MON 09/25/2017 at Nite

EVENT>Monday Night Bridge      |SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> A N-S
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DATE>September 25, 2017 |CLUB NO.>185264    | 09/25/2017 22:29
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DIR> Pam Campbell    |RATING>Club Masterpoint (100%, 80%, 70% Open)|MOVEMENT>MITCHELL
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AVE>   84.0 |TOP>   7 |MP LIMITS>None/500/200   |CLUB>Mike's Games At The CBC
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PAIRS IN STRAT A=12/B=7/C=2                      ,---,-------------------------,------,---------,
-------------------------------------------------|   |           Section       |      |Section  |
No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
------------------------------------------------- --- ----- ----- ----- ------- ------ ---------
 1 Pam Campbell           Robert Roark             A    3     .     .     94.50  56.25  0.60(A)
 2 Kathy Rice             Cecilia Kloecker         C    .     .     .     75.00  44.64
 3 Charlie Kobida         Mike Burns               B    .     .     .     72.50  43.15
 4 Richard Magnus         Julian Magnus, Jr        B    .     .     .     65.00  38.69
 5 Liz Lin                Elmer Hubka              A    .     .     .     81.50  48.51
 6 Al Venosa              Janet Venosa             B    1     1     .    117.00  69.64  1.20(A)
 7 Joy Singerman          John Williams            B    2     2     .    105.00  62.50  0.84(A)
 8 Annette Kereiakes      Tom Kereiakes            C    .     3     1     78.50  46.73  0.28(B)
 9 Dean Congbalay         William Cook             A    .     .     .     68.50  40.77
10 Martin Petersen        June Cushman             A    5     .     .     88.00  52.38  0.24(A)
11 Susan Stacy Vanstone   Martin Gibler            B    .     .     .     70.50  41.96
12 Doris Kehoe            Lilam Stanley            A    4     .     .     92.00  54.76  0.42(A)

                                          Totals                        1008.00


                                    **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12
  /
   1>     5                             6-    6-    4     1-    1-    1-    1-
        PASS   ----  ----  ----  ----  100   100   -50  -140  -140  -140  -140

   2>     5                             2     7     2     2     5     0     5
         630   ----  ----  ----  ----  600   650   600   600   630   140   630

   3>     3                             3     3     3     7     6     0     3
        -650   ----  ----  ----  ---- -650  -650  -650   200   100  -680  -650

   4>     6     4                             7      -     -    4     2     4
         630   620   ----  ----  ----  ----  650   170   170   620   300   620

   5>     2     3-                            3-    5-    5-    0     7     1
        -130    50   ----  ----  ----  ----   50   100   100  -400   150  -150

   6>      -    7                             5      -    3-    2     3-    6
        -650   100   ----  ----  ----  ---- -140  -650  -200  -620  -200   -90

   7>     3-    3-    1-                            6     6     0     1-    6
         620   620   200   ----  ----  ----  ----  650   650   170   200   650

   8>     4     7     0                             5-    2-    5-    2-    1
        -110   100  -420   ----  ----  ----  ----   50  -130    50  -130  -300

   9>     4-    4-    4-                             -    4-    4-     -    4-
          90    90    90   ----  ----  ----  ----  -50    90    90   -50    90

  10>     3-    0     3-    1                             3-    3-    7     6
        -100  -300  -100  -200   ----  ----  ----  ---- -100  -100   110   100

  11>     4-    0     4-    1                             4-    4-    4-    4-
         120  -100   120   -50   ----  ----  ----  ----  120   120   120   120

  12>     3      -    6-    3                              -    5     3     6-
        -140  -170  -110  -140   ----  ----  ----  ---- -170  -120  -140  -110

  13>     6-    5     1     1     3-                            3-    1     6-
         200   110  PASS  PASS   100   ----  ----  ----  ----  100  PASS   200

  14>     2     0     7     4     1                             4     6     4
         170   -50   450   420   150   ----  ----  ----  ----  420   430   420

  15>     3     2     5-     -    5-                            5-     -    5-
          90  -100   120  -200   120   ----  ----  ----  ----  120  -200   120

  16>     6-    4     0     1-    1-    6-                            4     4
         140   -90  -130  -120  -120   140   ----  ----  ----  ----  -90   -90

  17>     7     4-    1-    1-    1-    6                             4-    1-
          50  -140  -430  -430  -430  -130   ----  ----  ----  ---- -140  -430

  18>     2     2     5     0     6-    6-                            2     4
          50    50   170  -100   620   620   ----  ----  ----  ----   50   140

  19>     2     7     5     5     0     5     2                             2
         110   200   140   140   -50   140   110   ----  ----  ----  ----  110

  20>      -    2      -    6     5     3     7                             4
         140   150   140   500   230   170   620   ----  ----  ----  ----  200

  21>     7     2     6     2     0     5     4                             2
        1440   170  1370   170  -100   720   690   ----  ----  ----  ----  170

  22>     2-    2-    2-    0     5     6-    6-    2-
         -50   -50   -50  -150   110   140   140   -50   ----  ----  ----  ----

  23>     5     5     1-    5     1-    1-    7     1-
        -200  -200  -650  -200  -650  -650  -150  -650   ----  ----  ----  ----

  24>     6     3     1-    0     4-    7     1-    4-
        -100  -300  -400  -460  -150    50  -400  -150   ----  ----  ----  ----

  25>           5-    2     5-    2     5-    5-    2     0
         ---- 1010   510  1010   510  1010  1010   510   270   ----  ----  ----

  26>            -    2-     -    7     4-    4-    6     2-
         ---- -300  -100  -300   630   110   110   500  -100   ----  ----  ----

  27>           0     2     1     5     7     5     3     5
         ---- -100    90   -50   120   180   120   110   120   ----  ----  ----

  28>                 2     5     4     7     3     6     0     1
         ----  ---- -150   -90  -110   200  -120    50  -400  -200   ----  ----

  29>                 4-    2     2     4-    6-    0     2     6-
         ----  ----  660   650   650   660  1430  -100   650  1430   ----  ----

  30>                 2     6-    6-    0     2     4-    2     4-
         ----  ---- -140   100   100  -400  -140    50  -140    50   ----  ----

  31>                       4     1     7     5-    2-    2-    0     5-
         ----  ----  ----  100  -140   670   110  -100  -100  -170   110   ----

  32>                       6-    4     6-    0     5     2     2     2
         ----  ----  ----  100  -110   100  -170   -50  -140  -140  -140   ----

  33>                       2-    2-    2-    2-    5-    5-    7     0
         ----  ----  ----  400   400   400   400   430   430   460   -50   ----

  34>                             5     5     1-    5     0     5     1-    5
         ----  ----  ----  ----  650   650   620   650   170   650   620   650

  35>                             7     3-    5-    2     0     5-    3-    1
         ----  ----  ----  ---- -500  -710  -640  -800 -1390  -640  -710 -1370

  36>                             0     5-    3-    1     5-    2     7     3-
         ----  ----  ----  ---- -620   200   100  -170   200  -140   300   100



EVENT>Monday Night Bridge      |SESSION>Monday Eve   |SECTION> A E-W
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DATE>September 25, 2017 |CLUB NO.>185264    | 09/25/2017 22:29
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DIR> Pam Campbell    |RATING>Club Masterpoint (100%, 80%, 70% Open)|MOVEMENT>MITCHELL
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AVE>   84.0 |TOP>   7 |MP LIMITS>None/500/200   |CLUB>Mike's Games At The CBC
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PAIRS IN STRAT A=12/B=9/C=5                      ,---,-------------------------,------,---------,
-------------------------------------------------|   |           Section       |      |Section  |
No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
------------------------------------------------- --- ----- ----- ----- ------- ------ ---------
 1 Patrick Hoffman        Lanny Cai                B    .     .     .     68.50  40.77
 2 Joan Diers             Evelyn McCarthy          C    .     .     .     77.00  45.83
 3 Patrick Lammers        Judith Lubow             B   2/3   2/3    .     94.00  55.95  0.72(A)
 4 Joseph Kammer          Gail Zimmer              B   2/3   2/3    .     94.00  55.95  0.72(A)
 5 Kevin Henry            Betty Murdock            C    .     .     .     73.50  43.75
 6 Cheryl Endres          Pamela Kennedy           C    .     .    2/3    82.00  48.81  0.22(C)
 7 Tim Oppelt             Joanne Oppelt            C    .     .    2/3    82.00  48.81  0.22(C)
 8 Ralph Terbrueggen      Dennis Schultz           A    .     .     .     78.50  46.73
 9 Stephen Felson         Robert Brown             A    4     .     .     90.50  53.87  0.42(A)
10 Norah Clark            Sharon Kreitzer          A    5     .     .     87.00  51.79  0.24(A)
11 Peggy Jervis           Pat Lindeman             C    .     4     1     84.00  50.00  0.35(C)
12 Arun Pandit            Anirudh Pandit           B    1     1     .     97.00  57.74  1.20(A)

                                          Totals                        1008.00


                                    **PAIRS**
BOARD     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12
  /
   1>     2           3           5-          5-          5-     -    5-     -
        PASS   ----   50   ----  140   ----  140   ----  140  -100   140  -100

   2>     2           5           5           2           7     5     2     0
        -630   ---- -600   ---- -600   ---- -630   ---- -140  -600  -630  -650

   3>     4           4           0           1           7     4     4     4
         650   ----  650   ---- -200   ---- -100   ----  680   650   650   650

   4>     6-    3           6-          3           5           3     0     1
        -170  -620   ---- -170   ---- -620   ---- -300   ---- -620  -650  -630

   5>     1-    3-          1-          7           0           6     3-    5
        -100   -50   ---- -100   ----  400   ---- -150   ----  150   -50   130

   6>     6-    0           3-          5           3-          1     2     6-
         650  -100   ----  200   ----  620   ----  200   ----   90   140   650

   7>     3-    1     5-          7           5-          1           3-    1
        -620  -650  -200   ---- -170   ---- -200   ---- -650   ---- -620  -650

   8>     0     4-    7           1-          4-          6           3     1-
        -100   130   420   ----  -50   ----  130   ----  300   ----  110   -50

   9>     2-    2-    2-          2-          6-          2-          2-    6-
         -90   -90   -90   ----  -90   ----   50   ----  -90   ----  -90    50

  10>     3-    3-    3-    6           0           1           3-          7
         100   100   100   200   ---- -110   ---- -100   ----  100   ----  300

  11>     2-    2-    2-    6           2-          2-          2-          7
        -120  -120  -120    50   ---- -120   ---- -120   ---- -120   ----  100

  12>     6-     -    2     4           4            -          4           6-
         170   110   120   140   ----  140   ----  110   ----  140   ----  170

  13>     6     3-    6     6     3-           -           -          2
        PASS  -100  PASS  PASS  -100   ---- -200   ---- -200   ---- -110   ----

  14>     0     3     3     1     6           3           5           7
        -450  -420  -420  -430  -150   ---- -420   ---- -170   ----   50   ----

  15>     1-    1-    6-    6-    1-          1-          4           5
        -120  -120   200   200  -120   ---- -120   ----  -90   ----  100   ----

  16>           5-    3     5-    3      -           -          3           7
         ----  120    90   120    90  -140   ---- -140   ----   90   ----  130

  17>           5-    2-    5-    5-    1           0           2-          5-
         ----  430   140   430   430   130   ----  -50   ----  140   ----  430

  18>           7     5      -    3      -          5           5           2
         ----  100   -50  -620  -140  -620   ----  -50   ----  -50   ---- -170

  19>     2           7     5     2     5     5           0           2
        -140   ----   50  -110  -140  -110  -110   ---- -200   ---- -140   ----

  20>     1           2     3     4     6-    0           5           6-
        -500   ---- -230  -200  -170  -140  -620   ---- -150   ---- -140   ----

  21>     5           7     5     2     0     3           5           1
        -170   ----  100  -170  -720 -1440  -690   ---- -170   -----1370   ----

  22>           2            -    4-     -    4-    4-          4-          7
         ---- -110   ---- -140    50  -140    50    50   ----   50   ----  150

  23>           5-          5-    2     0     2     5-          5-          2
         ----  650   ----  650   200   150   200   650   ----  650   ----  200

  24>           2-          0     1     5-    4     2-          5-          7
         ----  150   ----  -50   100   400   300   150   ----  400   ----  460

  25>     5           1-          1-    1-    5     5     7           1-
        -510   -----1010   -----1010 -1010  -510  -510  -270   -----1010   ----

  26>     0           2-          2-    6-    1     4-    4-          6-
        -630   ---- -110   ---- -110   300  -500   100   100   ----  300   ----

  27>     2           0           2     7     4     5     2           6
        -120   ---- -180   ---- -120   100  -110   -90  -120   ----   50   ----

  28>           0           4           1     5     7     2     6           3
         ---- -200   ----  120   ----  -50   150   400    90   200   ----  110

  29>           2-           -          7     2-    5     5      -          5
         ---- -660   -----1430   ----  100  -660  -650  -650 -1430   ---- -650

  30>           7           5           2-    5     5      -    2-           -
         ----  400   ----  140   ----  -50   140   140  -100   -50   ---- -100

  31>     0           1-          4-          4-    3     7     6     1-
        -670   ---- -110   ----  100   ----  100  -100   170   140  -110   ----

  32>      -          7           2           5      -    5     3     5
        -100   ----  170   ----   50   ----  140  -100   140   110   140   ----

  33>     4-          4-          1-          1-    4-    0     4-    7
        -400   ---- -400   ---- -430   ---- -430  -400  -460  -400    50   ----

  34>           5-          2           7           2     2     5-    2     2
         ---- -620   ---- -650   ---- -170   ---- -650  -650  -620  -650  -650

  35>           1-          5           7           1-    0     3-    3-    6
         ----  640   ----  800   ---- 1390   ----  640   500   710   710  1370

  36>           3-          6           1-          5     7     0     1-    3-
         ---- -100   ----  170   ---- -200   ----  140   620  -300  -200  -100

Board 1
North Deals
None Vul

♠	10 8 7 4
♥	J 5 4
♦	A 3
♣	A J 9 2

♠	A Q 9 6 5 3
♥	10
♦	10 8 5
♣	K 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K 2
♥	A 8 6 2
♦	K Q 9 6
♣	10 7 5

♠	J
♥	K Q 9 7 3
♦	J 7 4 2
♣	Q 8 6

EW 3♠; NS 2♥; N 1N; NS 1♣; Par −140

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

Showing 5+ Spades
Cuebid showing a limit raise or better in Hearts
Showing less than an opening hand

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	W	−2	♥ 4	100		6-Venosa	10-Clark-Kreitzer
4 ♠	W	−2	♥ J	100		7-Singerman-Williams	12-Pandit-Pandit
Pass						1-Campbell-Roark	1-Hoffman-Cai
3 ♥	S	−1	♦ 5		50	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	3-Lammers-Lubow
2 ♠	W	3	♥ 4		140	9-Congbalay-Cook	5-Henry-Murdock
2 ♠	W	3	♥ 4		140	10-Petersen-Cushman	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
2 ♠	W	3	♦ A		140	11-Vanstone-Gibler	9-Felson-Brown
2 ♠	W	3	♥ J		140	12-Kehoe-Stanley	11-Jervis-Lindeman

When your partner opens one of a minor and your RHO bids 1 ♥, your 1 ♠ bid promises five or more Spades. If you're sitting there with only four, make a negative double. East's pass after North's 2 ♦ cuebid denies a third Spade (i.e., they would have made a support double). If you aren't using that funny "X" card in the bidding box when appropriate, then you have your work cut out for you.

E/W lose one Spade trick, one Diamond, and two Clubs, making three. North will lead the ♥ 4. Declarer should win with dummy's ♥ A and immediately ruff a Heart. A small Diamond towards dummy is next, and North will probably grab the ♦ A and exit with their last Heart. Declarer will ruff again, pull three rounds of trumps, and cash dummy's two high Diamonds. It does North no good to ruff the third Diamond, since they'd be left with only Clubs and have to play away from their ♣ A. When they refuse to ruff, declarer has now collected three Spade tricks, two ruffs, one Heart, and two Diamonds. That's eight tricks for those of you who are extra bad at counting. They'll now lead their last Diamond from dummy and ruff with their last trump. If North doesn't overruff, that's declarer's ninth trick. If they do overruff, they're once again forced to lead away from the ♣ A. Nicely played!

Board 2
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	Q 10 2
♥	K Q
♦	9 7 6 4 2
♣	A Q J

♠	8 7
♥	8 6 4
♦	A K J 3
♣	K 10 8 2

N
W		E
S

♠	9 6 5 4
♥	J 9 7 3 2
♦	8 5
♣	5 4

♠	A K J 3
♥	A 10 5
♦	Q 10
♣	9 7 6 3

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

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

Alert, may have one or more four-card majors

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	S	5	♦ A	650		7-Singerman-Williams	12-Pandit-Pandit
3 NT	N	4	♦ 8	630		1-Campbell-Roark	1-Hoffman-Cai
3 NT	N	4	♥ 2	630		10-Petersen-Cushman	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 NT	N	4	♥ 3	630		12-Kehoe-Stanley	11-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	N	3	♥ 3	600		6-Venosa	10-Clark-Kreitzer
3 NT	N	3	♥ 3	600		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	3-Lammers-Lubow
3 NT	N	3	♥ 3	600		9-Congbalay-Cook	5-Henry-Murdock
3 ♠	S	3	♦ A	140		11-Vanstone-Gibler	9-Felson-Brown

There's no reason for South to bid their four-card Spade suit after their partner bids 1 ♦. If North has a four-card major, then they have longer Diamonds and an opening hand and will bid 2 ♥ or 2 ♠ over South's 1 NT rebid to show their shape and values. For those of you who play XYZ, North's hand has no reason to waste time bidding 2 ♦ (artificial and game forcing), since they know where the hand will be played.

N/S take four Spade tricks, three Hearts, and three Clubs, making four. If West mistakenly leads a small Diamond, N/S will make five. A better lead is the ♠ 8 (i.e., shorter major on an auction where the majors aren't mentioned).

Board 3
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	Q 10 8 7
♥	10 9 7 3
♦	9 8 5
♣	Q 4

♠	J 2
♥	K Q J 2
♦	Q J 6 4
♣	K J 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A 9 5
♥	A 8 6 5 4
♦	A 7
♣	A 10 3

♠	K 6 4 3
♥	—
♦	K 10 3 2
♣	9 8 7 6 5

EW 5♥; EW 4N; EW 3♦; EW 2♣; EW 1♠; Par −650

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

Alert, artificial Wold 2 NT bid asking for more information about partner's hand
Alert, artificial Wold 2 NT response showing four Hearts and a maximum hand
Slam try showing 1st or 2nd round control of Clubs
Denying a Diamond control

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♥	E	−2	♦ 2	200		9-Congbalay-Cook	5-Henry-Murdock
6 ♥	E	−1	♣ 9	100		10-Petersen-Cushman	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
4 ♥	E	5	♣ 9		650	1-Campbell-Roark	1-Hoffman-Cai
4 ♥	E	5	♣ 9		650	6-Venosa	10-Clark-Kreitzer
4 ♥	E	5	♣ 8		650	7-Singerman-Williams	12-Pandit-Pandit
4 ♥	E	5	♠ 3		650	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	3-Lammers-Lubow
4 ♥	E	5	♠ 3		650	12-Kehoe-Stanley	11-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♥	E	6	♦ 2		680	11-Vanstone-Gibler	9-Felson-Brown

East makes one tiny try for slam, but when West can't show the ♦ K, East parks in game ("game" isn't a literal parking space...this is a figure of speech). E/W lose one Spade trick and one Diamond, making five. There's no reason to take the Club finesse, since declarer's losing Club goes away on one of dummy's Diamond honors. South may lead the ♠ 3.

Board 4
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	6
♥	J 10 7
♦	A K J 5
♣	A J 7 5 2

♠	J
♥	8 6 5 3 2
♦	Q 10 9 6
♣	10 8 4

N
W		E
S

♠	K 9 8 3
♥	A Q 9
♦	7 4 3
♣	Q 9 6

♠	A Q 10 7 5 4 2
♥	K 4
♦	8 2
♣	K 3

NS 4N; NS 4♠; NS 5♣; NS 4♦; NS 2♥; Par +630

West	North	East	South
Pass	1 ♣1	Pass2	1 ♠
Pass	2 ♣3	Pass	3 ♠
Pass	3 NT	Pass	Pass
Pass

Planning on bidding 2 ♣ if partner bids 1 ♠
Don't make minimum offshape takeout doubles
See?

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	S	5	♥ 8	650		7-Singerman-Williams	11-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	N	4	♦ 7	630		1-Campbell-Roark	12-Pandit-Pandit
4 ♠	S	4	♦ 6	620		2-Rice-Kloecker	2-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♠	S	4	♦ 10	620		10-Petersen-Cushman	6-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♠	S	4	♥ 8	620		12-Kehoe-Stanley	10-Clark-Kreitzer
1 ♠	E	−3	♣ K	300		11-Vanstone-Gibler	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
3 ♠	S	4	♥ 2	170		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	1-Hoffman-Cai
3 ♠	S	4	♥ 8	170		9-Congbalay-Cook	4-Kammer-Zimmer

South's 3 ♠ bid is not forcing, but they probably don't want to be in game if North has a singleton Spade unless North has around 14 HCP. Whad'ya know?

N/S take four Club tricks, three Diamonds, one Heart, and two Spades, making four. East isn't going to enjoy being on lead. They may eventually choose the ♦ 7 (beer card).

Board 5
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	Q J 6 3 2
♥	Q J 9 5 3
♦	—
♣	A 8 7

♠	A 10 9
♥	—
♦	A K Q 10 5 4 2
♣	K 9 6

N
W		E
S

♠	7 5
♥	A 10 8 4
♦	9 8
♣	Q J 10 4 2

♠	K 8 4
♥	K 7 6 2
♦	J 7 6 3
♣	5 3

EW 5♦; W 5♣; NS 3♥; E 4♣; EW 2N; S 2♠; N 1♠; Par −400

West	North	East	South
	1 ♠1	Pass	2 ♠
Dbl2	Pass	3 ♣	Pass
3 ♦	Pass	3 ♠3	Pass
3 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass

Rule of 20 opener
All big hands start with double
Do you have a Spade stopper for notrump?

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	W	−3	♠ 2	150		11-Vanstone-Gibler	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
5 ♦×	W	−1	♥ Q	100		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	1-Hoffman-Cai
5 ♦×	W	−1	♥ Q	100		9-Congbalay-Cook	4-Kammer-Zimmer
5 ♦	W	−1	♥ Q	50		2-Rice-Kloecker	2-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♦	W	−1	♠ Q	50		7-Singerman-Williams	11-Jervis-Lindeman
3 ♦	W	4	♠ Q		130	1-Campbell-Roark	12-Pandit-Pandit
4 ♦	W	5	♥ 3		150	12-Kehoe-Stanley	10-Clark-Kreitzer
5 ♦	W	5	♠ Q		400	10-Petersen-Cushman	6-Endres-Kennedy

E/W get to a great contract that doesn't happen to make on 4-0 Diamonds. Rats. North will lead a small Spade, declarer will win the ♠ A, cash the ♦ A (getting the bad news), and try and sneak a small Club past North as an entry to dummy (and for their ninth and tenth tricks). North, being more awake than usual, will grab the ♣ A and cash four more Spade tricks, down one. Oh well.

Board 6
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	9 7 4
♥	10 8 4
♦	A 10 5 4
♣	J 9 3

♠	Q 8 3 2
♥	Q 5 3 2
♦	8
♣	K 10 8 7

N
W		E
S

♠	K J 6 5
♥	A K 9 6
♦	Q 3 2
♣	A 4

♠	A 10
♥	J 7
♦	K J 9 7 6
♣	Q 6 5 2

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

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

15 to 17
Intending to correct 2 ♦ to 2 ♥

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	E	−1	♣ 2	100		2-Rice-Kloecker	2-Diers-McCarthy
1 NT	E	1	♦ 7		90	12-Kehoe-Stanley	10-Clark-Kreitzer
2 ♥	E	3	♣ 2		140	7-Singerman-Williams	11-Jervis-Lindeman
2 ♥	E	5	♦ 7		200	9-Congbalay-Cook	4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 ♥	E	5	♣ 2		200	11-Vanstone-Gibler	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
4 ♥	E	4	♣ 2		620	10-Petersen-Cushman	6-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♥	E	5	♠ A		650	1-Campbell-Roark	12-Pandit-Pandit
4 ♥	E	5	♦ 7		650	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	1-Hoffman-Cai

When East shows a four-card major, West's hand is no longer weak. E/W lose one Spade trick and one Diamond, making five. South may lead the ♠ A and a second Spade. If declarer plays a Diamond, North can hop with the ♦ A and give their partner a Spade ruff. With that in mind, declarer will pull two rounds of trump ending in dummy before they lead the ♦ 8. North will hop with the ♦ A and pull a third round of trump. Declarer will win in their hand (South sluffing a Diamond), play a small Spade to the ♠ Q, and play a Spade back to their ♠ J. South can discard one more Diamond on the third Spade, but they'll have no reasonable discard on the last one. Here's the position at that point:

Declarer: ♠ J ♥ 9 ♦ Q3 ♣ A4
South: ♦ KJ ♣ Q652
Dummy: ♠ 8 ♥ 5 ♣ KT87
North: ♦T54 ♣ J93

If South pitches the ♦ J, declarer will ruff a Diamond (the ♦ K falls) and the ♦ Q is their 11th trick. If South pitches a Club, declarer will cash the ♣ A, play a Club to the ♣ K, ruff a Club (the ♣ Q and ♣ J both fall), ruff a Diamond to get to dummy, and cash the good Club discarding the ♦ Q. Nicely played!

Board 7
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	6 3
♥	9 6 2
♦	A 9 8
♣	A Q 9 3 2

♠	J 10 7 5
♥	J 10
♦	K J 10 7
♣	K J 6

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 4 2
♥	Q 8 3
♦	Q 5 4 3 2
♣	10 5

♠	A K 9 8
♥	A K 7 5 4
♦	6
♣	8 7 4

NS 5♥; NS 5♣; NS 3♠; NS 2N; NS 2♦; Par +650

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

Alert, artificial Flannery bid showing exactly four Spades, five Hearts, and 11-15 HCP
Alert, artificial Flannery bid asking for more information about opener's hand
Alert, artificial Flannery bid showing exactly 4513 shape

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	S	5	♠ J	650		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	12-Pandit-Pandit
4 ♥	S	5	♦ 10	650		9-Congbalay-Cook	2-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	S	5	♥ J	650		12-Kehoe-Stanley	9-Felson-Brown
4 ♥	S	4	♦ 7	620		1-Campbell-Roark	11-Jervis-Lindeman
4 ♥	S	4	♥ J	620		2-Rice-Kloecker	1-Hoffman-Cai
3 ♥	S	5	♦ J	200		3-Kobida-Burns	3-Lammers-Lubow
2 ♥	S	5	♥ J	200		11-Vanstone-Gibler	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 ♥	S	4	♦ J	170		10-Petersen-Cushman	5-Henry-Murdock

North's 2 NT artificial bid guarantees at least invitational values. South's Diamond shortness improves North's hand, so they happily bid game. N/S lose one Heart trick and one Club, making five. East may lead the ♣T. South's two losing Spades will go on North's long Clubs.

Board 8
West Deals
None Vul

♠	J 9 5 2
♥	A K 2
♦	7 6
♣	J 10 7 5

♠	Q 7
♥	Q J 8 7 3
♦	K 10 2
♣	K 6 4

N
W		E
S

♠	K 6 4 3
♥	10 6 4
♦	A Q J 8 5 3
♣	—

♠	A 10 8
♥	9 5
♦	9 4
♣	A Q 9 8 3 2

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

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

Rule of 20 opener
Showing a full opener
Showing 10-11 HCP and 5+ Hearts

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	W	−2	♣ 5	100		2-Rice-Kloecker	1-Hoffman-Cai
5 ♦	E	−1	♠ A	50		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	12-Pandit-Pandit
4 ♥	W	−1	♣ J	50		10-Petersen-Cushman	5-Henry-Murdock
3 ♦	E	3	♥ 9		110	1-Campbell-Roark	11-Jervis-Lindeman
3 ♦	E	4	♥ 9		130	9-Congbalay-Cook	2-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♦	E	4	♥ 9		130	11-Vanstone-Gibler	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
5 ♣×	S	−2	♦ 2		300	12-Kehoe-Stanley	9-Felson-Brown
4 ♥	W	4	♣ 5		420	3-Kobida-Burns	3-Lammers-Lubow

If either North or South mistakenly bids 4 ♣, West will double...with vigor. E/W lose two Heart tricks, one Spade, and one Club, making three. North may lead the ♣ J, which declarer will ruff in dummy. A trump is led to North's ♥ K, and North will cash another high Heart and lead a second Club. South will win with the ♣ A, but declarer's ♣ K holds the defense to four tricks.

Board 9
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	Q 9 6
♥	A 5 4
♦	Q 9 4
♣	K Q 6 5

♠	J 10 5
♥	Q 8 6
♦	K 5
♣	A J 10 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	A 8 7 2
♥	9 3 2
♦	A J 8 3
♣	8 2

♠	K 4 3
♥	K J 10 7
♦	10 7 6 2
♣	9 7

NS 1N; EW 1♠; NS 1♥; NS 1♦; EW 1♣; Par +90

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
1 NT	N	1	♣ 8	90		1-Campbell-Roark	11-Jervis-Lindeman
1 NT	N	1	♦ 3	90		2-Rice-Kloecker	1-Hoffman-Cai
1 NT	N	1	♠ 2	90		3-Kobida-Burns	3-Lammers-Lubow
1 NT	N	1	♦ 8	90		9-Congbalay-Cook	2-Diers-McCarthy
1 NT	N	1	♦ 3	90		10-Petersen-Cushman	5-Henry-Murdock
1 NT	N	1	♠ 2	90		12-Kehoe-Stanley	9-Felson-Brown
1 NT	N	−1	♠ 2		50	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	12-Pandit-Pandit
2 ♥	S	−1	♠ J		50	11-Vanstone-Gibler	7-Oppelt-Oppelt

N/S take four Heart tricks (if declarer finds the ♥ Q), one Spade, and two Clubs, making one. If East leads the ♠ 2 (ugh), N/S will make two. Better is the ♦ 3.

Board 10
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	A K 8
♥	K J 8 3 2
♦	Q 7 6 4
♣	J

♠	10 9 7
♥	A 9 7 4
♦	A 9 5 2
♣	Q 10

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 6 4
♥	Q 10
♦	K 8 3
♣	K 8 7 5 3

♠	J 5 3 2
♥	6 5
♦	J 10
♣	A 9 6 4 2

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

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♥	N	2	♣ 5	110		11-Vanstone-Gibler	6-Endres-Kennedy
2 ♣	E	−1	♥ 6	100		12-Kehoe-Stanley	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
2 ♠	S	−1	♠ 7		100	1-Campbell-Roark	10-Clark-Kreitzer
2 ♠	S	−1	♦ A		100	3-Kobida-Burns	2-Diers-McCarthy
2 ♥	N	−1	♣ 5		100	9-Congbalay-Cook	1-Hoffman-Cai
1 ♠	S	−1	♣ Q		100	10-Petersen-Cushman	3-Lammers-Lubow
2 ♠	S	−2	♠ 10		200	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♥	N	−3	♣ 5		300	2-Rice-Kloecker	12-Pandit-Pandit

N/S lose one Spade trick, two Hearts, and two Diamonds, down one. East may lead the ♣ 5.

Board 11
South Deals
None Vul

♠	A 9 8 4
♥	A Q J 2
♦	Q 8 6
♣	A K

♠	10 7 5
♥	K 9 5 4
♦	A J 3
♣	9 3 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K J 3
♥	10 8 6 3
♦	K 9 7
♣	Q 6 4

♠	Q 6 2
♥	7
♦	10 5 4 2
♣	J 10 8 7 5

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

West	North	East	South
			Pass
Pass	2 NT1	Pass	Pass
Pass

20 to 21

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 NT	N	2	♥ 3	120		1-Campbell-Roark	10-Clark-Kreitzer
2 NT	N	2	♥ 6	120		3-Kobida-Burns	2-Diers-McCarthy
2 NT	N	2	♥ 8	120		9-Congbalay-Cook	1-Hoffman-Cai
2 NT	N	2	♥ 3	120		10-Petersen-Cushman	3-Lammers-Lubow
2 NT	N	2	♥ 3	120		11-Vanstone-Gibler	6-Endres-Kennedy
2 NT	N	2	♥ 3	120		12-Kehoe-Stanley	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
2 NT	N	−1	♥ 3		50	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 NT	N	−2	♥ 3		100	2-Rice-Kloecker	12-Pandit-Pandit

N/S take three Spade tricks, three Hearts, and two Clubs, making two. Although declarer can't lead Hearts from dummy more than once, the defense will eventually have to break that suit again when they run out of other options. In fact, East may lead the ♥ 3 on the go. Oops.

Board 12
West Deals
N-S Vul

♠	9 8
♥	K 6
♦	A 8 3
♣	J 10 8 4 3 2

♠	Q 2
♥	10 8 5 4
♦	J 7 4 2
♣	A 9 7

N
W		E
S

♠	A K 10 7 6
♥	A J 7 3
♦	10 5
♣	K 5

♠	J 5 4 3
♥	Q 9 2
♦	K Q 9 6
♣	Q 6

EW 4♥; EW 3N; EW 3♠; NS 2♣; EW 1♦; Par −420

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

Semi-forcing

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♥	E	2	♦ K		110	3-Kobida-Burns	2-Diers-McCarthy
2 ♥	E	2	♦ K		110	12-Kehoe-Stanley	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
1 NT	E	2	♦ 6		120	10-Petersen-Cushman	3-Lammers-Lubow
2 ♥	E	3	♦ K		140	1-Campbell-Roark	10-Clark-Kreitzer
2 ♥	E	3	♦ K		140	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 ♥	E	3	♦ K		140	11-Vanstone-Gibler	6-Endres-Kennedy
2 ♥	E	4	♦ K		170	2-Rice-Kloecker	12-Pandit-Pandit
2 ♥	E	4	♣ Q		170	9-Congbalay-Cook	1-Hoffman-Cai

Never open 1 NT with nine cards in the majors. Never ever.

E/W lose one Heart trick and two Diamonds, making four. To play the trump suit for no losers, declarer will lead the ♥ 4 from dummy to the ♥ J. South will win the ♥ Q, and when declarer regains the lead, they'll play the ♥ A trying to drop the ♥ K singleton in either hand. That's a better line than playing for specifically ♥ Q9 in the South hand (i.e., lead the ♥T from dummy to smother the ♥ 9). South will lead the ♦ K and play a low Diamond at trick two.

Board 13
North Deals
Both Vul

♠	10 8 6 2
♥	7 4
♦	K 10 7 4
♣	K Q 10

♠	J 9 3
♥	Q J 3
♦	A Q 5 3
♣	6 3 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K 4
♥	K 10 9 8 6
♦	J 9
♣	A 8 7 4

♠	A Q 7 5
♥	A 5 2
♦	8 6 2
♣	J 9 5

NS 2♠; EW 1N; EW 1♥; NS 1♦; Par +110

West	North	East	South
	Pass	1 ♥1	Pass
2 ♥2	Pass	Pass	Pass3

Rule of 20 opener
Not quite good enough for a 3-card limit raise
Not quite good enough for a re-opening double

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	W	−2	♠ 2	200		1-Campbell-Roark	9-Felson-Brown
3 ♥	E	−2	♥ A	200		12-Kehoe-Stanley	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
2 ♠	N	2	♦ J	110		2-Rice-Kloecker	11-Jervis-Lindeman
3 ♥	E	−1	♠ 5	100		5-Lin-Hubka	5-Henry-Murdock
3 ♥	E	−1	♠ A	100		10-Petersen-Cushman	2-Diers-McCarthy
Pass						3-Kobida-Burns	1-Hoffman-Cai
Pass						4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	3-Lammers-Lubow
Pass						11-Vanstone-Gibler	4-Kammer-Zimmer

E/W lose two Spade tricks, one Heart, one Diamond, and two Clubs, down one. South may lead the ♦ 6 (MUD).

Board 14
East Deals
None Vul

♠	10 8 6 3 2
♥	K Q
♦	K 7
♣	Q J 5 2

♠	A K 5
♥	J 10 7
♦	10 8 5 3
♣	K 8 7

N
W		E
S

♠	J 4
♥	8 5 4
♦	Q 4 2
♣	10 9 6 4 3

♠	Q 9 7
♥	A 9 6 3 2
♦	A J 9 6
♣	A

NS 5♠; NS 4N; NS 4♥; NS 3♦; NS 2♣; Par +450

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

Don't make minimum offshape takeout doubles

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	S	5	♣ 7	450		3-Kobida-Burns	1-Hoffman-Cai
3 NT	N	4	♣ 4	430		11-Vanstone-Gibler	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♠	N	4	♣ 10	420		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	3-Lammers-Lubow
4 ♥	S	4	♠ A	420		10-Petersen-Cushman	2-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♠	N	4	♣ 10	420		12-Kehoe-Stanley	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 ♠	N	4	♣ 10	170		1-Campbell-Roark	9-Felson-Brown
2 NT	N	3	♠ J	150		5-Lin-Hubka	5-Henry-Murdock
4 ♠	S	−1	♣ 7		50	2-Rice-Kloecker	11-Jervis-Lindeman

South's 3 ♠ bid is worth noting. They're approving a 3 NT contract if North has only four Spades, but they're also okay playing in 4 ♠ if North has a fifth. N/S lose two Spade tricks, making five. East may lead the ♣T. The proper way to play the Spade suit is to finesse East for the ♠ J.

Board 15
South Deals
N-S Vul

♠	9 5 4
♥	Q J 7
♦	J 10 4 2
♣	A J 9

♠	K 10 6 2
♥	6 5 3 2
♦	K 9 3
♣	4 2

N
W		E
S

♠	8 7 3
♥	9 4
♦	A Q 7
♣	K Q 10 8 3

♠	A Q J
♥	A K 10 8
♦	8 6 5
♣	7 6 5

EW 2♣; NS 1♥; NS 1♦; Par −90

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 NT	S	2	♠ 2	120		3-Kobida-Burns	1-Hoffman-Cai
1 NT	N	2	♥ 9	120		5-Lin-Hubka	5-Henry-Murdock
1 NT	N	2	♣ K	120		10-Petersen-Cushman	2-Diers-McCarthy
1 NT	N	2	♣ K	120		12-Kehoe-Stanley	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
1 NT	S	1	♠ 2	90		1-Campbell-Roark	9-Felson-Brown
2 ♦	N	−1	♣ 8		100	2-Rice-Kloecker	11-Jervis-Lindeman
2 ♦	S	−2	♠ 2		200	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	3-Lammers-Lubow
1 NT	N	−2	♣ K		200	11-Vanstone-Gibler	4-Kammer-Zimmer

There's no reason for South to rebid 1 ♥, since North (1) has no four-card major, or (2) has a four-card major with longer Diamonds and game-going values. If it's the second one, North won't pass 1 NT.

N/S take two Spade tricks, four Hearts, and one Club, making one. If West somehow finds the lead of the ♣ 4, N/S will be down one. Um, that's not happening. It's more likely that West will lead the ♠ 2 and N/S will take the first seven tricks. Take that Mr. I Lead Fourth Best From My Longest and Strongest Suit Every Time.

Board 16
West Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A K 9 5 3
♥	10
♦	Q 8 4
♣	10 8 4 2

♠	8 7 4
♥	Q J 7 6
♦	A J 10
♣	A K Q

N
W		E
S

♠	6
♥	K 9 4
♦	K 9 6 5
♣	J 9 7 6 3

♠	Q J 10 2
♥	A 8 5 3 2
♦	7 3 2
♣	5

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

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

15 to 17
Alert, artificial DONT bid showing Hearts and Spades

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♠	N	3	♣ 3	140		1-Campbell-Roark	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
2 ♠	N	3	♣ 6	140		6-Venosa	6-Endres-Kennedy
1 NT	W	1	♠ 5		90	2-Rice-Kloecker	10-Clark-Kreitzer
1 NT	W	1	♠ A		90	11-Vanstone-Gibler	3-Lammers-Lubow
1 NT	W	1	♠ A		90	12-Kehoe-Stanley	5-Henry-Murdock
2 NT	W	2	♥ 10		120	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	2-Diers-McCarthy
1 NT	W	2	♠ A		120	5-Lin-Hubka	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♣	W	4	♥ 10		130	3-Kobida-Burns	12-Pandit-Pandit

If East leads their stiff ♠ 6 or either East or West switches to Spades after taking the first three Diamond tricks, then N/S will be held to eight tricks. If not, N/S might take nine tricks on a high cross-ruff.

Board 17
North Deals
None Vul

♠	J 10 6
♥	A K 9 6 4
♦	Q 4 3 2
♣	10

♠	A 9 7 5 4
♥	Q 7
♦	A 8 7 6
♣	K 7

N
W		E
S

♠	K 2
♥	J 10 5 2
♦	K J 9 5
♣	A 9 4

♠	Q 8 3
♥	8 3
♦	10
♣	Q J 8 6 5 3 2

EW 4N; EW 3♠; EW 3♥; EW 4♦; NS 1♣; Par −430

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

Alert, artificial XYZ bid creating a game force and asking for more information about opener's hand
Showing a fourth Heart but not denying a third Spade
Biding their time

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♠	W	−1	♣ 10	50		1-Campbell-Roark	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
3 ♦	E	4	♥ 8		130	6-Venosa	6-Endres-Kennedy
3 ♠	W	3	♣ 10		140	2-Rice-Kloecker	10-Clark-Kreitzer
2 ♠	W	3	♣ 10		140	11-Vanstone-Gibler	3-Lammers-Lubow
3 NT	W	4	♥ 6		430	3-Kobida-Burns	12-Pandit-Pandit
3 NT	E	4	♣ 6		430	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	2-Diers-McCarthy
3 NT	E	4	♣ 6		430	5-Lin-Hubka	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 NT	E	4	♣ 6		430	12-Kehoe-Stanley	5-Henry-Murdock

West's 2 NT bid gives their partner a chance to show a third Spade if they have one. E/W take four Spade tricks, two Clubs, two Diamonds, and two Hearts, making four. South may lead a small Club. When South is in with the ♠ Q, they'll switch to the ♥ 8, and North will cash out.

Board 18
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A Q 10 6
♥	7 6 5
♦	K Q J
♣	K 9 4

♠	K 4
♥	Q J 10 9 3
♦	A 9 3 2
♣	3 2

N
W		E
S

♠	8 7 2
♥	K 8 2
♦	7 5
♣	A 10 8 7 5

♠	J 9 5 3
♥	A 4
♦	10 8 6 4
♣	Q J 6

NS 4♠; NS 1N; NS 2♦; NS 1♣; Par +620

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

15 to 17

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	S	4	♣ A	620		5-Lin-Hubka	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♠	S	4	♥ Q	620		6-Venosa	6-Endres-Kennedy
3 ♠	S	4	♥ Q	170		3-Kobida-Burns	12-Pandit-Pandit
3 ♠	S	3	♥ Q	140		12-Kehoe-Stanley	5-Henry-Murdock
3 ♥	W	−1	♦ K	50		1-Campbell-Roark	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
3 ♥	W	−1	♦ K	50		2-Rice-Kloecker	10-Clark-Kreitzer
2 ♥	W	−1	♦ K	50		11-Vanstone-Gibler	3-Lammers-Lubow
3 ♠	N	−1	♥ 8		100	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	2-Diers-McCarthy

There's no reason for North to bid 4 ♠ in a matchpoint event. In IMPs? Of course.

N/S lose one Heart trick, one Diamond, and one Club, making four. East may lead a trump.

Board 19
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A J 9 7 5
♥	Q 6
♦	J 10 2
♣	10 9 3

♠	6
♥	K J 9 8 4
♦	A Q 5
♣	K 6 5 4

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 3 2
♥	10 7 5
♦	K 9 7 6 3
♣	J 7

♠	K 10 8 4
♥	A 3 2
♦	8 4
♣	A Q 8 2

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

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

Showing 5+ Spades
Showing four-card Spade support

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥×	W	−1	♠ A	200		2-Rice-Kloecker	9-Felson-Brown
2 ♠	N	3	♥ 5	140		3-Kobida-Burns	11-Jervis-Lindeman
2 ♠	N	3	♥ 7	140		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	1-Hoffman-Cai
2 ♠	N	3	♥ 10	140		6-Venosa	5-Henry-Murdock
2 ♠	N	2	♥ 7	110		1-Campbell-Roark	6-Endres-Kennedy
2 ♠	N	2	♥ 5	110		7-Singerman-Williams	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
2 ♠	N	2	♥ 7	110		12-Kehoe-Stanley	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♠	N	−1	♥ 7		50	5-Lin-Hubka	3-Lammers-Lubow

South's 2 ♠ bid shows four-card Spade support, since they didn't make a support double over 2 ♥. I often hear from....er, advancing players.....that they KNEW that their partner had a five-card suit, so they didn't need to make a support double. Stop that. Your partner deserves to know whether you have three- or four-card support.

N/S lose one Club trick (finessing twice), two Diamonds, and one Heart, making three....if declarer successfully guesses the location of the ♠ Q. That's not impossible, since East is known to have more cards that aren't as much Hearts. East may lead the ♥ 5 (low from an honor).

Board 20
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	A Q J 7 6 4
♥	10 3
♦	K
♣	A J 7 4

♠	5 2
♥	A J 5 4
♦	A 10 9 6 2
♣	9 2

N
W		E
S

♠	10 9 8 3
♥	Q 9 7 6 2
♦	Q 8
♣	Q 10

♠	K
♥	K 8
♦	J 7 5 4 3
♣	K 8 6 5 3

S 5♠; N 4♠; S 5♣; N 4♣; EW 2♥; NS 1♦; Par +650

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

Forcing

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	N	4	♦ Q	620		7-Singerman-Williams	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 ♥×	W	−2	♦ K	500		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	1-Hoffman-Cai
2 ♠	N	6	♥ 2	230		5-Lin-Hubka	3-Lammers-Lubow
2 ♠	N	5	♥ 6	200		12-Kehoe-Stanley	4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 ♠	N	4	♥ 6	170		6-Venosa	5-Henry-Murdock
3 ♣	N	5	♠ 10	150		2-Rice-Kloecker	9-Felson-Brown
2 ♠	N	3	♦ 8	140		1-Campbell-Roark	6-Endres-Kennedy
2 ♠	N	3	♥ 2	140		3-Kobida-Burns	11-Jervis-Lindeman

North shows their sixth Spade by bidding 3 ♠, and South decides to give the major-suit game a try (i.e., their ♠ K is certainly as good as ♠ 32). If East finds the Heart lead, then N/S will make four. If East leads anything else, N/S will make five. I have no idea what East will lead....maybe the ♠T?

Board 21
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	10 8 3 2
♥	A Q 4
♦	A 10 5 2
♣	Q 6

♠	Q 6 4
♥	K J 6 5
♦	K 7
♣	7 4 3 2

N
W		E
S

♠	J 7 5
♥	9 8 3 2
♦	8 4
♣	J 10 9 8

♠	A K 9
♥	10 7
♦	Q J 9 6 3
♣	A K 5

NS 6N; NS 6♠; NS 6♦; NS 3♥; NS 4♣; Par +1440

West	North	East	South
	1 ♦	Pass	2 ♦1
Pass	2 ♥2	Pass	2 NT3
Pass	3 NT	Pass	4 ♦4
Pass	4 NT5	Pass	6 NT
Pass	Pass	Pass

Alert, game-forcing Diamond raise
Showing stoppers in Hearts for notrump
Showing stoppers in both black suits for notrump
RKC Blackwood (Minorwood) for Diamonds
1430 response showing 2 or 5 keycards w/o the ♦ Q

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 NT	N	6	♣ J	1440		1-Campbell-Roark	6-Endres-Kennedy
6 ♦	N	6	♣ 8	1370		3-Kobida-Burns	11-Jervis-Lindeman
3 NT	N	7	♣ J	720		6-Venosa	5-Henry-Murdock
3 NT	S	6	♣ 2	690		7-Singerman-Williams	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 ♦	N	6	♣ J	170		2-Rice-Kloecker	9-Felson-Brown
3 ♦	N	6	♣ J	170		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	1-Hoffman-Cai
4 ♦	N	6	♣ J	170		12-Kehoe-Stanley	4-Kammer-Zimmer
6 ♦	N	−1	♣ J		100	5-Lin-Hubka	3-Lammers-Lubow

Even if you play Kickback for the minors, it's still a good idea to play Minorwood when a notrump contract is still in the mix. N/S take two Spade tricks, two Hearts, five Diamonds, and three Clubs, making six. West may lead the ♣ 7 (top of nothing against a notrump contract). If West finds the sneaky lead of a small Heart, declarer will duck it to the ♥T (making seven). Heh.

Board 22
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A 5 3
♥	Q 10 8 5
♦	J 9 7 3 2
♣	J

♠	Q
♥	A J 9 3
♦	A K 4
♣	K 9 7 5 4

N
W		E
S

♠	10 8 7 4
♥	7 6 2
♦	Q 10 6 5
♣	Q 3

♠	K J 9 6 2
♥	K 4
♦	8
♣	A 10 8 6 2

NS 3♠; NS 1♦; NS 1♣; Par +140

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

Alert, artificial BROMAD bid showing a three-card constructive raise in Spades

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♠	S	3	♦ A	140		6-Venosa	4-Kammer-Zimmer
3 ♠	S	3	♦ A	140		7-Singerman-Williams	6-Endres-Kennedy
2 ♠	S	2	♦ A	110		5-Lin-Hubka	2-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♠	S	−1	♦ K		50	1-Campbell-Roark	5-Henry-Murdock
2 ♠	N	−1	♦ A		50	2-Rice-Kloecker	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 ♠	S	−1	♦ A		50	3-Kobida-Burns	10-Clark-Kreitzer
3 ♠	S	−1	♦ A		50	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
2 ♣	S	−3	♦ A		150	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	12-Pandit-Pandit

N/S lose one Heart trick, one Diamond, and two Clubs, making three. Another way to look at it is N/S take two Heart tricks (♥ Q and ♥T), one Club, a Club ruff, and five Spade tricks. West may lead the ♦ K (asking for count) and continue with the ♦ A at trick two.

Board 23
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	A Q 9 7
♥	9 5
♦	K J 6 3
♣	7 4 3

♠	J 8 2
♥	K J 7 4
♦	10
♣	A K Q J 8

N
W		E
S

♠	K 10
♥	A 8 6 3 2
♦	9 7
♣	10 9 5 2

♠	6 5 4 3
♥	Q 10
♦	A Q 8 5 4 2
♣	6

EW 5♥; EW 5♣; NS 2♠; NS 3♦; Par −650

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

Don't preempt with a side four-card major
Alert, Sandwich NT bid showing the Spades and Diamonds and guaranteeing exactly four Spades
Strong jump raise

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♣	W	5	♦ 3		150	7-Singerman-Williams	6-Endres-Kennedy
3 ♥	E	5	♣ 6		200	1-Campbell-Roark	5-Henry-Murdock
2 ♥	E	5	♣ 6		200	2-Rice-Kloecker	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
4 ♦	S	−2	♣ A		200	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	12-Pandit-Pandit
4 ♥	E	5	♣ 6		650	3-Kobida-Burns	10-Clark-Kreitzer
4 ♥	E	5	♣ 6		650	5-Lin-Hubka	2-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	E	5	♣ 6		650	6-Venosa	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♥	E	5	♣ 6		650	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz

N/S play that a Sandwich NT bid (i.e., a 1 NT overcall when the opponents have bid two suits) by a passed hand shows the unbid suits but denies a fifth card in the higher ranking suit. If South had five Spades and five Diamonds, they would have made a takeout double. If N/S weren't vulnerable, then North might pull the trigger on a 4 ♠ bid with the double fit in the pointy suits. As it is.....

E/W lose one Spade trick and one Diamond, making five. South will lead the ♦ A and switch to a Spade at trick two when North plays the ♦ J (i.e., discarding an unnecessarily high card when a switch looks appropriate asks for the higher ranking side suit).

Board 24
West Deals
None Vul

♠	A Q 9 8 3
♥	Q J 2
♦	Q J 6 4 2
♣	—

♠	5
♥	8 6 3
♦	A K 5
♣	K J 10 8 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K 10 7
♥	A 10
♦	9 8 7
♣	A Q 9 7 5

♠	J 6 4 2
♥	K 9 7 5 4
♦	10 3
♣	6 2

EW 3N; EW 5♣; NS 2♠; NS 2♥; EW 1♦; Par −400

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

Rule of 20 opener
Showing a limit raise or better in Clubs
It was the "or better" part

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♣	W	−1	♥ Q	50		6-Venosa	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♠×	N	−1	♥ A		100	1-Campbell-Roark	5-Henry-Murdock
4 ♣	E	5	♠ 4		150	5-Lin-Hubka	2-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♣	W	5	♦ Q		150	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
5 ♠×	N	−2	♥ A		300	2-Rice-Kloecker	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
5 ♣	W	5	♦ Q		400	3-Kobida-Burns	10-Clark-Kreitzer
5 ♣	W	5	♥ Q		400	7-Singerman-Williams	6-Endres-Kennedy
3 NT	E	5	♠ J		460	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	12-Pandit-Pandit

North's hand isn't appropriate for a Michaels overcall, since they have intermediate values (i.e., 12-14 HCP). Note the importance of South's 3 ♠ raise. If South doesn't bid 3 ♠, West will be able to bid 3 ♠ to ask their partner for a Spade stopper for notrump.

E/W lose one Spade trick and one Heart, making five. North may lead the ♥ Q. Declarer's slow Diamond loser will go away on dummy's ♠ K.

Board 25
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	K Q 9 8 2
♥	6
♦	A Q 7
♣	A Q 4 2

♠	J 6 3
♥	10 9 5 3
♦	9 8 6 3
♣	9 7

N
W		E
S

♠	10 4
♥	K Q 8 4
♦	J 10 4
♣	10 8 6 5

♠	A 7 5
♥	A J 7 2
♦	K 5 2
♣	K J 3

NS 7N; NS 7♠; NS 7♣; NS 5♦; NS 3♥; Par +1520

West	North	East	South
	1 ♠	Pass	2 ♣1
Pass	3 ♣2	Pass	3 ♠
Pass	4 NT3	Pass	5 ♥4
Pass	5 NT5	Pass	6 ♣6
Pass	6 ♦7	Pass	7 ♠8
Pass	7 NT9	Pass	Pass
Pass

The only time responder needs to bid a three-card suit in a 2/1 auction
Showing 4+ Clubs
RKC Blackwood (Kickback) for Spades
1430 response showing 2 or 5 keycards w/o the ♠ Q
Confirmation of all the keycards and asking for specific Kings
Showing the ♣ K
Do you have the ♦ K as well? If so, bid 7 ♠
Yes, I do
No reason to be in Spades

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♠	N	7	♥ K	1010		2-Rice-Kloecker	6-Endres-Kennedy
6 ♠	N	7	♥ K	1010		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	11-Jervis-Lindeman
6 ♠	N	7	♠ 10	1010		6-Venosa	3-Lammers-Lubow
6 ♠	N	7	♦ 4	1010		7-Singerman-Williams	5-Henry-Murdock
4 ♠	N	7	♠ 4	510		3-Kobida-Burns	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
4 ♠	N	7	♦ J	510		5-Lin-Hubka	1-Hoffman-Cai
4 ♠	N	7	♦ J	510		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
1 NT	S	7	♦ 9	270		9-Congbalay-Cook	9-Felson-Brown

Nice auction! South has too big a hand for an immediate 3 NT bid over 1 ♠ (i.e., N/S play that 1M-3 NT shows 13-15 HCP and 3334 distribution). Once the double fit is found, North is pretty sure that 13 tricks are there in notrump (i.e., Spades could split 3-2, South might hold the ♠ J, South might have additional Club length, South might have the ♥ K or ♥ Q, there might be a squeeze, the defense might screw up).

N/S take 13 tricks. East will lead the ♥ K. Declarer's optimism will dim slightly when they see that their partner has only three Clubs, but once Spades split the hand is over.

Board 26
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	10 8 6 2
♥	—
♦	Q J 10 7 6 3 2
♣	10 9

♠	A Q 3
♥	10 6 5 4
♦	K 8 4
♣	K 6 3

N
W		E
S

♠	J 4
♥	K 9 8 7 3
♦	A
♣	Q 8 5 4 2

♠	K 9 7 5
♥	A Q J 2
♦	9 5
♣	A J 7

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

West	North	East	South
		Pass	1 NT1
Pass	2 NT2	Pass	3 ♣3
Pass	3 ♦4	Pass	Pass
Pass

15 to 17
Alert, transfer to Diamonds
Alert, denying Ax, Kxx, Qxx, or xxxx in Diamonds
I don't care

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	4	♥ 4	630		5-Lin-Hubka	1-Hoffman-Cai
5 ♥×	E	−2	♦ 5	500		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 ♦	N	3	♥ 7	110		6-Venosa	3-Lammers-Lubow
3 ♦	N	3	♥ 7	110		7-Singerman-Williams	5-Henry-Murdock
3 NT	S	−1	♥ 4		100	3-Kobida-Burns	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
4 ♦	N	−1	♣ 2		100	9-Congbalay-Cook	9-Felson-Brown
3 NT	S	−3	♥ 4		300	2-Rice-Kloecker	6-Endres-Kennedy
1 ♣	S	−3	♦ 4		300	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	11-Jervis-Lindeman

North's seventh Diamond makes them ignore their fourth Spade. N/S lose two Diamond tricks and two Spades, making three. North's Club loser goes away on the ♥ A. East may lead the ♠ J, although if they end up ruffing a Spade it will be at the cost of a natural trump trick.

Board 27
South Deals
None Vul

♠	Q 9 6 4
♥	A Q 4 2
♦	A K 5
♣	9 5

♠	A J 2
♥	J 10 7
♦	10 9 8 7 3
♣	Q 6

N
W		E
S

♠	7 5 3
♥	K 9 5
♦	J 4 2
♣	K J 8 4

♠	K 10 8
♥	8 6 3
♦	Q 6
♣	A 10 7 3 2

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

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

15 to 17
Alert, may or may not have a four-card major

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 NT	N	4	♠ 5	180		6-Venosa	3-Lammers-Lubow
2 NT	N	2	♣ 4	120		5-Lin-Hubka	1-Hoffman-Cai
2 NT	N	2	♠ 7	120		7-Singerman-Williams	5-Henry-Murdock
2 NT	N	2	♠ 7	120		9-Congbalay-Cook	9-Felson-Brown
3 ♣	N	3	♠ 3	110		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
1 NT	S	1	♦ 10	90		3-Kobida-Burns	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
2 NT	N	−1	♣ 4		50	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	11-Jervis-Lindeman
2 NT	N	−2	♣ 4		100	2-Rice-Kloecker	6-Endres-Kennedy

South's hand isn't quite good enough to force to game in matchpoints. In IMPs? Of course.

N/S take three Diamond tricks, three Spades, one Club, and one Heart, making two. East may lead the ♣ 4 or the ♠ 7 (top of nothing in notrump).

Board 28
West Deals
N-S Vul

♠	10 8 7 6 5
♥	A 10
♦	J 5 4
♣	A 4 2

♠	K Q 9 3
♥	K Q 8 4
♦	K 7
♣	J 10 5

N
W		E
S

♠	A J
♥	9 5 3
♦	Q 10 9 8 6 3
♣	Q 9

♠	4 2
♥	J 7 6 2
♦	A 2
♣	K 8 7 6 3

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

West	North	East	South
1 ♣	1 ♠1	2 ♦2	Pass
2 NT3	Pass	Pass	Pass

I see five Spades.....sue me
Showing 5+ Diamonds and 10+ HCP
My Spade stoppers seem adequate

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	E	−4	♣ 6	200		6-Venosa	2-Diers-McCarthy
3 ♦	E	−1	♠ 2	50		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	6-Endres-Kennedy
1 NT	W	1	♠ 8		90	4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	9-Felson-Brown
2 ♦	E	3	♠ 4		110	5-Lin-Hubka	12-Pandit-Pandit
1 NT	W	2	♠ 6		120	7-Singerman-Williams	4-Kammer-Zimmer
1 NT	E	3	♠ 4		150	3-Kobida-Burns	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
2 ♠	N	−2	♣ Q		200	10-Petersen-Cushman	10-Clark-Kreitzer
3 NT	E	3	♠ 4		400	9-Congbalay-Cook	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz

East's hand is easily worth upgrading to a 2 ♦ response. North shouldn't lead a Spade....the ♣ A and another Club is best. If they do find the Club lead, then E/W will go down one. Take that E/W.

Board 29
North Deals
Both Vul

♠	10 9
♥	A K J 9 3 2
♦	J 9
♣	A K 6

♠	8 7 5 2
♥	6
♦	A 7 5 3
♣	10 8 5 3

N
W		E
S

♠	A 4 3
♥	10 7 5 4
♦	10 6 2
♣	J 9 4

♠	K Q J 6
♥	Q 8
♦	K Q 8 4
♣	Q 7 2

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

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

RKC Blackwood for Hearts
1430 response showing 0 or 3 keycards

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
6 ♥	N	6	♠ A	1430		7-Singerman-Williams	4-Kammer-Zimmer
6 ♥	N	6	♥ 4	1430		10-Petersen-Cushman	10-Clark-Kreitzer
3 NT	S	5	♣ 3	660		3-Kobida-Burns	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 NT	S	5	♦ 3	660		6-Venosa	2-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♥	N	5	♦ 6	650		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	9-Felson-Brown
4 ♥	N	5	♦ 10	650		5-Lin-Hubka	12-Pandit-Pandit
4 ♥	N	5	♥ 4	650		9-Congbalay-Cook	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
6 ♥	N	−1	♠ A		100	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	6-Endres-Kennedy

Unfortunately, N/S are not in a good contract. South would have loved to sign off in 5 NT, but that sounds remarkably like the same bid South would use to ask for specific Kings. Maybe South can place 5 NT on the table, quickly put it back in the bidding box, turn to their LHO and say "Your lead." Yep, that'll work.

N/S lose one Spade trick and one Diamond, making five. That said, if East leads a Diamond to West's ♦ A and West returns a second Diamond, N/S will make six when North's two losing Spades go away on dummy's long Diamonds. Oops.

Board 30
East Deals
None Vul

♠	8 6
♥	10 5
♦	A J 9 2
♣	K 9 6 4 3

♠	K 7
♥	9 8 6 2
♦	Q 10 8 3
♣	A 10 7

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 10 9 5 4
♥	A Q J 4
♦	K 6 5
♣	J

♠	A J 3 2
♥	K 7 3
♦	7 4
♣	Q 8 5 2

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

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

Forcing

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	E	−2	♦ 7	100		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	9-Felson-Brown
4 ♥	E	−2	♦ 7	100		5-Lin-Hubka	12-Pandit-Pandit
3 ♥	E	−1	♦ 4	50		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	6-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♥	E	−1	♣ 5	50		10-Petersen-Cushman	10-Clark-Kreitzer
3 ♥	W	3	♦ 7		140	3-Kobida-Burns	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 ♥	E	3	♦ 7		140	7-Singerman-Williams	4-Kammer-Zimmer
2 ♥	E	3	♣ 2		140	9-Congbalay-Cook	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
3 NT	W	3	♦ 2		400	6-Venosa	2-Diers-McCarthy

E/W lose one Heart trick, one Spade, and two Diamonds, making three. South may lead the ♦ 7 (beer card).

Board 31
South Deals
N-S Vul

♠	Q 9 4
♥	A 9 2
♦	9 8 6 3
♣	Q 9 7

♠	K 7 5
♥	5
♦	Q J 7 5
♣	A J 10 6 5

N
W		E
S

♠	J 10 8 6 3
♥	J 10 8 3
♦	A K 10
♣	3

♠	A 2
♥	K Q 7 6 4
♦	4 2
♣	K 8 4 2

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

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

Alert, artificial BROMAD bid showing exactly three Hearts and 7-9 HCP

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♥×	S	2	♦ Q	670		6-Venosa	1-Hoffman-Cai
2 ♥	S	2	♦ Q	110		7-Singerman-Williams	3-Lammers-Lubow
2 ♥	S	2	♥ 5	110		11-Vanstone-Gibler	11-Jervis-Lindeman
3 ♠×	E	−1	♥ K	100		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
2 ♥	S	−1	♦ Q		100	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	5-Henry-Murdock
3 ♥	S	−1	♠ 5		100	9-Congbalay-Cook	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 ♠	E	3	♥ K		140	5-Lin-Hubka	10-Clark-Kreitzer
2 ♠	E	4	♥ K		170	10-Petersen-Cushman	9-Felson-Brown

Although East has nine HCP, they shouldn't jump to 3 ♠ on this auction, since (1) their ♥ J is suspect and (2) their two-level free bid shows somewhere around eight HCP anyway. E/W lose two Spade tricks and three Hearts, making two. South should lead the ♠ A and continue with a second Spade at trick two.

Board 32
West Deals
E-W Vul

♠	K 9 4 2
♥	A
♦	A K 9
♣	K 9 6 5 4

♠	A Q 7 6
♥	K 9 5 2
♦	J 8 7 4
♣	8

N
W		E
S

♠	8 5
♥	Q J 8 7
♦	Q
♣	A Q J 10 7 2

♠	J 10 3
♥	10 6 4 3
♦	10 6 5 3 2
♣	3

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

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

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	W	−1	♣ 5	100		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
3 ♥	W	−1	♦ A	100		6-Venosa	1-Hoffman-Cai
2 ♠	N	−1	♥ Q		50	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	5-Henry-Murdock
2 ♣	W	3	♥ A		110	5-Lin-Hubka	10-Clark-Kreitzer
2 ♥	E	3	♣ 3		140	9-Congbalay-Cook	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
3 ♥	E	3	♣ 3		140	10-Petersen-Cushman	9-Felson-Brown
2 ♥	E	3	♣ 3		140	11-Vanstone-Gibler	11-Jervis-Lindeman
2 ♥	E	4	♠ J		170	7-Singerman-Williams	3-Lammers-Lubow

If you're East, try not to stare at North's 1 ♣ bid when it hits the table. Also, try not to turn to South and ask "Will your partner bid 1 ♣ with as few as zero Clubs?" That gets you a visit from the director. You don't want that.

East would obviously have loved to play in 1 ♣ doubled, but when North sneaks in a 1 ♠ bid opts to play in a Heart partial. E/W lose one Heart trick, one Spade, one Diamond, and one Club, making three. South will lead their stiff ♣ 3.

Board 33
North Deals
None Vul

♠	3
♥	J 8 7 3
♦	Q 7 6 2
♣	A Q 6 4

♠	9 8 7 4
♥	K 10 9 2
♦	9
♣	K 10 7 5

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 10 6
♥	Q 5 4
♦	10 5 4 3
♣	J 8 2

♠	A K J 5 2
♥	A 6
♦	A K J 8
♣	9 3

NS 6♦; NS 5N; NS 5♠; NS 4♥; NS 4♣; Par +920

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

Semi-forcing
Game forcing jump shift

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	5	♠ 6	460		10-Petersen-Cushman	9-Felson-Brown
3 NT	S	4	♠ 4	430		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	5-Henry-Murdock
3 NT	N	4	♣ 2	430		9-Congbalay-Cook	7-Oppelt-Oppelt
5 ♦	S	5	♦ 9	400		4-Magnus-Magnus Jr	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
3 NT	S	3	♥ 2	400		5-Lin-Hubka	10-Clark-Kreitzer
3 NT	S	3	♥ 2	400		6-Venosa	1-Hoffman-Cai
5 ♦	S	5	♥ 2	400		7-Singerman-Williams	3-Lammers-Lubow
5 ♦	S	−1	♥ 2		50	11-Vanstone-Gibler	11-Jervis-Lindeman

North thinks briefly about trying for a Diamond slam but ends up bidding 3 NT instead. N/S take three Spade tricks, two Clubs, four Diamonds, and two Hearts, making five. East may lead the ♥ 4. Declarer will play low from dummy, West will win the ♥ K, and return a small Heart to dummy's ♥ A. Declarer will take the Club finesse and Spade finesse, but will eventually have to try ducking a Heart. When the ♥ Q falls, the ♥ J is declarer's 11th trick.

Board 34
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	Q 10 9 5 2
♥	J 9 3
♦	J
♣	9 6 5 2

♠	8 3
♥	8 5 2
♦	K 6 5 2
♣	K 10 7 3

N
W		E
S

♠	6 4
♥	K 10 7 4
♦	10 7 4
♣	A J 8 4

♠	A K J 7
♥	A Q 6
♦	A Q 9 8 3
♣	Q

NS 6♠; NS 2N; NS 2♥; NS 3♦; NS 1♣; Par +1430

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

Alert, artificial bid denying an A, K, or QQ
Showing 22-24 HCP
Transfer
Doesn't want to play in 3 ♠ opposite a 5-card Spade suit

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	S	5	♠ 6	650		5-Lin-Hubka	9-Felson-Brown
4 ♠	N	5	♠ 6	650		6-Venosa	11-Jervis-Lindeman
5 ♠	N	5	♠ 4	650		8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♠	S	5	♥ 5	650		10-Petersen-Cushman	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
4 ♠	N	5	♠ 4	650		12-Kehoe-Stanley	12-Pandit-Pandit
4 ♠	N	4	♣ A	620		7-Singerman-Williams	2-Diers-McCarthy
4 ♠	N	4	♦ 4	620		11-Vanstone-Gibler	10-Clark-Kreitzer
1 ♦	S	6	♠ 8	170		9-Congbalay-Cook	6-Endres-Kennedy

N/S lose only one Club trick, making six. West will lead a trump, and declarer will pull trump in two rounds. The ♦ A is next followed by a diamond ruff in dummy, the ♥ J (covered by the ♥ K) to the ♥ A, and the ♦ Q (covered by the ♦ K smothering the ♦T in the East hand). Declarer can return to their hand with the ♥ Q to cash the good ♦ 98 (pitching a Heart and a Club). A Heart ruff with dummy's ♠ Q and a Club concession leave declarer with two good Spades.

Board 35
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	Q 8
♥	K 10
♦	8
♣	K Q 10 9 6 5 4 3

♠	A K J 10 5
♥	3
♦	A K J 7 4 3
♣	2

N
W		E
S

♠	9 7 6 2
♥	A Q 9 8 6
♦	Q 10 6 2
♣	—

♠	4 3
♥	J 7 5 4 2
♦	9 5
♣	A J 8 7

EW 7♠; EW 7♦; EW 3♥; NS 2♣; Par −2210

West	North	East	South
			Pass
1 ♦	2 ♣	Dbl1	4 ♣2
5 ♠3	Pass	6 ♣4	Pass
6 ♦5	Pass	6 ♥6	Pass
7 ♠7	Pass	Pass	Pass

Negative
Weak jump raise
Agreeing on Spades and asking about control in Clubs
Showing 1st round control in Clubs
Showing the ♦ A
Showing the ♥ A
Let's play here

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
5 ♣×	N	−3	♦ 2		500	5-Lin-Hubka	9-Felson-Brown
5 ♦	W	7	♣ K		640	7-Singerman-Williams	2-Diers-McCarthy
5 ♦	W	7	♣ K		640	10-Petersen-Cushman	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
5 ♠	W	7	♣ K		710	6-Venosa	11-Jervis-Lindeman
5 ♠	W	7	♦ 8		710	11-Vanstone-Gibler	10-Clark-Kreitzer
6 ♣×	N	−4	♠ 6		800	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	4-Kammer-Zimmer
6 ♦	W	6	♣ K		1370	12-Kehoe-Stanley	12-Pandit-Pandit
6 ♦	E	7	♣ A		1390	9-Congbalay-Cook	6-Endres-Kennedy

Unforced jumps to the five level in a major when the opponents have bid one and only one suit ask for control in the opponent's suit. East, on this auction, would respond as follows:

1) With two fast losers in the opponent's suit, East would pass.
2) With a singleton in the opponent's suit, East would bid 6 ♠.
3) With a protected ♣ K (i.e., ♣ Kx), East would bid 5 NT.
4) With a void or the ♣ A (i.e., first-round control), East would cuebid 6 ♣ (as they do here).

When East shows first-round control in Clubs, West takes the opportunity to show the ♦ A. When East shows the ♥ A, West can't resist bidding the grand. E/W take all 13 tricks assuming that declarer plays for the ♠ Q to be doubleton. North will lead the ♣ K.

Board 36
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	2
♥	A 6 4
♦	K 10 9 6
♣	Q 6 5 4 2

♠	K Q 8 7 4
♥	Q J
♦	A 8 7 2
♣	K 9

N
W		E
S

♠	—
♥	10 9 8 7 5 3 2
♦	Q J 4
♣	10 8 7

♠	A J 10 9 6 5 3
♥	K
♦	5 3
♣	A J 3

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

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

Forcing
Let's play here

Contract			Lead	Score		Pair	Pair
				N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
1 ♠	W	−3	♦ 10	300		11-Vanstone-Gibler	10-Clark-Kreitzer
1 ♠	W	−2	♣ 4	200		6-Venosa	11-Jervis-Lindeman
1 ♠	W	−2	♣ 4	200		9-Congbalay-Cook	6-Endres-Kennedy
4 ♥	E	−1	♣ A	100		7-Singerman-Williams	2-Diers-McCarthy
1 ♠	W	−1	♦ 10	100		12-Kehoe-Stanley	12-Pandit-Pandit
2 ♥	E	3	♣ A		140	10-Petersen-Cushman	8-Terbrueggen-Schultz
3 ♥	E	4	♥ K		170	8-Kereiakes-Kereiakes	4-Kammer-Zimmer
4 ♥	W	4	♠ A		620	5-Lin-Hubka	9-Felson-Brown

If East passes 1 ♠, South will pass as well--down two for –200. In 2 ♥, E/W lose two Heart tricks, two Clubs, and one Diamond, making two. South may lead the ♦ 5.