USBC Semifinal 2nd Eighth Ekeblad vs. Welland ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 16 | 3NT E +1 630 | 4S W = 620 | | | | 17 | 4H W -1 50 | 4C E -1 50 | | | | 18 | 5DX W -5 1100 | 4H N +2 680 | 9 | | | 19 | 2SX S -1 100 | 2S S -1 50 | | 2 | | 20 | 3NT W +1 630 | 3NT W = 600 | | 1 | | 21 | 1NT N = 90 | 1NT N -1 100 | 5 | | | 22 | 3NT W -2 200 | 3NT W -2 200 | | | | 23 | 4H N +1 650 | 4H S = 620 | 1 | | | 24 | 4S N +1 450 | 5S N = 450 | | | | 25 | 3C W +2 150 | 5H W +1 680 | 11 | | | 26 | 6D S +1 1390 | 6NT S = 1440 | | 2 | | 27 | 3H N +1 170 | 4H N -1 50 | 6 | | | 28 | 3NT E = 400 | 3NT W -1 50 | | 10 | | 29 | 2H W -1 100 | 2C W -1 100 | | | | 30 | 3C W +1 130 | 4D S -1 50 | | 2 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 32 17 | | Carryover: 8 38 | | Total: 40 55 | ===================================================================== Board 16 - Dealer West - EW vul. S 8 7 H Q 7 5 4 D K 8 7 6 C A J 7 S A K Q J 9 2 S 3 H K J 10 6 H 9 D 2 D A Q J 10 3 C K Q C 10 9 8 5 3 2 S 10 6 5 4 H A 8 3 2 D 9 5 4 C 6 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin 1S Pass 1N!T Pass 2N!T Pass 3C! Pass 3H Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C6 CQ CA C3 2: N C7 C2 C4 CK 3: W H6 H4 H9 HA 4: S S6 SA S7 S3 5: W SK S8 D3 S4 6: W SQ H5 C5 S5 7: W SJ D6 D10 S10 8: W D2 D8 DQ D4 9: E C10 D5 H10 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -630 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 2C Pass 3C! Pass 3S Pass 4C Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H4 H9 HA H6 2: S S4 SA S7 S3 3: W SK S8 C2 S5 4: W SQ D6 C3 S6 5: W SJ H5 D3 S10 6: W CK C7 C5 C4 7: W CQ CA C8 C6 8: N D7 4S by W, making 4, NS: -620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 8 - Welland 38 ===================================================================== Board 17 - Dealer North - None vul. S A J 5 H 8 5 4 D A K 7 5 4 3 C K S 8 7 2 S 10 6 4 3 H A K 10 6 2 H Q 9 D Q 2 D 10 C 7 5 3 C A Q J 10 6 2 S K Q 9 H J 7 3 D J 9 8 6 C 9 8 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin 1D! 3C Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DA D10 D9 D2 2: N S5 S3 SQ S7 3: S S9 S2 SA S4 4: N SJ S6 SK S8 5: S C4 C3 CK CA 6: E HQ H3 H2 H4 4H by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1D 3C 3D 4C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D9 DQ DK D10 2: N SA S3 S9 S2 3: N SJ S4 SK S7 4: S SQ S8 S5 S6 5: S D6 D2 DA C2 6: E H9 H3 HA H4 7: W C3 CK 4C by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 8 - Welland 38 ===================================================================== Board 18 - Dealer East - NS vul. S 6 3 H A K 10 9 8 4 D 5 C A 9 5 3 S 9 8 5 S K J 10 H J 2 H Q 7 D A K 10 9 8 D J 7 6 4 2 C Q 8 4 C J 10 7 S A Q 7 4 2 H 6 5 3 D Q 3 C K 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin Pass Pass 3D 3H 5D Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HA H7 H3 H2 2: N HK HQ H5 HJ 3: N S6 S10 SQ S5 4: S SA S8 S3 SJ 5: S S2 S9 D5 SK 6: N CA C7 C6 C4 5DX by W, down 5, NS: 1100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass 2D 2H 4D 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D4 D3 DK D5 2: W DA H8 D2 DQ 3: N HA H7 H3 H2 4: N S6 SJ SQ S5 5: S SA S9 S3 SK 6: S S2 S8 H9 S10 7: N HK 4H by N, making 6, NS: 680 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 17 - Welland 38 ===================================================================== Board 19 - Dealer South - EW vul. S J 10 H K 8 5 D Q J 4 3 C Q J 8 6 S A 9 5 S 8 7 3 H J 10 H Q 9 7 6 2 D A 9 8 7 D K 10 C A K 10 9 C 5 4 2 S K Q 6 4 2 H A 4 3 D 6 5 2 C 7 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin Pass 1NT Pass 2D! Pass 2H Pass Pass 2S d! Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HJ HK H2 H3 2: N SJ S7 S2 SA 3: W CK C6 C2 C3 4: W D7 DQ DK D2 5: E D10 D5 DA D3 6: W D9 DJ S3 D6 7: E S8 S6 S5 S10 8: N D4 C5 S4 D8 9: S SK S9 H5 H6 2SX by S, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1NT Pass 2D! Pass 2H Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HJ H5 H9 HA 2: S D5 DA D3 D10 3: W CK C6 C5 C3 4: W D7 DQ DK D6 5: E C4 C7 CA C8 6: W D9 DJ S7 D2 7: E C2 H3 C9 CJ 8: N S10 S3 S2 SA 9: W C10 CQ S8 SQ 10: S S4 S5 2S by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 17 - Welland 40 ===================================================================== Board 20 - Dealer West - Both vul. S A 7 H Q 10 8 5 4 3 D 4 2 C A Q 7 S Q 5 3 2 S 10 4 H K 2 H A J 9 6 D A K 5 D Q J 10 3 C 8 5 4 2 C K J 6 S K J 9 8 6 H 7 D 9 8 7 6 C 10 9 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin 1C! 1H 1S! Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H5 H9 H7 H2 2: E H6 C3 HK H3 3: W C5 C7 CJ C10 4: E D3 D7 DA D4 5: W C4 CA C6 C9 6: N SA S4 S6 S2 3NT by W, making 4, NS: -630 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1C 1H 3H! Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H5 H6 H7 HK 2: W C4 CA C6 C10 3: N SA S4 S6 S2 4: N S7 S10 SK S3 5: S S8 SQ H8 H9 6: W C2 C7 CK C3 7: E D3 D6 DA D2 8: W H2 H3 HJ 3NT by W, making 3, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Welland, Ekeblad 17 - Welland 41 ===================================================================== Board 21 - Dealer North - NS vul. S K Q 6 2 H A J 7 4 D Q 8 C K 10 2 S A 10 8 S 9 7 5 4 H K Q 6 H 10 3 D A J 5 2 D 10 9 4 C Q 9 6 C A 8 5 3 S J 3 H 9 8 5 2 D K 7 6 3 C J 7 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin 1C! Pass 1D! Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S7 SJ SA S2 2: W S8 SK S4 S3 3: N HA H3 H2 H6 4: N H4 H10 H5 HQ 5: W HK H7 C3 H8 6: W S10 SQ S5 H9 7: N HJ S9 C4 C6 8: N S6 D4 D3 D2 9: N DQ D9 D6 D5 10: N D8 D10 D7 DJ 11: W DA C2 C5 DK 1NT by N, making 1, NS: 90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S7 SJ SA S2 2: W S10 SK S4 S3 3: N H4 H3 H9 HQ 4: W S8 SQ S5 C4 5: N HJ H10 H2 HK 6: W H6 HA C5 H5 7: N H7 C3 H8 D2 8: S CJ CQ C2 C8 9: W C6 CK CA C7 10: E S9 D3 C9 S6 11: E D10 D6 D5 DQ 1NT by N, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 22 - Welland 41 ===================================================================== Board 22 - Dealer East - EW vul. S 8 7 H 10 5 4 3 2 D A 6 C K 9 3 2 S A K 10 4 3 S Q H K J H 9 8 7 D K 10 3 D J 8 7 5 4 C J 10 8 C A Q 7 6 S J 9 6 5 2 H A Q 6 D Q 9 2 C 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin Pass Pass 1N!T Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H5 H7 HQ HK 2: W CJ CK CA C5 3: E SQ S9 S4 S7 4: E C6 C4 C10 C2 5: W SA S8 D4 S2 6: W SK D6 D5 S5 7: W C8 C3 CQ S6 8: E D7 D2 D10 DA 3NT by W, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H3 H7 HQ HK 2: W CJ CK CA C5 3: E SQ S9 S3 S7 4: E C6 C4 C10 C2 5: W SA S8 D4 S2 6: W SK D6 D5 S5 7: W C8 C3 CQ S6 8: E C7 D9 S4 C9 9: N H2 H8 HA HJ 3NT by W, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 22 - Welland 41 ===================================================================== Board 23 - Dealer South - Both vul. S K Q H A J 10 6 D A K 4 2 C J 7 2 S J 9 7 5 S 10 6 4 3 2 H Q 8 2 H 9 4 D J 9 5 D 3 C Q 6 3 C A K 9 5 4 S A 8 H K 7 5 3 D Q 10 8 7 6 C 10 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin Pass Pass 1C! Pass 1S! Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S! Pass 2N!T Pass 3D! Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E CK C8 C6 C2 2: E CA C10 C3 C7 4H by N, making 5, NS: 650 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D5 D2 D3 D10 2: S HK H2 H6 H4 3: S H3 H8 HA H9 4H by S, making 4, NS: 620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 23 - Welland 41 ===================================================================== Board 24 - Dealer West - None vul. S A Q 10 5 4 2 H 9 6 D Q J 5 4 C 8 S 8 6 S J H K 2 H Q 8 7 5 3 D A 6 3 2 D 9 8 7 C K 10 7 6 3 C Q 9 5 2 S K 9 7 3 H A J 10 4 D K 10 C A J 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin 1C! 1S Pass 2C Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H3 HA H2 H6 2: S S3 4S by N, making 5, NS: 450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 2S! Pass 2NT Pass 3D! Pass 3H! Pass 4D! Pass 4NT Pass 5C! Pass 5S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H3 HA H2 H6 2: S S3 S6 SA SJ 3: N SQ H5 S7 S8 4: N D4 D9 DK DA 5: W HK 5S by N, making 5, NS: 450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 23 - Welland 41 ===================================================================== Board 25 - Dealer North - EW vul. S A 7 6 5 H 9 8 3 D K 9 6 4 C Q 10 S 4 2 S K 3 H A J 7 H K Q 5 2 D D A J 10 8 3 2 C 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 C A S Q J 10 9 8 H 10 6 4 D Q 7 5 C K J Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin Pass 1D! 1S Pass 2D 2H Pass 3C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SA S3 SQ S2 3C by W, making 5, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1D 2S Pass 4S 4NT Pass 5C Pass 5D Pass 5H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SA S3 S8 S4 2: N H3 HK H4 H7 3: E CA CJ C2 C10 4: E H2 H6 HJ H8 5: W C5 CQ HQ CK 6: E H5 H10 HA H9 5H by W, making 6, NS: -680 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 34 - Welland 41 ===================================================================== Board 26 - Dealer East - Both vul. S Q H A K 7 4 D J 4 C A K 10 9 7 5 S 8 6 4 3 2 S A J 10 9 7 H J 10 3 H 9 8 5 D 8 3 D 10 6 5 C Q J 8 C 6 2 S K 5 H Q 6 2 D A K Q 9 7 2 C 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin Pass 1D Pass 1S! Pass 2D! Pass 2N!T Pass 3C! Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass 6D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CQ CA C6 C3 2: N DJ D5 D2 D3 6D by S, making 7, NS: 1390 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass 4C Pass 4D Pass 4NT Pass 5C Pass 6NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S4 SQ SA S5 2: E SJ SK S6 C5 3: S D2 D3 DJ 6NT by S, making 6, NS: 1440 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 34 - Welland 43 ===================================================================== Board 27 - Dealer South - None vul. S A Q J H A J 5 4 D Q 9 2 C J 9 6 S 8 4 S K 6 2 H Q 7 6 H 8 2 D A J 10 8 7 6 D 5 4 C 5 4 C A Q 10 8 7 2 S 10 9 7 5 3 H K 10 9 3 D K 3 C K 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin Pass Pass 1NT 3C Dbl 3D 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D5 D3 D10 DQ 2: N H4 H2 HK H6 3: S H10 H7 H5 H8 4: S H3 HQ HA C7 5: N SJ S2 S3 S8 6: N SA S6 S5 S4 3H by N, making 4, NS: 170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 2D Dbl 3C 3D Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D5 D3 D10 DQ 2: N HA H2 H3 H6 3: N H4 H8 H9 HQ 4: W DA D2 D4 DK 5: W S8 SQ SK S3 6: E CA C3 C4 C6 7: E S6 4H by N, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 40 - Welland 43 ===================================================================== Board 28 - Dealer West - NS vul. S J 9 8 7 2 H J D K 10 C K J 9 8 4 S A 6 5 4 3 S K Q H 9 5 H K 10 8 6 2 D Q 9 8 D A J 5 2 C A Q 3 C 7 5 S 10 H A Q 7 4 3 D 7 6 4 3 C 10 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin 1S Pass 2C! Pass 2D! Pass 2H! Dbl p! Pass r! Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3C! Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H4 H5 HJ HK 2: E SK S10 S3 S2 3: E SQ C2 S4 S7 4: E D2 D3 DQ DK 5: N S8 C5 D4 SA 6: W D9 D10 DA D6 7: E DJ D7 D8 C8 8: E D5 H3 H9 C9 9: E C7 C10 CA C4 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1S Pass 2H Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C8 C5 C10 CQ 2: W D8 DK DA D3 3: E SQ S10 S3 S2 4: E SK H3 S4 S7 5: E D2 D4 DQ D10 6: W D9 C4 D5 D6 7: W H5 HJ HK HA 8: S HQ H9 S8 H2 9: S C6 CA C9 C7 10: W SA 3NT by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 40 - Welland 53 ===================================================================== Board 29 - Dealer North - Both vul. S Q J 8 5 H Q 10 8 2 D Q 7 C 6 5 4 S 10 6 S 9 7 3 H A J 9 7 5 H 4 D 5 D K J 9 6 4 3 2 C A K Q 7 3 C J 2 S A K 4 2 H K 6 3 D A 10 8 C 10 9 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin Pass Pass 1NT 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SQ S3 S4 S6 2: N S5 S7 SK S10 3: S H6 H7 H8 H4 4: N SJ S9 SA H5 5: W HA H2 D2 H3 6: W HJ HQ D3 HK 7: S C10 C7 C5 CJ 8: E C2 C8 CQ C6 9: W CA C4 D4 C9 10: W CK H10 D6 D8 2H by W, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass 1NT 2C! Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C6 CJ C10 C3 2: E H4 H3 HJ HQ 3: N C5 C2 C8 CA 4: W CK C4 D2 C9 5: W HA H2 D3 H6 6: W H5 H8 D4 HK 7: S DA D5 D7 D6 8: S SK 2C by W, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 40 - Welland 53 ===================================================================== Board 30 - Dealer East - None vul. S A K H 10 9 8 5 2 D A 8 2 C 7 5 4 S 9 7 3 S Q 10 8 5 2 H Q 4 3 H A K 7 D 7 D J 10 3 C A K J 9 3 2 C 8 6 S J 6 4 H J 6 D K Q 9 6 5 4 C Q 10 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Welland Ekeblad Fallenius Rubin Pass Pass 3C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SK S2 S4 S9 2: N SA S5 S6 S3 3: N DA D3 D4 D7 4: N D8 D10 DQ C2 5: W CA C4 C6 C10 6: W H3 H5 HA H6 7: E C8 CQ 3C by W, making 4, NS: -130 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass 1C 1H 1S 2D 2S 3D 3H! 4D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CA C4 C6 C10 2: W CK C5 C8 CQ 3: W CJ C7 DJ H6 4: E HA HJ H3 H2 5: E HK D4 H4 H5 4D by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 40 - Welland 55 =====================================================================