241. 2006 WC Round of 64, Seg 3, Bd 40

N deals
None vul J 8 6 3
K 8 7
Q 9
A Q 6 4

West North East South West North East South
Versace Sadek Lauria El Ahmady Krekorian Nunes Casen Fantoni
1 Pass 1 1 NT 2 NT Dbl
Pass 1 NT 2 2 Pass Pass 3 AP
Pass Pass 2 NT Pass
3 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 A 2 9 Q A 7 4
7 4 Q 2 3 4 K 9
10 4 3 K J 10 4 Q
K 10 5 4 K 2 3 2
A 2 7 6 K A 8 9
7 J 9 6 J 5 8 5
3 A 8 4 4 3 10 Q
5 K 6 K 2 5
9 tricks claimed 8 5

9 7 5 4
A 6 5 2
J 10 8 2
3 Table A K
4
K 7 6 4
K J 8 7 5 2
68834 67724
655A9 =
Par NS -130 Q 10 2
Q J 10 9 3
A 5 3
10 9

1 opening
3 S = +140
+6 465
1 NT opening
3 E = -110
-6 517

242. 2006 WC Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 13

N deals
Both vul K J 7 4
6 4 3 2
A
K Q 9 4

West North East South West North East South
ShiM Ginossar Zhuang Ozdil Kalish Dai Podgur YangL
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 2 AP Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 2 J K 2 6 Q A
5 6 K 2 4 7 J A
4 8 J A 3 3 J 7
A 3 9 8 K 10 4 6
7 4 Q 10 9 5 5 4
2 6 5 A 8 3 5 4
4 6 A 2 Q K A 2
3 Q 7
10 tricks claimed 6 tricks claimed

Q 2
A 7 5
Q 5 4 3
A 10 6 3 Table 9 6
Q J 9
K J 9 8 2
8 7 2
6A967 =
42474 =
Par NS +620 A 10 8 5 3
K 10 8
10 7 6
J 5

1 opening
2 S +2 +170
+7 472
1 NT opening
1 NT N -1 -100
-7 517

244. 2005 BB Final, Seg 2, Bd 20

N deals
Both vul A 10 9 7
9 6
A 10 9
A J 9 4

West North East South West North East South
Versace Freeman Lauria Nickell Meckstroth Nunes Rodwell Fantoni
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
1 NT Pass Pass Dbl (AP) Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
9 4 3 Q 4 2 A 6
8 9 3 Q 4 9 3 Q
8 K 4 2 Q K A 2
J 10 6 K 10 J 5 4
3 10 J 5 6 K 2 10
A 6 5 Q 3 K A 2
9 7 8 2 9 3 6 J
10 2 5 K 7 5 8 10
A 6 5 2 8 Q 4 5
7 7 K Q 9 8 3
5 tricks claimed 7 9 K 10

K 4
A Q 7
J 8 7 4 2
K Q 10 Table J 3 2
K 8 5 4
6 3
7 6 5 2
89777 =
54666 54665
Par NS +140 Q 8 6 5
J 10 3 2
K Q 5
8 3

1 opening
1 NT× W -2 +500
+9 481
1 NT opening
1 NT N +1 +120
-9 517

247. 2005 BB Qualifying, Rd 16, Bd 15

N deals
N-S vul K 10
Q 7 4
A 8
A 10 9 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Zhuang Duboin ShiM Bocchi Lauria YangL Versace Dai
1 1 Dbl 1 NT Pass 2
2 Pass 2 2 Pass Pass 2 2 NT
2 3 3 AP Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 8 A 5 8 A 5 7
4 2 A 3 2 Q J 7
10 8 7 K J 6 3 8
J 6 3 K 10 9 5 A
Q 4 5 J K 4 6 5
10 6 K A 10 J A 3
8 J 9 Q 8 7 4 2
5 10 Q A 3 K 6 2
8 tricks claimed 4 5 K 4
6 3 Q K

7 5 3
J 8 3
K Q 7 5 3 2
8 Table Q J 9 4 2
K 2
J 10 4
K Q 5
75969 =
58474 =
Par NS +100 A 8 6
A 10 9 6 5
9 6
J 7 6

1 opening
3 E -1 +50
+6 490
1 NT opening
4 S -2 -200
-6 521

251. 2005 USBC Semifinal, Seg 7, Bd 98

N deals
E-W vul K 2
K 10 5
K 10 6
K J 10 8 4

West North East South West North East South
Welland Bramley Fallenius Feldman Robinson Zia Boyd Rosenberg
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT Dbl 2
1 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass 2 NT Pass
2 AP 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 9 3 6 3 2 J 9
4 A 5 2 4 A 5 6
A 3 4 2 3 9 Q K
Q 6 5 K K 4 Q 7
K 2 Q 7 8 J 8 2
5 3 J Q 10 7 9 4
3 6 Q 8 5 7 8 4
7 6 A K 6 A 10 2
5 10 J 9 3 6 Q 8
A 8 2 K A 3 5 10

9 7 5 4
A Q 4
5 3 2
7 6 2 Table A Q J
7 3 2
A Q J 7 4
A 9
45647 44646
87696 =
Par NS -120 10 8 6 3
J 9 8 6
9 8
Q 5 3

1 opening
2 W = -110
-9 490
1 NT opening
3 NT E -3 +300
+9 530

252. 2005 USBC Round of 16, Seg 2, Bd 26

N deals
Both vul A 9 8 6
A K 7
10 8
J 7 6 4

West North East South West North East South
Greco Pszczola Hampson Lev Jacobus Ekeblad Milner Rubin
1 Pass 1 NT 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass Pass Pass 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 8 6 3 A 3 10 2
5 10 K 2 A 7 2 3
7 9 J 6 6 J K 4
A 7 9 4 10 5 9 Q
4 8 8 2 K 2 4 8
5 A Q 10 6 3 A 10
J 2 8 3 3 4 K A
4 5 9 2 8 tricks claimed
8 tricks claimed

5 4 3
Q J 6 2
A Q J 5 4
3 Table Q J 7
9 8 3
K 7 6
K 10 5 2
89659 =
54674 54684
Par NS +140 K 10 2
10 5 4
9 3 2
A Q 9 8

1 opening
1 NT S +1 +120
+5 495
1 NT opening
2 W = -90
-5 530

254. 2005 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 61

N deals
Both vul K J
A J 10
Q 10 9 8
10 7 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Bertheau Sementa Nystrom MossM Jacob Fantoni Maksymetz Nunes
1 1 NT 2 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 AP Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 3 4 J 5 2 9 J
J 7 2 Q 3 A K 2
2 A 9 5 A 4 3 K
K A 4 3 7 10 Q 8
K 7 8 10 7 10 J K
A K 2 3 3 8 J K
J Q 9 5 A 2 3 Q
10 9 8 5 4 5 6 9
8 7 9 4 8 tricks claimed
6 6 10 6

Q 9 3
8 4 2
7 3
Q 9 8 6 2 Table A 7 5
K 9 6
A J 6 4
A J 4
67765 =
76668 =
Par NS -90 10 8 6 4 2
Q 7 5 3
K 5 2
K

1 opening
2 N -1 -100
-5 496
1 NT opening
2 N = +110
+5 535

255. 2005 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 24

N deals
None vul 9 8 5
A K 9
J 9 4
A 8 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Becker Baze Schwartz Schneider CohenS Jacob Compton Maksymetz
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
1 Dbl 2 3 2 Pass Pass 3
3 Pass Pass 4 (AP) 3 3 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 5 4 6 A 2 7 Q
A 8 3 7 K 3 6 2
Q 9 J 5 5 4 2 Q
Q 5 2 K J 10 9 4
3 J 9 6 6 9 3 A
J Q A 2 4 5 A 3
K 3 6 2 7 tricks claimed
9 4 7 10
4 2 Q 5
10 tricks claimed

A K Q 10 2
Q
10 8 7 6 5
9 5 Table J 4 3
8 4 3 2
K 3 2
K 7 3
84A4A =
58383 =
Par NS +300 7 6
J 10 7 6 5
A Q
Q J 10 4

1 opening
4 S = +420
+8 504
1 NT opening
3 W -2 +100
-8 535

262. 2004 Olympiad Final, Seg 8, Bd 127

N deals
N-S vul A 8 5 2
9 8 7 5
K 5
K Q 2

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi Brink Duboin v.Prooijen Drijver Nunes Schollaardt Fantoni
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 Dbl AP
Pass 1 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J 4 3 K J 4 5 K
7 4 Q K 2 J 4 Q
2 K Q 4 2 K Q 4
8 10 2 6 Q 6 7 3
J 6 3 5 2 10 A 6
8 10 A 2 6 3 A 9
9 5 J 4 5
7 8 9 6 5 tricks claimed
3 A J 10
Q 6 7 5

Q 7 3
A K 6
A 9 7 3 2
5 3 Table K J 9
J 10 4
Q J 8
J 10 9 6
56646 =
87797 =
Par NS -120 10 6 4
Q 3 2
10 6 4
A 8 7 4

1 opening
1 NT N -2 -200
+7 517
1 NT opening
1 NT× N -2 -500
-7 537

264. 2004 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 3, Bd 40

N deals
None vul J 10 5
A 8
K J 8 7 6
K 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Nystrom McGann Bertheau Hanlon Carroll Fredin Garvey Lindkvist
1 1 NT Pass 1 NT Dbl 2
2 Pass 2 Pass Dbl AP
3 NT Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 9 J A 9 J A 3
K 4 2 5 6 9 Q 5
6 9 A 10 A 10 7 4
Q J 7 3 4 8 K 6
10 6 Q 5 K 2 2 J
4 2 Q K 5 9 A 2
A 2 3 4 K 4 2 10
8 K 6 9 6 5 3 Q
5 2 10 6 Q J 7 7
3 7 7 7 3 3 6 10

A Q 8 3 2
J 9 4
Q 10 9
10 4 Table K 7 6
K 10 7 2
A 5 4
A Q J
22255 22245
BBB88 BB988
Par NS -460 9 4
Q 6 5 3
3 2
9 7 5 3 2

1 opening
4 E +1 -450
-8 517
1 NT opening
2 × S -1 -100
+8 546

265. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul K J 8
Q 10 9
10 4 2
A K 9 2

West North East South West North East South
Versace Thorvaldsson Lauria MagnussonM Jorgensen Fantoni Armannsson Nunes
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J A 3 6 3 10 J K
8 3 A 6 2 5 Q 3
2 9 J Q 2 6 J Q
J Q 3 2 9 A 6 4
4 10 K 7 2 4 10 A
2 5 10 4 K 6 7 10
2 K 9 3 J 8 8 2
6 4 9 A 7 4 9 K
5 4 10 A 8 3 A 10
K 5 7 10 5 8 9 5

10 9 6
K J 8 4
8 7 6 3
J 4 Table Q 7 3
A 3
K J 9 5
Q 7 5 3
88868 =
54575 =
Par NS +120 A 5 4 2
7 6 5 2
A Q
10 8 6

1 opening
2 S +1 +140
+5 522
1 NT opening
3 NT N -1 -50
-5 546

270. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 10, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul 10 5
A Q
A 7 6 2
K 8 6 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Jansons Versace Rubenis Andersson Nunes Wenneberg Fantoni
1 1 Dbl 1 NT Pass 2
2 Pass 2 AP Pass 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q A 5 4 A 3 2 5
2 5 A 4 K 4 6 10
7 3 J 10 Q 9 J 2
6 6 K 9 2 7 Q A
9 3 3 2 4 6 J K
7 4 10 K 3 2 Q 5
A 5 3 4 A 8 4 J
2 J Q 9 K 4 6 3
K 10 6 8 5 9 3 10
5 6 J Q 7 K 7 10
7 Q 8 2 6 7 8 J

J 6 2
K J 2
10 9 4
A J 10 3 Table A K Q 8 7
10 8 5
J 5
9 7 4
75798 =
67535 =
Par NS +110 9 4 3
9 7 6 4 3
K Q 8 3
Q

1 opening
2 E = -110
-6 522
1 NT opening
2 N +2 +130
+6 556

272. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 11, Bd 7

N deals
Both vul A 10 3
K J 7 2
10 6 2
A 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi ShenC Duboin WuCS ChenCC Nunes ChenHS Fantoni
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Dbl 2 2 3 (AP) Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 2 4 A 2 9 K A
A 9 2 5 3 4 Q 6
3 10 J Q 3 Q 2 4
J 3 7 6 7 10 J 3
4 6 8 A A 7 6 J
K 8 4 6 5 8 10 5
10 2 5 K 5 3 8 2
10 2 Q 3 K 8 4 10
7 J K 5 7 Q A 9
8 3 9 9 10 tricks claimed
7 tricks claimed

K 8 7 6
10 9
K Q 8 7
K 10 8 Table J 5 4 2
Q 8 5
J 4
Q 9 7 4
76876 =
67567 =
Par NS +110 Q 9
A 6 4 3
A 9 5 3
J 6 3

1 opening
3 S -2 -200
-9 523
1 NT opening
3 N +1 +170
+9 565

276. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 16, Bd 11

N deals
None vul A 10 9 3
A 4 3
8 7
K 10 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Teramoto Wasik Takano Knap Frances Imakura Torres Ino
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 3
Dbl Rdbl 1 2 3 AP
2 3 3 4
4 Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q A 5 6 5 2 J A
2 3 K 7 A 7 4 2
6 2 Q 8 Q 8 6 K
5 9 J 3 5 7 A 6
4 K A 7 K 6 7 3
J 10 9 2 K 3 8 2
A 4 7 6 5 3 J 7
10 2 8 Q 10 Q 5 4
10 2 A

Q 6 5 2
K 7
A Q J 10 5 3
A Table K J 8 4
J 10 8 6
9 6 4
6 2
33629 33639
6A794 =
Par NS -300 7
Q 9 5 2
K 2
Q J 9 8 7 3

1 opening
4 × E = -590
-10 523
1 NT opening
3 W +1 -130
+10 584

278. 2004 Olympiad Final, Seg 3, Bd 38

N deals
N-S vul A K Q 10
Q J
7 5
J 7 6 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi Drijver Duboin Schollaardt Verhees Fantoni Jansma Nunes
1 2 Pass 1 NT 2 2
2 NT Pass 3 Pass Pass Pass 2 Pass
4 AP 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q K 2 4 3 8 J K
3 6 9 J 2 4 8 10
4 K 2 8 Q 3 6 7
10 9 A 7 A 5 4 4
6 5 J A 2 5 J A
6 8 K 2 9 A 4 10
A A J 3 2
9 tricks claimed 5 Q K 6
10 tricks claimed

8 7
A 9 5 4
K Q 8 6 2
A 8 Table J 9 5 3 2
K 10 8 7 3
J
K 10
45358 =
98A85 =
Par NS -420 6 4
6 2
A 10 9 4 3
Q 9 3 2

1 opening
4 W -1 +50
+10 533
1 NT opening
4 E = -420
-10 588

281. 2004 Olympiad Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 5

N deals
N-S vul Q J 3
A J 7 5
K 6
Q 10 9 6

West North East South West North East South
Versace Khan Lauria Jafer Fazli Fantoni Allana Nunes
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 2 3 J 10 2 A 6
9 2 7 4 5 K 3 4
6 3 J K 10 3 7 K
K 5 6 Q 4 6 2 A
4 A 9 2 4 K 3 2
Q 6 4 K 8 9 5 J
8 7 5 A Q 3 5 9
A 6 3 4 2 4 J 6
8 tricks claimed A 10 7 8
Q 9 J 8

K 10 8
K 8 4 3
A 8 5
K 8 4 Table 6 5 2
10 9 6
Q 10 9 3
5 3 2
89889 9A88A
43553 =
Par NS +620 A 9 7 4
Q 2
J 7 4 2
A J 7

1 opening
3 NT N -1 -100
-12 533
1 NT opening
3 NT N +1 +630
+12 603

287. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 11, Bd 18

N deals
E-W vul Q 7 5
K Q 10
10 9 2
A J 10 9

West North East South West North East South
Fantoni ChenCC Nunes ChenHS WuCS Bocchi ShenC Duboin
1 1 1 1 NT Pass 2
2 2 4 4 Pass 2 AP
Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 10 7 J A 3 6 2
J 2 A 3 K 5 J 9
Q 5 6 9 Q 10 3 10
K 6 9 10 A 4 5 J
3 J 8 2 2 K 7 4
5 J A 4 A K 5 9
2 K 7 4 2 Q 7 J
8 tricks claimed Q 4 3 9
10 7 6 6
Q K

K 9 4
A 8 6 3 2
J 6
K 4 3 Table J
7 5 4
A K Q 8 7 4
8 7 5
59658 =
74675 =
Par NS +140 A 10 8 6 3 2
J 9
5 3
Q 6 2

1 opening
4 × S -2 -300
-10 536
1 NT opening
2 N +1 +140
+10 618

290. 2003 BB Qualifying, Rd 11, Bd 8

N deals
None vul 7 5 3
K J 6
K 7
K Q J 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Gunev Aranha Stamatov Campos Branco Karaivanov Thoma Trendafilov
1 Dbl 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 (AP) Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J 3 Q 6 3 10 8 J
K A 4 5 Q 7 5 A
5 4 K 7 2 6 5 A
2 8 10 A 2 5 K A
2 6 Q A K A 4 5
10 4 J 3 9 tricks claimed
K 5 9 8
7 4 Q 5
2 8 K A
J 3 3 6
10

J 10 8 4
9 8 4 2
8 5
A 4 3 Table K Q 2
Q 7 5 3
A J 10 4
8 7
87679 =
56753 56754
Par NS +120 A 9 6
A 10
Q 9 6 3 2
10 9 5

1 opening
2 S = +90
-7 536
1 NT opening
3 NT N = +400
+7 628

291. 2003 BB Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 18

N deals
E-W vul Q 3
K J 9
Q J 6 3
A 10 8 5

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi Saelensminde Duboin Brogeland Helness Nunes Helgemo Fantoni
1 1 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Dbl Rdbl
Pass 3 NT AP 2 NT Dbl 3 Dbl
3 Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 5 2 6 Q 6 5 2
K 7 2 3 K 7 5 2
J Q K A 9 A Q 3
9 A 5 3 A 9 2 3
7 6 2 8 K 5 4 6
Q J 4 7 4 J
10 tricks claimed 7 3 J K
4 2 A 7
J 8 9 6

8 7 4 2
6 4 3 2
2
K 9 3 2 Table J 6
A 10 8 7
A K 10 8 4
J 7
98677 88677
44665 =
Par NS +400 A K 10 9 5
Q 5
9 7 5
Q 6 4

1 opening
3 NT N +1 +430
-9 536
1 NT opening
3 × W -3 +800
+9 637

292. 2003 BB Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 7

N deals
Both vul A 2
8 7
K 7 6
K J 6 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Ventin Duboin Fernandez Bocchi Fantoni Torres Nunes Frances
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass 2 Pass Pass
Dbl Pass 2 AP Dbl Pass 3 Pass
4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q A 3 7 5 6 A 3
6 2 J 5 2 J 4 7
3 4 10 A 7 10 A 2
J 8 10 5 5 K 8 Q
8 2 5 Q J 9 5 10
7 2 Q 9 K 3 8 9
9 3 A 7 6 7 K 3
2 6 Q 5 2 4 Q 8
10 tricks claimed 10 7 3 J

K 10 7 6
A Q 6
10 8 4 2
A 5 Table Q J 8 3
K 9 2
A Q 3
9 8 7
33537 =
7A896 =
Par NS -620 9 5 4
J 10 5 4 3
J 9 5
Q 10

1 opening
2 E +2 -170
+10 546
1 NT opening
4 E = -620
-10 637

297. 2003 USBC Semifinal, Seg 8, Bd 110

N deals
None vul J 9
9 6
A J 6 2
A K 6 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Hampson Fallenius Greco Welland Garner Wold WeinsteinH Jacobus
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
1 Pass 2 Dbl Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 2 8 10 3 4 7 J
Q 3 4 7 9 4 8 2
4 7 A 3 J 5 10 A
J Q K A 7 6 Q K
3 9 4 8 Q 3 2 9
A 8 2 5 5 7 A 8
K 9 3 10 A 7 2 5
2 J 5 4 K 8 3 10
10 2 6 5 2 9 10
K A 9 10 9 tricks claimed

A 7 6 3 2
A J 7 4
7
10 5 3 Table Q 5 4
Q 10
Q 9 8 3
J 9 8 7
86898 878A8
56534 =
Par NS +130 K 10 8
K 8 5 3 2
K 10 5 4
Q

1 opening
3 S +1 +130
-7 546
1 NT opening
3 NT N = +400
+7 645

298. 2003 USBC Final, Seg 2, Bd 16

N deals
N-S vul 10 6 3
A 9 3
K Q J 9 4
K 9

West North East South West North East South
Morse Welland Wolff Fallenius Garner Wildavsky WeinsteinH Doub
1 1 Dbl 1 NT 2 Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 2 AP
2 2 2 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 6 A 9 A 4 2 6
10 K 2 7 Q 6 A 9
4 2 A 3 J K 2 7
8 J K 5 K 2 6 3
Q 5 6 7 9 tricks claimed
3 7 8 J
J 3 K 2
K 4 5 6
A 9 2 10
8 tricks claimed

J 5 2
J 10
7 3
A J 10 5 4 3 Table A K 7
K 8 7 6 5 4
5 2
Q 2
78695 78595
55748 =
Par NS +110 Q 9 8 4
Q 2
A 10 8 6
8 7 6

1 opening
3 N -1 -100
-5 546
1 NT opening
2 N +1 +110
+5 650

302. 2002 Rosenblum Final, Seg 4, Bd 59

N deals
None vul A Q 10 7
Q 2
K J
8 7 6 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Lasut Duboin Manoppo Bocchi Lauria Asbi Versace Tobing
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 4 2 K 2 Q K 5
2 5 A 3 J 6 10 3
J 3 7 K 4 A 5 8
10 Q K 4 K 5 4 2
J 5 2 3 J 6 8 3
4 A 2 8 Q 5 7 3
Q 5 7 6 2 J A 4
10 J 8 9 K 6
Q 9 9 4 8 tricks claimed
J 5 Q 3

9 6 4 3
10 6 4 3
7 3 2
K J Table K 5 2
J 5
10 9 6 5
A 10 9 2
89998 =
54445 =
Par NS +140 J 8
A K 9 8 7
A Q 8 4
Q 3

1 opening
3 NT N = +400
+10 557
1 NT opening
3 NT N -1 -50
-10 651

305. 2002 USBC Final, Seg 1, Bd 2

N deals
E-W vul K 5
A 5
Q J 7 5
Q J 10 7 4

West North East South West North East South
Nickell Becker Freeman Schwartz Cohen Soloway Berkowitz Hamman
1 2 2 1 NT 2 NT 4 NT
3 Pass 4 4 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 5 5 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q A 3 2 Q 3 J 5
K 3 6 A 4 8 10 A
Q 2 K 5 4 2 A 6
K 8 5 Q K 5 7 3
2 8 7 5 9 2 10 2
6 6 tricks claimed
10 tricks claimed

7 6 4
J 10 8 7 6
9 8 2
6 5 Table A J 10 3 2
K Q 9 4 3 2
A
2
643BB =
39922 =
Par NS +400 Q 9 8
—
K 10 6 4 3
A K 9 8 3

1 opening
5 W -1 +100
+7 567
1 NT opening
4 NT N -4 -200
-7 655

307. 2001 BB Final, Seg 4, Bd 60

N deals
E-W vul 6 3
K 10 6
A K 10
J 8 7 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Meltzer Helness Larsen Sontag Groetheim Weichsel Aa
1 2 Pass 1 NT Pass Pass
4 AP Dbl Pass 2 3
3 Pass 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 4 K 8 A 2 3 5
A 9 2 K 2 4 K 7
K 3 5 A 8 10 4 9
3 A 10 4 4 2 K 3
Q 6 2 4 A 6 5 9
5 K 4 9 11 tricks claimed
7 3 A 10
11 tricks claimed

A K
A J 8 7 5
4
K Q 10 9 2 Table Q J 10 8 7 5 4
4 2
9 8 7
5
82596 93596
4A747 =
Par NS -100 9 2
Q 9 3
Q J 6 5 3 2
A 4

1 opening
4 E +1 -650
-10 567
1 NT opening
3 E +2 -200
+10 666

311. 2001 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 2, Bd 30

N deals
None vul A 7
A J 3
J 8 7 3
K 10 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Balicki Gawrys Zmudzinski Pszczola Mohan Gromov Rosenkranz Petrunin
1 Pass 1 NT 1 NT Dbl Pass
Pass Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 5 6 4 J 6 2 7
5 J 7 2 10 8 3 A
A 9 3 6 3 K 2 6
2 8 10 J 5 K 4 7
7 9 K 2 10 9 J A
8 Q 3 10 9 7 Q 5
9 3 4 K 3 6 J 9
4 9 7 K A
5 7 3 A 7 tricks claimed
9 tricks claimed

Q 4 3 2
10 9
9 6
Q 8 4 3 2 Table J 10 9 5
Q 6 5 4 2
A K
A J
74696 =
59747 =
Par NS -100 K 8 6
K 8 7
Q 10 5 4 2
9 7

1 opening
2 W +1 -140
-8 567
1 NT opening
1 NT× N = +180
+8 674

312. 2000 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 1

N deals
None vul Q 2
J 9 3
A 10 4
A 10 6 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Thomson Lauria Newman Versace Duboin Burgess Bocchi Marston
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 5 9 4 6 7 9 Q
6 8 J 10 4 J 3 5
2 A 7 5 6 5 J 4
2 J 3 5 3 10 Q 8
7 tricks claimed 7 5 2 A
2 8 7 Q
9
8 tricks claimed

J 9 3
10 4 2
J 9 3 2
K Q 5 Table K 8 6 4
Q 7 5
K Q 7 6
J 8
77869 =
66574 =
Par NS +110 A 10 7 5
A K 8 6
8 5
9 7 3

1 opening
2 NT N -1 -50
-5 567
1 NT opening
2 NT N = +120
+5 679

315. 2000 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 12

N deals
E-W vul 5 3
Q J
A 10 5 4
K Q 5 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Muller Fahs de Boer Hamdan Eidi Ramondt Harfouche Maas
1 1 1 1 NT Pass Pass
2 Pass Pass 3 Pass
3 4 4 5
Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 3 A J 6 9 Q A
10 tricks won 3 2 K 7
7 tricks won

Q 10 7
A K 9 8 5
Q 8 2
10 7 Table A 9 8 2
7 4 2
K J 7 6 3
8
6645A =
67883 67983
Par NS +130 K J 6 4
10 6 3
9
A J 9 6 4

1 opening
5 × N -1 -100
-5 567
1 NT opening
1 NT N = +90
+5 686

316. 2000 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 9, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul 10 2
A 8 4 3
K 5 3
K Q 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Campos Coenraets Villas-Boas Jeunen Engel Chagas v.Middelem Branco
1 1 Pass 1 NT Dbl 2
Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2 Pass
3 Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 6 Q A
A 4 6 2
K J 7 10
2 7 10 K
3 10 Q 2
10 tricks claimed

9 8 7 6
K 9 2
J 8 6 2
10 6 Table A K Q 5 3
Q 6 5
10
A J 4 2
53676 =
89767 =
Par NS -140 J 4
J 10 7
A Q 9 7 4
9 7 5

1 opening
1 E +3 -170
+10 577
1 NT opening
4 E = -620
-10 686

318. 2000 USBC Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 54

N deals
N-S vul A 10 7
A 9 6
A 9
J 10 9 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Soloway Katz Hamman Jacobs WeinsteinH Rodwell Garner Meckstroth
1 1 2 1 NT Pass 2 NT
3 Pass Pass 4 Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 5 AP Pass 4 Pass 4
Pass 4 Pass 6 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 4 7 A K 4 3 A
J 6 2 5 J 6 2 5
6 2 3 3 6 2 3 7
A 8 7 K A 3 7 K
2 4 A 6 2 4 A 6
9 7 3 K 9 10 Q K
12 tricks claimed 5 8 7 3
9 5 Q 8
11 tricks claimed

J 9 6 4 3
10 8 7 3
K 5 4
5 Table Q 8
K Q J 5 2
J 10 7 6
K 6
A868C =
35751 =
Par NS +1100 K 5 2
4
Q 8 3 2
A Q 4 3 2

1 opening
5 N +1 +620
+12 589
1 NT opening
6 N -1 -100
-12 689

320. 2000 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 4, Bd 59

N deals
None vul 10 7 4
6 5
A 6 3
A K Q 10 2

West North East South West North East South
Rodwell Weinstein Meckstroth Levin Rosenberg Soloway Zia Hamman
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 3 NT Pass 4 (AP) Pass 3 Pass 6
Pass 6 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J 5 3 Q 7 2 5 10
A 5 4 9 4 K A 5
A 2 6 8 J 6 7 Q
11 tricks won 12 tricks won

6 5
J 10 9 4 2
K 9 8
8 6 5 Table K Q 9
8 3
Q J 5
J 9 7 4 3
AC999 =
21434 =
Par NS +980 A J 8 3 2
A K Q 7
10 7 4 2
—

1 opening
4 S +1 +450
-11 589
1 NT opening
6 N = +980
+11 704

324. 1999 USBC Final, Seg 8, Bd 108

N deals
E-W vul A 10 5 2
K 10 9 7
A 7
J 10 9

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Bates Martel Katz Sontag Zia Weichsel Rosenberg
1 1 3 1 NT Pass 2
3 NT Pass Pass 4 Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Dbl 4 Pass Pass Pass 3 AP
Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 A 3 8 Q 8 6 A
2 9 3 K 2 3 3 7
Q 2 7 4 4 5 K 8
4 A 7 6 J 2 3 Q
8 A 4 5 2 A 4 5
5 Q 6 7 10 K A 7
10 K 10 2 4 8 9 6
2 K 8 3 11 tricks claimed
9 Q 9 3

K 7 6
A 5 3 2
K 8 2
Q 8 7 Table Q J 9 4 3
Q J 8 6
4
K 6 2
655A7 =
58833 58835
Par NS +130 8
4
Q J 10 9 6 5 3
A 5 4 3

1 opening
4 × S -1 -100
-6 589
1 NT opening
3 N +2 +150
+6 710

325. 1999 USBC Semifinal, Seg 5, Bd 72

N deals
None vul A K
9 5 2
7 5 4
K J 10 9 8

West North East South West North East South
Wolfson Kamil Silverman Becker Woolsey Zia Stewart Rosenberg
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q K 6 5
A 9 7 3
2 J K 7
3 10 5 A
3 2 J 4
Q 9 2 4
9 tricks claimed

Q J 10 3
Q 10 7
A J 6
Q 5 2 Table 9 8 6 4 2
A J
Q 9 3
7 6 4
86999 =
47444 =
Par NS +140 7 5
K 8 6 4 3
K 10 8 2
A 3

1 opening
2 S -1 -50
-5 589
1 NT opening
2 S +1 +140
+5 715

326. 1999 USBC Semifinal, Seg 7, Bd 92

N deals
E-W vul Q 9
A K 8
Q 10 2
Q 10 7 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Robinson Martel Boyd Woolsey Zia Stewart Rosenberg
1 1 Dbl 1 NT 2 2
Rdbl Pass 2 3 Dbl 3 3 Pass
Pass 3 NT AP Pass Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 2 K 9 2 3 Q A
3 Q A 4 7 2 J K
7 tricks won 9 5 4 K
4 2 K A
K 3 2 8
9 4 10 7
J 6 5 7
5 3 10 A
Q 8 J 6
6 tricks claimed

K 3
J 10 9 6 4
7 6 5 4 3
4 Table A J 10 8 7 5
7 5
8
K J 5 3
76899 75899
57543 =
Par NS +110 6 4 2
Q 3 2
A K J 9
A 9 8

1 opening
3 NT N -2 -100
-14 589
1 NT opening
3 × E -3 +800
+14 729

330. 1998 Rosenblum Final, Seg 1, Bd 7

N deals
Both vul K 4
K Q J 7
A 6 4
9 8 7 5

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Campos Versace Villas-Boas Chagas Lanzarotti Branco Buratti
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 1 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 A 2 7 2 9 Q K
A 4 5 2 7 2 A 4
5 6 K 9 A 6 7 3
8 tricks won 5 2 K 4
5 3 10 Q
10 4 3 5
6
9 tricks claimed

Q 10 6
10 8 6 2
Q 7 5 2
Q 4 Table A J 3 2
9 4 3
K 10 3
6 3 2
A8A8A 9898A
34353 =
Par NS +630 9 8 7 5
A 5
J 9 8
A K J 10

1 opening
3 NT N -1 -100
-12 595
1 NT opening
3 NT N = +600
+12 741

331. 1997 BB Final, Seg 8, Bd 114

N deals
E-W vul 3 2
Q J 10 5
A 8 4
A 9 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Hamman Perron Wolff Chemla Mouiel Rodwell Multon Meckstroth
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
2 Pass Pass 3 2 2 AP
Pass 3 Pass 4 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 2 J 4 7 2 J 4
K A 6 9 K A 6 9
8 10 6 3 J 2 6 K
A 8 5 2 Q 8 10 9
9 K 10 3 A 8 5 3
Q J 4 5 K 10 6 2
Q 4 8 10 3 Q A 4
A 2 3 10 Q 4 5 3
9 4 7 Q 10 7 8 5
8 tricks claimed 11 tricks claimed

Q 10 7 6
K 8
K Q J 5 3
Q 10 Table J 9 4
7 4 3 2
10 7 6
5 4 2
98A7B =
35261 =
Par NS +420 A K 8 5
A 9 6
9 2
K J 7 3

1 opening
4 N -2 -100
-7 595
1 NT opening
2 N +3 +200
+7 748

332. 1997 BB Final, Seg 8, Bd 128

N deals
N-S vul J 9
A Q 3
Q 4 2
K J 10 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Wolff Chemla Hamman Perron Multon Meckstroth Mouiel Rodwell
1 1 1 1 NT Dbl 2
2 Pass 3 NT AP 3 Pass 3 NT Pass
4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 K 9 10 J 10 2 K
9 2 6 3 9 2 6 3
5 4 A 8 5 4 A 8
K 2 2 Q K 10 K Q
9 tricks claimed 5 9 A 3
J J 4 5
4 5 Q 8
K
9 tricks claimed

K 8 5
K 9 7 6 5 2
9 5
7 4 Table A 10
8
A K J 10 7 6
A 9 8 3
47436 46336
96997 =
Par NS -400 Q 7 6 4 3 2
J 10 4
8 3
Q 2

1 opening
3 NT E = -400
-10 595
1 NT opening
4 W -1 +50
+10 758

334. 1997 BB Qualifying, Rd 6, Bd 18

N deals
E-W vul K 5 3
K 9 7
6 3 2
K Q J 5

West North East South West North East South
Buratti Mouiel Lanzarotti Multon Perron Bocchi Chemla Duboin
1 1 3 1 NT Pass 2
4 AP 3 Dbl 4 4 NT
Pass 5 Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 10 Q A J 6 A 5
2 3 3 5 10 K 7 9
Q 7 2 4 J A 3 10
11 tricks won A 4 3 7
10 J 4 6
10 tricks claimed

A Q 10 8 4 2
Q 10 8 5 3
4
10 Table J 7
A J 6 2
K 10 9 8 5
A 2
3226A =
7BB63 7BB73
Par NS -300 9 6
4
A Q J 7
9 8 7 6 4 3

1 opening
4 E +1 -650
-11 595
1 NT opening
5 × N -1 -100
+11 769

336. 1997 BB Qualifying, Rd 9, Bd 6

N deals
N-S vul A Q
K 8 4
9 6 3
A 9 8 6 5

West North East South West North East South
LiX Koch WangW AukenJ Christiansen Fu BlaksetL WangX
1 Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass
1 NT AP Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 3 10 J 3 6 J K
J 4 2 7 9 4 2 J
4 3 J Q Q 4 2 7
7 tricks won K 6 8 5
5 8 A 10
9 3 8 3
J Q A 9
10 5 2 7
4 6 7 10
Q A 3 7
A 4 6 2

J 10 8 2
Q J 5
A K 10 4
Q J Table 7 5 4
A 9 3 2
J 8 2
K 4 3
44446 =
99897 =
Par NS -400 K 9 6 3
10 7 6
Q 7 5
10 7 2

1 opening
1 NT W = -90
+12 607
1 NT opening
1 NT× N -3 -800
-12 769

341. 1997 BB Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 55

N deals
Both vul A J 4 2
A 10 7 3
Q 5
Q 4 2

West North East South West North East South
LiX Deutsch WangW Soloway Rosenberg Fu Zia WangX
1 Pass Pass 1 NT Pass 2
1 NT Pass 2 NT Pass Dbl 2 3 AP
3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 9 6 10 Q 6 A 4
J Q A 3 3 K 5 9
3 6 A 2 5 6 A 2
11 tricks won 9 5 7 4
2 Q A 3
2 8 10 7
K A 8 3
Q K 8 10
10 tricks claimed

K Q 10
9 6
K J 10 9 2
A J 10 Table 9 8 5
K 4 2
A 8 7
K 7 5 3
24622 =
A97BB A87BB
Par NS -630 7 6 3
Q J 8 5
6 4 3
9 8 6

1 opening
3 NT W +2 -660
-11 610
1 NT opening
3 E +1 -130
+11 784

342. 1997 BB Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 87

N deals
Both vul K 8
K J 9 6
K Q 3
10 7 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Versace Helgemo Lauria Helness Aa Lanzarotti Groetheim Buratti
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass 2
1 2 3 4 2 3 3 AP
4 Pass Pass 5
Pass 5 Pass Pass
Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 8 Q 9 6 2 A Q
A 3 5 4 6 A 3 9
10 Q 7 6 K 2 9 3
K 2 3 Q 8 tricks won
J 5 4 3
6 10 A 2
J 2 K 8
K 7 3 4

A 6 5 4 3 2
Q
A 10 2
K J 5 Table Q J 10 7
10 5 2
9 8 7 5
Q 9
75979 =
48464 =
Par NS +140 9
A 8 7 4 3
J 6 4
A 8 4 3

1 opening
5 × S -2 -500
-12 610
1 NT opening
3 W -1 +100
+12 796

349. 1997 USBC Playoff, Seg 6, Bd 83

N deals
E-W vul 9 8 6
Q 7
8 6 4
A K Q 7 5

West North East South West North East South
Nickell Weinstein Freeman Katz Glubok Meckstroth Lev Rodwell
1 Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass 1 NT AP Dbl 2 2 3
3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 9 Q 6 8 10 Q 3
6 Q 8 2 A 4 9 2
5 3 J 2 9 Q K A
8 10 A 4 4 6 J 2
K 6 9 4 2 9 K 4
Q 3 4 5 5 8 3 3
7 3 5 5 3 A 5 6
4 10 A K 10 7 5 8
J 7 8 7 A 2 6 7
2 A 6 J 9 4 K Q

A 7 5 4
K J 10 6
K Q 5
10 2 Table Q J
A 9 8 3
10 7 3 2
6 4 3
65357 66357
77A86 =
Par NS -620 K 10 3 2
5 4 2
A J 9
J 9 8

1 opening
1 NT N +1 +120
+7 619
1 NT opening
3 E +1 -170
-7 798

350. 1996 Spingold Final, Seg 3, Bd 44

N deals
E-W vul 8 7 6 5
A 5
10 7 3
A K 7 4

West North East South West North East South
Hamman Smith Wolff Robinson Goldman Rodwell Soloway Meckstroth
1 Dbl 2 1 NT Dbl 2
2 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass 3 Dbl Pass
3 Pass 4 AP 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 2 9 2 K 2 J 2
2 5 J Q 4 5 9 K
4 9 6 K 5 2 A 6
J 3 4 A 7 A 4 8
7 A 7 3 10 3 6 A
K 6 5 9 3 K 5 9
3 8 4 6 J 7 8
J 3 10 tricks claimed
8 tricks claimed

10 9 3 2
Q 8 6 4 2
J 9 8 2
— Table A K J
J 10 9
A K 6
Q 8 6 2
65358 =
78985 =
Par NS -140 Q 4
K 7 3
Q 5 4
J 10 9 5 3

1 opening
4 W -2 +200
+9 628
1 NT opening
3 W +1 -170
-9 798

Data 9X28 Main Top One Club vs. One Notrump