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11 tables Stindy recovered from a very slow start, losing the first two rounds and drawing the third. Elott had a perfect first round and finished 8-1; Ritold and Eubot were both 7-2. Mahn lost two rounds and then drew the next for another 6-2-1 record; Gerdra and Jamob were both 6-3. We made history this evening. For the first time since my games have been on BBO a table has passed out a whole round. Congratulations to Glynneth and Karleta. Board 2 had a grand slam, bid in the safe heart contract by Mayne and in no-trumps by Gerdra. Board 14 had a slam made by Mahn. Board 16 almost had every table defending a doubled contract in the same suit; ten declarers were set a total of 29 tricks in 1Sx or 2Sx. Board 18 had a rainbow hand on which only Mary made her contract, 1H W =. N-S 1 reztap+markblumen (John-Mark) 61.11 1 1 1.10 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 sreiners+Bluechip1 (Reiners) 57.22 2 2 0.77 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 Whippetmom+Robot (Sharbot) 56.39 3 0.55 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4/5 saintathan+cooksafari (Gareth-Lynn) 52.78 4 3 1 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4/5 hart4949+juh1 (Jeff-Kevin) 52.78 4 3 0.30 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Mikeofma+wlubin (Mike-Wayne) 51.39 6 5 2C awolas+hwolas (Wolases) 49.72 7 6 2 0.22 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs farmbrook9+Jrolnick (Rolnicks) 46.94 8 7 3 tassie9+bridgemumu (Lin-Tas) 42.78 9 toygal1223+Robot (Diabot) 41.39 10 pmgoggin+Eunicemay (Eunice-Pam) 37.50 11 8 4 E-W 1 adamreith+cindim (Steve-Cindy) 62.78 1 1.10 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 scott g+abbiejill (Scott-Elizabeth) 62.22 2 0.77 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 Hmtax+mhjh (Rita-Harold) 61.67 3 1 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 EugenieSu+Robot (Eubot) 57.22 4 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2B jsilvers18+bob0607 (Jamie-Bob) 50.28 5 2 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B LaTyson+BHpartner (Leigh Ann-Henry) 48.61 6 3 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C nancyram+pixymary )Nancy-Mary) 46.67 7 4 1 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2C gra415+marnold00 (Martin-Judy) 42.22 8 5 2 0.22 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs ericf9+wefri (Freidens) 40.28 9 6 3 chaceo+Robot (Owbot) 40.28 9 99karlene+breta1066 (Karlene-Breta) 37.78 11 7 4

11 tables Jevin went 7-1-1, drawing with Pharah in round five and losing to Leighry in the first round. Jonj went an undefeated 8-0-1 with only a draw with Keianne. Boric and Loubot were both 7-2. Keianne drew three of the first four rounds and finished 5-1-3, losing only to Pharah. Randi had a perfect fourth round of two tops. We began with a bang, a good grand slam that showed the difficulties attached to the auction 1H-1S; 3H (recall last week how Bill responded 2C to be able to show support with 3H in a forcing auction, after which he and Jeff Goldman had room to reach their slam). This time responder was sure of 6H but had insufficient room after the 3H jump rebid to show heart support and find the needed singleton spade to make 7H. The grand slam was bid by Leighry and Jerik. Jerik had the advantage of the 1C opening bid; Jim already knew only one king was missing. There were six hands with contracts all in one suit - four of them hearts. Board 8 had a slam on which West held ---- AKQJ85 54 AKQ98 as dealer; slam was a clear but not overwhelming favourite, reached only three times and each time by blasting. Then on Board 9 West held the one-suited monster A9 A8 7 AKQ98753 and had the problem of trying to find KQx in a major; nobody could. Bill's Robot partner did particularly badly on the hand. After that N-S had a close slam on Board 11 that was nearly impossible to find and might have failed anyway. N-S 1 hart4949+juh1 (Jeff-Kevin) 69.44 1 1.10 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 luluwo+Robot (Loubot) 60.56 2 0.77 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 kbsteele20+razzelie1 (Dianne-Ken) 60.28 3 1 0.64 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 pjproulx+stiegler (Don-Paul) 58.06 4 2 0.45 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B Bettymelbo+mimi1579 (Betty-Marie) 51.11 5 3 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs bluechip1+larry3ps (Gernot-Larry) 46.94 6 4 daisymay23+jjm40 (Gloria-Jatin) 46.39 7 1C steve grod+hvoegeli (Hank-Steve) 42.78 8 5 1 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2C Marnad+shoozmom (Judy-Marcia) 42.50 9 6 2 0.22 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs peachhill+wilbank3 (Peach-Sally) 40.28 10 7 3 jglatt+Angel436 (Jody-Yvonne) 31.67 11 8 4 E-W 1 sportx+njtfrsco (NJ-John) 62.22 1 1 1.10 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 bob0607+ericf9 (Eric-Bob) 61.11 2 2 1 0.77 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 rademr+sandid (DeMartinos) 60.83 3 0.55 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 sarahzc+phylbb (Sarah-Phyllis) 54.44 4 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B LaTyson+BHpartner (Leigh Ann-Henry) 51.39 5 3 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2C juebelacke+erikrose (Jim-Erik) 47.50 6 4 2 0.22 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs saintathan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 44.44 7 5 3 connieg12+cjhm (Connie-Cindy) 44.44 7 emontell+pkhart (Phyllis-Eileen) 43.89 9 6 ruflrabbit+Robot (Rabbot) 43.33 10 grynbryn+lepraz (Steve-Francine) 36.39 11 7 4

8 tables Jevin and Jamob both won the first four rounds, lost the fifth and then drew each other in the last round to finish 4-1-1; the other pairs to place all finished 4-2. Mahn recovered from the slowest start. No slams were bid; twelve tricks could be forced on Board 17 but on only 26 HCP combined and needing two finesses. Boards 7, 14 and 18 all had at least a total of 17 undertricks. Five tables played 3Hx on Board 14, but the top score on the board went to defending 4Sx -5. Kevin made 3NTx on Board 11. N-S 1 hart4949+juh1 Jeff-Kevin) 66.27 1 1 0.80 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 chaceo+Robot (Owbot) 57.14 2 2 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 99karlene+breta1066 (Breta-Karlene) 52.38 3 3 1 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Marnold00+gra415 (Judy-Martin) 51.19 4 4 2 scholer+syb3nan (Nancy-Susan) 50.00 5 5 LaTyson+canborne (Henry-Leigh Ann) 46.43 6 Teresa RG+PepMac (Mjuse-Teresa) 43.65 7 farmbrook9+Jrolnick (Rolnicks) 32.94 8 6 3 E-W 1 reztap+markblumen (Mark-John) 62.30 1 1 0.80 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 Bluechip1+franki2013 (Gernot-Frank) 59.92 2 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 jsilvers18+bob0607 (Jamie-Bob) 58.73 3 2 1 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs scott g+abbiejill (Scott-Elizabeth) 47.22 4 3 hmtax+Robot (Harbot) 46.43 5 marcgell+toygal1223 (Marcia-Diane) 46.03 6 4 2 luluwo+Robot (Loubot) 39.68 7 saintathan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 39.68 7 5 3

Hello, all! An Amherst student I've been mentoring is looking for partners for Saturday and Sunday in Orange (499ers or Open Teams). She's a newer player but is coming along quickly. If you might be interested or know someone who might be interested, please let me know! Hope you're all doing great! CHeers, Bill

13 tables Only five pairs won more than five rounds. Jill had the best record of 7-1-1. They had bad luck on Board 1 when they were the only pair who got doubled in 4S and made an unlucky opening lead on Board 6. Paun and Ritold went 7-2, Paun taking the lead into the last round but losing to Pheileen; Riotld lost rounds in the middle of the game to Paun and Liarry. Louff also went 7-2, losing only to Paun and Keianne. Geoel had the early lead but lost the last four rounds; Randi were 6-0-1 after seven rounds but lost the last two. There were two boards with many passouts and multiple slams, as well as a couple of battles of the majors. Board 8 had what looked like at least a decent slam for either side, although neither slam made. Board 9 had a fine slam bid four times and made thrice; slam on Board 11 was nearly equally good, bid and made four times. Board 15 had a choice of three slams - one was hopeless, one was good and making; the one chosen made with the helpful lead of an ace. Barry bid and made a toss-up slam on Board 18. Board 5 had the more popular passout; it was opened only three times, with one North and two Easts opening 1D on a balanced and a flat eleven-count. Board 17 was passed out only four times; six Wests opened an eleven-count with doubletons in both majors and three Souths opened 1S in third seat on 9 HCP but a suit headed by the nine - pre-emption over lead direction. N-S 1 jeff_ct+ruflrabbit (Bill-Jeff) 64.81 1 1.30 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 Hmtax+mhjh (Harold-Rita) 59.49 2 1 0.91 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 joelkrug+jake33 (Geof-Joel) 59.03 3 0.65 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 rademr+sandid (DeMartinos) 53.24 4 0.46 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 Slambino+luluwo (Geoff-Louise) 51.39 5 2 0.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B emontell+pkhart (Eileen-Phyllis) 50.69 6 3 0.36 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4B TigersX3+njtfrsco (Linda-NJ) 49.77 7 4 0.25 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C Steve Grod+hvoegeli (Hank-Steve) 49.31 8 5 1 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs sarahzc+phylbb (Phyllis-Sarah) 47.22 9 2C peachhill+wilbank3 (Peach-Sally) 44.91 10 6 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs juebelacke+erikrose (Erik-Jim) 43.75 11 7 3 ebevp+phoebeedw (Elizabeth-Phoebe) 38.66 12 8 4 Hbana+gdlevinson (George-Hank) 37.73 13 9 5 E-W 1 pjproulx+stiegler (Paul-Don) 63.19 1 1.30 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 saintathan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 54.63 2 1 1 0.91 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 Liang Fan+LMG1953 (Liang-Larry) 54.40 3 2 0.65 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 ikaps+Robot (Ibot) 54.17 4 0.46 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 brole+vicanna (Vicki-Nadine) 52.78 5 3 2 0.36 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs wbartley+maxandivan (Larry-Bill) 52.31 6 connieg12+cjhm (Connie-Cindy) 51.85 7 4B kbsteele20+Razzelie1 (Ken-Dianne) 51.85 7 4 0.25 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Bob0607+ericf9 (Eric-Bob) 48.38 9 5 bluechip1+larry3ps (Larry-Gernot) 47.69 10 6 nancyram+pixymary(Nancy-Mary) 43.98 11 7 3 LaTyson+BHpartner (Leigh Ann-Henry) 40.05 12 8 Marnad+shoozmom (Marcia-Judy) 34.72 13 9 4

8 tables Both directional winners had only a 3-2-1 round record, drawing with each other in the first round and losing the last round with one other loss as well. Mahn compensated with five tops on Boards 3-4 and then 11-13. Stindy were the only pair to finish 5-1, losing only to Nary. Karleta, Javin and Miyne all went 4-2, respectively losing the first two, middle two and last two rounds. Board 15 had five passouts and Board 3 one. The one slam bid was a little below par, with three finesses and needing 3-2 trumps, but the finesses all worked, rewarding Miyne in 6C +1. The same board had a possible squeeze position if declarer could guess which squeeze to try. There were numerous doubles but no penalties of more than -3, and that was a successful non-vulnerable sacrifice against a vulnerable game. N-S 1 luluwo+Robot (Loubot) 55.95 1 0.80 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 hart4949+juh1 (Jeff-Kevin) 54.37 2 1 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 wlubin+mikeofma (Mike-Wayne) 52.38 3 2 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C 99karlene+breta1066 (Breta-Karlene) 51.98 4 3 1 0.24 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs chaceo+Robot (Owbot) 50.79 5 nancyram+pixymary (Mary-Nancy) 46.83 6 4 2 farmbrook9+Jrolnick (Rolnicks) 44.44 7 5 3 scott g+abbiejill (Elizabeth-Scott) 43.25 8 6 E-W 1 reztap+markblumen (Mark-John) 58.73 1 1 0.80 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 adamreith+cindim (Steve-Cindy) 57.14 2 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 EugenieSu+Robot (Eubot) 55.16 3 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs jflomaha2+Robot (Jimbot) 52.38 4 2B Hmtax+mhjh (Rita-Harold) 50.00 5 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C jsilvers18+bob0607 (Jamie-Bob) 46.83 6 3 1 0.24 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs LaTyson+BHpartner (Leigh Ann-Henry) 41.27 7 4 2 SaintAthan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 38.49 8 5 3

14 tables Jorry and Ritty, the two top pairs, drew their head-to-head round in round four, then both lost rounds six and nine. Carthurl also went 6-2-1; Paun were the only pair to win seven rounds (losing round seven to Pally and drawing round nine with Vioebe) while everyone else in the top nine finished 6-3. There was a making slam on Board 1 but declarer got overcareful and lost control of the hand at the only table where it was bid. The game ended without any slam bid and made. Board 11 was passed out at most tables but two pairs bid and made game. There were only three doubled contracts out of 252 auctions, two on Board 6 and one on Board 18. N-S 1 jdclark441+larry3ps (Jonathan-Larry) 62.82 1 1 1.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 tracy61643+h0wardc0he (Howrd-Tracy) 59.83 2 2 1 0.98 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 sarahzc+Razzelie1 (Dianne-Sarah) 57.91 3 0.70 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 connieg12+cjhm (Cindy-Connie) 54.49 4 0.49 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 juebelacke+erikrose (Erik-Jim) 54.27 5 3 2 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 6 codycat12+phoebeedw (Phoebe-Vicki) 50.64 6 4 3 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs emontell+pkhart (Eileen-Phyllis) 48.93 7 5 steve grod+hvoegeli (Hank-Steve) 48.72 8 6 4 Santo1969+Robot (Larbot) 47.22 9 Bob0607+ericf9 (Bob-Eric) 47.01 10 7 Bettymelbo+mimi1579 (Betty-Marie) 44.23 11 8 LaTyson+BHpartner (Henry-Leigh Ann) 43.80 12 9 lindabk+Robot (Linbot) 43.38 13 peachhill+wilbank3 (Peach-Sally) 36.75 14 10 5 E-W 1 usabhy+Richard65 (Richard-Betty) 61.11 1 1.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 sandid+rademr (DeMartinos) 58.12 2 0.98 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 kbsteele20+AlysH (Ken-Alice) 56.62 3 1 0.72 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 BananaANH+budd123 (Carl-Arthur) 55.77 4 2 0.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 pjproulx+stiegler (Paul-Don) 54.49 5 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 6 nancyram+pixymary (Nancy-Mary) 54.06 6 3 1 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4B Hbana+gdlevinson (Hank-George) 52.35 7 4 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Hmtax+mhjh (Rita-Harold) 50.00 8 5 GBrandl+swanstar (Gene-Del) 49.57 9 Ray Nance+3spence (Ray-Arden) 47.86 10 6 3 TigersX3+njtfrsco (NJ-Linda) 46.79 11 7 Ked55+phspitz (Peter-Karen) 39.74 12 8 4 shoozmom+marnad (Marcia-Judy) 36.97 13 9 5 daisymay23+jjm40 (Jatin-Gloria) 36.54 14

9 tables Stindy and Leighry both finished 7-1-1, Stindy losing to Lorin and drawing Leobot while Leighry lost to Myrne and drew Karleta. Luan, our substitute pair, lost to the top three E-W pairs but won their other six rounds. No other pair did better than 5-4 in rounds. Board 4 had seven doubled contracts. Board 7 had a slam that should have been played in hearts but two declarers made 6NT. The slam on Board 15 was similar; 6D made in a breeze but two pairs had a layout that allowed 6NT to make by force as well. Stindy had the top penalty of +1400 on Board 17. N-S 1 buckeyentx+bree leant (Joan-Lulu) 63.19 1 0.90 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 Hmtax+mhjh (Harold-Rita) 54.17 2 1 0.63 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 abarnes+MHSunshine (Anne-Myrtle) 53.82 3 2 0.45 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 htosa+laft2019 (Howard-Laura) 53.12 4 3 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C nancyram+pixymary (Mary-Nancy) 49.31 5 4 1 0.24 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs lordecor+bridgemumu (Lin-Loretta) 46.18 6 5 2 leohemker4+Robot (Leobot) 45.49 7 99karlene+breta1066 (Breta-Karlene) 43.06 8 6 3 toygal1223+Robot (Diabot) 41.67 9 E-W 1 Adamreith+cindim (Steve-Cindy) 69.79 1 0.90 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 Bhpartner+LaTyson (Leigh Ann-Henry) 62.15 2 1 0.63 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 hart4949+juh1 (Kevin-Jeff) 59.03 3 2 0.45 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 SaintAthan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 50.00 4 3 1 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs DorothyWic+Robot (Dorbot) 49.65 5 scott g+abbiejill (Scott-Elizabeth) 46.88 6 jsilvers18+bob0607 (Jamie-Bob) 42.36 7 4 2 reztap+markblumen (Mark-John) 35.42 8 5 ericf9+wefri (Freidens) 34.72 9 6 3

12 tables Jeter were the only pair to win seven rounds, losing only to Glotin and Carthurl, but the last-round lost to Carthurl let Boric slip into first overall. Boric, Glotin. Gel, Keianne and Paun all won six rounds. Pharah had the best start, winning the first four rounds; Leighry recovered best from a slow start. Close slams were bid and made on Boards 3, 8 and 10, the one on Board 3 being a close grand slam. The slam on Board 8 had the prettiest position. Two procedural points arose worth mentioning. One is to remind players that in Robot-human partnerships the Robot will explain all the calls for both players; it is important to remember to take explanations of the human's bids as what the robot expects and not necessarily indicative of what the player holds or intended the bid to mean. One player based a competitive overcall on a Robot's explanation and finished with a bottom score. The other incident came when someone had a senior moment or perhaps misread the auction, responding 2D to 1NT and, when asked, giving a not very coherent explanation. I was able to explain to the next opponent that the bid was supposed to be a transfer and that that was what was on the pair's card. I cannot do much more. Players are entitled to know their opponents' agreements and not their hands. Complainer wanted to bid 2H (which ought not to have been useful, as surely that should be for takeout) but I could not give th nudge to which complainer felt entitled. N-S 1 stjk1+piggycoco (Jessica-Peter) 59.85 1 1.20 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 gbrandl+swanstar (Del-Gene) 55.05 2 1 0.84 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 razzelie1+kbsteele20 (Dianne-Ken) 53.79 3 2 0.60 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 maxandivan+Robot (Larbot 2) 53.28 4 0.42 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 pjproulx+stiegler (Don-Paul) 52.78 5 0.24 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B LaTyson+BHpartner (Henry-Leigh Ann) 50.51 6 3 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Mhsunshine+Merrybaz (Mary-Myrtle) 49.49 7 4 cjhm+Robot (Cinbot) 48.74 8 1C peachhill+wilbank3 (Peach-Sally) 46.46 9 5 1 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2C h0wardc0he+tracy61643 (Howard-Tracy) 46.21 10 6 2 0.22 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs saintathan+cooksafari (Gareth-Lynn) 43.69 11 7 3 Hbana+gdlevinson (George-Hank) 40.15 12 8 4 E-W 1 Bob0607+ericf9 (Eric-Bob) 62.12 1 1 1.20 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 daisymay23+jjm40 (Jatin-Gloria) 56.31 2 0.84 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3/4 sarahzc+phylbb (Sarah-Phyllis) 52.53 3 0.51 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3/4 larry3ps+Robot (Larbot 1) 52.53 3 0.51 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 steve grod+hvoegeli (Steve-Hank) 51.52 5 2 1 0.45 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B Ikaps+luluwo (Louise-Irene) 49.75 6 3 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs BananaANH+budd123 *Carl-Arthur) 48.74 7 4 2C juebelacke+erikrose (Jim-Erik) 48.74 7 4 2 0.22 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Bettymelbo+mimi1579 (Marie-Betty) 47.22 9 6 svg725+beckymc123 (Susan-Becky) 46.72 10 7 3 Marnad+shoozmom (Marcia-Judy) 45.20 11 8 4 CAL040565+sandid (Sandi-Cindy) 38.64 12

8 tables Harbot just missed a clean sheet when losing the final round to Glynneth. Jamob also went 5-1, losing only to Anbot in round five. Glynneth, Anbot and Livbot went 4-2. Harbot and Wendric were the only pairs in small slam on Board 7, which turned out to be a good grand slam. Habot were the only pair in the good 6D on Board 12. Board 8 was the toughie, as both North and South had a void in a minor opposite AK in one suit and AQ in the other, the huge duplication killing off the slam. Boards 2 and 3 in the first round combined for 37 undertricks, while the other sixteen boards had a total of only 38. N-S 1 hmtax+Robot (Harbot) 70.63 1 0.80 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 Bhpartner+LaTyson (Henry-Leigh Ann) 57.54 2 1 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 ericf9+wefri (Friedens) 54.37 3 2 1 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs aceso+Robot (Anbot) 52.38 4 scott g+abbiejill (Elizabeth-Scott) 46.43 5 3 farmbrook9+Jrolnick (Rolnicks) 45.24 6 4 2 abarnes+MHSunshine (Anne-Myrtle) 41.67 7 5 99karlene+breta1066 (Breta-Karlene) 31.75 8 6 3 E-W 1 saintathan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 57.54 1 1 1 0.80 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 jsilvers18+bob0607 (Jamie-Bob) 55.95 2 2 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3/4 shum_t+Robot (Geobot) 52.38 3 0.34 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3/4 originalro+Robot (Livbot) 52.38 3 0.34 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs omadegroot+Robot (Gerbot) 49.21 5 reztap+markblumen (Mark-John) 45.63 6 3 kenshaf+reneestrat (Renee-Ken) 44.84 7 4 2 marcgell+toygal1223 (Marcia-Diane) 42.06 8 5 3

10 tables The top five pairs all lost two rounds. Conndy lost to Pharah and Troward, Geoel to Jerbot and Heve, Jerbot to Jurcia and Jorry, Troward to Carthurl and Geoel, and Pharah to Nary and Glynneth. Boric and Jorry both withstood losing four consecutive rounds but finished above average; Jerik won six rounds but were just below average. There were some interesting playing hands. Board 3 had the short side of a suit combination, Board 12 had an interesting squeeze and Board 9 an interesting example of control. There was an adjusted score on Board 8 due to an explanation of a bid that I thought was intended properly but which misled the opponents. It was both a good and a bad day for penalty doubles; three doubled contracts made, but Phoebot scored +1400 on Board 11 and Jerbot +1100 on Board 12. N-S 1 jfenney+Robot (Jerbot) 61.42 1 1.00 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 h0wardc0he+tracy61643 (Howard-Tracy) 60.80 2 1 1 0.70 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 sarahzc+phylbb (Phyllis-Sarah) 59.81 3 0.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 Bob0607+ericf9 (Bob-Eric) 52.82 4 2 2 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B juebelacke+erikrose (Erik-Jim) 49.96 5 3 3 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs luluwo+slambino (Geoff-Louise) 47.18 6 4 razzelie1+kbsteele20 (Dianne-Ken) 46.30 7 5 steve grod+hvoegeli (Hank-Steve) 45.06 8 6 4 phoebeedw+Robot (Phoebot) 42.32 9 purplexdf+shum_t (Al-George) 34.88 10 7 E-W 1 connieg12+cjhm (Connie-Cindy) 63.27 1 1.00 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 joelkrug+jake33 (Joel-Geof) 61.73 2 0.70 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 daisymay23+jjm40 (Jatin-Gloria) 54.26 3 0.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 larry3ps+Jdclark441 (Larry-Jonathan) 52.20 4 1 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2B BananaANH+budd123 (Carl-Arthur) 49.38 5 2 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C saintathan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 47.88 6 3 1 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Bettymelbo+mimi1579 (Marie-Betty) 45.99 7 4 player1771+cliffw50 (Deborah-Clifford) 45.64 8 5 nancyram+pixymary (Nancy-Mary) 42.55 9 6 2 Marnad+shoozmom (Marcia-Judy) 37.65 10 7 3

I meant to post about this earlier but things have been hectic. We are looking for players to field some teams for an International Interclub Friendly against an English bridge club called Tyler Hill on Monday 12 February (afternoon our time, evening theirs. It would run about the same length as a usual online game and be quite free.) I was contacted by their manager a while back; they've had these matches before with American clubs. I can make up teams or partnerships for interested players. If people could let me know within a week or so it would be appreciated.

5 tables Jamob and Pauise got off to fast start, but both were knocked back by Ritold and Wendric in round 4. Ritold pulled farther ahead, and Jevin overcam a slow start to move into second until round eight, when Wendric made a late push to cut Ritold's winning margin to half a board. Pauise just nudged in front of Jevin for third. Glynneth rallied from a slow start to finish above average. The exciting hand of the game came on Board 16, when Bob made 4Sxx W. One slam was bid but had no chance of making. 1 Hmtax+mhjh (Harold-Rita) 63.89 1 1.00 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 ericf9+wefri (Friedens) 61.11 2 1 1 0.70 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 luluwo+pbj1956 (Louise-Paul) 56.94 3 2 0.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 hart4949+juh1 (Jeff-Kevin) 55.56 4 0.35 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B saintathan+cooksafari (Gareth-Lynn) 51.39 5 3 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs jsilvers18+bob0607 (Bob-Jamie) 49.31 6 4 marcgell+toygal1223 (Diane-Marcia) 43.06 7 5 3 nancyram+pixymary (Mary-Nancy) 41.67 8 6 omadegroot+Robot (Gerbot) 40.28 9 99karlene+breta1066 (Breta-Karlene) 36.81 10 7 4

13 tables Conndy were the only pair to win seven rounds. They were unlucky not to win an eighth, being the only pair in slam on Board 6. Pheileen were 6-2-1, while 6-3 records were posted by Jerik, Jenky, Geoel, Matty and Paun. Bota and Leighry boh recovered from losing four of the first five rounds, Paun from losing three of the first four. Although we did not have any hands on which everyone was in the same contract, there with six hands on which all the tables played in the same denomination. There were numerous slams - a toss-up on Board 5, good slams on Board 6 and 8 and a cold slam on Board 9 on which Troward and Heve bid and made a lucky 7NT. Two significant glitches occurred. One North opened 1S instead of 1H on Board 1 and came away with a huge top board worthy of a Victor Mollo story. On Board 15 a player disconnected long enough to be replaced by a robot for two calls in the auction. One of the robot's calls seemed to be not what the pair would have done. I reseated the player during the auction and pointed out which two calls the robot had made but the pair still finished with a sub-optimal result. What was commendable was that neither pair to emerge with a poor score on the board complained. N-S 1 connieg12+cjhm (Cindy-Connie) 61.81 1 1.30 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 juebelacke+erikrose (Erik-Jim) 58.10 2 1 1 0.91 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 jeanmar+raman13 (Jean-Venky) 57.41 3 2 2 0.65 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 Bob0607+mhjh (Bob-Rita) 54.63 4 3 0.46 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 saintathan+cooksafari (Gareth-Lynn) 52.55 5 4 3 0.26 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs ruflrabbit+Robot (Rabbot) 50.69 6 LaTyson+BHpartner (Henry-Leigh Ann) 50.46 7 5 sarahzc+phylbb (Phyllis-Sarah) 50.46 7 razzelie1+kbsteele20 (Dianne-Ken) 49.54 9 6 nowos+Robot (Marbot) 45.37 10 Slambino+luluwo (Geoff-Louise) 43.98 11 7 ruleste+larry3ps (Larry-Ruth) 41.67 12 8 4 shoozmom+marnad (Judy-Marcia) 33.33 13 9 5 E-W 1 emontell+pkhart (Phyllis-Eileen) 61.11 1 1 1.30 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 maxandivan+Robot (Larbot) 58.33 2 0.91 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 joelkrug+jake33 (Joel-Geof) 53.70 3 0.65 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 steve grod+hvoegeli (Steve-Hank) 53.47 4 2 1 0.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 Bettymelbo+mimi1579 (Marie-Betty) 50.23 5 3 0.36 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4B pjproulx+stiegler (Paul-Don) 50.00 6 4 0.25 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2C h0wardc0he+tracy61643 (Tracy-Howard) 49.54 7 5 2 0.22 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs player1771+cliffw50 (Deborah-Cliff) 49.07 8 6 daisymay23+jjm40 (Jatin-Gloria) 48.15 9 rademr+sandid (DeMartinos) 47.92 10 TigersX3+njtfrsco (NJ-Linda) 47.92 10 7 peachhill+wilbank3 (Sally-Peach) 40.51 12 8 3 Phoebeedw+codycat12 (Vicki-Phoebe) 40.05 13 9 4

A large number of current or former players made the state's top five in their masterpoint categories; congratulations to the Rolnicks, Donna Gagliardi, Susan Smith, Lynn Novicki, Joanne Dargan, Mark Blumenthal, Wayne Lubin, Bob Silverstein, Marie Abate, Kevin Hart, Gary Miyashiro, Mark Stasiewski, Jatin Mehta, Joel Krug, Yeong-Long Shiue, Don Stiegler, Jeff Horowitz, the DeMartinos, Geof Brod and Lawrence Lau.

8 tables Results were interestingly symmetrical. The top two pairs had 5-1 round records (Boug lost only to Mahn and Mahn to Nary), 4-2 for the next two pairs and 3-3 for everyone else above average. We started with a good slam on Board 1, reached by five pairs out of eight. Settable slams were made on Boards 11 and 15. Board eight contained five doubled contracts in three denominations. Board 16 had the most interesting case, a first for us; one player, who has common Alerts saved in Chat Manager, clicked on the wrong Alert to a bid; the result reached was difficult to adjust. It might not have required adjusting but the pairs defending hearts at other tables all allowed declarer to better par and N-S could have done an important trick better against the table contract. In the end I adjusted to Av+/Av. N-S 1 reztap+markblumen (John-Mark) 60.58 1 1 0.80 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 hart4949+juh1 (Jeff-Kevin) 57.67 2 2 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 66andrzej+Robot (Anbot) 55.95 3 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C jsilvers18+bob0607 (Bob-Jamie) 55.32 4 3 1 0.24 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Luluwo+bridgemumu (Lin-Louise) 49.60 5 4 irgnaz+Robot (Robbot) 44.25 6 farmbrook9+Jrolnick (Rolnicks) 40.67 7 5 2 99karlene+breta1066 (Breta-Karlene) 36.51 8 6 3 E-W 1 Atakdog+anadyomene (Doug-Bettina) 65.87 1 1 0.80 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 Bhpartner+LaTyson (Leigh Ann-Henry) 56.94 2 2 1 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 Hmtax+mhjh (Rita-Harold) 54.23 3 3 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs capman+caroled (Charlie-Carole) 49.40 4 nancyram+pixymary (Nancy-Mary) 44.84 5 4 2 saintathan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 44.58 6 chaceo+Robot (Owbot) 44.05 7 ericf9+wefri (Friedens) 40.08 8 5 3

11 tables Randi scored exactly 70% with eight winning rounds, losing only the third round to Larbot. Boric won the first four rounds and Carchard the first six, both pairs finishing 7-2. Ritold and Jerik both won six rounds after slow starts. Troward had the best coomeback of anyone. After losing six of the first seven rounds, they scored 95%, 100%, 100% and 90% on the last four boards to pull up into fourth N-S. No slams were bid today. The field avoided slam on Board 7 but only four defenders led the right suit. some pairs tried games in the minors and two pairs were pushed to 5H on Board 5. Erik and Doug asked for key cards on Board 17 but both prudently stopped missing one key card and the trump queen in an eight-card fit. Everyone played in no-trumps on Boards 10 and 11, with nine pairs in game on #10 and ten on #11. The biggest score of the day came on Board 1, when Randi defended 4Sx W -4. Board 1 also had an interesting adventure in online ethics as well as an example of one of my pet peeves directing. N-S 1 rademr+sandid (DeMartinos) 70.00 1 1.10 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 Bhpartner+LaTyson (Henry-Leigh Ann) 58.06 2 1 0.77 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 Hmtax+mhjh (Harold-Rita) 56.11 3 2 0.55 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 h0wardc0he+tracy61643 (Howard-Tracy) 52.50 4 3 1 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs kbsteele20+Razzelie1 (Dianne-Ken) 49.72 5 4 Bettymelbo+mimi1579 (Betty-Marie) 48.33 6 5 2/3C peachhill+wilbank3 (Peach-Sally) 45.00 7 6 2 0.19 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2/3C hvoegeli+Steve Grod (Hank-Steve) 45.00 7 6 2 0.19 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs phoebeedw+Robot (Phoebot) 42.50 9 sarahzc+phylbb (Phyllis-Sarah) 41.39 10 Marnad+shoozmom (Judy-Marcia) 41.39 10 8 4 E-W 1 Bob0607+ericf9 (Eric-Bob) 61.94 1 1 1 1.10 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 juebelacke+erikrose (Jim-Erik) 59.17 2 2 2 0.77 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 clgoodrich+oni06 (Richard-Carol) 54.44 3 3 0.55 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 maxandivan+Robot (Larbot) 53.61 4 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs daisymay23+jjm40 (Jatin-Gloria) 53.06 5 kosh+NolanH (Mark-Lee) 50.56 6 4 Connieg12+cjhm (Connie-Cindy) 48.06 7 GBrandl+swanstar (Gene-Del) 45.00 8 larry3ps+Bluechip1 (Larry-Gernot) 42.78 9 5 Nowv+dtendler (Jane-Doug) 42.50 10 6 3 saintathan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 38.89 11 7 4

11 tables Very tight, with all the above average pairs within a board and a half. Jacbot and Jarilee both finished 6-1-2, Jacbot losing only to Study and Jarilee to Vinj. Minn (7-2) were the only pair to win seven rounds, and had a perfect round six. Glynneth had the best recovery after a slow start; Jevin were in contention until the wheels fell off. Board 9 was the star hand, with a nice-looking slam that proved impossible to reach. It looked lucky that nobody bid it but there is a make in hearts, albeit a bit of a weird one that would not be found at the table. There was a closer slam right away on Board 1, reached by Jacbot and Pauise. Boards 5 and 10 had doubled contracts in multiple denominations. N-S 1/2 overruff42+janeccrn (JP-Marilee) 61.11 1 1 0.94 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1/2 homeralvin+j wright (Homer-Jeanne) 61.11 1 1 0.94 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 mikeyd+leisy (Lynn-Mike) 60.56 3 0.55 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 saintathan+cooksafari (Gareth-Lynn) 55.83 4 3 1 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs hart4949+juh1 (Jeff-Kevin) 55.56 5 4 2C Bhpartner+LaTyson (Henry-Leigh Ann) 48.89 6 5 2 0.22 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs reztap+markblumen (John-Mark) 46.11 7 6 Ivy66+FRG1950 (Fay-Ivy) 45.28 8 farmbrook9+Jrolnick (Rolnicks) 45.00 9 7 3 jflomaha2+Robot (Jimbot) 36.94 10 99karlene+breta1066 (Breta-Karlene) 33.61 11 8 4 E-W 1 umhecbaa+Robot (Jacbot) 62.50 1 1.10 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 lindamurph+Robot (Linbot) 61.39 2 0.77 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 jsilvers18+bob0607 (Jamie-Bob) 60.00 3 1 1 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 njtfrsco+VickieAnn (Victoria-NJ) 55.83 4 2 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B luluwo+pbj1956 (Paul-Louise) 55.00 5 3 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Mickeyb1+Robot (Michbot) 55.00 5 scott g+abbiejill (Scott-Elizabeth) 42.50 7 4 Hmtax+mhjh (Rita-Harold) 41.11 8 5 gra415+marnold00 (Martin-Judy) 39.72 9 6 3 ericf9+wefri (Friedens) 39.44 10 7 4 leohemker4+Robot (Leobot) 37.50 11

14 tables A rare tie for first overall. Ritold had the lead but lost their last round. Janda, Boric and Lewbot had 7-2 round records, while Ritold, Glynneth, Paun and Leighry won six rounds. Leighry had the early lead, winning the first five rounds, while Jerik rallied after losing the last four. One slam was attempted on Board 1 and then no more. Over 45% of the contracts were defeated, with only three hands on which no contract failed, all three being successful game hands. There was one passout (giving us a full rainbow on Board 14) and one hand with an insufficient explanation of an Alertable bid. It affected the auction but I did not adjust the result because the non-offending side could not reasonably have done any better. N-S 1/2 pljim+relly7 (James-Linda) 63.25 1 1 1.19 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1/2 Hmtax+mhjh (Harold-Rita) 63.25 1 1 1.19 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 pjproulx+stiegler (Don-Paul) 58.12 3 0.70 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 carmelbls+dwsimon8 (Barbara-Si) 56.20 4 3 1 0.49 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 kbsteele20+AlysH (Alice-Ken) 53.85 5 4 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 6 candalaria+thefarve1 (Candace-Don) 53.63 6 0.23 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2C Hbana+gdlevinson (George-Hank) 51.71 7 5 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Bettymelbo+mimi1579 (Betty-Marie) 51.07 8 sarahzc+Razzelie1 (Dianne-Sarah) 50.64 9 Marnad+shoozmom (Judy-Marcia) 48.93 10 6 3 codycat12+phoebeedw (Phoebe-Vicki) 41.24 11 7 4 peachhill+wilbank3 (Peach-Sally) 36.97 12 8 5 TigersX3+njtfrsco (Linda-NJ) 36.75 13 9 dal7nt+slambino (Dale-Geoff) 34.40 14 10 E-W 1 bob0607+ericf9 (Eric-Bob) 61.75 1 1 1.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 hhhe88+Robot (Lewbot) 58.55 2 0.98 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 saintathan+cooksafari (Lynn-Gareth) 56.84 3 2 1 0.70 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 LaTyson+BHpartner (Leigh Ann-Henry) 53.85 4 3 0.49 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 berthall+lwilcox (Lee-Bert) 52.99 5 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 6 cjhm+connieg12 (Connie-Cindy) 51.92 6 0.23 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2C juebelacke+erikrose (Jim-Erik) 51.50 7 4 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs sandid+rademr (deMartinos) 48.72 8 h0wardc0he+tracy61643 (Tracy-Howard) 48.72 8 5 3 bluechip1+larry3ps (Larry-Gernot) 48.50 10 6 gra415+marnold00 (Martin-Judy) 43.38 11 7 4 daisymay23+jjm40 (Jatin-Gloria) 43.16 12 LOREN11+dgwost (Loren-Doug) 42.52 13 8 5 luluwo+ruleste (Ruth-Louise) 37.61 14 9