USBC Quarterfinal 2nd eighth Nickell vs. Weed ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 16 | 2NT N -3 150 | 2S N -1 50 | | 3 | | 17 | 2DX S -2 300 | 1NT S -2 100 | | 5 | | 18 | 4H S +3 710 | 7H S = 2210 | | 17 | | 19 | 5HX N -2 300 | 5HX S -2 300 | | | | 20 | 4S W -1 100 | 3D S = 110 | | | | 21 | 4C W = 130 | 5C W -1 50 | | 5 | | 22 | 3D S = 110 | 4HX W -2 500 | | 9 | | 23 | 3NT E -2 200 | 3S E = 140 | 8 | | | 24 | 3C W -2 100 | 2H N -1 50 | 4 | | | 25 | 3H E -1 100 | 1NT N -1 50 | 4 | | | 26 | 2H W +2 170 | 2H W +2 170 | | | | 27 | 6NT W -1 50 | 6H W -1 50 | | | | 28 | 2S W +1 140 | 2S W +1 140 | | | | 29 | 3H S = 140 | 4H N = 620 | | 10 | | 30 | 3NT W +1 430 | 3NT W +1 430 | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 16 49 | | Carryover: 1 29 | | Total: 17 78 | ===================================================================== Board 16 - Dealer West - EW vul. S A K 9 7 4 H K 9 8 D A Q 10 C 5 3 S J 2 S Q 10 8 6 H A J 10 6 4 2 H Q 7 3 D 5 4 D K J 6 C A 9 7 C 10 8 4 S 5 3 H 5 D 9 8 7 3 2 C K Q J 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth 2H 2NT Pass Pass Pass 2NT by N, down 3, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein 2H 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H3 H5 HA H8 2: W S2 SA S6 S3 3: N H9 H7 S5 H2 4: S D2 D4 DQ DK 5: E S8 D3 SJ SK 6: N HK HQ D7 H4 7: N S9 S10 D8 C7 8: E C4 CK C9 C3 9: S CQ CA C5 C8 2S by N, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 imps to Weed, Nickell 1 - Weed 32 ===================================================================== Board 17 - Dealer North - None vul. S K Q 2 H A Q 8 6 3 D 10 C 9 6 4 3 S 9 8 7 5 S A 6 4 H J 7 H K 10 9 4 2 D J 9 8 6 4 D A C A Q C K 10 7 5 S J 10 3 H 5 D K Q 7 5 3 2 C J 8 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth 1H Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HJ HA H2 H5 2: N S2 S4 SJ S7 3: S S10 S5 SQ SA 4: E S6 S3 S8 SK 5: N D10 DA D2 D4 6: E C10 CJ CQ C3 7: W CA C4 C7 C2 8: W H7 H8 H9 D3 9: S DK D6 H3 H4 10: S C8 2DX by S, down 2, NS: -300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein 1H Pass 1N!T Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D6 D10 DA D5 2: E C5 C2 CQ C3 3: W CA C4 C7 C8 4: W HJ HQ HK H5 5: E CK CJ S5 C6 6: E C10 D7 S7 C9 7: E H10 D2 H7 HA 8: N H8 H9 D3 S8 9: E S4 S10 S9 S2 10: S DK D4 H3 S6 1NT by S, down 2, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Weed, Nickell 1 - Weed 37 ===================================================================== Board 18 - Dealer East - NS vul. S A 9 H Q 10 9 7 6 4 D J 8 4 2 C 3 S K Q 8 6 4 3 S 7 2 H H K D Q D K 10 9 7 6 5 3 C Q 10 8 6 5 2 C J 7 4 S J 10 5 H A J 8 5 3 2 D A C A K 9 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth 4D 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W DQ D2 D7 DA 4H by S, making 7, NS: 710 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein 3D 3H 3S 4H 4S 5D 5S 6H Pass Pass 6S Pass Pass 7H Pass Pass Pass 7H by S, making 7, NS: 2210 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 imps to Weed, Nickell 1 - Weed 54 ===================================================================== Board 19 - Dealer South - EW vul. S 8 5 2 H A 9 7 6 5 D A 9 6 5 4 C S A Q 9 3 S K J 4 H 4 2 H J D Q 7 D K 10 3 2 C Q 7 6 5 3 C A K J 10 2 S 10 7 6 H K Q 10 8 3 D J 8 C 9 8 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth Pass Pass 1H Dbl 3D! 3S 4H 4S 5H Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E CK C4 C3 H5 2: N H6 HJ HK H2 3: S HQ H4 H7 CJ 4: S D8 D7 D4 D10 5: E S4 S6 SA S2 5HX by N, down 2, NS: -300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein Pass Pass Pass 1D 1H Dbl 4H 4S Pass Pass Dbl Pass 5H Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W SA S2 S4 S7 2: W H2 H6 HJ HK 3: S H8 H4 HA C2 4: N D4 DK D8 D7 5: E SK S6 S3 S5 6: E SJ 5HX by S, down 2, NS: -300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 1 - Weed 54 ===================================================================== Board 20 - Dealer West - Both vul. S K 10 4 H K Q J D A 5 4 3 C K 8 6 S A J 5 3 S Q 9 7 2 H A 5 2 H 9 8 7 D J D K 10 C Q J 10 7 2 C A 9 5 4 S 8 6 H 10 6 4 3 D Q 9 8 7 6 2 C 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth 1C 1NT Dbl 2D 2S Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HK H7 H6 H5 2: N HQ H8 H3 HA 3: W SA S4 S2 S6 4: W DJ DA D10 D2 5: N HJ H9 H4 H2 6: N D5 DK D6 C7 7: E SQ S8 S3 S10 8: E S9 4S by W, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein 1C 1NT Dbl 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CQ CK CA C3 2: E C4 D6 CJ C6 3: S D9 DJ DA D10 4: N C8 C5 D7 C2 5: S H3 H2 HK H7 6: N HQ H8 H4 HA 7: W S3 SK S2 S6 3D by S, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 1 - Weed 54 ===================================================================== Board 21 - Dealer North - NS vul. S Q 10 H K 10 9 4 2 D 9 6 5 4 2 C 4 S J 8 7 6 4 S 9 2 H H A Q J 7 D D K 10 8 7 3 C Q J 10 8 7 6 5 3 C A K S A K 5 3 H 8 6 5 3 D A Q J C 9 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth Pass 1D Dbl 2C 2H 2NT 3H 3S Pass 4C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H9 HJ H6 S7 2: E S2 S3 SJ SQ 3: N C4 CA C2 C3 4: E S9 SK S4 S10 5: S C9 C5 H2 CK 6: E HA H5 S6 H10 7: E H7 4C by W, making 4, NS: -130 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein Pass 1D Dbl 5C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SQ S2 S3 S4 2: N D4 D7 DJ C3 3: W S6 S10 S9 S5 4: N C4 CK C2 C5 5: E HA H3 S7 H4 6: E HQ H5 S8 HK 5C by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Weed, Nickell 1 - Weed 59 ===================================================================== Board 22 - Dealer East - EW vul. S 6 3 H A Q D 10 8 6 5 C K Q 6 3 2 S A Q 5 S 7 4 2 H K 10 8 4 H J 9 6 5 3 2 D A K 7 D J C 9 8 7 C J 10 4 S K J 10 9 8 H 7 D Q 9 4 3 2 C A 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth Pass 1S Dbl r! 2H Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H4 HA H9 H7 2: N S3 S2 SJ SQ 3: W HK HQ H2 D2 4: S DQ DA D5 DJ 3D by S, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein Pass 1S 1NT Dbl 2D! Pass 2H Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass 3H Pass 4H Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CK C4 CA C8 2: S C5 C9 CQ C10 3: N C3 CJ H7 C7 4: S DQ DA D5 DJ 4HX by W, down 2, NS: 500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 imps to Weed, Nickell 1 - Weed 68 ===================================================================== Board 23 - Dealer South - Both vul. S 8 5 H A K 9 8 D Q 9 7 4 C Q 8 5 S Q 9 2 S A K J 4 3 H 10 7 3 H Q J 6 2 D A K 2 D 5 3 C J 10 6 2 C K 9 S 10 7 6 H 5 4 D J 10 8 6 C A 7 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth Pass Pass 1H 1S Pass 2H Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D10 DK D4 D3 2: W H3 HK H6 H4 3: N DQ D5 D6 D2 4: N D7 HJ DJ DA 5: W S2 S5 SA S6 6: E S3 S7 SQ S8 7: W S9 H8 SK S10 8: E SJ C3 C2 H9 9: E S4 C4 C6 D9 10: E HQ H5 H7 HA 11: N C8 3NT by E, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein Pass Pass Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H5 H3 HA H6 2: N HK HJ H4 H7 3: N H9 H2 S7 H10 4: S DJ DA D4 D3 5: W S2 S5 SA S6 6: E S3 S10 SQ S8 7: W S9 H8 SK C4 8: E D5 D6 DK D7 9: W C2 C5 C9 3S by E, making 3, NS: -140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 imps to Nickell, Nickell 9 - Weed 68 ===================================================================== Board 24 - Dealer West - None vul. S 4 H A Q 9 5 3 2 D J 7 6 C Q 10 7 S A 5 3 S Q 10 9 2 H K 7 H 10 8 6 D K 5 4 3 D Q 10 9 C A 9 8 2 C K 6 4 S K J 8 7 6 H J 4 D A 8 2 C J 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth 1D 1H Dbl 1S 2C Pass 2D 2H Pass Pass 3C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S4 S9 SJ SA 2: W D5 D6 DQ DA 3: S HJ HK HA H6 4: N HQ H8 H4 H7 5: N H5 H10 C3 C8 6: W C2 C7 CK C5 7: E D10 D2 D4 DJ 8: N D7 D9 D8 D3 9: E C4 CJ CA C10 10: W DK H2 S2 S6 3C by W, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein 1D 1H Dbl 1S 2C Pass 2D 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D10 D2 DK D7 2: W C2 C7 CK C3 3: E C6 C5 CA CQ 4: W D3 DJ DQ DA 5: S HJ HK HA H6 6: N S4 S2 SK SA 7: W D5 D6 D9 D8 8: E SQ S6 S3 2H by N, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 imps to Nickell, Nickell 13 - Weed 68 ===================================================================== Board 25 - Dealer North - EW vul. S A K Q H K 10 5 D K 7 5 2 C 9 4 3 S J 5 4 S 8 6 3 H 9 7 4 H A Q J 6 3 2 D A Q J 10 D 4 3 C Q J 7 C K 10 S 10 9 7 2 H 8 D 9 8 6 C A 8 6 5 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth 1D 1H Dbl 1NT Pass 2H Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S9 S4 SQ S3 2: N SK S6 S7 S5 3: N SA S8 S2 SJ 4: N C9 CK CA C7 5: S D6 DA D2 D3 6: W CJ C3 C10 C2 7: W CQ C4 D4 C5 3H by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HJ H8 H4 HK 2: N SK S3 S2 S4 3: N SQ S6 S7 S5 4: N SA S8 S9 SJ 5: N H10 HQ D6 H7 6: E HA C2 H9 H5 7: E H2 C5 D10 D2 8: E H3 C6 CQ C3 9: E H6 C8 DQ C4 10: E C10 CA C7 C9 11: S S10 1NT by N, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 imps to Nickell, Nickell 17 - Weed 68 ===================================================================== Board 26 - Dealer East - Both vul. S 8 5 4 3 H 8 7 3 D K 9 5 4 C A 3 S 6 2 S A K 7 H A Q 10 4 2 H 9 6 D Q J 2 D A 10 7 C Q 8 5 C J 9 6 4 2 S Q J 10 9 H K J 5 D 8 6 3 C K 10 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth 1C Pass 1H Pass 1NT Pass 2C! Pass 2D Pass 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S4 SK SQ S6 2: E H9 H5 H2 H7 3: E H6 HJ HQ H3 4: W C8 C3 C2 C10 5: S S9 S2 S3 SA 6: E C4 C7 C5 CA 7: N S8 S7 S10 H4 8: W CQ D4 C6 CK 9: S D3 2H by W, making 4, NS: -170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein 1C Pass 1H Pass 1NT Pass 2C! Pass 2D Pass 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CA C2 C7 C5 2: N C3 C4 CK CQ 3: S C10 C8 H8 C6 4: N D5 D7 D8 DJ 5: W S2 S5 SK S9 6: E H9 H5 H2 H3 7: E H6 HJ HQ 2H by W, making 4, NS: -170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 17 - Weed 68 ===================================================================== Board 27 - Dealer South - None vul. S Q 8 4 3 2 H 4 D Q J 7 4 C 9 8 6 S A 9 7 S K J H K 3 2 H A 10 8 7 5 D 8 3 2 D A K 6 C A K J 10 C Q 4 2 S 10 6 5 H Q J 9 6 D 10 9 5 C 7 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth Pass 1NT Pass 2D Pass 2NT Pass 6NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C8 C2 C7 CJ 2: W CA C9 C4 C3 3: W CK C6 CQ C5 4: W C10 S4 D6 S5 5: W HK H4 H5 H6 6: W H2 S3 H7 H9 6NT by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein Pass 1NT Pass 2D! Pass 2H Pass 5NT Pass 6H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C9 C2 C3 CK 2: W HK H4 H5 H6 3: W H2 C6 HA H9 6H by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 17 - Weed 68 ===================================================================== Board 28 - Dealer West - NS vul. S Q 9 H K 10 6 D A Q J 10 2 C K 7 3 S K 8 6 2 S A J 7 3 H J 9 3 H A 8 5 4 2 D 8 7 3 D 6 5 C Q 8 6 C A J S 10 5 4 H Q 7 D K 9 4 C 10 9 5 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth Pass 1NT 2C Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SQ SA S4 S2 2: E H2 H7 H9 H10 3: N S9 SJ S5 S6 4: E S3 S10 SK DQ 5: W HJ H6 H4 HQ 6: S D4 D8 D10 D5 7: N DA 2S by W, making 3, NS: -140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein Pass 1NT 2D! Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SQ SA S5 S2 2: E H2 HQ H9 H6 3: S D4 D3 D10 D5 4: N S9 SJ S4 S6 5: E S3 S10 SK D2 6: W H3 H10 HA H7 7: E H4 C9 HJ HK 8: N DA D6 2S by W, making 3, NS: -140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 17 - Weed 68 ===================================================================== Board 29 - Dealer North - Both vul. S A J 8 2 H Q 9 8 6 D 8 7 4 C A 4 S K 10 9 3 S 7 6 5 H K 2 H 7 5 3 D K Q 9 6 D A J 10 C 10 9 7 C J 6 3 2 S Q 4 H A J 10 4 D 5 3 2 C K Q 8 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth 1D Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 2NT Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W DK D4 DJ D2 2: W D6 D7 DA D3 3: E D10 D5 DQ D8 4: W C10 CA C2 C5 5: N H9 H3 H4 HK 6: W C9 C4 C3 CQ 3H by S, making 3, NS: 140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein Pass Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S5 S4 S9 SJ 2: N CA C2 C5 C9 3: N C4 C3 CK C7 4: S CQ C10 D4 C6 5: S SQ SK SA S6 6: N S2 S7 H10 S3 7: S C8 S10 H6 CJ 8: N S8 D10 HJ HK 4H by N, making 4, NS: 620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Weed, Nickell 17 - Weed 78 ===================================================================== Board 30 - Dealer East - None vul. S J 10 9 8 6 H A K 10 3 D A Q 3 C 6 S A K 3 S 5 4 H Q J 6 H 9 2 D 6 4 D K J 10 9 7 C Q J 10 9 7 C A K 8 3 S Q 7 2 H 8 7 5 4 D 8 5 2 C 5 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolff Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth 1D Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S10 S4 SQ SA 2: W D4 D3 D9 D5 3: E C3 C5 CQ C6 4: W D6 DA D7 D2 5: N HK H2 H4 H6 6: N HA 3NT by W, making 4, NS: -430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Freeman Levin Nickell Weinstein 1D Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S10 S4 S2 SA 2: W D4 D3 DJ D2 3: E C3 C2 CQ C6 4: W D6 DA D7 D5 5: N HK H2 H5 H6 6: N HA 3NT by W, making 4, NS: -430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 17 - Weed 78 =====================================================================