Monday 05/22/2017 - Common Game at Nite (17051183)

EVENT>Monday Night Bridge      |SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> A N-S
------------------------,------ ------------,-------- --------------------------
DATE>May 22, 2017       |CLUB NO.>185264    | 05/22/2017 22:21
---------------------,-- ------------------- -------------,---------------------
DIR> Mike Lipp       |RATING>Grass Roots Fund             |MOVEMENT>MITCHELL
------------,-------- ,-------------------------,--------- ---------------------
AVE>   84.0 |TOP>   7 |MP LIMITS>None/500/200   |CLUB>Mike's Games At The CBC
------------ --------- ------------------------- -------------------------------
PAIRS IN STRAT A=12/B=9/C=2                      ,---,-----------------,-------------------------,------,---------,
-------------------------------------------------|   |      Overall    |           Section       |      |Final    |
No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
------------------------------------------------- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------- ------ ---------
 1 John Altman Sr         Debbie Wiest             A   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     81.50  48.51
 2 Donald Pollack         Bernice Pollack          C   .     .     1   |  5/6    4     1     83.00  49.40  0.81(OC)
 3 Patrick Lammers        Judy Barron              B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     81.00  48.21
 4 Terri Mackey           Judith Lubow             B   2     1     .   |   1     1     .    105.50  62.80  2.41(OA)
 5 Liz Lin                Elmer Hubka              A   .     .     .   |  5/6    .     .     83.00  49.40  0.30(SA)
 6 Linda Pretz            Sharon Koster            B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     72.00  42.86
 7 Gail Zimmer            Joseph Kammer            B   .     4     .   |   4     3     .     85.00  50.60  0.56(SA)
 8 Susan Stacy Vanstone   Martin Gibler            B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     81.00  48.21
 9 J Thomas Markham       Carol Markham            C   .     .     2   |   .     .     .     80.50  47.92  0.61(OC)
10 Marilyn Prosise        Robert Prosise           A   4     .     .   |   3     .     .     99.00  58.93  1.35(OA)
11 Nelson Leist           Herschell Levine         B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     56.00  33.33
12 Sharon Kreitzer        Lynn Callif              B   3     2     .   |   2     2     .    100.50  59.82  1.81(OA)

                                          Totals                                           1008.00


                                    **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12
  /
   1>     2                             5     5     3     1     7     0     5
          50   ----  ----  ----  ----  120   120   110   -50   150  -100   120

   2>     6-                            1-    6-    3     4     5     0     1-
         660   ----  ----  ----  ---- -100   660    50   500   600  -400  -100

   3>     4                             1     0     2-    5     6-    2-    6-
         200   ----  ----  ----  ----  140   120   150   300   400   150   400

   4>     1     5                             5     7     1     3     1     5
         200   650   ----  ----  ----  ----  650   680   200   500   200   650

   5>     2-    0                             5     1     2-    7     6     4
        -460  -920   ----  ----  ----  ---- -420  -490  -460   300  -400  -430

   6>     3-    0                             3-    7     3-    3-    3-    3-
        -650  -680   ----  ----  ----  ---- -650  -620  -650  -650  -650  -650

   7>     2     3-    6                             5      -    7     3-     -
        -140  -110   200   ----  ----  ----  ----  100  -170   300  -110  -170

   8>     3     3     3                             3     7     3     3     3
        -450  -450  -450   ----  ----  ----  ---- -450  -420  -450  -450  -450

   9>     4     1     5-                            5-    2-    2-    0     7
         180    90   400   ----  ----  ----  ----  400   140   140   -50  1100

  10>     3     5     3     1                             0     3     6     7
         100   110   100   -90   ----  ----  ----  ---- -100   100   140   500

  11>     5     2     1     7                             0     5     5     3
         100   -50  -550   140   ----  ----  ----  ---- -650   100   100    50

  12>     1-    5-    1-    5-                            1-    5-    5-    1-
          50   100    50   100   ----  ----  ----  ----   50   100   100    50

  13>      -     -    2-    7     5                             5     2-    5
        -100  -100  PASS   110   100   ----  ----  ----  ----  100  PASS   100

  14>     5     2-    7     2-    2-                            2-    0     6
         100    50   150    50    50   ----  ----  ----  ----   50   -50   110

  15>     4     6     6     3     1                             0     2     6
        -190   100   100  -400  -450   ----  ----  ----  ---- -460  -440   100

  16>     6     7     0     2     4     1                             4     4
         170   430  -140   100   130  -100   ----  ----  ----  ----  130   130

  17>     0     5     6     3     7     3                             3     1
        -400   100   140    50   150    50   ----  ----  ----  ----   50   -50

  18>     5-    7     3     3     1     3                             0     5-
         620   680   100   100  -450   100   ----  ----  ----  ---- -590   620

  19>     4     0     6-    1-    5     3     1-                            6-
         -90  -150   200  -140   100  -110  -140   ----  ----  ----  ----  200

  20>     1-    7     0     4     1-    6     4                             4
         140   620   130   170   140   200   170   ----  ----  ----  ----  170

  21>     1     2-    5     5     7     0     2-                            5
         140   170   620   620   650  -100   170   ----  ----  ----  ----  620

  22>     6     3-    3-    7     3-    0     3-    1
         100   -90   -90   300   -90  -120   -90  -110   ----  ----  ----  ----

  23>     6-    3     6-    4-    0     4-    1-    1-
         200  -100   200   -90  -200   -90  -110  -110   ----  ----  ----  ----

  24>     3-    3-    3-    3-    0     3-    7     3-
       -1010 -1010 -1010 -1010 -1510 -1010   -50 -1010   ----  ----  ----  ----

  25>           3     3     3     3     3     3     3     7
         ----  420   420   420   420   420   420   420   450   ----  ----  ----

  26>           6     4     6     1     1     3     1     6
         ----  100  -140   100  -620  -620  -170  -620   100   ----  ----  ----

  27>           1-    1-    7     4     6     0     5     3
         ----  -50   -50   430   110   400  -150   170   100   ----  ----  ----

  28>                 0     7     5     5     3     5     2     1
         ----  ---- -530   300   140   140    50   140  -140  -170   ----  ----

  29>                 2     5     3-    0     6-    1     6-    3-
         ----  ---- -130  -100  -110  -600   110  -150   110  -110   ----  ----

  30>                 1     7     4     5-    5-    3     1     1
         ----  ---- -130   100   -50    50    50  -110  -130  -130   ----  ----

  31>                       6     3     4-    1-    1-    7     4-    0
         ----  ----  ----   90  -100    50  -110  -110   100    50  -200   ----

  32>                       5     5     2     5      -    3     7      -
         ----  ----  ----  450   450   -50   450  -100   230   490  -100   ----

  33>                       0     2-    6-    2-    2-    6-    5     2-
         ----  ----  ---- -470  -100   420  -100  -100   420   -50  -100   ----

  34>                              -    4     4     4     4     7      -    4
         ----  ----  ----  ----  620   650   650   650   650  1100   620   650

  35>                             7     2-    2-    5-    5-    2-    0     2-
         ----  ----  ----  ----  140  -100  -100   -50   -50  -100  -150  -100

  36>                             7      -    3-    6      -    2     5     3-
         ----  ----  ----  ----  200  -680  -650   100  -680  -660  -600  -650



EVENT>Monday Night Bridge      |SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> A E-W
------------------------,------ ------------,-------- --------------------------
DATE>May 22, 2017       |CLUB NO.>185264    | 05/22/2017 22:21
---------------------,-- ------------------- -------------,---------------------
DIR> Mike Lipp       |RATING>Grass Roots Fund             |MOVEMENT>MITCHELL
------------,-------- ,-------------------------,--------- ---------------------
AVE>   84.0 |TOP>   7 |MP LIMITS>None/500/200   |CLUB>Mike's Games At The CBC
------------ --------- ------------------------- -------------------------------
PAIRS IN STRAT A=12/B=7/C=3                      ,---,-----------------,-------------------------,------,---------,
-------------------------------------------------|   |      Overall    |           Section       |      |Final    |
No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
------------------------------------------------- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------- ------ ---------
 1 Joy Singerman          William Cook             B   .     5     .   |  5/6    2     .     84.50  50.30  0.43(SB)
 2 Larry Newman           Terry Brausch            A   1     .     .   |   1     .     .    108.00  64.29  3.21(OA)
 3 D. Thomas Terwilliger  C Daniel Payne           B   .     .     .   |   .    3/4    .     79.50  47.32  0.27(SB)
 4 Mike Burns             Charlie Kobida           B   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     77.00  45.83
 5 Joanne Earls           Jane Duncan              A   5     .     .   |   2     .     .     91.00  54.17  1.12(SA)
 6 Frank Lichtenberger    Robert Brown             A   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     83.00  49.40
 7 Lewis Temples          Richard Koch             C   .     .     .   |   .    3/4    1     79.50  47.32  0.40(SC)
 8 Ralph Terbrueggen      Alex Grim                B   6     3     .   |   3     1     .     88.00  52.38  0.80(SA)
 9 Joan Diers             Evelyn McCarthy          C   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     70.00  41.67
10 Louise Wolf            Dennis Schultz           A   .     .     .   |  5/6    .     .     84.50  50.30  0.30(SA)
11 June Cushman           Martin Petersen          A   .     .     .   |   4     .     .     86.00  51.19  0.56(SA)
12 Peggy Jervis           Pat Lindeman             C   .     .     .   |   .     .     .     77.00  45.83

                                          Totals                                           1008.00


                                    **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12
  /
   1>     5           4           6           0           7     2     2     2
         -50   ---- -110   ----   50   ---- -150   ----  100  -120  -120  -120

   2>      -          4           3           2           7     5-    5-     -
        -660   ----  -50   ---- -500   ---- -600   ----  400   100   100  -660

   3>     3           4-          2            -          4-    6      -    7
        -200   ---- -150   ---- -300   ---- -400   ---- -150  -140  -400  -120

   4>     0     2           6           4           6           2     2     6
        -680  -650   ---- -200   ---- -500   ---- -200   ---- -650  -650  -200

   5>     6     7           4-          0           1           3     2     4-
         490   920   ----  460   ---- -300   ----  400   ----  430   420   460

   6>     0     7           3-          3-          3-          3-    3-    3-
         620   680   ----  650   ----  650   ----  650   ----  650   650   650

   7>     3-    6-    1           0           3-          6-          5     2
         110   170  -200   ---- -300   ----  110   ----  170   ----  140  -100

   8>     4     0     4           4           4           4           4     4
         450   420   450   ----  450   ----  450   ----  450   ----  450   450

   9>     6     4-    1-          4-          7           0           3     1-
         -90  -140  -400   ---- -140   ----   50   -----1100   ---- -180  -400

  10>     7     4     4     6           1           0           4           2
         100  -100  -100    90   ---- -140   ---- -500   ---- -100   ---- -110

  11>     7     6     2     0           2           4           2           5
         650   550  -100  -140   ---- -100   ----  -50   ---- -100   ----   50

  12>     5-    5-    1-    1-          1-          5-          5-          1-
         -50   -50  -100  -100   ---- -100   ----  -50   ----  -50   ---- -100

  13>     4-    2     0     4-    2           2           6-          6-
        PASS  -100  -110  PASS  -100   ---- -100   ----  100   ----  100   ----

  14>     0     4-    4-    7     4-          1           2           4-
        -150   -50   -50    50   -50   ---- -110   ---- -100   ----  -50   ----

  15>     1     7     4     5     6           1           3           1
        -100   460   400   440   450   ---- -100   ----  190   ---- -100   ----

  16>           5     3     3     3     6           1           0           7
         ---- -100  -130  -130  -130   100   ---- -170   ---- -430   ----  140

  17>           4     4     0     6     4           7           2           1
         ----  -50   -50  -150    50   -50   ----  400   ---- -100   ---- -140

  18>           4     7     6     1-    4           1-          0           4
         ---- -100   590   450  -620  -100   ---- -620   ---- -680   ---- -100

  19>     5-          2      -    4     3     5-          7            -
         140   ---- -100  -200   110    90   140   ----  150   ---- -200   ----

  20>     3           5-    3     1     5-    3           0           7
        -170   ---- -140  -170  -200  -140  -170   ---- -620   ---- -130   ----

  21>     2           0     2     7     6     4-          4-          2
        -620   ---- -650  -620   100  -140  -170   ---- -170   ---- -620   ----

  22>           3-          7     1     3-    3-    6           3-          0
         ----   90   ----  120  -100    90    90   110   ----   90   ---- -300

  23>           7           2-     -    5-    4     5-           -          2-
         ----  200   ----   90  -200   110   100   110   ---- -200   ----   90

  24>           7           3-    3-    0     3-    3-          3-          3-
         ---- 1510   ---- 1010  1010    50  1010  1010   ---- 1010   ---- 1010

  25>     4           4           4     4     4     4     0           4
        -420   ---- -420   ---- -420  -420  -420  -420  -450   ---- -420   ----

  26>     6           6           4     1     6     3     1           1
         620   ----  620   ----  170  -100   620   140  -100   ---- -100   ----

  27>     3           1           7     5-    2     5-    4           0
        -110   ---- -400   ----  150    50  -170    50  -100   ---- -430   ----

  28>           2           4           2     7     5     0     6           2
         ---- -140   ----  -50   ---- -140   530   140  -300   170   ---- -140

  29>           7            -          6     5      -    2     3-          3-
         ----  600   ---- -110   ----  150   130  -110   100   110   ----  110

  30>           1-          1-          4     6     6     0     6           3
         ----  -50   ----  -50   ----  110   130   130  -100   130   ----   50

  31>     2-          5-          5-          0     1     2-    4     7
         -50   ----  110   ----  110   ---- -100   -90   -50   100   200   ----

  32>     5           2           6-          4     2     0     2     6-
          50   ---- -450   ----  100   ---- -230  -450  -490  -450   100   ----

  33>      -          4-          4-           -    7     2     4-    4-
        -420   ----  100   ----  100   ---- -420   470    50   100   100   ----

  34>           3           3           3           0     6-    6-    3     3
         ---- -650   ---- -650   ---- -650   -----1100  -620  -620  -650  -650

  35>           4-          1-          1-          4-    0     7     4-    4-
         ----  100   ----   50   ----   50   ----  100  -140   150   100   100

  36>           3-          1           6-          5     0     2     6-    3-
         ----  650   ---- -100   ----  680   ----  660  -200   600   680   650
Monday Night Bridge, Monday Eve, May 22, 2017

Board 1
North Deals
None Vul

♠	Q 3
♥	A 10 2
♦	K 6 4
♣	A 10 9 8 2

♠	J 9 8 2
♥	Q 3
♦	A Q 10 5 3
♣	6 4

N
W		E
S

♠	A 6 4
♥	9 7 6 4
♦	9 7
♣	K Q J 5

♠	K 10 7 5
♥	K J 8 5
♦	J 8 2
♣	7 3

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

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 NT	N	3	♣ K	150		7.00	0.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	7-Temples-Koch
1 NT	N	2	♣ K	120		5.00	2.00	6-Pretz-Koster	10-Wolf-Schultz
1 NT	N	2	♣ K	120		5.00	2.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	12-Jervis-Lindeman
2 NT	N	2	♣ K	120		5.00	2.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	11-Cushman-Petersen
2 ♥	S	2	♣ 6	110		3.00	4.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	3-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♦	W	−1	♥ 2	50		2.00	5.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	1-Singerman-Cook
2 NT	N	−1	♣ K		50	1.00	6.00	9-Markham-Markham	5-Earls-Duncan
2 ♣	N	−2	♠ 6		100	0.00	7.00	11-Leist-Levine	9-Diers-McCarthy

N/S take four Heart tricks (if they find the ♥ Q), one Club, one Spade, and one Diamond, making one. If East leads the ♣ K, declarer may simply win in hand and return the ♣T. As long as East switches to the ♦ 9 when they win the second Club, E/W will be okay (declarer will have to cash out or they'll be down one).

Board 2
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	10
♥	A 8 6 4
♦	Q J 7 6 5 4
♣	K Q

♠	K J 8 7 4
♥	K Q J 5
♦	10 8 2
♣	6

N
W		E
S

♠	9 6 3 2
♥	9 2
♦	A 9 3
♣	J 8 7 3

♠	A Q 5
♥	10 7 3
♦	K
♣	A 10 9 5 4 2

NS 3N; NS 3♥; NS 4♣; NS 3♦; Par +600

West	North	East	South
		Pass	1 ♣
1 ♠	Dbl1	3 ♠	Pass
Pass	Dbl2	Pass	3 NT
Pass	Pass	Pass

Negative
Do something smart, partner

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	5	♠ 7	660		6.50	0.50	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	1-Singerman-Cook
3 NT	S	5	♠ 8	660		6.50	0.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	12-Jervis-Lindeman
5 ♣	S	5	♠ 7	600		5.00	2.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	7-Temples-Koch
4 ♠×	W	−3	♣ K	500		4.00	3.00	9-Markham-Markham	5-Earls-Duncan
3 ♠	W	−1	♣ K	50		3.00	4.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	3-Terwilliger-Payne
3 ♦	N	−1	♠ 2		100	1.50	5.50	6-Pretz-Koster	10-Wolf-Schultz
4 ♥	N	−1	♠ 9		100	1.50	5.50	12-Kreitzer-Callif	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♥	N	−4	♥ 9		400	0.00	7.00	11-Leist-Levine	9-Diers-McCarthy

With accurate defense, N/S will lose two Heart tricks, one Spade, and one Diamond, making three. If West mistakenly leads a small Spade, N/S will make four. Better is the ♥ K, but the ♥ 8 in dummy is a great card, since it keeps E/W from taking a third Heart trick.

Board 3
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	7 4 3
♥	K J 8 5
♦	K 10
♣	Q J 6 2

♠	10 2
♥	A 10 3
♦	A J 9 8 7 6
♣	9 7

N
W		E
S

♠	K J 8 5
♥	7 6 4 2
♦	3
♣	A 5 4 3

♠	A Q 9 6
♥	Q 9
♦	Q 5 4 2
♣	K 10 8

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

West	North	East	South
			1 ♦
Pass	1 ♥	Pass	1 ♠
Pass	1 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	3	♣ 5	400		6.50	0.50	10-Prosise-Prosise	7-Temples-Koch
3 NT	N	3	♣ 3	400		6.50	0.50	12-Kreitzer-Callif	11-Cushman-Petersen
1 NT	E	−3	♥ Q	300		5.00	2.00	9-Markham-Markham	5-Earls-Duncan
2 ♦	W	−2	♣ Q	200		4.00	3.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	1-Singerman-Cook
2 NT	N	3	♠ 5	150		2.50	4.50	8-Vanstone-Gibler	3-Terwilliger-Payne
2 NT	N	3	♠ 8	150		2.50	4.50	11-Leist-Levine	9-Diers-McCarthy
1 ♠	S	3	♣ 9	140		1.00	6.00	6-Pretz-Koster	10-Wolf-Schultz
1 NT	N	2	♣ 3	120		0.00	7.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	12-Jervis-Lindeman

N/S take two Spade tricks, three Hearts, one Diamond, and three Clubs, making three. East may lead the ♠ 5, although nothing really matters.

Board 4
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	A Q 9 3
♥	A Q 6 5
♦	J 6
♣	A 7 2

♠	8 7 5
♥	J 3
♦	A K Q 9 7 3 2
♣	10

N
W		E
S

♠	K J 6 4
♥	10 8
♦	10 5 4
♣	8 6 5 3

♠	10 2
♥	K 9 7 4 2
♦	8
♣	K Q J 9 4

NS 5♥; NS 5♣; NS 2♠; EW 3♦; Par +650

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

Extending the preempt

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	S	6	♣ 10	680		7.00	0.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	1-Singerman-Cook
4 ♥	S	5	♦ A	650		5.00	2.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	2-Newman-Brausch
4 ♥	S	5	♦ A	650		5.00	2.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♥	S	5	♦ A	650		5.00	2.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	10-Wolf-Schultz
4 ♦×	W	−2	♦ J	500		3.00	4.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
2 ♥	S	5	♦ Q	200		1.00	6.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	12-Jervis-Lindeman
3 ♥	S	5	♦ A	200		1.00	6.00	9-Markham-Markham	4-Burns-Kobida
3 ♥	S	5	♦ A	200		1.00	6.00	11-Leist-Levine	8-Terbrueggen-Grim

N/S lose one Spade trick and one Diamond, making five. West will start with the ♦ K (asking for count) and switch to a Spade at trick two.

Board 5
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A Q 10 7 5
♥	10 3
♦	10 9 7 6
♣	4 3

♠	—
♥	A 9 8 7
♦	K J 8 2
♣	A 9 8 7 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K J 4
♥	K J 4
♦	Q 4
♣	K Q J 10 6

♠	9 8 6 3 2
♥	Q 6 5 2
♦	A 5 3
♣	5

EW 6♣; EW 5N; EW 5♥; EW 4♦; EW 1♠; Par −920

West	North	East	South
	Pass	1 NT1	Pass
2 ♣	Pass	2 ♦	Pass
3 ♦2	Pass	4 ♣3	Pass
6 ♣	Pass	Pass	Pass

15 to 17
Alert, artificial bid showing one 4-card major, a singleton or void in the other major, and 4-4 or 4-5 in the minors
Doesn't want to play in 3 NT

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♦×	E	−2	♣ 5	300		7.00	0.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
3 NT	E	3	♠ 6		400	6.00	1.00	11-Leist-Levine	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
5 ♣	W	6	♥ 10		420	5.00	2.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	11-Cushman-Petersen
3 NT	E	4	♥ 3		430	4.00	3.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	10-Wolf-Schultz
3 NT	E	5	♥ 2		460	2.50	4.50	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	12-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	E	5	♠ 3		460	2.50	4.50	9-Markham-Markham	4-Burns-Kobida
3 NT	E	6	♠ 2		490	1.00	6.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	1-Singerman-Cook
6 ♣	W	6	♠ A		920	0.00	7.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	2-Newman-Brausch

West's 3 ♦ bid is conventional and quite useful. With a weak hand that wanted to play in Diamonds, they'd simply pass their partner's 2 ♦ response to Stayman. 3 ♦, in this auction, shows a hand that's 1444 or 0445 shape. East, with suspect values in the majors, shows their better minor, and West bids the easy slam.

E/W lose one Diamond trick, making six. Dummy's slow Heart loser can be pitched on declarer's third Diamond. North may lead the ♥T.

Board 6
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	2
♥	Q J 3
♦	K J 10 8 4 2
♣	10 4 3

♠	A Q 10 6 5
♥	10 7
♦	9 6 5
♣	K J 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K 9 8 4
♥	A K 6 4
♦	A Q 7
♣	7 6

♠	J 7 3
♥	9 8 5 2
♦	3
♣	A Q 9 8 5

EW 6♠; EW 5N; EW 4♥; EW 2♦; EW 1♣; Par −1430

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

15 to 17
Transfer

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	E	4	♦ 3		620	7.00	0.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	1-Singerman-Cook
4 ♠	E	5	♦ 3		650	3.50	3.50	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	12-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♠	E	5	♦ 3		650	3.50	3.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♠	E	5	♦ 3		650	3.50	3.50	9-Markham-Markham	4-Burns-Kobida
4 ♠	E	5	♦ 3		650	3.50	3.50	10-Prosise-Prosise	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
4 ♠	E	5	♦ 3		650	3.50	3.50	11-Leist-Levine	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
4 ♠	E	5	♦ 3		650	3.50	3.50	12-Kreitzer-Callif	10-Wolf-Schultz
4 ♠	E	6	♦ 3		680	0.00	7.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	2-Newman-Brausch

West transfers at the two level and rebids 3 NT to show a game-going hand with exactly five Spades. E/W lose one Club trick, making six. Declarer's slow Diamond loser goes away on dummy's good Club (declarer will lead twice towards ♣ KJ2). South will probably lead their stiff Diamond.

Board 7
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	Q J 6 3
♥	K J 10 9 5
♦	K 5
♣	Q 6

♠	10 7 2
♥	A 6
♦	A Q J 7
♣	A J 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	A K 9 8 5
♥	8 7 2
♦	4 3
♣	10 8 7

♠	4
♥	Q 4 3
♦	10 9 8 6 2
♣	K 9 5 2

EW 4♠; EW 2N; EW 2♣; EW 1♦; Par −620

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

15 to 17
Transfer

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	W	−3	♥ J	300		7.00	0.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	5-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	E	−2	♥ J	200		6.00	1.00	3-Lammers-Barron	3-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♠	W	−1	♥ J	100		5.00	2.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	12-Jervis-Lindeman
2 ♠	W	2	♥ 9		110	3.50	3.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	1-Singerman-Cook
2 ♠	W	2	♥ J		110	3.50	3.50	11-Leist-Levine	7-Temples-Koch
2 ♠	W	3	♥ J		140	2.00	5.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	11-Cushman-Petersen
2 ♠	E	4	♥ 3		170	0.50	6.50	9-Markham-Markham	2-Newman-Brausch
2 ♠	E	4	♥ 4		170	0.50	6.50	12-Kreitzer-Callif	9-Diers-McCarthy

E/W lose one Heart trick, one Diamond, and one Club, playing on double-dummy lines (i.e., ♦ A and then a small Diamond from each hand). That's not going to happen, and it's much more likely that E/W will make three or two if they misguess the Spades. North may lead the ♥ J (interior honor sequence).

Board 8
West Deals
None Vul

♠	J 7 6
♥	9 4
♦	K 9 5
♣	K Q 10 7 6

♠	A 9 8 2
♥	K Q 8
♦	8 4
♣	A 5 4 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K Q 10 5 4
♥	J 2
♦	A Q 7
♣	J 9 3

♠	3
♥	A 10 7 6 5 3
♦	J 10 6 3 2
♣	8

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

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

Alert, artificial Sandwich NT bid showing the other two suits

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	E	4	♣ 8		420	7.00	0.00	9-Markham-Markham	2-Newman-Brausch
4 ♠	E	5	♣ 8		450	3.00	4.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♠	E	5	♥ A		450	3.00	4.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	1-Singerman-Cook
4 ♠	E	5	♣ 8		450	3.00	4.00	3-Lammers-Barron	3-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♠	E	5	♣ 8		450	3.00	4.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	12-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♠	E	5	♣ 8		450	3.00	4.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	5-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	E	5	♦ J		450	3.00	4.00	11-Leist-Levine	7-Temples-Koch
4 ♠	E	5	♥ A		450	3.00	4.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	9-Diers-McCarthy

South's 1 NT bid is an artificial take-out bid showing the two unbid suits and sub-opening values. E/W lose one Heart trick and one Club, making five. South will lead the ♣ 8, and declarer will grab the trick with the ♣ A and pull trump. When South wins the ♥ A, they have no way to get to partner's hand for the good Clubs. Heh.

Board 9
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	Q 7 4
♥	Q J 10 9 6
♦	K J 10
♣	9 7

♠	A 6 5
♥	8 4 2
♦	8 7 5
♣	A Q 8 3

N
W		E
S

♠	J 10 8
♥	7 5 3
♦	A 9 6 3 2
♣	10 4

♠	K 9 3 2
♥	A K
♦	Q 4
♣	K J 6 5 2

NS 2N; NS 2♠; NS 2♥; NS 2♣; Par +120

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

15 to 17
Transfer

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♣×	W	−4	♥ Q	1100		7.00	0.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	9-Diers-McCarthy
3 NT	S	3	♣ 3	400		5.50	1.50	3-Lammers-Barron	3-Terwilliger-Payne
3 NT	N	3	♦ 2	400		5.50	1.50	8-Vanstone-Gibler	12-Jervis-Lindeman
1 NT	N	4	♦ 3	180		4.00	3.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	11-Cushman-Petersen
2 ♥	N	3	♣ 10	140		2.50	4.50	9-Markham-Markham	2-Newman-Brausch
2 ♥	N	3	♥ 5	140		2.50	4.50	10-Prosise-Prosise	5-Earls-Duncan
1 NT	N	1	♦ 3	90		1.00	6.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	1-Singerman-Cook
2 ♣	S	−1	♠ A		50	0.00	7.00	11-Leist-Levine	7-Temples-Koch

North's hand is easily worth a push to game with their surplus of good spot cards (10's and 9's). Unfortunately, 3 NT is probably not going to make, since E/W can collect three Club tricks, the ♦ A, and the ♠ A. Rats.

Board 10
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	10 9 7 6 5 3
♥	—
♦	Q J 10 9 2
♣	K 7

♠	Q J 4 2
♥	K 9 6
♦	A K 8 3
♣	Q 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K
♥	A 7 5 3 2
♦	7 4
♣	9 8 6 5 3

♠	A 8
♥	Q J 10 8 4
♦	6 5
♣	A J 10 4

NS 3♠; NS 1N; NS 2♦; W 1♣; Par +140

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

15 to 18
To play

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♦	W	−5	♠ 10	500		7.00	0.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
2 ♠	N	3	♣ 9	140		6.00	1.00	11-Leist-Levine	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
2 ♠	N	2	♦ 7	110		5.00	2.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	12-Jervis-Lindeman
1 NT	W	−1	♦ Q	100		3.00	4.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	10-Wolf-Schultz
2 ♥	W	−1	♦ Q	100		3.00	4.00	3-Lammers-Barron	2-Newman-Brausch
1 NT	W	−1	♦ Q	100		3.00	4.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	3-Terwilliger-Payne
1 NT	W	1	♦ Q		90	1.00	6.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	4-Burns-Kobida
2 NT	S	−1	♠ 2		100	0.00	7.00	9-Markham-Markham	1-Singerman-Cook

When your partner opens, your RHO overcalls 1 NT, and you have a good hand, you double. When you don't double, you don't have a good hand. North's 2 ♠ bid on this auction means "Hey, I think I might be able to make 2 ♠ if I'm lucky."

N/S lose two Diamond tricks and two Spades, making three. West may lead the ♦ 7 (beer card).

Board 11
South Deals
None Vul

♠	A K J 9 6
♥	Q 7 3
♦	A Q J 2
♣	8

♠	—
♥	A K 9 8 2
♦	5 3
♣	A K Q 10 5 3

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 7 2
♥	J 10 5
♦	10 9 7 6
♣	J 4 2

♠	10 8 5 4 3
♥	6 4
♦	K 8 4
♣	9 7 6

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

West	North	East	South
			Pass
1 ♣	Dbl1	Pass	1 ♠
2 ♥2	2 ♠	Pass	3 ♠
4 ♥	Dbl	Pass	Pass
Pass

Too strong to overcall 1 ♠
Showing the values of a reverse

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♠	S	3	♣ A	140		7.00	0.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	4-Burns-Kobida
5 ♥×	W	−1	♠ A	100		5.00	2.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	10-Wolf-Schultz
5 ♣×	W	−1	♠ A	100		5.00	2.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	3-Terwilliger-Payne
5 ♣×	W	−1	♠ K	100		5.00	2.00	11-Leist-Levine	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
5 ♣	W	−1	♠ A	50		3.00	4.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
4 ♠	N	−1	♣ J		50	2.00	5.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	12-Jervis-Lindeman
5 ♣×	W	5	♠ A		550	1.00	6.00	3-Lammers-Barron	2-Newman-Brausch
5 ♥×	W	5	♠ A		650	0.00	7.00	9-Markham-Markham	1-Singerman-Cook

I have sympathy for North. East should NOT run to 5 ♣ when North doubles 4 ♥. If North bids 4 ♠, East should double to keep partner from bidding 5 ♥.

E/W lose one Heart and two Diamonds, making four doubled for a big score. North might lead the ♠ K, but declarer will ruff in their hand, play off the ♥ A and ♥ K and run Clubs.

Board 12
West Deals
N-S Vul

♠	Q 8 3
♥	K 10 5 2
♦	Q 5
♣	Q J 9 7

♠	J 10 7
♥	A Q J 6 4
♦	K 9 4 3
♣	10

N
W		E
S

♠	A 9 6 5 2
♥	9 8 7 3
♦	A 7 2
♣	K

♠	K 4
♥	—
♦	J 10 8 6
♣	A 8 6 5 4 3 2

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

West	North	East	South
1 ♥1	Pass	1 ♠	3 ♣
Dbl2	4 ♣	Pass	Pass
Pass

Rule of 20 opener
Alert, support double showing exactly three Spades

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	W	−2	♣ Q	100		5.50	1.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	12-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♥	W	−2	♦ Q	100		5.50	1.50	4-Mackey-Lubow	4-Burns-Kobida
4 ♠	E	−2	♣ A	100		5.50	1.50	10-Prosise-Prosise	3-Terwilliger-Payne
1 NT	W	−2	♣ 9	100		5.50	1.50	11-Leist-Levine	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
3 ♥	W	−1	♣ Q	50		1.50	5.50	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	10-Wolf-Schultz
4 ♥	W	−1	♣ Q	50		1.50	5.50	3-Lammers-Barron	2-Newman-Brausch
4 ♥	W	−1	♣ Q	50		1.50	5.50	9-Markham-Markham	1-Singerman-Cook
4 ♥	W	−1	♣ Q	50		1.50	5.50	12-Kreitzer-Callif	8-Terbrueggen-Grim

N/S lose one Spade trick and two Diamonds, making four. West may lead the ♠ J, and East will play low allowing the ♠ K to win. Declarer will play the ♣ A, and when both opponents follow suit will show their hand claiming 10 tricks. Please, please, please, learn to claim when you know how many tricks you're going to take.

Board 13
North Deals
Both Vul

♠	A J 9 3 2
♥	A 9 8 6
♦	J
♣	9 5 4

♠	10 8 7
♥	J 7 5
♦	A Q 8 6
♣	K J 6

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 5 4
♥	Q 4 3
♦	K 10 5 4 2
♣	Q 10

♠	K 6
♥	K 10 2
♦	9 7 3
♣	A 8 7 3 2

NS 3♠; NS 3♥; NS 3♣; E 1♦; Par +140

West	North	East	South
	Pass	Pass	Pass
Pass

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♣	S	3	♥ 5	110		7.00	0.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	3-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♦	W	−1	♣ 4	100		5.00	2.00	5-Lin-Hubka	5-Earls-Duncan
3 ♦	W	−1	♦ J	100		5.00	2.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	2-Newman-Brausch
3 ♦	W	−1	♣ 9	100		5.00	2.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	7-Temples-Koch
Pass				Pass		2.50	4.50	3-Lammers-Barron	1-Singerman-Cook
Pass				Pass		2.50	4.50	11-Leist-Levine	4-Burns-Kobida
2 ♠	N	−1	♣ Q		100	0.50	6.50	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	9-Diers-McCarthy
2 ♠	N	−1	♦ 4		100	0.50	6.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	11-Cushman-Petersen

Nothing to see here. Move along.

Board 14
East Deals
None Vul

♠	K 8 4
♥	10 7 2
♦	A Q
♣	K 10 9 6 2

♠	Q 6 5
♥	A 9 3
♦	K 7 6 2
♣	Q J 4

N
W		E
S

♠	9 3 2
♥	K J 6 4
♦	J 4
♣	A 8 5 3

♠	A J 10 7
♥	Q 8 5
♦	10 9 8 5 3
♣	7

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

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
2 ♥	W	−3	♣ 6	150		7.00	0.00	3-Lammers-Barron	1-Singerman-Cook
2 ♠	S	2	♥ A	110		6.00	1.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	7-Temples-Koch
2 ♥	E	−2	♣ 7	100		5.00	2.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	9-Diers-McCarthy
1 ♥	E	−1	♣ 7	50		2.50	4.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	11-Cushman-Petersen
2 ♥	W	−1	♦ A	50		2.50	4.50	4-Mackey-Lubow	3-Terwilliger-Payne
2 NT	W	−1	♣ 10	50		2.50	4.50	5-Lin-Hubka	5-Earls-Duncan
2 ♥	W	−1	♥ 2	50		2.50	4.50	10-Prosise-Prosise	2-Newman-Brausch
2 ♠	S	−1	♥ A		50	0.00	7.00	11-Leist-Levine	4-Burns-Kobida

North overcalls 2 ♣ trying to be a nuisance and accidentally buys the contract. Oops. N/S lose three Club tricks and three Hearts, down one. That's assuming that declarer will find the ♠ Q--not a good assumption. East may lead the ♦ J.

Board 15
South Deals
N-S Vul

♠	10 8
♥	A 9 8 5
♦	K Q J 7 2
♣	9 2

♠	A K Q J 9
♥	Q 3 2
♦	5
♣	Q J 10 7

N
W		E
S

♠	2
♥	7 6
♦	A 10 9 8 6
♣	A K 8 5 4

♠	7 6 5 4 3
♥	K J 10 4
♦	4 3
♣	6 3

EW 5♠; EW 3N; EW 5♣; EW 2♦; Par −450

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

Showing extra shape and/or extra values

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	W	−2	♦ J	100		6.00	1.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	11-Cushman-Petersen
6 ♠	W	−2	♥ A	100		6.00	1.00	3-Lammers-Barron	1-Singerman-Cook
4 ♠	W	−2	♦ K	100		6.00	1.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	7-Temples-Koch
4 ♣	E	7	♦ 4		190	4.00	3.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	9-Diers-McCarthy
3 NT	W	3	♥ 5		400	3.00	4.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	3-Terwilliger-Payne
5 ♣	E	7	♦ K		440	2.00	5.00	11-Leist-Levine	4-Burns-Kobida
5 ♠	W	5	♦ K		450	1.00	6.00	5-Lin-Hubka	5-Earls-Duncan
3 NT	E	5	♦ 4		460	0.00	7.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	2-Newman-Brausch

E/W lose two Heart tricks, making five. Some E/W pairs will be in 3 NT which does fine when Hearts split 4-4. 4 ♠ is the best contract, but who's going to be there? That wasn't rhetorical, I really want to know who's going to be in it.

Board 16
West Deals
E-W Vul

♠	K 10 7
♥	2
♦	A 10 7 3
♣	A Q 10 5 4

♠	A 9 8 5 4
♥	Q J 6 5
♦	K 8
♣	J 3

N
W		E
S

♠	—
♥	K 10 8 7 4
♦	Q J 9 5 2
♣	9 7 6

♠	Q J 6 3 2
♥	A 9 3
♦	6 4
♣	K 8 2

NS 3♠; EW 3♥; NS 4♣; NS 2N; Par +140

West	North	East	South
1 ♠1	2 ♣	Dbl2	3 ♣
Pass	Pass	Dbl3	Pass
3 ♥	Pass	Pass	4 ♣
Pass	Pass	Pass

Rule of 20 opener
Negative
Do something smart, partner

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	4	♠ 5	430		7.00	0.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	10-Wolf-Schultz
3 ♠	S	4	♥ Q	170		6.00	1.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
3 ♣	N	4	♦ Q	130		4.00	3.00	5-Lin-Hubka	4-Burns-Kobida
3 ♣	N	4	♣ 6	130		4.00	3.00	11-Leist-Levine	3-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♣	S	4	♦ Q	130		4.00	3.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	5-Earls-Duncan
4 ♥	W	−1	♣ A	100		2.00	5.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	2-Newman-Brausch
4 ♠	S	−2	♣ J		100	1.00	6.00	6-Pretz-Koster	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
3 ♥	E	3	♣ 2		140	0.00	7.00	3-Lammers-Barron	12-Jervis-Lindeman

West should NOT bid 3 ♥ over 3 ♣, since they have an absolute minimum. When East invites them back in the auction with a double, they have an easy 3 ♥ call. N/S lose one Spade trick, one Diamond, and a Spade ruff, making four. East may lead the ♦ Q.

Board 17
North Deals
None Vul

♠	Q 10 4
♥	J 7
♦	Q 10 9
♣	K J 10 4 3

♠	K 2
♥	10
♦	A K 8 7 6 3 2
♣	7 6 5

N
W		E
S

♠	J 7
♥	A K Q 9 3 2
♦	J 5
♣	Q 8 2

♠	A 9 8 6 5 3
♥	8 6 5 4
♦	4
♣	A 9

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

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

Weak jump overcall
Forcing

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♦	W	−3	♣ J	150		7.00	0.00	5-Lin-Hubka	4-Burns-Kobida
3 ♠	S	3	♥ 10	140		6.00	1.00	3-Lammers-Barron	12-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♦	W	−2	♠ 4	100		5.00	2.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	10-Wolf-Schultz
5 ♦	W	−1	♣ J	50		3.00	4.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	2-Newman-Brausch
5 ♦	W	−1	♠ 4	50		3.00	4.00	6-Pretz-Koster	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
4 ♥	E	−1	♣ A	50		3.00	4.00	11-Leist-Levine	3-Terwilliger-Payne
3 ♠	S	−1	♦ A		50	1.00	6.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	5-Earls-Duncan
3 NT	W	3	♠ 4		400	0.00	7.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	8-Terbrueggen-Grim

When West bids 3 ♦ to show 10+ HCP and 5+ Diamonds, E/W have entered into what is termed a "forcing auction." A forcing auction is akin to a game of chicken in that E/W have silently agreed to either play the contract or double the opponents. When West decides that they have little hope of beating 3 ♠, they opt to bid on. In this case, it works as E/W take six Heart tricks, two Diamonds, and one Spade. North will lead the ♠ 4.

Board 18
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	9
♥	K Q 8 5 2
♦	10 8 4
♣	9 5 4 3

♠	J 10 4 2
♥	10 9 4
♦	Q 7 6 2
♣	Q 10

N
W		E
S

♠	K Q 8 7 6 3
♥	7
♦	K J 9 5 3
♣	A

♠	A 5
♥	A J 6 3
♦	A
♣	K J 8 7 6 2

NS 6♥; NS 6♣; EW 3♠; EW 3♦; NS 1N; Par +500: EW 6♠×−3

West	North	East	South
		1 ♠	Dbl1
3 ♠2	4 ♥	4 ♠	6 ♥
Pass	Pass	Pass

All big hands start with double
Alert, BROMAD bid showing four Spades and 0-6 HCP

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♥	N	6	♣ A	680		7.00	0.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	10-Wolf-Schultz
5 ♣	S	6	♦ 2	620		5.50	1.50	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
5 ♣	S	6	♠ J	620		5.50	1.50	12-Kreitzer-Callif	5-Earls-Duncan
5 ♠×	E	−1	♦ A	100		3.00	4.00	3-Lammers-Barron	12-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♠×	E	−1	♦ A	100		3.00	4.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	2-Newman-Brausch
5 ♠×	E	−1	♦ A	100		3.00	4.00	6-Pretz-Koster	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
4 ♠	E	5	♣ K		450	1.00	6.00	5-Lin-Hubka	4-Burns-Kobida
4 ♠×	E	4	♦ A		590	0.00	7.00	11-Leist-Levine	3-Terwilliger-Payne

When North makes a free bid of 4 ♥, South has an easy raise to slam. East should probably bid 6 ♠, but they don't know whether the ♦ K is a trick or not. N/S lose one Club trick, making six. East will most likely lead the ♠ K. Declarer will win, pull trump in three rounds, and lead a Club towards the ♣ K. When East is forced to win the ♣ A, the hand is over.

Board 19
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	K 10 9 5 4
♥	9
♦	A K Q 4 3 2
♣	K

♠	A J 6 2
♥	A Q 10 6
♦	10 9 8
♣	Q 4

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 8 7
♥	K 5 3 2
♦	J 6
♣	A 10 9 8

♠	3
♥	J 8 7 4
♦	7 5
♣	J 7 6 5 3 2

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

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

Negative

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♥	W	−2	♦ A	200		6.50	0.50	3-Lammers-Barron	11-Cushman-Petersen
2 NT	E	−2	♣ 5	200		6.50	0.50	12-Kreitzer-Callif	4-Burns-Kobida
2 ♥	E	−1	♠ 5	100		5.00	2.00	5-Lin-Hubka	3-Terwilliger-Payne
1 NT	E	1	♣ 5		90	4.00	3.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
2 ♥	W	2	♦ A		110	3.00	4.00	6-Pretz-Koster	5-Earls-Duncan
2 ♥	W	3	♦ A		140	1.50	5.50	4-Mackey-Lubow	1-Singerman-Cook
3 ♥	W	3	♦ A		140	1.50	5.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	7-Temples-Koch
5 ♦	N	−3	♥ K		150	0.00	7.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	9-Diers-McCarthy

North, aware that their partner has length in Hearts, decides not to bid 3 ♦. E/W lose one Spade trick, two Diamonds, and one Club, making three. North will lead the ♦ K, asking for count, and continue Diamonds at tricks two and three. If declarer ruffs low in dummy, N/S will take five defensive tricks.

Board 20
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	8 6 5 2
♥	A K 8
♦	A Q J 4
♣	Q 7

♠	Q 4
♥	Q 9 7 6 4 3
♦	9
♣	A J 10 8

N
W		E
S

♠	K J
♥	J 10 5 2
♦	10 6 5 2
♣	K 6 2

♠	A 10 9 7 3
♥	—
♦	K 8 7 3
♣	9 5 4 3

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

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

15 to 17
Transfer

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	S	4	♦ 9	620		7.00	0.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	9-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥×	W	−1	♣ Q	200		6.00	1.00	6-Pretz-Koster	5-Earls-Duncan
2 ♠	N	4	♥ J	170		4.00	3.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	1-Singerman-Cook
2 ♠	N	4	♣ 6	170		4.00	3.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	7-Temples-Koch
2 ♠	N	4	♥ 2	170		4.00	3.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	4-Burns-Kobida
2 ♠	S	3	♦ 9	140		1.50	5.50	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
2 ♠	N	3	♦ 5	140		1.50	5.50	5-Lin-Hubka	3-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♦	S	4	♥ 6	130		0.00	7.00	3-Lammers-Barron	11-Cushman-Petersen

South's hand is almost worth an invite--maybe at IMPs. N/S lose one Spade trick and two Clubs, making four. East will probably lead the ♥ J.

Board 21
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A
♥	K J 7 4 3 2
♦	A K 10 3
♣	K 7

♠	K 6 4 3
♥	8 6
♦	Q 7 5 4
♣	J 9 6

N
W		E
S

♠	J 8 7
♥	Q 9 5
♦	J 2
♣	A Q 10 3 2

♠	Q 10 9 5 2
♥	A 10
♦	9 8 6
♣	8 5 4

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

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	N	5	♠ 7	650		7.00	0.00	5-Lin-Hubka	3-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♥	N	4	♣ A	620		5.00	2.00	3-Lammers-Barron	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♥	N	4	♠ 8	620		5.00	2.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	1-Singerman-Cook
4 ♥	N	4	♦ J	620		5.00	2.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	4-Burns-Kobida
3 ♥	N	4	♦ J	170		2.50	4.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	9-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♥	N	4	♣ A	170		2.50	4.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	7-Temples-Koch
3 ♥	N	3	♦ J	140		1.00	6.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
3 ♦	N	−1	♦ J		100	0.00	7.00	6-Pretz-Koster	5-Earls-Duncan

N/S lose two Club tricks, one Diamond, and probably one Heart when declarer makes an unfortunate guess in the Heart suit, down one. That said, if East leads the ♦ J, declarer's Diamond loser goes away. Heh. The only survivable lead is a Spade, and who's going to lead a Spade from ♠ J87? Okay, that one was rhetorical.

Board 22
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	K 8 6
♥	K 8 6 4
♦	J 9 5
♣	A 8 5

♠	A Q 9 5 3
♥	10 2
♦	K 4 3 2
♣	Q 4

N
W		E
S

♠	7 4
♥	A 9 7 5
♦	Q 10 7 6
♣	K 10 9

♠	J 10 2
♥	Q J 3
♦	A 8
♣	J 7 6 3 2

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

West	North	East	South
		Pass	Pass
1 ♠1	Pass2	1 NT3	Pass
Pass	Pass

Light 3rd seat opener
Don't make minimum offshape takeout doubles
Semi-forcing

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♦	W	−3	♥ 4	300		7.00	0.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	12-Jervis-Lindeman
1 NT	E	−1	♣ 3	100		6.00	1.00	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	5-Earls-Duncan
1 NT	E	1	♣ 7		90	3.50	3.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	7-Temples-Koch
2 ♦	W	2	♥ 4		90	3.50	3.50	3-Lammers-Barron	10-Wolf-Schultz
1 NT	E	1	♣ 3		90	3.50	3.50	5-Lin-Hubka	2-Newman-Brausch
1 NT	E	1	♣ 3		90	3.50	3.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
2 ♠	W	2	♣ 5		110	1.00	6.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
2 NT	E	2	♣ 2		120	0.00	7.00	6-Pretz-Koster	4-Burns-Kobida

It's generally a good idea to play that a 1 NT response by a passed hand after partner opens one of a major is semi-forcing (i.e., opener will take another bid unless they opened light). In this case, opener did open light, so they pass. E/W lose one Spade trick, two Hearts, one Diamond, and one Club, making two. South may lead a small Club, although the ♥ Q wouldn't be unreasonable.

Board 23
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	J 4
♥	A 10 9 2
♦	A Q 8
♣	J 10 9 5

♠	Q 7
♥	J 8 6
♦	J 7 6 5
♣	Q 8 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K 10 6 5 3
♥	K Q 5
♦	K 10
♣	A 7 2

♠	A 9 8 2
♥	7 4 3
♦	9 4 3 2
♣	K 6

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

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♦	W	−2	♠ J	200		6.50	0.50	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	5-Earls-Duncan
1 NT	E	−2	♠ 2	200		6.50	0.50	3-Lammers-Barron	10-Wolf-Schultz
1 NT	E	1	♣ K		90	4.50	2.50	4-Mackey-Lubow	12-Jervis-Lindeman
1 NT	E	1	♣ K		90	4.50	2.50	6-Pretz-Koster	4-Burns-Kobida
2 ♥	N	−1	♠ 10		100	3.00	4.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	7-Temples-Koch
1 ♠	E	2	♣ K		110	1.50	5.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
1 ♠	E	2	♥ 4		110	1.50	5.50	8-Vanstone-Gibler	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
1 NT	S	−2	♦ 5		200	0.00	7.00	5-Lin-Hubka	2-Newman-Brausch

E/W lose two Spade tricks, one Heart, one Diamond, and one Club, making two. South may lead the ♣ K, which on the surface looks dreadful. Fortunately, they get away with it, since North's ♣ J grows into a trick (i.e., declarer always has two Club tricks).

Board 24
West Deals
None Vul

♠	10 8 2
♥	7 3
♦	7 3
♣	K Q 10 7 6 2

♠	A K Q 5
♥	Q J 9 8 2
♦	9
♣	J 9 5

N
W		E
S

♠	6
♥	A K 6 4
♦	A K Q 10 5 2
♣	A 3

♠	J 9 7 4 3
♥	10 5
♦	J 8 6 4
♣	8 4

EW 7N; EW 7♥; EW 6♦; EW 4♠; W 3♣; E 2♣; Par −1520

West	North	East	South
1 ♥	Pass	2 NT1	Pass
3 ♦2	Pass	4 ♠3	Pass
4 NT4	Pass	5 ♣5	Pass
5 ♠6	Pass	7 ♥7	Pass
Pass	Pass

Alert, artificial Jacoby 2 NT bid showing a game-going hand with 4+ Hearts
Alert, artificial Jacoby 2 NT response showing a singleton or void in Diamonds
RKC Blackwood (Kickback) for Hearts
1430 response showing 1 or 4 keycards
Do you have the ♥ Q?
Yes, and the ♠ K
I can count 13 tricks in Hearts

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
7 NT	N	−1	♠ 7		50	7.00	0.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
6 ♥	W	7	♣ K		1010	3.50	3.50	1-Altman Sr-Wiest	5-Earls-Duncan
6 ♥	W	7	♣ K		1010	3.50	3.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	7-Temples-Koch
6 ♥	W	7	♣ K		1010	3.50	3.50	3-Lammers-Barron	10-Wolf-Schultz
6 ♥	E	7	♣ K		1010	3.50	3.50	4-Mackey-Lubow	12-Jervis-Lindeman
6 ♥	W	7	♣ K		1010	3.50	3.50	6-Pretz-Koster	4-Burns-Kobida
6 ♥	W	7	♣ K		1010	3.50	3.50	8-Vanstone-Gibler	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
7 ♥	W	7	♣ 7		1510	0.00	7.00	5-Lin-Hubka	2-Newman-Brausch

Once West shows the ♥ Q and the ♠ K, East can count 13 tricks--two Spades, five Hearts, five Diamonds (planning to ruff one in partner's hand), and one Club. If E/W try and play in 7 NT, they're going to need to be good at squeeze mechanics. Let's pretend that's the contract:

Assume that North leads the ♦ 7 (beer card). Declarer wins the ♦ Q, plays off the ♦ A and ♦ K to get the bad news, and temporarily abandons Diamonds. Five rounds of Hearts are next, and South is able to pitch two Hearts, one Spade, and two Clubs--not a problem. The problem arises when declarer leads the ♣ 5 to the ♣ A at trick nine. Here's the position:

West: ♠ AKQ5 ♣ 5 North: ♣T82 ♣ KQ East: ♠ 6 ♦T52 ♣ A South: ♠ J974 ♦ J

When the ♣ A is played, South's gives up. They'll throw a Spade, since they're staring at three winning Diamonds on the board. With the Diamonds no longer good, declarer will play a Spade to their hand and claim when North nobody has four Spades. Nicely played!

Board 25
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	K Q J
♥	A J 5 2
♦	10 7 5 3 2
♣	2

♠	A 10 9 7 3
♥	10
♦	9 4
♣	A J 8 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	8 4 2
♥	8 6
♦	K Q 6
♣	Q 9 7 6 5

♠	6 5
♥	K Q 9 7 4 3
♦	A J 8
♣	K 10

NS 4♥; EW 3♠; NS 4♦; EW 3♣; NS 1N; Par +200: EW 4♠×−1

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

Cuebid showing a limit raise for Hearts

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	S	5	♠ A	450		7.00	0.00	9-Markham-Markham	9-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	S	4	♥ 10	420		3.00	4.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
4 ♥	S	4	♦ 9	420		3.00	4.00	3-Lammers-Barron	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
4 ♥	S	4	♦ 9	420		3.00	4.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♥	S	4	♠ A	420		3.00	4.00	5-Lin-Hubka	1-Singerman-Cook
4 ♥	S	4	♦ 9	420		3.00	4.00	6-Pretz-Koster	3-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♥	S	4	♠ A	420		3.00	4.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	5-Earls-Duncan
4 ♥	S	4	♣ A	420		3.00	4.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	7-Temples-Koch

N/S lose one Spade trick, one Diamond, and one Club, making four. East may lead the ♠ 4 (MUD).

Board 26
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	K 10
♥	—
♦	9 8 7 6 5
♣	A Q J 10 3 2

♠	7 6 2
♥	J 7 5 4
♦	K J 4
♣	K 8 5

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q J 9 5 4 3
♥	A 10 6
♦	Q 3
♣	4

♠	8
♥	K Q 9 8 3 2
♦	A 10 2
♣	9 7 6

W 4♠; E 3♠; NS 4♣; NS 3♦; N 1N; NS 1♥; Par −200: NS 5♣×−1

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	E	−1	♣ 7	100		6.00	1.00	2-Pollack-Pollack	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
4 ♠	E	−1	♥ K	100		6.00	1.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♠	E	−1	♥ K	100		6.00	1.00	9-Markham-Markham	9-Diers-McCarthy
2 ♠	E	3	♣ 7		140	4.00	3.00	3-Lammers-Barron	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
3 ♠	E	4	♣ 7		170	3.00	4.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	5-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	E	4	♥ K		620	1.00	6.00	5-Lin-Hubka	1-Singerman-Cook
4 ♠	E	4	♣ 9		620	1.00	6.00	6-Pretz-Koster	3-Terwilliger-Payne
4 ♠	E	4	♥ K		620	1.00	6.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	7-Temples-Koch

E/W lose one Club trick, one Diamond, and two Spade ruffs, down one. South will lead the ♥ K, and North will ruff with the ♠T and return the ♦ 8. After ruffing the second Heart with the ♠ K, North will cash the ♣ A for down one.

Board 27
South Deals
None Vul

♠	K Q J
♥	Q 10 9 4
♦	A 4 2
♣	K Q 10

♠	7
♥	A K J 6 5 3
♦	10 8 7 6
♣	9 7

N
W		E
S

♠	A 9 5 4 2
♥	7
♦	K 5
♣	J 6 5 3 2

♠	10 8 6 3
♥	8 2
♦	Q J 9 3
♣	A 8 4

NS 3N; NS 2♠; NS 1♦; Par +400

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

Weak two bid
15 to 19

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	4	♥ 7	430		7.00	0.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	11-Cushman-Petersen
3 NT	N	3	♥ 7	400		6.00	1.00	6-Pretz-Koster	3-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♠	S	4	♥ A	170		5.00	2.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	7-Temples-Koch
2 ♠	S	2	♥ A	110		4.00	3.00	5-Lin-Hubka	1-Singerman-Cook
3 ♥	W	−2	♠ K	100		3.00	4.00	9-Markham-Markham	9-Diers-McCarthy
3 NT	N	−1	♥ 7		50	1.50	5.50	2-Pollack-Pollack	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
3 ♦	S	−1	♥ A		50	1.50	5.50	3-Lammers-Barron	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
4 ♠	S	−3	♥ A		150	0.00	7.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	5-Earls-Duncan

A 2 NT overcall after a weak two bid shows between 15-19 HCP. A 3 NT overcall after a three-level preempt shows between 15-20 HCP. N/S lose two Heart tricks, one Spade, and one Diamond, making three. East may lead the ♥ 7.

Board 28
West Deals
N-S Vul

♠	J 10 9 4
♥	A 5 3
♦	K 6
♣	A K 9 6

♠	A K 2
♥	Q J 10 7 2
♦	Q J 2
♣	J 7

N
W		E
S

♠	7
♥	K 9 6 4
♦	A 8 7 5 4
♣	10 3 2

♠	Q 8 6 5 3
♥	8
♦	10 9 3
♣	Q 8 5 4

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

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

15 to 18

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥×	W	−2	♣ A	300		7.00	0.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	9-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♠	S	3	♥ 2	140		5.00	2.00	5-Lin-Hubka	12-Jervis-Lindeman
3 ♠	S	3	♥ Q	140		5.00	2.00	6-Pretz-Koster	2-Newman-Brausch
2 ♠	N	3	♥ 4	140		5.00	2.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
4 ♥	W	−1	♣ A	50		3.00	4.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	4-Burns-Kobida
2 ♥	W	3	♣ A		140	2.00	5.00	9-Markham-Markham	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
3 ♥	W	4	♣ A		170	1.00	6.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	10-Wolf-Schultz
3 ♥×	W	3	♣ A		530	0.00	7.00	3-Lammers-Barron	7-Temples-Koch

N/S lose two Spade tricks and two Diamonds, making three. East may lead the ♥ 4.

Board 29
North Deals
Both Vul

♠	8 4 3
♥	5 3 2
♦	2
♣	A J 10 6 3 2

♠	K Q 5 2
♥	A K 7 6
♦	K Q 3
♣	Q 7

N
W		E
S

♠	9
♥	10 9 4
♦	J 9 8 7 5 4
♣	K 8 5

♠	A J 10 7 6
♥	Q J 8
♦	A 10 6
♣	9 4

EW 4♦; EW 2N; S 2♠; S 2♣; N 1♠; EW 1♥; N 1♣; Par −130

West	North	East	South
	Pass	Pass	1 ♠
1 NT1	Pass	2 NT2	Pass
3 ♦3	Pass	Pass	Pass

15 to 18
Alert, artificial bid asking partner to bid 3 ♦
Alert, showing Axx, Kxx, Qxx, or xxxx in Diamonds

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♠	S	2	♥ A	110		6.50	0.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	4-Burns-Kobida
2 ♠	S	2	♥ A	110		6.50	0.50	9-Markham-Markham	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
3 ♠	S	−1	♥ A		100	5.00	2.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	9-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♦	E	3	♣ 9		110	3.50	3.50	5-Lin-Hubka	12-Jervis-Lindeman
3 ♦	E	3	♥ Q		110	3.50	3.50	10-Prosise-Prosise	10-Wolf-Schultz
4 ♦	W	4	♣ 9		130	2.00	5.00	3-Lammers-Barron	7-Temples-Koch
1 NT	W	3	♣ J		150	1.00	6.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
3 NT	W	3	♣ J		600	0.00	7.00	6-Pretz-Koster	2-Newman-Brausch

West could double and then bid notrump, but to what end? E/W lose one Spade trick, one Diamond, and one Club (dummy's slow Club loser will go away on a high Spade. North will lead the ♠ 4 (MUD).

Board 30
East Deals
None Vul

♠	Q 10 3
♥	J 5
♦	J 2
♣	A K J 10 6 2

♠	9 2
♥	A 10 7 3
♦	A Q 4 3
♣	Q 9 4

N
W		E
S

♠	K 8 6 4
♥	Q 2
♦	K 10 9 8 7 5
♣	8

♠	A J 7 5
♥	K 9 8 6 4
♦	6
♣	7 5 3

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

West	North	East	South
		Pass	Pass
1 ♦	2 ♣	2 ♦	Dbl1
Pass	3 ♣	3 ♦	Pass
Pass	Pass

Responsive double showing both majors

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♦	W	−2	♣ A	100		7.00	0.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	9-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♦	W	−1	♣ A	50		5.50	1.50	6-Pretz-Koster	2-Newman-Brausch
4 ♦	W	−1	♣ A	50		5.50	1.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	4-Burns-Kobida
4 ♣	N	−1	♦ 5		50	4.00	3.00	5-Lin-Hubka	12-Jervis-Lindeman
3 ♦	E	3	♥ 9		110	3.00	4.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
4 ♦	W	4	♥ J		130	1.00	6.00	3-Lammers-Barron	7-Temples-Koch
3 ♦	E	4	♥ 6		130	1.00	6.00	9-Markham-Markham	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
4 ♦	W	4	♣ A		130	1.00	6.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	10-Wolf-Schultz

East knows the auction isn't going to end at 2 ♦, so they're quite content to bid Diamonds as many times as necessary in order to get the contract. E/W lose two Spade tricks, one Heart, and one Club, making three. North will lead the ♣ K and switch to the ♠ 3 at trick two.

Board 31
South Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A 10 6
♥	9 5 3
♦	7 5 4
♣	Q 10 8 7

♠	Q 9 5
♥	A J 2
♦	Q 3 2
♣	A 6 5 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K J 8 2
♥	10 8 7
♦	10 9
♣	K 9 4 2

♠	7 4 3
♥	K Q 6 4
♦	A K J 8 6
♣	J

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

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

Don't make minimum offshape takeout doubles

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♠	E	−2	♦ A	100		7.00	0.00	9-Markham-Markham	7-Temples-Koch
1 NT	N	1	♠ 2	90		6.00	1.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
2 ♥	W	−1	♦ 5	50		4.50	2.50	6-Pretz-Koster	1-Singerman-Cook
2 ♠	E	−1	♦ A	50		4.50	2.50	10-Prosise-Prosise	9-Diers-McCarthy
1 NT	N	−1	♠ 2		100	3.00	4.00	5-Lin-Hubka	10-Wolf-Schultz
1 ♠	E	2	♦ A		110	1.50	5.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	3-Terwilliger-Payne
1 ♠	E	2	♣ J		110	1.50	5.50	8-Vanstone-Gibler	5-Earls-Duncan
2 ♥	S	−2	♠ 5		200	0.00	7.00	11-Leist-Levine	11-Cushman-Petersen

N/S take four Diamond tricks, one Spade, and one Heart, down one. East will lead the ♠ 2.

Board 32
West Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A J 4
♥	Q 7 4 2
♦	A 10 7
♣	Q J 10

♠	10 9 5
♥	A 5
♦	9 5 4
♣	8 6 5 4 2

N
W		E
S

♠	8 6 2
♥	J 6 3
♦	K J 8 6 3 2
♣	9

♠	K Q 7 3
♥	K 10 9 8
♦	Q
♣	A K 7 3

NS 6♠; NS 5N; NS 5♥; NS 4♣; NS 1♦; Par +980

West	North	East	South
Pass	1 ♣	Pass1	1 ♥
Pass	2 ♥	Pass	2 NT2
Pass	3 ♥3	Pass	4 ♠4
Pass	5 ♥5	Pass	6 ♥
Pass	Pass	Pass

Not strong enough to make a weak jump overcall vulnerable
Alert, artificial Wold 2 NT bid asking for more information about partner's hand
Alert, Wold 2 NT response showing a minimum hand with four Hearts
RKC Blackwood (Kickback) for Hearts
1430 response showing 2 or 5 keycards w/ the ♥ Q

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 NT	N	6	♦ 8	490		7.00	0.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	9-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	N	5	♠ 8	450		5.00	2.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
4 ♥	S	5	♣ 4	450		5.00	2.00	5-Lin-Hubka	10-Wolf-Schultz
4 ♥	N	5	♣ 9	450		5.00	2.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	3-Terwilliger-Payne
2 ♠	S	6	♥ A	230		3.00	4.00	9-Markham-Markham	7-Temples-Koch
6 ♥	S	−1	♠ 10		50	2.00	5.00	6-Pretz-Koster	1-Singerman-Cook
6 ♥	N	−2	♠ 6		100	0.50	6.50	8-Vanstone-Gibler	5-Earls-Duncan
6 ♥	S	−2	♣ 6		100	0.50	6.50	11-Leist-Levine	11-Cushman-Petersen

If West finds a Club lead, then 6 ♥ is down one. More likely, West will lead the ♠T. Declarer will win in the North hand and has to find the ♥ J--not an easy task.

Board 33
North Deals
None Vul

♠	Q J 4 3 2
♥	A Q 10 8 3
♦	2
♣	8 3

♠	A 10 7
♥	J 6 4
♦	A Q 10 9 3
♣	9 2

N
W		E
S

♠	6 5
♥	K 7 5
♦	J 8 6 4
♣	K 10 6 4

♠	K 9 8
♥	9 2
♦	K 7 5
♣	A Q J 7 5

NS 4♠; NS 3♥; EW 2♦; NS 2♣; Par +420

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

Alert, artificial XYZ bid asking partner to bid 2 ♦
Alert, forced bid
Showing at least five Spades and four Hearts

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	S	4	♦ 4	420		6.50	0.50	6-Pretz-Koster	1-Singerman-Cook
4 ♠	N	4	♦ 8	420		6.50	0.50	9-Markham-Markham	7-Temples-Koch
4 ♠	N	−1	♣ 10		50	5.00	2.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	9-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♠	S	−2	♦ 4		100	2.50	4.50	5-Lin-Hubka	10-Wolf-Schultz
4 ♠	S	−2	♦ J		100	2.50	4.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	3-Terwilliger-Payne
					100	2.50	4.50	8-Vanstone-Gibler	5-Earls-Duncan
4 ♠	N	−2	♦ J		100	2.50	4.50	11-Leist-Levine	11-Cushman-Petersen
3 ♦×	W	3	♣ A		470	0.00	7.00	4-Mackey-Lubow	8-Terbrueggen-Grim

North shows an invitational hand with both majors, and South bids game. N/S lose one Spade trick, one Heart, and one Diamond, making four. East will lead the ♦ 4.

Board 34
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	9 5
♥	Q 9 5 2
♦	A Q 9 2
♣	A Q 5

♠	6
♥	8 7 4
♦	10 8 7 4 3
♣	J 8 6 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K Q J 8 7
♥	10
♦	K 5
♣	K 9 7 4 3

♠	A 10 4 3 2
♥	A K J 6 3
♦	J 6
♣	10

NS 5♥; NS 4N; NS 3♠; NS 3♦; EW 1♣; Par +650

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

Forcing

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♣×	E	−5	♥ A	1100		7.00	0.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
4 ♥	S	5	♠ 6	650		4.00	3.00	6-Pretz-Koster	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♥	S	5	♠ 6	650		4.00	3.00	7-Zimmer-Kammer	2-Newman-Brausch
4 ♥	S	5	♠ 6	650		4.00	3.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	4-Burns-Kobida
4 ♥	S	5	♠ 6	650		4.00	3.00	9-Markham-Markham	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
4 ♥	S	5	♠ 6	650		4.00	3.00	12-Kreitzer-Callif	12-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♥	S	4	♠ 5	620		0.50	6.50	5-Lin-Hubka	9-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	S	4	♠ 6	620		0.50	6.50	11-Leist-Levine	10-Wolf-Schultz

When your partner isn't a passed hand and they cuebid the opponent's suit, don't immediately assume that they have support for your overcalled suit. Most of the time, they do, but sometimes they simply need a forcing bid. If you have a full opener, bid notrump or a new suit. If you have a minimum overcall, rebid your suit.

N/S lose one Spade trick and one Diamond, making five. West will lead the ♠ 6.

Board 35
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	—
♥	A K Q 8 5 3 2
♦	J 8 6
♣	7 6 2

♠	Q 8 7 4
♥	7
♦	K Q 10 9
♣	A J 10 4

N
W		E
S

♠	10 2
♥	J 10 9 4
♦	7 5 4 3
♣	K Q 9

♠	A K J 9 6 5 3
♥	6
♦	A 2
♣	8 5 3

NS 3♥; NS 2♠; W 1N; W 2♦; W 2♣; E 1♦; E 1♣; Par +140

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

Forcing

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♠	S	3	♥ 7	140		7.00	0.00	5-Lin-Hubka	9-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	N	−1	♥ J		50	5.50	1.50	8-Vanstone-Gibler	4-Burns-Kobida
3 ♠	S	−1	♥ 7		50	5.50	1.50	9-Markham-Markham	6-Lichtenberger-Brown
4 ♠	S	−2	♦ K		100	2.50	4.50	6-Pretz-Koster	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♠	S	−2	♦ K		100	2.50	4.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	2-Newman-Brausch
5 ♥	N	−2	♠ 2		100	2.50	4.50	10-Prosise-Prosise	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
4 ♠	S	−2	♥ 7		100	2.50	4.50	12-Kreitzer-Callif	12-Jervis-Lindeman
5 ♥	N	−3	♣ K		150	0.00	7.00	11-Leist-Levine	10-Wolf-Schultz

N/S lose three Club tricks and one Heart, making three. East will probably lead the ♣ K.

Board 36
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	9 8 5
♥	5 4 2
♦	Q 8
♣	K 7 6 4 3

♠	2
♥	A Q J 9 7
♦	K J 5 3 2
♣	10 9

N
W		E
S

♠	A K J 7 4
♥	10 6 3
♦	10 7 6
♣	A J

♠	Q 10 6 3
♥	K 8
♦	A 9 4
♣	Q 8 5 2

EW 5♥; EW 5♦; EW 2N; EW 2♠; S 1♣; Par −650

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	W	−2	♣ 7	200		7.00	0.00	5-Lin-Hubka	9-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♠	E	−1	♣ 2	100		6.00	1.00	8-Vanstone-Gibler	4-Burns-Kobida
3 NT	E	3	♦ 4		600	5.00	2.00	11-Leist-Levine	10-Wolf-Schultz
4 ♥	W	5	♣ 3		650	3.50	3.50	7-Zimmer-Kammer	2-Newman-Brausch
4 ♥	W	5	♣ 4		650	3.50	3.50	12-Kreitzer-Callif	12-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	E	5	♣ 2		660	2.00	5.00	10-Prosise-Prosise	8-Terbrueggen-Grim
4 ♥	W	6	♠ 8		680	0.50	6.50	6-Pretz-Koster	11-Cushman-Petersen
4 ♥	W	6	♠ 9		680	0.50	6.50	9-Markham-Markham	6-Lichtenberger-Brown

E/W lose one Club trick and one Diamond, making five. North may lead the ♣ 4.