- Tuesday Aft - November 19, 2019

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Field strength:  Mean: 1434 MP  Geomean: 987 MP
(based on 24 players)
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Partnership Pct Rank MP
Lyde McReynolds - William Shellooe 58.15 1st A 1.20
Judy Lesieutre - Lauren Upson 56.74 2nd A 0.84
Helen Rubin - Trulee Ricketts 55.93 3rd A 0.60
Ron Coffee - Ronald Loiacono 55.48 4th A 0.42
Jeannette Stern - Patricia Heller 54.52 1st B 0.48
Judith Ritchie - Leonard Chriss 54.44 2nd B 0.34 
EVENT>Tuesday Afternoon Pairs  |SESSION>Tuesday Aft  |SECTION> A
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DATE>November 19, 2019  |CLUB NO.>161018    | 11/19/2019 16:07
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DIR> Doug Halleen    |RATING>Club Masterpoint (100%, 80%, 80% Open)|MOVEMENT>ONE WINNER
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AVE>   67.5 |TOP>   5 |MP LIMITS>None/1250/500  |CLUB>Fair Play
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PAIRS IN STRAT A=12/B=6/C=1                      ,---,-------------------------,------,---------,
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No Name                   Name                   |Flt|Rnk-A|Rnk-B|Rnk-C| Score | Pct  |Awards   |
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 1 Ray Boehne             Betty Jackson            A    .     .     .     70.80  52.44
 2 Trulee Ricketts        Helen Rubin              A    3     .     .     75.50  55.93  0.60(A)
 3 Douglas Halleen        Brad Dow                 B    .     .     .     61.50  45.56
 4 Marcia Phelps          Arlene Seckel            B    .     .     .     56.90  42.15
 5 Leonard Chriss         Judith Ritchie           B    .     2     .     73.50  54.44  0.34(B)
 6 Ronald Loiacono        Ron Coffee               A    4     .     .     74.90  55.48  0.42(A)
 7 Sharyn Siebert         Richard Papst            B    .     .     .     52.20  38.67
 8 Dennis Vanmiddlesworth Jackie Stewart           A    .     .     .     63.20  46.81
 9 Lauren Upson           Judy Lesieutre           A    2     .     .     76.60  56.74  0.84(A)
10 Lyde McReynolds        William Shellooe         A    1     .     .     78.50  58.15  1.20(A)
11 Ray Mok                Glenn Chee               C    .     .     .     52.80  39.11
12 Jeannette Stern        Patricia Heller          B    5     1     .     73.60  54.52  0.48(B)
                                          Totals                         810.00
Hands and Results
1 ♠A953
♥QJ8
♦A73
♣K52
 Dlr: North
Vul: None
♠KQJ7
♥2
♦QT98
♣J983
 ♠8
♥K97653
♦4
♣AQT76
♠T642
♥AT4
♦KJ652
♣4
14
99
8
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 2♦ 1♠  ♣3 ♥6 NT6
EW: 4♣ 1♥ 1NT  ♦5 ♠5
LoTT: 18 - 17 = +1
Par: -130 4♣-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  110          5.00   0.00  2♠ N      A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
   90          4.00   1.00  1N N      A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
   50          2.50   2.50  2♥ E -1   A3-Halleen-Dow vs A11-Mok-Chee
   50          2.50   2.50  4♣ E -1   A9-Upson-Lesieutre vs A7-Siebert-Papst
         50    1.00   4.00  2♠ N -1   A12-Stern-Heller vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
        100    0.00   5.00  3♠ N -2   A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe

Fred Ferguson Hand Analysis
WestNorthEastSouth
 1♣1♥Dbl1
2♦2♠All pass 
  1. Negative Double

This week starts off with a difficult deal all the way around.

Auction: North deals and with 14 high card points and 8 losers opens the bidding 1♣. East has some choices holding ♥K97653 and 9 hcp East would typically make a weak jump overcall with 2♥, but East also holds an nice club suit of ♣AQ1076 so East can wait or in the auction here overcalls 1♥. South makes a Negative Double for spades and West with decent 9 hcp bids 2♦ his best minor and the one he would want on lead. North bids 2♠ and all pass. It is interesting to note North's opening bid of 1♣ kept in turn West from bidding 2♣ and East from making a dangerous bid of 3♣.

2♠ by North
TrickLead2nd3rd4th
1. E♦4K107
2. S♣49KA
3. E♥942Q
4. N♣27♠23
5. S♠10JA8
6. N♣56♠48
7. S♠6Q5♥3
8. W♦83♥7J
9. S♦6QA♥6
10. N♥8510♠7
11. W♦9♠9♣105
12. N♥JKA♣J
13. S♦2♠K♠3♣Q
Made 3 — NS +140

Play: The play of the 2♠ contract is tricky. On opening lead declarer (North) realizes missing many spade honors ♠KQJ it doesn't bode well to try to pull trump. Declarer decides to utilize dummy's weak trumps ruffing clubs, so wins the opening lead of the ♦4 with the ♦K in dummy and immediately leads clubs up to the ♣K finessing against the ♣A. East wins the ♣A and returns the ♥9 which declarer wins in hand and leads his first club to be ruffed in dummy. Declarer now leads the ♠10 from dummy which West covers and North wins in hand with the ♠A and lead his second club to be ruffed in dummy. Declarer now leads a spade off dummy which West wins with the ♠Q and shifts to diamonds. Declarer can now win the ♦J ♦A and still has ♠9x sitting behind West ♠Kx, making 3.

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2 ♠9864
♥J
♦J432
♣QJ95
 Dlr: East
Vul: N-S
♠QJT5
♥K98
♦K987
♣87
 ♠AK
♥AQT53
♦Q6
♣AT63
♠732
♥7642
♦AT5
♣K42
5
919
7
Double Dummy Makes
NS:  ♣4 ♦4 ♥2 ♠2 NT2
EW: 3♣ 2♦ 5♥ 4♠ 4NT
LoTT: 15 - 15 = 0
Par: -450 5♥-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
        420    3.50   1.50  4♥ E      A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
        420    3.50   1.50  4♥ E      A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
        420    3.50   1.50  4♥ E      A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
        420    3.50   1.50  4♥ E      A9-Upson-Lesieutre vs A7-Siebert-Papst
        450    0.50   4.50  4♥ E +1   A3-Halleen-Dow vs A11-Mok-Chee
        450    0.50   4.50  4♥ E +1   A12-Stern-Heller vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
3 ♠AQJT3
♥Q7
♦53
♣AKT7
 Dlr: South
Vul: E-W
♠862
♥J98543
♦T72
♣9
 ♠974
♥T2
♦AKQJ4
♣854
♠K5
♥AK6
♦986
♣QJ632
16
110
13
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 5♣ 1♦ 1♥ 5♠ 2NT
EW:  ♣0 ♦6 ♥6 ♠0 NT0
LoTT: 17 - 17 = 0
Par: +450 5♠-NS		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  520          5.00   0.00  3N S +4   A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
  510          4.00   1.00  4♠ N +3   A9-Upson-Lesieutre vs A7-Siebert-Papst
  450          3.00   2.00  4♠ N +1   A3-Halleen-Dow vs A11-Mok-Chee
  200          1.50   3.50  3♠ N +2   A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
  200          1.50   3.50  3♠ N +2   A12-Stern-Heller vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
  150          0.00   5.00  3♣ S +2   A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin

Fred Ferguson Hand Analysis
WestNorthEastSouth
   1♣
Pass1♠Pass1NT1
Pass2♦2Dbl32NT
Pass4NT4Pass5♣
Pass6♣All pass 
  1. 12-14 high card points
  2. NMF or XYZ
  3. lead directional
  4. quantitative

Here is an ugly auction, not off to a great start this week.

Auction: South deals and with 13 hcp and 7 losers opens the bidding 1♣. North responds 1♠ and after South rebids 1NT North bids 2♦ as either New Minor Forcing or XYZ game forcing asking opener to further define his hand. East double of 2♦, an artificial bid, is lead directional. South should rebid 3♣ but in the auction here, rebids notrump, 2NT is a mistake. North with 16 hcp and 6 losers overvalues his hand and bids 4NT as Quantitative notrump bids and South bids 5♣ and North bids 6♣. While South's bid of 2NT was a bad bid, it should warn North off of 6♣ and North should pass 5♣.

6♣ by South
TrickLead2nd3rd4th
1. W♦23J8
2. E♦Q675
3. E♥1069Q
4. N♣74Q9
5. S♦910♣10A
6. N♣A83♠2
7. N♣K5J♥3
8. N♠39K8
9. S♠56A7
10. N♥72AJ
11. S♣6♥8♠10♠4
12. S♣2♥4♠J♦K
13. S♥K5♠Q♦4
Down 1 — NS −50

Play: If East doesn't double 2♦ it will be hard for West to find a diamond opening lead, prob ably lead a heart. But the opening lead of a diamond gives East/West 2 diamond tricks, down 1.

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4 ♠9
♥985
♦Q987632
♣98
 Dlr: West
Vul: Both
♠AQJ4
♥Q43
♦K4
♣AQT4
 ♠8732
♥KT6
♦AJ
♣6532
♠KT65
♥AJ72
♦T5
♣KJ7
2
188
12
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 1♦  ♣2/3 ♥4 ♠2/3 NT2
EW: 4♣ 3♥ 4♠ 5/4NT  ♦6
LoTT: 17 - 17 = 0
Par: -660 5NT-E		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  200          5.00   0.00  4♠ W -2   A12-Stern-Heller vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
  100          4.00   1.00  4♠ E -1   A11-Mok-Chee vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
        110    3.00   2.00  2♠ W      A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
        140    2.00   3.00  3♠ E      A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A3-Halleen-Dow
        300    1.00   4.00  3N S -3   A9-Upson-Lesieutre vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
        620    0.00   5.00  4♠ E      A7-Siebert-Papst vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
5 ♠AQJ98
♥T
♦QJ3
♣AQ94
 Dlr: North
Vul: N-S
♠K754
♥AKJ83
♦75
♣KT
 ♠632
♥Q7542
♦T64
♣J6
♠T
♥96
♦AK982
♣87532
16
143
7
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 6♣ 6♦ 1♥ 4♠ 2NT
EW:  ♣0 ♦0 ♥6 ♠2 NT1
LoTT: 18 - 19 = -1
Par: +1370 6♦-NS/6♣-NS		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  190          4.50   0.50  3♣ N +4   A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A3-Halleen-Dow
  190          4.50   0.50  2♣ N +5   A12-Stern-Heller vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
  170          2.00   3.00  4♣ N +2   A7-Siebert-Papst vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
  170          2.00   3.00  3♣ N +3   A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
  170          2.00   3.00  3♣ N +3   A9-Upson-Lesieutre vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
  150          0.00   5.00  3♣ N +2   A11-Mok-Chee vs A4-Phelps-Seckel

Fred Ferguson Hand Analysis
WestNorthEastSouth
 1♠Pass1NT1
Pass2♣Pass3♣
Pass3♥2Pass3♠3
Pass5♣4Pass6♣5
All pass   
  1. 1NT Forcing
  2. control in ♥ & slam interest
  3. control in ♠
  4. no control in ♦
  5. control in ♦

In contrast to Board 3, here is a deal where North/South could get to 6m.

Auction: North deals and with 16 high card points and 5 losers opens the bidding 1♠. South responds 1NT Forcing F1 and West passes, waiting. North bids 2♣ and South bids 3♣. North bids 3♥ as a control in hearts, denying a control in diamonds and showing extra values. South bids 3♠ as a control in spades. North bids 5♣ denying a control in diamonds and South holding ♦AK bids 6♣.

6♣ by North
TrickLead2nd3rd4th
1. E♦427Q
2. N♠A2104
3. N♠83♣25
4. S♣310Q6
5. N♣AJ5K
6. N♦J685
7. N♦310A♥8
8. S♦K♥3♥10♥4
9. S♥6J♣47
10. N♠Q6♣87
11. S♥9K♣9Q
12. N♠J♥5♣7K
13. S♦9♥A♠9♥2
Made 7 — NS +1390

Play: This is not a hard contract to play, declarer North has no alternative but to finesse for the ♣K. In the play here a diamond is lead on opening lead North wins in hand to protect against a bad diamond split, Cashes the ♠A and ruffs a spade in dummy to take the club finesse for the ♣K. The play is easy after this North cashes the ♣A dropping the ♣K and ♣J and runs diamonds.

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6 ♠542
♥AQT632
♦75
♣98
 Dlr: East
Vul: E-W
♠J86
♥984
♦AJ92
♣752
 ♠AK93
♥5
♦QT4
♣KQT63
♠QT7
♥KJ7
♦K863
♣AJ4
6
614
14
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 2♥ 1NT  ♣4 ♦4 ♠4
EW: 3♣ 3/2♦ 2♠  ♥5 NT6
LoTT: 17 - 17 = 0
Par: -100 3♥*-NS-1		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
 1400          5.00   0.00  5♦* W -5  A9-Upson-Lesieutre vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
  140          3.50   1.50  3♥ S      A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A3-Halleen-Dow
  140          3.50   1.50  3♥ N      A11-Mok-Chee vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
         50    2.00   3.00  3♥ N -1   A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
        100    1.00   4.00  4♥ N -2   A7-Siebert-Papst vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
        140    0.00   5.00  3♠ E      A12-Stern-Heller vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
7 ♠6
♥KT732
♦AK32
♣T43
 Dlr: South
Vul: Both
♠JT4
♥Q
♦T9765
♣AKQJ
 ♠AQ7
♥AJ98
♦QJ
♣9762
♠K98532
♥654
♦84
♣85
10
1314
3
Double Dummy Makes
NS:  ♣2 ♦3 ♥5 ♠6 NT3
EW: 4♣ 4♦ 1♥ 1♠ 4NT
LoTT: 15 - 16 = -1
Par: -630 4NT-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
        130    5.00   0.00  4♣ W      A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
        210    4.00   1.00  2N E +3   A7-Siebert-Papst vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
        630    2.50   2.50  3N E +1   A11-Mok-Chee vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
        630    2.50   2.50  3N E +1   A12-Stern-Heller vs A3-Halleen-Dow
        660    0.50   4.50  3N E +2   A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
        660    0.50   4.50  3N E +2   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
8 ♠K85
♥QT
♦KQ65
♣AT53
 Dlr: West
Vul: None
♠J74
♥K7643
♦A72
♣98
 ♠3
♥A982
♦J943
♣KQJ7
♠AQT962
♥J5
♦T8
♣642
14
811
7
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 2♠ 1NT  ♣5 ♦5 ♥3
EW: 1♣ 2♦ 3/4♥  ♠4 NT6
LoTT: 18 - 18 = 0
Par: -300 4♠*-NS-2		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  140          4.50   0.50  3♠ S      A7-Siebert-Papst vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
  140          4.50   0.50  2♠ S +1   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
  110          2.50   2.50  2♠ S      A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
  110          2.50   2.50  2♠ S      A11-Mok-Chee vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
         50    1.00   4.00  4♠ S -1   A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
        140    0.00   5.00  3♥ E      A12-Stern-Heller vs A3-Halleen-Dow
9 ♠KJ63
♥72
♦754
♣8764
 Dlr: North
Vul: E-W
♠T82
♥Q985
♦-
♣KQJT52
 ♠95
♥A643
♦AQ9632
♣9
♠AQ74
♥KJT
♦KJT8
♣A3
4
810
18
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 1♦ 2/3♠ 2NT  ♣4/5 ♥4
EW: 2♣ 3/2♥  ♦5 ♠4 NT4
LoTT: 18 - 16 = +2
Par: +140 3♠-N		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  170          5.00   0.00  2♠ N +2   A12-Stern-Heller vs A3-Halleen-Dow
         50    3.00   2.00  4♠ N -1   A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
         50    3.00   2.00  3♠ N -1   A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
         50    3.00   2.00  2♠ S -1   A11-Mok-Chee vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
        100    1.00   4.00  4♠ S -2   A7-Siebert-Papst vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
        150    0.00   5.00  2N S -3   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
10 ♠6
♥KQ863
♦J75
♣A763
 Dlr: East
Vul: Both
♠Q87
♥A7
♦KQ83
♣KJ98
 ♠J94
♥92
♦AT942
♣Q52
♠AKT532
♥JT54
♦6
♣T4
10
157
8
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 4♥ 3♠  ♣4 ♦3 NT4
EW: 1♣ 2♦  ♥2 ♠4 NT6
LoTT: 18 - 18 = 0
Par: +620 4♥-NS		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  200          5.00   0.00  2N W -2   A12-Stern-Heller vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
  170          3.50   1.50  2♠ S +2   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A7-Siebert-Papst
  170          3.50   1.50  2♠ S +2   A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
  140          2.00   3.00  3♥ N      A3-Halleen-Dow vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
  100          1.00   4.00  2N W -1   A11-Mok-Chee vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
        110    0.00   5.00  3♦ E      A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie

Fred Ferguson Hand Analysis
WestNorthEastSouth
  PassPass
1NT12♥Pass4♥
All pass   
  1. 15-17 high card points

It is often hard to reach a game after the opponents have opened 1NT.

Auction: East deals and passes. Many with South's hand will open 2♠, but with 4 hearts many will first pass and wait with spades South can always get into the auction. West with 15 hcp and a balanced hand opens the bidding 1NT. Now to South's surprise North overcall 2♥ as natural. Many partnerships will have a systems bid to show hearts or show a major and minor, but it should not make a difference. South now has 12 support points for hearts and bids 4♥.

4♥ by North
TrickLead2nd3rd4th
1. E♥947K
2. N♥3210A
3. W♣JA24
4. N♠64A7
5. S♠K8♣39
6. S♠10Q♥8J
7. N♥6♦2J♦8
8. S♠5♣8♣6♦4
9. S♠3♦3♣7♦10
10. S♠2♣9♦5♦9
11. S♣10K♥QQ
12. N♦JA6Q
13. E♣5♥5♦K♦7
Made 5 — NS +650

Play: With the lead of a club, East/West should always win a club, a diamond and a heart. But in the auction here East realizes North/South have gotten to game on shape not strength and leads a heart to shorten ruffing values and protect partner's values. This contract is easy to play, declarer (North) wins the first heart and while still has control of clubs leads a second heart knocking out the ♥A. Now it is easy to set up spades for club pitches on spades.

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11 ♠K32
♥8
♦KJ7
♣AT7642
 Dlr: South
Vul: None
♠AQT96
♥75
♦AT96
♣Q9
 ♠J4
♥AT932
♦Q42
♣K83
♠875
♥KQJ64
♦853
♣J5
11
1210
7
Double Dummy Makes
NS:  ♣6 ♦4 ♥6 ♠4 NT4
EW: 1♣ 3♦ 1♥ 3♠ 2NT
LoTT: 15 - 15 = 0
Par: -140 3♠-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  150          5.00   0.00  3N E -3   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A7-Siebert-Papst
  100          4.00   1.00  2♥ E -2   A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
   50          2.50   2.50  3N E -1   A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
   50          2.50   2.50  3N E -1   A12-Stern-Heller vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
         90    1.00   4.00  2♦ W      A3-Halleen-Dow vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
        120    0.00   5.00  2N E      A11-Mok-Chee vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
12 ♠AJ42
♥762
♦-
♣J75432
 Dlr: West
Vul: N-S
♠98
♥AJ9
♦KQ532
♣AT9
 ♠KT
♥QT83
♦AT64
♣Q86
♠Q7653
♥K54
♦J987
♣K
6
1411
9
Double Dummy Makes
NS:  ♣5 ♦2 ♥2 ♠6 NT2
EW: 2♣ 5♦ 3♥ 5NT  ♠5
LoTT: 17 - 18 = -1
Par: -460 5NT-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
        150    3.50   1.50  2N W +1   A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
        150    3.50   1.50  3♦ W +2   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A7-Siebert-Papst
        150    3.50   1.50  3♦ W +2   A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
        150    3.50   1.50  3♦ W +2   A12-Stern-Heller vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
        430    1.00   4.00  3N W +1   A3-Halleen-Dow vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
        800    0.00   5.00  3♠* S -3  A11-Mok-Chee vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
13 ♠AK8
♥3
♦98763
♣T853
 Dlr: North
Vul: Both
♠975
♥KQT92
♦4
♣AJ74
 ♠Q42
♥A5
♦KT5
♣KQ962
♠JT63
♥J8764
♦AQJ2
♣-
7
1014
9
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 3♦ 1♠  ♣3 ♥5 NT4
EW: 3♣ 2/1♥  ♦4 ♠5 NT6
LoTT: 18 - 18 = 0
Par: +110 3♦-NS		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  200          5.00   0.00  5♣* E -1  A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
  160          4.00   1.00  1♥* S     A4-Phelps-Seckel vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
        180    3.00   2.00  1N W +3   A3-Halleen-Dow vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
        200    2.00   3.00  3♠ S -2   A7-Siebert-Papst vs A11-Mok-Chee
        600    1.00   4.00  3N E      A12-Stern-Heller vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
        660    0.00   5.00  3N E +2   A9-Upson-Lesieutre vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
14 ♠Q3
♥953
♦KQ8
♣97542
 Dlr: East
Vul: None
♠AKJT
♥A4
♦J954
♣T83
 ♠652
♥K87
♦AT72
♣AQ6
♠9874
♥QJT62
♦63
♣KJ
7
1313
7
Double Dummy Makes
NS:  ♣4 ♦2 ♥5 ♠2 NT2
EW: 3♣ 5♦ 2♥ 4♠ 4NT
LoTT: 16 - 16 = 0
Par: -430 4NT-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  100          5.00   0.00  3N W -2   A9-Upson-Lesieutre vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
        130    4.00   1.00  3♦ E +1   A7-Siebert-Papst vs A11-Mok-Chee
        140    3.00   2.00  3♠ W      A12-Stern-Heller vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
        400    1.00   4.00  3N E      A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
        400    1.00   4.00  3N E      A3-Halleen-Dow vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
        400    1.00   4.00  3N E      A4-Phelps-Seckel vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
15 ♠J97
♥A864
♦AK85
♣KQ
 Dlr: South
Vul: N-S
♠T63
♥QJ975
♦-
♣JT863
 ♠Q52
♥K2
♦QJ632
♣975
♠AK84
♥T3
♦T974
♣A42
17
48
11
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 1♣ 4♦ 2♥ 4♠ 4NT
EW:  ♣6 ♦3 ♥5 ♠3 NT3
LoTT: 16 - 16 = 0
Par: +630 4NT-NS		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  660          5.00   0.00  3N N +2   A7-Siebert-Papst vs A11-Mok-Chee
  600          2.50   2.50  3N N      A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
  600          2.50   2.50  3N N      A3-Halleen-Dow vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
  600          2.50   2.50  3N N      A4-Phelps-Seckel vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
  600          2.50   2.50  3N N      A12-Stern-Heller vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
        100    0.00   5.00  5♦ S -1   A9-Upson-Lesieutre vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
16 ♠T5
♥A432
♦KQJ42
♣A2
 Dlr: West
Vul: E-W
♠K4
♥J9765
♦83
♣J873
 ♠QJ93
♥KQ
♦A75
♣Q964
♠A8762
♥T8
♦T96
♣KT5
14
514
7
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 2♦ 2♠ 2NT  ♣5 ♥6
EW: 1♣  ♦3 ♥6 ♠5 NT5
LoTT: 15 - 16 = -1
Par: +120 2NT-NS		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  300          4.90   0.10  3♥ E -3   A12-Stern-Heller vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
  130          3.70   1.30  3♦ N +1   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
  120          2.50   2.50  1N N +1   A4-Phelps-Seckel vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
  AVE   AVE    2.50   2.50  Pass Out  A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A3-Halleen-Dow
  100          1.30   3.70  2♥ E -1   A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A11-Mok-Chee
        100    0.10   4.90  3N N -2   A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A7-Siebert-Papst
17 ♠A986
♥KQ5
♦J97
♣K83
 Dlr: North
Vul: None
♠KT5
♥JT982
♦KT3
♣96
 ♠QJ74
♥643
♦A4
♣AQT5
♠32
♥A7
♦Q8652
♣J742
13
713
7
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 2♦  ♣6 ♥4 ♠4 NT6
EW: 2♥ 2♠ 1NT  ♣6 ♦5
LoTT: 16 - 16 = 0
Par: -100 3♦*-NS-1		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
   90          4.90   0.10  1N N      A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A11-Mok-Chee
   50          3.70   1.30  2♠ E -1   A12-Stern-Heller vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
  AVE   AVE    2.50   2.50  Pass Out  A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A3-Halleen-Dow
        110    1.30   3.70  2♥ W      A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A7-Siebert-Papst
        110    1.30   3.70  2♥ W      A4-Phelps-Seckel vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
        110    1.30   3.70  2♥ E      A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
18 ♠2
♥QJ7
♦AKQ65
♣QT74
 Dlr: East
Vul: N-S
♠J83
♥AK64
♦T43
♣K52
 ♠T765
♥T83
♦J872
♣98
♠AKQ94
♥952
♦9
♣AJ63
14
111
14
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 4♣ 4♦ 3♥ 3♠ 3NT
EW:  ♣2 ♦3 ♥3 ♠3 NT3
LoTT: 13 - 15 = -2
Par: +600 3NT-NS		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  630          4.90   0.10  3N N +1   A1-Boehne-Jackson vs A7-Siebert-Papst
  600          2.50   2.50  3N S      A12-Stern-Heller vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
  600          2.50   2.50  3N N      A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
  600          2.50   2.50  3N N      A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A11-Mok-Chee
  AVE   AVE    2.50   2.50  Pass Out  A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A3-Halleen-Dow
        100    0.10   4.90  5♣ S -1   A4-Phelps-Seckel vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
19 ♠963
♥J954
♦K
♣AKJ65
 Dlr: South
Vul: E-W
♠AQT542
♥876
♦T3
♣T7
 ♠J7
♥KQ32
♦87654
♣92
♠K8
♥AT
♦AQJ92
♣Q843
12
66
16
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 5/6♣ 3/5♦ 3♥ -/1♠ 1/5NT
       ♠6/7
EW:  ♣1 ♦2 ♥4 ♠6 NT2
LoTT: 18 - 17 = +1
Par: +920 6♣-N		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  490          4.50   0.50  3N S +3   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
  490          4.50   0.50  3N S +3   A11-Mok-Chee vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
  460          2.00   3.00  3N S +2   A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
  460          2.00   3.00  3N S +2   A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
  460          2.00   3.00  3N N +2   A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A3-Halleen-Dow
        100    0.00   5.00  3N N -2   A12-Stern-Heller vs A7-Siebert-Papst

Fred Ferguson Hand Analysis
WestNorthEastSouth
   1♦
2♠1Dbl2Pass3♣
Pass5♣Pass6♣
All pass   
  1. weak jump overcall
  2. Negative Double

Here is another one of those deal where most pairs will play in notrump.

Auction: South deals and with 16 high card points opens the bidding 1♦ many will open 1NT. West makes a weak jump overcall of 2♠. North has options, North could bid 3♣ but with 12 hcp and 4 hearts chooses to first make a Negative Double. Many will have South bid some level of notrump, but in the auction here South bids 3♣ knowing that North can make a Western cuebid of 3♠ if that is the right option, and if in fact North does bid 3♠ then South will bid 3NT. In the auction here North bids 5♣ and South bids 6♣.

6♣ by South
TrickLead2nd3rd4th
1. W♥69QA
2. S♦23K4
3. N♣A237
4. N♣59Q10
5. S♦A10♠35
6. S♦Q♠5♠68
7. S♦J♠4♠97
8. S♦9♠2♥46
9. S♣4♠106♥2
10. N♣K♠78♥7
11. N♥53108
12. S♠8Q♣JJ
13. N♥JK♠K♠A
Made 6 — NS +920

Play: The play for 6♣ is not hard. If West doesn't lead the ♠A, then declarer (South) sets up diamonds for spade pitches, if West does lead the ♠A, declarer set up diamonds for heart pitches.

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20 ♠97
♥AJ654
♦T4
♣T952
 Dlr: West
Vul: Both
♠J8432
♥KQ87
♦87
♣QJ
 ♠QT65
♥3
♦AK52
♣A876
♠AK
♥T92
♦QJ963
♣K43
5
913
13
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 1♦ 1♥  ♣6 ♠4 NT6
EW: 3♠  ♣6 ♦5 ♥5 NT6
LoTT: 16 - 17 = -1
Par: -140 3♠-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  100          4.00   1.00  4♠ W -1   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
  100          4.00   1.00  4♠ W -1   A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
  100          4.00   1.00  4♠ W -1   A12-Stern-Heller vs A7-Siebert-Papst
        110    2.00   3.00  2♠ W      A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A3-Halleen-Dow
        140    0.50   4.50  3♠ W      A11-Mok-Chee vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
        140    0.50   4.50  1♠ W +2   A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
21 ♠KJT
♥KJ8743
♦-
♣K864
 Dlr: North
Vul: N-S
♠Q6
♥T96
♦QT863
♣A75
 ♠A842
♥Q2
♦K7542
♣Q3
♠9753
♥A5
♦AJ9
♣JT92
11
811
10
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 4♣ 4♥ 3♠ 1NT  ♦5
EW: 2♦  ♣3 ♥3 ♠3 NT3/4
LoTT: 18 - 18 = 0
Par: +500 5♦*-EW-3		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  800          5.00   0.00  5♦* E -4  A12-Stern-Heller vs A7-Siebert-Papst
  170          4.00   1.00  3♥ N +1   A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A3-Halleen-Dow
  140          3.00   2.00  3♥ N      A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
    PASS       2.00   3.00  Pass Out  A11-Mok-Chee vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
        100    0.50   4.50  4♥ N -1   A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
        100    0.50   4.50  3♥ N -1   A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
22 ♠J987543
♥T93
♦T7
♣5
 Dlr: East
Vul: E-W
♠K
♥QJ7
♦KQ94
♣87642
 ♠AT
♥86542
♦63
♣QJ93
♠Q62
♥AK
♦AJ852
♣AKT
1
117
21
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 2♦ 1♥ 5♠ 3/4NT  ♣6
EW: 1♣  ♦4 ♥6 ♠2 NT3
LoTT: 18 - 19 = -1
Par: +450 5♠-NS		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  450          4.00   1.00  4♠ S +1   A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
  450          4.00   1.00  4♠ S +1   A11-Mok-Chee vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
  450          4.00   1.00  4♠ S +1   A12-Stern-Heller vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
  420          1.00   4.00  4♠ S      A3-Halleen-Dow vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
  420          1.00   4.00  4♠ S      A7-Siebert-Papst vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
  420          1.00   4.00  4♠ S      A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
23 ♠932
♥JT64
♦KT643
♣6
 Dlr: South
Vul: Both
♠JT765
♥Q975
♦952
♣9
 ♠A8
♥K832
♦Q
♣AKQJT2
♠KQ4
♥A
♦AJ87
♣87543
4
319
14
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 4♦  ♣4 ♥4 ♠6 NT6
EW: 3♣ 2♥ 1♠ 1NT  ♦2
LoTT: 18 - 17 = +1
Par: +130 4♦-NS		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  500          5.00   0.00  4♣* E -2  A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
  300          4.00   1.00  5♣ E -3   A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
  150          3.00   2.00  2♦ N +3   A11-Mok-Chee vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
  100          1.50   3.50  4♣ E -1   A3-Halleen-Dow vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
  100          1.50   3.50  4♣ E -1   A12-Stern-Heller vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
        710    0.00   5.00  4♣* E     A7-Siebert-Papst vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
24 ♠K
♥A8743
♦J96
♣KT83
 Dlr: West
Vul: None
♠QT87
♥65
♦T87
♣A764
 ♠AJ9542
♥Q9
♦A4
♣Q95
♠63
♥KJT2
♦KQ532
♣J2
11
613
10
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 4♦ 4♥  ♣6 ♠4 NT5
EW: 1♣ 3♠ 2NT  ♦3 ♥3
LoTT: 19 - 19 = 0
Par: +100 4♠*-EW-1		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  420          4.50   0.50  4♥ N      A7-Siebert-Papst vs A5-Chriss-Ritchie
  420          4.50   0.50  4♥ N      A12-Stern-Heller vs A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart
  300          3.00   2.00  4♠* E -2  A10-McReynolds-Shellooe vs A4-Phelps-Seckel
   50          1.00   4.00  4♠ E -1   A3-Halleen-Dow vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
   50          1.00   4.00  4♠ E -1   A6-Loiacono-Coffee vs A2-Ricketts-Rubin
   50          1.00   4.00  4♠ E -1   A11-Mok-Chee vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
25 ♠984
♥9872
♦KJ5
♣J64
 Dlr: North
Vul: E-W
♠A72
♥A53
♦643
♣KQT7
 ♠T653
♥KQJ4
♦AQ82
♣5
♠KQJ
♥T6
♦T97
♣A9832
5
1312
10
Double Dummy Makes
NS:  ♣5 ♦3 ♥3/4 ♠3 NT4
EW: 2♣ 3♦ 3♥ 4♠ 3NT
LoTT: 15 - 15 = 0
Par: -620 4♠-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  100          5.00   0.00  3N W -1   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A11-Mok-Chee
        150    4.00   1.00  2N W +1   A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
        600    3.00   2.00  3N W      A12-Stern-Heller vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
        630    1.50   3.50  3N W +1   A4-Phelps-Seckel vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
        630    1.50   3.50  3N W +1   A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
        660    0.00   5.00  3N W +2   A7-Siebert-Papst vs A3-Halleen-Dow
26 ♠953
♥KJ73
♦QT76
♣T6
 Dlr: East
Vul: Both
♠QJ2
♥T
♦A853
♣Q9842
 ♠A
♥AQ542
♦K942
♣J53
♠KT8764
♥986
♦J
♣AK7
6
914
11
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 1♠  ♣3 ♦4 ♥5/4 NT4
EW: 4♣ 3♦ 1♥ 1NT  ♠5
LoTT: 17 - 17 = 0
Par: -130 4♣-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  110          5.00   0.00  2♠ S      A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
  100          4.00   1.00  3♦ E -1   A4-Phelps-Seckel vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
        100    3.00   2.00  3♠ S -1   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A11-Mok-Chee
        110    2.00   3.00  3♦ E      A12-Stern-Heller vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
        200    0.50   4.50  3♠ S -2   A7-Siebert-Papst vs A3-Halleen-Dow
        200    0.50   4.50  3♠ S -2   A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
27 ♠AK5
♥8632
♦8743
♣87
 Dlr: South
Vul: None
♠JT9842
♥Q5
♦QJ52
♣6
 ♠63
♥AKJT94
♦9
♣AKJ5
♠Q7
♥7
♦AKT6
♣QT9432
7
616
11
Double Dummy Makes
NS: 1♣ 2♦  ♥4 ♠5 NT5
EW: 3♥ 2♠ 2NT  ♣6/5 ♦5
LoTT: 17 - 16 = +1
Par: -140 3♥-EW		 
  N-S   E-W    N-S    E-W   Contract
  100          5.00   0.00  4♠ W -2   A2-Ricketts-Rubin vs A11-Mok-Chee
         50    3.50   1.50  4♥ S -1   A8-Vanmiddlesworth-Stewart vs A6-Loiacono-Coffee
         50    3.50   1.50  2♣ S -1   A4-Phelps-Seckel vs A1-Boehne-Jackson
        140    2.00   3.00  3♠ W      A5-Chriss-Ritchie vs A10-McReynolds-Shellooe
        230    1.00   4.00  3♥ E +3   A12-Stern-Heller vs A9-Upson-Lesieutre
        300    0.00   5.00  4♦* S -2  A7-Siebert-Papst vs A3-Halleen-Dow