MON 04/03/2017 at Nite

EVENT>Monday Night Bridge      |SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> A
------------------------,------ ------------,-------- --------------------------
DATE>April 3, 2017      |SANCTION>ST1704087 | 04/03/2017 22:30|EVENT CODE>03OP
---------------------,-- ------------------- -------------,---------------------
DIR> Mike Lipp       |RATING>STAC, CLUB>185264            |MOVEMENT>ONE WINNER
------------,-------- ,-------------------------,--------- ---------------------
AVE>   67.5 |TOP>   5 |MP LIMITS>None/2000/750  |CLUB>Mike's Games At The CBC
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PAIRS IN STRAT A=12/B=11/C=9                     ,---,-------------------------,------,---------,
-------------------------------------------------|   |           Section       |      |Section  |
No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
------------------------------------------------- --- ----- ----- ----- ------- ------ ---------
 1 D. Thomas Terwilliger  C Daniel Payne           C    3     2     2     72.00  53.33  1.03(A)
 2 Joyce Tedrick          Sharon Kreitzer          C    1     1     1     88.00  65.19  2.06(A)
 3 Todd Barker            Michelle Barker          C    .     .     .     66.00  48.89
 4 Ying Peng              Terry Brausch            C    4     3     3     71.00  52.59  0.72(A)
 5 Susan Stacy Vanstone   Martin Gibler            C    .     .     .     54.00  40.00
 6 Stephen Felson         Robert Brown             C    .     .     .     52.50  38.89
 7 Monica Ibarra          Pam Campbell             C    .     .     .     64.50  47.78
 8 Steve Messinger        Joseph Muenks            B    .     .     .     60.50  44.81
 9 Herb Schapera          Ralph Terbrueggen        B    .     .     .     67.50  50.00
10 Michael Purcell        Stephen Moese            A    2     .     .     77.50  57.41  1.44(A)
11 Marilyn Prosise        Robert Prosise           C    5     4     4     68.50  50.74  0.45(B)
12 Debbie Wiest           John Altman Sr           C    .     .     .     68.00  50.37

                                          Totals                         810.00


                                    **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12
  /
   1>     0     3     1     1-    2     3-    5     3-    0     1-    4     5
        -170*  -50* -110  -140*   50   140   300*  140  -300  -140*  110*  170

   2>     2     4     1     4     1     4-     -    1     4-     -    4     3
         150*  450* -450   450* -450   100  -100* -450   100  -100*  450* -150

   3>     0     3     2     3     2     0     1     2     4     5     3     5
        -460* -110*  110  -110*  110   -50  -130*  110   130    50* -110*  460

   4>     3     5     2     2     2     3     3     2     3     2     3     0
         710  -680* -710* -710* -710*  710   710  -710*  710  -710*  710   680

   5>     3-    0     5     3     4     0     3-    1-    1     1-    2     5
        -150   -50*  430*  200*  400* -430  -150   150* -400   150* -200    50

   6>     5     4-    1     2-    4-    4     2-    0      -    2-    2-     -
         100   660*  130*  630*  660* -130  -630  -100* -660   630* -630  -660

   7>     3-    1     1-    5     0     1-    0     3     4     2     5     3-
         630   600  -630*  100* -660* -630* -100  -620* -600*  620   660   630

   8>     1     4     2-    2-    5     4     2-    0     1     5     0     2-
         100   400  -150* -150*   50* -100*  150  -460* -400*  460   -50   150

   9>     2-    4     5     2-    4     2-    2-    0     1     5     1     0
         200   300   120* -200*   50* -200*  200  -470* -300*  470   -50  -120

  10>     2     3     3     2     5     2     2     0     2     3     3     3
        -660*  660   660  -660* -630* -660* -660*  630  -660*  660   660   660

  11>     4     3     1     4      -     -    2     4-    4     1     4-    1
        -480*  980   480  -480*-1010*-1010* -980* 1010  -480*  480  1010   480

  12>     3-    3     1-    5     0     3-    2     5     1     4     1-    0
         180* -150  -180   430* -150*  180*  150*  150   -50*   50  -180  -430

  13>     4     3     0     2     1     1     1     5     4     1     4     4
         620  -170* -300   170  -620* -620* -100   300*  620  -620*  100*  620

  14>     3-    1-    5     3-    4     3     0     0     2     1-    5     1
         400  -400*  550   400  -150* -300* -590  -550*  300  -400*  590*  150

  15>     0     3     4-    2     3     3     4-     -    2     5      -    2
         600  -630*  660   630  -630* -630*  660  -660*  630  -600* -660*  630

  16>     3-    3-    3-    5     1-    3-    1-    0     0     1-    5     1-
         200   200    50* 1100   -50    50* -200* -100 -1100* -200*  100*  -50

  17>     2     0     2     1     3      -    3     4-    4     5      -    4-
        -140  -420    50* -170   -50   -50*  140*   50   170*  420*  -50*   50

  18>      -    4-    2-     -    2-    2-    4-    4-    4-     -     -    2-
        -460  -430   450* -460  -450   450*  460* -430   460*  430*  430* -450

  19>     4     4     4     1     1     4     4     1     1     1     4     1
        -480*  980  -480* -980*  480   980  -480* -980* -980*  480   980   480

  20>     4     4-    4     4     1     1      -     -    2     1     3     4-
         100*  170   100*  100* -100  -100  -170* -170* -140* -100   140   170

  21>     3-    3     0     5     1-    0     1     2     3-    5     1-    4
         100*  150  -600*  110* -100  -110  -170* -150*  100*  600  -100   170

  22>     2-    5     1     1     0     0     5     2-    4     4     2-    2-
        -990*  100*  520 -1020*-1520* -100  1520  -990* -520* 1020   990   990

  23>      -    5     1      -    2-    0     2-    2-    4     4-    4-    2-
        -690*  300*  130  -690* -660* -300   660  -660* -130*  690   690   660

  24>     5     2-    2-    2-    0     2-    5     2-    2-    2-    0     2-
         480*  450* -450   450*  420* -450  -420   450*  450* -450  -480  -450

  25>     5     1      -    0     2      -    4-    4-    2     3     4     3
          50*  130  -400*  -50   170  -400*  400   400  -190* -170* -130*  190

  26>     2     5     5     3     1     1     0     4     3     4     0     2
         110*  200   200* -110  -170  -100* -200   100   140*  170* -200* -140

  27>     2     5     4     3     0     1     1     4     3     5     0     2
         -50*  140   100*   50  -150  -110* -100   110    90*  150* -140*  -90
Monday Night Bridge, Monday Eve, April 3, 2017

EVENT>Monday Night Invitational|SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> B N-S
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DATE>April 3, 2017      |SANCTION>ST1704087 | 04/03/2017 22:10|EVENT CODE>03LP
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DIR> Mike Lipp       |RATING>STAC, CLUB>185264            |MOVEMENT>MITCHELL
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AVE>   84.0 |TOP>   7 |MP LIMITS>500/300/100    |CLUB>Mike's Games At The CBC
------------ --------- ------------------------- -------------------------------
PAIRS IN STRAT A=9/B=9/C=2                       ,---,-------------------------,------,---------,
-------------------------------------------------|   |           Section       |      |Section  |
No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
------------------------------------------------- --- ----- ----- ----- ------- ------ ---------
 1 Robert Roark           Sharon Koster            B    .     .     .     84.36  50.21
 2 Donald Pollack         Bernice Pollack          B    2     2     .    100.70  59.94  0.62(A)
 3 David Elliott          Carla Runda              C    .     .     1     88.93  52.93  0.45(C)
 4 Judy Barron            Louise Wolf              B    .     .     .     60.36  35.93
 5 John Ramsay            Julian Magnus, Jr        B    .     .     .     75.36  44.86
 6 Tim Oppelt             Joanne Oppelt            B    1     1     .    102.86  61.23  0.89(A)
 7 Terri Mackey           Judith Lubow             B    3     3     .     98.79  58.80  0.45(A)
 8 John McHugh            Janet Self               C    .     .     .     53.36  31.76
 9 Annette Kereiakes      Tom Kereiakes            B    4     4     .     92.00  54.76  0.31(A)

                                          Totals                         756.72


                           **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9
  /
   1>     7           0     4     2-    2-    5-    1     5-
         170   -----1400  -100  -110  -110   140  -300   140

   2>     5-          1     2     5-    5-    5-    0     3
          50   ---- -200  -170    50    50    50  -500  -100

   3>     7           0     3-    3-    3-    6     1     3-
         130   ---- -100   110   110   110   120   -50   110

   4>     5     5           5     0     5     1-    5     1-
         710   710   ----  710   260   710   650   710   650

   5>     4     7            -     -    6     4     4     2
          50   140   ---- -110  -110   100    50    50  -100

   6>      -    2-           -    5     7     5     5     2-
        -600  -130   ---- -600   100   200   100   100  -130

   7>     3     6-    1           5     6-    3     0     3
         620   660  -100   ----  630   660   620  -300   620

   8>     1     1     7           6     4     4     1     4
         150   150   500   ----  420   400   400   150   400

   9>     4-    2-     -          2-    6      -    4-    7
         420   200   -50   ----  200   500   -50   420   590

  10>     4     4     4     0           4     4     4     4
         660   660   660  -100   ----  660   660   660   660

  11>     2-    2-    5-    2-          2-    5-    0     7
         480   480   510   480   ----  480   510   450   980

  12>     3-    0     1     2           5     7     6     3-
        -110  -400  -140  -120   ----   50   150   100  -110

  13>     1-    1-    6     1-    1-          6     4     6
        -100  -100   620  -100  -100   ----  620   200   620

  14>     3-    6-    5     1     2           3-    0     6-
          50   550   100  -140  -100   ----   50  -420   550

  15>      -    7     3-     -    5-          2     3-    5-
        -200   690   170  -200   600   ---- -100   170   600

  16>     7     6     1-    1-    1-    4-          1-    4-
         460   130   -50   -50   -50   110   ----  -50   110

  17>     2     7     2     6     4-    4-          0     2
        -110   150  -110   100    50    50   ---- -420  -110

  18>     2-    7     6     4     2-     -           -    5
        -460  -130  -420  -450  -460  -490   ---- -490  -430

  19>     5-    3     5-     -    2     5-    5-           -
         980   520   980   480   490   980   980   ----  480

  20>     2     5-    7     2     2     5-    2           2
        -100   140   170  -100  -100   140  -100   ---- -100

  21>     2-    6     2-    0     2-    6     6           2-
         130   150   130   110   130   150   150   ----  130

  22>     3-     -    3-    6     2     6     6      -
         990   -50   990  1020   520  1020  1020   -50   ----

  23>     4     4     4     4     1     4     7     0
         660   660   660   660   630   660   690   130   ----

  24>   2.36        6.93  2.36  2.36  2.36  5.79  2.36
        -450    NP    50  -450  -450  -450  -420  -450   ----

  25>           4-    4-    1-    6     1-    1-    1-    7
         ----  130   130   -50   400   -50   -50   -50   430

  26>           2     6     4-    4-    0     2     7     2
         ---- -140   -80  -110  -110  -300  -140   100  -140

  27>           5     5     5     5     5     0     1     2
         ----  110   110   110   110   110  -150  -100   -50



EVENT>Monday Night Invitational|SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> B E-W
------------------------,------ ------------,-------- --------------------------
DATE>April 3, 2017      |SANCTION>ST1704087 | 04/03/2017 22:10|EVENT CODE>03LP
---------------------,-- ------------------- -------------,---------------------
DIR> Mike Lipp       |RATING>STAC, CLUB>185264            |MOVEMENT>MITCHELL
------------,-------- ,-------------------------,--------- ---------------------
AVE>   84.0 |TOP>   7 |MP LIMITS>500/300/100    |CLUB>Mike's Games At The CBC
------------ --------- ------------------------- -------------------------------
PAIRS IN STRAT A=9/B=8/C=4                       ,---,-------------------------,------,---------,
-------------------------------------------------|   |           Section       |      |Section  |
No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
------------------------------------------------- --- ----- ----- ----- ------- ------ ---------
 1 Lewis Temples          Richard Koch             B    .     .     .     69.50  41.37
 2 Patt Olexsey           Bob Olexsey              C    2     2     2     94.64  56.33  0.62(A)
 3 Cheryl Endres          Pamela Kennedy           C    1     1     1    101.64  60.50  0.89(A)
 4 Joseph Kammer          Gail Zimmer              A    .     .     .     80.64  48.00
 5 Joan Diers             Evelyn McCarthy          C    3     3     .     89.74  53.42  0.45(A)
 6 Mike Burns             Nancy Cameron            B    .     .     .     82.21  48.93
 7 Sara Brown             Reggie Moskowitz         C    .     .     .     71.57  42.60
 8 Lois Jones             Beverly Shores           B    4     .     .     86.64  51.57  0.31(A)
 9 Peggy Jervis           Pat Lindeman             B    .     .     .     79.64  47.40

                                          Totals                         756.22


                           **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9
  /
   1>     0     4-          1-    7     6     3     1-    4-
        -170   110   ---- -140  1400   300   100  -140   110

   2>     1-    1-          1-    6     7     5     4     1-
         -50   -50   ----  -50   200   500   170   100   -50

   3>     0     3-          1     7     6     3-    3-    3-
        -130  -110   ---- -120   100    50  -110  -110  -110

   4>     2     2     5-          2     2     5-    7     2
        -710  -710  -650   ---- -710  -710  -650  -260  -710

   5>     1     0     3           3     6-    5     6-    3
        -100  -140   -50   ----  -50   110   100   110   -50

   6>     0     4-    2           2     6-    4-    2     6-
        -200   130  -100   ---- -100   600   130  -100   600

   7>      -    4     6     7           4     2     4      -
        -660  -620   100   300   ---- -620  -630  -620  -660

   8>     6     3     0     6           3     1     6     3
        -150  -400  -500  -150   ---- -400  -420  -150  -400

   9>     4-    6-    6-    2-          0     4-    2-    1
        -200    50    50  -420   ---- -590  -200  -420  -500

  10>     3     3     3     7     3           3     3     3
        -660  -660  -660   100  -660   ---- -660  -660  -660

  11>     1-    1-    7     4-    0           4-    4-    4-
        -510  -510  -450  -480  -980   ---- -480  -480  -480

  12>     0     6     1     5     3-          3-    2     7
        -150   140  -100   120   110   ----  110   -50   400

  13>     1     3     5-    1     5-    5-          5-    1
        -620  -200   100  -620   100   100   ----  100  -620

  14>     2     7     6      -    5     3-           -    3-
        -100   420   140  -550   100   -50   ---- -550   -50

  15>     3-    3-    6-    1-    1-    6-          0     5
        -170  -170   200  -600  -600   200   ---- -690   100

  16>     5-    5-    2-    5-    0     2-    1           5-
          50    50  -110    50  -460  -110  -130   ----   50

  17>     7     1     5     2-    5     2-    0           5
         420  -100   110   -50   110   -50  -150   ----  110

  18>     6-    3     2     4-    4-    6-    0           1
         490   450   430   460   460   490   130   ----  420

  19>     6-    6-    5     1-    1-    4     1-    1-
        -480  -480  -490  -980  -980  -520  -980  -980   ----

  20>     5     5     5     5     1-    1-    5     0
         100   100   100   100  -140  -140   100  -170   ----

  21>     7     4-    4-    4-    1     1     1     4-
        -110  -130  -130  -130  -150  -150  -150  -130   ----

  22>           5     3-    1     6-    1     3-    6-    1
         ---- -520  -990 -1020    50 -1020  -990    50 -1020

  23>           6     3     3     3     0     3     7     3
         ---- -630  -660  -660  -660  -690  -660  -130  -660

  24>         4.64  4.64  4.64        1.21  0.07  4.64  4.64
         ----  450   450   450    NP   420   -50   450   450

  25>     1           5-    2-    5-    2-    5-    5-    0
        -400   ----   50  -130    50  -130    50    50  -430

  26>     2-          7     5     5     1     0     2-    5
         110   ----  300   140   140    80  -100   110   140

  27>     2           2     2     7     2     6     2     5
        -110   ---- -110  -110   150  -110   100  -110    50
Monday Night Invitational, Monday Eve, April 3, 2017

Board 1
North Deals
None Vul

♠	8 6
♥	J 6 5 3 2
♦	A 10
♣	9 7 4 2

♠	K 7 4
♥	Q 9 8
♦	Q 9 5
♣	8 6 5 3

N
W		E
S

♠	Q J 10 9 3
♥	A K
♦	J 7 4 3 2
♣	10

♠	A 5 2
♥	10 7 4
♦	K 8 6
♣	A K Q J

NS 3♥; EW 2♠; NS 3♣; NS 1N; EW 2♦; Par +100: EW 3♠×−1

West	North	East	South
	Pass	1 ♠	1 NT1
2 ♠	2 NT2	Pass	3 ♣3
Pass	3 ♥	Pass	Pass
Pass

15 to 18
Alert, artificial Lebensohl relay to 3 ♣
Alert, forced bid

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♥	S	4	♠ K	170		5.00	0.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 ♥	N	3	♠ Q	140		3.50	1.50	A6-Felson-Brown	A10-Purcell-Moese
3 ♥	N	3	♠ Q	140		3.50	1.50	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A4-Peng-Brausch
3 ♠	E	−1	♣ A	50		2.00	3.00	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
2 ♠	E	2	♣ K		110	1.00	4.00	A3-Barker-Barker	A11-Prosise-Prosise
3 NT×	S	−2	♠ 4		300	0.00	5.00	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
2 ♥	S	4	♦ 5	170		7.00	0.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B1-Temples-Koch
3 ♥	S	3	♠ 4	140		5.50	1.50	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♥	N	3	♠ Q	140		5.50	1.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B8-Jones-Shores
3 NT	S	−2	♠ 7		100	4.00	3.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
2 ♠	E	2	♣ A		110	2.50	4.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
2 ♠	E	2	♣ A		110	2.50	4.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
3 NT×	S	−2	♠ 4		300	1.00	6.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B6-Burns-Cameron
4 ♦×	N	−6	♥ A		1400	0.00	7.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B5-Diers-McCarthy

North would have transferred at the two level and passed their partner's 2 ♥ reply, but when West raises East's Spades, that option no longer exists. A 3 ♥ bid at this point would show exactly five Hearts and game-going values. The only way to play at the three level in a competitive auction of this sort is to use Lebensohl. A 2 NT bid is artificial and asks partner to bid 3 ♣. The 3 ♣ forced bid is sometimes passed (picture ♠ 85 ♥ J42 ♦ Q ♣ QJ98742), but just as often the partner of the notrump opener/overcaller will correct to 3 ♦ or 3 ♥ (to play).

N/S lose one Spade trick and three Hearts, making three. East will probably lead the ♠ Q.

Board 2
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A 5 4
♥	K 8
♦	A 4 2
♣	K Q 8 5 3

♠	K Q 8 7 6 2
♥	10
♦	J
♣	A 10 7 6 4

N
W		E
S

♠	J 10 3
♥	A 3 2
♦	K Q 10 8 7 3
♣	J

♠	9
♥	Q J 9 7 6 5 4
♦	9 6 5
♣	9 2

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

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

Weak jump overcall

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♠×	W	−1	♦ A	100		4.50	0.50	A6-Felson-Brown	A10-Purcell-Moese
5 ♠×	W	−1	♣ K	100		4.50	0.50	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
2 ♦	E	5	♥ Q		150	3.00	2.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♠	W	5	♥ K		450	1.00	4.00	A3-Barker-Barker	A11-Prosise-Prosise
4 ♠	W	5	♥ 8		450	1.00	4.00	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
4 ♠	W	5	♥ K		450	1.00	4.00	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A4-Peng-Brausch
4 ♠	W	−1	♥ K	50		5.50	1.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B1-Temples-Koch
4 ♠	W	−1	♥ K	50		5.50	1.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♠	W	−1	♥ K	50		5.50	1.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
3 ♦	E	−1	♥ Q	50		5.50	1.50	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♥	S	−1	♦ J		100	3.00	4.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B8-Jones-Shores
2 ♠	W	4	♣ K		170	2.00	5.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
3 ♠	W	5	♣ K		200	1.00	6.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B5-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥×	S	−2	♦ J		500	0.00	7.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B6-Burns-Cameron

West's 2 ♠ bid shows 5+ Spades and 10+ HCP (Five & Dime). E/W lose one Diamond trick and one Spade, making five. North may lead the ♣ K although the ♥ K is also defendable.

Board 3
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	10 9 2
♥	10 8
♦	K Q 9 7 3
♣	A 6 2

♠	A 8 7 4
♥	9 7 5
♦	8 4
♣	K 9 7 5

N
W		E
S

♠	J 6
♥	A J 6 4 3 2
♦	J 2
♣	Q J 3

♠	K Q 5 3
♥	K Q
♦	A 10 6 5
♣	10 8 4

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

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	5	♥ 5	460		5.00	0.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♦	S	4	♠ 4	130		4.00	1.00	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
3 ♦	S	3	♥ 7	110		2.00	3.00	A3-Barker-Barker	A11-Prosise-Prosise
3 ♦	S	3	♥ 9	110		2.00	3.00	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
3 ♦	S	3	♥ 7	110		2.00	3.00	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A4-Peng-Brausch
4 ♦	S	−1	♥ 5		50	0.00	5.00	A6-Felson-Brown	A10-Purcell-Moese
3 ♦	S	4	♥ 5	130		7.00	0.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B1-Temples-Koch
1 NT	N	2	♥ 2	120		6.00	1.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 ♦	S	3	♣ 5	110		3.50	3.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
3 ♦	S	3	♥ 9	110		3.50	3.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 ♦	S	3	♥ 5	110		3.50	3.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
2 ♦	S	3	♠ 4	110		3.50	3.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B8-Jones-Shores
3 ♦	S	−1	♥ 9		50	1.00	6.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B6-Burns-Cameron
5 ♦	S	−2	♠ A		100	0.00	7.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B5-Diers-McCarthy

N/W play Inverted Minors, so North doesn't have a 2 ♦ constructive raise available to them. They might have bid 3 ♣ originally, since they play that as a limit raise in Diamonds, but with nine HCP, they're a little light. South should probably double the final contract.

E/W lose one Spade trick, one Heart, two Diamonds, and one Club, down one. South will lead the ♠ K or the ♦ A. If declarer had the ♥T, they might choose to finesse twice in trumps, but without that card, the proper line is ♥ A and a low Heart.

Board 4
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	K 4
♥	A K J 8 5 2
♦	9 8 7
♣	J 5

♠	10 2
♥	6 4
♦	A Q J 10 5 4 3
♣	4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	J 5 3
♥	9 3
♦	K 6 2
♣	K Q 8 6 2

♠	A Q 9 8 7 6
♥	Q 10 7
♦	—
♣	A 10 9 7

NS 7♠; NS 7♥; NS 3♣; EW 2♦; Par +2210

West	North	East	South
3 ♦	3 ♥	4 ♦	5 ♦
Dbl	6 ♥	Pass	Pass
Pass

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	N	7	♦ K	710		3.00	2.00	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A8-Messinger-Muenks
4 ♥	N	7	♦ 2	710		3.00	2.00	A6-Felson-Brown	A3-Barker-Barker
4 ♥	N	7	♦ K	710		3.00	2.00	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A10-Purcell-Moese
4 ♥	N	7	♦ 2	710		3.00	2.00	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
4 ♠	S	7	♥ 6	710		3.00	2.00	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A4-Peng-Brausch
4 ♥	N	6	♦ K	680		0.00	5.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
4 ♠	S	7	♦ A	710		5.00	2.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♥	N	7	♦ K	710		5.00	2.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
4 ♥	N	7	♣ K	710		5.00	2.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B6-Burns-Cameron
4 ♥	N	7	♦ 6	710		5.00	2.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B1-Temples-Koch
4 ♥	N	7	♦ K	710		5.00	2.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B5-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	N	5	♦ K	650		1.50	5.50	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♥	N	5	♦ 2	650		1.50	5.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
3 ♥	N	7	♦ 2	260		0.00	7.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B8-Jones-Shores

South's 5 ♦ bid shows first-round control of Diamonds, a slam-going hand, and Heart support. North should probably have bid 5 ♠ to show a control in Spades, but they didn't.....so what.....sue me.

N/S take 16 tricks. East will lead the ♦ 2 (small from an honor in a supported suit).

Board 5
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	K
♥	J 8 7 5 4 2
♦	K 8 7
♣	9 6 3

♠	J 10 9 2
♥	A K
♦	A
♣	K J 8 7 5 2

N
W		E
S

♠	8 6 4
♥	Q 10 6
♦	Q J 10 2
♣	Q 10 4

♠	A Q 7 5 3
♥	9 3
♦	9 6 5 4 3
♣	A

EW 2N; EW 3♣; NS 2♦; NS 1♥; Par −120

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♣	W	−1	♠ K	50		5.00	0.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
2 NT	W	3	♠ K		150	3.50	1.50	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A8-Messinger-Muenks
2 NT	E	3	♠ 3		150	3.50	1.50	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A10-Purcell-Moese
4 ♦	S	−2	♥ A		200	2.00	3.00	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A4-Peng-Brausch
3 NT	W	3	♠ K		400	1.00	4.00	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
3 NT	W	4	♥ 5		430	0.00	5.00	A6-Felson-Brown	A3-Barker-Barker
2 ♥	N	3	♣ Q	140		7.00	0.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
5 ♣	W	−2	♠ K	100		6.00	1.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B1-Temples-Koch
4 ♣	W	−1	♠ K	50		4.00	3.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♣	W	−1	♠ K	50		4.00	3.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♣	W	−1	♠ K	50		4.00	3.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B5-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♦	S	−1	♣ 2		100	2.00	5.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
2 ♣	W	3	♠ K		110	0.50	6.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B6-Burns-Cameron
2 ♣	W	3	♠ K		110	0.50	6.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B8-Jones-Shores

E/W lose three Spade tricks and one Club, making three. North will lead the ♠ K, and if South doesn't overtake will probably switch to a small Heart. When South is in with the ♣ A, they'll cash the two top Spades and probably switch to a Diamond, but West will drop their hand on the table and claim.

Board 6
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	9 6 5 4
♥	A 10 9 7
♦	7
♣	K 10 4 3

♠	Q 8
♥	J 4
♦	A Q 10 9 5 2
♣	A J 6

N
W		E
S

♠	A 7 2
♥	K 6 3 2
♦	K J 6 4
♣	Q 7

♠	K J 10 3
♥	Q 8 5
♦	8 3
♣	9 8 5 2

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

West	North	East	South
		1 ♦	Pass
2 ♦1	Pass	2 NT2	Pass
3 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass

Alert, Inverted Minor Diamond raise creating a game force
Alert, showing stoppers in both majors for notrump

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 NT	E	−1	♣ 2	100		5.00	0.00	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A8-Messinger-Muenks
3 ♦	E	4	♣ 9		130	4.00	1.00	A6-Felson-Brown	A3-Barker-Barker
3 NT	E	4	♠ J		630	2.50	2.50	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A10-Purcell-Moese
3 NT	E	4	♠ 3		630	2.50	2.50	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A4-Peng-Brausch
3 NT	E	5	♠ 3		660	0.50	4.50	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
3 NT	E	5	♠ J		660	0.50	4.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
6 ♦	E	−2	♣ 2	200		7.00	0.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B1-Temples-Koch
5 ♦	E	−1	♣ 2	100		5.00	2.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B8-Jones-Shores
6 ♦	E	−1	♠ J	100		5.00	2.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B3-Endres-Kennedy
6 ♦	E	−1	♠ J	100		5.00	2.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B5-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♦	E	4	♣ 9		130	2.50	4.50	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
4 ♦	E	4	♠ J		130	2.50	4.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
5 ♦	E	5	♠ J		600	0.50	6.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	W	3	♥ 7		600	0.50	6.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B6-Burns-Cameron

When you have a running minor, and you have enough tricks to be in slam, by all means be in slam in your minor. If you are content to be in game, by all means be in notrump--unless those stupid opponents of yours have five cashing tricks.

E/W take six Diamond tricks, one Spade, one Club, and a spare trick in one of the side suits, making three. If North leads a safe Diamond, trick two will be a Club to establish declarer's ninth trick. If North leads something that isn't so much a Diamond, declarer should run it to their hand to guarantee a ninth trick.

Board 7
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	J 8
♥	9 8 7 4 3 2
♦	A 3 2
♣	Q J

♠	K 10
♥	Q 6
♦	K J 9 8 6 5
♣	10 7 6

N
W		E
S

♠	7 6 4 2
♥	K J 5
♦	7
♣	8 5 4 3 2

♠	A Q 9 5 3
♥	A 10
♦	Q 10 4
♣	A K 9

NS 4N; NS 4♠; NS 4♥; NS 2♦; S 2♣; N 1♣; Par +630

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

Forcing
Natural showing 5+ Hearts

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	5	♦ 5	660		5.00	0.00	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
3 NT	S	4	♦ 8	630		3.50	1.50	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A6-Felson-Brown
3 NT	N	4	♣ 3	630		3.50	1.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A3-Barker-Barker
4 ♥	N	4	♦ 7	620		2.00	3.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A8-Messinger-Muenks
3 NT	N	3	♣ 8	600		1.00	4.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
4 ♥	N	−1	♦ 7		100	0.00	5.00	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A4-Peng-Brausch
3 NT	S	5	♦ 9	660		6.50	0.50	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B1-Temples-Koch
3 NT	S	5	♦ 8	660		6.50	0.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	N	4	♣ 3	630		5.00	2.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
4 ♥	S	4	♦ 8	620		3.00	4.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B8-Jones-Shores
4 ♥	S	4	♦ 8	620		3.00	4.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
4 ♥	N	4	♦ 7	620		3.00	4.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B6-Burns-Cameron
4 ♥	N	−1	♦ 7		100	1.00	6.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B3-Endres-Kennedy
2 NT	N	−3	♥ 5		300	0.00	7.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B4-Kammer-Zimmer

South's 2 NT rebid shows 18-19 HCP and 5332 shape. North's 3 ♥ bid is natural and shows five or more Hearts. South wishes they could be declarer, but that annoying 1 NT bid is sitting on the table in front of their partner. Stupid 1 NT Forcing.

N/S take three Club tricks, one Heart, two Diamonds, and four Spades, making four. Assume that East leads the ♦ 7 (nothing is better). Declarer will insert dummy's ♦T and allow West's ♦ J to win. Unable to continue Diamonds successfully, West will switch to a Club. Declarer wins in hand with the ♣ J and leads a small Heart playing the ♥T when East plays low. West wins with the ♥ Q and exits with another Club. Declarer wins in dummy with the ♣ K, cashes the ♣ A, ♥ A, ♠ A, and exits with a second Spade. West wins by force and has to lead a Diamond away from the ♦ K to dummy's ♦ Q. Nicely played!

Board 8
West Deals
None Vul

♠	5
♥	K 6 2
♦	A K 10 9 7 4
♣	Q 9 8

♠	J
♥	10 9 8 5
♦	—
♣	A K J 10 6 5 3 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K 10 9 8 6 4 2
♥	Q 4
♦	8 6 5 2
♣	—

♠	A Q 7 3
♥	A J 7 3
♦	Q J 3
♣	7 4

N 6N; N 6♦; S 5N; S 3♥; S 4♦; N 2♥; EW 1♣; Par +990

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

Don't preempt with a side four-card major in first position

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	5	♣ K	460		5.00	0.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A8-Messinger-Muenks
5 ♦	N	5	♠ 10	400		4.00	1.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
4 ♦	N	5	♥ 4	150		2.50	2.50	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A4-Peng-Brausch
4 ♦	N	5	♥ Q	150		2.50	2.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A3-Barker-Barker
4 ♣	E	−2	♦ 3	100		1.00	4.00	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A6-Felson-Brown
5 ♦	N	−1	♠ 10		50	0.00	5.00	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
5 ♣×	W	−3	♦ A	500		7.00	0.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B3-Endres-Kennedy
5 ♦	N	6	♠ K	420		6.00	1.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
5 ♦	N	5	♥ Q	400		4.00	3.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
5 ♦	N	5	♥ 4	400		4.00	3.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
5 ♦	N	5	♠ 10	400		4.00	3.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B6-Burns-Cameron
4 ♦	N	5	♠ 10	150		1.00	6.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B8-Jones-Shores
5 ♣	W	−3	♦ A	150		1.00	6.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B1-Temples-Koch
5 ♣	W	−3	♠ 5	150		1.00	6.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B4-Kammer-Zimmer

West is fairly pleased that South ended up in 3 NT, and pounds the ♣ K on the table after verifying that it's their lead. Stupid ♣ Qxx. N/S take six Diamond tricks, one Club, one Spade, and three Hearts, making five. If West is extra drunk and switches at trick two, N/S make six. Hic.

Board 9
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	10 5 4 2
♥	A Q 10 8 6 3 2
♦	4
♣	10

♠	J 9 6 3
♥	K J
♦	A 9 6 2
♣	6 5 4

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q 7
♥	9 4
♦	K Q 8 5 3
♣	K J 9

♠	K 8
♥	7 5
♦	J 10 7
♣	A Q 8 7 3 2

NS 5♥; NS 1N; NS 2♣; EW 1♦; Par +450

West	North	East	South
	Pass1	1 NT2	Dbl3
2 ♣4	3 ♥	Pass	Pass
Pass

Don't preempt with a side four-card major in first position
15 to 17
Alert, artificial DONT call showing a single-suited hand
Stayman

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♣×	S	3	♣ 6	470		5.00	0.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A8-Messinger-Muenks
4 ♠	W	−3	♣ 10	300		4.00	1.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
3 ♠	W	−2	♣ 10	200		2.50	2.50	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A6-Felson-Brown
4 ♠	W	−2	♣ 10	200		2.50	2.50	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A4-Peng-Brausch
4 ♥	N	−1	♦ K		50	1.00	4.00	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
2 NT	E	2	♣ 7		120	0.00	5.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A3-Barker-Barker
4 ♥×	N	4	♦ K	590		7.00	0.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B6-Burns-Cameron
3 NT	E	−5	♦ J	500		6.00	1.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♥	N	4	♦ K	420		4.50	2.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B8-Jones-Shores
4 ♥	N	4	♥ 4	420		4.50	2.50	B8-McHugh-Self	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♠	E	−2	♣ A	200		2.50	4.50	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B1-Temples-Koch
3 ♠	W	−2	♥ A	200		2.50	4.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
4 ♥	N	−1	♦ K		50	0.50	6.50	B3-Elliott-Runda	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♥	N	−1	♥ 9		50	0.50	6.50	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey

South is tempted for a brief moment to raise to game, but that would be bad Bridge. To make game they need (1) West to have the ♥ K, (2) Hearts to split 2-2, (3) East to have the ♠ A, (4) North to have a singleton Diamond, and (5) East to have the ♣ K. Yup.

N/S lose one Spade trick and one Diamond, making five. Declarer should take the Club finesse, since they'll be able to pitch their fourth Spade even if the Club finesse loses. East will lead the ♦ K. One thing to note as a defender--why didn't North open 3 ♥ if they have seven Hearts? E/W, when they see dummy, should have no trouble picturing the fourth Spade in the closed hand.

Board 10
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	A J 10
♥	K 9 6 3
♦	K 7 2
♣	Q 10 6

♠	Q 7 4 2
♥	J 8
♦	10 5
♣	K 8 4 3 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K 9 8 6 5
♥	Q 10 7 2
♦	J 6 3
♣	5

♠	3
♥	A 5 4
♦	A Q 9 8 4
♣	A J 9 7

NS 5N; NS 4♥; NS 5♦; NS 4♣; NS 1♠; Par +660

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	5	♠ 5	660		3.00	2.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
3 NT	N	5	♠ 6	660		3.00	2.00	A3-Barker-Barker	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 NT	N	5	♠ 6	660		3.00	2.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
3 NT	N	5	♠ 6	660		3.00	2.00	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A6-Felson-Brown
3 NT	N	5	♣ 5	660		3.00	2.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A4-Peng-Brausch
3 NT	N	4	♠ 5	630		0.00	5.00	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
3 NT	N	5	♠ 5	660		4.00	3.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
3 NT	N	5	♠ 6	660		4.00	3.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	S	5	♣ 3	660		4.00	3.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
3 NT	N	5	♠ 5	660		4.00	3.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B8-Jones-Shores
3 NT	N	5	♠ 5	660		4.00	3.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B1-Temples-Koch
3 NT	N	5	♠ 6	660		4.00	3.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B3-Endres-Kennedy
3 NT	N	5	♠ 8	660		4.00	3.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B5-Diers-McCarthy
3 NT	N	−1	♠ 6		100	0.00	7.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B4-Kammer-Zimmer

N/S take two Spade tricks, two Hearts, five Diamonds, and two Clubs, making five. East will lead a small Spade, and declarer will capture West's ♠ Q with the ♠ A. ♣ Q is next, and West is free to win the ♣ K at their leisure and return a Spade, but those are the only tricks for the defense.

Board 11
South Deals
None Vul

♠	A K 10 6 2
♥	9 4
♦	K 6 5 2
♣	K 9

♠	9 7 3
♥	6 2
♦	A Q 9 7 4
♣	10 7 5

N
W		E
S

♠	5 4
♥	J 3
♦	J 10 8 3
♣	A J 8 6 2

♠	Q J 8
♥	A K Q 10 8 7 5
♦	—
♣	Q 4 3

NS 6♠; NS 6♥; NS 5N; NS 1♦; NS 1♣; Par +980

West	North	East	South
			1 ♥
Pass	1 ♠	Pass	3 ♥
Pass	4 NT1	Pass	5 NT2
Pass	6 ♥	Pass	Pass
Pass

RKC Blackwood for Hearts
1430 response showing 2 or 4 keycards w/ a useful void somewhere

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♥	S	7	♦ A	1010		4.50	0.50	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
6 ♥	S	7	♦ A	1010		4.50	0.50	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A6-Felson-Brown
6 ♥	S	6	♥ 6	980		3.00	2.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
4 ♥	S	6	♥ 6	480		1.00	4.00	A3-Barker-Barker	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♥	S	6	♥ 2	480		1.00	4.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
4 ♥	S	6	♣ 7	480		1.00	4.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A4-Peng-Brausch
6 ♥	S	6	♦ A	980		7.00	0.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B5-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	S	7	♥ 6	510		5.50	1.50	B3-Elliott-Runda	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
4 ♥	S	7	♦ A	510		5.50	1.50	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B1-Temples-Koch
5 ♠	N	6	♥ J	480		2.50	4.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
4 ♥	S	6	♣ 10	480		2.50	4.50	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♥	S	6	♠ 7	480		2.50	4.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♥	S	6	♦ 7	480		2.50	4.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B8-Jones-Shores
4 ♥	S	5	♣ 7	450		0.00	7.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B3-Endres-Kennedy

Even though N/S usually use 4 ♠ as a way to ask for keycards in Hearts (Kickback), it would be unwise to do so here, since it's likely that South would pass. In this case, that wouldn't be the end of the world, since 4 ♠ makes with overtricks. Just sayin' (just?).

N/S lose one Club trick, making six. If West tries cashing their ♦ A on opening lead, N/S will make seven (South's Clubs can be pitched on the ♦ K and North's long Spades).

Board 12
West Deals
N-S Vul

♠	K 9 7 4
♥	K 10 3
♦	Q 9 8
♣	10 9 3

♠	Q 10 5 2
♥	A J 7 6
♦	K 7 6
♣	6 4

N
W		E
S

♠	8 6 3
♥	4
♦	A J 5 4
♣	A K J 5 2

♠	A J
♥	Q 9 8 5 2
♦	10 3 2
♣	Q 8 7

EW 3♠; EW 4♦; W 4♣; EW 2N; E 3♣; EW 1♥; Par −140

West	North	East	South
Pass	Pass	1 ♣	1 ♥
Dbl1	2 ♥	2 ♠	Pass
Pass	Pass

Negative showing exactly four Spades

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	W	−3	♥ 3	150		5.00	0.00	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
3 ♣	E	−1	♥ 2	50		4.00	1.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
2 NT	W	3	♥ K		150	3.00	2.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
1 NT	E	4	♥ 5		180	1.50	3.50	A3-Barker-Barker	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
2 NT	W	4	♠ 4		180	1.50	3.50	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A6-Felson-Brown
3 NT	W	4	♥ K		430	0.00	5.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A4-Peng-Brausch
3 NT	W	−3	♠ 4	150		7.00	0.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B1-Temples-Koch
2 NT	W	−2	♠ 4	100		6.00	1.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B3-Endres-Kennedy
2 ♠	W	−1	♣ 3	50		5.00	2.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B8-Jones-Shores
2 ♣	E	3	♠ A		110	3.50	3.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
3 ♣	E	3	♥ 5		110	3.50	3.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B5-Diers-McCarthy
2 NT	W	2	♠ 4		120	2.00	5.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♠	W	3	♥ 3		140	1.00	6.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
3 NT	E	3	♥ 9		400	0.00	7.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B9-Jervis-Lindeman

E/W lose three or four Spade tricks, making four or three respectively. South will lead the ♥ 5, declarer will win with dummy's ♥ A, and ruff a Heart. ♣ A, Diamond to the ♦ K, Heart ruff, ♣ K, Club ruff, Diamond to the ♦ J, and the ♦ A for nine tricks. There's no way for the defense to keep declarer from scoring a trump trick in the end position. If South leads the ♠ A and another Spade, E/W will be held to nine tricks.

Board 13
North Deals
Both Vul

♠	A Q 10 8 5
♥	A 4
♦	K J 10 9 8
♣	7

♠	7 3
♥	Q J 9 2
♦	A Q 7 6 5
♣	A 5

N
W		E
S

♠	9 6 4
♥	K 8 7 3
♦	3 2
♣	J 9 4 2

♠	K J 2
♥	10 6 5
♦	4
♣	K Q 10 8 6 3

NS 4♠; NS 2N; NS 3♣; NS 2♦; NS 1♥; Par +620

West	North	East	South
	1 ♠	Pass	1 NT1
2 ♦	Dbl2	Pass	3 ♠
Pass	4 ♠	Pass	Pass
Pass

Forcing
For penalty

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	N	4	♦ 3	620		4.00	1.00	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A10-Purcell-Moese
4 ♠	N	4	♥ 3	620		4.00	1.00	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen	A6-Felson-Brown
4 ♠	N	4	♣ 2	620		4.00	1.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
3 ♠	N	4	♥ 3	170		2.00	3.00	A4-Peng-Brausch	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
4 ♠	N	−1	♦ 2		100	1.00	4.00	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A11-Prosise-Prosise
4 ♠	N	−3	♣ 4		300	0.00	5.00	A3-Barker-Barker	A8-Messinger-Muenks
4 ♠	N	4	♦ 3	620		6.00	1.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B1-Temples-Koch
4 ♠	N	4	♦ 3	620		6.00	1.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♠	N	4	♣ 4	620		6.00	1.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 ♠	N	5	♦ 3	200		4.00	3.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
4 ♠	N	−1	♦ 3		100	1.50	5.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B6-Burns-Cameron
4 ♠	N	−1	♦ 3		100	1.50	5.50	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B8-Jones-Shores
4 ♠	N	−1	♦ 3		100	1.50	5.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♠	N	−1	♦ 3		100	1.50	5.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B5-Diers-McCarthy

At favorable vulnerability, South would have gladly passed North's penalty double. At equal vulnerability, it's a tougher call, since North doesn't know that South has three Spades and might be counting on collecting a Spade ruff on defense.

N/S lose one Heart trick, one Diamond, and one Club, making four. 2 ♦ would have probably been down three doubled for +800. East will lead the ♦ 3, and West will win with the ♦ A. The ♥ Q is next, declarer winning with the ♥ A. With East marked with the ♥ K, West is a shoe-in to hold the ♣ A. Trick three should be the ♣ 7 to the ♣T. When West wins with the ♣ A and cashes the ♥ J, the hand is over.

Board 14
East Deals
None Vul

♠	9 4
♥	3
♦	Q 10 3 2
♣	A K 7 4 3 2

♠	Q J 10 7 3 2
♥	Q 5 2
♦	5
♣	10 8 6

N
W		E
S

♠	A K 8 5
♥	K 10 9 8
♦	A 7
♣	J 9 5

♠	6
♥	A J 7 6 4
♦	K J 9 8 6 4
♣	Q

NS 5♦; NS 3♣; EW 1N; EW 1♠; EW 1♥; Par +400

West	North	East	South
		1 NT1	2 ♦2
2 ♠3	3 ♠4	Dbl5	5 ♦
Pass	Pass	Pass

15 to 17
Alert, artificial DONT bid showing Diamonds and a higher-ranking suit
To play
Cuebid to show a strong Diamond raise
Please lead a Spade

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♦×	S	5	♠ Q	550		5.00	0.00	A3-Barker-Barker	A8-Messinger-Muenks
5 ♦	S	5	♠ Q	400		3.50	1.50	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A10-Purcell-Moese
5 ♦	N	5	♠ A	400		3.50	1.50	A4-Peng-Brausch	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
5 ♠×	E	−2	♣ Q	300		2.00	3.00	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen	A6-Felson-Brown
4 ♦	S	5	♠ Q	150		1.00	4.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
4 ♠×	W	4	♣ K		590	0.00	5.00	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A11-Prosise-Prosise
5 ♦×	S	5	♠ Q	550		6.50	0.50	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B8-Jones-Shores
5 ♦×	S	5	♠ Q	550		6.50	0.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
5 ♠	E	−2	♣ Q	100		5.00	2.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B1-Temples-Koch
3 ♠	W	−1	♣ K	50		3.50	3.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B6-Burns-Cameron
4 ♠	W	−1	♣ A	50		3.50	3.50	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
5 ♦×	N	−1	♠ A		100	2.00	5.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B5-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♠	E	3	♣ Q		140	1.00	6.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♠	W	4	♥ 3		420	0.00	7.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey

E/W don't have a reasonable sacrifice in 5 ♠, since that would be down four doubled for –800. Ouch.

N/S lose one Diamond trick and one Spade, making five. West will lead the ♠ Q.

Board 15
South Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A 9 5 4
♥	3 2
♦	J 9 6 2
♣	K 10 8

♠	Q 8 2
♥	Q 8 7 5
♦	7 5
♣	6 5 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K 10 7 6 3
♥	9 6 4
♦	Q 10
♣	A J 2

♠	J
♥	A K J 10
♦	A K 8 4 3
♣	Q 9 7

NS 6♦; NS 4N; NS 2♠; NS 2♥; NS 3♣; Par +1370

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

Reverse
Game forcing

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	5	♥ 5	660		4.50	0.50	A3-Barker-Barker	A8-Messinger-Muenks
3 NT	N	5	♥ 6	660		4.50	0.50	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A11-Prosise-Prosise
3 NT	S	4	♣ 6	630		2.00	3.00	A4-Peng-Brausch	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
3 NT	N	4	♣ 2	630		2.00	3.00	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen	A6-Felson-Brown
3 NT	S	4	♣ 5	630		2.00	3.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
3 NT	N	3	♥ 9	600		0.00	5.00	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A10-Purcell-Moese
3 NT	S	6	♥ 5	690		7.00	0.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B8-Jones-Shores
3 NT	N	3	♠ 10	600		5.50	1.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B5-Diers-McCarthy
5 ♦	S	5	♠ 2	600		5.50	1.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♦	S	6	♣ 3	170		3.50	3.50	B3-Elliott-Runda	B1-Temples-Koch
3 ♦	S	6	♥ 5	170		3.50	3.50	B8-McHugh-Self	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
3 NT	N	−1	♠ 6		100	2.00	5.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	N	−2	♠ 6		200	0.50	6.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B6-Burns-Cameron
3 NT	N	−2	♠ 3		200	0.50	6.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B3-Endres-Kennedy

N/S play Lebensohl in reverse auctions, so North's 3 ♦ bid is game forcing (i.e., they'd use a 2 NT relay to slow down the auction with 6-7 HCP).

If West leads a Club, it's all over, since N/S will take five Diamond tricks, two Clubs, two Hearts, and one Spade. If West finds the lead of the ♠ 2, declarer will play low, and East will have to win the ♠ K to keep declarer from winning cheaply with the ♠ J. The ♠ 3 is next, and North should win the ♠ Q with the ♠ A maintaining a "positional stopper" in the ♠ 9. A positional stopper is one that will keep the defense from cashing their tricks if a particular defender wins the next trick. If West holds the ♣ A, the ♠ 9 is not a stopper.

Board 16
West Deals
E-W Vul

♠	10 8
♥	J 5
♦	A 10 5
♣	A J 10 7 3 2

♠	2
♥	A Q 10 9 6 2
♦	Q 6 4
♣	K Q 4

N
W		E
S

♠	Q J 9 4 3
♥	7
♦	J 9 7 2
♣	8 6 5

♠	A K 7 6 5
♥	K 8 4 3
♦	K 8 3
♣	9

NS 2♠; NS 3♣; NS 1N; S 1♥; NS 1♦; Par +110

West	North	East	South
1 ♥	Pass1	Pass	1 ♠
Pass2	2 ♣	Pass	2 ♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

A 2 ♣ bid at this point would show an opening hand
Don't rebid your suit opposite a silent partner with minimum values

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♥×	W	−4	♠ 10	1100		5.00	0.00	A4-Peng-Brausch	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
3 ♥	W	−2	♠ 10	200		3.50	1.50	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
2 ♥	W	−2	♠ 10	200		3.50	1.50	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A10-Purcell-Moese
2 ♠	S	−1	♦ 4		50	1.50	3.50	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A3-Barker-Barker
3 NT	S	−1	♣ 4		50	1.50	3.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A6-Felson-Brown
3 ♠	S	−2	♠ 2		100	0.00	5.00	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A11-Prosise-Prosise
3 NT	S	5	♥ 9	460		7.00	0.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B5-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♣	N	4	♥ 7	130		6.00	1.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
3 ♣	N	3	♥ 7	110		4.50	2.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B6-Burns-Cameron
2 ♠	S	2	♣ K	110		4.50	2.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♣	N	−1	♥ 7		50	1.50	5.50	B3-Elliott-Runda	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	S	−1	♥ 9		50	1.50	5.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
2 ♠	S	−1	♣ K		50	1.50	5.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 ♠	S	−1	♦ 4		50	1.50	5.50	B8-McHugh-Self	B1-Temples-Koch

South doesn't like their Heart suit enough to rebid 2 NT. N/S lose two or three Spade tricks and two Hearts, making three or two respectively. West will lead the ♣ K.

Board 17
North Deals
None Vul

♠	A 7 3
♥	3 2
♦	A 9 8 7 3 2
♣	K 10

♠	J 5 2
♥	A K J 7
♦	K Q 6 5
♣	7 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K 10 8 6 4
♥	10 5
♦	J 4
♣	A Q 9 6

♠	Q 9
♥	Q 9 8 6 4
♦	10
♣	J 8 5 4 2

EW 4♠; EW 3N; EW 2♥; EW 2♦; EW 2♣; Par −420

West	North	East	South
	1 ♦1	1 ♠	Dbl2
2 ♦3	Pass	2 ♠4	Pass
4 ♠	Pass	Pass	Pass

Rule of 20 opener
Negative
Cuebid showing a limit raise or better for partner's Spades
Showing a minimum overcall

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	E	−1	♦ 10	50		4.50	0.50	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A11-Prosise-Prosise
3 ♠	E	−1	♦ 10	50		4.50	0.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A6-Felson-Brown
2 ♦	N	−1	♥ 10		50	3.00	2.00	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A3-Barker-Barker
2 ♠	E	3	♦ 10		140	2.00	3.00	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
3 ♠	E	4	♦ 10		170	1.00	4.00	A4-Peng-Brausch	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
4 ♠	E	4	♦ 10		420	0.00	5.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A10-Purcell-Moese
3 ♥	W	−3	♥ 3	150		7.00	0.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
2 ♥	W	−2	♦ A	100		6.00	1.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
3 ♠	E	−1	♦ 10	50		4.50	2.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♠	E	−1	♦ 10	50		4.50	2.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B6-Burns-Cameron
2 ♠	E	2	♦ 10		110	2.00	5.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B5-Diers-McCarthy
1 ♠	E	2	♦ 10		110	2.00	5.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
2 ♥	W	2	♦ A		110	2.00	5.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♠	E	4	♦ 10		420	0.00	7.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B1-Temples-Koch

When you make a one-level overcall and partner cuebids to force you to bid again, rebid your suit if you hold a hand that would not have opened. E/W lose two Spade tricks and one Diamond, making four. South will lead the ♦T and ruff the Diamond continuation, but their natural Spade trick goes away if declarer is careful and plays low to the ♠ K on the first round of trump.

Board 18
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	9 8 5 2
♥	A K 9 6
♦	K 10 9
♣	9 8

♠	A K 10 4 3
♥	4 2
♦	J 8 7 3
♣	10 7

N
W		E
S

♠	Q J
♥	Q J 10
♦	A Q 6
♣	A K Q 6 3

♠	7 6
♥	8 7 5 3
♦	5 4 2
♣	J 5 4 2

EW 5N; EW 5♠; EW 4♦; EW 4♣; EW 2♥; Par −460

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

Too strong to open 2 NT
Alert, showing two of the top three honors in Spades and nothing on the outside

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	E	4	♥ 7		430	4.50	0.50	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A10-Purcell-Moese
3 NT	E	4	♥ 8		430	4.50	0.50	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A11-Prosise-Prosise
4 ♠	E	5	♥ 5		450	2.50	2.50	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A3-Barker-Barker
4 ♠	E	5	♥ 8		450	2.50	2.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A6-Felson-Brown
3 NT	E	5	♣ 2		460	0.50	4.50	A1-Terwilliger-Payne	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
3 NT	E	5	♥ 8		460	0.50	4.50	A4-Peng-Brausch	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
4 ♣	E	4	♥ 8		130	7.00	0.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
4 ♠	E	4	♥ 8		420	6.00	1.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	E	4	♣ 2		430	5.00	2.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♠	E	5	♥ 8		450	4.00	3.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
3 NT	E	5	♥ 8		460	2.50	4.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B5-Diers-McCarthy
3 NT	E	5	♥ 3		460	2.50	4.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	E	6	♣ 2		490	0.50	6.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B6-Burns-Cameron
3 NT	E	6	♣ 2		490	0.50	6.50	B8-McHugh-Self	B1-Temples-Koch

When partner opens 2 ♣, you're going to want to stay out of their way as much as possible. That said, if you're able to describe your hand with a single bid, do it! A 2 ♠ response to a 2 ♣ opener should show five Spades, two of the top three honors, and nothing else on the side! You should not have three cards in the other major or outside values.

E/W take five Spade tricks, three Clubs, one Heart, and two Diamonds, making five. South should lead the ♠ 7 on the auction.

Board 19
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A K 2
♥	A 9 8 4
♦	A 7 3
♣	A 6 3

♠	6 5 3
♥	10
♦	9 6 5
♣	K Q J 7 4 2

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 10 9 8 4
♥	J 6 2
♦	J 8 2
♣	8 5

♠	J 7
♥	K Q 7 5 3
♦	K Q 10 4
♣	10 9

NS 6N; NS 6♥; NS 6♦; NS 3♠; NS 2♣; Par +990

West	North	East	South
			1 ♥1
Pass	2 NT2	Pass	4 ♥3
Pass	4 ♠4	Pass	5 ♣5
Pass	5 ♦6	Pass	6 ♦7
Pass	6 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

Rule of 20 opener
Alert, artificial Jacoby 2 NT bid showing a game-forcing raise in Hearts
Embarrassed by their hand
RKC Blackwood (Kickback) for Hearts
1430 response showing 1 or 4 keycards
Do you have the ♥ Q?
Yes and the ♦ K

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♥	S	6	♣ K	980		4.00	1.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A8-Messinger-Muenks
6 ♥	S	6	♣ K	980		4.00	1.00	A6-Felson-Brown	A4-Peng-Brausch
6 ♥	S	6	♣ K	980		4.00	1.00	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
4 ♥	S	6	♣ K	480		1.00	4.00	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♥	S	6	♣ K	480		1.00	4.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A3-Barker-Barker
4 ♥	S	6	♣ K	480		1.00	4.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
6 ♥	S	6	♣ K	980		5.50	1.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
6 ♥	S	6	♣ K	980		5.50	1.50	B3-Elliott-Runda	B8-Jones-Shores
6 ♥	S	6	♣ K	980		5.50	1.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B5-Diers-McCarthy
6 ♥	S	6	♣ K	980		5.50	1.50	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
4 NT	N	7	♠ 10	520		3.00	4.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B6-Burns-Cameron
3 NT	N	6	♠ 10	490		2.00	5.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♥	S	6	♠ 3	480		0.50	6.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B1-Temples-Koch
4 ♥	S	6	♣ K	480		0.50	6.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey

North has no reason to play in 6 ♥--what are they planning on ruffing to gain an extra trick? N/S take two Spade tricks, five Hearts, four Diamonds, and one Club. West will lead the ♣ K and declarer should duck to rectify the count. Declarer starts off with 11 top tricks and needs something good to happen to find another trick. By ducking trick one, they set up a squeeze situation. On this hand, it doesn't matter since the Diamonds split 3-3, but let's imagine a scenario where East has one more Diamond and West has one more Heart. West will continue Clubs at trick two, and declarer will win in dummy with the ♣ A. Declarer will cash the ♠ A, ♦ AKQ of Diamonds, and four Hearts. Ten tricks have been played, and what does everyone hold now?

South: ♠ J ♥ 3 ♦T
West: ♠ 65 ♣ Q
North: ♠ K2 ♣ 6
East: ♠ QT ♦ J

On the last Heart, West is squeezed and has to throw a Spade to keep their ♣ Q. Declarer throws the ♣ 6 from dummy (it's done its job), and East is squeezed as well. They'll throw their ♠T to keep the ♦ J, and the ♠ K2 in dummy take last two tricks. What fun!

Board 20
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	A K J 8
♥	K Q 7 2
♦	J 3
♣	K J 7

♠	10 3 2
♥	9 8 6
♦	A 10 7 2
♣	10 6 5

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 6 5
♥	4 3
♦	K Q 6 5 4
♣	A 8 4

♠	9 7 4
♥	A J 10 5
♦	9 8
♣	Q 9 3 2

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

West	North	East	South
Pass	1 ♣	1 ♦	1 ♥
3 ♦1	4 ♥	Pass	Pass
Pass

Weak jump raise

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♥	S	4	♦ A	170		4.50	0.50	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A8-Messinger-Muenks
3 ♥	S	4	♥ 8	170		4.50	0.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
3 ♥	S	3	♦ A	140		3.00	2.00	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
4 ♥	S	−1	♦ A		100	1.00	4.00	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
1 NT	N	−1	♦ K		100	1.00	4.00	A6-Felson-Brown	A4-Peng-Brausch
4 ♥	S	−1	♦ A		100	1.00	4.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A3-Barker-Barker
3 ♥	N	4	♦ K	170		7.00	0.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B8-Jones-Shores
3 ♥	N	3	♦ K	140		5.50	1.50	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B6-Burns-Cameron
3 ♥	S	3	♦ A	140		5.50	1.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B5-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	S	−1	♣ 6		100	2.00	5.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♥	N	−1	♣ A		100	2.00	5.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B1-Temples-Koch
1 NT	N	−1	♦ 4		100	2.00	5.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♥	S	−1	♦ A		100	2.00	5.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
4 ♥	S	−1	♦ 7		100	2.00	5.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey

N/S lose one Spade trick, two Diamonds, and one Club, down one. It's a 50% game, so they probably want to be there. West will lead the ♦ A and continue Diamonds at trick two when East encourages.

Board 21
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	10
♥	10 8 6 5
♦	K J 9 6 2
♣	A Q 10

♠	A K 6 4 2
♥	J 9
♦	7 4 3
♣	9 8 5

N
W		E
S

♠	8 5 3
♥	A Q 7 4 3 2
♦	Q 10 5
♣	6

♠	Q J 9 7
♥	K
♦	A 8
♣	K J 7 4 3 2

NS 5♣; NS 2N; NS 3♦; EW 1♥; Par +600

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

Weak two bid
Showing 8+ HCP
Do you have a Heart stopper for notrump?
Um, not really

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	3	♠ 5	600		5.00	0.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A3-Barker-Barker
3 ♣	S	6	♠ A	170		4.00	1.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A7-Ibarra-Campbell
4 ♣	S	5	♠ K	150		3.00	2.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A8-Messinger-Muenks
5 ♣	N	−1	♠ 3		100	1.50	3.50	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♣	S	−1	♠ A		100	1.50	3.50	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
2 ♥	E	2	♦ A		110	0.00	5.00	A6-Felson-Brown	A4-Peng-Brausch
3 ♣	S	5	♠ A	150		6.00	1.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B6-Burns-Cameron
3 ♣	S	5	♠ A	150		6.00	1.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B5-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♣	S	5	♠ A	150		6.00	1.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
3 ♦	N	4	♣ 6	130		2.50	4.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♣	S	4	♥ 9	130		2.50	4.50	B3-Elliott-Runda	B8-Jones-Shores
3 ♣	S	4	♠ A	130		2.50	4.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B3-Endres-Kennedy
3 ♣	S	4	♥ 9	130		2.50	4.50	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
3 ♣	S	3	♠ K	110		0.00	7.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B1-Temples-Koch

South has a difficult hand to bid after East's 2 ♥ opener. 3 ♣ seems wrong--they have a four-card Spade suit. 4 ♣ as Leaping Michaels is wrong--that would show a hand that's 5-5 (or better) in Spades and Clubs and within a trick of game. 3 NT would probably make if East was on lead, since it's highly unlikely that they'd lead the ♥ A from ♥ AQxxxx.

N/S lose one Spade trick and one Heart, making five. The proper way to play the Diamonds is ♦ A, small to the ♦ K, and ruff a Diamond high. East may lead the ♠ 5 (MUD).

Board 22
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A 6 2
♥	J 10 8
♦	A 7 5
♣	K 7 5 4

♠	9 8 5 4 3
♥	9 5 3
♦	10 8
♣	10 9 3

N
W		E
S

♠	10 7
♥	K 7 6 2
♦	J 6 3 2
♣	J 8 2

♠	K Q J
♥	A Q 4
♦	K Q 9 4
♣	A Q 6

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

West	North	East	South
		Pass	2 ♣
Pass	2 ♦1	Pass	2 NT2
Pass	6 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

Showing an A, K, or QQ
Alert, showing 22-24 HCP

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
7 NT	S	7	♣ 10	1520		5.00	0.00	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
6 NT	S	7	♠ 4	1020		4.00	1.00	A10-Purcell-Moese	A4-Peng-Brausch
6 NT	S	6	♠ 4	990		2.50	2.50	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
6 NT	S	6	♠ 8	990		2.50	2.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A8-Messinger-Muenks
4 NT	S	7	♠ 4	520		1.00	4.00	A3-Barker-Barker	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
7 NT	N	−2	♥ 2		100	0.00	5.00	A6-Felson-Brown	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
6 NT	S	7	♠ 4	1020		6.00	1.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
6 NT	S	7	♠ 9	1020		6.00	1.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
6 NT	S	7	♠ 4	1020		6.00	1.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B6-Burns-Cameron
6 NT	S	6	♠ 4	990		3.50	3.50	B1-Roark-Koster	B3-Endres-Kennedy
6 NT	S	6	♠ 5	990		3.50	3.50	B3-Elliott-Runda	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
3 NT	N	7	♠ 10	520		2.00	5.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
7 NT	S	−1	♠ 9		50	0.50	6.50	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B5-Diers-McCarthy
6 NT	S	−1	♠ 9		50	0.50	6.50	B8-McHugh-Self	B8-Jones-Shores

South's 2 NT rebid is alertable for this N/S pair, since they play Kokish Relay. If you don't play that, then 2 NT shows 22+ HCP and is not alertable.

N/S take four Club tricks, three Diamonds, three Spades, and three Hearts, making seven. They don't want to be in the grand needing the Heart finesse. West may lead the ♠ 3, but nothing matters.

Board 23
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	K J 3 2
♥	A Q 6 2
♦	K 8 6
♣	A 8

♠	7
♥	K J 10 9 4 3
♦	J 10 5 4
♣	6 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q 10 6 4
♥	8 7
♦	9 3 2
♣	J 10 9

♠	9 8 5
♥	5
♦	A Q 7
♣	K Q 7 5 4 3

NS 5N; NS 4♠; N 5♣; S 4♣; NS 3♦; NS 1♥; Par +660

West	North	East	South
			1 ♣1
2 ♥2	Dbl3	Pass	3 ♣
Pass	3 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

Rule of 20 opener
Weak jump overcall
Negative

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	6	♠ 6	690		4.50	0.50	A10-Purcell-Moese	A4-Peng-Brausch
3 NT	N	6	♠ 6	690		4.50	0.50	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 NT	N	5	♣ J	660		2.50	2.50	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
3 NT	N	5	♥ 7	660		2.50	2.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A8-Messinger-Muenks
3 ♣	S	4	♠ 7	130		1.00	4.00	A3-Barker-Barker	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
6 ♠	N	−3	♥ 8		300	0.00	5.00	A6-Felson-Brown	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
3 NT	N	6	♠ 6	690		7.00	0.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B6-Burns-Cameron
3 NT	N	5	♠ 6	660		4.00	3.00	B1-Roark-Koster	B3-Endres-Kennedy
3 NT	N	5	♠ 10	660		4.00	3.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B5-Diers-McCarthy
3 NT	N	5	♠ 6	660		4.00	3.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
3 NT	N	5	♠ 10	660		4.00	3.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	N	5	♠ 6	660		4.00	3.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	N	4	♣ J	630		1.00	6.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
3 ♣	S	4	♠ 7	130		0.00	7.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B8-Jones-Shores

N/S take six Club tricks, three Diamonds, and two Hearts, making five. East may lead the ♥ 8.

Board 24
West Deals
None Vul

♠	10 4
♥	K J 9 6 4
♦	10 6 2
♣	10 7 5

♠	K Q J 8 7
♥	Q 2
♦	K 5
♣	K J 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	A 9 6 2
♥	10 8
♦	A J 8
♣	A 9 8 6

♠	5 3
♥	A 7 5 3
♦	Q 9 7 4 3
♣	Q 2

EW 5♠; EW 5♣; EW 2N; NS 1♦; Par −450

West	North	East	South
1 ♠1	Pass	2 NT2	Pass
3 NT3	Pass	4 ♣4	Pass
4 ♦5	Pass	4 ♠	Pass
Pass	Pass

Too many things wrong to open 1 NT
Alert, artificial Jacoby 2 NT bid showing a game-forcing raise in Spades
Showing exactly five Spades with extras
Showing 1st or 2nd round control in Clubs
Showing 1st or 2nd round control in Diamonds and denying control in Hearts

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	W	4	♠ 10		420	5.00	0.00	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A5-Vanstone-Gibler
4 ♠	W	5	♥ 6		450	2.50	2.50	A3-Barker-Barker	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
4 ♠	W	5	♥ 4		450	2.50	2.50	A6-Felson-Brown	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer
4 ♠	W	5	♥ 4		450	2.50	2.50	A10-Purcell-Moese	A4-Peng-Brausch
4 ♠	W	5	♦ 2		450	2.50	2.50	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A8-Messinger-Muenks
4 ♠	W	6	♠ 10		480	0.00	5.00	A11-Prosise-Prosise	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♠	W	−1	♥ 9	50		6.93	0.07	B3-Elliott-Runda	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
4 ♠	W	4	♥ 6		420	5.79	1.21	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B6-Burns-Cameron
4 ♠	W	5	♦ 6		450	2.36	4.64	B1-Roark-Koster	B3-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♠	W	5	♥ 6		450	2.36	4.64	B4-Barron-Wolf	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♠	W	5	♥ 6		450	2.36	4.64	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B2-Olexsey-Olexsey
4 ♠	W	5	♥ 6		450	2.36	4.64	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♠	W	5	♥ 6		450	2.36	4.64	B8-McHugh-Self	B8-Jones-Shores

If West had control in both Diamonds and Hearts, they would have bid 4 NT over East's 4 ♣ control bid. E/W lose two Heart tricks, making five. Declarer will have to guess the Clubs correctly, but it's hard to get it wrong since it's a one-way finesse with the doubleton ♣ Q in the slot. Yawn. North will lead the ♥ 6 on the auction.

Board 25
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	Q J 6 5
♥	J 7 5
♦	K J 4
♣	6 5 3

♠	10 8 4 2
♥	A 10 8 3
♦	Q 9 6
♣	9 7

N
W		E
S

♠	9 7 3
♥	K Q 6 2
♦	10 3 2
♣	Q 10 2

♠	A K
♥	9 4
♦	A 8 7 5
♣	A K J 8 4

NS 4♠; NS 3N; NS 5♦; NS 5♣; NS 2♥; Par +420

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

Too many things wrong to open 2 NT
Reverse, forcing for one round

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	3	♥ 2	400		4.50	0.50	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A3-Barker-Barker
3 NT	N	3	♥ 2	400		4.50	0.50	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A6-Felson-Brown
2 ♦	S	7	♣ 9	190		3.00	2.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
3 ♣	S	6	♦ 6	170		2.00	3.00	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A10-Purcell-Moese
4 ♦	S	4	♥ A	130		1.00	4.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A11-Prosise-Prosise
3 NT	S	−1	♥ 3		50	0.00	5.00	A4-Peng-Brausch	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
3 NT	S	4	♠ 2	430		7.00	0.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	N	3	♥ 2	400		6.00	1.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B1-Temples-Koch
4 ♣	S	4	♦ 6	130		4.50	2.50	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♣	S	4	♦ 6	130		4.50	2.50	B3-Elliott-Runda	B6-Burns-Cameron
5 ♦	S	−1	♥ A		50	1.50	5.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B8-Jones-Shores
3 NT	S	−1	♥ 3		50	1.50	5.50	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B3-Endres-Kennedy
5 ♣	S	−1	♥ A		50	1.50	5.50	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B5-Diers-McCarthy
3 NT	S	−1	♠ 2		50	1.50	5.50	B8-McHugh-Self	B7-Brown-Moskowitz

North takes a flier with 3 NT--partner may hold ♥ Qx or the Hearts may divide 4-4. The second part turns out to be true. N/S take four Spade tricks, two Clubs, and three Diamonds, making three. East will lead the ♥ 2, and E/W will gobble up the first four tricks, declarer pitching a small Club from each hand. Let's assume that West exits with a safe Spade at trick five. What's the best way to play the hand from this point?

When you hold AKJ in two suits and can take one of two finesses, you should combine your chances by trying to drop a doubleton Queen in one of the suits before taking the finesse in the other. It's a better idea to try and drop the doubleton Queen in the suit where you have more cards, so on this hand, declarer will play off the ♣ AK. When the ♣ Q doesn't appear, they'll take the finesse against West for the ♦ Q. Yay.

Board 26
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	7 4 2
♥	A J 6 2
♦	7 6
♣	A K 6 2

♠	K J 6
♥	10 8 4
♦	A J 8 4 3
♣	J 8

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q 5
♥	K 9 7 5 3
♦	Q 9
♣	9 5 3

♠	10 9 8 3
♥	Q
♦	K 10 5 2
♣	Q 10 7 4

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

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

Negative showing exactly four Spades
Cuebid to show limit raise in Hearts

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♥	E	−2	♣ 4	200		5.00	0.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A11-Prosise-Prosise
2 ♦	W	−1	♣ K	100		4.00	1.00	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A6-Felson-Brown
2 ♥	E	2	♠ 10		110	3.00	2.00	A4-Peng-Brausch	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♥	E	3	♣ 4		140	2.00	3.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
2 ♥	E	4	♦ 2		170	1.00	4.00	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A10-Purcell-Moese
2 ♠	S	−2	♥ 8		200	0.00	5.00	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A3-Barker-Barker
2 ♦	W	−1	♣ A	100		7.00	0.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
1 ♥	E	1	♠ 10		80	6.00	1.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B6-Burns-Cameron
2 ♥	E	2	♣ 4		110	4.50	2.50	B4-Barron-Wolf	B8-Jones-Shores
2 ♥	E	2	♣ Q		110	4.50	2.50	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B1-Temples-Koch
2 ♥	E	3	♣ 10		140	2.00	5.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♥	E	3	♠ 10		140	2.00	5.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B5-Diers-McCarthy
1 ♥	E	3	♠ 10		140	2.00	5.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
1 ♠	S	−3	♥ 4		300	0.00	7.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B3-Endres-Kennedy

North will wish they hadn't opened. E/W lose three Club tricks and two Hearts, making two. The best defense is for South to lead a trump, but they'll probably lead the ♣ 4. North will win with the ♣ K and return a trump. Declarer will duck, and South will win the ♥ Q. With no trumps to return, they'll play the ♣ 7 to partner's ♣ A. North can pull two more rounds of trump with the ♥ A6, but declarer is now in control.

They'll win the third trump in dummy, play a Spade to the ♠ A, and pull the last trump with the ♥ K. A declarer with some skill in squeeze play will now play off two more rounds of Spades and survey the situation. After nine tricks, here's what everyone holds:

East: ♥ 9 ♦ Q9 ♣ 9
South: ♦ KT5 ♣ Q
West: ♦ AJ84
North: ♦ 76 ♣ 6

Declarer now leads out their last trump, and South is undone. If they throw the ♣ Q, East's ♣ 9 is good, and the Diamond finesse will pick up the last two tricks. If they throw the ♦ 5, dummy's last three Diamonds will be good, making three. Ugh. South should build a time machine, go back 6-1/2 minutes, and lead the stupid ♥ Q. Or better yet, go back eight minutes and force partner to pass.

How does declarer know that South has the ♦ K? Well, North has shown up with ♣ AK and ♥ AJ. If they held the ♦ K as well, they'd have opened 1 NT.

Board 27
South Deals
None Vul

♠	J 5
♥	K 10 5 2
♦	K Q J 10 5
♣	8 6

♠	A 8 7
♥	A 7
♦	9 4 3
♣	A K J 9 2

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 9 3
♥	9 6 4 3
♦	8 2
♣	10 7 4 3

♠	K 10 6 4 2
♥	Q J 8
♦	A 7 6
♣	Q 5

NS 2♠; NS 2♥; NS 3♦; EW 3♣; EW 1N; Par +100: EW 4♣×−1

West	North	East	South
			1 ♠
1 NT1	Dbl2	Pass3	Pass
2 ♣4	2 ♦	Pass	Pass
Pass

15 to 18
For penalty
Alert, asking partner to redouble
West decides to bid their nice 5-card Club suit rather than redouble

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♥	S	3	♣ A	140		5.00	0.00	A2-Tedrick-Kreitzer	A11-Prosise-Prosise
2 ♦	N	3	♥ 9	110		4.00	1.00	A8-Messinger-Muenks	A6-Felson-Brown
1 NT	W	−1	♦ K	50		3.00	2.00	A4-Peng-Brausch	A1-Terwilliger-Payne
1 NT	W	1	♦ K		90	2.00	3.00	A12-Wiest-Altman Sr	A9-Schapera-Terbrueggen
5 ♦	N	−2	♣ 3		100	1.00	4.00	A7-Ibarra-Campbell	A3-Barker-Barker
2 ♣	N	−3	♦ 8		150	0.00	5.00	A5-Vanstone-Gibler	A10-Purcell-Moese
2 ♦	N	3	♠ 3	110		5.00	2.00	B2-Pollack-Pollack	B4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♦	N	3	♦ 8	110		5.00	2.00	B3-Elliott-Runda	B6-Burns-Cameron
2 ♦	N	3	♣ 3	110		5.00	2.00	B4-Barron-Wolf	B8-Jones-Shores
2 ♠	S	2	♣ 9	110		5.00	2.00	B5-Ramsay-Magnus, Jr	B1-Temples-Koch
3 ♦	N	3	♥ 3	110		5.00	2.00	B6-Oppelt-Oppelt	B3-Endres-Kennedy
3 ♥	S	−1	♣ K		50	2.00	5.00	B9-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	B9-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	S	−2	♣ A		100	1.00	6.00	B8-McHugh-Self	B7-Brown-Moskowitz
2 NT	S	−3	♣ A		150	0.00	7.00	B7-Mackey-Lubow	B5-Diers-McCarthy

It's a good idea to have some firm agreements in place as to what to do when your 1 NT opener (or overcall) is doubled for penalty. Obviously systems are on over the opponent's double, so if you have a five-card major or are 4-4 in the majors, by all means make a transfer bid or use Stayman. If you have a five-card minor, it's nice to play that a redouble asks the 1 NT bidder to bid 2 ♣ and you will pass or correct. With no other options, you'll pass (alertable) and opener will redouble (or bid a suit of their own). When your partner redoubles, you can (1) leave it in and make it, or (2) bid four-card suits up the line.

N/S lose one Heart trick, two Clubs, and one Spade, making three. Since West is known to have the ♠ A, the proper way to play the Spade suit is to run the ♠ J. East will lead the ♣ 3.

West	North	East	South
1 ♥	1 ♠	Pass1	Pass
Dbl	Pass	Pass2	Pass

Counting on partner reopening with a double
Thank you, partner

If E/W were vulnerable and N/S were not, East would probably bid 3 NT over 1 ♠. In this case.....

N/S take three tricks, down four doubled for –1100. Ouch. East will lead the ♥ Q. The rest is too sad to talk about.

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

E/W lose one Spade trick, one Heart, one Diamond, and two Clubs, making two. South may lead the ♥ 3, and North will switch to the ♣ J at trick two.

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

A dead minimum for a 2/1 overcall
Weak jump raise

N/S lose one Heart trick and two Diamonds, making four. West will lead the ♠ 8 (top of nothing in a supported suit). West should not cover the ♥ Q when it is led (or the ♥ J or ♥T when they follow).

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

Alert, denying an A, K, or QQ

West is on a guess at the end of the auction, and decides to go with overbidding. E/W lose one Heart trick, making six. N/S will spend the time between rounds muttering about what a bad bidder West is and forget to get red licorice or Cheetos from the snack table.

West	North	East	South
1 ♦	Pass	1 NT	Pass
2 ♠1	Pass	2 NT2	Pass
3 ♣3	Pass	Pass	Pass

Reverse creating a one-round force
Alert, artificial Lebensohl bid asking partner to bid 3 ♣
Alert, willing to play in 3 ♣ opposite a minimum hand

If West held a hand such as ♠ AKT3 ♥ K2 ♦ QJT764 ♣ K, they'd bid 3 ♦ over partner's artificial 2 NT bid since they have no tolerance for Clubs.

E/W lose one Spade trick, two Diamonds, and one Club, making three as long as South finds the magical lead of the ♠ 6. Since South is more likely to lead the ♥ J on the auction, E/W will make four losing only two Diamonds and a Club.

West	North	East	South
	1 NT1	Pass	2 ♥2
Pass	2 ♠	Pass	4 NT3
Pass	6 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

15 to 17
Transfer
Quantitative raise showing a slammish hand with exactly five Spades

4 NT isn't needed as keycard in this auction, since South would have bid 4 ♥ (a Texas Transfer) before bidding 4 NT if that was their intention. North, with 16 HCP and nice intermediates easily has enough to bid the slam.

East is in a tough place pretty much the whole hand. Assume they lead a Spade (nothing is better). Declarer should win in hand with the ♠ Q, play a Spade to the ♠ A, cash the ♠ K (pitching a Club from their hand), cash the ♦ K, and play another Diamond to the ♦T and ♦ Q. East can't return a Club or a Heart without giving up a trick, so they'll continue Diamonds (declarer pitching a Club from dummy). At this point, declarer can count 11 tricks--five Spade tricks, two Hearts, three Diamonds, and one Club. Declarer can cash the ♦ A (pitching another Club from dummy), play the ♥ K and a Heart to the ♥ A, and play off the last two Spades. Here's the position before the last Spade has been played:

South: ♠ 9 ♥T ♣ 9
West: ♣ JT3
North: ♥ 5 ♣ AQ
East: ♥ Q ♣ K7

On the last Spade, West has no troubles, and declarer can pitch the ♥ 5 from their hand, but what's poor East to do? They can't throw the ♥ Q without making the ♥T good, so they'll bare the ♣ K. Declarer now takes the last two tricks with the ♣ A and ♣ Q. Nicely played!

West	North	East	South
		Pass	Pass
1 NT1	Pass	2 ♣2	Pass
2 ♥	Pass	2 NT3	Pass
Pass	Pass

15 to 17
Stayman as a way to invite in notrump
Alert, responder does not have a 4-card major

West has a hand that has no reasonable rebid after 1 ♣-Pass-1 NT -or- 1 ♣-Pass-1 ♦. They could pass the 1 NT response, but that seems silly if partner has a ten count. A 1 NT rebid after partner's 1 ♦ response would show 12-14 HCP and a 2 NT rebid would show 18-19 HCP. Opening the hand 1 NT is quite sensible.

E/W take three Club tricks, one Diamond, two Hearts, and two Spades, making two. North will lead the ♠ 6, South will win with the ♠ A and return a Spade at trick two.

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

15 to 17
Alert, natural Spades but shows a preemptive hand
Stayman without a Spade stopper

East judges that ♠ Kx isn't quite enough to advertise a stopper. E/W lose one Spade trick, one Heart, one Club, and a Club ruff, down one. North will lead the ♣ 7.

West	North	East	South
Pass	Pass1	2 ♣	Pass
2 ♥2	Pass	3 ♥	Pass
4 ♥	Pass	Pass	Pass

Not quite good enough for a vulnerable weak two
Alert, artificial bid denying an A, K, or QQ

Nobody is going to find the good Club slam. South will lead the ♣ 3 and ruff the Club return.