October 2006 - 18

Chicago NABC
Chicago IL - Jan Horwitz, Butler PA 31.02
11. Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville
FL - Spike Lay - Marilyn Garcia, Daytona
Beach FL
30.85
12. Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI - Lynne
Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI - Susan
Parnes - Gordon Parnes, Flint MI 30.35
13. Joe Quinn, Richmond TX - Nell Cahn,
Shreveport LA - Gene Simpson -
Laura Kenney, San Rafael CA - David
Lindop, Toronto ON - Ellen Wallace,
Chicago IL
30.20

14. Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA - Peggy
Kaplan, Minnetonka MN - Ron Smith
- Linda Smith, Hixson TN - Chuck
Said, Nashville TN - Petra Hamman,
Dallas TX
30.07
15. John Carruthers, Toronto ON - Marc
Nathan - Cathy Nathan, Thousand Oaks
CA - Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY - Bronia
Jenkins, Vero Beach FL
29.98
16. Jan Martel, Davis CA - Martin Fleisher,
New York NY - Kit Woolsey - Sally

Woolsey, Kensington CA - Sheri
Winestock, Las Vegas NV - Paul Lewis,
Sioux Falls SD
29.89
17. C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pnsl CA
- John Jones, Hacienda Heights CA -
Elianna Ruppin - Adam Meyerson,
Los Angeles CA
29.26
18. Ron Feldman, Redondo Beach CA -
Beverly Rosenberg, Sherman Oaks CA
- June Deutsch, Aventura FL - David
Sokolow, Austin TX
28.89

Radin's Raiders
Judi Radin's team took the Wagar crown.
By Paul Linxwiler

Twenty-eight teams entered the
Wagar Women's Knockout Teams in
Chicago, and the last team standing,
led by Judi Radin, was also the winner of the previous major women's
team event at the Spring NABC in
Dallas.
Radin's squad ran up an 85-IMP
lead after three quarters of play in the
final of the Wagar Women's Knockouts, prompting the surrender of
their opponents, captained by Betty
Ann Kennedy. Radin won the match
135-53.
Radin played with Sylvia Moss,
Pamela Granovetter, Migry ZurCampanile, Shawn Quinn and
Mildred Breed. The Radin squad is
performing well, having previously
won the Women's Swiss Teams in
Dallas. And speaking of Dallas, that
was where Radin and Moss also won
the Whitehead Women's Pairs.
Radin and Moss both live in New
York City. Zur-Campanile is from
Israel, where partner Pam Granovetter lived for many years until recently
(she now lives in Cincinnati). Quinn
and Breed are from Texas.
Playing with Kennedy were Peggy
Sutherlin, Val Covalciuc, Becky Rogers, Linda Lewis and Pam Wittes.
Radin led the match all the way.
They finished the first quarter with a
27-IMP edge (49-22) and increased
it to 42 IMPs at the half (82-40).
The bidding on this deal (rotated)
from the third quarter was influenced
by the state of the match:
Dlr: South  A Q
18

Wagar Women's Knockout Teams champs: Migry Zur‑Campanile, Mildred Breed,
Judi Radin, Sylvia Moss, Pamela Granovetter and Shawn Quinn.

Vul: N-S

AJ632
-
AKQJ65
KJ75
 Q 10 8 7 5 4
K5
3

North
Wittes
5NT
7

South
Lewis
1
6
Pass

Down more than 40 IMPs, Kennedy team members Linda Lewis and
Pam Wittes knew they had to make
up some ground. This deal gave them
the opportunity.
The 5NT call by Wittes was a grand
slam force, asking partner to bid
seven with two of the top three hon-

ors in her suit. With only one, Lewis
bid six. Wittes, however, thought that
6 was a step response showing two,
so she bid the grand.
Lewis won the opening club lead
in dummy, and overtook dummy's
Q with the king to play a trump.
West played low. If you were declarer,
would you finesse or go up with the
ace?
The chances of a 1-1 split are
about 52%, while a 2-0 division
is 48%. Are percentages the only
consideration, however? A trump lead
against a suit grand slam is common.
West didn't lead one, yet she followed
when declarer played a trump toward
dummy. Is that meaningful information or just noise?
Lewis eventually played the ace,
but East showed out. Down one was
a 17-IMP loss when 6 was bid and
made in the other room. Here was the
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