USBC Semifinal 4th Eighth Nickell vs. Meltzer ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 46 | 5C E -1 50 | 4C E +1 150 | 5 | | | 47 | 4H E -2 100 | 4H E -1 50 | 2 | | | 48 | 3NT N +2 460 | 3NT N +2 460 | | | | 49 | 3C S +2 150 | 4H W = 420 | 11 | | | 50 | 2S N -1 100 | 2H W +1 140 | 1 | | | 51 | 3D E -1 100 | 1S S -2 100 | 5 | | | 52 | 2H S -2 200 | 3S N +1 170 | | 9 | | 53 | 6H E = 980 | 4H W +2 480 | | 11 | | 54 | 2NT E -2 200 | 4D S -2 100 | 7 | | | 55 | 3C S = 110 | 3C S = 110 | | | | 56 | 3S E +1 170 | 3DX N -2 300 | 4 | | | 57 | 4SX N -2 300 | 4S N -2 100 | | 5 | | 58 | 4HX S -1 200 | 3NT E +1 630 | 10 | | | 59 | 4S W = 420 | 3NT W -1 50 | | 10 | | 60 | 4S W +1 450 | 4S W +1 450 | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 45 35 | | Carryover: 68 110 | | Total: 113 145 | ===================================================================== Board 46 - Dealer East - None vul. S K 8 7 5 2 H 5 2 D Q 9 8 7 C Q 6 S S A J 10 3 H Q J 10 9 7 6 H 8 3 D K 5 4 2 D J C 10 7 3 C A K J 9 4 2 S Q 9 6 4 H A K 4 D A 10 6 3 C 8 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway 2C! Dbl 2H 2S Pass Pass 3C 3S Pass Pass 4C Pass 5C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C5 C3 C6 CJ 2: E DJ DA D2 D9 3: S HK H6 H5 H8 4: S HA H7 H2 H3 5: S S4 C7 S2 S3 6: W DK D7 S10 D3 7: W D4 D8 C2 D6 8: E SJ S6 C10 S5 5C by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel 2C Dbl 2H 2S 3C 3S 4C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S4 H6 SK SA 2: E DJ DA D2 D8 3: S C5 C3 CQ CA 4: E S3 S6 C7 S2 5: W DK D7 H3 D3 6: W D4 D9 C2 4C by E, making 5, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Nickell, Nickell 73 - Meltzer 110 ===================================================================== Board 47 - Dealer South - NS vul. S J 6 4 H 10 9 6 2 D K 7 C J 5 4 2 S K Q 9 8 2 S 10 5 H 5 3 H A K J 8 7 4 D A Q 8 5 4 D J 10 2 C 3 C K Q S A 7 3 H Q D 9 6 3 C A 10 9 8 7 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway Pass 1S Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 3C Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D3 DQ DK D2 2: N H2 HJ HQ H3 3: S D6 D4 D7 DJ 4: E HA C6 H5 H6 5: E HK C7 S2 H9 6: E H8 S3 S8 H10 7: N S4 S10 SA S9 8: S CA 4H by E, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel Pass 1S Pass 2H Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S CA C3 C2 CQ 2: S D9 DQ DK D10 3: N S4 S10 SA S2 4: S D3 D4 D7 DJ 5: E HA HQ H3 H2 6: E S5 S3 SK S6 7: W H5 H9 HK C6 4H by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Nickell, Nickell 75 - Meltzer 110 ===================================================================== Board 48 - Dealer West - EW vul. S A Q H K J 9 4 D K 7 C A K Q 8 3 S J 7 2 S 10 8 3 H Q 10 H A 8 6 3 D A 10 8 6 D Q J 5 4 3 C 9 5 4 2 C 6 S K 9 6 5 4 H 7 5 2 D 9 2 C J 10 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway Pass 1C 1) Pass 1D! Pass 2NT 2) Pass 3H! 3) Pass 3S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) big club 2) 22 to bad 24 3) Xfer Play 1: E D4 D2 DA D7 2: W D10 DK D5 D9 3: N SA S3 S4 S2 4: N SQ S8 S5 S7 5: N C3 C6 CJ C2 6: S SK SJ H4 S10 7: S S9 3NT by N, making 5, NS: 460 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2NT Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D4 D2 DA D7 2: W D10 DK D3 D9 3: N SA S3 S4 S2 4: N SQ 3NT by N, making 5, NS: 460 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 75 - Meltzer 110 ===================================================================== Board 49 - Dealer North - None vul. S J 5 4 H J 5 3 D Q 8 7 5 C A Q 3 S 10 9 7 3 S K Q 8 2 H Q 10 8 4 H A 9 7 6 2 D A J 3 2 D 6 C J C 9 4 2 S A 6 H K D K 10 9 4 C K 10 8 7 6 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway Pass Pass 2C! Pass 2D! Pass 2N!T Pass 3C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S10 S4 S2 SA 2: S C5 CJ CA C4 3: N C3 C2 C10 S3 4: S C6 H4 CQ C9 5: N H3 H2 HK H8 6: S DK DA D5 D6 3C by S, making 5, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel Pass Pass 1C Pass 1D Dbl 2D 2H 3D Dbl Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D5 D6 DK DA 2: W CJ CQ C2 C6 3: N H5 H2 HK H4 4: S D10 D2 D7 H6 5: E C4 CK H8 C3 6: W S7 S4 SK SA 7: S C10 H10 CA C9 8: W HQ H3 H7 C5 9: W S10 S5 S2 S6 4H by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to Nickell, Nickell 86 - Meltzer 110 ===================================================================== Board 50 - Dealer East - NS vul. S K Q J 8 4 3 H Q 9 8 6 D 8 5 C 7 S A S 10 7 5 2 H A K 10 7 3 H 5 4 D K 10 9 3 D J 6 2 C K 6 4 C A 10 3 2 S 9 6 H J 2 D A Q 7 4 C Q J 9 8 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway Pass Pass 1C! 1) 1S p! 2C 2H Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass 1) big klub Play 1: E H5 H2 HA H6 2: W HK H8 H4 HJ 3: W C6 C7 CA C5 4: E DJ DA D3 D5 5: S CQ CK S3 C3 6: N HQ S10 C8 H7 7: E D6 D7 D9 D8 2S by N, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel Pass Pass 1C 1S Pass 2C 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SK S2 S6 SA 2: W HA H6 H4 H2 3: W HK H8 H5 HJ 4: W C4 C7 CA C8 5: E DJ DA D3 D5 6: S S9 C6 SJ S5 7: N D8 D2 DQ DK 2H by W, making 3, NS: -140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Nickell, Nickell 87 - Meltzer 110 ===================================================================== Board 51 - Dealer South - EW vul. S K 8 3 H K 8 5 4 D 10 8 4 2 C 9 7 S 7 5 2 S Q 10 6 H A 9 H Q 10 7 3 D K Q 6 3 D A J 9 7 C K J 10 2 C 8 5 S A J 9 4 H J 6 2 D 5 C A Q 6 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway 1S Pass 2S Pass Pass 2N!T 1) Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass 1) any 2 suit Play 1: S H2 H9 HK H3 2: N SK S6 S9 S2 3: N S8 S10 SJ S5 4: S SA S7 S3 SQ 5: S CA C2 C9 C5 6: S S4 DK C7 H7 7: W D3 D2 DA D5 8: E D7 3D by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S5 SK S6 S4 2: N C7 C8 CQ CK 3: W S2 S3 SQ SA 4: S CA C2 C9 C5 5: S C4 C10 S8 S10 6: E DJ D5 D3 D2 7: E D7 H2 DK D4 8: W D6 D8 DA S9 9: S SJ S7 H4 H3 10: S C3 CJ D10 D9 11: W DQ H5 H7 C6 12: W H9 H8 HQ H6 1S by S, down 2, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Nickell, Nickell 92 - Meltzer 110 ===================================================================== Board 52 - Dealer West - Both vul. S K J 10 8 6 5 H A J D K J C K 10 6 S A S 9 4 3 H K 9 7 2 H Q D 9 4 2 D A 8 7 6 C 9 8 7 4 3 C A Q J 5 2 S Q 7 2 H 10 8 6 5 4 3 D Q 10 5 3 C Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway Pass 1C! Pass 1D! Pass 1S! Pass 2H! Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C9 C6 C2 H3 2: S H4 H2 HJ HQ 3: E S3 S7 SA S5 4: W C8 C10 CQ H5 5: S H6 H7 HA S4 6: N S6 S9 SQ D2 7: S D3 D4 DK DA 8: E CA D5 C3 CK 9: E C5 H8 C4 S8 10: S DQ D9 DJ D6 2H by S, down 2, NS: -200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass 3C Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HQ H3 H2 HA 2: N DK DA D3 D4 3: E S4 S2 SA S6 4: W H7 HJ S3 H4 5: E D6 D5 D9 DJ 3S by N, making 4, NS: 170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 92 - Meltzer 119 ===================================================================== Board 53 - Dealer North - NS vul. S Q J 10 8 2 H 7 D J 9 2 C J 10 3 2 S A 9 3 S K 4 H A K Q 10 3 H J 9 6 5 D 10 4 3 D A 8 6 C Q 9 C A K 8 6 S 7 6 5 H 8 4 2 D K Q 7 5 C 7 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway Pass 1NT Pass 2D! 1) Pass 2H Pass 2S! Pass 2N!T Pass 3N!T 2) Pass 6H Pass Pass Pass 1) Xfer 2) 15-16 pts 5332 shape Play 1: S H4 HA H7 H5 2: W H3 S2 H9 H2 3: E H6 H8 HK S8 4: W S3 SJ SK S5 5: E S4 S6 SA S10 6: W S9 SQ HJ S7 7: E DA D5 D3 D2 8: E C6 C4 CQ C2 9: W HQ 6H by E, making 6, NS: -980 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel Pass 1D Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SQ SK S7 S3 2: E H5 H4 HA H7 3: W HK S2 H6 H2 4: W SA S8 S4 S5 5: W S9 S10 H9 S6 6: E HJ H8 HQ SJ 4H by W, making 6, NS: -480 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 92 - Meltzer 130 ===================================================================== Board 54 - Dealer East - EW vul. S A 10 7 H Q 10 5 D 8 7 C A Q J 10 4 S K Q 6 5 S J 9 3 2 H A 9 8 7 H K 6 D K 9 D Q 10 6 C 5 3 2 C K 9 8 7 S 8 4 H J 4 3 2 D A J 5 4 3 2 C 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway Pass Pass 1D! Dbl 1NT 2H Pass Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H2 H7 HQ HK 2: E S3 S8 SK SA 3: N C10 CK C6 C2 4: E H6 H3 H8 H10 5: N CA C7 D5 C3 6: N CQ C8 D2 C5 7: N CJ C9 D3 S5 8: N C4 D6 S4 D9 9: N D8 D10 DA DK 2NT by E, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel Pass Pass 1D Dbl 1H Dbl 2S Pass Pass 3D Pass 3NT Dbl 4D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H8 H5 HK H3 2: E H6 H2 HA H10 3: W H7 HQ D6 H4 4: E S2 S4 SK SA 5: N D7 D10 DA D9 6: S D5 DK D8 DQ 7: W SQ 4D by S, down 2, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Nickell, Nickell 99 - Meltzer 130 ===================================================================== Board 55 - Dealer South - Both vul. S 9 8 6 5 H 5 3 D Q 9 5 3 C 10 5 2 S J 10 4 S K Q 7 3 2 H A J 9 7 4 H Q 8 2 D K 8 7 D 10 4 2 C 8 3 C K Q S A H K 10 6 D A J 6 C A J 9 7 6 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway 1C! Pass 1D! 1S 2C 2S Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W SJ S5 S3 SA 2: S DJ DK D3 D2 3: W S10 S6 S7 C4 4: S CA C3 C2 CQ 5: S C6 C8 C10 CK 3C by S, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel 1C 1H Pass 2C 3C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W SJ S5 S2 SA 2: S H6 H7 H3 H8 3: E SK C4 S4 S6 4: S HK HA H5 H2 5: W S10 S8 S3 C6 6: S H10 H4 C5 HQ 7: N DQ D4 D6 DK 8: W C8 C2 CQ 3C by S, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 99 - Meltzer 130 ===================================================================== Board 56 - Dealer West - None vul. S Q 10 6 H K J 10 D A Q 10 6 4 2 C 7 S J 5 2 S A 9 8 7 3 H Q 8 5 3 H A 2 D 3 D K J 9 8 C A Q J 10 6 C 5 4 S K 4 H 9 7 6 4 D 7 5 C K 9 8 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway Pass 1D 1S Dbl 1N!T 1) 2D Pass Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass 1) xfer to !c Play 1: S D7 D3 DA D9 2: N D6 D8 D5 C6 3: E C5 C2 C10 C7 4: W S2 S6 S9 SK 5: S C3 CJ S10 C4 3S by E, making 4, NS: -170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel 2H 3D! Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E C5 C2 C10 C7 2: W D3 DA D8 D5 3: N S6 S8 SK S2 4: S H4 H3 HJ HA 5: E C4 C8 CJ D2 6: N S10 S3 S4 SJ 7: W CA D4 D9 C3 8: E DK D7 CQ D6 9: E S9 H6 S5 SQ 3DX by N, down 2, NS: -300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 imps to Nickell, Nickell 103 - Meltzer 130 ===================================================================== Board 57 - Dealer North - EW vul. S A K Q J 10 7 H 7 4 D Q 4 2 C 9 7 S 9 5 4 S 6 2 H A J 9 H K Q 8 6 3 2 D J 10 5 D A 6 C A 10 5 2 C K Q 4 S 8 3 H 10 5 D K 9 8 7 3 C J 8 6 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway 1S 2H Pass 2S 3S 4H 4S Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HK H5 HA H7 2: W HJ H4 H2 H10 3: W C5 C7 CQ C3 4: E DA D3 D5 D4 5: E CK C6 C2 C9 6: E C4 C8 C10 S7 4SX by N, down 2, NS: -300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel 1S 2H Pass 4H 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E HQ H5 HA H4 2: W HJ H7 H2 H10 3: W C2 C7 CQ C3 4: E DA D3 DJ D2 5: E C4 C6 CA C9 6: W C5 S7 4S by N, down 2, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 103 - Meltzer 135 ===================================================================== Board 58 - Dealer East - Both vul. S 9 8 6 4 H 7 3 2 D 9 8 6 5 4 C 8 S J 3 S K 5 2 H 10 H K Q J D K Q 7 2 D A J 10 3 C Q 10 9 6 4 2 C A J 7 S A Q 10 7 H A 9 8 6 5 4 D C K 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway 1C! d! 2C! 2S Pass 3H Pass 4H Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W DK D4 DA H4 2: S C3 C9 C8 CJ 3: E HK HA H10 H2 4: S C5 C2 H3 C7 5: N S9 S2 S7 SJ 6: W D2 D5 D10 H5 7: S CK C4 H7 CA 8: N S4 S5 SQ S3 4HX by S, down 1, NS: -200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel 2NT Pass 3S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H5 H10 H7 HQ 2: E D10 H6 DK D4 3: W C10 C8 C7 C5 4: W C2 D5 CJ CK 5: S HA D2 H2 HK 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -630 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Nickell, Nickell 113 - Meltzer 135 ===================================================================== Board 59 - Dealer South - None vul. S 5 4 H K J 3 D 8 6 C A Q 9 7 4 2 S Q J 8 7 2 S A K 9 H A Q 9 H 10 8 4 D Q 5 3 D A J 10 9 4 C K 6 C J 3 S 10 6 3 H 7 6 5 2 D K 7 2 C 10 8 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway Pass 1S 2C 2D Pass 2NT Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H3 H10 H7 H9 2: E SA S3 S2 S4 3: E SK S6 S7 S5 4: E S9 S10 SQ C2 5: W DQ D8 D4 D2 6: W D5 D6 D9 DK 7: S C5 C6 CQ C3 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C2 CJ C8 C6 2: E H4 H5 HA H3 3: W S7 S5 SA S6 4: E SK S3 S2 S4 5: E S9 S10 SQ C4 6: W SJ C7 H10 C5 7: W S8 C9 C3 C10 8: W DQ D6 D4 D2 9: W D3 D8 D9 DK 3NT by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 113 - Meltzer 145 ===================================================================== Board 60 - Dealer West - NS vul. S J 8 3 H J 6 D K 10 5 C K J 10 9 5 S K Q 9 7 6 5 S A 10 4 2 H 5 H K 10 9 D A 7 3 2 D Q 9 C 8 6 C A Q 7 3 S H A Q 8 7 4 3 2 D J 8 6 4 C 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway 1S Pass 3C! Pass 3D! 1) Pass 3H! Dbl 3S Pass 3N!T Pass 4H! Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass 1) any non good hand Play 1: N H6 H9 HQ H5 2: S D4 DA D5 D9 3: W SK S3 S2 H3 4: W D2 DK DQ D6 5: N CJ CQ C4 C6 6: E CA C2 C8 C5 7: E C3 H4 S7 C10 8: W D3 D10 S4 D8 9: E H10 HA SQ HJ 4S by W, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Stansby Meckstroth Martel 1S Pass 2NT 3H Dbl Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HJ HK HA H5 2: S HQ SK H6 H9 3: W SQ S3 S2 H4 4: W S6 S8 S10 H3 5: E SA H2 S5 SJ 6: E H10 H7 C6 C5 7: E CA C2 C8 C9 8: E C3 C4 S7 C10 9: W D2 DK D9 D4 10: N D5 DQ D6 D3 4S by W, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 113 - Meltzer 145 =====================================================================