Sao Paulo 2009 Bermuda Final 6_8 USA 2 vs. ITALY =================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 17 | 1NT N = 90 | 2S N = 110 | | 1 | | 18 | 4S S +1 650 | 5D S = 600 | 2 | | | 19 | 4S E +1 650 | 4S E +1 650 | | | | 20 | 4S E = 620 | 4H W = 620 | | | | 21 | 3S E -1 50 | 1NT E = 90 | 4 | | | 22 | 3NT E +1 630 | 3NT E +1 630 | | | | 23 | 4S E -2 200 | 3S E +1 170 | 9 | | | 24 | 4S N = 420 | 3NT S = 400 | 1 | | | 25 | 3NT W +1 630 | 3NT W -1 100 | | 12 | | 26 | 5CX N -1 200 | 4H E -1 100 | | 7 | | 27 | 3NT W +2 460 | 3NT W +2 460 | | | | 28 | 4S W = 420 | 3S W +3 230 | | 5 | | 29 | 4S E -1 100 | 2S W +1 140 | 6 | | | 30 | 4S E = 420 | 4S W +1 450 | 1 | | | 31 | 1H S = 80 | 1NT E = 90 | 5 | | | 32 | 5S S -2 100 | 3NT N = 400 | | 11 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 28 36 | | Carryover: 207 131 | | Total: 235 167 | =================================================================== Board 17 - Dealer North - None vul. S Q J 10 8 5 H Q J 2 D K 2 C A Q 8 S A K 6 4 S 7 2 H A 8 6 H 10 5 4 3 D 8 7 4 D A J 6 C K J 5 C 10 7 4 3 S 9 3 H K 9 7 D Q 10 9 5 3 C 9 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H4 H9 H8 H2 2: S S3 S4 SQ S2 3: N S5 S7 S9 SK 4: W CJ CQ C3 C2 5: N SJ H3 D3 SA 6: W CK CA C4 C6 7: N S10 H5 C9 S6 8: N S8 H10 D5 D8 9: N HJ D6 HK HA 10: W D4 1NT by N, making 1, NS: 90 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H4 H7 HA HJ 2: W C5 C8 C10 C2 3: E C3 C6 CK CA 4: N S5 S2 S9 SK 5: W CJ CQ C7 C9 6: N S10 S7 S3 S4 7: N SQ H3 D3 SA 2S by N, making 2, NS: 110 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to ITALY, USA 2 207 - ITALY 132 ============================================================= Board 18 - Dealer East - NS vul. S A 9 3 H Q D 6 5 3 2 C A K Q J 9 S 5 4 2 S Q J 7 H 10 9 8 6 2 H K 7 5 4 3 D A J D K 10 C 7 4 2 C 8 5 3 S K 10 8 6 H A J D Q 9 8 7 4 C 10 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi Pass Pass 1H Dbl 2NT 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H2 HQ HK HA 2: S S6 S4 SA S7 3: N S3 SQ SK S2 4: S S10 S5 S9 SJ 5: E DK D4 DA D2 4S by S, making 5, NS: 650 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al Pass Pass 1H Dbl 3D! 3H! D! 4NT Pass 5D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H9 HQ HK HA 2: S D7 DJ D2 D10 5D by S, making 5, NS: 600 ------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to USA 2, USA 2 209 - ITALY 132 ============================================================= Board 19 - Dealer South - EW vul. S H A 9 8 7 D 6 5 3 2 C J 10 5 4 3 S A J 9 8 S K Q 7 6 3 H 3 2 H K 6 5 D K J 10 9 4 D 8 C Q 2 C A K 9 8 S 10 5 4 2 H Q J 10 4 D A Q 7 C 7 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi Pass 1D Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3H Pass 4C Pass 4D Pass 4H Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HQ H3 HA H6 2: N CJ CA C6 C2 3: E D8 DA D4 D2 4: S H10 H2 H7 HK 5: E S3 S2 SA C3 6: W CQ C4 C8 C7 7: W DK D3 H5 D7 8: W D10 D5 SQ DQ 4S by E, making 5, NS: -650 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al Pass 1D! Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass 4D Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HQ H2 HA H5 2: N C3 C9 C6 C2 3: E S3 S2 SA D2 4: W H3 H7 HK H4 5: E H6 H10 S8 H8 6: W SJ H9 S6 S4 7: W S9 C4 SK 4S by E, making 5, NS: -650 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 2 209 - ITALY 132 ============================================================= Board 20 - Dealer West - Both vul. S 9 8 3 H Q 9 4 D 9 6 5 4 C K 8 6 S 10 7 6 4 2 S K Q J H J 10 8 3 2 H A K 6 D Q 7 D A J 10 3 C 10 C J 7 5 S A 5 H 7 5 D K 8 2 C A Q 9 4 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi Pass Pass 2D Pass 3NT Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SA S2 S3 SJ 2: S S5 S4 S8 SQ 3: E C5 C4 C10 CK 4: N S9 SK C2 S6 5: E HA H7 H2 H4 6: E C7 C3 S7 C6 7: W DQ D5 D3 DK 8: S CA S10 C8 CJ 9: W HJ H9 H6 H5 4S by E, making 4, NS: -620 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al Pass Pass 1C! 2C P! 3C Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C6 C5 CA C10 2: S C4 H2 CK C7 3: W D7 D4 DJ DK 4: S C2 H3 C8 CJ 5: W H10 H4 H6 H5 6: W H8 H9 HK H7 7: E SJ S5 S2 S3 8: E SQ SA S4 S8 9: S CQ HJ S9 SK 10: W DQ 4H by W, making 4, NS: -620 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 2 209 - ITALY 132 ============================================================= Board 21 - Dealer North - NS vul. S 10 9 6 H 10 7 5 4 D 8 6 3 C A K 8 S Q 7 4 3 S A K J 8 5 H J 9 3 H K 2 D K 9 2 D Q 7 5 C J 4 3 C Q 10 2 S 2 H A Q 8 6 D A J 10 4 C 9 7 6 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi Pass 1S Dbl 3H Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C7 C3 CK C2 2: N H4 H2 HQ H3 3: S HA H9 H5 HK 4: S DA D2 D3 D5 5: S C5 C4 CA C10 6: N H7 S8 H6 HJ 3S by E, down 1, NS: 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C7 C3 CK C2 2: N H5 H2 HQ H3 3: S HA H9 H4 HK 4: S H8 HJ H7 D5 5: W C4 C8 C10 C5 6: E SA S2 S3 S6 7: E S5 D4 SQ S9 8: W S4 S10 SK D10 9: E SJ DJ S7 D3 10: E S8 C6 D2 H10 1NT by E, making 1, NS: -90 ------------------------------------------------------------- 4 imps to USA 2, USA 2 213 - ITALY 132 ============================================================= Board 22 - Dealer East - EW vul. S 10 9 8 7 6 H A J 4 2 D K 10 2 C 7 S A K S Q 5 2 H 7 5 H Q 10 3 D A 6 5 4 3 D Q J 9 C A K 10 2 C Q J 8 5 S J 4 3 H K 9 8 6 D 8 7 C 9 6 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi Pass Pass 1D 1S 1NT 2S Dbl Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S3 SA S6 S2 2: W C2 C7 CQ C3 3: E DQ D7 D3 DK 4: N H2 H10 HK H5 5: S H6 H7 HA H3 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -630 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al Pass Pass 1C! 1S 1NT! 2S 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S3 SK S10 S2 2: W C2 C7 CQ C3 3: E DQ D7 D3 DK 4: N H2 H10 HK H5 5: S H8 H7 HA H3 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -630 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 2 213 - ITALY 132 ============================================================= Board 23 - Dealer South - Both vul. S K 3 H Q J 5 4 D K 9 6 5 4 C 10 9 S A 9 8 4 S Q J 6 5 2 H 10 8 7 6 H A 9 D A D J 8 2 C J 6 5 3 C Q 7 2 S 10 7 H K 3 2 D Q 10 7 3 C A K 8 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi 1D Pass 1H 1S Dbl 3D Dbl Pass Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S CA C3 C10 C2 2: S CK C5 C9 C7 3: S C4 C6 S3 CQ 4: N HQ HA H2 H6 5: E SQ S7 S4 SK 6: N H4 H9 4S by E, down 2, NS: 200 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al 1C Pass 1D 1S 2D! 2NT! 3D Pass Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S CA C3 C9 C7 2: S CK C5 C10 C2 3: S C8 C6 S3 CQ 4: N HQ HA H2 H6 5: E S2 S7 SA SK 6: W S4 D4 SQ S10 3S by E, making 4, NS: -170 ------------------------------------------------------------- 9 imps to USA 2, USA 2 222 - ITALY 132 ============================================================= Board 24 - Dealer West - None vul. S A K J 9 6 4 H A 10 4 D 6 2 C 3 2 S Q S 10 8 5 3 H Q 9 6 5 H J 2 D J 8 7 5 D K Q 9 C K 9 7 5 C Q J 10 8 S 7 2 H K 8 7 3 D A 10 4 3 C A 6 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E CQ CA C7 C3 2: S S2 SQ SA S3 3: N SK S5 S7 C5 4: N SJ S8 C4 CK 5: N S9 S10 C6 C9 6: E DK D3 D5 D2 7: E D9 DA D7 D6 4S by N, making 4, NS: 420 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2S Pass 2NT! Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H5 H4 HJ HK 2: S S2 SQ SA S3 3: N SK S5 S7 H9 4: N SJ S8 C4 D8 5: N S4 S10 C6 D5 6: E CQ CA C5 C2 7: S H3 H6 HA H2 8: N S9 3NT by S, making 3, NS: 400 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to USA 2, USA 2 223 - ITALY 132 ============================================================= Board 25 - Dealer North - EW vul. S K 9 8 4 3 H 2 D 8 3 C A 9 8 6 2 S A 10 S Q J 7 5 H A Q 8 4 3 H J 9 D A J D Q 7 6 4 2 C K J 5 3 C 10 7 S 6 2 H K 10 7 6 5 D K 10 9 5 C Q 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi Pass Pass 1H Dbl 1S Pass Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C6 C7 CQ CK 2: W SA S3 S5 S6 3: W S10 SK S7 S2 4: N CA C10 C4 C5 5: N H2 H9 H10 HQ 6: W H3 S4 HJ H5 7: E SQ H6 C3 S8 8: E SJ D5 H4 S9 9: E D2 D9 DJ D3 3NT by W, making 4, NS: -630 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al Pass Pass 1H Dbl Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C2 C7 CQ C3 2: S C4 C5 CA C10 3: N C9 D2 S2 CK 4: W SA S3 S5 S6 5: W S10 SK S7 H6 6: N C8 D4 D5 CJ 7: W H4 H2 HJ HK 8: S H10 HA 3NT by W, down 1, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to ITALY, USA 2 223 - ITALY 144 ============================================================= Board 26 - Dealer East - Both vul. S 10 8 2 H J D 8 5 4 C A J 10 8 5 4 S 9 4 3 S K J 5 H A Q 8 6 H K 10 9 7 4 2 D J 10 6 2 D A 3 C 9 7 C K 2 S A Q 7 6 H 5 3 D K Q 9 7 C Q 6 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi 1H Dbl 3D 4C 4H 5C Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E S5 S6 S9 S10 2: N D5 DA D7 D2 3: E H10 H3 HA HJ 4: W S4 S8 SK SA 5: S CQ C7 C4 CK 6: E SJ SQ S3 S2 7: S C3 C9 5CX by N, down 1, NS: -200 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al 1H Dbl 3D! 4C 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C3 C7 CA C2 2: N S10 SJ SQ S3 3: S SA S4 S2 S5 4: S S7 S9 S8 SK 5: E H2 H3 HA HJ 6: W H6 C5 HK H5 7: E H9 S6 HQ 4H by E, down 1, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to ITALY, USA 2 223 - ITALY 151 ============================================================= Board 27 - Dealer South - None vul. S 7 4 3 H 8 5 2 D 10 9 7 4 2 C 4 2 S A J 6 5 S 10 9 8 2 H A 7 3 H K Q 9 D A Q 8 D K J 3 C Q J 5 C K 8 6 S K Q H J 10 6 4 D 6 5 C A 10 9 7 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D10 DJ D6 D8 2: E C6 C3 CQ C2 3: W H3 H2 HK H4 4: E S10 SK SA S3 5: W S5 S4 S9 SQ 3NT by W, making 5, NS: -460 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al Pass 1C! Pass 1H! Pass 1NT Pass 3C! Pass 3D! Pass 3NT! Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D4 DJ D5 D8 2: E S10 SK SA S3 3NT by W, making 5, NS: -460 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 2 223 - ITALY 151 ============================================================= Board 28 - Dealer West - NS vul. S 7 5 3 H J 7 5 2 D J 3 C A 9 6 4 S A Q 9 8 4 S K 10 2 H K 10 4 H 6 D K 10 5 D A Q 9 8 7 4 C 8 5 C 10 7 3 S J 6 H A Q 9 8 3 D 6 2 C K Q J 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi 1S Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H2 H6 HA H4 2: S CK C5 C6 C3 3: S CJ C8 CA C7 4: N C4 C10 CQ S4 5: W SA S3 S10 S6 6: W S8 S5 SK SJ 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al 1S Pass 2NT! Pass 3D! Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S3 S10 SJ SQ 2: W S4 S5 SK S6 3: E S2 H3 SA S7 4: W S9 H2 H6 3S by W, making 6, NS: -230 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to ITALY, USA 2 223 - ITALY 156 ============================================================= Board 29 - Dealer North - Both vul. S K 9 H 10 D A Q 10 7 6 5 2 C Q 5 3 S A J 6 S Q 10 7 5 H A K Q 2 H 5 4 D J 3 D 9 8 4 C K J 9 7 C A 10 8 6 S 8 4 3 2 H J 9 8 7 6 3 D K C 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi 1D Pass 1H Dbl 2D Dbl Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DK D3 DA D4 2: N DQ D9 C4 DJ 3: N D10 D8 C2 S6 4: W SA S9 S5 S3 5: W SJ SK S7 S2 6: N D7 S10 H3 H2 7: E SQ S4 C7 D2 8: E C6 H6 CK C3 9: W CJ C5 C8 S8 4S by E, down 1, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al 1D Pass 1H 1NT 2D 2H Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H10 H4 H9 HA 2: W DJ D2 D4 DK 3: S HJ HK S9 H5 4: N D10 D8 C2 D3 5: N DA D9 C4 S6 6: W SA SK S5 S2 7: W SJ D5 S7 S3 8: W C7 C3 C8 S4 2S by W, making 3, NS: -140 ------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to USA 2, USA 2 229 - ITALY 156 ============================================================= Board 30 - Dealer East - None vul. S 3 2 H A 7 6 5 3 D K J 8 2 C K 3 S A 10 9 6 S K J 5 4 H K Q 8 4 2 H D 10 4 D A Q 9 6 C 6 4 C A J 9 7 2 S Q 8 7 H J 10 9 D 7 5 3 C Q 10 8 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi 1C Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 3S Pass 4C Pass 4H Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D5 D4 DJ DQ 2: E CA C5 C4 C3 3: E C2 C8 C6 CK 4: N D2 DA D7 D10 5: E C7 C10 S9 H3 6: W H2 H5 S4 H10 7: E D6 D3 S10 D8 8: W H4 H6 S5 H9 9: E C9 CQ SA H7 10: W H8 HA SJ HJ 11: E D9 S7 HQ DK 12: S S8 S6 S2 SK 13: E CJ SQ HK S3 4S by E, making 4, NS: -420 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al 1C! Pass 1S! Pass 1NT! Pass 2C! Pass 2D! Pass 2NT! Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N D8 D6 D5 D10 2: W D4 DJ DQ D3 3: E DA D7 C4 D2 4: E CA C5 C6 C3 5: E C2 C8 S6 CK 6: W HQ H3 C7 H9 7: W H2 H5 S4 H10 8: E D9 HJ S9 DK 9: W H8 H6 SJ SQ 10: S S7 SA S2 S5 4S by W, making 5, NS: -450 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to USA 2, USA 2 230 - ITALY 156 ============================================================= Board 31 - Dealer South - NS vul. S 7 4 3 H A 5 D Q 8 3 C A Q 9 6 2 S K 10 6 2 S Q 9 5 H K J 8 6 H Q 4 D K J 5 D 10 9 7 2 C 4 3 C K 10 8 7 S A J 8 H 10 9 7 3 2 D A 6 4 C J 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi Pass Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C4 C9 CK C5 2: E D10 D6 DK D3 3: W DJ D8 D2 DA 4: S H2 H6 HA H4 5: N H5 HQ H3 H8 6: E S5 SJ SK S3 7: W S2 S4 SQ SA 8: S CJ C3 CA C7 9: N CQ C8 S8 HJ 10: W HK 1H by S, making 1, NS: 80 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al Pass 1D! Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H3 H6 HA H4 2: N C2 C8 CJ C3 3: S C5 C4 CQ CK 4: E D2 D4 DJ DQ 5: N CA C7 H7 S2 6: N D8 D9 D6 D5 7: E D7 DA DK D3 8: S H2 H8 H5 HQ 9: E D10 H10 S6 S3 10: E S5 SA S10 S7 1NT by E, making 1, NS: -90 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to USA 2, USA 2 235 - ITALY 156 ============================================================= Board 32 - Dealer West - EW vul. S J 3 H A Q 10 6 4 2 D K 5 C K J 7 S Q 6 2 S 8 7 5 H K J 8 5 H 3 D A Q 9 6 D J 7 3 2 C 6 3 C Q 10 9 8 2 S A K 10 9 4 H 9 7 D 10 8 4 C A 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH DUBOIN Gio HAMMAN Bob SEMENTA An MAHMOOD Zi 1D 1H 2D 2S Pass 3D Pass 4D Pass 4S Pass 5C Pass 5S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W DA D5 DJ D4 2: W H5 HQ H3 H7 3: N SJ S8 SK S2 4: S SA S6 S3 S5 5: S S9 SQ H2 S7 6: W D6 DK D2 D8 7: N HA C2 H9 H8 8: N H4 D3 S4 HJ 9: S C4 C3 CJ CQ 10: E D7 D10 DQ H6 5S by S, down 2, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH RODWELL Er LAURIA Lor MECKSTROTH VERSACE Al 1D! 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 3D! Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E C9 C4 C6 CJ 2: N SJ S7 S4 SQ 3: W D6 DK D2 D4 4: N S3 S5 SA S2 5: S SK S6 D5 S8 6: S S10 C3 H2 H3 7: S S9 H5 H4 C2 8: S C5 D9 CK C8 9: N C7 C10 CA 3NT by N, making 3, NS: 400 ------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to ITALY, USA 2 235 - ITALY 167 =============================================================