October 2019 - 59

Advanced Players

Test Your Play
BY EDDIE KANTAR
kantarbridge.com

1.

Dlr: South
Vul: Both
Matchpoints

Robert McCosh and Neil O'Brian

♠ 10 8 7 5 2
♥Q7
♦A986
♣AK

Instant Matchpoint Game winners

A New Brunswick pair won the Summer Instant Matchpoint Game held
July 8. Playing at the Newcastle Bridge Club in Miramichi, Robert McCosh
and Neil O'Brian scored 77.17%. The game drew 2,299.5 tables. Local winners
at each club won 1 gold point.
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Robert McCosh - Neil O'Brian, Miramichi NB
Geoffrey O'Connor, Southampton NY; Marjorie Wilpon, New York NY
Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY
Mark Crumrine, Ocala FL; Jeff Edelstein, Tampa FL
Marcus Evans, Orange CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA
Susan Rothberger - Earl Rothberger Jr., Signal Mountain TN
Barbara Dunnivant, Hutchinson Island FL; Myriam Milgrom, Port St. Lucie FL
Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Larry Osofsky, Middletown NY
Paul Muench, Missoula MT; Edgar Whiting III, Stevensville MT
Phillip Frankel - Leslie Reynolds, McKinleyville CA

Top scores by district
1 Robert McCosh - Neil O'Brian, Miramichi NB
2 Roland Laframboise - David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON
3 Laurie Franco - Liz Sarway, Brooklyn NY
4 Randall Berseth, Bear DE; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE
5 Allen Beroza, East Amherst NY; Robert Sommerstein, Williamsville NY
6 John Markey II, Roanoke VA; Carole Spencer, Blacksburg VA
7 Susan Rothberger - Earl Rothberger Jr., Signal Mountain TN
8 Amy Goldberg, Belvidere IL; Bruce Jasper, Rockford IL
9 Mark Crumrine, Ocala FL; Jeff Edelstein, Tampa FL
10 Jay Lucas - Mary Weindorf, Little Rock AR
11 Robert Korten, Versailles KY; Paul Moss, Millersburg KY
12 John Killeen - Patricia Killeen, Mishawaka IN
13 James Diebel, Wood Dale IL; Dorri Goldgehn, Chicago IL
14 Robert Roediger - Mary Wierzenski, Rochester MN
15 Sandra Harper - Kevan Taylor, Colby KS
16 Jackie McElhaney - Dorothy Miller, Scroggins TX
17 Paul Hummel - Stan Weinstein, Santa Fe NM
18 Paul Muench, Missoula MT; Edgar Whiting III, Stevensville MT
19 Joan Ball - Sheila Strode, Yakima WA
20 Phillip Frankel - Leslie Reynolds, McKinleyville CA
21 Ann Nutting - Bill Nutting, Stockton CA
22 Marcus Evans, Orange CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA
23 Ruth Baker, Valencia CA; Kathy Flynn, Santa Clarita CA
24 Geoffrey O'Connor, Southampton NY; Marjorie Wilpon, New York NY
25 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY

77.17%
75.41%
72.88%
72.76%
72.33%
71.93%
71.71%
70.38%
70.15%
70.00%
77.17%
67.21%
67.33%
63.44%
62.08%
65.46%
71.93%
60.17%
72.76%
69.48%
66.04%
63.19%
66.85%
68.31%
66.50%
69.12%
67.33%
70.15%
65.86%
70.00%
68.15%
72.33%
64.63%
75.41%
72.88%

♠AJ943
♥963
♦QJ3
♣Q6

West

North

2♥
3♥
All Pass

East
Pass

South
1♠
4♠

North's 3♥ bid showed a limit raise
or better. South's 4♠ bid showed the
heart of an overbidder.
Opening lead: ♥A. West continues
with the ♥K and ♥J, East discarding
the ♣J, showing a sequence headed by
the jack. Plan the play.

2.

Dlr: South
Vul: None
IMPs

♠QJ762
♥8732
♦ Q J 10 9
♣-
♠ 10 9 8 4 3
♥AQJ
♦52
♣ A K 10

West

North

East

Pass

4♠

All Pass

South
1♠

Opening lead: ♣Q.
Well, you have avoided a diamond
lead, so you are still alive ... barely. Plan
the play.

Solutions are on page 61.
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