USBC Semifinal 3rd Eighth Nickell vs. Meltzer ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 31 | 1NT W = 90 | 1NT W = 90 | | | | 32 | 3NT W +2 660 | 3NT W = 600 | | 2 | | 33 | 2NT N = 120 | 3D N +1 130 | | | | 34 | 4S W = 420 | 4S W = 420 | | | | 35 | 4S S +1 450 | 4S S +1 450 | | | | 36 | 4H E -2 200 | 4HX W -2 500 | | 7 | | 37 | 2NT S -1 100 | 2H W -1 50 | | 4 | | 38 | 3NT E = 600 | 3NT E = 600 | | | | 39 | 2S N = 110 | 2S N +1 140 | | 1 | | 40 | 2S W +2 170 | 4S W = 420 | 6 | | | 41 | 3DX E -1 200 | 4H S = 420 | | 6 | | 42 | 1NT W +1 120 | 1NT W +2 150 | 1 | | | 43 | 2H W = 110 | 2D S +1 110 | | 6 | | 44 | 6C W = 920 | 7C W = 1440 | 11 | | | 45 | 4S E -2 200 | 2S W = 110 | 7 | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 25 26 | | Carryover: 43 84 | | Total: 68 110 | ===================================================================== Board 31 - Dealer South - NS vul. S 10 8 5 2 H J 2 D A 9 5 C A 9 4 2 S J 9 4 S A 7 H K 9 7 H Q 10 6 5 D K Q 4 D J 7 6 2 C Q J 7 5 C K 8 3 S K Q 6 3 H A 8 4 3 D 10 8 3 C 10 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway Pass 1N!T 1) Pass Pass Pass 1) 11+-14 Play 1: N S2 S7 SQ S4 2: S S3 S9 S5 SA 3: E D2 D3 DK DA 4: N S8 C3 SK SJ 5: S C10 C5 C4 CK 6: E C8 C6 CQ CA 7: N S10 H5 S6 H7 8: N D9 D6 D10 DQ 9: W CJ C2 H6 H3 10: W H9 H2 HQ HA 1NT by W, making 1, NS: -90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S2 S7 SQ S4 2: S S3 S9 S10 SA 3: E D2 D3 DQ DA 4: N S5 H5 SK SJ 5: S D10 D4 D5 DJ 6: E C8 C6 CQ CA 7: N C2 CK C10 C5 8: E H6 HA H7 H2 1NT by W, making 1, NS: -90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 43 - Meltzer 84 ===================================================================== Board 32 - Dealer West - EW vul. S 6 4 3 H 10 7 5 4 2 D K C Q J 6 4 S Q J 7 2 S A K H K 3 H Q J 8 6 D A J 7 3 D 8 6 C 9 7 2 C A K 10 8 5 S 10 9 8 5 H A 9 D Q 10 9 5 4 2 C 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway Pass Pass 1C 2D Dbl Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DK D6 D5 D7 2: N H2 H6 H9 HK 3: W S2 S3 SK S5 4: E SA S8 S7 S4 5: E CA C3 C2 C4 6: E C5 D4 C7 C6 7: W SQ S6 C8 S9 8: W H3 H5 HQ HA 9: S D10 DJ H7 D8 3NT by W, making 5, NS: -660 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag Pass 1H Pass Pass 1S Pass 2C Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass 3H Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C4 CA C3 C7 2: E SA S5 S2 S4 3: E SK S8 S7 S3 4: E H6 H9 HK H4 5: W H3 H5 HQ HA 6: S D2 DJ DK D6 7: N H2 HJ D4 D3 3NT by W, making 3, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 43 - Meltzer 86 ===================================================================== Board 33 - Dealer North - None vul. S 8 H 10 6 5 4 D Q J 7 2 C A K Q 6 S K 6 5 4 S 10 7 3 2 H K Q J 8 3 H A D 3 D K 10 4 C J 9 4 C 10 7 5 3 2 S A Q J 9 H 9 7 2 D A 9 8 6 5 C 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway 1H Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2C! Pass 2D! Pass 2NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E C5 C8 CJ CQ 2: N DQ DK DA D3 3: S D5 H3 D2 D10 4: E HA H2 H8 H5 5: E S2 SA S4 2NT by N, making 2, NS: 120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag 1D Pass 1S 2H Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3C Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HA H2 H3 H5 2: E D4 DA D3 D2 3: S C8 C4 CA C2 4: N CK C3 H7 C9 5: N CQ C5 H9 CJ 6: N H4 D10 S9 3D by N, making 4, NS: 130 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 43 - Meltzer 86 ===================================================================== Board 34 - Dealer East - NS vul. S J 9 H A D A K J 10 6 3 2 C 9 5 2 S K 10 5 3 2 S A 8 4 H K Q 8 4 H J 9 3 2 D 7 D 5 C 8 4 3 C A K Q J 6 S Q 7 6 H 10 7 6 5 D Q 9 8 4 C 10 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway 1C Pass 1S 3D 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HA H2 H7 H4 2: N D6 D5 DQ D7 3: S H5 H8 S9 H3 4: N DA C6 D4 S2 5: W S3 SJ SA S6 6: E S4 S7 S10 D2 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag 2H Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HA H2 H5 H8 2: N D6 D5 DQ D7 3: S D9 C4 D3 S4 4: E SA S6 S2 S9 5: E S8 S7 SK 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 43 - Meltzer 86 ===================================================================== Board 35 - Dealer South - EW vul. S A 7 4 3 2 H Q 5 4 D 9 6 4 3 C A S J 8 5 S 10 6 H 10 8 7 H A 9 6 3 2 D 10 7 5 D K Q C J 10 3 2 C Q 8 7 6 S K Q 9 H K J D A J 8 2 C K 9 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway 1C! Pass 1H! Pass 1NT Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CJ CA C6 C4 4S by S, making 5, NS: 450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag 1NT Pass 2H Pass 2NT Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CJ CA C8 C4 2: N S2 S6 SK S5 3: S SQ S8 S3 S10 4: S S9 SJ SA H6 5: N H4 H2 HK H7 6: S HJ H8 H5 HA 7: E C6 CK C2 D3 8: S C5 C3 S4 C7 9: N D4 DK DA D7 10: S C9 C10 S7 CQ 11: N D6 DQ 4S by S, making 5, NS: 450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 43 - Meltzer 86 ===================================================================== Board 36 - Dealer West - Both vul. S Q J 5 4 H 3 2 D 7 6 C A J 4 3 2 S A S 10 9 8 6 2 H Q J 10 9 7 6 5 4 H D A 10 5 D Q 9 4 3 C 9 C Q 8 7 6 S K 7 3 H A K 8 D K J 8 2 C K 10 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway 4C! Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HK H4 H2 S2 2: S H8 HQ H3 C6 3: W HJ CJ S6 HA 4: S CK C9 C2 C7 5: S S3 SA S4 S8 6: W D5 D6 D9 DJ 4H by E, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag 1H Pass 1S 1NT 4H Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SQ S2 S3 SA 2: W HJ H2 S6 HK 3: S SK H4 S4 S8 4: W HQ H3 D3 H8 5: W H9 C4 C6 HA 6: S S7 C9 SJ S9 7: N CJ CQ CK H5 8: W D5 D6 4HX by W, down 2, NS: 500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 43 - Meltzer 93 ===================================================================== Board 37 - Dealer North - NS vul. S Q 7 H 6 5 2 D A 8 6 4 C J 10 9 3 S A 10 5 S K J 9 6 2 H J 10 9 7 4 3 H 8 D Q 7 D J 10 9 3 C A 7 C Q 6 5 S 8 4 3 H A K Q D K 5 2 C K 8 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway Pass Pass 1NT 2D! Pass 2H Pass Pass 2NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HJ H2 H8 HQ 2: S C2 C7 CJ CQ 3: E DJ D2 D7 DA 4: N C3 C6 C8 CA 5: W DQ D4 D3 DK 6: S C4 H3 C9 C5 7: N C10 S6 CK H4 8: S HA H7 H5 S2 9: S HK H9 H6 S9 10: S S3 S5 SQ SK 2NT by S, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag Pass Pass 1NT 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CJ CQ CK CA 2: W H3 H2 H8 HQ 3: S C2 C7 C9 C5 4: N SQ S2 S3 SA 5: W HJ H6 D3 HK 6: S D2 D7 DA D9 7: N C10 C6 C4 H4 8: W H7 H5 S6 HA 2H by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 43 - Meltzer 97 ===================================================================== Board 38 - Dealer East - EW vul. S A 10 7 6 H Q 7 6 D J 8 4 C 6 5 3 S 9 S K Q 8 2 H A 9 4 H K 10 8 5 D A 10 9 5 3 D K Q C J 10 4 2 C Q 9 8 S J 5 4 3 H J 3 2 D 7 6 2 C A K 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway 1C Pass 2C! Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S3 S9 SA S2 2: N S6 SK S4 H4 3: E CQ CK C2 C3 4: S S5 D3 S10 SQ 5: E C9 CA C4 C5 6: S SJ D5 S7 S8 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S3 S9 SA S2 2: N S6 SK S4 H4 3: E C9 C7 C2 C5 4: E C8 CK C4 C6 5: S S5 D3 S10 SQ 6: E CQ CA C10 C3 7: S SJ D5 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 43 - Meltzer 97 ===================================================================== Board 39 - Dealer South - Both vul. S A Q H K Q 6 5 D K 9 6 4 C J 10 6 S J 9 S 8 5 2 H 9 7 4 3 H A 2 D Q J 2 D A 10 7 5 3 C K Q 3 2 C A 9 8 S K 10 7 6 4 3 H J 10 8 D 8 C 7 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S5 S3 S9 SA 2: N SQ S2 S4 SJ 3: N H5 H2 HJ H3 4: S SK C2 D4 S8 5: S D8 DJ DK DA 2S by N, making 2, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HA H8 H3 H6 2: E H2 H10 H9 H5 3: S S3 S9 SA S2 4: N SQ S5 SK SJ 5: S S10 2S by N, making 3, NS: 140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Meltzer, Nickell 43 - Meltzer 98 ===================================================================== Board 40 - Dealer West - None vul. S 9 6 2 H Q 4 3 D 9 6 5 3 2 C K 2 S J 8 7 5 S A Q 4 3 H J 9 6 H K 10 8 5 D K 4 D A Q 8 7 C J 9 7 5 C Q S K 10 H A 7 2 D J 10 C A 10 8 6 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway Pass Pass 1D 2C Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D3 D7 D10 DK 2: W S5 S2 SQ SK 3: S S10 S7 S6 SA 4: E S3 C6 SJ S9 5: W H9 H3 H5 HA 6: S C4 C5 CK CQ 7: N C2 S4 C3 C7 8: E DA DJ D4 D5 9: E D8 C8 S8 D2 10: W HJ H4 H8 H2 2S by W, making 4, NS: -170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag Pass Pass 1C 2C Dbl Pass 3C Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D2 D7 D10 DK 2: W S5 S2 SQ SK 3: S DJ D4 D3 DA 4: E SA S10 S7 S6 5: E S3 C6 SJ S9 6: W HJ HQ 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Nickell, Nickell 49 - Meltzer 98 ===================================================================== Board 41 - Dealer North - EW vul. S A J 5 3 H A J 8 6 D 2 C A 10 8 3 S 10 6 S Q 9 8 7 H Q 9 7 H 4 3 D K J 8 6 3 D A Q 10 9 4 C 7 6 5 C K 4 S K 4 2 H K 10 5 2 D 7 5 C Q J 9 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway 1S Pass 2S Pass Pass 3D Pass Pass d! Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S2 S6 SA S7 2: N C3 CK CQ C5 3: E DA D5 D3 D2 4: E D10 D7 DK C8 5: W S10 S3 SQ SK 6: S HK H7 H8 H3 7: S H2 HQ HA H4 8: N CA C4 C2 C6 3DX by E, down 1, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag 1D Pass 1H Pass 2NT Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S10 SJ SQ SK 2: S C9 C7 C3 CK 3: E S7 S2 S6 SA 4: N H6 H3 HK H7 5: S H2 H9 HJ H4 6: N HA 4H by S, making 4, NS: 420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 49 - Meltzer 104 ===================================================================== Board 42 - Dealer East - Both vul. S A 8 4 H J 7 4 D 10 3 C A K 7 5 4 S K S J 10 7 3 H K Q 8 6 H 10 5 D K Q 7 4 2 D A 8 6 C J 10 3 C Q 9 6 2 S Q 9 6 5 2 H A 9 3 2 D J 9 5 C 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway Pass Pass 1D Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C5 C2 C8 C10 2: W C3 C7 CQ S5 3: E H5 H3 HK H4 4: W DK D3 D6 D5 5: W D4 D10 DA D9 6: E D8 DJ DQ S4 7: W D7 H7 C6 S2 8: W D2 S8 C9 S6 9: W SK SA S3 S9 10: N CK S7 H2 CJ 11: N CA H10 H9 H6 12: N C4 1NT by W, making 2, NS: -120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag Pass Pass 1D Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C5 C2 C8 CJ 2: W C10 CK C6 S2 3: N H4 H5 HA H6 4: S H2 HK H7 H10 5: W C3 C4 C9 S5 6: E DA D5 D4 D3 7: E D8 D9 DK D10 8: W DQ S8 D6 DJ 9: W D7 S4 1NT by W, making 3, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Nickell, Nickell 50 - Meltzer 104 ===================================================================== Board 43 - Dealer South - None vul. S 10 H J 5 D A J 7 4 3 C Q 8 6 5 4 S 9 7 4 2 S K Q J H A 10 7 3 2 H Q 8 6 D Q 9 D K 8 2 C 9 3 C A 10 7 2 S A 8 6 5 3 H K 9 4 D 10 6 5 C K J Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway Pass Pass 1D 1NT Dbl Pass 2C Pass 2D 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S10 SJ SA S2 2: S S3 S7 H5 SQ 3: N C5 CA CJ C3 4: E H6 H4 HA HJ 5: W H2 C4 HQ HK 6: S CK C9 C6 C2 2H by W, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C9 C4 CA CJ 2: E H6 H4 HA H5 3: W H3 HJ HQ HK 4: S D6 D9 DJ DK 5: E D2 D5 DQ DA 2D by S, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 50 - Meltzer 110 ===================================================================== Board 44 - Dealer West - NS vul. S J 6 5 3 H 10 9 8 D A K Q 5 4 3 C S A K 10 8 S 7 4 H A H J 7 6 3 2 D D 10 7 6 2 C A K Q J 10 8 7 2 C 9 4 S Q 9 2 H K Q 5 4 D J 9 8 C 6 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway 2C 2D p! 3D 4C Pass 5C Pass 5S Pass 6C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DK D2 D8 C7 2: W SA S3 S4 S2 3: W S8 S5 S7 S9 4: S C3 CA 6C by W, making 6, NS: -920 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag 1C 2D Pass Pass 7C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DK D2 D8 C2 2: W SA S3 S4 S2 3: W SK S5 S7 S9 4: W S10 S6 C4 SQ 7C by W, making 7, NS: -1440 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to Nickell, Nickell 61 - Meltzer 110 ===================================================================== Board 45 - Dealer North - Both vul. S 5 H 6 5 2 D 9 7 2 C A Q 7 6 4 2 S Q J 10 9 S A K 8 7 3 H J 4 3 H K 9 7 D J 10 8 3 D A 6 C K 3 C 10 9 8 S 6 4 2 H A Q 10 8 D K Q 5 4 C J 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Martel Hammon Stanby Soloway Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass Pass Dbl RDbl 3C Dbl Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S2 S9 S5 S7 2: W DJ D2 D6 DQ 3: S S4 S10 C7 SK 4: E DA D4 D3 D7 5: E C9 C5 CK CA 6: N H6 H7 HQ H3 4S by E, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Sontag Pass 1NT Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2C 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D9 DA D4 D3 2: E S3 S6 SQ S5 3: W S9 C6 SA S2 4: E D6 DQ D10 D2 5: S CJ CK CA C8 6: N H6 H7 HQ H3 7: S C5 C3 CQ C9 8: N H5 H9 HA 2S by W, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Nickell, Nickell 68 - Meltzer 110 =====================================================================