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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Preempt and shut up - Results 9/23
Results 9/23. Seven tables in play. NS 1 Barbara Besse & Jim Kaplan. 2. David Donald & Gail Farrish. EW 1 Bill Blakesley & Hugh Knipmeyer. 2 Dan & Nancy Cabot.
This hand came up at a two-table Swiss game at the Fokoses' house ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Claus converts a balancing double
This was Board 21 in West Tisbury on 9/18
♠ KQJT42
♥ K92
♦ 87
♣ 82
N
♠ 7 ♠ A98653
♥ AT4 ♥ J8
♦ QT543 W E ♦ K
♣ KJ53 ♣ AQ76
S
♠ --
♥ Q7653
♦ AJ962
♣ T94
Dealer North. ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Settle for Game or Try for Slam? - 9/16 Results
♠ AKJT
♥ KQ98
♦ KQJ9
♣3
E
W
♠ 95
♥ T732
♦ 65
♣ KQJ87
Board 12, 9/16. Dealer West. N-S vulnerable
North East South West
Pass
Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥
Pass 4♣* Pass 4♥**
Pass 4♠*** ...
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Results in VH on 9/9. 10.5 tables in play (three-quarter movement). 1 Michele Riel & David Donald. 2 Rich Alpert & Jim Kaplan. 3 Gail Farrish & Patsy McCornack. 4 Barbara Besse & Harry Davidow. 5 Sandy Lindheimer & Bob Henry. 6 Gerry Averil and Barbara Donald (yay!).
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
What to do with a bust. 9/2 Results
This comes up reasonably often. Your partner opens 1♣ or 1♦ (he may have only three cards in the suit), and you've got a pathetic collection like the one I picked up last night:
♠ T93 ♥ T943 ♦ JT54 ♣ K9
...
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Nashua Results
10.32 Master Points, Patricia McCornack and Gail Farrish. 8.14 (3.06 gold) Dale Collinson and Susan Collinson. 6.46 (3.06 gold) Eric Stricoff. 5.39 (3.06 gold) Rhonda Cohen. 3.82 Deirdre Ling. 2.32 Claus Buchthal. 0.20 Barbara Besse.
Highlights, Gail and Patsy placed in several I/N events, won in C in two side ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
To Grand or Not to Grand - 8/26 Results
This was Board 8 on Tuesday 8/26 in Vineyard Haven. Dealer West. Neither side vulnerable. As East you pick up:
♠ AJ9 ♥ AQJT86 ♦ A6 ♣A9
Here's the way the bidding might go:
North East South West
Pass
Pass ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Two-sided slam - 8/19 Results
This was Board 10 on Tuesday 8/19 in Vineyard Haven. Dealer East. Both Vulnerable.
♠ 8
♥ T92
♦ AQJ53
♣ T975
N
♠ AKQJT92 ♠ 6
♥ 7 ♥ AKQJ843
♦ K96 W E ♦ T4
♣ 42 ♣ AJ3
S
♠ 7543
♥ 65
♦ ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Results 8/12 in VH. 11 tables on play. NS 1 Robert Fokos & Margaret Keler. 2 Rosemary Taylor & Claudia Hargrave. 3 Dottie Arnold & Cheryl Neal. EW 1 Bill Blakesley & Hugh Knipmeyer. 2 Don Brown & Bill Levine. 3. Adele Weggemann & Kay Chamberlain.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Big Hand Overcall - 8/5 Results
This was Board 9 on Tuesday 8/5 in Vineyard Haven. Dealer North. EW Vulnerable.
♠ KJ864
♥ 63
♦ Q3
♣ KQ63
N
♠ A97 ♠ Q5
♥ AKQ ♥ 52
♦ AK7 W E ♦ JT9642
♣ JT42 ♣ A97
S
♠ T32
♥ JT9874
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Dan Cabot is a contributing editor at The Times.
