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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

10 tables The top two pairs were in opposite directions but did not meet. Romel finished 7-2, losing only to Still and Nary. Jevin only lost one round (to Leighry) but drew three and had a slow finish in the last three rounds allowing Romel to come from behind. Still also finished 7-2, while Wendric, Myrne and Leighry all won six rounds. Each side had a good slam, E-W's on Board 3, reached by six pairs of the ten, and N-S's on Board 12, reached only thrice. Board 15 was perhaps my favourite, with one of the few low-level doubles that experts will still agree is for penalties, although not many of our pairs seemed familiar with it. N-S 1 Romanklein+Mel1943 (Mel-Roman) 66.98 1 1.00 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 adamreith+cindim (Cindy-Steve) 61.73 2 0.70 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 ericf9+wefri (Friedens) 59.88 3 1 1 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 LaTyson+BHpartner (Henry-Leigh Ann) 55.56 4 2 0.39 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B saintathan+cooksafari (Gareth-Lynn) 53.09 5 3 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs kpujara+Robot (Kunbot) 52.16 6 Hmtax+mhjh (Harold-Rita) 45.99 7 4 gra415+marnold00 (Judy-Martin) 38.89 8 5 marcgell+toygal1223 (Diane-Marcia) 37.65 9 6 3 99karlene+breta1066 (Breta-Karlene) 28.09 10 7 4 E-W 1 hart4949+juh1 (Kevin-Jeff) 63.58 1 1.00 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 mhsunshine+ABarnes (Myrtle-Anne) 57.10 2 1 0.70 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 billbumba+MDNC (Steve-Bill) 56.17 3 2 0.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 Bluechip1+bridgemumu (Lin-Gernot) 54.94 4 3 0.35 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs scott g+abbiejill (Scott-Elizabeth) 52.47 5 1C Hbana+gdlevinson (Hank-George) 49.69 6 4 1 0.24 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs darlene789+paige1962 (Willis-Darlene) 49.69 6 4 nancyram+pixymary (Nancy-Mary) 46.91 8 6 2 R62+sue144 (Sue-Mary) 37.65 9 7 3 EugenieSu+Robot (Eubot) 31.79 10

15 tables Paun lost only the seventh round to Ritold and were the only pair to win eight rounds. It is just as well they had a clear win, as Don misclicked in the auction on Board 17 and they reached 5D rather than 3NT. While this is normally not a good thing, Pul tied for top by escaping with -1, as 5D required a harder to lead to find for the two-trick set that was easy against 3NT. Andbot and Ritold both finished 7-2, while Mattbot, Leighry and Tasnot won six rounds. Tasnot had a scorching run on Boards 11-15, scoring 69.5/70 matchpoints for those five boards and giving them a real shot at winning overall. Board 12 had the identical Failure to Alert at two separate tables. Both Wests did not Alert their Flannery opening bids, after which two Norths overcalled 2S on a five-card suit, albeit a good one. One table reached the normal result when South bid 3C. At the other table South passed 2S and I adjusted that result. On Board 4 the most popular contract was 4Sx N, which was played six times. Board 5 was the only hand on which all fifteen tables played in the same denomination (although Boards 10, 16, 17 and 18 were only prevented from this by an accident at one table), although not quite the same contract - one pair bid Gerber and went down in 6NT while everyone else was in 3NT from one side or the other. N-S 1 pjproulx+stiegler (Don-Paul) 68.85 1 1 1.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 sherm74+Robot (Mattbot) 62.90 2 1.05 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 66andrzej+Robot (Andbot) 62.70 3 0.75 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 Bhpartner+LaTyson (Henry-Leigh Ann) 58.53 4 2 1 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 larry3ps+ruleste (Larry-Ruth) 54.37 5 3 2 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 6 phoebeedw+Robot (Phoebot) 51.59 6 0.25 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Sportdave+MachiasME (Dave-Paul) 50.63 7 4B kbsteele20+Razzelie1 (Dianne-Ken) 49.77 8 4 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs kosh+NolanH Lee-Mark) 49.21 9 5 sarahzc+phylbb (Phyllis-Sarah) 46.19 10 6 secsectan+maxandivan (Kent-Larry) 44.05 11 daisymay23+jjm40 (Gloria-Jatin) 42.86 12 7 gra415+marnold00 (Judy-Martin) 37.36 13 8 3 kdia+Robot (Roberto/Robot-Steven) 36.31 14 9 4 Nowv+dtendler (Doug-Jane) 35.26 15 10 5 E-W 1 tassie9+Bluechip1 (Tas-Gernot) 61.11 1 1.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 Hmtax+mhjh (Rit-Harold) 59.33 2 1 1.05 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 sandid+rademr (DeMartinos) 56.35 3 0.75 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 GBrandl+swanstar (Gene-Del) 54.50 4 2 0.56 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 steve grod+hvoegeli (Steve-Hank) 53.97 5 3 1 0.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 6 nancyram+pixymary (Nancy-Mary) 53.14 6 4 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Bettymelbo+mimi1579 (Marie-Betty) 51.98 7 5 bob0607+ericf9 (Eric-Bob) 48.84 8 6 3 Hbana+gdlevinson (Hank-George) 46.29 9 7 4 juebelacke+erikrose (Jim-Erik) 46.23 10 8 5 saintathan+Robot (Garbot) 44.84 11 Ikaps+luluwo (Louise-Irene) 44.64 12 9 connieg12+cjhm (Connie-Cindy) 43.85 13 TigersX3+njtfrsco (NJ-Linda) 43.45 14 10 nowos+Robot (Marbot) 41.47 15

9 tables The popular round record was 4-2, posted by six of the above average pairs. Jamob were the only pair to go 5-1, losing only the last round against Wendric, which cost them winning overall. Stindy and Leighry rallied after losing the first two rounds. As the seventeenth pair joined in the last few seconds, I did not get a chance to adjust the movement back to two boards per round. Boards 7 and 9 had twelve tricks available, with a good slam on Board 9 that nobody found. The only slams bid, neither making, were on Board 1 against Elott and Board 18, against Stindy and putting them on top. Elott and Penj passed out Board 17, a hand which saw both sides bidding game and on which Jevin recorded a score of +1100. N-S 1 hart4949+juh1 (Jeff-Kevin) 59.38 1 1 0.90 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 jflomaha2+Robot (Jimbot) 57.29 2 0.63 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 luluwo+bridgemumu (Lin-Louise) 55.21 3 2 0.45 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 Hmtax+mhjh (Harold-Rita) 53.47 4 3 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C ericf9+wefri (Friedens) 51.39 5 4 1 0.24 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs scott g+abbiejill (Elizabeth-Scott) 49.65 6 nancyram+pixymary (Mary-Nancy) 45.14 7 5 2 omadegroot+Robot (Gerbot) 39.93 8 saintathan+cooksafari (Gareth-Lynn) 38.54 9 6 3 E-W 1 adamreith+cindim (Steve-Cindy) 61.11 1 0.90 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 jsilvers18+bob0607 (Jamie-Bob) 60.07 2 1 0.63 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 Bhpartner+LaTyson (Leigh Ann-Henry) 57.29 3 2 0.45 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 peggynorr+njtfrsco (Peggy-NJ) 53.82 4 3 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C farmbrook9+Jrolnick (Rolnicks) 47.92 5 4 1 0.24 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs FRG1950+Sportdave (Fay-Dave) 44.10 6 kpujara+Robot (Kunbot) 43.06 7 marcgell+toygal1223 (Marcia-Diane) 42.71 8 5 2 99karlene+breta1066 (Karlene-Breta) 39.93 9 6 3

14 tables Not only were the scores tight but the round results were strange. None of the top seven pairs won more than five rounds and Geoel were first overall with a round record of 4-4-1. Heve lost the first round to Kalbot, won all the other rounds and finished 8-1 but were only tenth overall. Haorge finished 6-1-2, losing only to Randi while drawing with Leighry and Ribot. Then came Glotin, Gel and Paun at 6-3. We had a strong run of spade contracts today. On Boards 8-10, only one contract of the forty-two was in another denomination. Board 15 was the hand of the day; a nice diamond slam required careful play because of a surprising bad split in a side suit. Three pairs reached the slam, which was made by Joel and Sarah. N-S 1 joelkrug+jake33 (Geof-Joel) 59.19 1 1.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2/3 connieg12+cjhm (Cindy-Connie) 55.77 2 1 0.84 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2/3 daisymay23+jjm40 (Gloria-Jatin) 55.77 2 1 0.84 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 Hbana+gdlevinson (George-Hank) 55.56 4 3 1 0.49 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 gbrandl+swanstar (Del-Gene) 55.34 5 4 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 6 pjproulx+stiegler (Don-Paul) 53.63 6 5 0.23 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2C juebelacke+erikrose (Erik-Jim) 53.42 7 6 2 0.28 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs kalle5555+Robot (Kalbot) 52.14 8 maxandivan+Robot (Larbot 2) 47.01 9 Bob0607+ericf9 (Bob-Eric) 47.01 9 7 3 saintathan+cooksafari (Gareth-Lynn) 46.15 11 8 4 sarahzc+phylbb (Phyllis-Sarah) 46.15 11 8 phoebeedw+Robot (Phoebot) 41.88 13 NancyRam+slambino (Geoff-Nancy) 30.98 14 10 5 E-W 1 Bhpartner+LaTyson (Leigh Ann-Henry) 58.33 1 1 1 1.40 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2 rademr+sandid (DeMartinos) 57.26 2 0.98 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3 sherm74+Robot (Mattbot) 57.05 3 0.70 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 larry3ps+Robot (Larbot 1) 56.84 4 0.49 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 kbsteele20+Razzelie1 (Ken-Dianne) 56.41 5 2 0.50 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 6 steve grod+hvoegeli (Steve-Hank) 55.56 6 3 2 0.36 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4B tracy61643+h0wardc0he (Tracy-Howard) 53.21 7 4 3 0.25 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs mhjh+Robot (Ribot) 48.93 8 kosh+NolanH (Mark-Lee) 47.22 9 5 TigersX3+njtfrsco (John-NJ) 47.22 9 5 luluwo+Robot (Loubot) 43.80 11 bevh18+MHSunshine (Myrtle-Bev) 40.17 12 7 BananaANH+budd123 (Carl-Arthur) 39.32 13 8 4 Marnad+shoozmom (Marcia-Judy) 38.68 14 9 5

With my father getting worse, I'm going to be going out to assist him on Wednesdays for a while, and do not plan to resume the Wednesday game until February.

6 tables Nobody won more than six rounds. Jevin and Jamob both finished 6-3 and Elott 6-2-1. The overall result all rode on the opening lead on Board 18, on which only two tables did not pass out. A spade or club opening lead against 1NT S would have scrambled the top four. Everyone missed the fine E-W slam on Board 5, although two pairs picked up penalties worth more than slam. Board 12 had a gold grand slam reached only by Troward. 1 hart4949+juh1 (Jeff-Kevin) 58.89 1 1.20 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2/3 scott g+abbiejill (Elizabeth-Scott) 58.33 2 0.72 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 2/3 jsilvers18+bob0607 (Bob-Jamie) 58.33 2 1 0.72 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 4 Hmtax+mhjh (Harold-Rita) 57.78 4 2 0.45 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 5 Shindu+FRG1950 (Fay-Shindu) 54.44 5 0.24 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 3B reztap+markblumen (John-Mark) 52.22 6 3 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs 1C farmbrook9+Jrolnick (Rolnicks) 51.67 7 4 1 0.32 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs luluwo+Robot (Loubot) 50.00 8 2C tracy61643+h0wardc0he (Howard-Tracy) 44.44 9 5 2 0.22 Masterpoint Award pending. See Live for Clubs Bhpartner+LaTyson (Henry-Leigh Ann) 42.22 10 6 gra415+marnold00 (Judy-Martin) 36.11 11 7 3 99karlene+breta1066 (Breta-Karlene) 35.56 12 8 4