vg|Britain vs USA,The Schwab Trophy,I,165,180,Britain,315,USA,395|
rs|2SS=,2HW=,5CE+1,5CE+1,3NS+1,3NN+2,3NE=,3NE-5,2SN+1,4SN-3,2SE+2,4SE+1,1SN-1,4HW+2,3HS-2,1NN=,3SN-1,P,3NW=,3NW+1,6HS=,6HS=,3NE=,3NE-1,6HN-1,6HN-1,3NW-1,3NEx-1,1NW=,2HE=,1NN+2,1NN=|
pn|G.Mathieson,E.Culbertson,H.M.Beasley,T.Lightner,M.Gottlieb,G.Morris,J.Culbertson,P.V.Tabush|pg||
qx|o165,BOARD 165|rh||ah|Board 165|nt||st||md|1ST9874HKDQ8CQJ532,SAQJHAT8643D53C96,S32HQ92DAJT72CAK4|sv|n|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Beasley: This was an interesting hand in that we got a nice swing on a partial score in each room. I felt a bit nervous in bidding 2 Diamonds vulnerable after my partner's pass, and when he took it into 2 Spades much as I disliked his suit, I thought I should only run into trouble by any further bid and such would have been the case. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|HA|pc|H2|pc|H5|pc|HK|pg||
pc|H3|pc|HQ|pc|HJ|pc|D8|pg||
pc|S2|pc|S5|pc|S9|pc|SJ|pg||
pc|C9|pc|CA|pc|C7|pc|C2|pg||
pc|S3|pc|S6|pc|S8|pc|SQ|pg||
pc|D5|pc|DA|pc|D4|pc|DQ|pg||
pc|D2|pc|D6|pc|S4|pc|D3|pg||
pc|C3|pc|C6|pc|CK|pc|C8|pg||
pc|C4|pc|CT|pc|CJ|pc|SA|pg||
pc|H4|pc|H9|pc|H7|pc|S7|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|H6|pc|D7|pc|D9|pg||
pc|C5|pc|H8|pc|DT|pc|SK|pg||
pc|DK|pc|ST|pc|HT|pc|DJ|pg||
qx|c165,BOARD 165|rh||ah|Board 165|nt||st||md|1ST9874HKDQ8CQJ532,SAQJHAT8643D53C96,S32HQ92DAJT72CAK4|sv|n|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: Tabbush's 1 No Trump response is nimsy but effective. |pg||nt|Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson did not chance the 2 Diamonds and Morris and Tabbush were allowed to play it in 2 Hearts, which they easily achieved. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|CK|pc|C7|pc|C2|pc|C6|pg||
pc|CA|pc|C8|pc|C3|pc|C9|pg||
pc|C4|pc|CT|pc|CJ|pc|H3|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|S2|pc|SK|pc|S4|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|HK|pc|HA|pc|H2|pg||
pc|H4|pc|H9|pc|H5|pc|S7|pg||
pc|HQ|pc|H7|pc|C5|pc|H6|pg||
pc|DA|pc|D4|pc|D8|pc|D3|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|DK|pc|DQ|pc|D5|pg||
pc|D6|pc|CQ|pc|H8|pc|D2|pg||
pc|HT|pc|D7|pc|S5|pc|S8|pg||
pc|SA|pc|S3|pc|S6|pc|S9|pg||
pc|SJ|pc|DT|pc|D9|pc|ST|pg||
qx|o166,BOARD 166|rh||ah|Board 166|nt||st||md|2S752HAKJT97D953CQ,SAKQ84H43DK8C9653,SJ93HQ852DJT74CJ7|sv|e|
sa|0|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|4C|mb|p|mb|5C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: One of the rare slam hands where Mr. Lightner and I  failed to reach an obvious slam, due to faulty interpretation of Partner's inferences. We are not yet quite in agreement as to who is to blame and I'll have to leave this interesting point to the judgment of the reader. |pg||nt|Beasley: This hand was remarkable for the missing of an extremely easy slam in both rooms., Culbertson passed Mathieson's 3 Hearts and from that moment Lightner's picture of his partner's hand was totally obscured. |pg||nt|Culbertson said afterwards that he let the Heart bid go round to see if Lightner wanted to "crack it", but that seems to be taking the view that the opposition must be cuckoo if they could put in a three bid over a forcing bid without something like six or seven tricks. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|HK|pc|H3|pc|H8|pc|H6|pg||
pc|S2|pc|SA|pc|S3|pc|S6|pg||
pc|C6|pc|C7|pc|CA|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|CK|pc|H7|pc|C9|pc|CJ|pg||
pc|ST|pc|S5|pc|SQ|pc|S9|pg||
pc|SK|pc|SJ|pc|D2|pc|S7|pg||
pc|S8|pc|H2|pc|D6|pc|H9|pg||
pc|S4|pc|D7|pc|DQ|pc|HT|pg||
pc|H4|pc|H5|pc|C2|pc|HJ|pg||
pc|DA|pc|D3|pc|D8|pc|D4|pg||
pc|C4|pc|D5|pc|C3|pc|DJ|pg||
pc|C8|pc|HA|pc|C5|pc|HQ|pg||
pc|CT|pc|D9|pc|DK|pc|DT|pg||
qx|c166,BOARD 166|rh||ah|Board 166|nt||st||md|2S752HAKJT97D953CQ,SAKQ84H43DK8C9653,SJ93HQ852DJT74CJ7|sv|e|
sa|0|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|3H|mb|4C|mb|p|mb|5C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Beasley: The same bidding occurred, but Morris made the brighter bid of 4 Spades. Tabbush must surely bid six then since there are all sorts of possibilities such as ruffing out the Spades and discarding the Diamonds even if his partner did not have the King. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|HK|pc|H3|pc|H8|pc|H6|pg||
pc|S2|pc|SA|pc|S3|pc|S6|pg||
pc|C6|pc|C7|pc|CA|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|CK|pc|H7|pc|C9|pc|CJ|pg||
pc|ST|pc|S5|pc|SQ|pc|S9|pg||
pc|SK|pc|SJ|pc|D2|pc|S7|pg||
pc|S8|pc|H2|pc|D6|pc|H9|pg||
pc|S4|pc|D7|pc|DQ|pc|HT|pg||
pc|H4|pc|H5|pc|C2|pc|HJ|pg||
pc|DA|pc|D3|pc|D8|pc|D4|pg||
pc|C4|pc|D5|pc|C3|pc|DJ|pg||
pc|C8|pc|HA|pc|C5|pc|HQ|pg||
pc|CT|pc|D9|pc|DK|pc|DT|pg||
qx|o167,BOARD 167|rh||ah|Board 167|nt||st||md|3SAK94HAJT2DQ2CAQT,SJ52HDAT963CJ9852,S876HQ74DK854CK43|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: One Spade is a better bid for Mathieson. He has two biddable Major Suits. 
|pg||nt|Beasley: Mathieson opened with a 2 No Trump bid after two passes, which was very much better than anyone bid, since he wants the minimum or less from me to get game. 
}|pg||nt||pg||
pc|D6|pc|D4|pc|DJ|pc|DQ|pg||
pc|CT|pc|CJ|pc|CK|pc|C6|pg||
pc|HQ|pc|HK|pc|HA|pc|C2|pg||
pc|S4|pc|SJ|pc|S6|pc|S3|pg||
pc|C9|pc|C3|pc|C7|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|D3|pc|H4|pc|H3|pg||
pc|HT|pc|S5|pc|H7|pc|H5|pg||
pc|SA|pc|S2|pc|S7|pc|ST|pg||
pc|SK|pc|D9|pc|S8|pc|SQ|pg||
pc|S9|pc|DT|pc|D5|pc|H6|pg||
pc|CA|pc|C5|pc|C4|pc|H8|pg||
pc|D2|pc|DA|pc|D8|pc|D7|pg||
pc|C8|pc|DK|pc|H9|pc|H2|pg||
qx|c167,BOARD 167|rh||ah|Board 167|nt||st||md|3SAK94HAJT2DQ2CAQT,SJ52HDAT963CJ9852,S876HQ74DK854CK43|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: Gottlieb has the alternative bid of 3 Hearts, but is influenced by the desire to have the lead up to his hand which holds tenaces.  |pg||nt|Beasley: Gottlieb made a poor bid of I Spades, which might have died a peaceful death if his partner had the Knave of Clubs instead of the King, when 3 No Trumps would still be there sitting. Too much approach work will miss a lot of games and might easily have missed this one. The whole feature of this hand was in South's original lead in each room. |pg||nt|Nobody can say that Mathieson was entirely wrong to lead the little Heart though in the majority of occasions the King would be more successful. Even then if Lightner had held up the Ace he would not have known what suit to go on with. If he chooses Spades we break the contract by a mile. Incidently, Culbertson's 2 No Trump bid was a bright semipsychic one which in this case came off well. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|H6|pc|H2|pc|C2|pc|H7|pg||
pc|HQ|pc|H3|pc|HT|pc|C5|pg||
pc|H4|pc|H5|pc|HJ|pc|D6|pg||
pc|S4|pc|SJ|pc|S6|pc|SQ|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|D2|pc|D3|pc|DK|pg||
pc|CK|pc|C6|pc|CT|pc|C8|pg||
pc|C3|pc|C7|pc|CA|pc|C9|pg||
pc|SK|pc|S2|pc|S7|pc|S3|pg||
pc|HA|pc|CJ|pc|D4|pc|H8|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|S5|pc|C4|pc|H9|pg||
pc|SA|pc|D9|pc|S8|pc|ST|pg||
pc|S9|pc|DT|pc|D5|pc|HK|pg||
pc|DQ|pc|DA|pc|D8|pc|D7|pg||
qx|o168,BOARD 168|rh||ah|Board 168|nt||st||md|4SA97HKQ9632D3C653,S853HJDAQT982CT72,SKQT62H875DK4CQJ4|sv|n|
sa|0|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson:  In spite of distribution and a fair sprinkling of intermediates in all suits the approach 1 Club bid would still be preferable to 1 No Trump. The hand turned out extremely luckily but the fact remains that game cannot be scored against fair defence.  In the opinion of most players an opemings. No Trump in preference to a suit bid has the advantage of suppressing information between opponents as to their suits.|pg||nt|In my opinion this is a serious disadvantage and far from attempting to shut out opponents I prefer to coax them into the open and learn the bad news after a bid of 1 rather than after a bid of 3. The modern methods of leads and partnership defense play have been so thoroughly perfected that it is very rare when opponents fail to find a winning suit. |pg||nt|Beasley: The whole feature of this hand was in South's original lead in each room. Nobody can say that Mathieson was entirely wrong to lead the little Heart though in the majority of occasions the King would be more successful. Even then if Lightner had held up the Ace he would not have known what suit to go on with. If he chooses Spades we break the contract by a mile. 
|pg||nt|Incidently, Culbertson's 2 No Trump bid was a bright semipsychic one which in this case came off well. As can be seen, the opening in Room 2 made the chief difference, and Tabbush took the first trick as he thought the only hope of game was to run off his winners before the adversaries touched spades. Unfortunately, the King of Diamonds lay wrong for him.}|pg||nt||pg||
pc|H6|pc|HJ|pc|H5|pc|HT|pg||
pc|C2|pc|C4|pc|CA|pc|C3|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|D3|pc|D2|pc|DK|pg||
pc|H8|pc|HA|pc|H2|pc|S3|pg||
pc|D7|pc|S9|pc|DQ|pc|D4|pg||
pc|DA|pc|H7|pc|D5|pc|S7|pg||
pc|D9|pc|S6|pc|D6|pc|C5|pg||
pc|D8|pc|S2|pc|S4|pc|C6|pg||
pc|DT|pc|ST|pc|H4|pc|H3|pg||
pc|CT|pc|CJ|pc|CK|pc|H9|pg||
pc|C8|pc|HQ|pc|C7|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|SK|pc|SJ|pc|SA|pc|S5|pg||
pc|HK|pc|S8|pc|SQ|pc|C9|pg||
qx|c168,BOARD 168|rh||ah|Board 168|nt||st||md|4SA97HKQ9632D3C653,S853HJDAQT982CT72,SKQT62H875DK4CQJ4|sv|n|
sa|0|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt||pg||nt|Beasley: As can be seen, the opening made the chief difference, and Tabbush took the first trick as he thought the only hope of game was to run off his winners before the adversaries touched spades. Unfortunately, the King of Diamonds lay wrong for him.}|pg||nt||pg||
pc|HK|pc|HJ|pc|H5|pc|HA|pg||
pc|D5|pc|D3|pc|DT|pc|DK|pg||
pc|H8|pc|HT|pc|HQ|pc|S3|pg||
pc|H9|pc|S5|pc|H7|pc|H4|pg||
pc|H6|pc|C2|pc|S6|pc|D6|pg||
pc|H3|pc|C7|pc|D4|pc|D7|pg||
pc|H2|pc|S8|pc|S2|pc|C8|pg||
pc|SA|pc|D2|pc|ST|pc|S4|pg||
pc|S9|pc|D8|pc|SQ|pc|SJ|pg||
pc|SK|pc|C9|pc|S7|pc|D9|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|CK|pc|C3|pc|CT|pg||
pc|CA|pc|C5|pc|DQ|pc|C4|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|C6|pc|DA|pc|CJ|pg||
qx|o169,BOARD 169|rh||ah|Board 169|nt||st||md|1S9863HQ7DQJ965C43,SK52H86DK743CKQJ6,SAQJ7HA952DAC9852|sv|e|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: Beasley decides to play the hand for a cross-ruff and meets with considerable success. Beasly: I felt tempted to go on after my partner's lift, but remembering that he had already passed I could see very slender hopes of game.}|pg||nt||pg||
pc|ST|pc|S3|pc|S2|pc|SQ|pg||
pc|C2|pc|C7|pc|C3|pc|CJ|pg||
pc|D7|pc|DA|pc|D2|pc|D5|pg||
pc|C9|pc|CT|pc|C4|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|H8|pc|H2|pc|HK|pc|H7|pg||
pc|D8|pc|DQ|pc|DK|pc|S7|pg||
pc|C5|pc|CA|pc|S6|pc|C6|pg||
pc|HQ|pc|H6|pc|H5|pc|H3|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|D4|pc|C8|pc|DT|pg||
pc|D9|pc|D3|pc|H9|pc|S4|pg||
pc|HT|pc|S9|pc|CK|pc|HA|pg||
pc|S8|pc|S5|pc|SJ|pc|H4|pg||
pc|SA|pc|HJ|pc|D6|pc|SK|pg||
qx|c169,BOARD 169|rh||ah|Board 169|nt||st||md|1S9863HQ7DQJ965C43,SK52H86DK743CKQJ6,SAQJ7HA952DAC9852|sv|e|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: Not vulnerable Jo risked a misfit which duly turned up.Jo adopts a different line of attack and meets with no success at all. |pg||nt|Beasley: Cottlieb made the same very shaded put up and Mrs. Culbertson took a rather unjustifiable plunge, and worried by the obvious hopelessness of the case, did not play it any too well.}|pg||nt||pg||
pc|S4|pc|S3|pc|S5|pc|S7|pg||
pc|H2|pc|HK|pc|H7|pc|H6|pg||
pc|C7|pc|C3|pc|CJ|pc|C2|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|C5|pc|CT|pc|C4|pg||
pc|H8|pc|H5|pc|H3|pc|HQ|pg||
pc|D5|pc|D3|pc|DA|pc|D2|pg||
pc|HA|pc|H4|pc|D6|pc|S2|pg||
pc|D4|pc|SJ|pc|D8|pc|D9|pg||
pc|C8|pc|CA|pc|S6|pc|C6|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|D7|pc|SQ|pc|DT|pg||
pc|C9|pc|ST|pc|DQ|pc|CK|pg||
pc|HT|pc|S8|pc|SK|pc|H9|pg||
pc|DK|pc|SA|pc|HJ|pc|S9|pg||
qx|o170,BOARD 170|rh||ah|Board 170|nt||st||md|2ST52HKJDQJT2CKT84,S874H874DAK8763C5,SJHAQT32D954CQ973|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: I suffered from a fit of conservatism and failed to raise Mr. Lightner's bid of 2 Spades though I should have done so had I followed the teaching laid down in my own Blue Book. |pg||nt|Beasley: Lightner must chance a 3 Spades bid after his partner's 2 Diamonds and his failure to do so cost the Americans the most easy game, though with Mathieson's rather peculiar opening lead from the King and another Heart, game cannot be made if I play the fourth Heart to let him make his Ten of Spades eventually.  }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|HK|pc|H4|pc|HT|pc|H5|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|H8|pc|HQ|pc|H6|pg||
pc|HA|pc|H9|pc|C4|pc|H7|pg||
pc|SJ|pc|SA|pc|S2|pc|S4|pg||
pc|CA|pc|C8|pc|C5|pc|C3|pg||
pc|C2|pc|CT|pc|S7|pc|C7|pg||
pc|DA|pc|D4|pc|C6|pc|D2|pg||
pc|DK|pc|D5|pc|CJ|pc|DT|pg||
pc|S8|pc|H2|pc|SK|pc|S5|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|ST|pc|D3|pc|C9|pg||
pc|S9|pc|CK|pc|D6|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|S6|pc|DJ|pc|D7|pc|H3|pg||
pc|S3|pc|DQ|pc|D8|pc|D9|pg||
qx|c170,BOARD 170|rh||ah|Board 170|nt||st||md|2ST52HKJDQJT2CKT84,S874H874DAK8763C5,SJHAQT32D954CQ973|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Beasley: Tabbush and Morris arrived at a game contract mainly through Tabbush's natural bid of 2 Spades.}|pg||nt||pg||
pc|S2|pc|S4|pc|SJ|pc|SA|pg||
pc|CA|pc|C4|pc|C5|pc|C3|pg||
pc|C2|pc|C8|pc|S7|pc|C7|pg||
pc|DA|pc|D4|pc|H5|pc|D2|pg||
pc|DK|pc|D5|pc|H6|pc|DT|pg||
pc|D3|pc|D9|pc|S6|pc|DJ|pg||
pc|C6|pc|CT|pc|S8|pc|C9|pg||
pc|D6|pc|H3|pc|S3|pc|DQ|pg||
pc|SK|pc|S5|pc|H4|pc|H2|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|ST|pc|H7|pc|HT|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|CK|pc|D7|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|H8|pc|HA|pc|H9|pg||
pc|HQ|pc|S9|pc|HK|pc|D8|pg||
qx|o171,BOARD 171|rh||ah|Board 171|nt||st||md|3S87H84DKJT87C6532,SAK94HAK953D9CKJ9,SQJT63HQJ2DAQ63CQ|sv|n|
sa|0|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: " Qui s'excuse s'accuse." At first I thought a 2 trick Set was sure and passed for the penalty. Our Opponents were vulnerable and Lightner having passed I saw no prospect of game, as he must be nearly trickless. On second thoughts I can see that I was wrong. I paid a heavy penalty for failing to observe the precepts of the Blue Book. |pg||nt|Beasley: My very light opening bid had far reaching and unimaginable results. I cannot think why Culbertson left it in, I suppose he hoped to down me two or three tricks vulnerable. At any rate, the Americans missed a simple game, which was got in the other room. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|CA|pc|C2|pc|C9|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|C4|pc|C3|pc|CK|pc|S3|pg||
pc|ST|pc|S2|pc|S7|pc|SK|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|D6|pc|C7|pc|C5|pg||
pc|H5|pc|HQ|pc|H6|pc|H4|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|H7|pc|H8|pc|HK|pg||
pc|S4|pc|SJ|pc|S5|pc|S8|pg||
pc|DA|pc|D2|pc|D7|pc|D9|pg||
pc|DQ|pc|D4|pc|DK|pc|S9|pg||
pc|HA|pc|H2|pc|HT|pc|D8|pg||
pc|H3|pc|SQ|pc|D5|pc|DJ|pg||
pc|D3|pc|C8|pc|DT|pc|SA|pg||
pc|H9|pc|S6|pc|CT|pc|C6|pg||
qx|c171,BOARD 171|rh||ah|Board 171|nt||st||md|3S87H84DKJT87C6532,SAK94HAK953D9CKJ9,SQJT63HQJ2DAQ63CQ|sv|n|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: An example of the use of the intermediate 2 bid when playing the 2 Club convention, which fortunately did no harm on this occasion, but produced the same result as would have been obtained playing Culbertson.|pg||nt|Playing the latter the bidding would have gone: 

West.                  East. 
1 Heart.              1 No Trump
3 Spades            4 Hearts }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|SQ|pc|S2|pc|S7|pc|SA|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|CQ|pc|CA|pc|C2|pg||
pc|H6|pc|H4|pc|HA|pc|H2|pg||
pc|HK|pc|HJ|pc|H7|pc|H8|pg||
pc|CK|pc|HQ|pc|C4|pc|C3|pg||
pc|ST|pc|S5|pc|S8|pc|SK|pg||
pc|C9|pc|D6|pc|CT|pc|C6|pg||
pc|C7|pc|C5|pc|D9|pc|D3|pg||
mc|12|pg||
qx|o172,BOARD 172|rh||ah|Board 172|nt||st||md|4SJ972HAQ83D96CAK5,SAK84HJ64D42CQT84,ST65HKT75DK83C972|sv|e|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Beasley: I do not think Mathieson should have interfered with my 2 Hearts bid though his doing so only resulted in a loss of fifty points, since he cannot even get two as they lie.  }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|H4|pc|H5|pc|H9|pc|HA|pg||
pc|S2|pc|S4|pc|ST|pc|SQ|pg||
pc|H2|pc|H3|pc|HJ|pc|HK|pg||
pc|HT|pc|D7|pc|H8|pc|H6|pg||
pc|S5|pc|S3|pc|SJ|pc|SA|pg||
pc|C4|pc|C2|pc|CJ|pc|CA|pg||
pc|S9|pc|SK|pc|S6|pc|D5|pg||
pc|D4|pc|DK|pc|DA|pc|D6|pg||
pc|DQ|pc|D9|pc|D2|pc|D3|pg||
pc|C3|pc|CK|pc|C8|pc|C7|pg||
pc|S7|pc|S8|pc|H7|pc|C6|pg||
pc|D8|pc|DT|pc|HQ|pc|CT|pg||
pc|C5|pc|CQ|pc|C9|pc|DJ|pg||
qx|c172,BOARD 172|rh||ah|Board 172|nt||st||md|4SJ972HAQ83D96CAK5,SAK84HJ64D42CQT84,ST65HKT75DK83C972|sv|e|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: My wife very rightly refuses to support her Partner's opening 1 Heart bid preferring on account of the balanced distribution of her hand to take the contract into 1 No Trump. |pg||nt|Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson failed to support her partner, presumably on account of her even distribution, and the result was certainly more successful though it might easily have been that 2 Hearts was on where No Trumps are off.  }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|DQ|pc|D6|pc|D2|pc|DK|pg||
pc|H5|pc|H2|pc|HQ|pc|H4|pg||
pc|HA|pc|H6|pc|H7|pc|H9|pg||
pc|H3|pc|HJ|pc|HK|pc|S3|pg||
pc|HT|pc|C3|pc|H8|pc|C8|pg||
pc|C2|pc|C6|pc|CA|pc|C4|pg||
pc|CK|pc|CT|pc|C7|pc|CJ|pg||
pc|C5|pc|CQ|pc|C9|pc|D5|pg||
pc|D4|pc|D3|pc|DT|pc|D9|pg||
pc|DA|pc|S2|pc|S8|pc|D8|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|S7|pc|S4|pc|S5|pg||
pc|D7|pc|S9|pc|SA|pc|S6|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|SJ|pc|SK|pc|ST|pg||
qx|o173,BOARD 173|rh||ah|Board 173|md|1SAK32HKT7DJ42CJ32,S98H9632DAQT63C85,SQJT75HA85DK5CQ64|sv|b|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
pc|CK|pc|C2|pc|C8|pc|C4|pg||
pc|CA|pc|C3|pc|C5|pc|C6|pg||
pc|CT|pc|CJ|pc|S8|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|S9|pc|S5|pc|S4|pc|SA|pg||
pc|SK|pc|D3|pc|S7|pc|S6|pg||
pc|H7|pc|H6|pc|HA|pc|H4|pg||
pc|H5|pc|HJ|pc|HK|pc|H2|pg||
pc|HT|pc|H3|pc|H8|pc|HQ|pg||
pc|D9|pc|D2|pc|DA|pc|D5|pg||
pc|D6|pc|DK|pc|D7|pc|D4|pg||
pc|ST|pc|C7|pc|S2|pc|H9|pg||
pc|SJ|pc|C9|pc|S3|pc|DT|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|D8|pc|DJ|pc|DQ|pg||
qx|c173,BOARD 173|rh||ah|Board 173|md|1SAK32HKT7DJ42CJ32,S98H9632DAQT63C85,SQJT75HA85DK5CQ64|sv|b|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
qx|o174,BOARD 174|rh||ah|Board 174|nt||st||md|2SKJ93HQT642DJ6CA8,SAT52HA83DA43CKQ3,S84HJ975DQT2C9754|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: My original bid of 1 Spade on a hand invites a respones from my Partner even though he may hold a fairly weak hand. My re-bid of 2 No Trumps encourages a game response with successful results. The play of the hand which is interesting is given. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|H5|pc|HK|pc|H6|pc|H3|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|C8|pc|C3|pc|C4|pg||
pc|D7|pc|D6|pc|D3|pc|DT|pg||
pc|H7|pc|S6|pc|HQ|pc|H8|pg||
pc|H2|pc|HA|pc|H9|pc|SQ|pg||
pc|DA|pc|D2|pc|D5|pc|DJ|pg||
pc|D4|pc|DQ|pc|DK|pc|S9|pg||
pc|D9|pc|S3|pc|S5|pc|S4|pg||
pc|D8|pc|H4|pc|S2|pc|S8|pg||
pc|C2|pc|CA|pc|CK|pc|C5|pg||
pc|HT|pc|ST|pc|HJ|pc|S7|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c174,BOARD 174|rh||ah|Board 174|md|2SKJ93HQT642DJ6CA8,SAT52HA83DA43CKQ3,S84HJ975DQT2C9754|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
pc|S8|pc|S6|pc|SJ|pc|SA|pg||
pc|CK|pc|C7|pc|C2|pc|C8|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|C4|pc|C6|pc|CA|pg||
pc|H2|pc|H3|pc|H7|pc|HK|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|S3|pc|C3|pc|C5|pg||
pc|D5|pc|D6|pc|D3|pc|D2|pg||
pc|H4|pc|HA|pc|H5|pc|S7|pg||
pc|DA|pc|DT|pc|D7|pc|DJ|pg||
pc|D4|pc|DQ|pc|DK|pc|H6|pg||
pc|D9|pc|HT|pc|S2|pc|C9|pg||
pc|CT|pc|S9|pc|S5|pc|S4|pg||
pc|D8|pc|HQ|pc|ST|pc|H9|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|SK|pc|H8|pc|HJ|pg||
qx|o175,BOARD 175|rh||ah|Board 175|nt||st||md|3SKQT9HAQJ75D843CQ,SJ87H642DJT97CK62,S4HK983DAK65CAJ93|sv|e|
sa|0|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|5H|mb|p|mb|6H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Beasley: After my partner's Heart bid I felt justified in leaping to four and he rightly sensed that there must be something on, the guiding factor from his angle being that be bad three of my Diamonds and only one Club, so rather than go straight to six, he put out a feeler in Spades with the idea that there might be a big slam in the hand. |pg||nt|However, I discouraged that idea by going only 5 Hearts and he quite rightly went the sixth. It is a nasty situation if the Spade-Ace lies wrong, since he has got to get rid of two Diamonds from my hand to get the contract once he has decided not to finesse the Club.  }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|C2|pc|CA|pc|C4|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|S4|pc|SA|pc|S9|pc|S7|pg||
pc|C5|pc|H5|pc|C6|pc|C3|pg||
pc|HA|pc|H2|pc|H3|pc|HT|pg||
pc|SK|pc|S8|pc|D5|pc|S2|pg||
pc|HQ|pc|H4|pc|H8|pc|C7|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|SJ|pc|D6|pc|S3|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|H6|pc|H9|pc|S5|pg||
pc|ST|pc|D7|pc|C9|pc|S6|pg||
pc|D3|pc|D9|pc|DA|pc|D2|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|C8|pc|H7|pc|CK|pg||
pc|D4|pc|DT|pc|DK|pc|DQ|pg||
pc|HK|pc|CT|pc|D8|pc|DJ|pg||
qx|c175,BOARD 175|rh||ah|Board 175|nt||st||md|3SKQT9HAQJ75D843CQ,SJ87H642DJT97CK62,S4HK983DAK65CAJ93|sv|e|
sa|0|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|6H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Beasley The bidding was the same up to a point, but Gottlieb jumped straight to 6 Hearts without suggesting Spades. Presumably he could draw the negative inference that Mrs. Culbertson did not have the other three Aces or she would have made some type of forcing bid on the second round. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|H2|pc|H3|pc|HT|pc|HQ|pg||
pc|H5|pc|H4|pc|H9|pc|C4|pg||
pc|S4|pc|SA|pc|S9|pc|S7|pg||
pc|S3|pc|ST|pc|SJ|pc|H8|pg||
pc|HK|pc|S2|pc|HA|pc|H6|pg||
pc|SK|pc|S8|pc|D5|pc|S5|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|D7|pc|D6|pc|S6|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|CK|pc|CA|pc|C5|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|C7|pc|D3|pc|C2|pg||
pc|C3|pc|C8|pc|H7|pc|C6|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|D9|pc|C9|pc|D2|pg||
pc|D4|pc|DT|pc|DA|pc|DQ|pg||
pc|DK|pc|CT|pc|D8|pc|DJ|pg||
qx|o176,BOARD 176|rh||ah|Board 176|nt||st||md|4ST9853H753DK6CAT4,SAJ4H964DQJTC8753,S76HAQJTD9754CJ62|sv|b|
sa|0|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Beasley: Mathieson made a jump rebid of Spades after my forcing bid and we were very unlucky not to get six. One spectator suggested that it was quite easy for me to get it by finessing for the Queen of Diamonds, but as they had not installed the periscopes low enough down in the room |pg||nt|I was unable to see Culbertson's hand as well as he could. I had two chances to one my way, and those must be the odds to play for. The same situation arose in the other room, and Gottlieb played it in exactly the same way with an equally unsuccessful result. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|ST|pc|SJ|pc|S6|pc|S2|pg||
pc|DQ|pc|D5|pc|D2|pc|DK|pg||
pc|S9|pc|SA|pc|S7|pc|SQ|pg||
pc|C3|pc|C2|pc|CK|pc|CA|pg||
pc|S8|pc|S4|pc|HT|pc|SK|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|C4|pc|C7|pc|C6|pg||
pc|C9|pc|CT|pc|C5|pc|CJ|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|HK|pc|H3|pc|H9|pg||
pc|D3|pc|D6|pc|DJ|pc|D4|pg||
pc|C8|pc|HQ|pc|H2|pc|S3|pg||
pc|DT|pc|D7|pc|D8|pc|S5|pg||
pc|H4|pc|HA|pc|H8|pc|H5|pg||
pc|D9|pc|DA|pc|H7|pc|H6|pg||
qx|c176,BOARD 176|rh||ah|Board 176|md|4ST9853H753DK6CAT4,SAJ4H964DQJTC8753,S76HAQJTD9754CJ62|sv|b|
sa|0|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
pc|ST|pc|SJ|pc|S6|pc|S2|pg||
pc|DT|pc|D4|pc|D2|pc|DK|pg||
pc|S3|pc|SA|pc|S7|pc|SQ|pg||
pc|C3|pc|C2|pc|CK|pc|C4|pg||
pc|D3|pc|D6|pc|DJ|pc|D5|pg||
pc|C5|pc|C6|pc|CQ|pc|CA|pg||
pc|H7|pc|H4|pc|HT|pc|HK|pg||
pc|D8|pc|S5|pc|DQ|pc|D7|pg||
pc|S4|pc|D9|pc|SK|pc|S8|pg||
pc|DA|pc|H3|pc|H6|pc|HQ|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o177,BOARD 177|rh||ah|Board 177|md|1SAKJT86H64DK4CK72,S743H92DQT95CA965,SHAKQJT75DAJ876C8|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|6H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|CK|pc|CA|pc|C8|pg||
pc|C5|pc|H5|pc|C3|pc|C2|pg||
pc|HA|pc|H3|pc|H4|pc|H2|pg||
pc|D6|pc|D2|pc|DK|pc|D5|pg||
pc|SA|pc|S3|pc|D7|pc|S2|pg||
pc|SK|pc|S4|pc|D8|pc|S5|pg||
pc|D4|pc|D9|pc|DA|pc|D3|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|H8|pc|S6|pc|DT|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|C7|pc|C6|pc|H7|pg||
pc|HK|pc|C4|pc|H6|pc|H9|pg||
pc|HQ|pc|CT|pc|S8|pc|DQ|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|S9|pc|ST|pc|C9|pg||
pc|HT|pc|SQ|pc|SJ|pc|S7|pg||
qx|c177,BOARD 177|rh||ah|Board 177|md|1SAKJT86H64DK4CK72,S743H92DQT95CA965,SHAKQJT75DAJ876C8|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4D|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|5H|mb|p|mb|5S|mb|p|mb|6H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|CK|pc|CA|pc|C8|pg||
pc|C5|pc|H5|pc|C3|pc|C2|pg||
pc|HA|pc|H3|pc|H4|pc|H2|pg||
pc|D6|pc|D2|pc|DK|pc|D5|pg||
pc|SA|pc|S3|pc|D7|pc|S2|pg||
pc|SK|pc|S4|pc|D8|pc|S5|pg||
pc|D4|pc|D9|pc|DA|pc|D3|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|H8|pc|S6|pc|DT|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|C7|pc|C6|pc|H7|pg||
pc|HK|pc|C4|pc|H6|pc|H9|pg||
pc|HQ|pc|CT|pc|S8|pc|DQ|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|S9|pc|ST|pc|C9|pg||
pc|HT|pc|SQ|pc|SJ|pc|S7|pg||
qx|o178,BOARD 178|rh||ah|Board 178|nt||st||md|2S6HJT863DQ985CAQ4,SAKQJ3HQ972DT7C63,S97542HAK5DJCT872|sv|n|
sa|0|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Beasley: This is the perfect case of a very difficult non-fitter which should certainly not be bid up to game, but in both rooms it was so bid. Over Culbertson's 2 Spades Lightner made rather a guess-work bid, and had Culbertson gone 3 Spades instead of 3 No Trumps the bidding would have died there and they could probably get it. In the play, my partner was put. to a nasty discount and had to throw the Queen of Clubs at trick eight. }|pg||nt||pg||
pc|HA|pc|H4|pc|H8|pc|H2|pg||
pc|HK|pc|D2|pc|H3|pc|H7|pg||
pc|H5|pc|D3|pc|HT|pc|HQ|pg||
pc|S3|pc|S2|pc|ST|pc|S6|pg||
pc|S8|pc|D5|pc|SA|pc|S4|pg||
pc|SK|pc|S5|pc|D4|pc|C4|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|S7|pc|C9|pc|CQ|pg||
pc|SJ|pc|S9|pc|D6|pc|D8|pg||
pc|DT|pc|DJ|pc|DA|pc|D9|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|CA|pc|C3|pc|C8|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|H9|pc|C7|pc|C5|pg||
pc|H6|pc|D7|pc|C2|pc|CK|pg||
pc|DQ|pc|C6|pc|CT|pc|DK|pg||
qx|c178,BOARD 178|rh||ah|Board 178|nt||st||md|2S6HJT863DQ985CAQ4,SAKQJ3HQ972DT7C63,S97542HAK5DJCT872|sv|n|
sa|0|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Culbertson: In spite of repeated passes by his partner Mike takes an optimistic view of her hand and doubles with good results.  |pg||nt|Beasley: Tabbushs bid of 2 No Trumps on the second round is definitely off the map with a singleton Heart. If he is going to bid again, 3 Spades is the only one he can put up. The lead coming the other way upset him badly, and taking a wrong view of the Hearts he came heavily down, doubled.}|pg||nt||pg||
pc|HJ|pc|H2|pc|H5|pc|H4|pg||
pc|H3|pc|H7|pc|HK|pc|D2|pg||
pc|C2|pc|CJ|pc|CQ|pc|C3|pg||
pc|HT|pc|HQ|pc|HA|pc|D3|pg||
pc|C7|pc|C5|pc|CA|pc|C6|pg||
pc|H8|pc|H9|pc|DJ|pc|S8|pg||
pc|D7|pc|S2|pc|DA|pc|D5|pg||
pc|ST|pc|S6|pc|SJ|pc|S4|pg||
pc|SA|pc|S5|pc|D4|pc|H6|pg||
pc|SK|pc|S7|pc|D6|pc|D8|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|S9|pc|C9|pc|D9|pg||
pc|S3|pc|C8|pc|CK|pc|C4|pg||
pc|DT|pc|CT|pc|DK|pc|DQ|pg||
qx|o179,BOARD 179|rh||ah|Board 179|md|3S9853HAK3DKJTCT73,SK4HQT9DA875CKQ52,SAT6HJ2DQ942C9864|sv|b|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
pc|HJ|pc|H4|pc|HK|pc|HQ|pg||
pc|DJ|pc|D5|pc|D4|pc|D3|pg||
pc|DT|pc|D7|pc|D2|pc|D6|pg||
pc|DK|pc|D8|pc|D9|pc|S2|pg||
pc|HA|pc|H9|pc|H2|pc|H5|pg||
pc|S3|pc|S4|pc|SA|pc|S7|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|c179,BOARD 179|rh||ah|Board 179|md|3S9853HAK3DKJTCT73,SK4HQT9DA875CKQ52,SAT6HJ2DQ942C9864|sv|b|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
pc|S3|pc|S4|pc|ST|pc|SJ|pg||
pc|H4|pc|H3|pc|H9|pc|HJ|pg||
pc|D2|pc|D3|pc|DT|pc|DA|pg||
pc|C2|pc|C4|pc|CA|pc|C3|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|C7|pc|CK|pc|C6|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|C8|pc|D6|pc|CT|pg||
pc|SK|pc|SA|pc|S2|pc|S5|pg||
pc|H2|pc|H8|pc|HK|pc|HT|pg||
pc|HA|pc|HQ|pc|D4|pc|H5|pg||
pc|DK|pc|D5|pc|D9|pc|H7|pg||
pc|H6|pc|DJ|pc|D7|pc|C9|pg||
pc|SQ|pc|S9|pc|C5|pc|S6|pg||
pc|S7|pc|S8|pc|D8|pc|DQ|pg||
qx|o180,BOARD 180|rh||ah|Board 180|md|4SAKT5H93DA72CQ832,SJ972HAJ87DQ3CT74,S83HK642DJT96CAJ5|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
pc|D4|pc|D2|pc|DQ|pc|D6|pg||
pc|D3|pc|DJ|pc|DK|pc|DA|pg||
pc|C2|pc|C4|pc|CJ|pc|CK|pg||
pc|H5|pc|H3|pc|HA|pc|H2|pg||
pc|H7|pc|HK|pc|HT|pc|H9|pg||
pc|S3|pc|S4|pc|SA|pc|S2|pg||
pc|D7|pc|S7|pc|DT|pc|D5|pg||
pc|D9|pc|D8|pc|S5|pc|S9|pg||
pc|S8|pc|S6|pc|SK|pc|SJ|pg||
pc|C3|pc|C7|pc|CA|pc|C6|pg||
pc|C5|pc|C9|pc|CQ|pc|CT|pg||
pc|C8|pc|H8|pc|H4|pc|HQ|pg||
pc|ST|pc|HJ|pc|H6|pc|SQ|pg||
qx|c180,BOARD 180|rh||ah|Board 180|md|4SAKT5H93DA72CQ832,SJ972HAJ87DQ3CT74,S83HK642DJT96CAJ5|sv|0|
sa|0|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
pc|D4|pc|D2|pc|DQ|pc|D6|pg||
pc|D3|pc|DJ|pc|D5|pc|D7|pg||
pc|CA|pc|C6|pc|C2|pc|C4|pg||
pc|CJ|pc|CK|pc|C3|pc|C7|pg||
pc|D8|pc|DA|pc|H7|pc|D9|pg||
pc|CQ|pc|CT|pc|C5|pc|C9|pg||
pc|C8|pc|H8|pc|H2|pc|H5|pg||
pc|SA|pc|S2|pc|S3|pc|S4|pg||
pc|SK|pc|S7|pc|S8|pc|S6|pg||
pc|S5|pc|S9|pc|H4|pc|SQ|pg||
pc|DK|pc|H3|pc|HJ|pc|DT|pg||
pc|HQ|pc|H9|pc|HA|pc|H6|pg||
pc|SJ|pc|HK|pc|HT|pc|ST|pg||
