EVENT>Monday Night Bridge      |SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> A
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DATE>September 4, 2017  |CLUB NO.>185264    | 09/04/2017 22:12
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DIR> Mike Lipp       |RATING>Club Masterpoint (100%, 80%, 70% Open)|MOVEMENT>ONE WINNER
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AVE>   60.0 |TOP>   5 |MP LIMITS>None/500/200   |CLUB>Mike's Games At The CBC
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PAIRS IN STRAT A=13/B=8/C=5                      ,---,-------------------------,------,---------,
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No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
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 1 Jane Duncan            Joanne Earls             A    .     .     .     59.77  49.81
 2 Nelson Leist           Herschell Levine         C    .     .     .     61.71  51.43
 3 Joy Singerman          William Cook             C    4     3     1     64.50  53.75  0.46(A)
 4 Alex Grim              Ralph Terbrueggen        B    1     1     .     66.20  55.17  1.30(A)
 5 Marilyn Prosise        Robert Prosise           A    .     .     .     61.60  51.33
 6 Leonard Kanterman      Patricia Ruge            C    .     .     .     36.60  30.50
 7 Lewis Temples          Richard Koch             C    5     .     2     64.34  53.62  0.26(A)
 8 Patrick Hoffman        Vasudha Kale             B    .     .     .     63.77  53.14

10 Michael Purcell        Kimberly King            A    .     .     .     60.91  50.76
11 Ila Mehta              Nalin Mehta              B    3     2     .     65.03  54.19  0.65(A)
12 Debbie Wiest           Michael Dickman          A    .     .     .     59.66  49.72
13 Kay Mulford            Linda Drasnin            A    2     .     .     65.37  54.48  0.91(A)
14 Kathy Rice             Cecilia Kloecker         C    .     .     .     53.10  44.25

                                          Totals                         782.56


                                          **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12    13    14
  /
   1>   4.90  1.90  4.30  3.10                    4.30        0.70  1.90  0.70  3.10  0.10
         100*  -50    90    50*  ----  ----  ----   90   ----  -90*  -50   -90*   50* -100

   2>   3.70  0.10  4.90  1.90                    3.10        0.10  3.10  1.90  4.90  1.30
         100* -200   110  -100*  ----  ----  ----  100   ---- -110*  100  -100*  200* -100

   3>   3.10  3.70  1.90  0.10                    0.10        3.10  4.90  4.90  1.30  1.90
         600* -110  -600  -100*  ----  ----  ---- -630   ----  600*  100   630*  110* -600

   4>   1.90  1.90        0.10  0.10  1.30  3.70  3.10        4.90  4.90              3.10
         600*  600*  ---- -100* -660  -630   630* -600   ----  100   660*  ----  ---- -600

   5>   4.90  1.30        1.30  3.70  1.30  3.70  0.10        3.70  1.30              3.70
         420*  -50*  ----  -50*   50  -120   120* -420   ----   50   -50*  ----  ----   50

   6>   4.30  0.10        4.30    2-  3.70  1.30  0.70        0.70    2-              4.90
         110* -140*  ----  110* -100   120  -120* -110   ---- -110   100*  ----  ----  140

   7>               3.70  0.10  0.10    2-  3.70  1.30        4.90    2-        4.90  1.30
         ----  ----  100* -650* -300   140   620  -620*  ----  300* -140*  ----  650  -100

   8>               0.70  3.70    2-  4.30  0.10  4.90          2-  0.70        1.30  4.30
         ----  ---- -430*  150* -100   430  -500   500*  ----  100* -430*  ---- -150   430

   9>               1.90  4.90  3.10  1.30  4.90  0.10        1.90  3.70        0.10  3.10
         ----  ----  500* 1100* -500  -600  -150   150*  ----  500*  600*  -----1100  -500

  10>   1.30  4.90  3.70  4.90  1.90  1.90                    3.10        0.10  3.10  0.10
        -110   110   110*  200*  100*  100*  ----  ----  ---- -100   ---- -110* -100  -200

  11>   1.30  4.30  3.70    2-  4.90  0.70                    4.30        0.70  0.10    2-
        -110   110   110*  100*  140* -110*  ----  ----  ----  110   ---- -110* -140  -100

  12>   1.30  4.90  3.70  3.70  3.70  1.30                    3.70        0.10  1.30  1.30
        -100   360   100*  100*  100*   90*  ----  ----  ----  -90   ---- -360* -100  -100

  13>               1.90        4.90  0.10  1.90  1.30        3.10  3.70  3.10  4.90  0.10
         ----  ---- PASS   ----  300* -110* PASS  -100*  ---- PASS*  100  PASS*  110  -300

  14>               1.30        1.90  4.90  4.90  1.90        0.10  3.10  3.70  0.10  3.10
         ----  ----   50   ---- -100*  110*  150  -100*  ---- -150*  100   -50* -110   100

  15>               4.90        3.70  1.30    2-  4.90          2-  0.10  0.10  3.70  1.30
         ----  ---- -150   ----  450*  200* -420   500*  ----  420* -500   150* -200  -450

  16>   0.10  4.90  4.30  1.30  0.70  0.70    2-                          3.70    2-  4.30
        -110   110*  100  -100  -100* -100*   50*  ----  ----  ----  ----  100*  -50   100

  17>   1.90  3.10  0.10  4.30  4.90  0.70  3.10                          0.70  1.90  4.30
         -50    50* -110   110   110* -110*   50*  ----  ----  ----  ---- -110*  -50   110

  18>   0.10  4.90    2-    2-    2-  0.10    2-                            2-    2-  4.90
        -520   520* -510  -510   510*  460*  510*  ----  ----  ----  ----  510* -510  -460

  19>     2-    2-    2-    5     2-    0     2-    0                 2-    2-    5     2-
         100   100  -100*  140  -100* -140* -100*  -50   ----  ---- -100*  100    50*  100

  20>     4     0     5     2     4     3     1     4                 1     1     1     4
         100  -170   170*  -80    90*   80* -100*  100   ----  ---- -100*  -90  -100*  100

  21>     4     2     3     3     0     2     4-     -                1     5     4-     -
        -180  -430   430* -300   150*  300*  460* -460   ----  ----  180* -150   460* -460

  22>     2     1     3     2     4     0     1     5           3     4     5           0
        -140  -150  -110   110*  100  -200* -100*  300*  ----  140*  150*  200   ---- -300

  23>     5     1-    3-    1-    1-    1-    3-    5           0     3-    3-          0
         200  -110   140  -140* -110  -140*  110*  130*  ---- -200*  110*  140   ---- -130

  24>     2     4      -    4-    3     0     2     4-          3     1     5            -
        -150   100  -400   400*  -50  -130*   50*  400*  ----  150* -100*  130   ---- -400

  25>     3     0     2     3     2     0     4     5           5     3     1     2
         480  -980* -480*  480  -480*  420  -450* -420*  ----  980   480   450  -480*  ----

  26>     1     3      -    4-     -    0     2     5           2     4-    3     4
         110  -120* -150*  150  -150* -300  -130*  300*  ----  120   150   130  -110*  ----

  27>     0     4     1     2     3     4     1     1           1     4     4     5
        -430   400*  -50* -180   180*   50   -50*  -50*  ---- -400    50    50   430*  ----
Monday Night Bridge, Monday Eve, September 4, 2017

N/S take three Club tricks, two Spades, and one Heart, down one. West will probably lead the ♠T, and their partner will return a Spade when in with the ♣ K.

E/W play that a Sandwich NT bid by a passed hand shows exactly four cards in the higher-ranking suit (Hearts in this case) and five or more cards in the lower ranking suit (Clubs). E/W lose three Heart tricks and three Diamonds.....if North finds a Diamond lead. More likely North will lead a small Spade and two of dummy's Diamond losers will go away on high Spades. Oops.

E/W, with no significant Heart stopper for notrump, decide to play in the Moysian (4-3) fit. E/W lose two Heart tricks and possibly a Spade if declarer gets the Spades wrong, making five or four respectively. That said, North may very well lead a trump, although ♥ A and another Heart would be correct on the auction.

E/W take six Club tricks, one Diamond, one Heart, and one Spade, making three. South may lead the ♠ J.

East's hand is a Smolen-shaped hand (5-4 or 4-5 in the majors) that unfortunately isn't strong enough to be game-going. Rather than transfer to Spades at the two level and bid 2 NT to show five Spades and invitational values, East bids 2 ♣ Stayman to find a four-card major in partner's hand. If West had responded 2 ♥ or 2 ♠, East would have raised to three. When West responds 2 ♦, East bids 2 NT to show their invitational values. With 15 HCP and a five-card Club suit, West decides that their hand is game-going, but just in case East has this hand, they bid their three-card major on the way. Nice auction!

E/W lose one Club trick and one Heart, making five. North may lead a trump. Declarer can win in dummy, play a second high trump (dropping the ♠ Q), and lead the ♣ 6 to the ♣ J and ♣ A. North will most likely play back another trump. Declarer can now play the ♣ K, and when the ♣ Q drops, it's a simple matter to take a ruffing finesse against North's ♣T. North will cover the ♣ 7, declarer will ruff in dummy, and finesse against South's ♦ K. With the ♦ A, ♣ 5, ♣ 2, and ♥ A all good, the only other trick the defense will get is a Heart at trick 13. Nicely played!

Interesting auction. N/S lose one Heart trick, one Diamond, and one Club, making four. If East ruffs a Spade, their natural trump trick goes away. West will probably lead the ♣ 7.

At low levels, negative doubles should promise 4+ cards in the unbid major(s). The higher you get, the more your negative double promises cards in the unbid suits. N/S lose two Heart tricks, one Diamond, and one Club, making three. East may lead the ♥ A and another trump, but the ♣T works as well.

Although North is pretty sure they have a 4-4 Spade fit, why be in it when you know you're getting a 4-1 or 5-0 break? With ♥ AQx in the opponent's suit, 3 NT should have a lot of play opposite 10 HCP or so. N/S take five Diamond tricks, one Spade, two Clubs, and two Hearts when East can't avoid the endplay. What does that mean? Well, let's look at the play after a "safe" Diamond lead.

North wins with the ♦ K, cashes another Diamond, and leads a Club to the ♣ Q. East can win with the ♣ A and play back a small Club to declarer's now stiff ♣ J, or they can duck. If they duck, declarer will play a second Club. Again, East can win with the ♣ A and lead back the ♣T to the board's ♣ K, but declarer can cash the ♠ A and run Diamonds. Unable to pitch the ♣ 9, East will be forced to come down to ♥ K98 ♣ 9. Declarer simply exits with a small Club to East's ♣ 9, and East will have to lead into declarer's ♥ AQ for N/S's tenth trick. Nicely played!

E/W lose one Heart trick and one Diamond, making five. If East doesn't bid 4 ♠ after West's don't-be-an-idiot double, they'll bid 5 ♣ and that makes as well. South will lead the ♥ K.

Note that N/S have mirror distribution (i.e., exactly the same number of cards in every suit). Hands like that play terribly, since it's difficult to ruff anything in either hand unless the opponents are overly helpful.

Some South hands may double the final contract, but they shouldn't--a double often alerts declarer to something out of the ordinary, a 4-0 trump split perhaps. E/W lose two Spade tricks, one Heart, and one Club. North may lead the ♥ A and switch to the ♦ Q at trick two. Declarer can win and lead the ♠ K. North has to hop with the ♠ A, and might exit with another Spade to dummy's ♠ Q. Declarer will ruff a Heart, cash the ♦ K (pitching a Spade), ruff a Diamond low, ruff a Heart, and ruff their last Diamond with dummy's ♣ J. South will overruff, but they're now doomed. Here's the position after nine cards have been played:

Declarer: ♠ 9 ♣ AT5
North: ♥ A ♠ J5 ♦ 6
Dummy: ♠ 8 ♥ Q ♣ 87
South: ♥T ♣ K94

If South exits with the ♥T, declarer can ruff in hand and lead the ♠ 9. South will be forced to ruff and then play away from ♣ K9 into declarer's ♣ AT. If South exits with the ♣ 4 instead, declarer can play low from their hand, win with dummy's ♣ 7, lead the ♥ Q, and ruff with their ♣T. The ♣ A is declarer's ninth trick. Nicely played!

West, with a balanced hand, can't take any action the first time through, but with the auction looking like it's about to end, decides to double to get their partner to bid. East has an easy 2 ♠ call, and the auction ends there.

E/W lose two Spade tricks, one Heart, and two Diamonds, making two. North may lead the ♥ 3.

N/S lose two Spade tricks, one Diamond, and one Club, making three. East may lead the ♣ 3.

Next.

West can't quite imagine that they're going to go for –500 when they overcall 2 NT, but there you go. E/W lose four Heart tricks, one Club, and two Diamonds, down three doubled for –500. North will lead the ♣ 4.

E/W should not be in game. E/W will take one Heart trick, three Aces, and six ruffs for ten tricks. South should lead a trump. Declarer can win the ♥ K with the ♥ A, lead a Club to the ♣ A, ruff a Club low, Diamond to the ♦ A, ruff another Club low, cash the ♠ A, ruff a Spade low in dummy, ruff a Club with the ♥ Q, ruff a Spade with the ♥ 9, and cash the ♥ J for their tenth trick.

N/S lose two Heart tricks and two Spades, making three. East will lead the ♠ 5. Declarer's slow Diamond loser will go away on one of dummy's Clubs.

There's no way that N/S get to 3 NT on this hand. Nope. N/S lose two Spade tricks and one Heart, making four. East will lead the ♥ K.

East's 5 ♣ bid is Exclusion Keycard Blackwood. The responses are the same as with standard RKC Blackwood or Kickback (1st step - 1 or 4 keycards, 2nd step, 0 or 3 keycards, etc.) except that the responder is asked to ignore any keycards they have in the suit where the asker is void (Clubs in this case). That's perfect for West, since they have nothing in Clubs anyway.

E/W take all 13 tricks when the finesse for the ♥ Q proves successful. South will lead the ♣ A.

North would have opened 2 ♠, but that ship has sailed once West preempts in Hearts. When West denies a side Ace or King, East bids 3 NT to protect their black-suit Kings. That turns out to be a wise move, as 4 ♥ goes down one on a Club lead. E/W take six Heart tricks, two Diamonds, and one Spade, making three. South may lead the ♠ 6 to North's ♠ A, but declarer can win the Spade continuation and cash out.

E/W lose two Club tricks and two Diamonds, making three. South may lead the ♦ 3, and North will play a trump at trick two.

E/W take one Spade trick, three Hearts, five Diamonds, and two Clubs, making five. North will lead the ♠ 9.

If South doubles 2 ♠ (i.e., because they're extra drunk), North should bid 2 NT. E/W lose two Spade tricks, one Heart, and two Clubs, making two. North will lead the ♥ 6.

Michaels (or Unusual 2 NT) are direct seat bids (i.e., opener is to your immediate right). East borrows a King from their partner to give them a 17 count. North bids 3 ♦ to show the double fit, and South corrects back to Hearts.

N/S lose one Spade trick, one Heart, one Diamond, and a Diamond ruff, making three. Declarer has a lot of work to do in order to make four, and there aren't enough entries to their hand to (1) ruff two Clubs, (2) take the Heart hook, and (3) pull trump. West may lead the ♠ K.

When advancer is a passed hand and cuebids the opponent's suit, it almost always is a raise for the overcaller's suit.....except when it isn't. West wants to play in 2 NT opposite a minimum opener if partner has Spades stopped. When East doesn't bid 3 NT over 2 ♠, East doesn't want to be in game opposite an 11 count.

E/W take two Spade tricks, three Diamonds, two Clubs, and one Heart, making two. North may lead a small Spade.

Nice auction! North correctly decides not to bid 5 ♥ (Exclusion Keycard Blackwood) over 4 ♣, since the auction would get too high too quickly. N/S lose one Spade trick, making six. West may lead the ♥T. The correct way to play the Spade suit to protect against 4-0 Spades is to play the ♠ Q from your hand first. If West shows out, you have a marked finesse against the ♠T in East's hand. Similarly, if East shows out, you can lead a small Spade towards the ♠ K7 in dummy.

N/S take four Club tricks, two Diamonds, one Heart, and one Spade, making two.....unless East finds the lead of the ♦T. Stupid East. On a Diamond lead, declarer will insert the ♦ J, and when that card is covered by the ♦ Q, declarer better duck (if they don't, they're down two). They'll win the Diamond continuation, cash the ♣ A, and continue Clubs. West will win the ♣ K and start on the Hearts. Declarer can win the ♥ A, cash the ♦ A to get to their hand, and take their Club tricks, but with Spades being a frozen suit, they'll be unable to find an eighth trick. Down one. That said, if West doesn't jettison their ♥ Q on the run of the Clubs, they might get themselves endplayed.

E/W take two Club tricks, five Diamonds, one Heart, and one Spade, making three. North will lead the ♣ 7 (MUD in partner's unsupported suit).

If North bids 3 ♥ over South's 1 ♥ response, N/S will be in game. If they don't, they won't. N/S lose one Heart trick and one Club, making five. West, not enjoying being on lead, may lead the ♥ A and continue Hearts.

N/S lose one Spade trick and one Diamond, making five. West will lead the ♥ Q. Declarer will ruff in dummy, lead a Club to the ♣ A, and exit with the ♦ K. West will hop with the ♦ A and possibly return a Club, ruffed by East and overruffed by declarer. A combination of ruffs in dummy and Clubs through East will finish off the hand.

North, with 4+ cards in each major and game-going values, checks on a four-card major in partner's hand. When that doesn't work out, they make a delayed Texas Transfer to Hearts. N/S lose one Club trick and one Heart, making five. It's right to play East for at least one Heart honor on the auction, so leading the ♥ Q through East isn't wrong. West may lead a high Club and switch to their singleton Diamond at trick two.

E/W take four Diamond tricks, two Clubs, three Hearts, and three Spades, making six. South's safest lead is the ♣ Q, but nothing much matters.

East will lead the ♥ J, and N/S will take two Heart tricks, four Diamonds, two Clubs, and one Spade, making three.

East, with a hand too big to rebid 3 ♥, creates a jump shift to force to game. West, with stuff in the pointy suits, bids 3 NT. N/S take the ♥ Q, ♠ A, and ♣ AK for four tricks--the rest belong to E/W. North may lead a small Club.

N/S play that a jump shift in the other minor is artificial and shows a limit raise in opener's minor (Criss-Cross). If declarer drops the stiff ♦ K, they'll make six. If not, they won't make six. Expect a lot of +660 scores. N/S will take five Diamond tricks, three Clubs, two Spades and one Heart, making five.

N/S lose one Spade trick and one Club (if they guess the location of the ♣ Q), making five. West may lead the ♠ A and continue Spades at trick two.

E/W take five Diamond tricks, two Hearts, and one Spade, making two. South will lead the ♠ Q (asking North to drop the ♠ J, which they do).