USBC Semifinal 5th Eighth Ekeblad vs. Welland ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 61 | 6C E = 1370 | 5C E +1 620 | | 13 | | 62 | 3SX E -2 300 | 2S E -2 100 | 5 | | | 63 | 3NT N +2 660 | 3NT N +2 660 | | | | 64 | 2S E +2 170 | 3DX S = 470 | | 12 | | 65 | 4D E -3 150 | 4S S -1 50 | 5 | | | 66 | 1NT W -1 50 | 2NT S -1 100 | 4 | | | 67 | 2S S -1 50 | 2S S -1 50 | | | | 68 | 5C N = 600 | 4H S = 620 | | 1 | | 69 | 4H N = 620 | 4H N = 620 | | | | 70 | 2D S = 90 | 1NT N +1 120 | | 1 | | 71 | 3NT S -3 300 | 2D S +2 130 | | 10 | | 72 | 3NT N +2 460 | 3NT S = 400 | 2 | | | 73 | 4S N -1 50 | 3NT S +1 430 | | 10 | | 74 | 3NT E +1 630 | 3NT E +1 630 | | | | 75 | 5SX E -1 100 | 4S E +1 450 | 11 | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 27 47 | | Carryover: 77 109 | | Total: 104 156 | ===================================================================== Board 61 - Dealer North - Both vul. S J 10 8 2 H J 10 7 6 2 D J 9 5 2 C S K 4 S A Q 6 3 H H K 8 5 4 3 D Q 8 7 4 3 D A C Q J 10 7 6 2 C A 9 8 S 9 7 5 H A Q 9 D K 10 6 C K 5 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson Pass 1H Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2S! Pass 2N!T Pass 5C Pass 6C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C3 C2 S8 C8 2: E DA D6 D3 D2 3: E H3 H9 C6 H2 4: W D4 D5 C9 D10 6C by E, making 6, NS: -1370 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland Pass 1C! Pass 1H! Pass 1S! Pass 2C! Pass 2D! Pass 2H! Pass 2S! Pass 2N!T Pass 4C! Pass 4H Pass 4S! Pass 4NT Pass 5C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HA C2 H6 H3 2: W D3 D5 DA D6 3: E S6 S7 SK S8 4: W D4 D2 C8 D10 5: E HK H9 D7 H7 6: E H5 HQ C6 H2 7: W D8 D9 C9 DK 8: E CA C3 C7 DJ 9: E SA S5 S4 S2 5C by E, making 6, NS: -620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 77 - Welland 122 ===================================================================== Board 62 - Dealer East - None vul. S H A Q 7 D J 8 5 3 C A K J 10 7 3 S Q J 3 S A 8 7 6 5 2 H K 10 6 2 H 5 3 D K 6 2 D A 10 4 C Q 6 4 C 5 2 S K 10 9 4 H J 9 8 4 D Q 9 7 C 9 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson 2S! Pass Pass 3C Pass Pass 3S Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C9 CQ CK C2 2: N CA C5 C8 C4 3: N CJ S8 S9 C6 4: S H9 H2 HQ H3 3SX by E, down 2, NS: 300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland Pass Pass Pass 1C! 1S Pass 1NT 2C Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C9 C4 CJ C2 2: N CA C5 C8 C6 3: N CK S8 S10 CQ 4: S H4 HK HA H3 5: N HQ H5 H8 H2 6: N H7 S2 H9 H6 7: E D4 D7 DK D3 8: W SQ C7 S5 SK 9: S HJ 2S by E, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 82 - Welland 122 ===================================================================== Board 63 - Dealer South - NS vul. S A Q 9 H A Q 10 9 7 D A 10 8 C A 10 S K 8 5 4 S 10 3 2 H 8 5 2 H K J 3 D 7 2 D Q 6 5 C K 8 4 2 C J 7 6 5 S J 7 6 H 6 4 D K J 9 4 3 C Q 9 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S2 SJ SK SA 2: N D10 D5 D3 D2 3: N DA DQ DK D7 4: N D8 D6 DJ S4 3NT by N, making 5, NS: 660 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S3 SJ SK SA 2: N DA D5 D3 D2 3: N D10 D6 DJ D7 4: S H4 H2 H10 HJ 5: E DQ DK S4 D8 6: S D9 H5 C10 C6 7: S D4 C2 3NT by N, making 5, NS: 660 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 82 - Welland 122 ===================================================================== Board 64 - Dealer West - EW vul. S 9 8 H 8 6 D 8 6 4 2 C 10 9 7 5 3 S J 4 3 S Q 10 6 5 2 H K 5 4 H J 10 9 3 2 D A Q 10 9 D 3 C 8 4 2 C A Q S A K 7 H A Q 7 D K J 7 5 C K J 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson Pass Pass 1S Dbl RDbl 2C Pass Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SK S3 S8 S2 2: S SA S4 S9 S5 3: S S7 SJ C3 SQ 4: E HJ HQ HK H8 5: W H4 H6 H9 HA 6: S H7 H5 2S by E, making 4, NS: -170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland Pass Pass 1H! Dbl 1NT Pass 2H Dbl RDbl 2NT Pass 3D Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H4 H6 H9 HQ 2: S HA H5 H8 H3 3: S H7 HK D2 H2 4: N C10 CA C6 C2 5: E D3 D5 D9 D4 6: W C8 C9 CQ CK 7: S SA S3 S8 S2 8: S SK S4 S9 S5 9: S S7 SJ D6 S6 10: N C3 S10 CJ C4 3DX by S, making 3, NS: 470 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 82 - Welland 134 ===================================================================== Board 65 - Dealer North - None vul. S A J 6 H A 9 6 3 D 4 C Q 7 6 4 2 S K 3 2 S 10 9 H 10 7 5 4 H Q J 8 D 7 D K Q 9 8 6 5 3 2 C A J 8 5 3 C S Q 8 7 5 4 H K 2 D A J 10 C K 10 9 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson 4D by E, down 3, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland 1C! 4D d! Pass 4H Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D7 D4 DQ DA 2: S C10 C3 CQ S9 3: E S10 S4 S2 SJ 4: N H3 HQ HK H4 5: S D10 C5 S6 D6 6: N HA H8 H2 H5 7: N H6 HJ S5 H7 8: S DJ H10 SA D8 9: N H9 D9 4S by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 87 - Welland 134 ===================================================================== Board 66 - Dealer East - NS vul. S 10 8 H A 7 3 D 10 3 2 C A K 6 5 4 S K Q J 5 S 9 7 2 H 9 5 2 H Q J 10 8 D A Q 9 D 7 6 5 C Q 7 3 C J 8 2 S A 6 4 3 H K 6 4 D K J 8 4 C 10 9 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson Pass Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C4 C2 C9 CQ 1NT by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland Pass 1C! Dbl 1S! Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W SQ S8 S2 S4 2: W SJ S10 S9 S3 3: W S5 H3 S7 SA 4: S C9 C3 C4 CJ 5: E D7 D4 DQ D2 6: W SK C5 HQ 2NT by S, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 91 - Welland 134 ===================================================================== Board 67 - Dealer South - EW vul. S 10 3 2 H 10 6 2 D J 4 2 C K 10 9 6 S 6 S K Q 7 H A K 9 4 3 H J 8 5 D Q 6 3 D K 8 7 C 7 4 3 2 C A J 8 5 S A J 9 8 5 4 H Q 7 D A 10 9 5 C Q Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson 1S Pass 1N!T Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HA H2 H5 H7 2: W D3 D2 DK DA 3: S SA S6 S2 S7 4: S S8 H9 S3 SQ 5: E SK S4 C2 S10 6: E D8 D9 DQ D4 7: W HK H6 H8 HQ 2S by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2D Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HA H2 H5 H7 2: W HK H6 H8 HQ 3: W H9 H10 HJ S4 4: S CQ C4 C6 C5 5: S SA S6 S2 S7 6: S S9 C2 S3 SQ 7: E SK S5 H3 S10 8: E CA S8 C3 C9 9: S DA D3 D2 D7 10: S D5 D6 DJ DK 11: E D8 2S by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 91 - Welland 134 ===================================================================== Board 68 - Dealer West - Both vul. S K 9 7 H J D 10 C K J 10 8 6 4 3 2 S 10 8 4 2 S Q 6 H 9 5 H Q 8 7 D 8 7 5 4 2 D A K Q J 6 3 C A 7 C 9 5 S A J 5 3 H A K 10 6 4 3 2 D 9 C Q Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson Pass 4C Pass 5C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E DK D9 D8 D10 2: E C5 CQ CA C2 5C by N, making 5, NS: 600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland Pass 3C 3D 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D2 D10 DJ D9 2: E DK H3 D4 C2 3: S H2 H5 HJ HQ 4: E DA H4 D5 C3 5: S HA H9 C4 H7 6: S HK 4H by S, making 4, NS: 620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Welland, Ekeblad 91 - Welland 135 ===================================================================== Board 69 - Dealer North - NS vul. S K Q H J 10 9 D J 9 4 2 C A K Q 6 S 10 9 8 7 5 S J 6 4 2 H 5 3 H A 8 7 D A 6 5 D K 8 7 C 10 9 2 C J 8 7 S A 3 H K Q 6 4 2 D Q 10 3 C 5 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson 1NT Pass 2D Pass 2H Pass 3NT Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S2 S3 S8 SQ 2: N H10 H7 H2 H3 3: N HJ HA H4 H5 4: E DK D3 D5 D2 5: E D8 D10 DA D4 4H by N, making 4, NS: 620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland 1NT Pass 2D! Pass 2H Pass 3NT Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S4 S3 S7 SK 2: N H10 H7 HK H5 3: S H2 H3 HJ HA 4: E DK D3 D6 D4 5: E D8 D10 DA D2 6: W D5 D9 D7 DQ 4H by N, making 4, NS: 620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 91 - Welland 135 ===================================================================== Board 70 - Dealer East - EW vul. S 3 H 8 7 3 2 D A 9 6 4 C K 10 5 2 S A Q 10 6 S J 9 5 H A J 10 6 H Q 5 D 5 2 D Q J 8 3 C Q J 6 C 9 8 7 3 S K 8 7 4 2 H K 9 4 D K 10 7 C A 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson Pass 1S Pass 1N!T Pass 2D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D5 D4 DJ DK 2: S S8 S10 S3 S5 3: W D2 DA D3 D7 4: N C2 C8 CA C6 5: S S2 S6 D6 S9 6: N CK C3 C4 CJ 7: N C5 C7 D10 CQ 2D by S, making 2, NS: 90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D3 D7 D5 D9 2: N H8 H5 HK HA 3: W S6 S3 S9 SK 4: S H9 HJ H2 HQ 5: E SJ S2 S10 C2 6: E DQ DK D2 D4 7: S H4 H10 H3 C3 8: W H6 H7 S5 S4 9: N DA D8 D10 SQ 10: N D6 DJ S7 CQ 11: E C7 CA 1NT by N, making 2, NS: 120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Welland, Ekeblad 91 - Welland 136 ===================================================================== Board 71 - Dealer South - Both vul. S A 7 4 3 H Q D 10 8 7 6 3 C 7 5 4 S K J 10 9 S 8 6 5 2 H J 9 5 3 H K 8 7 4 D K J 2 D 5 4 C 10 9 C K Q 2 S Q H A 10 6 2 D A Q 9 C A J 8 6 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson 1C Pass 1S Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W SJ S3 S5 SQ 2: S DA D2 D3 D5 3: S DQ DK D6 D4 4: W SK S4 S2 H2 5: W H3 HQ HK HA 6: S D9 DJ D7 S6 7: W C10 C4 CQ C3 8: E H7 H6 H9 S7 9: W HJ 3NT by S, down 3, NS: -300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland 1C! Pass 1H! Pass 1N!T Pass 2C! Pass 2D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C10 C4 CQ CA 2: S HA H3 HQ H8 3: S H2 H5 D3 H4 4: N C5 CK C3 C9 5: E D4 DQ DK D6 6: W H9 D7 H7 H6 7: N C7 C2 C6 D2 8: W DJ 2D by S, making 4, NS: 130 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 91 - Welland 146 ===================================================================== Board 72 - Dealer West - None vul. S 10 6 H A 5 D K 10 9 C A K Q J 4 2 S A 4 2 S K J 8 7 H K Q 6 2 H 10 7 3 D 6 2 D Q 7 5 4 3 C 10 9 5 3 C 7 S Q 9 5 3 H J 9 8 4 D A J 8 C 8 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 2NT Pass 3S! Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D4 DJ D2 D9 2: S C6 C3 CA C7 3: N S10 S7 S3 SA 4: W D6 DK D3 D8 5: N S6 SJ SQ S4 6: S C8 C5 CK D5 7: N CQ D7 H4 C9 8: N CJ DQ S5 C10 3NT by N, making 5, NS: 460 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland Pass 1C! Pass 1D! Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HQ HA H3 H4 2: N CA C7 C6 C3 3: N CK D3 C8 C10 4: N CQ S8 S5 C5 5: N CJ D5 S3 C9 6: N C2 S7 S9 S4 7: N C4 H7 3NT by S, making 3, NS: 400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 93 - Welland 146 ===================================================================== Board 73 - Dealer North - EW vul. S K Q 8 3 2 H Q J D A K 6 C K 7 5 S 5 S 10 7 6 4 H K 7 3 H 10 9 6 5 2 D Q 10 7 3 D 4 2 C 10 6 4 3 2 C A Q S A J 9 H A 8 4 D J 9 8 5 C J 9 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson 1S Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H5 H4 HK HJ 2: W H7 HQ H2 H8 3: N S2 S4 SJ S5 4: S D5 D3 DK D2 5: N SK S6 S9 C2 6: N DA D4 D8 D7 7: N S3 S7 SA H3 8: S HA C3 D6 H6 9: S C8 C4 CK CA 4S by N, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland 1C! Pass 1NT Pass 2D! Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S5 S2 S7 S9 2: S SA C2 S3 S4 3: S SJ H7 SK S6 4: N SQ S10 C8 C3 5: N HJ H2 H4 HK 6: W H3 HQ H5 H8 7: N S8 D2 D5 D3 8: N DA D4 D8 D7 9: N DK H6 D9 D10 10: N D6 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Welland, Ekeblad 93 - Welland 156 ===================================================================== Board 74 - Dealer East - Both vul. S A 10 8 6 H A 10 4 D Q 10 C 7 6 5 4 S Q J 4 3 2 S K 9 H 9 H K Q J D 8 7 6 5 D A J 3 C K J 8 C A 10 9 3 2 S 7 5 H 8 7 6 5 3 2 D K 9 4 2 C Q Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson 1N!T Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S! Pass 2NT Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H5 H9 HA HQ 2: N H10 HK H3 D5 3: E SK S5 S2 S6 4: E S9 S7 SQ SA 5: N H4 HJ H2 D6 6: E C2 CQ CK C4 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -630 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland 1C Pass 1D! Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H8 H9 H10 HJ 2: E SK S5 S2 S8 3: E S9 S7 SJ SA 4: N HA HQ H7 D5 5: N H4 HK H5 D6 6: E C3 CQ CK C4 7: W SQ S6 C2 H2 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -630 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Ekeblad 93 - Welland 156 ===================================================================== Board 75 - Dealer South - None vul. S J 5 H K 9 8 7 3 D 10 9 6 4 2 C 7 S Q 10 4 2 S K 9 7 6 3 H H J 2 D A K Q 8 7 D J C J 6 4 3 C K Q 9 8 2 S A 8 H A Q 10 6 5 4 D 5 3 C A 10 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Lev Rosenberg Molson 1H Dbl 4H 4S 5H 5S Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HA S4 H8 HJ 2: W DA D2 DJ D3 3: W DK D4 H2 D5 4: W S2 S5 SK SA 5: S S8 S10 SJ S3 5SX by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rubin Fallenius Ekeblad Welland 1H Dbl 4H 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HA S2 H7 H2 2: W SQ S5 S3 S8 3: W DA D2 DJ D3 4: W DK D6 HJ D5 5: W S10 SJ SK SA 4S by E, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to Ekeblad, Ekeblad 104 - Welland 156 =====================================================================