USBC Semifinal 2v3 8th Eighth Nickell vs. Meltzer ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 106 | 2S E = 110 | 2S E = 110 | | | | 107 | 3NT S = 400 | 3H E -1 50 | 8 | | | 108 | 3D S = 110 | 3S E -3 150 | | 1 | | 109 | 3NT W -1 100 | 3NT W -1 100 | | | | 110 | 3NT N +1 430 | 3NT N +1 430 | | | | 111 | 5D E -1 50 | 3NT E -1 50 | | | | 112 | 1NT N -1 50 | 3S S -1 50 | | | | 113 | 4S E +1 450 | 5C E = 400 | | 2 | | 114 | 5CX W = 550 | 4HX W = 590 | 1 | | | 115 | 6S S = 980 | 6SX S = 1210 | | 6 | | 116 | 3NT S = 600 | 2D W -1 100 | 11 | | | 117 | 3NT N = 600 | 3NT N +1 630 | | 1 | | 118 | 2S S = 110 | 2SX S -1 100 | 5 | | | 119 | 6C S = 1370 | 6C N -2 200 | 17 | | | 120 | 4S W = 420 | 4S W = 420 | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 42 10 | | Carryover: 212 238 | | Total: 254 248 | ===================================================================== Board 106 - Dealer East - Both vul. S 8 H K 9 6 4 D K 10 8 C J 10 9 8 5 S Q 9 7 5 2 S J 10 6 H J 8 7 H 10 5 D 7 6 2 D A Q J 9 5 C K 4 C A Q 6 S A K 4 3 H A Q 3 2 D 4 3 C 7 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1NT Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D4 D2 DK DA 2: E S10 S3 S2 S8 3: E C6 C2 CK C5 4: W C4 C8 CA C3 5: E CQ C7 H7 C9 6: E SJ SK S5 C10 7: S D3 D6 D10 DQ 8: E S6 SA S7 H9 9: S H2 H8 HK H5 10: N D8 DJ S4 D7 2S by E, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby 1NT Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D4 D2 DK DA 2: E C6 C2 CK C5 3: W C4 C8 CQ C3 4: E CA C7 D6 C9 2S by E, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 212 - Meltzer 238 ===================================================================== Board 107 - Dealer South - None vul. S 10 4 3 H 9 5 4 3 D 8 7 2 C K 9 4 S K 9 8 2 S J 7 6 H 6 H A Q J 10 7 2 D Q 9 5 D 6 C A 10 8 5 2 C J 7 6 S A Q 5 H K 8 D A K J 10 4 3 C Q 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1C! 1) Pass 1D! 2) 2H 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) strong, art. 2) minimum Play 1: W C5 C9 CJ CQ 2: S DA D5 D2 D6 3: S DK D9 D7 H7 4: S DJ DQ D8 H2 5: W H6 H3 HA H8 6: E C7 C3 CA C4 3NT by S, making 3, NS: 400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby 2NT Pass Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DK D5 D8 D6 2: S SQ SK S4 S6 3: W H6 H3 HA H8 4: E H10 HK C2 H4 5: S CQ CA C4 C6 6: W D9 D7 H2 D3 7: E HQ D10 DQ H5 8: E HJ D4 S2 H9 9: E CJ C3 C5 C9 10: E SJ SA S8 S3 11: S DA C8 D2 S7 12: S S5 S9 S10 H7 13: E C7 DJ C10 CK 3H by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 imps to Nickell, Nickell 220 - Meltzer 238 ===================================================================== Board 108 - Dealer West - NS vul. S K 9 4 2 H 9 7 6 4 D J 2 C 7 6 4 S A 8 7 6 S Q 10 5 3 H J 10 8 5 2 H Q 3 D A 4 D 9 5 3 C Q 8 C K 9 3 2 S J H A K D K Q 10 8 7 6 C A J 10 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 2H 1) Pass 2S Dbl Pass 3C Pass 3D Pass Pass Pass 1) Flannery Play 1: W H2 H4 HQ HA 2: S SJ SA S2 S10 3: W H5 H6 H3 HK 4: S D6 D4 DJ D3 5: N SK S3 C5 S6 6: N D2 D5 DK DA 7: W HJ H7 S5 D7 8: S DQ S7 C4 D9 9: S D10 H8 S4 C2 3D by S, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby 1H Pass 1S Dbl 2S Pass Pass 3D Pass Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DK D4 DJ D5 2: S D8 DA D2 D3 3: W SA S4 S3 SJ 4: W S6 SK S5 D6 5: N C4 C3 C10 CQ 6: W H2 H4 HQ HK 7: S CA C8 C6 C2 8: S HA H5 H9 H3 9: S DQ S7 S9 D9 10: N S2 S10 3S by E, down 3, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Meltzer, Nickell 220 - Meltzer 239 ===================================================================== Board 109 - Dealer North - Both vul. S 9 7 3 H Q 6 D J 7 4 2 C A Q 8 3 S K J S Q 5 H A 7 2 H K J 10 8 D A 10 9 8 6 D K Q 3 C 6 5 2 C J 10 7 4 S A 10 8 6 4 2 H 9 5 4 3 D 5 C K 9 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1D! 1S 2S Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S3 S5 SA SJ 2: S S6 SK S9 SQ 3: W D6 D2 DK D5 4: E DQ H3 D9 D4 5: E D3 C9 DA D7 6: W HA H6 H8 H4 7: W H2 HQ HK H5 3NT by W, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby Pass 1D 1S 2D 2S 3D 3S 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S9 S5 SA SJ 2: S S4 SK S3 SQ 3: W D6 D2 DK D5 4: E DQ C9 D9 D4 5: E H8 H3 HA H6 6: W H7 HQ HK H4 7: E HJ H5 H2 C3 8: E H10 H9 C6 C8 9: E D3 S2 DA D7 10: W C5 CQ 3NT by W, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 220 - Meltzer 239 ===================================================================== Board 110 - Dealer East - None vul. S K J 6 H A Q 6 D K 10 8 2 C Q J 6 S Q 8 5 3 2 S 9 7 4 H K J 8 H 10 9 7 D 7 6 4 D A 5 3 C A 3 C 10 9 7 2 S A 10 H 5 4 3 2 D Q J 9 C K 8 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass 1S 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S4 S10 SQ SK 2: N CQ C2 C4 CA 3: W HK HA H10 H2 4: N D2 D3 DQ D4 5: S D9 D6 D10 D5 6: N S6 S7 SA S2 7: S DJ D7 DK DA 8: E S9 H3 S3 SJ 9: N D8 H9 H4 S5 10: N HQ H7 H5 H8 11: N CJ C7 C5 C3 12: N C6 C9 CK S8 3NT by N, making 4, NS: 430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby Pass Pass 1S 1NT 2S 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S4 S10 SQ SK 2: N D2 DA DQ D6 3: E S9 SA S5 S6 4: S C4 C3 CQ C7 5: N CJ C2 C5 CA 6: W S2 SJ S7 H2 7: N DK D5 DJ D4 8: N D10 D3 D9 D7 9: N C6 C9 CK S3 10: S C8 3NT by N, making 4, NS: 430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 220 - Meltzer 239 ===================================================================== Board 111 - Dealer South - NS vul. S 8 3 2 H 10 8 7 D 10 9 8 7 3 C Q 8 S 5 S K Q 10 9 H A K 6 5 4 3 H D A Q 2 D K J 6 5 4 C A 7 5 C 6 4 3 2 S A J 7 6 4 H Q J 9 2 D C K J 10 9 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1S Dbl Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 3NT Pass 4D Pass 5D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S CJ CA C8 C3 2: W HA H7 C4 HJ 3: W HK H8 C6 HQ 4: W S5 S2 S9 SJ 5: S C9 C5 CQ C2 6: N S3 SQ SA D2 7: W DA D3 D4 S4 8: W H3 H10 D5 H2 9: E SK S6 H4 S8 5D by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby 1S Dbl Pass 1NT Pass 2H Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S CJ C5 C8 C4 2: S CK C7 CQ C2 3: S C10 CA S8 C3 4: W S5 S3 SK S4 5: E D4 S6 DA D10 6: W DQ D3 D5 S7 7: W HA H8 S9 H2 8: W HK H7 D6 H9 9: W D2 D7 DK SJ 3NT by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 220 - Meltzer 239 ===================================================================== Board 112 - Dealer West - EW vul. S J 8 3 H Q J 10 6 5 D A 8 5 C K 2 S 10 7 S Q 9 4 H A 7 4 2 H K 9 3 D K 10 9 3 D 6 4 C 10 8 5 C A Q J 7 3 S A K 6 5 2 H 8 D Q J 7 2 C 9 6 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E CJ C4 C8 CK 2: N S8 S4 SA S7 3: S DQ D3 D5 D4 4: S S2 S10 SJ SQ 5: E CA C6 C5 C2 6: E CQ C9 C10 H5 7: E C7 D2 D10 H6 8: E C3 H8 H7 D8 9: E H3 D7 HA H10 10: W H2 HJ HK S5 1NT by N, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D10 D5 D4 DQ 2: S C4 C8 CK CA 3: E D6 D7 D9 DA 4: N C2 CJ C6 C5 5: E H3 H8 HA H5 6: W DK D8 H9 D2 7: W D3 SJ SQ DJ 8: E S4 SA S7 S3 9: S C9 C10 S8 C3 3S by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 220 - Meltzer 239 ===================================================================== Board 113 - Dealer North - None vul. S 10 8 6 4 H 8 4 3 2 D A 8 6 C Q 2 S A J 7 S K Q 9 2 H A H 5 D 10 7 5 4 3 D Q J 2 C J 10 9 6 C A K 8 5 4 S 5 3 H K Q J 10 9 7 6 D K 9 C 7 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1D! 3H Dbl 4H 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HK HA H4 H5 2: W D3 D6 DQ DK 3: S HQ S7 H2 D2 4: W SA S4 S2 S3 5: W SJ S6 S9 S5 6: W CJ C2 CA C3 7: E SK D9 D4 S8 8: E SQ C7 C10 S10 9: E CK H6 C9 CQ 4S by E, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby Pass 1C 3H Dbl 4H d! Pass 4NT Pass 5C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HK HA H4 H5 2: W C6 C2 CA C3 3: E S2 S3 SA S6 4: W C9 CQ CK C7 5C by E, making 5, NS: -400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 220 - Meltzer 241 ===================================================================== Board 114 - Dealer East - NS vul. S 6 4 3 2 H K 10 7 D A Q 2 C K 7 4 S S Q J 7 H A Q J 9 4 2 H 8 3 D 7 D K J 6 4 3 C Q 10 9 5 3 2 C A J 6 S A K 10 9 8 5 H 6 5 D 10 9 8 5 C 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1D! 1S 2H 3H Pass 4S 5C Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S6 SQ SK C2 2: W C10 C4 C6 C8 3: W C3 C7 CJ H6 4: E H3 H5 HQ HK 5: N S2 SJ SA C5 6: W CQ CK CA S5 7: E H8 S8 HA H7 8: W D7 DA D3 D5 5CX by W, making 5, NS: -550 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby 1D 1S 3H 3S Pass Pass 4C Pass 4H Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S6 SJ SK H2 2: W C5 C4 CJ C8 3: E H3 H5 HA H7 4: W CQ CK CA H6 5: S D10 D7 DA D3 6: N C7 C6 S5 C9 7: W HQ HK H8 S8 4HX by W, making 4, NS: -590 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Nickell, Nickell 221 - Meltzer 241 ===================================================================== Board 115 - Dealer South - EW vul. S A Q 9 2 H Q 10 3 D Q 2 C K 10 5 2 S J 5 S H K J 8 6 H 4 D J 10 9 8 D A K 7 5 4 3 C A 7 4 C Q J 9 8 6 3 S K 10 8 7 6 4 3 H A 9 7 5 2 D 6 C Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1S Pass 3C! 1) 4NT 6S Pass Pass Pass 1) forcing raise Play 1: W CA C2 C3 S8 2: S S3 S5 SA C6 3: N CK C8 D6 C4 4: N S2 D7 SK SJ 5: S HA H6 H3 H4 6: S H2 6S by S, making 6, NS: 980 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby 1S Pass 2NT 4NT 5D 6D Pass Pass 6S Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CA C2 C9 S3 2: S S4 S5 SA D3 3: N SQ C6 S6 SJ 4: N CK C3 D6 C4 5: N C5 CQ S7 C7 6: S HA H6 H3 H4 7: S H2 6SX by S, making 6, NS: 1210 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Meltzer, Nickell 221 - Meltzer 247 ===================================================================== Board 116 - Dealer West - Both vul. S J 4 3 H 9 5 4 D A 10 4 C K Q 7 4 S K 7 2 S 10 9 6 5 H J 2 H A K 8 7 D Q J 9 6 5 3 D 7 C J 3 C 9 8 6 5 S A Q 8 H Q 10 6 3 D K 8 2 C A 10 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1NT 1) Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) 14-16 Play 1: W D6 D4 D7 D8 2: S C2 C3 CK C5 3: N H9 H7 H3 HJ 4: W S2 S3 S9 SQ 5: S HQ H2 H4 HA 6: E S5 S8 SK S4 7: W S7 SJ S6 SA 8: S DK D3 D10 H8 9: S D2 D5 DA S10 10: N H5 HK H6 D9 3NT by S, making 3, NS: 600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby Pass Pass 1H Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S3 S5 SA S7 2: S C2 CJ CQ C5 3: N C4 C9 CA C3 4: S C10 D3 C7 C6 5: W SK S4 S6 S8 6: W H2 H5 HA H3 7: E C8 H6 D5 CK 8: W HJ H9 HK H10 9: E H8 HQ D9 H4 10: W S2 SJ S10 SQ 2D by W, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to Nickell, Nickell 232 - Meltzer 247 ===================================================================== Board 117 - Dealer North - NS vul. S Q 8 4 H Q J 10 7 5 D A K 9 7 C 8 S 5 2 S K J 6 3 H K 9 8 6 3 2 H 4 D Q 8 5 D 10 6 4 2 C 9 4 C Q 10 7 2 S A 10 9 7 H A D J 3 C A K J 6 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1H Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S3 S10 S5 S4 2: S HA H6 H5 H4 3: S DJ DQ DA D2 4: N HQ S6 C3 HK 5: W D5 DK D4 D3 6: N HJ C2 S7 H2 7: N H10 D6 S9 H3 8: N C8 C7 CA C4 9: S CK C9 H7 C10 10: S SA S2 S8 SJ 3NT by N, making 3, NS: 600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby 1H Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S3 S10 S2 S4 2: S HA H3 H5 H4 3: S D3 D5 DA D2 4: N HQ S6 C3 H2 5: N SQ SK SA S5 6: S S7 H6 S8 SJ 7: E C10 CA C9 C8 8: S S9 H8 H7 C7 9: S CK C4 H10 C2 10: S DJ 3NT by N, making 4, NS: 630 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Meltzer, Nickell 232 - Meltzer 248 ===================================================================== Board 118 - Dealer East - EW vul. S 3 H 10 9 7 5 4 D J 10 4 C Q 9 6 2 S A J 9 7 6 S 10 H K Q J H 8 6 3 2 D 6 3 D K 9 8 7 5 C A J 5 C 10 8 4 S K Q 8 5 4 2 H A D A Q 2 C K 7 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South Pass 1C! Pass 1D! Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HQ H4 H3 HA 2: S SQ S6 S3 S10 3: S S2 S7 C2 C4 4: W CA C6 C8 C3 5: W C5 CQ C10 C7 6: N H5 H2 S4 HJ 7: S CK CJ C9 H8 8: S S5 S9 H7 D7 9: W D6 2S by S, making 2, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby Pass 1S 1NT Pass 2C 2S Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W HK H4 H6 HA 2: S SK S7 S3 S10 3: S C3 C5 CQ C8 4: N H5 H2 S2 HJ 5: S S8 S9 C2 D5 6: W SJ C6 D9 SQ 7: S S5 S6 C9 H3 8: W SA H7 H8 S4 9: W HQ H9 D7 DQ 10: W CA D4 2SX by S, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Nickell, Nickell 237 - Meltzer 248 ===================================================================== Board 119 - Dealer South - Both vul. S 2 H A 7 6 4 D 10 5 C A K Q 8 6 5 S 10 6 4 S J 8 3 H 10 8 5 2 H K 9 3 D K Q J 6 4 3 D 9 7 C C 10 9 7 3 2 S A K Q 9 7 5 H Q J D A 8 2 C J 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1C! 1) 2D 3C Pass 3S Pass 4C Pass 4S Pass 5H Pass 6C Pass Pass Pass 1) strong, art Play 1: W DK D5 D9 DA 2: S CJ D3 C5 C3 3: S SA S4 S2 S3 4: S SK S6 D10 S8 5: S SQ S10 H4 SJ 6: S D2 D4 C6 D7 7: N CA C2 C4 H2 8: N CK C7 S7 D6 9: N CQ C9 D8 DJ 10: N C8 C10 S5 DQ 6C by S, making 6, NS: 1370 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby 1S 2D 3C Pass 3S Pass 4H Pass 5D Pass 6C Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D9 DA D3 D5 2: S CJ D4 C5 C2 3: S HJ H2 H6 HK 4: E D7 D2 DJ D10 5: W DK 6C by N, down 2, NS: -200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 imps to Nickell, Nickell 254 - Meltzer 248 ===================================================================== Board 120 - Dealer West - None vul. S 6 H Q 6 3 2 D Q 9 7 5 C 7 6 5 2 S K Q 10 8 2 S A 9 7 H K 8 H 9 7 D A J 6 4 2 D 10 8 3 C 4 C A K 10 9 3 S J 5 4 3 H A J 10 5 4 D K C Q J 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH West North East South 1S Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 3D Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H2 H7 HA H8 2: S H5 HK H3 H9 3: W DA D5 D3 DK 4: W SQ S6 S7 S3 5: W S2 C2 SA S4 6: E S9 S5 S10 C5 7: W SK C6 C3 SJ 8: W D2 DQ D8 H4 9: N HQ C9 H10 S8 10: W DJ D7 D10 HJ 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Stansby 1S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H2 H7 HA H8 2: S HJ HK H3 H9 3: W C4 C2 CA C8 4: E D3 DK DA D5 5: W SK S6 S7 S5 6: W D4 D7 D10 H4 7: E D8 H5 DJ DQ 8: N D9 SA H10 D6 9: E S9 S3 S10 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Nickell 254 - Meltzer 248 =====================================================================