Space Cadets versus NEKKID

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The Space Cadets won their first match against the NEKKIDs 78-32. In this return match the NEKKID's most reliable player had an uncharacteristically poor outing. The Cadets, on the other hand, were augmented by two strong players, Myuen and Fireball. Furthermore, the Cadets were no longer newcomers to the OKBridge experience. This, then, was a rout, right?

Uh, no. The NEKKIDs played well as a team and, as is our custom, the Cadets blew another lead in an exciting finish.
It was a fun match between OKBridge friends, marred only by connection problems for us. Wintaka got disconnected in the middle of a hand and was never able to return. We thank Myuen and Fireball for filling in on such short notice.

The comments that you see between the hands are intended for Kaltica's students. Please ignore them as you enjoy these records of the decisive hands in this match.
NEKKID	Space Cadets
Onedown	Kaltica
Elzorrof	Wintaka
Revdisc	Ksired
Srnkvist	RBrough
----	Fireball
----	Myuen
6	11
4	6
23	20
19	0
52	37
Most Instructive Hands
1st Section - Board 1
2nd Section - Board 1
2nd Section - Board 3
3rd Section - Board 4
3rd Section - Board 6
4th Section - Board 4

16:59 Pacific time, Aug 20, 1997
Results of Team Play

Summary of Results
------- -- -------

   Board    Kaltica's team          OneDown's team             Score
   -----    ----------------------  ----------------------     -----
  TB.IMP  1 4H     (S)   4 =   420, 4H     (S)  -1 =   -50,  10 IMPS
  TN.IMP  2 2S     (W)   2 =  -110, 2S     (W)   2 =  -110,   0 IMPS
  TN.IMP  3 6NT    (W)   6 = -1440, 6NT    (W)   6 = -1440,   0 IMPS
  TN.IMP  4 3H     (W)   3 =  -140, 4H     (W)  -1 =   100,  -6 IMPS
  TN.IMP  5 2S     (W)   2 =  -110, 1S     (W)   3 =  -140,   1 IMPS

   Total    Kaltica    11 IMPS,     OneDown     6 IMPS

Play records follow.

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IMPs            north                     TB.IMP Board 1
Dlr: North      Kaltica
Vul: None       S AQT65                   west     north    east     south
                H T9754                   revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D 5
                C 95                               pass     pass     1H
    west                   east           3C       4H       (all pass)
    revdisc                Srnkvist
    S 9                    S J842         Opening Lead: S9
    H 6                    H Q83          Result: +4
    D K832                 D AQ64         Score: 420,  IMPs:  10.00
    C AJT8763              C Q4           Playing time: 6:46
                south
                Wintaka
                S K73                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
                H AKJ2                    W S9  2  A-CT-H6 C6 C3 C7 C8 D3
                D JT97                    N  A-D5  5  9  4  5  7  5  Q-S6
                C K2                      E  4  A-CQ  4  3  8  Q  2  8  J
                                          S  3  7  K  2  J-HK-HA-SK-S7 H2

	South made a cute Diamond play off dummy here at trick 2.
	Note that East COULD give his partner a Spade ruff and
	COULD play a Club through Declarer's C-K2.  But he can't
	do both!  Now Wintaka has PLENTY of entries for the
	Heart finesse.  West's H-6 at trick 5 was a "time-saver".

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IMPs            north                     TB.IMP Board 1
Dlr: North      OneDown
Vul: None       S AQT65                   west     north    east     south
                H T9754                   Fireball OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D 5
                C 95                               pass     pass     1NT
    west                   east           X!       2C!      pass     2H
    Fireball               rbrough        3C       4H       (all pass)
    S 9                    S J842
    H 6                    H Q83          Opening Lead: S9
    D K832                 D AQ64         Result: -1
    C AJT8763              C Q4           Score: -50,  IMPs: -10.00
                south                     Playing time: 9:06
                elzorrof
                S K73                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
                H AKJ2                    W S9  6 C8 C3 C6  3  7  A
                D JT97                    N  T  4  5  A-SQ-D5  5
                C K2                      E  J  3  8  2  4  A-CQ-C4
                                          S  K-HA-HK-S7  3  7  2  K

	We have all heard the adage "Eight ever, nine never", 
	advising us to take a finesse with EIGHT trumps while
	eschewing it with nine.  Only the FIRST half of this
	old saw is correct.  With NINE trumps you should take
	the finesse whenever the opponents have bid rather
	aggressively, playing for the drop of the Qx only when
	the opponents have been strangely silent.  West's 3C
	bid over 2H is a clue that Hearts are NOT breaking 2-2
	here.  Play the Ace, go to dummy's Spades (which in
	itself will reveal the trump situation) and "hook"
	(i.e. finesse) in Hearts.
	
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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 4
Dlr: West       OneDown
Vul: Both       S KJT                     west     north    east     south
                H 54                      Fireball OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D QJT
                C QJT74                   1H       pass     3H       pass
    west                   east           4H       (all pass)
    Fireball               rbrough
    S AQ5                  S 843          Opening Lead: CQ
    H AQ973                H KT86         Result: -1
    D 8753                 D K            Score: 100,  IMPs:   6.00
    C 8                    C K9652        Playing time: 8:58
                south
                elzorrof
                S 9762                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
                H J2               W  8  5 H7-HA-D3  Q HQ-D7 H3-D8 S5
                D A9642            N CQ-DQ  4  4  T  K-CJ  J  7 H5  T-SJ
                C A3               E  2  K  5  6 H8-S3  K HT-C6 HK-C9
                                   S  3  A-CA  2  2  6 HJ  4 S2  6 D9

	Both East and West overbid on this one.  The good news is that
	West had no wasted values opposite East's singleton Diamond.
	The bad news is that West very few values at all! :)
	Still, if the Spade finesse had been ONSIDE 4H would have
	sailed home with careful play.  The opponents would do
	best to lead trumps (to leave Declarer with a loser Diamond).
	
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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 4
Dlr: West       Kaltica
Vul: Both       S KJT                     west     north    east     south
                H 54                      revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D QJT
                C QJT74                   1H       X        2H       2S
    west                   east           pass     pass     3H       (all p)
    revdisc                Srnkvist
    S AQ5                  S 843          Opening Lead: ST
    H AQ973                H KT86         Result: +3
    D 8753                 D K            Score: -140,  IMPs:  -6.00
    C 8                    C K9652        Playing time: 6:27
                south
                Wintaka
                S 9762                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
                H J2                      W  Q-C8  3  5  7 H9-D3 HA-D7
                D A9642                   N ST  7  5  Q  4  4  T  T  J
                C A3                      E  3  K  6-DK  K-C2 H8-C5 HT-S4
                                          S  2  A-H2  A-HJ  3  2 S6  4

	Here the opponents stopped "on a dime" in 3H, making 3H. 

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 5
Dlr: North      Kaltica
Vul: N-S        S Q83                     west     north    east     south
                H QJ7                     revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D QT3
                C K972                             pass     pass     pass
    west                   east           1S       pass     1NT      pass
    revdisc                Srnkvist       2S       (all pass)
    S KJT942               S 75
    H T2                   H K85          Opening Lead: HQ
    D AK6                  D J85          Result: +2
    C A5                   C JT863        Score: -110,  IMPs:   1.00
                south                     Playing time: 12:35
                Wintaka
                S A6              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13
                H A9643        W  2  T S2-SK-ST SJ-S9-S4-DA-DK-CA-C5  6
                D 9742         N HQ-HJ-H7  3  Q C2  8 C7  3  T  9  K-DQ
                C Q4           E  5  8  K  5  7 C3 C6 C8  5  8  T  J  J
                               S  3  4  A  6  A-H9 D4 D7  2  9  4  Q H6

	"Aces are meant to take Kings," is another well-worn truism.
	Here, though, South held up his Ace so that, when a second
	round was played, he could continue to "pump" declarer with
	Heart plays.  I erred in playing the S-Queen, obviously
	("2nd hand low" is another useful pointer!).  I should have
	stopped to envision what my partner was doing, and born in
	mind that Declarer would be unlikely to play with way
	with S-AKJ10xx.  
	The S-K was a good play, though, catering to a stiff S-Q.
	Revdisc must have learned when to play the Spade suit like 
	this in our last match. :)

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 5
Dlr: North      OneDown
Vul: N-S        S Q83                     west     north    east     south
                H QJ7                     Fireball OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D QT3
                C K972                             pass     pass     pass
    west                   east           1S       (all pass)
    Fireball               rbrough
    S KJT942               S 75           Opening Lead: HQ
    H T2                   H K85          Result: +3
    D AK6                  D J85          Score: -140,  IMPs:  -1.00
    C A5                   C JT863        Playing time: 5:23
                south
                elzorrof
                S A6                         1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
                H A9643                   W  2  T C5  T  A-D6  2 SK
                D 9742                    N HQ-HJ  7  Q-C2  3  3
                C Q4                      E  5  K  8-S5  J  J-S7
                                          S  9  A-H4  6  Q  4  A-H6

	South suffered from "amaurosis bridgitica" here.  She should
	play the boss H-9 at trick 3, felling dummy's singleton H-8.
	West took full advantage of this, tossing a "loser on a 
	loser" -- only to find out that the H-8 would be a winner!
	Such plays, you will note, will never lose and may, on such
	rare occasions, pay dividends. :)
 
Summary of Results
------- -- -------

   Board    Kaltica's team          OneDown's team             Score
   -----    ----------------------  ----------------------     -----
  TB.IMP  1 1NT    (S)  -1 =   -50, 4S     (N)  -1 =   -50,   0 IMPS
  TN.IMP  3 2S     (E)  -1 =   100, 2S     (E)   2 =  -110,   5 IMPS
  TN.IMP  4 2H     (N)   2 =   110, 1C     (W)  -2 =   200,  -3 IMPS
  TN.IMP  5 4H     (W)   5 =  -450, 4H     (E)   6 =  -480,   1 IMPS
  TN.IMP  6 3NT    (W)   5 =  -660, 3NT    (W)   4 =  -630,  -1 IMPS

   1st "Quarter"    Kaltica   11  IMPs,     OneDown     6 IMPs
   2nd "Quarter"    Kaltica    6  IMPS,     OneDown     4 IMPS
		
Play records follow.

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IMPs            north                     TB.IMP Board 1
Dlr: North      Kaltica
Vul: None       S AJ987                   west     north    east     south
                H 5                       revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D A42
                C KJ63                             1S       pass     1NT
    west                   east           (all pass)
    revdisc                Srnkvist
    S K4                   S QT2          Opening Lead: H7
    H AT874                H 963          Result: -1
    D KJ63                 D 875          Score: -50,  IMPs:   0.00
    C T7                   C A982         Playing time: 6:29
                south
                Wintaka
                S 653              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13
                H KQJ2          W H7  4  4  7  A-HT-H8-SK  T D3 D6 DJ  K
                D QT9           N  5  7 D2  J S8 C3 S9  A-C6  K-SJ D4  A
                C Q54           E  9  T-H6  A-H3 D8 D5  2  8  2  Q-C9-D7
                                S  Q-S3  J-C4  K  2 S5  6  Q-C5 D9 DT  Q
 
	The two auctions here center on HAND EVALUATION, which is at
	the heart of this game.  South's 1NT revealed that he knew
	hit hand was all but useless to declarer in a Spade contract.
	Since OUR 1S Openers are limited to 15 HCPs, his poorish
	10-count was not worth a game try.  
	And yet, with 23 HCPs, the hand did not make even ONE No 
	Trump!  South MIGHT have made his contract had he not switched
	horses in mid-stream.  Ducking a Spade at trick 4 to West's
	S-King may well have allowed him to scramble home 7 tricks.

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IMPs            north                     TB.IMP Board 1
Dlr: North      OneDown
Vul: None       S AJ987                   west     north    east     south
                H 5                       Fireball OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D A42
                C KJ63                             1S       pass     3S
    west                   east           pass     4S       (all pass)
    Fireball               rbrough
    S K4                   S QT2          Opening Lead: H9
    H AT874                H 963          Result: -1
    D KJ63                 D 875          Score: -50,  IMPs:   0.00
    C T7                   C A982         Playing time: 4:07
                south
                elzorrof
                S 653                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7
                H KQJ2                    W  A-H7  4  4  7  T  K
                D QT9                     N  5 D2 D4  7  3  6  A
                C Q54                     E H9  6  3  T-CA-C9  2
                                          S  J  Q-HK-S3  4  Q-S5

	With "express" (i.e. 4-3-3-3 type) distribution, NONE
	of her honours in Spades and NO Aces the South hand is
	NOT worth a limit raise to 3S.

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 3
Dlr: South      Kaltica
Vul: E-W        S 843                     west     north    east     south
                H JT75                    revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D AJ6
                C AKQ                                                pass
    west                   east           pass     1NT      X!       XX!
    revdisc                Srnkvist       2C       pass     2S       (all p)
    S A9                   S KQJT6
    H 842                  H Q63          Opening Lead: HK
    D Q4                   D KT5          Result: -1
    C JT7652               C 94           Score: 100,  IMPs:   5.00
                south                     Playing time: 7:37
                Wintaka
                S 752                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
                H AK9                     W  2  A-D4  Q  9-H4  8 C2 C5
                D 98732                   N  J  3  6  A-S4  7  T-H5  8
                C 83                      E  3  T  T-D5  6  Q  6 SJ-SK-SQ
                                          S HK-S5  3  2  7  A-H9 C8  2 C3

	When your partner leads a King you should, in general, show
	ATTITUDE.  Here, my H-J shows the H-10 but NOT the H-Q.  
	Wintaka duly switched and we were able to get our three
	Heart tricks.  Of course, had South held the H-KQ he
	would know that he could continue them without worrying
	about leading into, say, H-AJx.

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 3
Dlr: South      OneDown
Vul: E-W        S 843                     west     north    east     south
                H JT75                    ksired   OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D AJ6
                C AKQ                                                pass
    west                   east           pass     1NT      pass     pass
    ksired                 rbrough        2C       pass     2S       (all p)
    S A9                   S KQJT6
    H 842                  H Q63          Opening Lead: HA
    D Q4                   D KT5          Result: +2
    C JT7652               C 94           Score: -110,  IMPs:  -5.00
                south                     Playing time: 9:18
                elzorrof
                S 752                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7
                H AK9                     W  2  4  8  Q  A-D4 S9
                D 98732                   N  7  5  T  A-S3  6  J
                C 83                      E  6  3  Q-D5  6  K-DT
                                          S HA-HK-H9  2  2  3  7

	Generally speaking, the lead of an Ace should ask for COUNT,
	while the lead of a face-card should ask for ATTITUDE.  We  
	call this KATARACT:  "King ATTitute, Ace Requests A CounT."
	South would have done better to reserve the Ace for hands
	where she has LENGTH in Hearts, such that she might suspect
	partner might have a doubleton and be about to RUFF the
	3rd round of Hearts.  From H-AK9 only, the King is best,
	looing for the H-Q from partner.

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 4
Dlr: West       OneDown
Vul: Both       S A93                     west     north    east     south
                H T8763                   ksired   OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D KT4
                C KT                      1C       (all pass)
    west                   east
    ksired                 rbrough        Opening Lead: H6
    S QT86                 S J42          Result: -2
    H A2                   H Q94          Score: 200,  IMPs:   3.00
    D A62                  D Q853         Playing time: 5:32
    C A642                 C 975
                south
                elzorrof
                S K75            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13
                H KJ5         W  A-ST  2 C4-C2  6  Q-CA-C6  2 D6  A-S8
                D J97         N H6  3  3  7  K-SA-S9  T H8  K-HT-D4 DT
                C QJ83        E  Q  2  4  9  5  4  J  7  9  3 D5  8 DQ
                              S  K  K-HJ-H5  3  7  5  8  J-D9 D7  J CQ

	"1C?" KSired wondered aloud, "Geez, how did we get so high?" :)
	West should NOT give up control of Clubs by playing the C-A at
	trick 8.  Rather, he should attack Diamonds.  2 Diamonds, a
	Spade, a Heart and the Ace of Clubs is 5 tricks, and he's
	already scored a Heart ruff for 6 tricks.  It ain't a MAKE,
	but it's a PUSH! :)

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 4
Dlr: West       Kaltica
Vul: Both       S A93                     west     north    east     south
                H T8763                   revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D KT4
                C KT                      1C       pass     1D       pass
    west                   east           1S       2H       (all pass)
    revdisc                Srnkvist
    S QT86                 S J42          Opening Lead: C7
    H A2                   H Q94          Result: +2
    D A62                  D Q853         Score: 110,  IMPs:  -3.00
    C A642                 C 975          Playing time: 5:46
                south
                Wintaka
                S K75                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
                H KJ5                     W  A-C2  A-D2  6  2  4  A
                D J97                     N  T  K-H3  4  A-HT S3  T
                C QJ83                    E C7  9  4  Q-SJ  Q  5  3
                                          S  3  8  J  7  5  K-CQ-D9

	A PASS followed by a bid of a suit shows a good hand but a
	weak suit.  I certainly bought a nice dummy here!
	My H-10 at trick 6 catered to a 4-1 Heart split onside while
	not allowing West on lead -- in case there is a Club ruff.

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Summary of Results - 3rd "Quarter"
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   Board    OneDown's team          Kaltica's team             Score
   -----    ----------------------  ----------------------     -----
  TB.IMP  1 3C     (N)  -1 =   -50, 2H     (W)   2 =  -110,   2 IMPS
  TN.IMP  2 5D     (S)   6 =   620, 5D     (S)   6 =   620,   0 IMPS
  TN.IMP  3 3D     (W)   4 =  -130, 3NT    (W)   4 =  -630,  11 IMPS
  TN.IMP  4 2S     (S)   4 =   170, 3NT    (S)  -3 =  -300,  10 IMPS
  TN.IMP  5 5D     (N)   6 =   620, 4S-X   (E)  -4 =   800,  -5 IMPS
  TN.IMP  6 5C     (N)   5 =   400, 3NT    (N)   3 =   400,   0 IMPS
  TN.IMP  7 4S     (N)   5 =   650, 4S     (N)   5 =   650,   0 IMPS
  TN.IMP  8 3NT    (W)  -2 =   100, 1NT    (N)   1 =    90,   0 IMPS
  TN.IMP  9 4S     (S)  -1 =   -50, 1NT    (S)   2 =   120,  -5 IMPS
  TN.IMP 10 4S     (W)   4 =  -620, 2S     (W)   4 =  -170, -10 IMPS


   1st "Quarter"    Kaltica   11  IMPs,     OneDown     6 IMPs
   2nd "Quarter"    Kaltica    6  IMPS,     OneDown     4 IMPS
   3rd "Quarter"    Kaltica   20  IMPS,     OneDown    23 IMPS

Play records follow.

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IMPs            north                     TB.IMP Board 1
Dlr: North      OneDown
Vul: None       S Q3                      west     north    east     south
                H 762                     ksired   OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D A5
                C KJT742                           pass     pass     pass
    west                   east           2S       3C       (all pass)
    ksired                 rbrough
    S A87642               S 95           Opening Lead: S9
    H AT9                  H K853         Result: -1
    D 43                   D QJT82        Score: -50,  IMPs:   2.00
    C A8                   C Q3           Playing time: 7:11
                south
                elzorrof
                S KJT                        1  2  3  4  5
                H QJ4                     W  A-S8  A-S7  4
                D K976                    N  Q  3  2 H2  A
                C 965                     E S9  5  3 CQ-DQ
                                          S  T  J-C5  K  6

	When you open in 4th seat you MUST take a plus to justify
	your decision.  A weak 2-bid, then, becomes an intermediate
	(11-13 HCPs) 2-bid, warning partner NOT to make any 
	invitational moves even with 12 HCPs.  West, then, rates
	to get 4 Spades and two round suit Aces and hopes partner
	can contribute a couple of tricks too.

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IMPs            north                     TB.IMP Board 1
Dlr: North      Kaltica
Vul: None       S Q3                      west     north    east     south
                H 762                     revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D A5
                C KJT742                           pass     pass     pass
    west                   east           1S       2C       X!       pass
    revdisc                Srnkvist       2H       (all pass)
    S A87642               S 95
    H AT9                  H K853         Opening Lead: H2
    D 43                   D QJT82        Result: +2
    C A8                   C Q3           Score: -110,  IMPs:  -2.00
                south                     Playing time: 6:07
                Wintaka
                S KJT                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7
                H QJ4                     W  A-D3  T  8  4  A-H9
                D K976                    N H2  A-H7  K-D5  3  6
                C 965                     E  3  2  5  3  Q  5  K
                                          S  J  6  Q-C5  K-SJ  4

	South might have guessed to compete to 3C here, knowing that
	he can comfortably defend any THREE level contract.  But 
	what if that excites partner too much?  Will North, having
	heard 3C, not be tempted to bid 4C?
	The trick here is to have TWO ways of supporting an overcaller's
	suit:  the DEFENSIVE raise (warning partner not to go crazy)
	and the OFFENSIVE raise (saying that you WOULD like to compete
	later).  Unfortunately, standard bidding methods CANNOT make
	such a fine distinction.  But OUR "Canadian Club" methods DO!
	In OUR methods, partner could and should have bid 2NT to
	show scattered defensive values and support for my Clubs. 
	East may well have competed to 3H, down one. :(

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 3
Dlr: South      OneDown
Vul: E-W        S KQT85                   west     north    east     south
                H 3                       ksired   OneDown  Fireball elzorrof
                D T97
                C AT62                                               pass
    west                   east           1D       1S       X!       pass
    ksired                 Fireball       2NT      pass     3D       (all p)
    S A942                 S J763
    H AT                   H Q865         Opening Lead: H3
    D KQJ4                 D A8652        Result: +4
    C K85                  C              Score: -130,  IMPs:  11.00
                south                     Playing time: 5:27
                elzorrof
                S                            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
                H KJ9742                  W  A-DK-DQ-S4  J-HT  K D4-SA-S9
                D 3                       N H3  9  7  Q-DT S5  A C2  8  K
                C QJ9743                  E  5  2  5  6  6  6 D8-H8  3  7
                                          S  J  3 C3 H4 H2  K-CQ  9 C4 C7

	KSired found a very sensible pass of 3D here.  Remember
	that any rebid over your partner's jump to 2NT is 
	forcing ONLY WHEN THE OPPONENTS HAVE NOT INTERVENED.  If
	they HAVE intervened, only a new suit or a cuebid would
	be forcing.  Nice stop!

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 3
Dlr: South      Kaltica
Vul: E-W        S KQT85                   west     north    east     south
                H 3                       revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D T97
                C AT62                                               pass
    west                   east           1NT      2S       2NT!     pass
    revdisc                Srnkvist       3NT      (all pass)
    S A942                 S J763
    H AT                   H Q865         Opening Lead: SQ
    D KQJ4                 D A8652        Result: +4
    C K85                  C              Score: -630,  IMPs: -11.00
                south                     Playing time: 10:06
                Wintaka
                S                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13
                H KJ9742      W  A-DK  T-S2  A-DQ-DJ-D4 C5  9  4  8  K
                D 3           N SQ  7  3  8 DT  9 C2 C6 S5  T-SK-CA-CT
                C QJ9743      E  3  A-H5  J-H6  2  5  8-D6-S6  7 H8 HQ
                              S H2  3  4 C4  7 C3 C7 H9 HJ C9 HK  J  Q

	Here I made an impatient 2S bid and ended up paying full
	price for it.  Playing "McGuinty", 2S showed a 1-suited
	hand.  Instead of "burying" my Club suit in order to
	make it difficult for East to show a red suit, I should
	have DOUBLED to show a 2- or 3-suiter.  Only then could
	we find our Club fit.  4C would make our way.

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 4
Dlr: West       OneDown
Vul: Both       S T985                    west     north    east     south
                H QT2                     ksired   OneDown  Fireball elzorrof
                D Q9875
                C 7                       pass     pass     pass     1NT
    west                   east           pass     2C       pass     2S
    ksired                 Fireball       (all pass)
    S Q6                   S J72
    H K843                 H A95          Opening Lead: S6
    D T6                   D KJ           Result: +4
    C QJT64                C A9852        Score: 170,  IMPs:  10.00
                south                     Playing time: 6:29
                elzorrof
                S AK43                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
                H J76                     W S6  6  T  6  Q CQ H8 H3 C4
                D A432                    N  8  5  Q  7  5  9-D9-D8-D7
                C K3                      E  J  J  K-C2  2  7 C9 C5 H5
                                          S  K-DA-D2  K-SA-S3  4  3 H6

	OneDown used "Psychic Stayman" to arrive at the best spot
	here.  This is a very common practice.  With a shortness
	in Clubs and a very weak hand Responder bids 2C and PASSES
	whatever Opener bids.

            -------------------------------------------

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 4
Dlr: West       Kaltica
Vul: Both       S T985                    west     north    east     south
                H QT2                     revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D Q9875
                C 7                       pass     pass     1C       X
    west                   east           3C       3D       pass     3NT
    revdisc                Srnkvist       (all pass)
    S Q6                   S J72
    H K843                 H A95          Opening Lead: CQ
    D T6                   D KJ           Result: -3
    C QJT64                C A9852        Score: -300,  IMPs: -10.00
                south                     Playing time: 6:27
                Wintaka
                S AK43                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
                H J76                     W CQ  6  T  4  T-CJ-C6  3  K-H4
                D A432                    N  7  5  Q S5 S8 S9 H2  T  Q
                C K3                      E  2  J  K-CA-C5  8  9-HA-H5
                                          S  K-DA-D2  3 D3 S3 S4  6  7


	One would expect 16-21 HCPs and a double stopper in Clubs
	for a 3NT bid here.  With neither,  South should pass 3D.
	For his part, North could pass the pre-emptive 3C raise,
	but that might miss a part score (in 3D or 3S) even opposite
	South's mediocre hand.
	"But why not PASS 3C and wait for South to double again?"
	you might ask.  The answer is that 3D may make on a number
	of hands that partner would NOT re-open over 3D.  Furthermore,
	if South WERE to make a re-opening double when 3C were
	passed around to him how would I "catch up"?

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 5
Dlr: North      Kaltica
Vul: N-S        S T                       west     north    east     south
                H AKT                     revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist Wintaka
                D AT95
                C JT972                            1D       1S       2S
    west                   east           pass     3C!      3H       3S
    revdisc                Srnkvist       4S       pass     pass     X
    S J95                  S K87432       (all pass)
    H 9652                 H Q873
    D 82                   D J73          Opening Lead: DK
    C K865                 C              Result: -4
                south                     Score: 800,  IMPs:   5.00
                Wintaka                   Playing time: 36:12
                S AQ6
                H J4                         1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
                D KQ64                    W  2  8  5  9  J-H2 C5  5
                C AQ43                    N  5  A-ST C7 DT  A-D9  T
                                          E  3  7  K  2  3  3  J-H7
                                          S DK-DQ  A-SQ-S6  4  4  J-D6

	North's 3C bid was alerted ("Clubs may be longer than Diamonds").
	N-S strongly suspected that they had a minor suit slam here,
	but could not commit themselves to it over E-W's effective
	interference.  Both of Wintaka's cuebids showed a minor suit
	fit and slam interest.
	South's FIRST cuebid forced game while showing no interest
	in the other major (he could make a negative double first if
	he were).  Now, bearing in mind that our fit could ONLY be
	a MINOR suit fit, this means that I should--for the moment
	at least--concentrate on No Trump.  To play there, ONE of
	us must have a stopper in THEIR suit.  Since South isn't
	bidding NT, it would be incumbent upon me to bid NT if *I*
	had a Spade guard.  Hence, the "West Coast Cuebid" of 2S
	asks for a stopper in the enemy suit.
	South's SECOND Spade cuebid SHOWED a Spade stopper, since
	he could PASS 3H around to me to re-iterate his interest
	in a Spade guard.  Hence, 3S expressed interest in a 
	HEART stopper.

	Alas, during the play of this hand Wintaka's connection
	was lost and we never got him back. :(

            -------------------------------------------

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 5
Dlr: North      OneDown
Vul: N-S        S T                       west     north    east     south
                H AKT                     ksired   OneDown  Fireball elzorrof
                D AT95
                C JT972                            1D       2D       X
    west                   east           4H       X        pass     5D
    ksired                 Fireball       (all pass)
    S J95                  S K87432
    H 9652                 H Q873         Opening Lead: H8
    D 82                   D J73          Result: +6
    C K865                 C              Score: 620,  IMPs:  -5.00
                south                     Playing time: 6:40
                elzorrof
                S AQ6                        1  2  3  4  5
                H J4                      W  2  2  8 H5  K
                D KQ64                    N  T  5  9  A-CJ
                C AQ43                    E H8  3  7  J S2
                                          S  J-DQ-DK-D4  3

	Equally aggressive pre-emptive bidding by E-W made it 
	awkward for N-S to find 6D.  Remember:  South could
	not even count on her partner for a 4th Diamond!

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 6
Dlr: East       Kaltica
Vul: E-W        S                         west     north    east     south
                H AKT8                    revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist myuen
                D QT2
                C AQJ986                                    pass     pass
    west                   east           pass     1C       pass     1S
    revdisc                Srnkvist       pass     2H       pass     3D
    S KJT2                 S A8765        pass     3NT      (all pass)
    H J6                   H 7432
    D K643                 D J987         Opening Lead: S6
    C K75                  C              Result: +3
                south                     Score: 400,  IMPs:   0.00
                myuen                     Playing time: 7:22
                S Q943
                H Q95                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7
                D A5                      W  T-S2  K-SJ-HJ  5  7
                C T432                    N H8 D2 DT C6  T  8  9
                                          E S6  A-S7  5  4 S8 H2
                                          S  3  4  Q  9  Q-CT-C2

	MYuen later apologized for not bidding 4C over 3NT here,
	showing interest in 6C.  Note that 6C makes on the same
	Club finesse that I'm going to need to make 3NT?
	On defence, this is a GREAT hand for the "Rule of 11"
	(i.e. take the spot card led and subtract it from 11
	to find out how many cards higher than that are OUTSIDE
	the opening leader's hand).  There were (11 - 6 =) FIVE 
	cards higher than the S-6 outside the East hand.  With
	two (S-Q9) on the table and three (S-KJ10) in the West
	hand ALL OF THEM WERE ACCOUNTED FOR.  West should have
	DUCKED the S-6 with his S-2, confident that Declarer
	would NOT be able to win the trick.  Five rounds of 
	Spades later Declarer would be down one.

            -------------------------------------------

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 6
Dlr: East       OneDown
Vul: E-W        S                         west     north    east     south
                H AKT8                    ksired   OneDown  Fireball elzorrof
                D QT2
                C AQJ986                                    pass     pass
    west                   east           1S       X        2S       pass
    ksired                 Fireball       pass     3C       3S       pass
    S KJT2                 S A8765        pass     4C       pass     5C
    H J6                   H 7432         (all pass)
    D K643                 D J987
    C K75                  C              Opening Lead: SA
                south                     Result: +5
                elzorrof                  Score: 400,  IMPs:   0.00
                S Q943                    Playing time: 6:19
                H Q95
                D A5                         1  2  3  4  5
                C T432                    W  2  5  3  K-CK
                                          N C6-CA-D2  T
                                          E SA S5  9  7
                                          S  3  2  A-D5

	5C is a sensible contract here.  6C is slightly superior,
	though, in that in addition to the 50-50 Club finesse
	Declarer may, on a non-Diamond lead, pitch the D-5 on
	a good Heart and ruff 2 Diamonds whenever Clubs are 2-1.
	It is very hard to find 6C here, though, and 5C may be
	good enough for a swing if 3NT went down at our table.

==============================================================

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 9
Dlr: North      Kaltica
Vul: E-W        S Q652                    west     north    east     south
                H QJ                      revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist myuen
                D A952
                C T73                              pass     pass     1NT
    west                   east           (all pass)
    revdisc                Srnkvist
    S 43                   S AT7          Opening Lead: C6
    H 54                   H T9762        Result: +2
    D T863                 D QJ4          Score: 120,  IMPs:   5.00
    C AK962                C 54           Playing time: 3:27
                south
                myuen
                S KJ98                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7
                H AK83                    W C6  3  K-CA-C9-C2-D3
                D K7                      N  3  2  7  T D2 D5
                C QJ8                     E  5  A-C4 H7 S7 ST
                                          S  8-SJ  J  Q S8 H3
 

	9 HCPs opposite a 15-17 HCP 1NT are only worth a game try
	if Responder has some tens or a 5-card suit.  Here, North
	was unlucky to find his partner with a full 17 HCPs AND a
	fit for Spades AND a doubleton Diamond AND H-AKxx to
	benefit from the often-useless H-QJ doubleton.  N-S were
	fortunate, though, in that even with that, NO GAME MAKES
	because of the 5-2 Club break.  Whew! :)

            -------------------------------------------

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 9
Dlr: North      OneDown
Vul: E-W        S Q652                    west     north    east     south
                H QJ                      ksired   OneDown  Fireball elzorrof
                D A952
                C T73                              pass     pass     1NT
    west                   east           pass     2C       pass     2H
    ksired                 Fireball       pass     2NT      pass     4S
    S 43                   S AT7          (all pass)
    H 54                   H T9762
    D T863                 D QJ4          Opening Lead: CA
    C AK962                C 54           Result: -1
                south                     Score: -50,  IMPs:  -5.00
                elzorrof                  Playing time: 3:50
                S KJ98
                H AK83                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7
                D K7                      W CA-CK-C9  5  3  4  4
                C QJ8                     N  3  7  T  Q-S2  J-SQ
                                          E  5  4 S7-H2  A-H6  T
                                          S  8  J  Q  3  8  8  9

	Looking at the N-S hands only, 4S is a good contract that
	may have deserved a better fate.  Still, North's bidding
	was very aggressive.

=================================================================

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 10
Dlr: East       Kaltica
Vul: Both       S KJ                      west     north    east     south
                H Q95                     revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist myuen
                D QT982
                C 873                                       pass     1C
    west                   east           pass     1D       1NT!     pass
    revdisc                Srnkvist       2S       (all pass)
    S A864                 S Q9752
    H T6                   H AJ743        Opening Lead: C7
    D K53                  D J4           Result: +4
    C A542                 C T            Score: -170,  IMPs:  10.00
                south                     Playing time: 5:11
                myuen
                S T3                         1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
                H K82                     W  A-HT  A-H6  4  5  K-C2 S6
                D A76                     N C7  Q  J  5  K-DT  2  3  9
                C KQJ96                   E  T  A-S2  7  5  4  J S7-H3
                                          S  J  2  3  8-ST  A-D7  6  K

	Srnkvist made a good "Sandwich 1NT" overcall here, showing
	5-5 in the majors and a weak hand.  Had West held the H-K
	instead of the D-K he would have made a move towards 4S.
	With the Hearts 3-3 and the Spades 2-2, 4S is a very
	lucky make here.

            -------------------------------------------

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 10
Dlr: East       OneDown
Vul: Both       S KJ                      west     north    east     south
                H Q95                     ksired   OneDown  Fireball elzorrof
                D QT982
                C 873                                       pass     1C
    west                   east           pass     1NT      pass     2C
    ksired                 Fireball       pass     pass     X        pass
    S A864                 S Q9752        2S       3C       3S       pass
    H T6                   H AJ743        4S       (all pass)
    D K53                  D J4
    C A542                 C T            Opening Lead: C8
                south                     Result: +4
                elzorrof                  Score: -620,  IMPs: -10.00
                S T3                      Playing time: 6:02
                H K82
                D A76                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
                C KQJ96                   W  A-SA-S6  3  K-H6  T  2 S4
                                          N C8  J  K-D8  2  5  Q-C7  9
                                          E  T  2  7  4  J  A-H3 S5-H7
                                          S  J  3  T  A-D7  2  8  6  K

	With a flat 5-3-3-2 hand South should PASS the 1NT reply so
	as to preclude East from having another chance to bid.  West
	certainly won't have anything to say over 1NT here! 

======================================================================

Summary of Results
------- -- -------

   Board    Kaltica's team          OneDown's team             Score
   -----    ----------------------  ----------------------     -----
  TB.IMP  1 1NT    (E)   2 =  -120, 2S     (E)   2 =  -110,   0 IMPS
  TN.IMP  2 5D-X   (S)  -3 =  -800, 4H     (W)  -2 =   100, -14 IMPS
  TN.IMP  3 4H     (N)   4 =   420, 3NT    (N)   4 =   430,   0 IMPS
  TN.IMP  4 2H     (S)   2 =   110, 2H     (W)  -3 =   300,  -5 IMPS


   1st "Quarter"    Kaltica   11  IMPs,     OneDown     6 IMPs
   2nd "Quarter"    Kaltica    6  IMPS,     OneDown     4 IMPS
   3rd "Quarter"    Kaltica   20  IMPS,     OneDown    23 IMPS
   4th "Quarter"    Kaltica    0 IMPS,      OneDown    19 IMPS

   Grand Total:     Kaltica   37 IMPs,      OneDown    52 IMPs

Play records follow.

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IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 2
Dlr: East       OneDown
Vul: N-S        S T9654                   west     north    east     south
                H                         ksired   OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D 53
                C KQ9862                                    1S       2D
    west                   east           2H       X        3H       pass
    ksired                 rbrough        4H       (all pass)
    S J2                   S AQ873
    H KJ763                H T982         Opening Lead: D5
    D AJT2                 D 6            Result: -2
    C 73                   C A54          Score: 100,  IMPs:  14.00
                south                     Playing time: 7:47
                elzorrof
                S K                   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
                H AQ54             W  A-SJ  3  2  7 H6-D2  K-DT DJ  3
                D KQ9874           N D5  4  9  5  Q-CK  3 C2 C6  6 S9
                C JT               E  6  3  A-SA  4  5 H2-H8 H9-SQ  T
                                   S  Q  K-CJ H4-CT D7  4  5  8 HQ-HA-DK

	South's C-J at trick 3, along with the singleton S-K and
	4-0 trump break, doomed 4H here.

            -------------------------------------------

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 2
Dlr: East       Kaltica
Vul: N-S        S T9654                   west     north    east     south
                H                         revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist myuen
                D 53
                C KQ9862                                    pass     1D
    west                   east           1H       pass     4H       pass
    revdisc                Srnkvist       pass     4S       X        5D
    S J2                   S AQ873        X        (all pass)
    H KJ763                H T982
    D AJT2                 D 6            Opening Lead: HK
    C 73                   C A54          Result: -3
                south                     Score: -800,  IMPs: -14.00
                myuen                     Playing time: 7:46
                S K
                H AQ54                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
                D KQ9874                  W HK  3  A-SJ  7  2  T-H3  7 DJ
                C JT                      N D3-C2  5  4 C6 C8 C9 S5  Q-CK
                                          E  T  A-D6  A-H9 C4 C5  8 S3 S7
                                          S  4  J  Q  K  A-DK-D9  Q-CT H5

	North made two bad bids in a row here.  First, the PASS
	of 1H.  Much better would have been 2C.  Having chosen 
	to pass 1H, I then tried to recover with 4S.  I had hoped 
	to employ the Richter Rule (i.e. run from any double of 4S 
	that registers above 3.1 on the Richter scale) here.  I 
	could hear Srnkvist's double of 4S all the way from Sweden.  
	But before I could scamper off to 5C (itself another 
	bloodbath) South intervened with 5D.
 
======================================================================

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 3
Dlr: South      OneDown
Vul: E-W        S QJ4                     west     north    east     south
                H AK84                    ksired   OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D Q6
                C T843                                               1D
    west                   east           pass     1H       pass     2H
    ksired                 rbrough        pass     3NT      (all pass)
    S T952                 S AK87
    H QJ32                 H 7            Opening Lead: S8
    D J98                  D 7532         Result: +4
    C 65                   C K972         Score: 430,  IMPs:   0.00
                south                     Playing time: 5:39
                elzorrof
                S 63                         1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
                H T965                    W  5  5  8  6 H3  2  J  9  J
                D AKT4                    N  J-C3  Q-C4  8  A-HK-D6
                C AQJ                     E S8  7  2  2  9  7 D3  5
                                          S  3  J-D4  Q-CA-H5  6  A-DK

	A good contract well played.

            -------------------------------------------

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 3
Dlr: South      Kaltica
Vul: E-W        S QJ4                     west     north    east     south
                H AK84                    revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist myuen
                D Q6
                C T843                                               1D
    west                   east           pass     1H       X!       2H
    revdisc                Srnkvist       pass     2NT      pass     3C
    S T952                 S AK87         pass     3H       pass     4H
    H QJ32                 H 7            (all pass)
    D J98                  D 7532
    C 65                   C K972         Opening Lead: SA
                south                     Result: +4
                myuen                     Score: 420,  IMPs:   0.00
                S 63                      Playing time: 5:48
                H T965
                D AKT4                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
                C AQJ                     W  2  5  5  2  9  3  8  6  J
                                          N  4  J  3  A-D6  8-DQ-C4  K
                                          E SA-SK-C2  7  2 S7  3  7 S8
                                          S  3  6  J-H5  K-H6  4  Q-H9

	East's takeout double provided a clue that Hearts might be
	dividing 4-1 here.  Even without it, though, Declarer should
	play safe by finessing the second round of Hearts.  I can
	afford ONE Heart loser, but not two.  As soon as West showed
	in to the second round of trumps, then, the contract was
	secure.
 
========================================================================


IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 4
Dlr: West       OneDown
Vul: Both       S T3                      west     north    east     south
                H 865                     ksired   OneDown  rbrough  elzorrof
                D AJ732
                C AJ2                     1NT      2C!      pass     2D
    west                   east           2H       (all pass)
    ksired                 rbrough
    S AJ76                 S 952          Opening Lead: ST
    H AKJ3                 H T7           Result: -3
    D K98                  D QT654        Score: 300,  IMPs:   5.00
    C 83                   C T94          Playing time: 6:26
                south
                elzorrof
                S KQ84            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13
                H Q942         W  7  6-H3  A  9  K  8  3  8 HJ-HA-HK-SJ
                D              N ST  3  6 H5-DA-D2  J-CA-D3  2  8 D7 DJ
                C KQ765        E  2  5  T  9  5  4  4  9  6  T  7 DT DQ
                               S  Q-S4  Q-SK C7 H2-C5  6 H9-CK  4 CQ  8

	2D was, I believe, the "HELLO" convention, showing either
	Diamonds OR a major-minor 2-suiter.  South bravely bid 2D,
	hoping for the latter.  The saliva on the table was Rbrough's.

	When you've opened a defining bid such as 1NT (or 2NT or a
	pre-empt) you cannot bid again unless partner bids.  West's
	2H call was not what the doctor ordered here. :(

            -------------------------------------------

IMPs            north                     TN.IMP Board 4
Dlr: West       Kaltica
Vul: Both       S T3                      west     north    east     south
                H 865                     revdisc  Kaltica  Srnkvist myuen
                D AJ732
                C AJ2                     1NT      pass     pass     X
    west                   east           pass     pass     2D       pass
    revdisc                Srnkvist       pass     X        pass     2H
    S AJ76                 S 952          (all pass)
    H AKJ3                 H T7
    D K98                  D QT654        Opening Lead: D8
    C 83                   C T94          Result: +2
                south                     Score: 110,  IMPs:  -5.00
                myuen                     Playing time: 8:47
                S KQ84
                H Q942           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13
                D             W D8  3  9  8  K  K-HA-HJ-S6 S7 H3-SA-SJ
                C KQ765       N  2  A-D3  J-D7  5  6  8  T-C2 DJ  3 DA
                              E  4  4  5  9  T  7  T CT  5 D6 DQ  2  9
                              S H2-C5 H4-C6 H9-HQ C7 S4  8  Q-CK  Q  K

	Underscoring the inadvisability of KSired's 2H contract at
	the OTHER table, N-S made 2H here the other way!
	South played this hand brilliantly, "reversing" dummy by
	scoring THREE Diamond ruffs in his hand before forcing
	West to ruff Clubs and then forcing West to lead Spades
	around to his S-KQ84.  Very well done, Mike!
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