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Mark, Bob Shapley, Herb and I traveled to Chicago to try the Spingold.
We got trampled by a team from Ohio by 80 Imps. We were seeded 85th. and
they were 44th. The first 9 seeds received byes! We played 64 boards
and lost each quarter by approximately 20. 





west opens, get to 6D?


EAST		WEST		
xx		AKT9		
xxx		AKQ		
AKXXXXX		JT9		  
X		Jxx		  
			



Walt's team was eliminated in the round of 8 at the Spingold.
For complete coverage of the ACBL nationals in Chicago start at

Spingold results

Hands from Mark's game 04-08-98



Dlr: West		North:Mark Patton/ Herb Bisping
Vul.: Both		S: A Q T 7 6
IMPs	                H: A
          		D: K 4 3
			C: Q 6 5 3



			South:Lloyd Streng/ Ron Hedrick
			S: 8 5
			H: 5 4
			D: A J 7
			C: A K T 9 7 2


Construct auctions to arrive at 6C?




WEST		NORTH		EAST	       WEST

1h/3h           ?                               ?


A bidding problem?



After 1 NT (4th seat, white, 15-17);
What do you bid with:

AT7
JT74
J95
QT6

I decided to pass at IMPS! At the other table, my hand bid stayman
then 2NT/2D was raised to 3NT.
Do you change the range of 1NT in 4th seat?
W/o much history with partner, I thought he may have 14 and not a good 17.
I'd like to know if you/anyone has analyzed the percent of hands which make three with 24, 25, 26 hcps?
I have wanted to be at 3 with 24 for years now and "remember" that more than half have been successful. Is this a delusion? Bad defense?
Don't the odds (Vul 10-6; nvul 6-5) favor aggression then?
The hcp frequencies have to be considered as well as the odds that 2 NT will fail with 23. 


Analyze this auction:



	
			Bob Huss

Dlr: East	        S: K T 5 2
Vul.: Both	        H: A K J T 8
IMPs			D: 5
			C: K 3 2

        Mark Patton                     Lloyd Streng

	S: A 8				S: Q 7 3 2
	H: 3 2  			H: 6 5 4 
	D: K Q J T 3 2 			D: 9 8 7 6
	C: J T 7			C: A 4			


			Bob McCurdy

			S: J 9 6
			H: Q 9 7
			D: A 4
			C: Q 9 8 6 5



WEST		NORTH		EAST		SOUTH
				Pass		Pass
2D (1)		DBL (2)   	Pass (3)	2NT (4)
pass		3NT (5) 	Pass		Pass
Pass

(1) Isn't 1D better?
(2) Better than 2H?
(3) Why didn't E raise?
(4) Lebensohl?
(5) Why not 3H?

UNLUCKY at the Spingold


			NORTH

			S: QJ985
			H: KT5
			D: KJ3
			C: T3


	WEST				    EAST

	S: 743				    S: 2
	H: Q943				    H: A62		
	D: 2				    D: A987654
	C: K8764			    C: 52


			SOUTH

			S: AKT6
			H: J87
			D: QT
			C: AQJ9

WEST		NORTH		EAST		SOUTH
		Pass		2D		Dbl
Pass		4S       	Pass		Pass
Pass

TABLE 2
		Pass		3D		PASS!
Pass		Pass		

This good(?) contract did not make with DA lead, ruff, heart and
club King offside.


Key result from Mark's Game:


Board ?			S: J52
Dlr:  ? 		H: K9752
Vul:  ? 		D: Q9
			C: KQ5


	S:        			S: 
	H:                      	H: 
	D: AK864			D: J
	C: A				C: 


                        SOUTH

			S: A83
			H: AQ863
			D: T7532
			C: --      

                SOUTH
		1H		2D		4H
Pass		Pass       	Pass		

                Pass		1D		1H
1S		4H       	4S		Pass
Pass            5H              DBL             All pass

























Red vs. white; what's your call?




			S:  AKJ62
			H:  T3
			D:  84
			C:  754 

S:  QT987  				S:  54
H:  A864				H:  - 
D:  A3 					D:  KQT952 
C:  93 					C:  AQJT8

			WEST
			S:  3
			H:  KQJ9752 
			D:  J6
			C:  K62

WEST		NORTH		EAST		SOUTH
4H		Pass		Pass		?




















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