USBC Semifinal 2v3 6th Eighth Nickell vs. Meltzer ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 76 | 4H E -2 100 | 4S W -2 100 | | | | 77 | 1NT S +3 180 | 1NT S +1 120 | 2 | | | 78 | 2D N -2 100 | 2C S = 90 | | 5 | | 79 | 2H E = 110 | 3D E = 110 | | | | 80 | 5D W = 600 | 4D W +1 150 | | 10 | | 81 | 5S E +1 480 | 4S E +1 450 | | 1 | | 82 | 4S N +1 650 | 4S N +1 650 | | | | 83 | 4H W -2 200 | 4H W -3 300 | | 3 | | 84 | 2S W +2 170 | 3NT E -1 100 | | 7 | | 85 | 4S E +1 450 | 4S E +2 480 | 1 | | | 86 | 3NT E -1 100 | 5C E +1 620 | 12 | | | 87 | 3NT N +3 690 | 3NT N +3 690 | | | | 88 | 3H N -1 50 | 3D E -1 50 | | 3 | | 89 | 3C S = 110 | 2C S +1 110 | | | | 90 | 3NT E -1 100 | 2H E +1 140 | 6 | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 21 29 | | Carryover: 162 166 | | Total: 183 195 | ===================================================================== Board 76 - Dealer West - NS vul. S K 10 7 H 9 D A J 8 3 C 10 9 7 6 5 S Q J 9 5 4 3 S 6 H 8 3 H A K Q 7 6 D 6 D K 9 7 5 C Q J 8 2 C A K 4 S A 8 2 H J 10 5 4 2 D Q 10 4 2 C 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth 2S Pass 2N!T Pass 3C! Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D4 D6 DA D7 2: N H9 HA H2 H3 3: E D5 D2 H8 D3 4: W C2 C7 CA C3 5: E HK H4 S3 C6 6: E CK S2 C8 C5 7: E C4 H5 CJ C9 8: S HJ S4 C10 HQ 9: E H7 H10 S5 S7 4H by E, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H9 HA H2 H3 2: E S6 S2 S9 S10 3: N DA D5 D2 D6 4: N D3 D7 DQ S3 5: W S4 S7 H6 S8 6: S H4 H8 SK 4S by W, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 162 - Meltzer 166 ===================================================================== Board 77 - Dealer North - Both vul. S 8 2 H K 5 4 2 D K 6 5 C 8 6 5 4 S A K 10 9 6 S Q J 7 4 H 9 8 7 6 H A J 10 D Q 9 D 10 7 4 2 C 9 2 C 10 3 S 5 3 H Q 3 D A J 8 3 C A K Q J 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Pass Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W SA S2 S4 S5 2: W H9 H2 H10 HQ 3: S CK C2 C4 C3 4: S CA C9 C5 C10 5: S CJ H6 C6 D7 6: S CQ H7 C8 SQ 7: S C7 S6 S8 SJ 8: S DA D9 D5 D2 9: S D3 DQ DK D4 1NT by S, making 4, NS: 180 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W SA S2 SQ S3 2: W SK S8 S4 S5 3: W S9 C4 SJ D3 4: E S7 D8 S10 C5 5: W S6 H2 C3 H3 6: W H7 H4 H10 HQ 1NT by S, making 2, NS: 120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Nickell, Nickell 164 - Meltzer 166 ===================================================================== Board 78 - Dealer East - None vul. S 9 5 2 H 10 6 2 D K Q J 10 3 C 10 5 S A Q 10 3 S J 8 6 H K H Q 9 7 5 3 D 9 7 6 5 4 2 D A C Q 8 C 9 4 3 2 S K 7 4 H A J 8 4 D 8 C A K J 7 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Pass 1C! 1) d! 1D 1S Pass Pass 2D Pass Pass Pass 1) Strong, art. Play 1: E S6 S4 SQ S5 2: W D9 DQ DA D8 3: E SJ SK SA S2 4: W S10 S9 S8 S7 5: W S3 H6 H3 C6 6: W HK H2 H5 HA 7: S CA C8 C5 C2 8: S CK CQ C10 C4 9: S CJ D6 H10 C3 2D by N, down 2, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1C 1D Pass 1H 2C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HK H2 H7 HA 2: S CA C8 C5 C2 3: S CK CQ C10 C3 4: S D8 D9 DK DA 5: E S6 S4 S10 S2 6: W S3 S5 SJ SK 7: S S7 SQ S9 S8 8: W SA D3 H3 C6 9: S H4 D2 H10 HQ 10: E H9 HJ D4 H6 2C by S, making 2, NS: 90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 164 - Meltzer 171 ===================================================================== Board 79 - Dealer South - NS vul. S A 8 6 5 H K Q 8 2 D K 3 C 8 7 3 S Q 10 4 S K 3 2 H A 10 7 5 4 H J 9 3 D J 9 8 D A Q 6 5 2 C 9 6 C A J S J 9 7 H 6 D 10 7 4 C K Q 10 5 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Pass Pass 1D! 1NT Pass 2D! Pass 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S CK C6 C8 CA 2: E H9 H6 H4 HK 3: N C7 CJ CQ C9 4: S S9 SQ SA S2 5: N S6 S3 SJ S4 6: S S7 S10 S5 SK 7: E HJ C2 H5 HQ 8: N C3 D5 C4 H7 9: W D8 D3 DQ D4 10: E H3 C5 H10 H2 11: W HA H8 D2 C10 12: W D9 DK DA D7 2H by E, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass 1H 2D Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H6 HA H8 H9 2: W D8 D3 DQ D4 3: E DA D7 D9 DK 4: E D2 D10 DJ C3 5: W H4 HQ H3 C10 6: N C8 CJ CQ C6 7: S S7 S10 SA S2 3D by E, making 3, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 164 - Meltzer 171 ===================================================================== Board 80 - Dealer West - EW vul. S 9 8 7 6 H K Q 10 8 5 3 2 D C 7 5 S K Q 3 S A 5 4 2 H H 6 4 D A J 9 8 7 3 2 D Q 10 5 C Q 6 3 C K 9 4 2 S J 10 H A J 9 7 D K 6 4 C A J 10 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth 1D 3H Dbl 4H 5D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HQ H4 HJ D7 2: W S3 S6 SA S10 3: E D10 D4 D8 H3 4: E DQ DK DA H2 5: W DJ H5 D5 D6 6: W SK S7 S2 SJ 7: W SQ S8 S4 C8 8: W C3 C5 CK CA 5D by W, making 5, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1D 3H Dbl 3NT 4D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HK H4 H7 D2 2: W S3 S8 SA S10 3: E DQ D4 D3 H2 4: E D5 D6 DJ H3 5: W DA H5 D10 DK 6: W SK S6 S2 SJ 7: W SQ S7 S4 HJ 8: W D9 H8 C2 C8 9: W D8 C5 H6 HA 10: W CQ C7 C4 CA 11: S H9 D7 4D by W, making 5, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 164 - Meltzer 181 ===================================================================== Board 81 - Dealer North - None vul. S 7 3 H 8 7 6 2 D K 5 4 3 C J 6 4 S A K 10 9 S Q J 8 6 4 H A 10 4 H Q 5 3 D Q 8 7 6 D A 10 C A 5 C K Q 7 S 5 2 H K J 9 D J 9 2 C 10 9 8 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Pass 1S Pass 2N!T 1) Pass 3C! 2) Pass 3D! 3) Pass 3N!T 4) Pass 4C Pass 4D Pass 4H Pass 4NT 5) Pass 5D 6) Dbl Pass Pass 5S Pass Pass Pass 1) GF, fit 2) any minimum 3) asks for pattern 4) any 5-3-3-2 5) RKC 6) 1 or 4 Play 1: S D2 D6 D4 D10 2: E S4 S2 SA S3 3: W SK S7 S6 S5 4: W D7 D5 DA D9 5: E H3 H9 HA H2 6: W DQ DK SJ DJ 5S by E, making 6, NS: -480 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1S Pass 2NT Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C10 CA C4 C7 2: W SA S3 S4 S2 3: W SK S7 SJ S5 4: W D6 D3 D10 DJ 5: S C9 C5 C6 CK 6: E DA D2 D7 D4 4S by E, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Meltzer, Nickell 164 - Meltzer 182 ===================================================================== Board 82 - Dealer East - NS vul. S J 10 5 4 3 H Q 10 9 5 2 D K 6 C 8 S K S 9 8 6 H J 8 7 H K 4 D A 10 7 5 3 D Q J 4 2 C 9 7 5 4 C Q 10 3 2 S A Q 7 2 H A 6 3 D 9 8 C A K J 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Pass 1C! 1) Pass 1H! 2) Pass 1N!T 3) Pass 2S 4) Pass 3C! 5) Pass 3N!T 6) Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass 1) strong, artificial 2) positive, spades 3) asks 4) spades, 0-2 controls 5) spade fit 6) club shortness Play 1: E S6 SA SK S4 2: S SQ D5 S5 S8 3: S S2 C4 SJ S9 4: N C8 C2 CA C5 5: S CK C7 D6 C3 6: S HA H7 H2 H4 7: S H3 H8 H10 HK 8: E D2 D8 DA DK 4S by N, making 5, NS: 650 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1C Pass 1S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S9 SA SK S4 2: S S2 D3 SJ S6 3: N S3 S8 SQ D5 4: S CA C4 C8 C2 5: S CK C5 D6 C3 6: S HA H7 H2 H4 7: S H3 H8 H9 HK 8: E DQ D8 DA 4S by N, making 5, NS: 650 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 164 - Meltzer 182 ===================================================================== Board 83 - Dealer South - EW vul. S A 3 H 6 2 D Q 9 8 4 C Q J 5 3 2 S K J 9 5 S 10 7 H A K Q J 5 4 H 3 D K D J 10 6 3 C 8 6 C A K 10 9 7 4 S Q 8 6 4 2 H 10 9 8 7 D A 7 5 2 C Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Pass 1H Pass 1N!T 1) Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass 1) forcing Play 1: N CQ CA H7 C6 2: S S4 SK SA S7 3: N C5 C10 H8 C8 4: S SQ S5 S3 S10 5: S H9 HA H2 H3 6: W HK H6 C4 H10 4H by W, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1H Pass 1NT Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N CQ CA H7 C6 2: S S2 SK SA S7 3: N C5 C10 H8 C8 4: S SQ S5 S3 S10 5: S DA DK D4 D3 6: S S4 SJ H6 C4 4H by W, down 3, NS: 300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 164 - Meltzer 185 ===================================================================== Board 84 - Dealer West - Both vul. S 10 9 8 5 H Q 7 D 10 4 3 C Q 8 3 2 S A Q 7 4 S J 6 3 H H A 8 6 4 2 D A 9 7 2 D K Q J 6 C K 10 7 5 4 C J S K 2 H K J 10 9 5 3 D 8 5 C A 9 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth 1C Pass 1H 2H Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HQ HA H5 C4 2: E CJ CA C5 C2 3: S H9 S4 H7 H2 4: W D7 D4 DK D5 5: E S3 S2 SQ S5 6: W SA S8 S6 SK 7: W S7 S9 SJ H3 8: E DQ D8 D2 D3 9: E DJ H10 D9 D10 10: E D6 HJ DA S10 11: N C3 H4 C9 C10 12: W CK C8 H6 C6 2S by W, making 4, NS: -170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H10 D2 HQ H2 2: N H7 H8 H9 C4 3: S HJ C5 C2 HA 4: E S3 S2 SQ S5 5: W D7 D3 DK D5 6: E CJ C6 C7 CQ 7: N C3 S6 CA C10 8: S HK S4 C8 H4 3NT by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 164 - Meltzer 192 ===================================================================== Board 85 - Dealer North - NS vul. S Q J 8 H 7 6 5 4 D 7 5 2 C 10 9 3 S 9 7 4 2 S A K 6 5 H Q 2 H A K 9 8 3 D A 10 3 D K Q C K 7 4 2 C Q 8 S 10 3 H J 10 D J 9 8 6 4 C A J 6 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Pass 1H Pass 1N!T 1) Pass 2S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass 1) forcing Play 1: S D4 D3 D7 DK 2: E SA S3 S2 S8 3: E C8 CA C2 C9 4: S C5 C4 C10 CQ 5: E SK S10 S4 SJ 4S by E, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass 3H Pass 3NT Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D4 D3 D7 DK 2: E SA S3 S2 S8 3: E C8 C5 CK C3 4: W S4 SJ SK S10 5: E DQ D6 D10 D2 6: E H3 H10 HQ H4 7: W DA D5 CQ D8 4S by E, making 6, NS: -480 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Nickell, Nickell 165 - Meltzer 192 ===================================================================== Board 86 - Dealer East - EW vul. S A J 10 7 H J 10 5 4 D J 8 3 C 10 9 S K S 9 8 2 H A Q 7 H K 9 3 2 D 10 6 4 D A K 2 C Q J 8 5 3 2 C A K 7 S Q 6 5 4 3 H 8 6 D Q 9 7 5 C 6 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth 1C Pass 2C! Pass 2N!T Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S4 SK SA S2 2: N SJ S8 S3 D4 3: N S10 S9 S5 C2 4: N S7 H2 SQ C3 3NT by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass 3S Dbl 4D Pass 5C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S3 SK SA S2 2: N D3 DK D7 D4 3: E CK C4 C2 C9 4: E CA C6 C3 C10 5: E C7 S4 CQ S7 6: W CJ H5 D2 S5 7: W D6 D8 DA D5 8: E S8 S6 C5 S10 9: W C8 SJ S9 H6 5C by E, making 6, NS: -620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to Nickell, Nickell 177 - Meltzer 192 ===================================================================== Board 87 - Dealer South - Both vul. S K Q J 7 H A Q D A 4 C A J 10 9 7 S 10 9 6 5 2 S 8 3 H J 9 4 H 10 3 2 D 7 5 D K Q 10 8 3 2 C K Q 5 C 8 4 S A 4 H K 8 7 6 5 D J 9 6 C 6 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Pass Pass 1C! 2D 2H Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E DQ D6 D5 DA 2: N HQ H2 H5 H4 3: N HA H3 H6 H9 4: N CA C4 C3 C5 5: N D4 DK D9 D7 6: E D3 DJ S5 C7 7: S HK HJ C9 H10 3NT by N, making 6, NS: 690 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Play 1: N HQ HA H3 H4 2: N CA C7 C6 C3 3: W CK D3 C8 C10 4: W CQ S8 S5 C5 5: N CJ D5 S3 C9 6: S C2 S7 S9 S4 7: E C4 H7 3NT by N, making 6, NS: 690 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 177 - Meltzer 192 ===================================================================== Board 88 - Dealer West - None vul. S 4 H A K J 9 6 5 D K 5 C Q 5 4 3 S A Q 8 5 S J 10 3 H Q 8 2 H 10 4 D 6 2 D A Q 10 9 8 7 C K J 7 2 C 10 8 S K 9 7 6 2 H 7 3 D J 4 3 C A 9 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth 1N!T 1) 2H 2N!T 2) Pass 3C Pass 3D Pass Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass 1) 12-14 2) relay to 3C Play 1: E SJ S2 S5 S4 2: E S10 SK SA H5 3: N HA H4 H3 H2 4: N HK H10 H7 H8 5: N HJ D7 C6 HQ 6: W D6 D5 DQ D3 7: E C10 C9 CK C3 8: W C2 C4 C8 CA 9: S S9 SQ H6 S3 10: N CQ D8 3H by N, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1C 1H 3D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H7 H8 HJ H4 2: N HK H10 H3 H2 3: N HA D8 DJ HQ 4: S S7 S8 S4 S3 5: W D2 D5 DQ D3 6: E DA D4 D6 DK 7: E S10 SK SA H5 8: W S5 C5 SJ S2 9: E C8 C6 CJ CQ 3D by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 177 - Meltzer 195 ===================================================================== Board 89 - Dealer North - EW vul. S 9 4 3 H 6 3 D Q 9 8 2 C K 10 9 7 S Q J 8 5 S K 10 7 2 H Q 5 H 10 9 7 4 D A K 5 3 D J 7 6 C 8 3 2 C J 4 S A 6 H A K J 8 2 D 10 4 C A Q 6 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Pass Pass 1C! Pass 1D! 1) Pass 1H! 2) Pass 1N!T 3) Pass 2C Pass 3C Pass Pass Pass 1) 0-7 2) 4+ hearts 3) 0-5, no 4-card major Play 1: W DK D2 D7 D4 2: W SQ S3 S2 S6 3: W S5 S4 SK SA 4: S D10 DA D8 D6 5: W SJ S9 S7 C5 6: S CA C2 C7 C4 7: S CQ C3 C9 CJ 8: S C6 C8 C10 S10 9: N H3 H4 HJ HQ 3C by S, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass 1H Dbl Pass 1S 2C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C2 C9 C4 C5 2: N H3 H4 HJ HQ 3: W SQ S3 S7 SA 4: S HK H5 H6 H7 5: S H2 D5 C7 H9 6: N CK CJ C6 C3 7: N C10 S2 CA C8 2C by S, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 177 - Meltzer 195 ===================================================================== Board 90 - Dealer East - Both vul. S J 10 8 6 H 10 5 D A 10 9 4 2 C 4 2 S K Q 9 7 4 S 3 2 H 6 4 H A K Q 7 3 D 8 3 D Q 7 6 C A J 9 6 C K 5 3 S A 5 H J 9 8 2 D K J 5 C Q 10 8 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth 1H Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2C! Pass 2D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C7 C9 C2 C3 2: W H4 H10 HA H9 3: E HK H2 H6 H5 4: E HQ H8 D3 C4 5: E H7 HJ S4 S6 6: S D5 D8 DA D6 7: N D2 D7 DJ S7 3NT by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1H Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C8 C9 C2 C5 2: W H4 H5 HA H2 3: E HK H8 H6 H10 4: E HQ H9 D3 D4 5: E CK C7 C6 C4 6: E C3 C10 CJ D2 7: W CA D9 D6 2H by E, making 3, NS: -140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Nickell, Nickell 183 - Meltzer 195 =====================================================================