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LIFE MASTERS
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Canada
Darlene Gabrielson, Red Deer AB
Peggy Fekete, Kelowna BC
Grace Kennedy, Campbell River BC
Bruce Macdonald, Vancouver BC
Alvin Nastrom, Kamloops BC
Farhad Rohani, Victoria BC
Audrey Sekulich, Cobble Hill BC
Wayne Walker, Winnipeg MB
Marc Griffiths, Fredericton NB
David Dow, Church Point NS
Michael Hogan, Halifax NS
Shirley McInnes, Halifax NS
Michael Ritcey, Indian Harbour NS
David Olenic, Whitby ON
Suzanne Joly, Gatineau QC
United Kingdom
Philip Lowry, High Wycombe
United States
Deborah Berry, Anchorage AK
Mark Fisher, Anchorage AK
Paul Lariviere, Anchorage AK
Sandra Miller, Anchorage AK
Susan Blair, Mountain Brook AL
Patricia Jacobs, Tuscaloosa AL
Mike's Advice
continued from page 60
s 8 4
h J 7
d 9 8 7 4 3
c 10 9 8 2
s Q 10 7 5 2
h A 10 4
d Q 2
c J 7 4
s A K J 3
h Q 9 8 2
d A 10 5
c A K
Leading to the 7 is the winner. East
will return a spade and you can win
safely. Continue hearts. If there is
good news there, you will have eight
tricks.
Postmortem: I only covered the
more likely heart layouts. If East or
West happen to have a singleton or
doubleton 10, you can get eight tricks
if you guess well. Don't give up. 2
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s 9 6
h K 6 5 3
d K J 6
c Q 6 5 3
Will Kirkpatrick, Huntsville AL
Ronald Tucker, Hoover AL
Karmen Armoudjian, Pasadena CA
Jeffrey Goldberg, Thousand Oaks CA
Elliott Mazur, Pasadena CA
Melanie Smothers, Long Beach CA
Erli Zhou, Sunnyvale CA
Jenny Zhou, Pleasanton CA
Nell Parnell, Boulder CO
Marie-Jose Babouder-Matta, Branford CT
Jack Miller, Wilton CT
L. Allison Rudary, Redding CT
Joyce Cosby, Wilmington DE
Donna Brigman, Lakeland FL
Donald Broughton, The Villages FL
Frank Cuiffo, Tequesta FL
Don Heacox, Orange City FL
Jeffery Hoeck, Ponte Vedra FL
Melanie Hurwitz, Boca Raton FL
Don Jairett, Sorrento FL
Tom Meier, West Palm Beach FL
Joan Orthwein, Gulf Stream FL
Nalani Simpson, Temple Terrace FL
Joan Redmond, Columbus GA
Craig Leonard, Pahoa HI
Dawn Miller, Sabula IA
Timothy Kleimeyer, Sleepy Hollow IL
Vernon Knapp, Tolono IL
Kathryn Lefty, Glen Ellyn IL
Janet Nolan, Winnetka IL
Joe Nolan, Winnetka IL
Nancy Rader, Champaign IL
Phil Reeser, Monticello IL
Elaine Sebastian, Huntley IL
Dimi Cooklev, Fort Wayne IN
Susan Farrington, South Bend IN
Steven Brown, Wichita KS
Karon Perrill, Wichita KS
George Sevick, Wichita KS
Jacqueline Schroering, Prospect KY
Muffin Balart, Metairie LA
Louise Banner, Bedford MA
Mike Andrews, Ann Arbor MI
Ed Dolan, Northport MI
Kitty Dolan, Northport MI
Norm Kakarala, Bloomfield Hills MI
Donald Meier, Bloomfield Hills MI
Fred Prasser, Jonesville MI
Susan Royer, Grosse Pointe MI
Jan Jansen, Stillwater MN
Terri Jackson, Kansas City MO
Roger Jespersen, Ballwin MO
Mary Bland, Clemmons NC
Chuck Loring, Charlotte NC
Rachel Poller, Hendersonville NC
Ed Lyons, Monroe Township NJ
Jean Lyons, Monroe Township NJ
Simon Thomson, Summit NJ
David Baglee, Albuquerque NM
Jerry Harper, Albuquerque NM
Mary Ann Kerstetter, Las Vegas NM
Bunny Bursky, Floral Park NY
Danielle Cusson, New York NY
Vladimir Kolbun, Forest Hills NY
Susan Smithline, White Plains NY
Yanlai Yang, New York NY
James Barrett, Cincinnati OH
Robert Lail, West Chester OH
Julian Norley, Chagrin Falls OH
Lewis Temples, Loveland OH
Bernard Robinowitz, Tulsa OK
Stephen Elinsky, Oxford PA
Sharon Goldman, Havertown PA
Emily Losciuto, Devon PA
Peggy O'Keeffe, Dunmore PA
Karen Pagano, Hummelstown PA
Peter Glanz, Greenville RI
Cecilia Cannon, Spartanburg SC
Karen Hansell, Lexington SC
K.V.K. Sundaram, Fort Mill SC
John Cunningham, Sioux Falls SD
Mike Boyer, Fairfield Glade TN
Christopher Vickers, Bristol TN
Ann Bragg, Dickinson TX
Marjorie Norton, Laredo TX
Ken Russell, Houston TX
William Derry, Richmond VA
Lewis Hutchinson, Chantilly VA
Suzanne Peters, Lynchburg VA
Wendy Allex, Ferndale WA
Carlyn Gauen, Sammamish WA
Phyllis Newland, Sequim WA
Stanley Slete, Ruston WA
Douglas Babcock, Fitchburg WI
Garry Leep, Elkhorn WI
Debra Annand, Charleston WV 2
Consults with the Doctor
continued from page 63
Declarer has only one dummy entry.
As long as East stays passive and
never touches the clubs, declarer can
only lead clubs once from dummy.
Twist and squirm, he must lose three
clubs and one diamond. The entire
deal:
s J 10 7
h A 2
d J 7 5 3 2
c 8 7 4
s 9 6 4 2
h 6 3
d 10 9 8 4
c 10 6 2
s 8 5 3
h 8 5 4
d A Q 6
c A K J 9
s A K Q
h K Q J 10 9 7
d K
c Q 5 3
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