USBC Semifinal 2v3 7th Eighth Nickell vs. Meltzer ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 91 | 4H N +2 480 | 4H N +2 480 | | | | 92 | 2H E = 110 | 1NT E = 90 | | 1 | | 93 | 1NT N = 90 | 3H S -1 100 | 5 | | | 94 | 3S W -2 100 | 4NT S +1 460 | | 8 | | 95 | 6S E +1 1010 | 4H W +1 450 | | 11 | | 96 | 3D N +2 150 | 5D S = 400 | | 6 | | 97 | 3NT E +1 430 | 3NT E = 400 | | 1 | | 98 | 3NT W -1 50 | 3NT W +1 430 | 10 | | | 99 | 6NT S +1 1020 | 7D N -1 50 | 14 | | | 100 | 2NT N -1 100 | 3S N -1 100 | | | | 101 | 6NT E = 990 | 6NT E = 990 | | | | 102 | 6H E +1 1460 | 6NT W +1 1470 | | | | 103 | 1NT S +2 150 | 3NT S +1 630 | | 10 | | 104 | 4S W = 420 | 4S W = 420 | | | | 105 | 3H E = 140 | 2S N = 110 | | 6 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 29 43 | | Carryover: 183 195 | | Total: 212 238 | ===================================================================== Board 91 - Dealer South - None vul. S J H A J 10 6 3 D A 10 3 C A K J 2 S 9 8 7 6 2 S K Q 10 5 H Q 9 H 4 2 D 9 7 2 D Q 8 5 4 C 10 7 4 C Q 6 5 S A 4 3 H K 8 7 5 D K J 6 C 9 8 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth 1D! 1) Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 2N!T 2) Pass 3D! 3) Pass 3H Pass 4C! Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass 1) 11-15, 2+ !D 2) bad hand 3) spade shortness Play 1: E H2 H5 HQ HA 2: N SJ SQ SA S7 3: S S3 S8 H6 S5 4: N HJ H4 HK H9 5: S S4 S6 H3 S10 6: N D3 D4 DK D2 7: S C3 C7 CJ CQ 4H by N, making 6, NS: 480 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass Pass 1H Pass 2C Pass 3C Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass 3NT Pass 4D Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E SK SA S8 SJ 2: S H5 H9 HA H2 3: N CA C5 C3 C4 4: N H6 H4 HK HQ 5: S C9 C7 CJ CQ 6: E SQ S3 S2 H3 7: N CK C6 C8 C10 4H by N, making 6, NS: 480 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 183 - Meltzer 195 ===================================================================== Board 92 - Dealer West - NS vul. S 8 5 2 H A 10 D 9 7 6 4 C 9 5 3 2 S J 10 6 3 S A Q 9 7 H Q 9 7 3 H K 8 6 4 D J 10 D A 5 C K J 7 C Q 10 6 S K 4 H J 5 2 D K Q 8 3 2 C A 8 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Pass Pass 1NT 1) Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass Pass Pass 1) 15-17 Play 1: S DK D10 D7 DA 2: E H4 H2 HQ HA 3: N S5 S9 SK S3 4: S DQ DJ D4 D5 5: S D3 H3 D6 C10 6: W H7 H10 HK H5 2H by E, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D2 D10 D4 D5 2: W SJ S5 S7 SK 3: S DK DJ D6 DA 4: E C6 C8 CK C5 5: W H3 HA H4 H5 6: N D7 H6 D8 S3 7: S DQ H7 D9 S9 1NT by E, making 1, NS: -90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Meltzer, Nickell 183 - Meltzer 196 ===================================================================== Board 93 - Dealer North - Both vul. S K 9 H Q J 10 8 D A K 8 4 C K 4 2 S A 10 3 S Q J 7 4 H K 9 7 6 H 5 D J 6 3 D Q 10 5 2 C A Q 6 C J 8 5 3 S 8 6 5 2 H A 4 3 2 D 9 7 C 10 9 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth 1NT 1) Pass Pass Pass 1) 14-16 Play 1: E S4 S2 SA S9 2: W S3 SK S7 S5 3: N H10 H5 H2 HK 4: W S10 C4 SQ S6 5: E SJ S8 D3 D4 6: E C3 C7 CQ CK 7: N HQ D2 H3 H6 8: N HJ C5 H4 H7 9: N H8 C8 HA H9 1NT by N, making 1, NS: 90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby 1D Pass 1H Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D6 DA D5 D7 2: N HQ H5 H2 H6 3: N DK D2 D9 D3 4: N D4 DQ H4 DJ 5: S S2 S3 SK S7 6: N D8 D10 C7 C6 7: E SQ S5 S10 S9 8: E S4 S6 SA H8 9: N H10 C5 HA H7 10: S S8 CQ HJ 3H by S, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Nickell, Nickell 188 - Meltzer 196 ===================================================================== Board 94 - Dealer East - None vul. S 6 3 H A 3 D A K Q 3 C A Q 8 5 2 S Q J 10 9 5 4 2 S A 7 H 10 2 H K J 9 8 6 D 9 8 D 7 5 2 C K 9 C J 10 4 S K 8 H Q 7 5 4 D J 10 6 4 C 7 6 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Pass Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DA D2 DJ D8 2: N DK D5 D4 D9 3: N DQ D7 D6 S4 4: W SJ S6 S7 SK 5: S C7 C9 CQ C4 6: N CA C10 C6 CK 7: N HA H6 H4 H2 8: N C8 CJ C3 S2 3S by W, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass Pass 3S Dbl Pass 4H Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass 4S Pass 4NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W SQ S3 SA S8 2: E S7 SK S5 S6 3: S C3 C9 CQ C4 4: N DA D2 D4 D8 5: N DK D5 D6 D9 6: N DQ D7 D10 S2 7: N D3 H6 DJ S4 8: S C6 CK CA C10 9: N C2 CJ C7 SJ 10: E H8 HQ H2 H3 4NT by S, making 5, NS: 460 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 188 - Meltzer 204 ===================================================================== Board 95 - Dealer South - NS vul. S J 9 3 H Q 10 D K Q 10 6 5 3 C K 3 S 7 4 S A K Q 8 5 2 H A 9 7 5 2 H K 8 6 D D A J 9 C A 10 8 5 4 2 C Q S 10 6 H J 4 3 D 8 7 4 2 C J 9 7 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Pass 2C! 1) 2D 3S 2) Pass 4S Pass 4NT Pass 5H Pass 5NT Pass 6S Pass Pass Pass 1) natural 2) natural, GF Play 1: S D4 S4 D5 D9 2: W CA C3 CQ C7 3: W C2 CK S2 C6 4: E DJ D2 S7 D3 5: W C4 D6 S5 C9 6: E SK S6 H2 S3 7: E SA S10 C5 S9 8: E SQ 6S by E, making 7, NS: -1010 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass Pass 1D Dbl Pass 2D Pass 3S Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DK D9 D2 H2 2: W S7 S3 SA S6 3: E H6 H4 HA H10 4: W S4 S9 SK S10 5: E SQ D4 C2 SJ 6: E S2 D8 C4 HQ 7: N CK CQ C6 CA 8: W H5 D3 HK H3 4H by W, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 188 - Meltzer 215 ===================================================================== Board 96 - Dealer West - EW vul. S Q J 8 6 2 H K D Q 9 8 C 8 7 6 2 S 10 4 S A K 9 5 H 8 5 3 H Q J 4 2 D 6 2 D 4 3 C Q J 10 9 4 3 C A K 5 S 7 3 H A 10 9 7 6 D A K J 10 7 5 C Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Pass Pass 1NT 1) 2N!T 2) Pass 3D! 3) Pass Pass Pass 1) 15-17 2) 2-suiter, good playing strength 3) suit(s) inquiry Play 1: E D3 D5 D6 D8 2: N HK H2 H7 H3 3: N C2 C5 D7 C3 4: S HA H5 C6 H4 5: S H6 H8 D9 HJ 6: N C7 CK D10 C4 7: S H9 3D by N, making 5, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass Pass 1C 1D! p! 2D! Pass 4D Pass 5D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S10 SJ SK S3 2: E CK D5 C9 C2 3: S H6 H3 HK H2 4: N C6 CA D10 C10 5: S HA H5 S2 H4 5D by S, making 5, NS: 400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 188 - Meltzer 221 ===================================================================== Board 97 - Dealer North - None vul. S 8 4 H K J 6 2 D 4 3 2 C 9 8 7 4 S A 6 2 S K 7 5 H A 8 3 H Q 10 7 4 D J 10 8 6 D A K Q C K Q 6 C J 3 2 S Q J 10 9 3 H 9 5 D 9 7 5 C A 10 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Pass 1NT 1) Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) 15-17 Play 1: S SJ S2 S8 S7 2: S S9 S6 S4 SK 3: E C3 C5 CK C7 4: W D6 D3 DQ D5 5: E DA D7 D8 D2 6: E DK D9 D10 D4 7: E C2 CA C6 C4 8: S S10 SA H6 S5 9: W DJ H2 H4 SQ 10: W H3 HK H7 H5 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SQ S2 S8 S5 2: S S9 S6 S4 SK 3: E C2 C5 CK C8 4: W D6 D4 DA D5 5: E DK D7 D8 D3 6: E DQ D9 D10 D2 7: E C3 C10 CQ C4 8: W DJ H2 CJ S10 9: W HA H6 H4 H5 10: W SA C7 S7 S3 11: W H8 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Meltzer, Nickell 188 - Meltzer 222 ===================================================================== Board 98 - Dealer East - NS vul. S K J 7 4 3 H K J 4 2 D 10 3 C 6 5 S A Q 6 S 10 9 5 H A H 10 8 7 6 D K Q J 8 D A 9 7 6 C Q 9 8 4 2 C K 3 S 8 2 H Q 9 5 3 D 5 4 2 C A J 10 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Pass Pass 1C! 1) Pass 1D! 2) Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) Strong, art. 2) 0-7 Play 1: N S4 S10 S2 S6 2: E CK CA C2 C5 3: S S8 SA S7 S5 4: W CQ C6 C3 C7 5: W C8 H2 D6 C10 6: S H3 HA H4 H6 7: W DK D3 D7 D2 8: W D8 D10 DA D4 9: E D9 D5 DJ S3 10: W DQ 3NT by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass Pass 1C 1S d! Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S4 S10 S2 S6 2: E D6 D2 DK D3 3: W C2 C6 CK CA 4: S S8 SA S7 S5 5: W DQ D10 D7 D4 6: W DJ H4 DA D5 7: E C3 C10 CQ C5 8: W C9 H2 3NT by W, making 4, NS: -430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Nickell, Nickell 198 - Meltzer 222 ===================================================================== Board 99 - Dealer South - EW vul. S A 8 2 H K 10 8 D K Q 8 6 3 C 10 6 S 10 6 S Q J 9 5 3 H Q J 7 H 9 5 3 2 D J 9 5 4 2 D 10 C 7 4 2 C K 9 8 S K 7 4 H A 6 4 D A 7 C A Q J 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth 2NT 1) Pass 3S! 2) Pass 4C Pass 4D Pass 4H! 3) Pass 5D 4) Pass 5H 5) Pass 5NT Pass 6C Pass 6D Pass 6NT Pass Pass Pass 1) 19-20 2) slam try in a minor 3) RKC !D 4) 2 with !DQ 5) kings? Play 1: W S10 SA S5 S4 2: N C10 CK CA C2 3: S CQ C4 C6 C8 4: S CJ C7 S2 C9 5: S C5 D2 S8 S3 6: S C3 S6 D3 S9 7: S DA D4 D6 D10 8: S D7 D9 DK H2 6NT by S, making 7, NS: 1020 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby 1C Pass 1D Pass 2NT Pass 3C! Pass 3D! Pass 3N!T Pass 4D! Pass 4NT Pass 5D! Pass 5H Pass 5S Pass 5NT Pass 7C Pass 7D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E SQ S4 S6 SA 2: N D3 D10 DA D2 3: S D7 D4 DK S5 4: N C10 C8 C3 C2 5: N C6 C9 CQ C4 6: S CA C7 S2 CK 7: S CJ S10 S8 S3 8: S SK H7 H8 S9 9: S C5 HQ H10 H2 10: S HA HJ HK H3 11: S S7 7D by N, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 imps to Nickell, Nickell 212 - Meltzer 222 ===================================================================== Board 100 - Dealer West - Both vul. S K 9 8 6 2 H A K D A 9 8 C A 5 3 S Q S A J 5 H Q J 10 9 7 H 8 6 5 3 2 D K 10 5 3 D Q 7 6 C Q 8 7 C K 4 S 10 7 4 3 H 4 D J 4 2 C J 10 9 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Pass 2NT 1) Pass Pass Pass 1) 19-20 Play 1: E H3 H4 H9 HK 2: N SK S5 S3 SQ 3: N S6 SJ S4 D3 4: E H2 C2 HQ HA 5: N S8 SA S10 D5 6: E H5 C6 H7 C5 7: W HJ C3 H6 D2 8: W H10 D9 H8 C9 9: W C8 CA C4 C10 10: N S9 D7 S7 C7 2NT by N, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H6 H4 H9 HA 2: N D8 DQ D2 D5 3: E H3 D4 H10 HK 4: N DA D6 DJ D3 5: N D9 D7 S7 D10 6: S CJ C7 C3 CK 7: E S5 S3 SQ SK 8: N S6 SJ S4 H7 3S by N, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 212 - Meltzer 222 ===================================================================== Board 101 - Dealer North - NS vul. S 9 5 3 H 8 6 4 3 2 D J 9 2 C 10 2 S A K J 8 6 S Q 4 H Q 10 7 H A K 9 5 D 6 D K Q 10 5 3 C A 9 8 4 C K 5 S 10 7 2 H J D A 8 7 4 C Q J 7 6 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Pass 1C! 1) Pass 1S Pass 1NT 2) Pass 2S! 3) Pass 2NT Pass 3C 4) Pass 3NT Pass 6NT Pass Pass Pass 1) strong, art. 2) control ask 3) 5 controls 4) 4+ clubs Play 1: S HJ HQ H4 H5 2: W D6 D2 DQ DA 3: S S7 S8 S9 SQ 4: E HK S10 6NT by E, making 6, NS: -990 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass 1C Pass 1S! Pass 1NT Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass 5NT Pass 6NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HJ HQ H6 H5 2: W S6 S5 SQ S7 3: E S4 S2 SA S3 4: W D6 D9 DK DA 6NT by E, making 6, NS: -990 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 212 - Meltzer 222 ===================================================================== Board 102 - Dealer East - EW vul. S Q 10 9 8 7 H J 6 D 9 6 5 2 C Q 2 S A K J S 4 H K 9 5 H A Q 7 4 2 D A 10 8 3 D K Q C A 10 4 C K 9 6 5 3 S 6 5 3 2 H 10 8 3 D J 7 4 C J 8 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth 1H Pass 2NT 1) Pass 3C Pass 3H Pass 3N!T 2) Pass 6H Pass Pass Pass 1) natural, GF 2) mild slam try Play 1: S S3 SA S8 S4 2: W HK H6 H2 H3 3: W H5 HJ HQ H8 4: E HA H10 H9 S9 5: E H7 S5 C10 S10 6: E DQ D7 D3 D5 7: E DK D4 D8 D2 8: E H4 C7 SJ D6 9: E C5 C8 CA C2 10: W SK S7 C3 S2 11: W DA D9 C6 DJ 6H by E, making 7, NS: -1460 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby 1H Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass 4S Dbl 5C Pass 5D Pass 6C Pass 6H Pass 6S Pass 6NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S10 S4 S6 SJ 2: W HK H6 H2 H3 3: W H9 HJ HQ H8 6NT by W, making 7, NS: -1470 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 212 - Meltzer 222 ===================================================================== Board 103 - Dealer South - Both vul. S K 10 7 3 H Q 6 D A 7 5 C K J 9 8 S A 8 S 9 6 5 4 H 8 7 4 2 H K 9 5 D J 8 6 3 D K Q C A 6 3 C 10 5 4 2 S Q J 2 H A J 10 3 D 10 9 4 2 C Q 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth Pass Pass 1D! 1) Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass 1) 11-15, 2+ !D Play 1: W D3 D5 DK D4 2: E DQ D2 D6 DA 3: N HQ HK HA H2 4: S SQ SA S3 S4 5: W C3 C8 C5 C7 6: N C9 C2 CQ CA 7: W DJ D7 1NT by S, making 3, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Pass Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C3 C8 C10 CQ 2: S C7 C6 C9 C4 3: N S3 S4 SQ SA 4: W CA CJ C5 H3 5: W S8 S7 S5 SJ 6: S S2 H2 S10 S6 7: N SK S9 D2 D3 8: N CK C2 D4 H4 9: N HQ HK HA 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 630 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 212 - Meltzer 232 ===================================================================== Board 104 - Dealer West - None vul. S 8 6 H 6 5 4 D J 7 6 5 C 10 9 7 6 S A 7 2 S Q J 9 5 4 3 H A J 10 H Q 3 D A K 10 8 3 D 4 C Q 3 C J 5 4 2 S K 10 H K 9 8 7 2 D Q 9 2 C A K 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth 1C! 1) Pass 1D! 2) 1H 1NT Pass 4H! 3) d! 4) 4S Pass Pass Pass 1) strong, art. 2) minimum 3) transfer 4) don't lead my suit Play 1: N C10 C2 CK C3 2: S CA CQ C7 C4 3: S C8 D3 C9 CJ 4: E SQ SK SA S6 5: W S2 S8 S9 S10 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby 1C Pass 1D! 1H 1NT Pass 4H! Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H4 HQ HK HA 2: W SA S6 S3 S10 3: W S2 S8 SQ SK 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 212 - Meltzer 232 ===================================================================== Board 105 - Dealer North - EW vul. S A 8 4 H K 7 5 D 10 6 5 C A J 9 3 S J 10 7 5 S 3 H Q 6 H A J 9 8 4 2 D A Q J 7 D K 3 2 C Q 5 2 C 10 6 4 S K Q 9 6 2 H 10 3 D 9 8 4 C K 8 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth 1D! 1) 1H 1S 1NT d! 2) 2H 2S 3H Pass Pass Pass 1) 11-15, 2+ !D 2) 3-card !H support Play 1: S SQ S5 S8 S3 2: S CK C2 C3 C4 3: S C8 C5 CJ C10 4: N CA C6 C7 CQ 5: N C9 H9 H10 HQ 6: W H6 H7 HJ H3 7: E D2 D4 DJ D5 8: W S7 S4 H2 S2 9: E D3 D8 DQ D6 10: W S10 SA H4 S6 11: E DK D9 DA D10 3H by E, making 3, NS: -140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby 1NT Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D2 D4 DJ D6 2: W S10 S4 S3 SK 3: S C7 C2 CJ C4 4: N SA H8 S2 S5 5: N S8 H2 SQ S7 6: S CK C5 C3 C6 7: S C8 CQ CA C10 8: N C9 H4 D8 2S by N, making 2, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 212 - Meltzer 238 =====================================================================