Monday 12/05/2016 - Common Game at Nite (16120183)

EVENT>Monday Night Bridge      |SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> A N-S
------------------------,------ ------------,-------- --------------------------
DATE>December 5, 2016   |CLUB NO.>185264    | 12/05/2016 22:26
---------------------,-- ------------------- -------------,---------------------
DIR> Mike Lipp       |RATING>Club ACBL Membership         |MOVEMENT>MITCHELL
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AVE>  132.0 |TOP>  11 |MP LIMITS>None/500/200   |CLUB>Monday Night Bridge
------------ --------- ------------------------- -------------------------------
PAIRS IN STRAT A=19/B=16/C=8                     ,---,-----------------,-------------------------,------,---------,
-------------------------------------------------|   |      Overall    |           Section       |      |Final    |
No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
------------------------------------------------- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------- ------ ---------
 1 Debbie Wiest           Joy Singerman            B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    125.00  47.35
 2 Donald Pollack         Bernice Pollack          C   .     5     2   |   4     4     2    147.82  55.99  1.07(OC)
 3 Kevin Henry            Reeta Brendamour         C   6     4     1   |   3     3     1    162.00  61.36  1.43(OC)
 4 Patricia Burnam        Evelyn McCarthy          C   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    105.82  40.08
 5 Liz Lin                Elmer Hubka              A   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    133.09  50.41
 6 Patrick Lammers        Kathy Rice               B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    103.64  39.26
 7 Anirudh Pandit         Milind Inamder           B   .    NE     .   |   .     NE    .    112.36  42.56
 8 David Elliott          Carla Runda              C   .     .     5   |   .     .     .    130.36  49.38  0.45(OC)
 9 Betty Torello          Judith Lubow             B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    121.09  45.87
10 Annette Kereiakes      Tom Kereiakes            C   .     .     4   |   .     .     .    134.18  50.83  0.60(OC)
11 Robert Roark           Sharon Koster            B   .     .     .   |   8     6     .    134.50  50.95  0.34(SA)
12 Al Venosa              Janet Venosa             B   5     3     .   |   2     2     .    164.18  62.19  1.90(SA)
13 Joyce Tedrick          Linda Pretz              B   3     2     .   |   1     1     .    168.50  63.83  2.95(OA)
14 John Ramsay            Julian Magnus, Jr        C   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    117.00  44.32
15 Nalin Mehta            Ila Mehta                B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    117.27  44.42
16 Marilyn Prosise        Robert Prosise           A   .     .     .   |   5     .     .    146.50  55.49  0.54(SA)
17 Judy Barron            Reggie Moskowitz         C   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     94.36  35.74
18 Betty Murdock          Erin Oblinger            C   .     6     3   |   7     5     3    141.50  53.60  0.80(OC)
19 Ralph Terbrueggen      Herb Schapera            A   .     .     .   |   6     .     .    142.36  53.92  0.45(SA)

                                          Totals                                           2501.53

Thanks to Bob Fisk for the Expert Analysis


                                                         **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12    13    14    15    16    17    18    19
  /
   1>     7-                                        7-    2     7-    2     7-    2     2    11     7-    2     7-
        -420   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -420  -450  -420  -450  -420  -450  -450   200  -420  -450  -420   ----

   2>     7-                                        7-    2-    7-    7-    7-    2-     -     -    7-    7-    7-
         650   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  650   620   650   650   650   620  -500  -500   650   650   650   ----

   3>     3-   10-                                             10-    9     3-    3-    3-    3-    8     3-    3-    3-
        -650   100   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  100  -100  -650  -650  -650  -650  -620  -650  -650  -650

   4>     3     9-                                              3     7     3     8     0    11     6     3     3     9-
         100  1370   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  100   710   100   850  -620  1460   500   100   100  1370

   5>    10-          3                                         3     3    10-    8     3     3     8     8     6     0
         100   ---- -450   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -450  -450   100    50  -450  -450    50    50  -420  -480

   6>     2-          9-                                        2-    5    11     2-    7-    0     9-    6     2-    7-
        -650   ---- -170   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -650  -620   100  -650  -200  -660  -170  -600  -650  -200

   7>     4     8-    4     8-                                        8-    8-    4     1-          8-    0     8-    1-
         100   200   100   200   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  200   200   100  -300   ----  200  -600   200  -300

   8>     1     5     5     5                                         0     9-    9-    5           5     5     5    11
        -150  -140  -140  -140   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -420  -110  -110  -140   ---- -140  -140  -140   100

   9>     6-   11     6-    6-    2                                         2     6-   10     0     2     6-    6-
        -600  -150  -600  -600  -620   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -620  -600  -170 -1370  -620  -600  -600   ----

  10>     5-    0     9     3     5-                                       11     9     5-    9     1     2     5-
         140  -100   170   110   140   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  200   170   140   170   -90   100   140   ----

  11>     5-     -    5-          5-    5-                                        8     2     9    10-    3      -   10-
         120  -100   120   ----  120   120   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  150   -50   180   400    90  -100   400

  12>     0     7    10           4-    2-                                       10     2-   10     7     7     4-    1
        -280   110   140   ----   50   -90   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  140   -90   140   110   110    50  -200

  13>     9-    9-    3     0    11     3     1                                         6-    3     6-          6-    6-
         100   100  -630  -800   140  -630  -660   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -130  -630  -130   ---- -130  -130

  14>    10     8     5-     -    7     3-     -                                        5-    2    11           9     3-
        -170  -210  -430  -490  -400  -450  -490   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -430  -460    50   ---- -180  -450

  15>     6-   11     2-    2-     -    4     9-    8                                         5     9-     -    6-
         150   790  -100  -100  -200   120   600   170   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  140   600  -200   150   ----

  16>     3-    6-    9     1     5     6-    9     1                                         3-   11     1     9
         -50   120   150  -100   110   120   150  -100   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  -50   180  -100   150   ----

  17>     5     8     2-    8     8           0     2-    2-                                        8     2-   11     8
        -120  -110  -150  -110  -110   ---- -400  -150  -150   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -110  -150   -50  -110

  18>     7     3    11     4     7           1-    0     9                                         1-    7     5    10
         -90  -200   670  -150   -90   ---- -300  -400   100   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -300   -90  -120   110

  19>     0     3-    3-    3-   10-    8-    1     8-    6-   10-                                        6-    3-
        -660  -200  -200  -200   -50  -110  -600  -110  -170   -50   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -170  -200   ----

  20>     6-    6-    6-    6-    6-     -    6-    6-    6-    6-                                         -    6-
         650   650   650   650   650   200   650   650   650   650   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  200   650   ----

  21>     9     5-   10-    5-    5-    5-    1     0    10-    5-    5-                                        2
        1430   710  1460   710   710   710   660   650  1460   710   710   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  680   ----

  22>     2-    8     8     4-    2-     -    8      -    4-    8     8                                        11
         520  1020  1020   940   520   440  1020   440   940  1020  1020   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- 1440   ----

  23>     4-     -   10-    4-    8     2     4-          8     4-   10-     -                                        8
         620  -100   680   620   650   140   620   ----  650   620   680  -100   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  650

  24>     4     4     9-   11     4     4     4           8     4     0     9-                                        4
        -140  -140    50   420  -140  -140  -140   ---- -100  -140  -200    50   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -140

  25>           0     8     3     4-    6     2    10     1     4-    8    11     8
         ----  130   450   180   420   430   170   480   150   420   450   490   450   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----

  26>           9-    7      -    9-    3-    6     9-    5      -    3-    2     9-
         ---- -680  -690 -1470  -680 -1430  -710  -680  -720 -1470 -1430 -1440  -680   ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----

  27>                 8-    0           3     1     2     8-    5     8-   11     4     8-                            6
         ----  ----  180  -110   ----  110   -50   100   180   130   180   430   120   180   ----  ----  ----  ----  150

  28>                 4     6           4     8-   10     1     8-   11     7     4     0                             2
         ----  ---- -150  -130   ---- -150  -110   -90  -300  -110    50  -120  -150  -430   ----  ----  ----  ---- -180

  29>                      11      -    4-    4-    4-    4-          9      -    9     4-    9                       4-
         ----  ----  ----  100  -650  -620  -620  -620  -620   ---- -170  -650  -170  -620  -170   ----  ----  ---- -620

  30>                       2     5     5     9     0     5           1     5    11     5     9                       9
         ----  ----  ----  400   430   430   460  -100   430   ----  -50   430   490   430   460   ----  ----  ----  460

  31>                             0     6-    9-    9-    4     2     1     6-   11     8     4     4
         ----  ----  ----  ---- -420  -140    50    50  -150  -170  -200  -140   100  -130  -150  -150   ----  ----  ----

  32>                             9-    7     3     7     0     9-    5    11     3     7     1     3
         ----  ----  ----  ----  200   100  -130   100  -660   200   -50   500  -130   100  -150  -130   ----  ----  ----

  33>                                   8-           -    5-    2-    5-    2-    8-    8-    4      -    8-         11
         ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  100   ---- -150    50  -100    50  -100   100   100   -50  -150   100   ----  500

  34>                                   1           6-    5     3-    3-   10    10     8     6-    1     1          10
         ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -200   ----   90   -90  -100  -100   120   120   100    90  -200  -200   ----  120

  35>                                         8-   11     7     3     3          10     3     3     3     3     8-    3
         ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ---- -680  -150  -690  -720  -720   ---- -170  -720  -720  -720  -720  -680  -720

  36>                                         4-    7     4-   11     9-          7     9-     -    7     2-    2-     -
         ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----   90   100    90   200   120   ----  100   120  -200   100  -100  -100  -200



EVENT>Monday Night Bridge      |SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> A E-W
------------------------,------ ------------,-------- --------------------------
DATE>December 5, 2016   |CLUB NO.>185264    | 12/05/2016 22:26
---------------------,-- ------------------- -------------,---------------------
DIR> Mike Lipp       |RATING>Club ACBL Membership         |MOVEMENT>MITCHELL
------------,-------- ,-------------------------,--------- ---------------------
AVE>  132.0 |TOP>  11 |MP LIMITS>None/500/200   |CLUB>Monday Night Bridge
------------ --------- ------------------------- -------------------------------
PAIRS IN STRAT A=19/B=13/C=7                     ,---,-----------------,-------------------------,------,---------,
-------------------------------------------------|   |      Overall    |           Section       |      |Final    |
No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
------------------------------------------------- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------- ------ ---------
 1 D. Thomas Terwilliger  C Daniel Payne           B   .     .     .   |   8     4     .    129.50  49.05  0.38(SB)
 2 Lewis Temples          Richard Koch             C   .     .     .   |   .     .     3    121.50  46.02  0.34(SC)
 3 Jan Thurnau            Darleen Young            C   .     .     .   |   .     .     1    126.00  47.73  0.68(SC)
 4 Joseph Kammer          Gail Zimmer              B   .     .     .   |   6     2     .    140.50  53.22  0.76(SB)
 5 Kimberly King          Michael Purcell          A   .     .     .   |   5     .     .    147.50  55.87  0.54(SA)
 6 Sara Brown             Dona Koch                C   .     .     .   |   .     .     2    125.50  47.54  0.48(SC)
 7 Stephen Felson         Robert Brown             A   2     .     .   |   2     .     .    173.50  65.72  3.94(OA)
 8 Steven Simon           John P LaMacchia         C   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    109.00  41.29
 9 Larry Newman           Thomas Mess              A   .     .     .   |   4     .     .    161.50  61.17  0.95(SA)
10 Terri Mackey           Charlie Kobida           C   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     97.00  36.74
11 Mike Burns             Pamela Kennedy           C   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    100.50  38.07
12 Arun Gupta             Ambrish Bansal           A   4     .     .   |   3     .     .    165.00  62.50  2.21(OA)
13 Judith Lucas           Louise Wolf              C   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    102.00  38.64
14 Jane Olson             Linda Woodham            B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    126.50  47.92
15 June Cushman           Martin Petersen          A   .     .     .   |   .     .     .    116.00  43.94
16 Joanne Earls           Jane Duncan              B   1     1     .   |   1     1     .    175.00  66.29  5.25(OA)
17 Patrick Hoffman        Pam Campbell             B   .     .     .   |   7     3     .    130.50  49.43  0.54(SB)
18 Doris Kehoe            Lilam Stanley            B   .     .     .   |   .     5     .    129.00  48.86  0.22(SB)

                                          Totals                                           2376.00

Thanks to Bob Fisk for the Expert Analysis


                                                      **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12    13    14    15    16    17    18
  /
   1>     3-          9           3-          9           9           0           3-    3-    9     9     3-    3-
         420   ----  450   ----  420   ----  450   ----  450   ---- -200   ----  420   420   450   450   420   420

   2>     3-          3-          3-          8-         10-         10-          3-    3-    3-    8-    3-    3-
        -650   ---- -650   ---- -650   ---- -620   ----  500   ----  500   ---- -650  -650  -650  -620  -650  -650

   3>     2      -          7-          7-          7-          7-          3           7-    7-    7-     -    7-
         100  -100   ----  650   ----  650   ----  650   ----  650   ----  620   ----  650   650   650  -100   650

   4>     4     1-          8           3          11           0           5           8     1-    8     8     8
        -710 -1370   ---- -100   ---- -850   ----  620   -----1460   ---- -500   ---- -100 -1370  -100  -100  -100

   5>    11      -    8           3           8           8           3           3           5     8      -    8
         480  -100   450   ----  -50   ----  450   ----  450   ----  -50   ----  -50   ----  420   450  -100   450

   6>     3-    0     1-          8-          3-         11           1-          5           8-    8-    8-    6
         200  -100   170   ----  650   ----  200   ----  660   ----  170   ----  600   ----  650   650   650   620

   7>     2-    7     7     2-          9-          9-          2-         11           2-          7     2-    2-
        -200  -100  -100  -200   ----  300   ----  300   ---- -200   ----  600   ---- -200   ---- -100  -200  -200

   8>     1-    6     1-    6           6           0           6           6           6          10    11     6
         110   140   110   140   ----  140   ---- -100   ----  140   ----  140   ----  140   ----  150   420   140

   9>     4-    4-    4-    1     9          11           9           4-          4-          4-          0     9
         600   600   600   170   620   ---- 1370   ----  620   ----  600   ----  600   ----  600   ----  150   620

  10>     2     2     8     5-    5-          2          10           9           5-          5-         11     0
        -170  -170  -110  -140  -140   ---- -170   ----   90   ---- -100   ---- -140   ---- -140   ----  100  -200

  11>     3      -    9     5-    2     5-           -          8          10-          5-         10-          5-
        -150  -400    50  -120  -180  -120   ---- -400   ----  -90   ----  100   ---- -120   ----  100   ---- -120

  12>     1    10     8-    6-    1     8-          4           4           6-         11           4           1
        -140   200    90   -50  -140    90   ---- -110   ---- -110   ----  -50   ----  280   ---- -110   ---- -140

  13>    11     4-    0     8     8     4-   10           4-          4-          1-          1-          8
         800   130  -140   630   630   130   660   ----  130   ----  130   ---- -100   ---- -100   ----  630   ----

  14>    10-    5-    4     9     7-    0    10-          7-          2           1           3           5-
         490   430   400   460   450   -50   490   ----  450   ----  180   ----  170   ----  210   ----  430   ----

  15>          10-    6     7     1-    1-   10-    3           4-          4-          0           8-          8-
         ----  200  -140  -120  -600  -600   200  -170   ---- -150   ---- -150   ---- -790   ----  100   ----  100

  16>           6     7-    4-    0     2    10    10           2           7-          4-          2          10
         ---- -110    50  -120  -180  -150   100   100   ---- -150   ----   50   ---- -120   ---- -150   ----  100

  17>     3           3     3    11     8-    8-    0     8-          6           3           8-          3
         110   ----  110   110   400   150   150    50   150   ----  120   ----  110   ----  150   ----  110   ----

  18>     4           1     9-    9-    4    11     6     2           4           8           0           7
          90   ---- -110   300   300    90   400   120  -100   ----   90   ----  200   ---- -670   ----  150   ----

  19>           2-         10     4-    2-    7-    4-   11      -          7-          7-          7-           -
         ----  110   ----  600   170   110   200   170   660    50   ----  200   ----  200   ----  200   ----   50

  20>          10-          4-   10-    4-    4-    4-    4-    4-          4-          4-          4-          4-
         ---- -200   ---- -650  -200  -650  -650  -650  -650  -650   ---- -650   ---- -650   ---- -650   ---- -650

  21>     5-         10          11     9      -    2     5-    5-    5-           -          5-          5-
        -710   ---- -660   ---- -650  -680 -1460 -1430  -710  -710  -710   -----1460   ---- -710   ---- -710   ----

  22>    10-          3          10-    0     6-    8-    3     3     3           3           6-          8-
        -440   -----1020   ---- -440 -1440  -940  -520 -1020 -1020 -1020   -----1020   ---- -940   ---- -520   ----

  23>           6-          3           3     6-    6-   10-     -     -   10-          6-          3           9
         ---- -620   ---- -650   ---- -650  -620  -620   100  -680  -680   100   ---- -620   ---- -650   ---- -140

  24>           7           7           3     7     7     7    11     1-    1-          0           7           7
         ----  140   ----  140   ----  100   140   140   140   200   -50   -50   ---- -420   ----  140   ----  140

  25>     9           1          10           6-   11     3     3     0     8     3           6-          5
        -170   ---- -480   ---- -150   ---- -420  -130  -450  -450  -490  -180  -450   ---- -420   ---- -430   ----

  26>     5           1-          6          10-    1-    7-    4     9    10-    1-          1-          7-
         710   ----  680   ----  720   ---- 1470   680  1430   690  1440  1470   680   ----  680   ---- 1430   ----

  27>           9           2-          6           2-    2-    0    11     7     5     2-          8          10
         ---- -100   ---- -180   ---- -130   ---- -180  -180  -430   110  -120  -150  -180   ---- -110   ----   50

  28>           1          10           2-          0     7     4     5     7     9    11           7           2-
         ----   90   ----  300   ----  110   ----  -50   150   120   130   150   180   430   ----  150   ----  110

  29>     6-          6-          6-          2          10-    0     2    10-    6-    6-    2           6-
         620   ----  620   ----  620   ----  170   ----  650  -100   170   650   620   620   170   ----  620   ----

  30>    11           6           2          10           6     9     0     6     6     6     2           2
         100   ---- -430   ---- -460   ----   50   ---- -430  -400  -490  -430  -430  -430  -460   ---- -460   ----

  31>           7           9          10           4-          0    11     3     4-    7     1-    7           1-
         ----  150   ----  170   ----  200   ----  140   ---- -100   420   130   140   150   -50   150   ----  -50

  32>          11           1-          6           0           8     1-    4     4    10     8     8           4
         ----  660   ---- -200   ----   50   ---- -500   ----  130  -200  -100  -100   150   130   130   ---- -100

  33>     5-          8-          5-          8-          2-          2-    2-    7     0    10-   10-    2-
         -50   ----  100   ----  -50   ----  100   ---- -100   ---- -100  -100    50  -500   150   150  -100   ----

  34>     6           7-          7-          1           1           3    10     4-    1    10     4-   10
          90   ----  100   ----  100   ---- -120   ---- -120   ---- -100   200   -90  -120   200   -90   200   ----

  35>           8           8           8           1           8           8     2-    8     0     8     4     2-
         ----  720   ----  720   ----  720   ----  170   ----  720   ----  720   680   720   150   720   690   680

  36>           0           1-         10-          4           1-         10-    6-    4     4     8-    6-    8-
         ---- -200   ---- -120   ----  200   ---- -100   ---- -120   ----  200   -90  -100  -100   100   -90   100
Monday Night Bridge, Monday Eve, December 5, 2016

Board 1
North Deals
None Vul

♠	3
♥	J 5 2
♦	K 7 6 5 2
♣	Q 10 8 5

♠	Q J 10 8 5 2
♥	10 9
♦	Q 9 8
♣	K 3

N
W		E
S

♠	9 7 6 4
♥	A K 4
♦	A 10
♣	A J 6 4

♠	A K
♥	Q 8 7 6 3
♦	J 4 3
♣	9 7 2

EW 5♠; EW 2N; EW 3♣; EW 2♦; EW 1♥; Par −450

West	North	East	South
	Pass	1 NT1	Pass
2 ♥2	Pass	2 ♠	Pass
3 ♠3	Pass	4 ♠	Pass
Pass	Pass

15 to 17
Transfer
Showing an invitational hand with 6+ Spades

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	W	−4	200		11.00	0.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	11-Burns-Kennedy
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.50	3.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.50	3.50	8-Elliott-Runda	14-Olson-Woodham
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.50	3.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	18-Kehoe-Stanley
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.50	3.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	5-King-Purcell
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.50	3.50	16-Prosise-Prosise	13-Lucas-Wolf
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.50	3.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	17-Hoffman-Campbell
4 ♠	E	5		450	2.00	9.00	9-Torello-Lubow	16-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	E	5		450	2.00	9.00	11-Roark-Koster	3-Thurnau-Young
4 ♠	E	5		450	2.00	9.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	7-Felson-Brown
4 ♠	W	5		450	2.00	9.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	9-Newman-Mess
4 ♠	E	5		450	2.00	9.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	15-Cushman-Petersen

East has more than enough to accept the invitation to game. E/W lose two Spades and ... well, nothing else. How does that work? Try this--it will be fun!

First notice that Diamonds is a frozen suit. If North leads a Diamond, E/W lose no tricks, and the same thing happens if South leads them. So have South lead something else--how about ♠ AK? Since nothing matters, we'll go with that. We'll also have them continue a Heart at trick three. Declarer wins with the ♥ A, cashes the ♦ A, the ♥ K, and ruffs a Heart in dummy. Now declarer plays off all of dummy's trumps (yes, all of them).

After eight cards have been played, dummy has ♠ 8 ♦ Q9 ♣ K3, North has ♦ K ♣ QT85, declarer has ♦T ♣ AJ64, and South's hand is irrelevant since they can't protect Diamonds or Hearts. When the ♠ 8 is played, North's goose is proverbially cooked. If they throw the ♦ K, declarer cashes the ♦ Q, the ♣ K, finesses the ♣ J, and cashes the ♣ A. If North throws a small Club, declarer cashes the ♣ K, finesses the ♣ J, cashes the ♣ A (dropping the ♣ Q), and plays the now good ♣ 6. Nicely played!

Board 2
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	Q J 3 2
♥	A J 9 8 7 5 4
♦	3
♣	Q

♠	A 9 4
♥	3
♦	A J 8 5 2
♣	A J 8 3

N
W		E
S

♠	10 7 6 5
♥	K
♦	10 7 6 4
♣	9 7 6 2

♠	K 8
♥	Q 10 6 2
♦	K Q 9
♣	K 10 5 4

S 4N; NS 4♥; N 2N; S 2♠; EW 2♦; N 1♠; EW 1♣; Par +500: EW 5♦×−3

West	North	East	South
		Pass	1 ♣
1 ♦	Dbl1	3 ♦2	3 ♥
Pass	4 ♥	Pass	Pass
5 ♦	Pass3	Pass	Dbl
Pass	Pass	Pass

Negative, showing 4+ cards in each major
Preemptive jump raise
Denying two fast Diamond losers

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	N	5	650		7.50	3.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♥	N	5	650		7.50	3.50	8-Elliott-Runda	14-Olson-Woodham
4 ♥	N	5	650		7.50	3.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	18-Kehoe-Stanley
4 ♥	N	5	650		7.50	3.50	11-Roark-Koster	3-Thurnau-Young
4 ♥	N	5	650		7.50	3.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	5-King-Purcell
4 ♥	N	5	650		7.50	3.50	16-Prosise-Prosise	13-Lucas-Wolf
4 ♥	N	5	650		7.50	3.50	17-Barron-Moskowitz	15-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♥	N	5	650		7.50	3.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	17-Hoffman-Campbell
4 ♥	N	4	620		2.50	8.50	9-Torello-Lubow	16-Earls-Duncan
4 ♥	S	4	620		2.50	8.50	13-Tedrick-Pretz	7-Felson-Brown
5 ♥×	N	−2		500	0.50	10.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	9-Newman-Mess
6 ♥×	N	−2		500	0.50	10.50	15-Mehta-Mehta	11-Burns-Kennedy

North, having made a Negative double at their first turn, expects to bid 4 ♥ when it gets back to them if partner doesn't have a 4-card major. Surprisingly, partner does have four Hearts, and all is well and good until West spoils the party. Stupid vulnerability.

E/W lose two Spade tricks, one Heart, one Diamond, and one Club (if they're careful). If E/W go down four, then N/S are WAY too happy. Stupid N/S. If E/W don't sacrifice, N/S will lose one Spade trick, one Diamond, and one Club, making four.

Board 3
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	Q J 8 6 5 3
♥	6 5
♦	A 7
♣	8 7 5

♠	A K 2
♥	4 3
♦	Q 9 5 4 3
♣	A J 9

N
W		E
S

♠	—
♥	A K Q J 10 9 8 2
♦	8 6 2
♣	10 2

♠	10 9 7 4
♥	7
♦	K J 10
♣	K Q 6 4 3

EW 5N; EW 4♥; NS 2♠; EW 3♦; NS 1♣; Par −660

West	North	East	South
			Pass
1 NT1	2 ♠2	4 ♦3	4 ♠
Pass	Pass	5 ♥	Pass
5 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass

15 to 17
Alert, single-suited Spades, not full opener
Transfer

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♥	E	−1	100		10.50	0.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	2-Temples-Koch
6 ♥	E	−1	100		10.50	0.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	17-Hoffman-Campbell
4 ♠×	N	−1		100	9.00	2.00	11-Roark-Koster	1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♥	W	4		620	8.00	3.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	12-Gupta-Bansal
5 ♥	E	5		650	3.50	7.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	18-Kehoe-Stanley
5 ♥	E	5		650	3.50	7.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♥	E	5		650	3.50	7.50	13-Tedrick-Pretz	6-Brown-Koch
4 ♥	E	5		650	3.50	7.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	8-Simon-LaMacchia
4 ♥	E	5		650	3.50	7.50	15-Mehta-Mehta	10-Mackey-Kobida
4 ♥	E	5		650	3.50	7.50	17-Barron-Moskowitz	14-Olson-Woodham
5 ♥	E	5		650	3.50	7.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	16-Earls-Duncan
5 ♥	E	5		650	3.50	7.50	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	15-Cushman-Petersen

If East thinks they can make 5 ♥ vulnerable, then West has no reason not to correct it to 5 NT on the double Spade stopper. Good thing they did too, since ♦ A, ♦ 7 to the ♦ K, and a Diamond ruff will put the kibosh on 5 ♥. Stupid Diamond ruff. In 5 NT, E/W lose two Diamonds, making five. North will probably lead the ♠ Q against 5 NT.

Board 4
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	—
♥	K 10 8 4
♦	A K 10 9 8 7 6 2
♣	4

♠	A 9 8 5 2
♥	J 3 2
♦	Q 5
♣	10 5 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K Q J 10 6 3
♥	7
♦	J
♣	A Q J 7 6

♠	7 4
♥	A Q 9 6 5
♦	4 3
♣	K 9 8 2

NS 6♥; NS 6♦; EW 4♠; EW 1♣; Par +500: EW 6♠×−2

West	North	East	South
Pass	1 ♦	2 NT1	3 ♥
3 ♠	5 ♥2	5 ♠	6 ♥
6 ♠	Pass	Pass	Dbl
Pass	Pass	Pass

Alert, Unmichaels showing Clubs and an unknown Major
Asking South to bid six with two of the top three honors

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♥	S	7	1460		11.00	0.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	10-Mackey-Kobida
6 ♦	N	6	1370		9.50	1.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	2-Temples-Koch
6 ♦	N	6	1370		9.50	1.50	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	15-Cushman-Petersen
5 ♥×	S	5	850		8.00	3.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	6-Brown-Koch
5 ♥	S	7	710		7.00	4.00	11-Roark-Koster	1-Terwilliger-Payne
6 ♠×	E	−2	500		6.00	5.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	12-Gupta-Bansal
5 ♠	E	−1	100		3.00	8.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	18-Kehoe-Stanley
5 ♠	E	−1	100		3.00	8.00	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	17-Hoffman-Campbell
5 ♠	E	−1	100		3.00	8.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	4-Kammer-Zimmer
5 ♠	E	−1	100		3.00	8.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	14-Olson-Woodham
5 ♠	E	−1	100		3.00	8.00	18-Murdock-Oblinger	16-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	E	4		620	0.00	11.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	8-Simon-LaMacchia

If N/S take the push to 7 ♥, West is going to be very sad if they try and cash the ♠ A. Very sad. In 6 ♠ doubled, E/W lose one trick in each side suit for down two. North will probably lead the ♦ K.

Board 5
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	10 8 5 4 3
♥	K 7 4
♦	10 8 5 3
♣	4

♠	2
♥	A J 10 6
♦	A J 6
♣	A Q 10 5 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q J 7 6
♥	Q 9 8 5 2
♦	2
♣	K 7

♠	K 9
♥	3
♦	K Q 9 7 4
♣	J 9 8 6 3

EW 6♥; EW 5N; EW 3♠; EW 4♣; NS 1♦; Par −980

West	North	East	South
	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
2 ♣	Pass	2 ♥	Pass
3 ♥	Pass	3 ♠1	Pass
4 ♠2	Pass	4 NT3	Pass
5 ♣4	Pass	6 ♣5	Pass
6 ♥	Pass	Pass	Pass

Showing 1st or 2nd round control in Spades
RKC Blackwood (Kickback) for Hearts
1430 response, showing 1 or 4 keycards
Do you have the ♥ Q?
Yes, and the ♣ K

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♥	E	−2	100		10.50	0.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	17-Hoffman-Campbell
6 ♥	E	−2	100		10.50	0.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	2-Temples-Koch
5 ♥	E	−1	50		8.00	3.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	5-King-Purcell
6 ♥	E	−1	50		8.00	3.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	11-Burns-Kennedy
6 ♥	E	−1	50		8.00	3.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	13-Lucas-Wolf
4 ♥	E	4		420	6.00	5.00	18-Murdock-Oblinger	15-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♥	E	5		450	3.00	8.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	3-Thurnau-Young
5 ♥	E	5		450	3.00	8.00	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	16-Earls-Duncan
4 ♥	E	5		450	3.00	8.00	11-Roark-Koster	18-Kehoe-Stanley
5 ♥	E	5		450	3.00	8.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	7-Felson-Brown
4 ♥	E	5		450	3.00	8.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	9-Newman-Mess
				480	0.00	11.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	1-Terwilliger-Payne

E/W lose one Heart, making six. The safest line is to cash the ♠ A and ruff a Spade. When the ♠ K drops, declarer can safely pull trump, pitch a Spade on the ♣ Q, and claim (the East hand is the master hand). If the ♠ K hadn't fallen, declarer may have looked to setting up the Clubs and having dummy be the master hand. The ♦ K will be the normal lead.

Board 6
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	J 6 3 2
♥	J 10 7
♦	Q 6 2
♣	A 7 2

♠	A K Q 9 5 4
♥	8 4
♦	A 9 5
♣	9 4

N
W		E
S

♠	8
♥	A K 9
♦	10 7 4 3
♣	K Q J 8 3

♠	10 7
♥	Q 6 5 3 2
♦	K J 8
♣	10 6 5

EW 4N; EW 3♠; EW 4♦; EW 4♣; EW 1♥; Par −630

West	North	East	South
		1 ♣	Pass
1 ♠	Pass	2 ♣1	Pass
2 ♦2	Pass	2 NT	Pass
3 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass

No better rebid
Forcing and natural

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	E	−1	100		11.00	0.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	2-Temples-Koch
2 ♠	W	4		170	9.50	1.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	3-Thurnau-Young
3 ♠	W	4		170	9.50	1.50	16-Prosise-Prosise	11-Burns-Kennedy
3 ♠	W	5		200	7.50	3.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	7-Felson-Brown
2 ♠	W	5		200	7.50	3.50	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 NT	E	3		600	6.00	5.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	13-Lucas-Wolf
4 ♠	W	4		620	5.00	6.00	11-Roark-Koster	18-Kehoe-Stanley
4 ♠	E	5		650	2.50	8.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	17-Hoffman-Campbell
4 ♠	W	5		650	2.50	8.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	16-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	W	5		650	2.50	8.50	13-Tedrick-Pretz	5-King-Purcell
4 ♠	W	5		650	2.50	8.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	15-Cushman-Petersen
3 NT	E	5		660	0.00	11.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	9-Newman-Mess

Don't be tempted to rebid 1 NT with the East hand--a 1 NT rebid guarantees that you don't have a singleton or void. E/W take four Club tricks, one Diamond, two Hearts, and three Spades, making four. Declarer mustn't try to go after Spades until they've set up the Clubs. The Club suit has the potential to gain four additional tricks, the Spades can gain only two if they aren't already good. South will probably lead a small Heart.

Board 7
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	K 2
♥	K Q 10 9
♦	6 3
♣	A J 10 7 6

♠	Q J 4
♥	J 3
♦	A K Q 10 8 2
♣	9 5

N
W		E
S

♠	9 6 5 3
♥	A 7 5 2
♦	—
♣	K Q 8 4 3

♠	A 10 8 7
♥	8 6 4
♦	J 9 7 5 4
♣	2

N 2♥; N 2♣; EW 1♠; S 1♥; N 1♦; Par +110

West	North	East	South
			Pass
1 ♦	2 ♣	Dbl1	Pass
2 ♦	Pass	Pass	Pass

Negative, showing 4+ cards in each major

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♦	W	−2	200		8.50	2.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	18-Kehoe-Stanley
3 ♦	W	−2	200		8.50	2.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	W	−2	200		8.50	2.50	11-Roark-Koster	17-Hoffman-Campbell
3 NT	E	−2	200		8.50	2.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 ♦	W	−2	200		8.50	2.50	16-Prosise-Prosise	10-Mackey-Kobida
3 NT	E	−2	200		8.50	2.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	14-Olson-Woodham
2 ♦	E	−1	100		4.00	7.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	16-Earls-Duncan
2 ♦	W	−1	100		4.00	7.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	2-Temples-Koch
3 ♦	W	−1	100		4.00	7.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	3-Thurnau-Young
2 ♣	N	−3		300	1.50	9.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	6-Brown-Koch
3 ♦	S	−3		300	1.50	9.50	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	8-Simon-LaMacchia
3 NT	W	3		600	0.00	11.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	12-Gupta-Bansal

West is going to be surprised when 2 ♦ goes down two. Huh? ♠ K lead, ♠ 2 continued to the ♠ A, Spade ruff with North's ♦ 3, ♥ K to the ♥ A, and the defense still has the ♥ Q, ♣ A, and two Diamond tricks in the South hand to collect. Ugh.

Board 8
West Deals
None Vul

♠	K Q 5
♥	J 10 9 6 4
♦	10 5 3
♣	J 9

♠	A 10 9 7 3
♥	Q 5
♦	Q 6
♣	A K 8 7

N
W		E
S

♠	J 8 6
♥	A 7 3 2
♦	A 4 2
♣	10 6 5

♠	4 2
♥	K 8
♦	K J 9 8 7
♣	Q 4 3 2

EW 3♠; EW 2N; EW 2♣; S 1♥; NS 1♦; Par −140

West	North	East	South
1 ♠	Pass	2 ♠	Pass
Pass	Pass

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
1 ♥	E	−2	100		11.00	0.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	8-Simon-LaMacchia
2 ♠	W	2		110	9.50	1.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	1-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♠	W	2		110	9.50	1.50	13-Tedrick-Pretz	3-Thurnau-Young
2 ♠	W	3		140	5.00	6.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	18-Kehoe-Stanley
2 ♠	W	3		140	5.00	6.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	2-Temples-Koch
2 ♠	W	3		140	5.00	6.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	4-Kammer-Zimmer
1 ♠	W	3		140	5.00	6.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	6-Brown-Koch
2 ♠	W	3		140	5.00	6.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	10-Mackey-Kobida
2 ♠	W	3		140	5.00	6.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	12-Gupta-Bansal
2 ♠	W	3		140	5.00	6.00	18-Murdock-Oblinger	14-Olson-Woodham
2 NT	W	3		150	1.00	10.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	16-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	W	4		420	0.00	11.00	11-Roark-Koster	17-Hoffman-Campbell

West has to be careful not to fall in love with their hand. 15 HCP? Think again. While the ♠ A and ♣ AK are nice cards, the two red-suit Queens could end up being useless (as they are here). E/W lose two Spade tricks, and both red-suit Kings, making three. If West makes a game try, East may not accept, since they have a 10-loser hand. North should lead the ♥ J.

Board 9
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	J 6 3
♥	Q 9 3 2
♦	10 7
♣	Q 8 4 2

♠	9
♥	A J 7 6 4
♦	A K J 8 5 3
♣	6

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q 8
♥	10
♦	Q 9 4 2
♣	K 10 9 7 5

♠	K 10 7 5 4 2
♥	K 8 5
♦	6
♣	A J 3

EW 6♦; E 3♥; EW 2N; NS 2♠; W 2♥; E 2♣; W 1♣; Par −800: NS 6♠×−4

West	North	East	South
	Pass	Pass	1 ♠
2 ♠1	3 ♠	4 ♦	4 ♠2
5 ♦	Pass	Pass	Pass

Michaels, showing Hearts and an unknown minor
Showing the big Michaels hand

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♦	W	5		150	11.00	0.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	17-Hoffman-Campbell
4 ♦	W	6		170	10.00	1.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	4-Kammer-Zimmer
5 ♦	E	5		600	6.50	4.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	15-Cushman-Petersen
3 NT	E	3		600	6.50	4.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	1-Terwilliger-Payne
5 ♦	W	5		600	6.50	4.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	3-Thurnau-Young
3 NT	E	3		600	6.50	4.50	13-Tedrick-Pretz	2-Temples-Koch
5 ♦	W	5		600	6.50	4.50	17-Barron-Moskowitz	11-Burns-Kennedy
5 ♦	W	5		600	6.50	4.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	13-Lucas-Wolf
5 ♦	W	6		620	2.00	9.00	5-Lin-Hubka	5-King-Purcell
5 ♦	W	6		620	2.00	9.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	18-Kehoe-Stanley
5 ♦	E	6		620	2.00	9.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	9-Newman-Mess
6 ♦	E	6		1370	0.00	11.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	7-Felson-Brown

If N/S bid 5 ♠, someone is going to bid 6 ♦, and N/S is going to have to bid 6 ♠. That's going to get doubled and go down four for –800. That's a great score against a vulnerable slam, but a pretty crappy score against a vulnerable game. N/S, knowing this, will happily bow out and let E/W play 5 ♦. E/W lose one Club, making six. The best line of play is to lose a Club, ruff two Clubs and two Spades in the long hand, and claim. The other line would be to try and ruff three Hearts in dummy. South has a difficult lead on the auction--the ♥ 5 turns out to be safest.

Board 10
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	A 10 9 7 3 2
♥	K 4
♦	J 2
♣	K 4 3

♠	Q 8
♥	10 5 3
♦	Q 7 5
♣	J 10 8 6 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K 6
♥	8 6 2
♦	A K 9 4 3
♣	A Q 5

♠	J 5 4
♥	A Q J 9 7
♦	10 8 6
♣	9 7

NS 2♠; NS 2♥; EW 3♣; EW 1N; EW 2♦; Par −110

West	North	East	South
		1 NT1	Pass
Pass	Dbl2	2 ♦	2 ♥
Pass	2 ♠	Pass	Pass
Pass

15 to 17
Alert, showing a single-suited hand

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
1 NT	E	−2	200		11.00	0.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	18-Kehoe-Stanley
2 ♠	N	4	170		9.00	2.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	1-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♠	N	4	170		9.00	2.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	2-Temples-Koch
2 ♠	N	4	170		9.00	2.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	7-Felson-Brown
3 ♠	N	3	140		5.50	5.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	15-Cushman-Petersen
2 ♠	N	3	140		5.50	5.50	5-Lin-Hubka	5-King-Purcell
2 ♠	N	3	140		5.50	5.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♠	N	3	140		5.50	5.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	13-Lucas-Wolf
2 ♠	N	2	110		3.00	8.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	3-Thurnau-Young
1 NT	E	−1	100		2.00	9.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	11-Burns-Kennedy
1 NT	E	1		90	1.00	10.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	9-Newman-Mess
2 ♥	S	−1		100	0.00	11.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	17-Hoffman-Campbell

It doesn't hurt for South to try and sneak their 2 ♥ bid in--partner knows that they don't have six of them (i.e., they would have shown them immediately after 1 NT). N/S lose one Spade trick, two Diamonds, and two Clubs if East is tricky enough to underlead their ♦ K at trick two. A way to make this work is to play that "Ace asks for attitude, King for count" against suit contracts. East can lead the ♦ A on opening lead, and when West plays the ♦ 5 (upside-down attitude) to show that they have the ♦ Q, the ♦ 3 at trick two will result in West returning the ♣ J. If East doesn't do this, then they might have one more chance if declarer plays ♠ A and a second Spade. East will have to jettison the ♠ K under the ♠ A--not easy to do.

Board 11
South Deals
None Vul

♠	K J 3
♥	K 9
♦	Q 8 6 3
♣	A K 10 2

♠	Q 5
♥	A 6 4 2
♦	K 7 2
♣	Q 6 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	A 10 8 6
♥	8 7 5 3
♦	J 10 4
♣	8 5

♠	9 7 4 2
♥	Q J 10
♦	A 9 5
♣	J 9 7

NS 3N; NS 2♠; NS 3♦; NS 3♣; NS 1♥; Par +400

West	North	East	South
			Pass
Pass	1 NT1	Pass	2 ♣2
Pass	2 ♦	Pass	2 NT3
Pass	3 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

15 to 17
Not looking for 4-card major, but trying to invite in notrump
Alert, may or may not have 4-card major

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	3	400		10.50	0.50	16-Prosise-Prosise	8-Simon-LaMacchia
3 NT	N	3	400		10.50	0.50	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	2-Temples-Koch
2 NT	N	4	180		9.00	2.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	5-King-Purcell
1 NT	N	3	150		8.00	3.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	1-Terwilliger-Payne
1 NT	N	2	120		5.50	5.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	14-Olson-Woodham
1 NT	N	2	120		5.50	5.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	18-Kehoe-Stanley
2 NT	N	2	120		5.50	5.50	5-Lin-Hubka	4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 NT	N	2	120		5.50	5.50	6-Lammers-Rice	6-Brown-Koch
1 NT	N	1	90		3.00	8.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	10-Mackey-Kobida
3 NT	N	−1		50	2.00	9.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	3-Thurnau-Young
3 NT	N	−2		100	0.50	10.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	16-Earls-Duncan
3 NT	N	−2		100	0.50	10.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	12-Gupta-Bansal

South's hand is barely worth an invite, and some might pass 1 NT. N/S take three Diamond tricks, four Club tricks, and two major-suit tricks depending on which suit the defense attacks. East will probably lead the ♠ 6 on opening lead.

Board 12
West Deals
N-S Vul

♠	8 7 6 5
♥	K Q 10
♦	A Q 9 7
♣	10 6

♠	K 4
♥	J 5 4
♦	10 4
♣	A K Q 8 7 5

N
W		E
S

♠	A 10 3
♥	8 7 6 3
♦	8 3 2
♣	4 3 2

♠	Q J 9 2
♥	A 9 2
♦	K J 6 5
♣	J 9

NS 3♠; NS 2♦; EW 2♣; NS 1♥; Par +140

West	North	East	South
1 ♣	Pass	Pass	Dbl
Rdbl	1 ♠	2 ♣	2 ♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♠	S	3	140		10.00	1.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	18-Kehoe-Stanley
2 ♠	N	3	140		10.00	1.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	1-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♠	N	3	140		10.00	1.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	5-King-Purcell
2 ♦	S	3	110		7.00	4.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	16-Earls-Duncan
3 ♦	N	3	110		7.00	4.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	8-Simon-LaMacchia
3 ♦	N	3	110		7.00	4.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	10-Mackey-Kobida
3 ♣	W	−1	50		4.50	6.50	5-Lin-Hubka	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♣	W	−1	50		4.50	6.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	12-Gupta-Bansal
2 ♣	E	2		90	2.50	8.50	6-Lammers-Rice	6-Brown-Koch
2 ♣	W	2		90	2.50	8.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	3-Thurnau-Young
4 ♦	N	−2		200	1.00	10.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	2-Temples-Koch
2 ♣×	E	3		280	0.00	11.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	14-Olson-Woodham

South borrows a King from their partner so they can balance and keeps it for the rest of the auction. North bids their hand as if they hold eight HCP--not quite enough to jump to 2 ♠ after West's redouble. South, holding 15 HCP (remember the borrowed King?) has enough to raise partner's free bid (North didn't have to bid--they chose to) to the two level. N/S lose two Spades and two Clubs, making three. East will lead the ♣ 4 (lead top of nothing when you've raised partner's suit).

Board 13
North Deals
Both Vul

♠	J 10 5 4 2
♥	K
♦	10 4
♣	J 8 7 6 3

♠	Q 7
♥	3 2
♦	A Q J 8 2
♣	A K Q 4

N
W		E
S

♠	A 8 6 3
♥	A 9 4
♦	9 7 6
♣	10 9 5

♠	K 9
♥	Q J 10 8 7 6 5
♦	K 5 3
♣	2

EW 4N; EW 4♦; EW 2♠; EW 3♣; E 1♥; Par −630

West	North	East	South
	Pass	Pass	Pass1
1 ♦	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
3 ♣	Pass	3 NT	Pass
Pass	Pass

Not quite a vulnerable 3 ♥ bid--suit is too weak and too much defense

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♥	S	3	140		11.00	0.00	5-Lin-Hubka	3-Thurnau-Young
3 ♠	E	−1	100		9.50	1.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	13-Lucas-Wolf
5 ♦	W	−1	100		9.50	1.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	15-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♦	W	4		130	6.50	4.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	2-Temples-Koch
4 ♦	W	4		130	6.50	4.50	16-Prosise-Prosise	6-Brown-Koch
4 ♦	W	4		130	6.50	4.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	11-Burns-Kennedy
4 ♦	W	4		130	6.50	4.50	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	9-Newman-Mess
4 NT	W	4		630	3.00	8.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	17-Hoffman-Campbell
3 NT	E	4		630	3.00	8.00	6-Lammers-Rice	5-King-Purcell
3 NT	E	4		630	3.00	8.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	W	5		660	1.00	10.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	7-Felson-Brown
3 ♥×	S	−3		800	0.00	11.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	1-Terwilliger-Payne

West's hand isn't quite good enough for a game-forcing 3 ♣ bid, but what can you do? E/W take three Club tricks, five Diamond tricks, and two major-suit Aces, making four. South will probably lead the ♥ Q, and declarer will duck when the ♥ K appears. North will probably switch to a small Spade to South's King, but that will result in E/W making five (the ♠ Q is now the 11th trick).

Board 14
East Deals
None Vul

♠	9 8
♥	Q J 9 7 5
♦	Q 10 8
♣	6 5 3

♠	K Q 5
♥	A 4 2
♦	A J 4 3
♣	K Q 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A 7 4 3 2
♥	K 10 8 6
♦	7 6
♣	10 7

♠	J 10 6
♥	3
♦	K 9 5 2
♣	A J 9 8 4

W 5♠; W 4N; E 4♠; E 3N; EW 3♥; EW 3♦; EW 1♣; Par −450

West	North	East	South
		Pass	Pass
1 ♦	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
2 NT	Pass	3 ♦1	Pass
3 ♠2	Pass	4 ♠	Pass
Pass	Pass

Alert, artificial asking for more information about opener's major-suit holdings
Shows three Spades and denies four Hearts

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	E	−1	50		11.00	0.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	6-Brown-Koch
2 ♠	E	4		170	10.00	1.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	13-Lucas-Wolf
2 NT	W	4		180	9.00	2.00	18-Murdock-Oblinger	11-Burns-Kennedy
2 NT	W	5		210	8.00	3.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	15-Cushman-Petersen
3 NT	W	3		400	7.00	4.00	5-Lin-Hubka	3-Thurnau-Young
3 NT	W	4		430	5.50	5.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	17-Hoffman-Campbell
3 NT	W	4		430	5.50	5.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	2-Temples-Koch
4 ♠	E	5		450	3.50	7.50	6-Lammers-Rice	5-King-Purcell
4 ♠	E	5		450	3.50	7.50	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	9-Newman-Mess
3 NT	W	5		460	2.00	9.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	W	6		490	0.50	10.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 NT	W	6		490	0.50	10.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	7-Felson-Brown

East makes a game-forcing Checkback bid of 3 ♦ to check on partner's majors. E/W lose one Heart, one Diamond, and one Club, making four. It's likely that South will lead their singleton Heart. Declarer should win in hand, taking the ♥ J with the ♥ K, and play a Club towards dummy's ♣ KQ. Once South takes the ♣ A, declarer can win the return with the ♦ A and pitch their remaining minor-suit cards on the ♣ KQ, making five. A Diamond on opening lead is the only way to hold E/W to four--difficult lead to find.

Board 15
South Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A
♥	A K Q 10 8 3
♦	Q 3
♣	5 4 3 2

♠	K 10
♥	J 9 7 6 2
♦	10 9 5
♣	A K 7

N
W		E
S

♠	J 9 7 4 2
♥	5
♦	K 8 7 6 4
♣	10 9

♠	Q 8 6 5 3
♥	4
♦	A J 2
♣	Q J 8 6

NS 3N; NS 3♥; NS 4♣; NS 1♠; EW 1♦; Par +500: EW 4♦×−3

West	North	East	South
			Pass
Pass	1 ♥	Pass1	1 ♠
Pass	2 ♥	Pass	2 NT
Pass	3 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

A bit too weak for a non-vulnerable Michaels bid

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥×	N	4	790		11.00	0.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	14-Olson-Woodham
3 NT	S	3	600		9.50	1.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	6-Brown-Koch
3 NT	S	3	600		9.50	1.50	16-Prosise-Prosise	5-King-Purcell
3 ♥	N	4	170		8.00	3.00	8-Elliott-Runda	8-Simon-LaMacchia
2 ♠	E	−3	150		6.50	4.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	12-Gupta-Bansal
2 NT	S	3	150		6.50	4.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	10-Mackey-Kobida
3 ♥	N	3	140		5.00	6.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	3-Thurnau-Young
2 NT	S	2	120		4.00	7.00	6-Lammers-Rice	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	S	−1		100	2.50	8.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	16-Earls-Duncan
2 NT	N	−1		100	2.50	8.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	18-Kehoe-Stanley
3 NT	N	−2		200	0.50	10.50	5-Lin-Hubka	2-Temples-Koch
4 ♥×	N	−1		200	0.50	10.50	17-Barron-Moskowitz	7-Felson-Brown

South's 2 NT bid shows 11 HCP or an equivalent amount in playing strength. North has an easy raise to 3 NT with what appears to be almost-running Hearts. Surprisingly, the Hearts don't behave, but the other suits do. N/S take two Club tricks, two Diamonds, one Spade, and four Hearts (declarer should finesse West for the ♥ J, since that's a 50% play compared with 36% for 3-3 Hearts). West has a difficult lead and might play the ♣ A before switching to the ♠T.

Board 16
West Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A 10
♥	A J 9 4
♦	A Q 9
♣	A K 6 2

♠	Q J 5 4
♥	Q 6 2
♦	10 6
♣	10 8 7 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K 9 6 3
♥	K 3
♦	K J 7 5 2
♣	Q 9

♠	8 7 2
♥	10 8 7 5
♦	8 4 3
♣	J 5 4

N 3♥; NS 2N; S 2♥; NS 2♣; EW 1♠; Par +140

West	North	East	South
Pass	2 ♣1	Pass	2 ♥2
Pass	2 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

Planning to rebid 2 NT
Alert, denial of an A, K, or QQ

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 NT	N	4	180		11.00	0.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	5-King-Purcell
2 NT	N	3	150		9.00	2.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	16-Earls-Duncan
2 NT	N	3	150		9.00	2.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	6-Brown-Koch
2 NT	N	3	150		9.00	2.00	18-Murdock-Oblinger	10-Mackey-Kobida
2 NT	N	2	120		6.50	4.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	14-Olson-Woodham
2 NT	N	2	120		6.50	4.50	6-Lammers-Rice	4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 ♥	N	2	110		5.00	6.00	5-Lin-Hubka	2-Temples-Koch
3 ♥	S	−1		50	3.50	7.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	12-Gupta-Bansal
3 NT	N	−1		50	3.50	7.50	15-Mehta-Mehta	3-Thurnau-Young
3 NT	N	−2		100	1.00	10.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	18-Kehoe-Stanley
3 NT	N	−2		100	1.00	10.00	8-Elliott-Runda	8-Simon-LaMacchia
2 NT	N	−2		100	1.00	10.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	7-Felson-Brown

South has an easy pass of 2 NT. N/S take three Club tricks, one Diamond, one Spade, and three Hearts, making two. An effective way to play the Heart suit is to start with the ♥ 4 from the closed hand. If East ducks, the ♥T will knock out the ♥ Q and the ♥ A will drop the now stiff King. If East takes the ♥ K, declarer can get to the board with the ♣ J (the ♣ Q drops doubleton) and finesse West for the ♥ Q.

Board 17
North Deals
None Vul

♠	7 6
♥	J 8 5 3
♦	K 6 5
♣	7 6 5 2

♠	9 2
♥	K Q 4
♦	J 8 4 2
♣	K 9 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K Q J 10
♥	9 6 2
♦	Q 9
♣	A J 10 8

♠	A 8 5 4 3
♥	A 10 7
♦	A 10 7 3
♣	Q

EW 2N; EW 3♣; EW 1♠; Par −120

West	North	East	South
	Pass	1 ♣	1 ♠
2 ♣	Pass	Pass	Pass

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
1 ♠	S	−1		50	11.00	0.00	18-Murdock-Oblinger	8-Simon-LaMacchia
3 ♣	E	3		110	8.00	3.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	13-Lucas-Wolf
2 ♣	E	3		110	8.00	3.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	17-Hoffman-Campbell
2 ♣	E	3		110	8.00	3.00	5-Lin-Hubka	1-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♣	E	3		110	8.00	3.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 ♣	E	3		110	8.00	3.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	3-Thurnau-Young
2 NT	W	2		120	5.00	6.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	11-Burns-Kennedy
2 NT	E	3		150	2.50	8.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	15-Cushman-Petersen
1 NT	W	3		150	2.50	8.50	8-Elliott-Runda	7-Felson-Brown
1 NT	W	3		150	2.50	8.50	9-Torello-Lubow	9-Newman-Mess
1 NT	W	3		150	2.50	8.50	17-Barron-Moskowitz	6-Brown-Koch
3 NT	W	3		400	0.00	11.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	5-King-Purcell

If East bids 2 NT over partner's 2 ♣ raise, it shows a game invitational hand. They don't have that. E/W lose two Diamond tricks, one Heart, and one Spade, making three. South may lead their singleton ♣ Q out of desperation.

Board 18
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	Q 5 4 2
♥	Q 10 8 2
♦	K J 9 7
♣	8

♠	J 9 8 6
♥	9 7 5
♦	8 3 2
♣	A 7 4

N
W		E
S

♠	10
♥	A K 6 3
♦	A Q 10 5
♣	K 10 9 6

♠	A K 7 3
♥	J 4
♦	6 4
♣	Q J 5 3 2

EW 1N; EW 2♦; EW 2♣; NS 1♠; EW 1♥; Par −90

West	North	East	South
		1 ♦	Pass
1 ♠1	Pass	2 ♣	Pass
2 ♦	Pass	Pass	Pass

An Ace and a Jack justify a bid

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♠×	S	2	670		11.00	0.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	15-Cushman-Petersen
2 ♥	N	2	110		10.00	1.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	3-Thurnau-Young
3 ♣	E	−2	100		9.00	2.00	9-Torello-Lubow	9-Newman-Mess
1 ♦	E	2		90	7.00	4.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	11-Burns-Kennedy
2 ♣	E	2		90	7.00	4.00	5-Lin-Hubka	1-Terwilliger-Payne
1 NT	E	1		90	7.00	4.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	6-Brown-Koch
1 NT	E	2		120	5.00	6.00	18-Murdock-Oblinger	8-Simon-LaMacchia
2 NT	E	3		150	4.00	7.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	17-Hoffman-Campbell
2 ♠	S	−2		200	3.00	8.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	13-Lucas-Wolf
3 ♠	S	−3		300	1.50	9.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	5-King-Purcell
2 ♣	S	−3		300	1.50	9.50	16-Prosise-Prosise	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♠	S	−4		400	0.00	11.00	8-Elliott-Runda	7-Felson-Brown

South doesn't quite have enough to make a vulnerable 2 ♣ overcall. Declarer can take two Club tricks, two Hearts, three Diamonds, and a Spade ruff, making two. That's if they're careful. If they try and do something silly like pull trump, they'll come up a trick short. South will probably lead a high Spade on opening lead.

Board 19
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	J 9 4
♥	8 6
♦	10 4 3
♣	A J 9 6 2

♠	6 2
♥	5 4
♦	A Q 7 6 5 2
♣	8 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	A K Q 5 3
♥	Q 7 3 2
♦	K 9 8
♣	K

♠	10 8 7
♥	A K J 10 9
♦	J
♣	Q 10 7 5

EW 3♠; EW 4♦; NS 2♥; NS 3♣; Par −130

West	North	East	South
			1 ♥1
Pass	1 NT2	2 ♠	Pass
Pass	Pass

Rule of 20 opener
Forcing

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♣	S	−1		50	10.50	0.50	5-Lin-Hubka	18-Kehoe-Stanley
3 ♣	S	−1		50	10.50	0.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	10-Mackey-Kobida
3 ♦	E	3		110	8.50	2.50	6-Lammers-Rice	2-Temples-Koch
2 ♦	W	3		110	8.50	2.50	8-Elliott-Runda	6-Brown-Koch
2 ♠	E	4		170	6.50	4.50	9-Torello-Lubow	8-Simon-LaMacchia
2 ♠	E	4		170	6.50	4.50	17-Barron-Moskowitz	5-King-Purcell
2 ♠	E	5		200	3.50	7.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	12-Gupta-Bansal
2 ♠	E	5		200	3.50	7.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	14-Olson-Woodham
2 ♠	E	5		200	3.50	7.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	16-Earls-Duncan
2 ♠	E	5		200	3.50	7.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	7-Felson-Brown
5 ♦	W	5		600	1.00	10.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	E	5		660	0.00	11.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	9-Newman-Mess

1 NT Forcing applies only when opener's RHO passes after responder's 1 NT bid. In this case, South is free (encouraged) to pass. E/W lose one Club, two Hearts, and a Heart ruff. South is sure that their partner has a doubleton Heart, and they're also fairly sure that partner has a Spade bigger than the six.

Board 20
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	J 10 8 4
♥	A K J 10 5
♦	9 8
♣	10 6

♠	K Q 5 2
♥	2
♦	10 6 3 2
♣	9 8 3 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A 9 7 6
♥	9
♦	Q J 7 5
♣	A J 7 5

♠	3
♥	Q 8 7 6 4 3
♦	A K 4
♣	K Q 4

NS 5♥; NS 3N; EW 1♠; EW 1♦; EW 1♣; Par +650

West	North	East	South
Pass	Pass	1 ♦	1 ♥
Dbl1	2 ♦2	2 ♠	4 ♥
Pass	Pass	Pass

Negative
Cuebid showing a limit raise in Hearts

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	S	5	650		6.50	4.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	9-Newman-Mess
4 ♥	S	5	650		6.50	4.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	12-Gupta-Bansal
4 ♥	S	5	650		6.50	4.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	14-Olson-Woodham
4 ♥	S	5	650		6.50	4.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	16-Earls-Duncan
4 ♥	N	5	650		6.50	4.50	5-Lin-Hubka	18-Kehoe-Stanley
4 ♥	S	5	650		6.50	4.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♥	S	5	650		6.50	4.50	8-Elliott-Runda	6-Brown-Koch
4 ♥	S	5	650		6.50	4.50	9-Torello-Lubow	8-Simon-LaMacchia
4 ♥	S	5	650		6.50	4.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	10-Mackey-Kobida
4 ♥	S	5	650		6.50	4.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	7-Felson-Brown
2 ♥	S	5	200		0.50	10.50	6-Lammers-Rice	2-Temples-Koch
3 ♥	S	5	200		0.50	10.50	17-Barron-Moskowitz	5-King-Purcell

N/S lose one Spade and one Club, making five. West will lead the ♠ K on opening lead, and the hand is quickly over.

Board 21
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A 10 6 5
♥	A
♦	K 10 9
♣	A Q 10 4 2

♠	J 9
♥	Q 9 7 3
♦	Q 8
♣	K 9 8 7 3

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 8
♥	J 5 2
♦	J 7 6 5 4 2
♣	J 6

♠	K 7 4 3 2
♥	K 10 8 6 4
♦	A 3
♣	5

NS 7♠; NS 5N; NS 5♥; NS 4♣; NS 3♦; Par +2210

West	North	East	South
	1 ♣	Pass	1 ♠1
Pass	4 ♠2	Pass	4 NT3
Pass	5 ♦4	Pass	5 ♥5
Pass	5 ♠6	Pass	6 ♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

With 5-5 in the majors, bid Spades first
Slightly better than a 4 ♥ splinter bid with a singleton ♥ A
RKC Blackwood for Spades
1430 response showing 0 or 3 keycards
Do you have the ♠ Q?
No, sorry

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♠	S	7	1460		10.50	0.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	13-Lucas-Wolf
6 ♠	S	7	1460		10.50	0.50	9-Torello-Lubow	7-Felson-Brown
6 ♠	S	6	1430		9.00	2.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	8-Simon-LaMacchia
4 ♠	S	7	710		5.50	5.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	10-Mackey-Kobida
4 ♠	S	7	710		5.50	5.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	15-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♠	N	7	710		5.50	5.50	5-Lin-Hubka	17-Hoffman-Campbell
4 ♠	N	7	710		5.50	5.50	6-Lammers-Rice	1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♠	S	7	710		5.50	5.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	9-Newman-Mess
4 ♠	S	7	710		5.50	5.50	11-Roark-Koster	11-Burns-Kennedy
4 ♠	S	6	680		2.00	9.00	18-Murdock-Oblinger	6-Brown-Koch
3 NT	N	5	660		1.00	10.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	3-Thurnau-Young
4 ♠	N	5	650		0.00	11.00	8-Elliott-Runda	5-King-Purcell

You don't want to be in a grand slam needing a 2-2 trump split. The hand easily makes seven though when trumps and Hearts both behave (2-2 trumps, 4-3 Hearts). West has no good opening lead--good thing it doesn't matter.

Board 22
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A Q
♥	A J 3
♦	8 4 3
♣	Q J 8 5 4

♠	10 7 5 3
♥	8 5
♦	Q 10 9 7
♣	10 9 7

N
W		E
S

♠	J 8 6
♥	10 9 6 4
♦	K J 6 5 2
♣	3

♠	K 9 4 2
♥	K Q 7 2
♦	A
♣	A K 6 2

NS 7N; NS 7♥; NS 7♣; NS 6♠; NS 1♦; Par +1520

West	North	East	South
		Pass	1 ♣
Pass	2 ♣1	Pass	2 NT2
Pass	3 ♣3	Pass	4 ♣4
Pass	4 NT5	Pass	7 ♣6
Pass	Pass	Pass

Alert, artificial and game forcing
Alert, stoppers in both majors for notrump
Denial of a Diamond stopper for notrump
RKC Blackwood (Minorwood) for Clubs
1430 response showing two or five keycards with the ♣ Q
See below

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
7 ♣	S	7	1440		11.00	0.00	18-Murdock-Oblinger	6-Brown-Koch
6 NT	N	7	1020		8.00	3.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	10-Mackey-Kobida
6 NT	S	7	1020		8.00	3.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	13-Lucas-Wolf
6 NT	S	7	1020		8.00	3.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	3-Thurnau-Young
6 NT	N	7	1020		8.00	3.00	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	9-Newman-Mess
6 NT	N	7	1020		8.00	3.00	11-Roark-Koster	11-Burns-Kennedy
6 ♣	S	7	940		4.50	6.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	15-Cushman-Petersen
6 ♣	N	7	940		4.50	6.50	9-Torello-Lubow	7-Felson-Brown
3 NT	S	7	520		2.50	8.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	8-Simon-LaMacchia
3 NT	S	7	520		2.50	8.50	5-Lin-Hubka	17-Hoffman-Campbell
5 ♣	S	7	440		0.50	10.50	6-Lammers-Rice	1-Terwilliger-Payne
5 ♣	S	7	440		0.50	10.50	8-Elliott-Runda	5-King-Purcell

Once North bids 4 NT showing two keycards and the ♣ Q, South pauses to do a little math:

1) North doesn't have a 4-card major, but does have both major-suit Aces. That's five tricks with potential for an extra Heart trick or ruffs in dummy.
2) There should be two Diamond ruffs in the closed hand, plus the ♦ A
3) Dummy should have at least five Clubs on the auction

Five Club tricks, three side-suit Aces, two side-suit Kings, the ♥ Q, and two Diamond ruffs equals 13 tricks. 7 NT would simply be greedy. As it turns out, there are three Spade tricks, four Heart tricks, one Diamond trick, and five Club tricks in notrump. That equals 13 as well. Stupid math.

Board 23
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	A Q 9 8 7
♥	K J 7
♦	A J 10 4
♣	K

♠	6
♥	9 8 6 2
♦	K 9 6 5
♣	A J 7 3

N
W		E
S

♠	J 10 5 2
♥	4 3
♦	Q 7 3 2
♣	Q 5 2

♠	K 4 3
♥	A Q 10 5
♦	8
♣	10 9 8 6 4

NS 4♠; NS 3N; NS 3♥; NS 3♣; NS 1♦; Par +620

West	North	East	South
			Pass
Pass	1 ♠	Pass	2 ♠
Pass	3 ♣1	Pass	3 ♦2
Pass	4 ♠	Pass	Pass
Pass

Alert, artificial Kokish game try showing shortness in Clubs
Showing 1st or 2nd round control in Diamonds and accepting the game try

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	N	6	680		10.50	0.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	11-Burns-Kennedy
4 ♠	N	6	680		10.50	0.50	11-Roark-Koster	10-Mackey-Kobida
4 ♠	N	5	650		8.00	3.00	5-Lin-Hubka	16-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	N	5	650		8.00	3.00	9-Torello-Lubow	6-Brown-Koch
4 ♠	N	5	650		8.00	3.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♠	N	4	620		4.50	6.50	1-Wiest-Singerman	7-Felson-Brown
4 ♠	N	4	620		4.50	6.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	14-Olson-Woodham
4 ♠	N	4	620		4.50	6.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	2-Temples-Koch
4 ♠	N	4	620		4.50	6.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	8-Simon-LaMacchia
2 ♠	N	3	140		2.00	9.00	6-Lammers-Rice	18-Kehoe-Stanley
5 ♠	N	−1		100	0.50	10.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	9-Newman-Mess
4 ♠	N	−1		100	0.50	10.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	12-Gupta-Bansal

N/S lose one Spade trick, one Club, and one Diamond, making four. East's best defense is to lead the ♣ 2 on opening lead (they can't afford to lead a Spade without giving up their trump trick). West wins with the ♣ A and returns a second Club. North can ruff, but has to play carefully the rest of the way out so they don't lose trump control. ♦ A, ruff a Diamond, Heart to the ♥ K, ruff another Diamond with the ♠ 4, cash the ♠ K, return to hand with the ♥ J, and cash the ♠ A. When trumps turn out to be 4-1, declarer can give East their trump winner and claim making four.

Board 24
West Deals
None Vul

♠	K J 9 8 2
♥	Q 7
♦	A K 9 5
♣	8 7

♠	7 6 4
♥	K 10 3
♦	Q 7 2
♣	A Q 3 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q 3
♥	A J 6 5 4
♦	10 3
♣	J 6 4

♠	10 5
♥	9 8 2
♦	J 8 6 4
♣	K 10 9 5

EW 3N; EW 3♥; EW 3♣; EW 1♠; NS 1♦; Par −400

West	North	East	South
Pass	1 ♠	2 ♥	Pass
2 ♠1	Pass2	2 NT3	Pass
3 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass

Cuebid showing a limit raise for partner's suit
What do you think about notrump?

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	N	4	420		11.00	0.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	14-Olson-Woodham
3 ♥	E	−1	50		9.50	1.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	11-Burns-Kennedy
4 ♠	E	−1	50		9.50	1.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	12-Gupta-Bansal
1 ♠	N	−2		100	8.00	3.00	9-Torello-Lubow	6-Brown-Koch
3 ♥	E	3		140	4.00	7.00	1-Wiest-Singerman	7-Felson-Brown
3 ♥	E	3		140	4.00	7.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	9-Newman-Mess
3 ♥	E	3		140	4.00	7.00	5-Lin-Hubka	16-Earls-Duncan
3 ♥	E	3		140	4.00	7.00	6-Lammers-Rice	18-Kehoe-Stanley
3 ♥	E	3		140	4.00	7.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	2-Temples-Koch
3 ♥	E	3		140	4.00	7.00	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	8-Simon-LaMacchia
2 ♥	E	3		140	4.00	7.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♣	N	−4		200	0.00	11.00	11-Roark-Koster	10-Mackey-Kobida

East's 2 ♥ overcall shows an opening hand. When partner shows a limit raise for Hearts, East suggests a notrump contract, and West happily accepts. Don't rule out 3 NT as a contract simply because you have a major-suit fit. With no ruffing value in West's hand, nine tricks are the limit. E/W take two Spade tricks, five Hearts, and two Clubs. South will lead the ♠T on the go.

Board 25
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A J 4
♥	K Q
♦	8 6
♣	A K Q 7 5 2

♠	Q 10
♥	A J 7 6 5
♦	J 10 9
♣	J 8 3

N
W		E
S

♠	8 5 3
♥	10 8 4
♦	A Q 7 5 3
♣	9 4

♠	K 9 7 6 2
♥	9 3 2
♦	K 4 2
♣	10 6

NS 5N; NS 5♠; NS 5♣; EW 1♥; EW 1♦; Par +460

West	North	East	South
	2 NT	Pass	3 ♥1
Dbl	3 ♠2	Pass	4 ♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

Transfer
Alert, showing 3+ Spades

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	6	490		11.00	0.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	11-Burns-Kennedy
4 ♠	N	6	480		10.00	1.00	8-Elliott-Runda	3-Thurnau-Young
4 ♠	S	5	450		8.00	3.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	10-Mackey-Kobida
4 ♠	N	5	450		8.00	3.00	11-Roark-Koster	9-Newman-Mess
4 ♠	S	5	450		8.00	3.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	13-Lucas-Wolf
3 NT	N	4	430		6.00	5.00	6-Lammers-Rice	17-Hoffman-Campbell
4 ♠	S	4	420		4.50	6.50	5-Lin-Hubka	15-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♠	S	4	420		4.50	6.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	7-Felson-Brown
3 ♥	E	4	180		3.00	8.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	12-Gupta-Bansal
3 ♣	N	6	170		2.00	9.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 ♣	N	5	150		1.00	10.00	9-Torello-Lubow	5-King-Purcell
3 ♣	N	4	130		0.00	11.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	8-Simon-LaMacchia

If North had a doubleton Spade, they would have passed after West's lead-directing double. N/S lose one Heart and one Diamond, making five. East should lead the ♥ 4 (low from an honor).

Board 26
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	8 7 4 3
♥	7 3
♦	8 4 3 2
♣	10 8 4

♠	K Q 5 2
♥	Q J
♦	K 10 6
♣	J 9 6 5

N
W		E
S

♠	6
♥	A K 9 8 6 5
♦	A 9 7
♣	A K Q

♠	A J 10 9
♥	10 4 2
♦	Q J 5
♣	7 3 2

EW 6N; EW 6♥; EW 6♣; EW 4♠; EW 5♦; Par −1440

West	North	East	South
		2 ♣1	Pass
2 ♦2	Pass	2 ♥	Pass
2 ♠	Pass	3 ♥	Pass
4 NT3	Pass	5 ♣4	Pass
6 ♠	Pass	Pass	Pass

Planning on rebidding 2 ♥
Showing an A, K, or QQ
RKC Blackwood (avoiding confusion) for Hearts
1430 response showing 1 or 4 keycards

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	E	6		680	9.50	1.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	8-Simon-LaMacchia
5 ♥	E	6		680	9.50	1.50	5-Lin-Hubka	15-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♥	E	6		680	9.50	1.50	8-Elliott-Runda	3-Thurnau-Young
5 ♥	E	6		680	9.50	1.50	13-Tedrick-Pretz	13-Lucas-Wolf
3 NT	W	6		690	7.00	4.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	10-Mackey-Kobida
4 ♥	E	7		710	6.00	5.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 NT	E	7		720	5.00	6.00	9-Torello-Lubow	5-King-Purcell
6 ♥	E	6		1430	3.50	7.50	6-Lammers-Rice	17-Hoffman-Campbell
6 ♥	E	6		1430	3.50	7.50	11-Roark-Koster	9-Newman-Mess
6 NT	W	6		1440	2.00	9.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	11-Burns-Kennedy
2 NT	N	4		1470	0.50	10.50	4-Burnam-McCarthy	12-Gupta-Bansal
6 NT	W	7		1470	0.50	10.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	7-Felson-Brown

Even pairs who play Kickback (using 4 ♠ as a keycard ask when Hearts are trump) might choose to bid 4 NT on this auction to avoid the awkward moment when partner passes your 4 ♠ bid.

E/W lose one Spade trick, making six. The best feature of West's hand may very well be the ♣ J. Nice card. If South leads the ♦ Q on opening lead, E/W will make seven. They'll survive the lead of anything else--a trump looks right.

Board 27
South Deals
None Vul

♠	A 10 9
♥	A 7 5 3
♦	J 9
♣	J 7 5 4

♠	J 5 4 3
♥	Q J 10 8 4
♦	8
♣	K Q 10

N
W		E
S

♠	8 6 2
♥	K 2
♦	Q 6 4 3
♣	A 9 8 2

♠	K Q 7
♥	9 6
♦	A K 10 7 5 2
♣	6 3

NS 4N; NS 4♦; NS 2♠; EW 1♥; EW 1♣; Par +430

West	North	East	South
			1 ♦
1 ♥	1 NT	Pass	2 ♦
Pass	2 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	4	430		11.00	0.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	10-Mackey-Kobida
2 NT	N	4	180		8.50	2.50	3-Henry-Brendamour	9-Newman-Mess
2 NT	N	4	180		8.50	2.50	9-Torello-Lubow	4-Kammer-Zimmer
1 NT	N	4	180		8.50	2.50	11-Roark-Koster	8-Simon-LaMacchia
1 NT	N	4	180		8.50	2.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	14-Olson-Woodham
2 NT	N	3	150		6.00	5.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	13-Lucas-Wolf
2 ♦	S	4	130		5.00	6.00	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	6-Brown-Koch
2 NT	N	2	120		4.00	7.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	12-Gupta-Bansal
2 ♦	S	3	110		3.00	8.00	6-Lammers-Rice	16-Earls-Duncan
2 NT	E	−2	100		2.00	9.00	8-Elliott-Runda	2-Temples-Koch
1 NT	N	−1		50	1.00	10.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	18-Kehoe-Stanley
2 ♥	W	2		110	0.00	11.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	11-Burns-Kennedy

North's 1 NT bid shows 7-10 HCP. When South rebids their Diamonds, North has enough to show their maximum hand with a 2 NT bid. Only trump optimists will bid 3 NT with the South hand. Stupid optimists.

N/S take three Spade tricks, one Heart, and six Diamonds, making four. East should lead the ♥ K on opening lead. Declarer can't afford to duck, since it appears the opponents can take four quick Club tricks (they can't due to the suit blockage).

Board 28
West Deals
N-S Vul

♠	K J 9 8 2
♥	9 4 3
♦	10 7 3
♣	4 3

♠	5 3
♥	A Q 7 6 2
♦	K 9
♣	K 7 5 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q 10 7
♥	8
♦	Q J 6 2
♣	J 10 9 8

♠	6 4
♥	K J 10 5
♦	A 8 5 4
♣	A Q 6

EW 3N; EW 5♣; EW 3♠; EW 3♥; EW 3♦; Par −400

West	North	East	South
1 ♥	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
2 ♣	Pass	2 NT	Pass
Pass	Pass

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 NT	E	−1	50		11.00	0.00	11-Roark-Koster	8-Simon-LaMacchia
1 NT	W	1		90	10.00	1.00	8-Elliott-Runda	2-Temples-Koch
3 ♣	W	3		110	8.50	2.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	18-Kehoe-Stanley
1 ♥	W	2		110	8.50	2.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	6-Brown-Koch
1 NT	W	2		120	7.00	4.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	10-Mackey-Kobida
3 ♣	W	4		130	6.00	5.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	11-Burns-Kennedy
1 NT	W	3		150	4.00	7.00	3-Henry-Brendamour	9-Newman-Mess
2 NT	W	3		150	4.00	7.00	6-Lammers-Rice	16-Earls-Duncan
1 NT	W	3		150	4.00	7.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	12-Gupta-Bansal
2 NT	E	4		180	2.00	9.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	13-Lucas-Wolf
1 NT	N	−3		300	1.00	10.00	9-Torello-Lubow	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	W	4		430	0.00	11.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	14-Olson-Woodham

Simple auction. Amazing that declarer can find nine tricks on this extremely friendly hand. E/W take three Spade tricks, two Hearts, two Diamonds, and two Clubs before the party abruptly ends. South should lead the ♥ J.

Board 29
North Deals
Both Vul

♠	4 2
♥	Q 9 5 2
♦	Q 8 7 6 3
♣	A 10

♠	5
♥	A 7 3
♦	A J 5 4
♣	Q 9 7 6 4

N
W		E
S

♠	A K J 10 7 6 3
♥	K J 8
♦	10
♣	J 5

♠	Q 9 8
♥	10 6 4
♦	K 9 2
♣	K 8 3 2

EW 4♠; EW 4♣; EW 1N; EW 1♥; Par −620

West	North	East	South
	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
1 NT1	Pass	2 ♠	Pass
2 NT2	Pass	4 ♠	Pass
Pass	Pass

Forcing
Showing around 11 HCP

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	E	−1	100		11.00	0.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	10-Mackey-Kobida
3 ♠	E	4		170	9.00	2.00	11-Roark-Koster	7-Felson-Brown
3 ♠	E	4		170	9.00	2.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	11-Burns-Kennedy
2 ♠	E	4		170	9.00	2.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	15-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♠	E	4		620	4.50	6.50	6-Lammers-Rice	14-Olson-Woodham
4 ♠	E	4		620	4.50	6.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	17-Hoffman-Campbell
4 ♠	E	4		620	4.50	6.50	8-Elliott-Runda	1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♠	E	4		620	4.50	6.50	9-Torello-Lubow	3-Thurnau-Young
4 ♠	E	4		620	4.50	6.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	13-Lucas-Wolf
4 ♠	E	4		620	4.50	6.50	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	5-King-Purcell
4 ♠	E	5		650	0.50	10.50	5-Lin-Hubka	12-Gupta-Bansal
4 ♠	E	5		650	0.50	10.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	9-Newman-Mess

Once West is able to show their invitational hand, East has an easy 4 ♠ bid. E/W lose one Spade trick and two Clubs, making four. South may lead the ♣ 2.

Board 30
East Deals
None Vul

♠	A K 5 2
♥	Q 8
♦	A Q 9 8 7 6
♣	7

♠	9 7 6 3
♥	9 7 6 5 2
♦	K J 2
♣	A

N
W		E
S

♠	8 4
♥	J 10 4
♦	10 4 3
♣	J 9 8 3 2

♠	Q J 10
♥	A K 3
♦	5
♣	K Q 10 6 5 4

NS 6♠; NS 5N; NS 5♦; NS 5♣; NS 3♥; Par +980

West	North	East	South
		Pass	1 ♣
Pass	1 ♦1	Pass	3 ♣2
Pass	3 ♠3	Pass	4 ♠4
Pass	4 NT5	Pass	5 ♣6
Pass	5 ♦7	Pass	6 ♣8
Pass	6 ♠	Pass	Pass
Pass

For responder to hide a 4-card major, they need longer Diamonds and an opening hand
Showing 5-loser hand
Natural, showing a 4-card Spade suit
Let's play in the Moysian fit!
RKC Blackwood for Spades
1430 response showing 1 or 4 keycards
Do you have the ♠ Q?
Yes, and the ♣ K

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	6	490		11.00	0.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	11-Burns-Kennedy
3 NT	N	5	460		9.00	2.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	17-Hoffman-Campbell
3 NT	N	5	460		9.00	2.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	15-Cushman-Petersen
3 NT	S	5	460		9.00	2.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	5-King-Purcell
3 NT	S	4	430		5.00	6.00	5-Lin-Hubka	12-Gupta-Bansal
3 NT	N	4	430		5.00	6.00	6-Lammers-Rice	14-Olson-Woodham
3 NT	N	4	430		5.00	6.00	9-Torello-Lubow	3-Thurnau-Young
3 NT	S	4	430		5.00	6.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	9-Newman-Mess
3 NT	S	4	430		5.00	6.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	13-Lucas-Wolf
3 NT	N	3	400		2.00	9.00	4-Burnam-McCarthy	10-Mackey-Kobida
5 ♣	S	−1		50	1.00	10.00	11-Roark-Koster	7-Felson-Brown
6 NT	S	−2		100	0.00	11.00	8-Elliott-Runda	1-Terwilliger-Payne

It's not a particularly good slam, but it's not the worst you'll ever be in (probably not the worst one today). Since declarer can't afford to ruff two Diamonds and still pull trump, they'll need to take a Diamond finesse. When it wins (yay!), they'll still need Diamonds to be 3-3 and trumps to be no worse than 4-2 (yay again!). East should lead the ♠ 8 on opening lead.

Win in dummy with the ♠ Q. Finesse West for the ♦ K (you might play off ♥ Q, ♥ K, and ♥ A to pitch your Club, but you're living in a fantasy world--if the finesse for the ♦ K loses, you won't be able to pull trump when a Club is returned) and ruff a Diamond with the ♠T. Now, ♠ J, Heart to the ♥ Q, and ♠ AK. When the ♦ A drops the ♦ K and ♦T, breathe a sigh of relief and claim, making six.

Board 31
South Deals
N-S Vul

♠	9 3
♥	A Q 10 9 8 3
♦	7
♣	A 10 9 7

♠	7
♥	5 4
♦	A K Q 10 5 4 3
♣	Q 8 6

N
W		E
S

♠	K Q J 10 6 2
♥	K 7 2
♦	9 8 2
♣	4

♠	A 8 5 4
♥	J 6
♦	J 6
♣	K J 5 3 2

NS 4♥; EW 4♦; NS 4♣; EW 1♠; Par +100: EW 5♦×−1

West	North	East	South
			Pass
1 ♦	1 ♥	1 ♠1	Pass
2 ♦	2 ♥	2 ♠	4 ♥
Pass	Pass	Pass

Showing 5+ Spades

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♦	W	−2	100		11.00	0.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	10-Mackey-Kobida
5 ♦	W	−1	50		9.50	1.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	15-Cushman-Petersen
5 ♥	W	−1	50		9.50	1.50	8-Elliott-Runda	18-Kehoe-Stanley
4 ♦	W	4		130	8.00	3.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	12-Gupta-Bansal
3 ♠	E	3		140	6.50	4.50	6-Lammers-Rice	13-Lucas-Wolf
3 ♠	E	3		140	6.50	4.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	8-Simon-LaMacchia
3 ♦	W	5		150	4.00	7.00	9-Torello-Lubow	2-Temples-Koch
4 ♦	W	5		150	4.00	7.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	14-Olson-Woodham
4 ♦	W	5		150	4.00	7.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	16-Earls-Duncan
3 ♦	W	6		170	2.00	9.00	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♠	W	5		200	1.00	10.00	11-Roark-Koster	6-Brown-Koch
4 ♠	E	4		420	0.00	11.00	5-Lin-Hubka	11-Burns-Kennedy

Once North takes a second bid, vulnerable, opposite a silent partner, South has a moral duty to bid game. N/S lose one Spade, one Heart, and one Diamond. It will be pretty easy to count East's hand once they show up with three Hearts and six Spades, so the ♣ Q will likely be with West. East will lead the ♠ K on opening lead.

Board 32
West Deals
E-W Vul

♠	10 8 3
♥	K J 10 5
♦	9
♣	K J 10 4 2

♠	K Q J 7
♥	9 4
♦	A Q 7 2
♣	Q 7 5

N
W		E
S

♠	—
♥	A Q 6 2
♦	J 8 6 5 4 3
♣	9 8 6

♠	A 9 6 5 4 2
♥	8 7 3
♦	K 10
♣	A 3

EW 4♦; EW 1N; NS 1♠; NS 1♥; NS 1♣; Par −130

West	North	East	South
1 ♦	Pass	1 ♥	1 ♠
1 NT	2 ♠	3 ♦	Pass
Pass	Pass

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♦×	W	−2	500		11.00	0.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	8-Simon-LaMacchia
5 ♦	W	−2	200		9.50	1.50	5-Lin-Hubka	11-Burns-Kennedy
5 ♦×	W	−1	200		9.50	1.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	4-Kammer-Zimmer
5 ♦	W	−1	100		7.00	4.00	6-Lammers-Rice	13-Lucas-Wolf
5 ♦	W	−1	100		7.00	4.00	8-Elliott-Runda	18-Kehoe-Stanley
5 ♦	W	−1	100		7.00	4.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	12-Gupta-Bansal
3 ♣	N	−1		50	5.00	6.00	11-Roark-Koster	6-Brown-Koch
4 ♦	W	4		130	3.00	8.00	7-Pandit-Inamder	15-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♦	W	4		130	3.00	8.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	10-Mackey-Kobida
4 ♦	W	4		130	3.00	8.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	16-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	S	−3		150	1.00	10.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	14-Olson-Woodham
3 NT	E	5		660	0.00	11.00	9-Torello-Lubow	2-Temples-Koch

Most E/W pairs will play in 3 ♦. The N/S pairs that get frisky and bid 3 ♠ will be rewarded by a resounding double from West (–300 is not a good score to have when the opponents, left to their own devices, can scrounge up only +130). E/W lose three Club tricks, making four. North will probably lead the ♠ 3 (low from an honor).

Board 33
North Deals
None Vul

♠	A K 4 3
♥	Q 10 8
♦	10
♣	K 9 6 5 3

♠	Q 10 5
♥	J 9 6
♦	K Q J 6 4
♣	Q 4

N
W		E
S

♠	J 9 8 7 6 2
♥	A K 7 2
♦	—
♣	10 7 2

♠	—
♥	5 4 3
♦	A 9 8 7 5 3 2
♣	A J 8

NS 2N; NS 3♦; NS 3♣; EW 1♠; NS 1♥; Par +120

West	North	East	South
	1 ♣	Pass1	1 ♦
Pass	1 ♠2	Pass	2 ♣3
Pass	2 ♦4	Pass	3 ♦
Pass	Pass	Pass

What else?
Alert, showing an unbalanced hand
Alert, asking partner to bid 2 ♦ (XYZ)
Alert, forced bid (XYZ)

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♠×	E	−3	500		11.00	0.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	14-Olson-Woodham
4 ♠×	E	−1	100		8.50	2.50	6-Lammers-Rice	12-Gupta-Bansal
4 ♠	E	−2	100		8.50	2.50	13-Tedrick-Pretz	9-Newman-Mess
3 ♠×	W	−1	100		8.50	2.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	11-Burns-Kennedy
4 ♠	E	−2	100		8.50	2.50	17-Barron-Moskowitz	17-Hoffman-Campbell
3 ♠	E	−1	50		5.50	5.50	9-Torello-Lubow	1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 ♠	E	−1	50		5.50	5.50	11-Roark-Koster	5-King-Purcell
3 NT	N	−1		50	4.00	7.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	13-Lucas-Wolf
4 ♦	S	−2		100	2.50	8.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	3-Thurnau-Young
4 ♦	S	−2		100	2.50	8.50	12-Venosa-Venosa	7-Felson-Brown
5 ♦	S	−3		150	0.50	10.50	8-Elliott-Runda	16-Earls-Duncan
5 ♣	N	−3		150	0.50	10.50	16-Prosise-Prosise	15-Cushman-Petersen

West will be very tempted to double the final contract, but where are their tricks outside the three obvious ones? N/S lose two Hearts and two Diamonds, making three. Why not three Diamonds? South is going to have to execute a Trump Coup. That involves shortening their trumps to the same number (or fewer) than their opponent.

Let's suppose that West gets off to a Heart lead. East takes the ♥ A and ♥ K and returns a third Heart. Declarer wins in dummy with the ♥ Q, plays the ♠ A (throwing a small Club), and ruffs a Spade. Now ♣ A, Club to the ♣ K, and ruff a second Spade. South and West are now down to nothing but trumps: Dummy has ♠ K ♦T ♣ 965, Declarer has ♦ A9875, and West has ♦ KQJ64.

Declarer plays the ♦T and West is in trouble. If they duck, declarer will ruff a Spade or a Club with a low trump. West will have to win that trick, but now they're leading into declarer. All declarer needs to do is make sure they use the ♦ A to take a gigantic Diamond. Nicely played!

Board 34
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A K Q 6
♥	A K 9 3
♦	10 9
♣	Q 8 5

♠	9 8 7 2
♥	Q
♦	A 7 5 2
♣	10 7 6 3

N
W		E
S

♠	J 4 3
♥	J 10 7 6 2
♦	J 8
♣	A K J

♠	10 5
♥	8 5 4
♦	K Q 6 4 3
♣	9 4 2

NS 1N; N 2♦; NS 1♠; NS 1♥; S 1♦; NS 1♣; Par +90

West	North	East	South
		Pass	Pass
Pass	1 ♣	Pass	1 ♦
Pass	2 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
1 NT	N	2	120		10.00	1.00	12-Venosa-Venosa	7-Felson-Brown
1 NT	N	2	120		10.00	1.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	9-Newman-Mess
1 NT	N	2	120		10.00	1.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	14-Olson-Woodham
2 ♥	E	−2	100		8.00	3.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	11-Burns-Kennedy
1 NT	N	1	90		6.50	4.50	8-Elliott-Runda	16-Earls-Duncan
1 NT	N	1	90		6.50	4.50	15-Mehta-Mehta	13-Lucas-Wolf
1 NT	W	1		90	5.00	6.00	9-Torello-Lubow	1-Terwilliger-Payne
2 NT	N	−1		100	3.50	7.50	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	3-Thurnau-Young
3 NT	N	−1		100	3.50	7.50	11-Roark-Koster	5-King-Purcell
3 ♦	S	−2		200	1.00	10.00	6-Lammers-Rice	12-Gupta-Bansal
3 NT	S	−2		200	1.00	10.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	15-Cushman-Petersen
2 NT	N	−2		200	1.00	10.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	17-Hoffman-Campbell

N/S take three Spade tricks, two Hearts, and possibly two Diamonds, down one. E/W will have difficulty untangling their tricks, but declarer won't feel much sympathy. East will lead a small Heart on opening lead.

Board 35
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	Q 10 6 4 3
♥	7 6 5
♦	9 5 3
♣	10 2

♠	J 9 7 5 2
♥	A K Q 10 4
♦	—
♣	9 6 5

N
W		E
S

♠	8
♥	J 2
♦	A Q 10 6
♣	A K Q 8 7 3

♠	A K
♥	9 8 3
♦	K J 8 7 4 2
♣	J 4

EW 6♥; EW 6♣; EW 5N; EW 2♠; EW 2♦; Par −1430

West	North	East	South
			1 ♦
2 ♦1	Pass	4 ♣	Pass
4 ♥	Pass	Pass	Pass

Michaels showing both majors

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♣	E	5		150	11.00	0.00	8-Elliott-Runda	15-Cushman-Petersen
3 ♣	E	6		170	10.00	1.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	8-Simon-LaMacchia
4 ♥	W	6		680	8.50	2.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	13-Lucas-Wolf
4 ♥	E	6		680	8.50	2.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	18-Kehoe-Stanley
3 NT	E	6		690	7.00	4.00	9-Torello-Lubow	17-Hoffman-Campbell
3 NT	E	7		720	3.00	8.00	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	2-Temples-Koch
4 NT	E	7		720	3.00	8.00	11-Roark-Koster	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	E	7		720	3.00	8.00	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	10-Mackey-Kobida
3 NT	E	7		720	3.00	8.00	15-Mehta-Mehta	12-Gupta-Bansal
3 NT	E	7		720	3.00	8.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	14-Olson-Woodham
3 NT	E	7		720	3.00	8.00	17-Barron-Moskowitz	16-Earls-Duncan
3 NT	E	7		720	3.00	8.00	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	6-Brown-Koch

East has a difficult call after West's Michaels bid. 4 ♥ wouldn't be wrong, but 4 ♣ seems a bit better. West's 4 ♥ bid should show tolerance for Clubs and a strong suit. It's doubtful that East will go on, but you never know.

E/W lose only one Spade, making six. Declarer will need to ruff one Spade in dummy before pulling trumps. North will probably lead the ♦ 5 (MUD) on opening lead.

Board 36
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	K 10 5
♥	K Q J 7 5
♦	A 10
♣	10 6 2

♠	Q
♥	10 9 4 3
♦	9 7 6 5
♣	A K 5 4

N
W		E
S

♠	A 9 8 6 3
♥	A 8 2
♦	J 2
♣	Q 7 3

♠	J 7 4 2
♥	6
♦	K Q 8 4 3
♣	J 9 8

EW 2♥; NS 1♠; EW 1♣; Par −110

West	North	East	South
Pass	1 ♥	1 ♠	1 NT
Pass	Pass	Pass

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
1 NT	W	−2	200		11.00	0.00	10-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	2-Temples-Koch
1 NT	S	2	120		9.50	1.50	11-Roark-Koster	4-Kammer-Zimmer
1 NT	S	2	120		9.50	1.50	14-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	10-Mackey-Kobida
1 ♠	E	−1	100		7.00	4.00	8-Elliott-Runda	15-Cushman-Petersen
2 ♣	W	−1	100		7.00	4.00	13-Tedrick-Pretz	8-Simon-LaMacchia
1 NT	W	−1	100		7.00	4.00	16-Prosise-Prosise	14-Olson-Woodham
1 NT	S	1	90		4.50	6.50	7-Pandit-Inamder	13-Lucas-Wolf
1 NT	N	1	90		4.50	6.50	9-Torello-Lubow	17-Hoffman-Campbell
1 NT	S	−1		100	2.50	8.50	17-Barron-Moskowitz	16-Earls-Duncan
1 NT	S	−1		100	2.50	8.50	18-Murdock-Oblinger	18-Kehoe-Stanley
2 ♦	S	−2		200	0.50	10.50	15-Mehta-Mehta	12-Gupta-Bansal
2 ♥	N	−2		200	0.50	10.50	19-Terbrueggen-Schapera	6-Brown-Koch

Bizarre hand, although you likely won't get to play it. Not sure how many tricks either side can take--odds are that one side or the other can take seven tricks in notrump, but not according to Deep Finesse. Oh well.....