USBC Semifinal 1st Eighth Ekeblad vs. Welland ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 | 2S W -1 50 | 3H N = 140 | | 3 | | 2 | 4H S -1 100 | 3NTX E -3 500 | | 12 | | 3 | 3C W -2 200 | 2S N +1 140 | 2 | | | 4 | 2D N +2 130 | 4S S = 620 | | 10 | | 5 | 5H W = 450 | 5H W = 450 | | | | 6 | 3H E = 140 | 2S N = 110 | | 6 | | 7 | 4H E +1 650 | 4H E +2 680 | 1 | | | 8 | 2S W = 110 | 2S W = 110 | | | | 9 | 4H W = 620 | 4H W = 620 | | | | 10 | 2S W -1 100 | 2D W -4 400 | | 7 | | 11 | 3S S +1 170 | 2S N +1 140 | 1 | | | 12 | 4S E +1 450 | 4S E +2 480 | 1 | | | 13 | 4H E -1 100 | 4H E -1 100 | | | | 14 | 4H N +2 480 | 4H S +1 450 | 1 | | | 15 | 3NT W = 400 | 3NT E +2 460 | 2 | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Total: 8 38 | ===================================================================== Board 1 - Dealer North - None vul. S K 7 2 H Q J 9 7 4 D 7 3 C K 9 6 S A J 10 9 8 6 S 5 H A 5 H K 8 6 3 D K 5 D J 10 9 8 2 C 10 7 3 C Q 4 2 S Q 4 3 H 10 2 D A Q 6 4 C A J 8 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass Pass 1D 1S 2H Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D7 DJ DA D5 2: S D4 DK D3 D2 3: W H5 H4 HK H2 4: E S5 S3 S8 SK 5: N HQ H3 H10 HA 6: W SA S2 H6 S4 7: W SJ S7 H8 2S by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass Pass 1N!T 2H! 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S5 S3 S10 SK 2: N H4 H6 H10 HA 3: W H5 HQ HK H2 4: E DJ DA D5 D3 5: S C5 C3 CK C2 6: N HJ H3 C8 S6 7: N H9 H8 D4 S8 8: N D7 D9 D6 DK 3H by N, making 3, NS: 140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 0 - Welland 3 ===================================================================== Board 2 - Dealer East - NS vul. S K Q 7 H J 9 5 D Q 10 4 C J 9 8 2 S A J 4 3 S 9 6 H 3 H K 7 2 D K J 9 6 5 D A 7 3 2 C Q 7 3 C K 10 6 4 S 10 8 5 2 H A Q 10 8 6 4 D 8 C A 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass 1H Dbl 2D! Dbl 2S 4D 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D5 D10 DA D8 2: E S9 S10 S4 SK 3: N HJ H2 H4 H3 4: N H5 H7 H8 D6 5: S HA D9 H9 HK 6: S HQ DJ C2 D2 7: S H10 C7 D4 D3 8: S S2 SA S7 S6 9: W S3 SQ C6 S5 10: N DQ D7 H6 4H by S, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass 2H! Dbl 3H 3NT Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HQ H3 HJ HK 2: E D3 D8 DK D4 3: W D5 D10 DA S5 4: E D7 S8 D6 DQ 5: N H9 H2 H10 C3 6: S H6 S3 H5 H7 3NTX by E, down 3, NS: 500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 0 - Welland 15 ===================================================================== Board 3 - Dealer South - EW vul. S K 9 8 6 3 H A J 7 2 D 10 8 5 C Q S Q J 2 S 7 4 H Q 8 4 H K 6 5 D K J 4 2 D Q 7 3 C K 4 2 C A 10 9 6 5 S A 10 5 H 10 9 3 D A 9 6 C J 8 7 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass 1C! 1S d! 2S Pass Pass 3C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S6 S4 SA S2 2: S S5 SJ SK S7 3: N CQ C5 C3 CK 4: W C2 S9 CA C7 5: E D3 D6 DK D5 6: W SQ S8 H5 S10 7: W H4 H7 HK H3 8: E H6 H9 HQ HA 3C by W, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass Pass 1S Pass 2C! Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S4 S5 SJ SK 2: N D5 D7 D9 DJ 3: W H4 H2 HK H3 4: E S7 SA S2 S3 5: S H9 H8 H7 H6 6: S DA D2 D8 D3 7: S H10 HQ HA H5 8: N HJ 2S by N, making 3, NS: 140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 2 - Welland 15 ===================================================================== Board 4 - Dealer West - Both vul. S Q 4 H 10 4 D A K 10 9 7 C A 8 5 4 S 8 5 S J 7 6 3 H A Q 6 3 H K J 8 2 D J 6 4 2 D 8 3 C K 6 2 C J 10 9 S A K 10 9 2 H 9 7 5 D Q 5 C Q 7 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass 1D Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D8 D5 D6 D9 2: N D7 D3 DQ D2 2D by N, making 4, NS: 130 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass 1D Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass 3S Pass 4D Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S5 S4 S7 S10 2: S S2 S8 SQ S3 3: N D7 D3 DQ D2 4: S SA H3 C4 S6 5: S SK C2 H4 SJ 6: S D5 D4 DK D8 7: N DA H2 H5 D6 8: N D9 H8 H7 DJ 9: W HA H10 HJ H9 10: W HQ C5 HK 4S by S, making 4, NS: 620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 2 - Welland 25 ===================================================================== Board 5 - Dealer North - NS vul. S Q J 3 H A 8 D 6 3 2 C Q 7 6 4 2 S A K 10 9 6 S 4 H Q J 10 3 2 H K 9 6 5 D J D K 10 9 5 4 C K 5 C A 9 8 S 8 7 5 2 H 7 4 D A Q 8 7 C J 10 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass Pass Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 3H Pass 4C Pass 4H Pass 5H Pass Pass Pass 5H by W, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass Pass Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 3H Pass 4C Pass 4H Pass 4NT Pass 5C Pass 5H Pass Pass Pass 5H by W, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 2 - Welland 25 ===================================================================== Board 6 - Dealer East - EW vul. S 10 8 4 3 2 H 6 5 D J 3 2 C Q 4 2 S Q 7 S K J 6 H A Q J 3 H K 10 9 7 D 8 7 5 D K 9 4 C K 10 5 3 C J 9 7 S A 9 5 H 8 4 2 D A Q 10 6 C A 8 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson 1C 1D Dbl 2D 2H 3D Dbl Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H4 HQ H5 H7 2: W S7 S2 SJ SA 3: S D6 D5 DJ DK 4: E S6 S5 SQ S3 5: W H3 H6 HK 3H by E, making 3, NS: -140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H10 H2 HQ H5 2: W H3 H6 H9 H4 3: E D4 D6 D8 DJ 4: N D3 DK DA D7 5: S SA S7 S2 S6 6: S S9 SQ S4 SK 7: E C7 C6 CK 2S by N, making 2, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 2 - Welland 31 ===================================================================== Board 7 - Dealer South - Both vul. S A K 10 H 4 D Q 9 6 C 10 8 5 4 3 2 S Q 8 4 3 S 6 2 H A 9 5 2 H K Q 7 6 3 D A J 7 4 D K 10 2 C A C K Q 7 S J 9 7 5 H J 10 8 D 8 5 3 C J 9 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass 1D Pass 1H Pass 2N!T Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S5 S3 SK S2 2: N C8 C7 C6 CA 3: W H2 H4 HK H8 4: E H3 H10 HA C2 5: W H5 C3 HQ HJ 6: E D2 D3 DA D6 7: W D4 D9 DK D5 4H by E, making 5, NS: -650 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass 1D Pass 1H Pass 3H Pass 3S! Pass 4C! Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SJ S3 S10 S6 2: S D8 D4 D6 D10 3: E HK H8 H2 H4 4: E HQ H10 H5 C5 5: E H3 HJ HA C2 6: W D7 D9 DK D3 7: E D2 D5 DA DQ 8: W DJ 4H by E, making 6, NS: -680 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 3 - Welland 31 ===================================================================== Board 8 - Dealer West - None vul. S K Q H A 8 7 D K Q 5 2 C J 5 4 3 S J 10 2 S 9 8 7 6 5 H K 10 6 H J 9 3 2 D A 6 3 D J C A Q 9 2 C K 7 6 S A 4 3 H Q 5 4 D 10 9 8 7 4 C 10 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson 1NT Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DK DJ D10 DA 2: W SJ SQ S5 S3 3: N D2 S6 D7 D3 4: E H2 H4 H10 HA 5: N H8 HJ H5 H6 6: E H3 HQ HK H7 7: W CA C3 C6 C8 8: W C2 C4 CK C10 9: E C7 S4 C9 C5 10: S D4 D6 DQ S7 11: E H9 2S by W, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia 1C Pass 2D! Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DK DJ D10 DA 2: W C2 C5 CK C10 3: E H2 H4 HK HA 4: N SK S5 S4 S2 5: N SQ S6 S3 S10 2S by W, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 3 - Welland 31 ===================================================================== Board 9 - Dealer North - EW vul. S 8 7 4 H 7 4 D Q 5 3 2 C 8 6 4 2 S A J 2 S K 10 H J 10 6 5 H K 9 8 3 2 D A 10 8 6 D K J 9 C A J C 10 7 5 S Q 9 6 5 3 H A Q D 7 4 C K Q 9 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass Pass 1S 1NT Pass 2D! Pass 2H Pass 3NT Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S8 S10 SQ SA 2: W HJ H4 H2 HQ 3: S CK CA C4 C5 4: W H5 4H by W, making 4, NS: -620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass Pass 1S 1NT Pass 2D! Pass 2H Pass 3NT Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S7 S10 SQ SA 2: W HJ H4 H2 HQ 3: S CQ CA C4 C5 4: W H5 H7 H9 HA 5: S CK CJ C2 4H by W, making 4, NS: -620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 3 - Welland 31 ===================================================================== Board 10 - Dealer East - Both vul. S K 10 7 6 3 H K 9 7 5 D J 6 3 C K S A Q 9 8 2 S J H A J H 8 6 3 2 D 10 9 8 5 D A 7 C J 2 C Q 9 8 6 4 3 S 5 4 H Q 10 4 D K Q 4 2 C A 10 7 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2D Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CK C3 C7 C2 2: N S3 SJ S4 S2 3: E C4 C10 CJ S6 4: N D3 D7 DQ D5 5: S H4 HA H7 H2 6: W HJ HK H3 H10 7: N D6 DA D2 D8 8: E H6 HQ S8 H9 9: W D9 DJ C6 D4 10: N H5 H8 S5 S9 2S by W, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass Pass 1S Pass 1N!T Pass 2D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D3 DA D2 D5 2: E SJ S4 S2 SK 3: N CK C3 C7 C2 4: N DJ D7 D4 D8 5: N D6 C4 DQ D9 6: S DK D10 H5 C6 7: S H4 HJ HK H2 8: N H7 H3 H10 HA 9: W SA S3 H6 S5 10: W SQ S6 H8 C5 11: W S9 S10 C8 2D by W, down 4, NS: 400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 3 - Welland 38 ===================================================================== Board 11 - Dealer South - None vul. S Q 10 8 6 4 H J D A 8 6 4 C 8 5 2 S A J 3 S 9 7 2 H 8 5 3 2 H A Q 10 7 D K D J 7 3 C Q J 10 9 7 C A 4 3 S K 5 H K 9 6 4 D Q 10 9 5 2 C K 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass Pass 2D! Pass 2S 3C Pass Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CQ C2 CA C6 2: E S7 S5 SA S4 3: W S3 S6 S9 SK 4: S D2 DK DA D3 5: N SQ S2 H4 SJ 6: N D4 D7 D9 3S by S, making 4, NS: 170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia 1N!T Pass 2C! Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HQ HK H5 HJ 2: S D2 DK DA D3 3: N S4 S2 SK SA 4: W H2 S6 H7 H4 5: N SQ S7 S5 S3 6: N D4 D7 D10 SJ 7: W H3 S8 H10 H6 8: N S10 S9 H9 CQ 2S by N, making 3, NS: 140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 4 - Welland 38 ===================================================================== Board 12 - Dealer West - NS vul. S J 3 H K 6 4 2 D K 8 3 C K J 6 5 S 6 S A K 10 9 7 5 4 2 H A Q 8 5 H 7 D Q J 10 6 5 2 D 4 C A 7 C Q 9 3 S Q 8 H J 10 9 3 D A 9 7 C 10 8 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson 1D Pass 1S Pass 2D! Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HJ HA H4 H7 2: W S6 S3 SA S8 3: E SK SQ D2 SJ 4: E D4 DA D5 D3 5: S C2 4S by E, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia 1D Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HJ HA H4 H7 2: W H5 HK S9 H9 3: E SA S8 S6 S3 4: E SK SQ D2 SJ 5: E C3 C4 CA C5 6: W HQ H2 D4 4S by E, making 6, NS: -480 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 5 - Welland 38 ===================================================================== Board 13 - Dealer North - Both vul. S 7 6 H K J D 10 8 6 3 2 C 9 7 5 3 S 10 9 S Q 4 2 H Q 10 9 6 H A 8 5 3 D K Q J 7 D A 9 5 C A Q 10 C K J 4 S A K J 8 5 3 H 7 4 2 D 4 C 8 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass 3S! Pass 3NT Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SA S9 S7 S4 2: S D4 DK D2 D5 3: W HQ HK HA H4 4: E H3 H2 H9 HJ 4H by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia Pass 1C 1S Dbl Pass 2H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SK S9 S7 S4 2: S SA S10 S6 S2 3: S D4 DK D8 D5 4: W H10 HJ HA H2 5: E H3 H4 HQ HK 6: N D6 D9 H7 4H by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 5 - Welland 38 ===================================================================== Board 14 - Dealer East - None vul. S A 9 H A Q J 7 3 D A 2 C K J 7 6 S K 7 6 5 2 S 10 4 3 H K 4 H 10 5 D Q 8 3 D K 10 9 6 5 4 C 9 4 3 C Q 8 S Q J 8 H 9 8 6 2 D J 7 C A 10 5 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass Pass Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D10 DJ DQ DA 2: N D2 D9 D7 D8 3: E H10 H2 H4 HJ 4: N C6 C8 CA C3 5: S H9 HK HA 4H by N, making 6, NS: 480 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia 2D Pass 3D Dbl Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D3 DA D4 D7 2: N D2 DK DJ D8 3: E S3 SQ SK SA 4: N HA H5 H2 H4 5: N HQ H10 H8 HK 6: W S5 S9 S10 SJ 7: S S8 S2 C6 S4 8: S CA C3 C7 C8 9: S C2 C4 CK 4H by S, making 5, NS: 450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 6 - Welland 38 ===================================================================== Board 15 - Dealer South - NS vul. S A J H 10 D J 9 8 4 3 C Q J 9 6 2 S K Q 10 7 4 S 8 6 5 H K 5 4 H A 6 3 D Q 6 D A 10 7 5 C K 8 5 C A 4 3 S 9 3 2 H Q J 9 8 7 2 D K 2 C 10 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Lev Fallenius Molson Pass 1S Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CQ C3 C7 C5 2: N C2 CA C10 C8 3: E S5 S2 SK SA 4: N D9 D5 DK D6 5: S HJ HK H10 H3 6: W DQ D3 3NT by W, making 3, NS: -400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Moss Rosenberg Gitelman Zia 2D! 2S Pass 3C! Pass 3S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HQ H4 H10 HA 2: E S5 S2 SK SA 3: N D9 D5 DK D6 4: S C10 CK C6 C3 5: W SQ SJ S6 S3 6: W DQ D3 D7 D2 7: W S4 3NT by E, making 5, NS: -460 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 8 - Welland 38 =====================================================================