USBC Finals 3rd Segment Welland vs. Nickell ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 31 | 2S S +1 140 | 2S S +1 140 | | | | 32 | 4S S -2 100 | 3D S -3 150 | 2 | | | 33 | 3NTX N -1 100 | 2S W = 110 | | | | 34 | 7S W = 1510 | 7S E = 1510 | | | | 35 | 7S N = 1510 | 7S N = 1510 | | | | 36 | 1NTX S -3 800 | 3D W = 110 | | 12 | | 37 | 2S E -1 50 | 2S E -1 50 | | | | 38 | 6H E = 1430 | 3DX S -4 800 | | 12 | | 39 | 1NT E +2 150 | 2NT E = 120 | | 1 | | 40 | 3H W -1 50 | 4H W -3 150 | | 3 | | 41 | 1NT S +2 150 | 3NT S -1 50 | 5 | | | 42 | 4S E -1 100 | 4D W -1 100 | | | | 43 | 2NT S = 120 | 2H W -2 100 | 1 | | | 44 | 4S W = 420 | 4S W = 420 | | | | 45 | 3NT W = 600 | 3NT W -1 100 | | 12 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 8 40 | | Carryover: 85 36 | | Total: 93 76 | ===================================================================== Board 31 - Dealer South - NS vul. S 9 7 6 5 2 H A 7 4 2 D 10 3 C 8 4 S J 8 S K Q 10 H J 10 5 H Q 9 8 3 D K Q 9 4 D A 8 7 5 C Q J 9 7 C 5 3 S A 4 3 H K 6 D J 6 2 C A K 10 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1NT Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CQ C4 C5 CA 2: S S3 SJ S2 SQ 3: E H9 H6 H5 HA 4: N S5 S10 SA S8 5: S CK C7 C8 C3 6: S C10 CJ S6 D8 7: N H2 H3 HK H10 8: S C6 C9 S7 D5 9: N H7 HQ S4 HJ 10: S C2 D4 D3 H8 2S by S, making 3, NS: 140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1NT Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CQ C4 C3 CA 2: S S3 S8 S9 S10 3: E H9 H6 H5 HA 4: N S2 SQ SA SJ 5: S CK C7 C8 C5 6: S C6 C9 S5 D5 7: N H2 H3 HK HJ 8: S C2 CJ S6 D7 9: N H4 H8 S4 H10 10: S C10 D9 D3 SK 2S by S, making 3, NS: 140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Welland 85 - Nickell 36 ===================================================================== Board 32 - Dealer West - EW vul. S Q J 7 H Q 8 D A Q J 2 C A K 4 2 S K 9 S A 8 6 3 H A K 6 4 H J 10 9 7 5 3 D 10 6 D 8 7 5 C J 10 9 8 3 C S 10 5 4 2 H 2 D K 9 4 3 C Q 7 6 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1D! Dbl r! 1) 2S 3H 4S Pass Pass Pass 1) hearts Play 1: W HK H8 H3 H2 2: W HA HQ H9 S2 3: S C7 C8 CA S3 4: E H7 C5 H6 S7 5: N SJ S6 S4 SK 6: W CJ C2 S8 C6 7: E H5 D3 H4 SQ 8: N D2 D5 DK D6 9: S S5 S9 C4 SA 4S by S, down 2, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1C Dbl 2D 2S Pass 3C Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HA H8 H3 H2 2: W CJ CA D5 C7 3: E SA S5 S9 S7 4: E S3 S4 SK SJ 5: W C10 C2 D7 C5 6: E S6 S2 D6 SQ 7: W C3 C4 D8 C6 8: E H5 3D by S, down 3, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Welland, Welland 87 - Nickell 36 ===================================================================== Board 33 - Dealer North - None vul. S Q J 3 H 10 3 D K 10 7 4 C Q J 9 6 S K 10 7 S A 9 6 2 H J 9 8 4 2 H D Q J 8 3 D 6 5 2 C 2 C A K 8 7 5 4 S 8 5 4 H A K Q 7 6 5 D A 9 C 10 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia Pass 2C! 2H Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S2 S4 SK S3 2: W S10 SQ S6 S5 3: N C6 CK C3 C2 4: E D6 DA D3 D4 5: S C10 S7 CQ CA 6: E SA S8 H4 SJ 7: E S9 3NTX by N, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway Pass 1C 1H 1S Pass 2C 2H Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SJ S2 S5 SK 2: W C2 C6 CA C3 3: E CK C10 D3 CQ 4: E C4 D9 S7 C9 5: W H2 H3 S6 H5 6: E C5 H6 S10 CJ 2S by W, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Welland 87 - Nickell 36 ===================================================================== Board 34 - Dealer East - NS vul. S H 9 7 6 4 3 2 D Q 8 5 3 C 7 6 3 S A J 10 9 7 S K Q 8 6 4 H A 10 8 H D 7 D A K J 10 6 4 C A Q 9 5 C 8 4 S 5 3 2 H K Q J 5 D 9 2 C K J 10 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1D! Pass 1S Pass 4H! p! 4NT Pass 5S Pass 6C! 1) Pass 7S Pass Pass Pass 1) asking for !C or !D king Play 1: N H7 C4 HQ HA 2: W D7 D5 DA D9 3: E D4 D2 SJ D3 7S by W, making 7, NS: -1510 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1D Pass 1NT Pass 3S Pass 4H Pass 5S Pass 7S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S3 SJ H2 S4 2: W D7 D3 DA D2 3: E D4 D9 SA D5 4: W S7 H3 SK S2 5: E D6 H5 7S by E, making 7, NS: -1510 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Welland 87 - Nickell 36 ===================================================================== Board 35 - Dealer South - EW vul. S A J 10 9 7 6 3 H K 2 D 8 4 C A J S 2 S 4 H Q 9 4 H 8 3 D K Q 10 3 2 D A J 9 7 6 5 C 9 8 7 3 C Q 6 5 2 S K Q 8 5 H A J 10 7 6 5 D C K 10 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1H Pass 1S Pass 4D! Dbl 4NT Pass 5N!T Pass 7S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E DA S5 D3 D4 2: S SK S2 SA S4 7S by N, making 7, NS: 1510 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1H Pass 1S Pass 4D Pass 4NT Pass 6H Pass 7S Pass Pass Pass 7S by N, making 7, NS: 1510 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Welland 87 - Nickell 36 ===================================================================== Board 36 - Dealer West - Both vul. S A 9 6 5 2 H K 10 8 6 D 9 C Q 8 4 S Q 8 7 S J 10 4 H 7 2 H A Q 5 3 D A K Q 8 4 2 D 10 6 C 3 2 C A J 9 6 S K 3 H J 9 4 D J 7 5 3 C K 10 7 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1D! 1S Dbl 1NT Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W DQ D9 D10 D3 2: W H7 H10 HQ H4 3: E S4 SK S8 S2 4: S HJ H2 H6 H5 5: S H9 S7 HK HA 6: E D6 D7 D8 C4 7: W DA S5 H3 D5 8: W DK S6 SJ DJ 9: W D4 S9 S10 C5 10: W D2 C8 C6 C7 11: W C3 CQ CA C10 1NTX by S, down 3, NS: -800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1D 1S Dbl RDbl 2C Pass 2S Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H6 HA H4 H7 2: E D6 D3 DA D9 3: W DK S2 D10 D5 4: W DQ H8 S4 D7 5: W H2 HK H3 H9 3D by W, making 3, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to Nickell, Welland 87 - Nickell 48 ===================================================================== Board 37 - Dealer North - NS vul. S 10 5 H Q 6 D K 6 5 4 3 C A Q 9 2 S 9 8 7 3 S K 6 4 2 H K J 8 7 3 H A 2 D 8 D A Q 9 2 C K 8 5 C 10 6 4 S A Q J H 10 9 5 4 D J 10 7 C J 7 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia Pass 1D! Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DJ D8 D3 DQ 2: E DA D7 C5 D4 3: E D2 D10 S3 D5 4: W H3 H6 HA H4 5: E D9 H10 S7 D6 6: W HK HQ H2 H9 7: W H7 S10 C6 H5 8: N S5 S2 SQ S8 9: S C3 CK CA C4 10: N CQ C10 C7 C8 11: N DK S4 2S by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway Pass 1C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DJ D8 D3 DQ 2: E DA D7 C5 D4 3: E D9 D10 S7 D5 4: W HK H6 H2 H10 5: W H3 HQ HA H4 6: E D2 C3 S3 D6 7: W H7 S10 SK H5 8: E S2 SJ S8 S5 9: S SQ S9 C2 S4 2S by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Welland 87 - Nickell 48 ===================================================================== Board 38 - Dealer East - EW vul. S K J 9 4 3 H 10 7 4 D 5 4 C 7 6 3 S A Q 10 6 S 8 5 H Q 8 H A K J 9 3 2 D A Q 9 2 D 10 C K 9 4 C Q J 10 5 S 7 2 H 6 5 D K J 8 7 6 3 C A 8 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1H 2D Dbl Pass 3H Pass 4NT Pass 5H Pass 6H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S CA C4 C3 C10 2: S S2 SA S3 S5 3: W HQ H4 H3 H5 6H by E, making 6, NS: -1430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1H Pass 1NT Pass 2D Dbl RDbl 2S Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass 3D Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HQ H4 HK H5 2: E CQ C8 C9 C3 3: E C10 CA C4 C6 4: S S7 SA S3 S8 5: W CK C7 C5 C2 6: W H8 H10 HA H6 7: E HJ D8 D9 H7 8: W S6 SK S5 S2 9: N D4 D10 DJ DQ 3DX by S, down 4, NS: -800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to Nickell, Welland 87 - Nickell 60 ===================================================================== Board 39 - Dealer South - Both vul. S Q J 7 H K 9 2 D J 7 6 C K 6 5 2 S A 6 5 3 2 S 10 9 H A J 10 H Q 4 3 D A K 8 D Q 5 3 2 C Q 9 C J 10 4 3 S K 8 4 H 8 7 6 5 D 10 9 4 C A 8 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia Pass 1C! Pass 1D! Pass 1S 1) Pass 1N!T Pass Pass Pass 1) may be 4 cards + longer minor Play 1: S H7 H10 HK H4 2: N H9 H3 H5 HA 3: W CQ C5 C4 C8 4: W C9 C2 C3 CA 5: S H8 HJ H2 HQ 6: E CJ C7 S2 CK 7: N SQ S9 S4 SA 1NT by E, making 3, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway Pass 1C Pass 1NT Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H8 H10 HK H3 2: N H9 H4 H5 HA 3: W CQ CK C3 C7 4: N H2 HQ H7 HJ 5: E C4 C8 C9 C2 6: W S2 SJ S9 S4 7: N S7 S10 SK SA 8: W DA D6 D2 D4 9: W DK D7 D3 2NT by E, making 2, NS: -120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Nickell, Welland 87 - Nickell 61 ===================================================================== Board 40 - Dealer West - None vul. S Q 10 H 7 5 D A J 7 C K Q 9 7 4 2 S A 2 S J 9 7 5 H A Q J 10 4 3 H 9 D K 6 5 D 10 9 8 4 C A J C 10 8 5 3 S K 8 6 4 3 H K 8 6 2 D Q 3 2 C 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1C! 2C p! Pass Dbl Pass 2S Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CK C3 C6 CA 2: W CJ C2 C5 H2 3: S D3 D5 DJ D4 4: N CQ C8 S6 H3 5: W HA H5 H9 H6 6: W H10 H7 S5 HK 7: S D2 D6 DA D8 8: N C7 C10 H8 HJ 3H by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1H 2C Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2D Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CK C3 C6 CA 2: W CJ CQ C5 S6 3: N SQ S5 S4 S2 4: N S10 SJ S3 SA 5: W H4 H5 H9 HK 6: S SK HA C2 S7 7: W HQ H7 D4 H2 8: W HJ C4 D8 H6 9: W H10 C7 C8 H8 10: W D6 D7 D10 DQ 4H by W, down 3, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 imps to Nickell, Welland 87 - Nickell 64 ===================================================================== Board 41 - Dealer North - EW vul. S K J 6 4 H Q 3 D J 10 8 3 C Q J 4 S A 10 7 3 S Q 8 H A 10 5 4 H J 9 7 2 D 9 4 D K Q 7 2 C 10 7 5 C 9 6 3 S 9 5 2 H K 8 6 D A 6 5 C A K 8 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia Pass Pass 1N!T 1) Pass Pass Pass 1) 12-14 Play 1: W S3 S4 S8 S9 2: S S5 SA S6 SQ 3: W H4 HQ H7 H6 4: N CQ C6 C2 C7 5: N CJ C3 C8 C5 6: N C4 C9 CA C10 7: S CK S7 H3 H2 8: S S2 S10 SK D2 9: N SJ H9 1NT by S, making 3, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HA H3 H7 H6 2: W H4 HQ H2 H8 3: N C4 C3 CK C5 4: S S2 S3 SJ SQ 5: E HJ HK H10 D3 6: S S5 S7 SK S8 7: N S4 C6 S9 S10 8: W SA S6 3NT by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Welland, Welland 92 - Nickell 64 ===================================================================== Board 42 - Dealer East - Both vul. S A 9 5 H 9 8 6 3 D Q J 10 5 C 8 6 S 3 S Q 10 8 7 6 4 2 H 7 5 4 H A K 10 D A 9 8 7 6 3 D K 4 C A 7 4 C 3 S K J H Q J 2 D 2 C K Q J 10 9 5 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1S 2C 2D! Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HQ H4 H3 HA 2: E C3 CK CA C8 3: W S3 S5 S8 SJ 4: S CQ C4 C6 S2 5: E S10 SK H5 S9 6: S C10 C7 DQ S4 7: E SQ CJ D3 SA 8: N H6 HK H2 H7 9: E S7 C2 D6 H8 4S by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1S 2C Pass Pass Dbl 3C 4D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C8 C3 C9 CA 2: W S3 S5 S6 SJ 3: S HQ H4 H3 HA 4: E S2 SK D6 S9 5: W C4 C6 D4 C2 6: E DK D2 D3 D5 7: E S4 C5 D7 SA 8: W DA D10 S7 C10 9: W H5 H6 HK H2 10: E S8 CJ 4D by W, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Welland 92 - Nickell 64 ===================================================================== Board 43 - Dealer South - None vul. S K Q 9 4 H 9 7 5 4 D 7 6 C 10 9 2 S J 7 2 S A 8 5 H Q J 8 6 H 10 3 2 D A K 10 3 2 D J 5 C 3 C Q 8 7 6 5 S 10 6 3 H A K D Q 9 8 4 C A K J 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1C Dbl 1S Pass 2NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W DA D6 D5 D4 2: W H6 H4 H10 HK 3: S S10 S7 SK S8 4: N C10 C6 C4 C3 5: N C2 C5 CJ H8 6: S CK D3 C9 C7 7: S CA S2 D7 C8 8: S S6 SJ SQ S5 9: N H5 H3 HA HQ 10: S D9 D2 2NT by S, making 2, NS: 120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1C 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D7 D5 D4 D10 2: W C3 C2 C5 CJ 3: S HK H6 H4 H2 4: S HA H8 H5 H3 5: S DQ DA D6 DJ 6: W DK H7 H10 D9 7: E C6 C4 HJ C9 8: W HQ H9 S5 S3 9: W D2 S4 C7 D8 10: S CA S2 C10 C8 11: S CK S7 2H by W, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Welland, Welland 93 - Nickell 64 ===================================================================== Board 44 - Dealer West - NS vul. S 7 H A K Q 7 5 4 3 D 10 4 2 C 9 8 S A K 10 6 S Q J 4 2 H 10 H J 9 D K 9 8 5 D Q 6 3 C K 7 4 3 C A Q 5 2 S 9 8 5 3 H 8 6 2 D A J 7 C J 10 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1D! 1H Dbl 2H! 1) 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass 1) weak raise Play 1: N HA H9 H2 H10 2: N HK HJ H8 S6 3: W SK S7 S2 S3 4: W SA H4 S4 S5 5: W D5 D2 DQ DA 6: S S8 S10 H5 SJ 7: E SQ S9 C4 H7 8: E C2 C10 CK C9 9: W C7 C8 CA C6 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1C 3H Dbl Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HK H9 H2 H10 2: N HQ HJ H8 S6 3: W C4 C8 CQ C6 4: E D3 D7 DK D2 5: W SK S7 S2 S3 6: W SA H3 S4 S5 7: W D5 D4 D6 DJ 8: S DA D8 D10 DQ 9: S H6 S10 HA C2 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Welland 93 - Nickell 64 ===================================================================== Board 45 - Dealer North - Both vul. S A 7 H A 9 5 3 D A 10 4 2 C Q J 5 S Q 10 8 4 S K H Q J 2 H K 6 4 D 9 8 D K Q J 7 6 3 C K 4 3 2 C A 10 7 S J 9 6 5 3 2 H 10 8 7 D 5 C 9 8 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia 1NT Dbl 1) 2H 2) Pass 2S 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) various hand types 2) spades Play 1: N CQ C7 C6 CK 2: W D9 D2 DK D5 3: E DQ S3 D8 D4 4: E DJ S2 S4 DA 5: N SA SK S6 S8 6: N D10 D3 S9 C4 7: N C5 C10 C8 C2 8: E H4 H8 HQ HA 3NT by W, making 3, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway 1NT Dbl 2H Dbl Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H3 H4 H10 HQ 2: W D9 D2 DK D5 3: E DQ S2 D8 D4 4: E SK S3 S4 SA 5: N HA HK H8 H2 6: N H5 H6 H7 HJ 7: W C2 CQ CA C6 8: E C7 C9 CK C5 9: W C3 CJ C10 C8 10: N H9 D3 S5 3NT by W, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to Nickell, Welland 93 - Nickell 76 =====================================================================