Saturday Open Pairs Morning Session July 9, 2022
Scores after  9 rounds  Average:  270.0      Section  A  North-South
Pair    Pct   Score      Section Rank      MPs
                         A     B     C
  3   58.22  314.40  A   1                2.41(A)  Daniel Kroll - Misook Jung
 10   56.73  306.33  A   2                1.69(A)  James Slinger - Farid Assemi
  5   52.76  284.93  A   3                1.21(A)  Maris Zilant - Marolyn Imaoka
 11   51.56  278.44  A   4                0.84(A)  Bruce Luttrell - Gloria Darke
  9   51.16  276.26  A                             John Schoenbrun - Robert Madalena
  4   50.39  272.08  B         1          1.12(B)  Anne Wilson - Vilas Namjoshi
  8   49.42  266.88  B         2          0.78(B)  Brenna Wundram - Lynn Bartz
  6   48.69  262.91  B                             Josephine Ventura - Yuri Yatskar
  7   41.24  222.70  A                             Jane McLaughlin - Anne Hollingsworth
  2   39.25  211.93  C                             Marilyn Press - Judy Huckabay
  1   38.99  210.56  B                             Linda Nemmer - Randy Ryals

Saturday Open Pairs Morning Session July 9, 2022
Scores after  9 rounds  Average:  270.0      Section  A  East-West
Pair    Pct   Score      Section Rank      MPs
                         A     B     C
  5   61.91  334.30  B   1     1          2.41(A)  Philip Kuhn - Jennifer Kuhn
  2   55.77  301.18  C   2     2     1    1.69(A)  Kevin Patterson - Mitchell Darnell
  9   52.64  284.26  A   3                1.21(A)  Ying Liu - William Watson
 10   51.47  277.93  C   4     3     2    0.84(A)  Martin Michelsen - Christopher Kolner
  8   51.41  277.60  C                             Jocelyn Startz - Shazia Makhdumi
  4   50.27  271.46  B                             Rick Wilson - Andrew Rowberg
 11   49.90  269.44  C                             Chris Chen - Andrew Sinclair
  7   49.10  265.13  A                             Joanne Wicker - Kenneth Johnson
  3   49.00  264.61  A                             James Wallace - Kimberly Fanady
  6   48.44  261.58  B                             Frederick Tierney Jr - Christy Hartsell
  1   41.87  226.08  C                             Donald Vance - Todd Makler

Saturday Open Pairs Morning Session July 9, 2022
Scores after  9 rounds  Average:  270.0      Section  B  North-South
Pair    Pct   Score      Section Rank      MPs
                         A     B     C
  5   64.12  346.26  A   1                2.29(A)  Luen-Jyh Luo - Daren Kuo
  7   60.77  328.16  A   2                1.60(A)  Lori Spaeth - Susan Zhang
  3   54.93  296.63  A   3                1.15(A)  Cheryl Haines - Nancy Boyd
 10   54.86  296.23  B   4     1          1.27(B)  Jung Hu - Qing Lu
  8   51.43  277.73  B         2          0.89(B)  Jeanette Shinsako - Martha Keller
  6   49.10  265.15  C         3     1    0.88(C)  Nuno Rebelo - Victoria Santos
  9   46.74  252.40  C               2    0.62(C)  Marc Cervellino - Gerry Gassman
  1   46.61  251.71  B                             Philip Freiberger - Fred Brown
  4   45.82  247.43  C                             Roy Tsai - Li Zhang
  2   37.39  201.93  C                             Joan Smith - Ann Trueheart

Saturday Open Pairs Morning Session July 9, 2022
Scores after  9 rounds  Average:  270.0      Section  B  East-West
Pair    Pct   Score      Section Rank      MPs
                         A     B     C
  3   62.46  337.31  A   1                2.29(A)  Tahir Gokcen - Gary Macgregor
 10   59.13  319.28  A   2                1.60(A)  Roger Passal - Pat Galligan
  6   58.66  316.78  C   3     1     1    1.15(A)  Yin Lin - Gang Zhao
  1   52.73  284.76  C   4     2     2    0.80(A)  Gregory Gauthier - John Stremel
  7   52.66  284.38  A                             Ravi Thomas - Kumar Ramaiyer
  9   50.85  274.58  A                             Barbara Shukov - Valentin Kovachev
  2   39.14  211.35  C                             Lori Chang - David Sweet
  5   38.44  207.58  A                             Barbara McKay - Irwin Lichtblau
  8   38.35  207.10  B                             Sherry Larsen Beville - Kathy O'Neil Traback
  4   35.81  193.36  C                             Robyn Lee - Clive Surfleet

Morning Firecracker

Board 1
North Deals
None Vul

♠	K 5 3 2
♥	J 8 5 2
♦	K 7
♣	Q 9 2

♠	A 4
♥	7
♦	A Q J 4 2
♣	A 8 7 6 3

N
W		E
S

♠	Q J T 9 8 6
♥	K 6
♦	6 3
♣	J T 5

9
15 7
9

♠	7
♥	A Q T 9 4 3
♦	T 9 8 5
♣	K 4

NS 4♥; EW 2♠; NS 1N; EW 2♣; EW 1♦;
Par +300: EW 4♠×−2

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
4 ♠	E	−3	150		18.50	1.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A11-Chen-Sinclair
4 ♠	E	−2	100		14.00	6.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A7-Wicker-Johnson
4 ♠	E	−2	100		14.00	6.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
4 ♠	E	−2	100		14.00	6.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A3-Wallace-Fanady
3 ♠	E	−1	50		7.50	12.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A1-Vance-Makler
4 ♠	E	−1	50		7.50	12.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 ♠	E	−1	50		7.50	12.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♥	S	−1		50	4.00	16.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
5 ♥×	S	−1		100	2.50	17.50	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 ♠	E	4		170	1.00	19.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
5 ♥×	S	−2		300	0.00	20.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A9-Liu-Watson
Section B
4 ♥	S	4	420		20.00	0.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B4-Lee-Surfleet
4 ♠	E	−3	150		18.50	1.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
4 ♠	E	−2	100		14.00	6.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
4 ♠	E	−2	100		14.00	6.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B10-Passal-Galligan
3 ♠	E	−2	100		14.00	6.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
4 ♠	E	−2	100		14.00	6.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B2-Chang-Sweet
3 ♠	W	−1	50		7.50	12.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B6-Lin-Zhao
4 ♠	E	−1	50		7.50	12.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
4 ♠	E	−1	50		7.50	12.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
5 ♥×	S	−1		100	2.50	17.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor

Morning Firecracker

Board 2
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	J 6 5 4
♥	—
♦	K J 9 5
♣	A Q J 9 3

♠	A Q 8 7
♥	A K Q T 6 4 3
♦	8 4
♣	—

N
W		E
S

♠	2
♥	J 2
♦	A T 6 2
♣	K T 8 6 4 2

12
15 8
5

♠	K T 9 3
♥	9 8 7 5
♦	Q 7 3
♣	7 5

W 6♥; E 5♥; EW 4N; S 1♠; EW 1♦; W 1♣;
Par −980: W 6♥=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
2 ♥	W	6		230	19.00	1.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A1-Vance-Makler
4 ♥	W	5		450	15.50	4.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
4 ♥	W	5		450	15.50	4.50	A3-Kroll-Jung	A7-Wicker-Johnson
3 NT	W	5		460	13.00	7.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A11-Chen-Sinclair
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A9-Liu-Watson
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A2-Patterson-Darnell
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A3-Wallace-Fanady
6 ♥	W	6		980	0.00	20.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
Section B
4 ♠	S	−2		200	20.00	0.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B4-Lee-Surfleet
4 ♥	W	4		420	18.00	2.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
4 ♥	W	5		450	15.50	4.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B10-Passal-Galligan
4 ♥	W	5		450	15.50	4.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
5 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
4 ♥	W	6		480	7.00	13.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B2-Chang-Sweet
4 ♥	E	7		510	1.00	19.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B6-Lin-Zhao

Morning Firecracker

Board 3
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	K 9 8
♥	A 8 7 4
♦	J 4
♣	6 5 3 2

♠	J
♥	K T 6 3
♦	Q 9 6 2
♣	Q J 8 7

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q T 7 6 4
♥	Q 5
♦	K T
♣	A K 9

8
9 18
5

♠	5 3 2
♥	J 9 2
♦	A 8 7 5 3
♣	T 4

EW 4N; EW 4♠; EW 4♥; EW 5♣; EW 4♦;
Par −630: EW 3N+1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 ♠	E	5		200	15.50	4.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♠	E	4		620	12.00	8.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A7-Wicker-Johnson
4 ♠	E	4		620	12.00	8.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
4 ♠	E	4		620	12.00	8.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 NT	W	4		630	8.50	11.50	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A3-Wallace-Fanady
3 NT	W	5		660	3.50	16.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A1-Vance-Makler
3 NT	W	5		660	3.50	16.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
3 NT	W	5		660	3.50	16.50	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A9-Liu-Watson
3 NT	W	5		660	3.50	16.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 NT	W	5		660	3.50	16.50	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 NT	W	6		690	0.00	20.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A11-Chen-Sinclair
Section B
4 ♠	E	−1	100		20.00	0.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
2 ♠	E	3		140	19.00	1.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 ♠	W	4		170	17.50	2.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B6-Lin-Zhao
3 ♠	E	4		170	17.50	2.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 ♠	E	5		200	15.50	4.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
4 ♠	E	4		620	12.00	8.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
4 ♠	E	4		620	12.00	8.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B2-Chang-Sweet
3 NT	W	4		630	8.50	11.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B10-Passal-Galligan
4 ♠	E	5		650	7.00	13.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
3 NT	W	5		660	3.50	16.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor

Morning Firecracker

Board 4
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	K
♥	K J 7 3
♦	Q 4
♣	Q J T 7 6 2

♠	A J 7 3
♥	Q 6 5 4 2
♦	K J 6
♣	8

N
W		E
S

♠	Q T
♥	A 9
♦	T 8 7 5 3 2
♣	A 9 4

12
11 10
7

♠	9 8 6 5 4 2
♥	T 8
♦	A 9
♣	K 5 3

EW 3N; EW 5♦; EW 2♥; NS 2♣; EW 1♠;
Par −600: EW 5♦=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 ♥×	E	−4	1100		20.00	0.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A9-Liu-Watson
3 ♥	E	−3	300		19.00	1.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♥	W	−2	200		17.00	3.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 ♣	N	3	110		14.00	6.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 ♦	E	−1	100		11.00	9.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 ♦	W	−1	100		11.00	9.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A1-Vance-Makler
3 ♦	E	3		110	7.00	13.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A3-Wallace-Fanady
3 ♦	W	3		110	7.00	13.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 ♠	S	−2		200	4.00	16.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A2-Patterson-Darnell
4 ♣×	N	−1		200	4.00	16.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A7-Wicker-Johnson
4 ♣×	N	−2		500	1.50	18.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
Section B
2 ♥	W	−2	200		17.00	3.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
2 ♥	E	−2	200		17.00	3.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B6-Lin-Zhao
3 ♣	N	3	110		14.00	6.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B4-Lee-Surfleet
2 ♣	N	3	110		14.00	6.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
3 ♦	E	−1	100		11.00	9.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
2 ♣	N	2	90		9.00	11.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B10-Passal-Galligan
2 ♥	W	2		110	7.00	13.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
2 ♠	S	−2		200	4.00	16.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 NT	N	−5		500	1.50	18.50	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B2-Chang-Sweet
3 ♠×	N	−3		800	0.00	20.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor

Morning Firecracker

Board 5
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	8
♥	A J 5
♦	A Q 5 2
♣	A Q J 3 2

♠	T 5 4 3 2
♥	K T 6
♦	J 9 7
♣	9 8

N
W		E
S

♠	A K Q 9 7 6
♥	7
♦	K 8
♣	K T 7 6

18
4 15
3

♠	J
♥	Q 9 8 4 3 2
♦	T 6 4 3
♣	5 4

EW 4♠; NS 3♥; NS 3♦; EW 1N; N 2♣; S 1♣;
Par −420: EW 4♠=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
5 ♠×	E	−1	100		19.00	1.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
5 ♠×	E	−1	100		19.00	1.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 ♠	E	4		170	15.50	4.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A1-Vance-Makler
3 ♠	E	5		200	12.00	8.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A3-Wallace-Fanady
5 ♥	S	−2		200	12.00	8.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A9-Liu-Watson
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.00	13.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A2-Patterson-Darnell
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.00	13.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.00	13.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
5 ♥×	S	−2		500	3.00	17.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♠×	E	4		590	1.00	19.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A11-Chen-Sinclair
4 ♠×	E	4		590	1.00	19.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A7-Wicker-Johnson
Section B
5 ♠×	E	−1	100		19.00	1.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
3 ♠	E	4		170	15.50	4.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
3 ♠	E	4		170	15.50	4.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 ♠	E	4		170	15.50	4.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
5 ♥	S	−2		200	12.00	8.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B4-Lee-Surfleet
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.00	13.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B10-Passal-Galligan
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.00	13.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B2-Chang-Sweet
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.00	13.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
4 ♠	E	4		420	7.00	13.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
4 ♠×	E	4		590	1.00	19.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B6-Lin-Zhao

Morning Firecracker

Board 6
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	8 7 5
♥	5 4
♦	A J 9 8 7 3
♣	9 4

♠	A K J 9
♥	J 9
♦	K T
♣	J T 8 5 2

N
W		E
S

♠	Q T 2
♥	K T 6 3
♦	Q 6 5 2
♣	7 6

5
13 7
15

♠	6 4 3
♥	A Q 8 7 2
♦	4
♣	A K Q 3

EW 1N; NS 2♦; E 1♠; NS 1♥;
Par +90: NS 2♦=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
2 ♠	W	−2	200		17.50	2.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A1-Vance-Makler
2 ♥	S	2	110		13.00	7.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A11-Chen-Sinclair
2 ♥	S	2	110		13.00	7.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
1 ♥	S	2	110		13.00	7.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A7-Wicker-Johnson
3 ♦	N	3	110		13.00	7.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A9-Liu-Watson
2 ♣	W	−1	100		9.00	11.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
1 NT	E	−1	100		9.00	11.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A3-Wallace-Fanady
1 ♣	S	1	70		5.00	15.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 ♦	N	−1		50	3.00	17.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
3 NT	S	−1		50	3.00	17.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
2 NT	S	−2		100	0.50	19.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A2-Patterson-Darnell
Section B
2 ♣	W	−4	400		20.00	0.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
2 ♣	W	−3	300		19.00	1.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 ♠	W	−2	200		17.50	2.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 ♥	S	3	140		16.00	4.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
3 ♦	N	3	110		13.00	7.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
2 ♣	W	−1	100		9.00	11.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B6-Lin-Zhao
2 ♦	N	2	90		6.50	13.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B10-Passal-Galligan
2 ♦	N	2	90		6.50	13.50	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B2-Chang-Sweet
2 ♥	S	−1		50	3.00	17.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 ♥×	S	−1		100	0.50	19.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor

Morning Firecracker

Board 7
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	8
♥	K T 3 2
♦	A 9 5 2
♣	K T 8 6

♠	K Q T 9 7
♥	Q 7 5
♦	K J 8
♣	9 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A J 6 4 3 2
♥	8
♦	T 7 4
♣	Q 5 3

10
11 7
12

♠	5
♥	A J 9 6 4
♦	Q 6 3
♣	A J 7 4

NS 4♥; NS 4♣; EW 2♠; NS 3♦; NS 1N;
Par +500: EW 4♠×−2

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
5 ♥×	S	5	850		20.00	0.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♥	S	4	620		19.00	1.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
5 ♠×	W	−2	500		16.00	4.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A3-Wallace-Fanady
5 ♠×	W	−2	500		16.00	4.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A9-Liu-Watson
4 ♠	E	−1	100		8.00	12.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A2-Patterson-Darnell
4 ♠	W	−1	100		8.00	12.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
4 ♠	E	−1	100		8.00	12.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
5 ♥	S	−1		100	2.00	18.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A1-Vance-Makler
5 ♥	S	−1		100	2.00	18.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A7-Wicker-Johnson
5 ♥	S	−1		100	2.00	18.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A11-Chen-Sinclair
5 ♥	S	−1		100	2.00	18.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
Section B
5 ♠×	E	−2	500		16.00	4.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
4 ♠×	W	−2	500		16.00	4.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
5 ♠×	W	−2	500		16.00	4.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
4 ♠×	W	−1	200		12.50	7.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B2-Chang-Sweet
4 ♠×	W	−1	200		12.50	7.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B4-Lee-Surfleet
4 ♠	W	−1	100		8.00	12.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
4 ♠	W	−1	100		8.00	12.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B6-Lin-Zhao
4 ♠	W	−1	100		8.00	12.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
4 ♠	W	−1	100		8.00	12.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B10-Passal-Galligan
5 ♥	S	−1		100	2.00	18.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B9-Shukov-Kovachev

Morning Firecracker

Board 8
West Deals
None Vul

♠	Q J 7 3
♥	K T 9 8 4
♦	3
♣	5 4 2

♠	A T 2
♥	J 3
♦	8 6 5
♣	Q J T 9 8

N
W		E
S

♠	8
♥	Q 7 6
♦	A K Q 9 7 4 2
♣	6 3

6
8 11
15

♠	K 9 6 5 4
♥	A 5 2
♦	J T
♣	A K 7

NS 4♠; NS 3♥; EW 2N; EW 3♦; EW 1♣;
Par +300: EW 4N×−2; EW 5♦×−2

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
6 ♦×	E	−3	500		20.00	0.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A7-Wicker-Johnson
4 ♥	N	4	420		18.00	2.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
5 ♦×	E	−2	300		16.00	4.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 ♠	S	4	170		12.50	7.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A9-Liu-Watson
3 ♠	S	4	170		12.50	7.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 ♠	S	3	140		9.00	11.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A3-Wallace-Fanady
4 ♦	E	−1	50		6.00	14.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
4 ♦	E	−1	50		6.00	14.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A1-Vance-Makler
4 ♦	E	−1	50		6.00	14.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 NT	E	−1	50		6.00	14.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
5 ♠	S	−1		50	2.50	17.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
Section B
4 ♠	S	4	420		18.00	2.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
4 ♥	N	4	420		18.00	2.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
3 ♠	S	4	170		12.50	7.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 ♠	S	4	170		12.50	7.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
2 ♠	S	4	170		12.50	7.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B6-Lin-Zhao
3 ♠	S	4	170		12.50	7.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 NT	E	−1	50		6.00	14.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
4 ♠	S	−1		50	2.50	17.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B2-Chang-Sweet
4 ♦	E	5		150	1.00	19.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
3 NT	E	3		400	0.00	20.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B10-Passal-Galligan

Morning Firecracker

Board 9
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	J 8 6 4
♥	K 9 6 3
♦	A 7 4 3
♣	6

♠	K T 2
♥	Q J T 2
♦	Q 2
♣	J 7 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	9 3
♥	8 7 4
♦	J T 9 8
♣	A T 8 5

8
9 5
18

♠	A Q 7 5
♥	A 5
♦	K 6 5
♣	K Q 9 2

S 5♠; N 4♠; NS 3N; S 3♥; N 2♥; NS 3♦; NS 2♣;
Par +450: S 4♠+1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 NT	S	5	460		20.00	0.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A7-Wicker-Johnson
3 NT	N	4	430		17.00	3.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A1-Vance-Makler
4 ♠	N	4	420		13.00	7.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A3-Wallace-Fanady
4 ♠	N	4	420		13.00	7.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A9-Liu-Watson
4 ♠	S	4	420		13.00	7.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A11-Chen-Sinclair
4 ♠	N	4	420		13.00	7.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
4 ♠	S	4	420		13.00	7.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♠	N	4	420		13.00	7.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 NT	N	3	400		6.50	13.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 NT	S	−1		50	1.50	18.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
4 ♠	S	−1		50	1.50	18.50	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
Section B
4 ♠	S	5	450		18.50	1.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
4 ♠	S	5	450		18.50	1.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
4 ♠	S	4	420		13.00	7.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
3 NT	S	3	400		6.50	13.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 NT	S	3	400		6.50	13.50	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
3 NT	S	3	400		6.50	13.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B10-Passal-Galligan
3 NT	S	3	400		6.50	13.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B2-Chang-Sweet
3 NT	S	3	400		6.50	13.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B4-Lee-Surfleet
2 ♠	S	4	170		3.00	17.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B6-Lin-Zhao
3 NT	S	−3		150	0.00	20.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B1-Gauthier-Stremel

Morning Firecracker

Board 10
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	J 7
♥	T 9
♦	Q J 7 3
♣	A K Q T 7

♠	Q T 9 4
♥	Q J 7 5 4
♦	T 2
♣	9 4

N
W		E
S

♠	8 6 5 3 2
♥	A K
♦	K 9 8 6 5
♣	2

13
5 10
12

♠	A K
♥	8 6 3 2
♦	A 4
♣	J 8 6 5 3

NS 3N; NS 5♣; EW 2♠; NS 2♦; EW 1♥;
Par +600: NS 5♣=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
4 ♣×	N	5	910		20.00	0.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 NT	S	4	630		19.00	1.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A7-Wicker-Johnson
5 ♣	N	5	600		14.50	5.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
5 ♣	S	5	600		14.50	5.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A1-Vance-Makler
3 NT	N	3	600		14.50	5.50	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♣	S	5	150		7.00	13.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
2 ♣	S	5	150		7.00	13.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
4 ♣	N	5	150		7.00	13.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
3 ♣	N	4	130		3.00	17.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A9-Liu-Watson
3 NT	S	−1		100	2.00	18.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 ♠	E	3		140	0.50	19.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A3-Wallace-Fanady
Section B
3 NT	S	3	600		14.50	5.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 NT	S	3	600		14.50	5.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B2-Chang-Sweet
5 ♣	N	5	600		14.50	5.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
3 NT	S	3	600		14.50	5.50	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
5 ♣	S	5	600		14.50	5.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
4 ♣	N	5	150		7.00	13.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B10-Passal-Galligan
3 ♣	N	5	150		7.00	13.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B4-Lee-Surfleet
4 ♣	N	5	150		7.00	13.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B6-Lin-Zhao
3 ♣	N	5	150		7.00	13.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
3 ♠	E	3		140	0.50	19.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B1-Gauthier-Stremel

Morning Firecracker

Board 11
South Deals
None Vul

♠	A Q 6 4 3
♥	K
♦	A J 6
♣	Q J 9 4

♠	K 5 2
♥	T 8 7 6
♦	K Q T 7 2
♣	6

N
W		E
S

♠	8
♥	J 5 3
♦	8 4 3
♣	A K T 7 5 2

17
8 8
7

♠	J T 9 7
♥	A Q 9 4 2
♦	9 5
♣	8 3

NS 4♠; NS 3N; NS 2♥; W 1♦; NS 1♣;
Par +420: NS 4♠=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 NT	N	4	430		20.00	0.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	A3-Kroll-Jung	A2-Patterson-Darnell
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A3-Wallace-Fanady
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
2 ♠	N	4	170		7.50	12.50	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
2 ♠	N	4	170		7.50	12.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A1-Vance-Makler
3 ♠	N	3	140		5.00	15.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A9-Liu-Watson
4 ♠	N	−1		50	3.00	17.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 NT	N	−2		100	1.00	19.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 NT	N	−3		150	0.00	20.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A7-Wicker-Johnson
Section B
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B2-Chang-Sweet
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B6-Lin-Zhao
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
4 ♠	N	4	420		14.50	5.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
2 ♠	N	4	170		7.50	12.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 ♠	N	4	170		7.50	12.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
4 ♠	N	−1		50	3.00	17.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
4 ♠	N	−1		50	3.00	17.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B10-Passal-Galligan

Morning Firecracker

Board 12
West Deals
N-S Vul

♠	7 3
♥	Q 9 5 4
♦	K 3 2
♣	J T 5 4

♠	J 9 8
♥	A K J 6
♦	A 8 7
♣	A K 6

N
W		E
S

♠	A 6 5
♥	8 7
♦	Q 9 6 5 4
♣	Q 3 2

6
20 8
6

♠	K Q T 4 2
♥	T 3 2
♦	J T
♣	9 8 7

EW 4N; EW 3♠; EW 3♥; EW 4♦; EW 3♣;
Par −430: EW 3N+1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 NT	W	3		400	19.00	1.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 NT	W	4		430	14.50	5.50	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 NT	W	4		430	14.50	5.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A3-Wallace-Fanady
3 NT	W	5		460	6.00	14.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A9-Liu-Watson
3 NT	W	5		460	6.00	14.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 NT	W	5		460	6.00	14.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 NT	W	5		460	6.00	14.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 NT	W	5		460	6.00	14.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
3 NT	W	5		460	6.00	14.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A7-Wicker-Johnson
3 NT	W	5		460	6.00	14.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
3 NT	W	6		490	0.50	19.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A1-Vance-Makler
Section B
4 ♥	W	−1	50		20.00	0.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B10-Passal-Galligan
4 NT	W	4		430	14.50	5.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 NT	W	4		430	14.50	5.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B2-Chang-Sweet
3 NT	W	4		430	14.50	5.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
3 NT	E	4		430	14.50	5.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B6-Lin-Zhao
3 NT	W	4		430	14.50	5.50	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 NT	W	4		430	14.50	5.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
3 NT	W	5		460	6.00	14.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 NT	W	5		460	6.00	14.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
3 NT	W	6		490	0.50	19.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B5-McKay-Lichtblau

Morning Firecracker

Board 13
North Deals
Both Vul

♠	K 7
♥	8 3
♦	8 5 4
♣	A Q 8 7 6 4

♠	A J 2
♥	A J 6 4
♦	A J 3
♣	K T 3

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 8 5 4 3
♥	—
♦	K Q 7 2
♣	J 9 5 2

9
18 8
5

♠	T 9 6
♥	K Q T 9 7 5 2
♦	T 9 6
♣	—

W 4N; EW 4♠; E 3N; EW 4♦; EW 3♣; NS 1♥;
Par −630: W 3N+1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 ♥	S	−2		200	20.00	0.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
4 ♥	S	−3		300	19.00	1.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A3-Wallace-Fanady
3 NT	W	3		600	16.50	3.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A9-Liu-Watson
3 NT	W	3		600	16.50	3.50	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A7-Wicker-Johnson
4 ♠	W	4		620	11.50	8.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
4 ♠	W	4		620	11.50	8.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
4 ♠	W	4		620	11.50	8.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 NT	W	4		630	5.00	15.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A1-Vance-Makler
3 NT	W	4		630	5.00	15.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 NT	W	4		630	5.00	15.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 NT	W	4		630	5.00	15.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
Section B
3 ♥×	S	−2		500	18.00	2.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B4-Lee-Surfleet
4 ♠	E	4		620	11.50	8.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
4 ♠	E	4		620	11.50	8.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
4 ♠	E	4		620	11.50	8.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
4 ♠	E	4		620	11.50	8.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B2-Chang-Sweet
4 ♠	E	4		620	11.50	8.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B6-Lin-Zhao
3 NT	W	4		630	5.00	15.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B10-Passal-Galligan
3 NT	W	5		660	1.50	18.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
3 NT	W	5		660	1.50	18.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
5 ♥×	S	−4		1100	0.00	20.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B9-Shukov-Kovachev

Morning Firecracker

Board 14
East Deals
None Vul

♠	A Q 8
♥	K 4 3
♦	Q 7 5
♣	K 7 5 3

♠	T 7 6 5 4
♥	Q 5
♦	8 6 4 2
♣	A J

N
W		E
S

♠	J 9
♥	J T 8 7
♦	A J 9
♣	Q T 6 2

14
7 9
10

♠	K 3 2
♥	A 9 6 2
♦	K T 3
♣	9 8 4

NS 2N; NS 2♥; NS 2♦; NS 2♣; NS 1♠;
Par +120: NS 1N+1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 NT	N	3	400		20.00	0.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
1 NT	N	2	120		16.50	3.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
2 NT	N	2	120		16.50	3.50	A3-Kroll-Jung	A1-Vance-Makler
1 NT	S	2	120		16.50	3.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
1 NT	N	1	90		11.00	9.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A9-Liu-Watson
1 ♥	S	1	80		8.50	11.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A11-Chen-Sinclair
1 ♥	S	1	80		8.50	11.50	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A7-Wicker-Johnson
3 NT	N	−1		50	6.00	14.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A2-Patterson-Darnell
2 ♥	S	−1		50	6.00	14.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 ♥	S	−2		100	2.00	18.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 NT	N	−2		100	2.00	18.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A3-Wallace-Fanady
Section B
1 NT	N	3	150		19.00	1.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B2-Chang-Sweet
1 NT	N	2	120		16.50	3.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
2 ♠	W	−2	100		13.50	6.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B4-Lee-Surfleet
2 ♠	W	−2	100		13.50	6.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B6-Lin-Zhao
1 NT	N	1	90		11.00	9.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
1 NT	N	1	90		11.00	9.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B10-Passal-Galligan
2 NT	N	−1		50	6.00	14.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 NT	N	−2		100	2.00	18.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 NT	N	−2		100	2.00	18.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
3 NT	N	−2		100	2.00	18.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor

Morning Firecracker

Board 15
South Deals
N-S Vul

♠	9 2
♥	K Q J 9 5
♦	A 7
♣	J 5 3 2

♠	7 6
♥	6 3
♦	J 3 2
♣	A K T 9 8 4

N
W		E
S

♠	A K 3
♥	A 4 2
♦	Q T 9 8
♣	Q 7 6

11
8 15
6

♠	Q J T 8 5 4
♥	T 8 7
♦	K 6 5 4
♣	—

NS 3♠; EW 3♣; EW 1N; EW 2♦; NS 1♥;
Par +100: EW 4♣×−1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 NT	E	−2	100		17.50	2.50	A3-Kroll-Jung	A1-Vance-Makler
3 NT	E	−2	100		17.50	2.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A2-Patterson-Darnell
5 ♣	W	−1	50		12.00	8.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 NT	E	−1	50		12.00	8.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
3 NT	E	−1	50		12.00	8.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A7-Wicker-Johnson
3 ♣	W	3		110	8.00	12.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 ♣	W	4		130	7.00	13.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A3-Wallace-Fanady
3 NT	E	3		400	5.00	15.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 NT	E	4		430	3.00	17.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
3 NT	E	4		430	3.00	17.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 NT	E	6		490	0.00	20.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A9-Liu-Watson
Section B
2 ♠	S	2	110		20.00	0.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 NT	E	−2	100		17.50	2.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
3 NT	E	−2	100		17.50	2.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 NT	E	−1	50		12.00	8.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
2 NT	E	−1	50		12.00	8.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
3 ♣	W	−1	50		12.00	8.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B2-Chang-Sweet
3 NT	E	−1	50		12.00	8.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B6-Lin-Zhao
4 ♥	N	−2		200	6.00	14.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 NT	E	4		430	3.00	17.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
3 NT	E	5		460	1.00	19.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B10-Passal-Galligan

Morning Firecracker

Board 16
West Deals
E-W Vul

♠	K
♥	K T 8 7 3 2
♦	A 9 3
♣	T 9 2

♠	9 4
♥	Q 9 5 4
♦	8 7 6 2
♣	A K 4

N
W		E
S

♠	A Q J 8 6 5 3
♥	6
♦	Q 5
♣	Q 5 3

10
9 11
10

♠	T 7 2
♥	A J
♦	K J T 4
♣	J 8 7 6

EW 4♠; NS 2♥; NS 1♦; NS 1♣;
Par −500: NS 5♥×−3

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 ♥	S	−1		50	19.00	1.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
2 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A7-Wicker-Johnson
2 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A9-Liu-Watson
2 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	A3-Kroll-Jung	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
2 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A1-Vance-Makler
2 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A3-Wallace-Fanady
3 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
3 NT	E	3		600	4.00	16.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♠	E	4		620	1.50	18.50	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A2-Patterson-Darnell
4 ♠	E	4		620	1.50	18.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
Section B
3 ♥	N	3	140		20.00	0.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B6-Lin-Zhao
2 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B10-Passal-Galligan
3 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B2-Chang-Sweet
2 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
2 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
3 ♠	E	4		170	11.50	8.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
4 ♠	E	4		620	1.50	18.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
4 ♠	E	4		620	1.50	18.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B5-McKay-Lichtblau

Morning Firecracker

Board 17
North Deals
None Vul

♠	K T 8 7
♥	A K 9
♦	8 7 4
♣	T 7 3

♠	Q J 6 2
♥	4 2
♦	T 6 5 3
♣	J 5 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A 4 3
♥	Q T 7
♦	K J 9
♣	A 9 6 4

10
4 14
12

♠	9 5
♥	J 8 6 5 3
♦	A Q 2
♣	K Q 8

NS 2N; NS 2♠; NS 2♥; NS 1♦; NS 1♣;
Par +120: NS 1N+1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
1 NT	E	−3	150		20.00	0.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 ♥	S	3	140		16.00	4.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
3 ♥	S	3	140		16.00	4.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A3-Wallace-Fanady
2 ♥	S	3	140		16.00	4.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
2 ♥	S	2	110		9.00	11.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A2-Patterson-Darnell
2 ♥	S	2	110		9.00	11.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
2 ♥	S	2	110		9.00	11.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A1-Vance-Makler
2 ♠	W	−2	100		4.00	16.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A7-Wicker-Johnson
1 NT	E	−2	100		4.00	16.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
1 NT	E	−1	50		2.00	18.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 ♥	S	−1		50	0.50	19.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A9-Liu-Watson
Section B
2 ♥	S	3	140		16.00	4.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B2-Chang-Sweet
2 ♥	S	3	140		16.00	4.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B4-Lee-Surfleet
2 ♥	S	3	140		16.00	4.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
2 ♥	S	3	140		16.00	4.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
2 ♥	S	2	110		9.00	11.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B6-Lin-Zhao
2 ♥	S	2	110		9.00	11.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
2 ♥	S	2	110		9.00	11.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B10-Passal-Galligan
2 ♥	S	2	110		9.00	11.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
1 NT	E	−2	100		4.00	16.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
3 ♥	S	−1		50	0.50	19.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B9-Shukov-Kovachev

Morning Firecracker

Board 18
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	T 9 6
♥	K 6 5
♦	A T 6 2
♣	K 9 3

♠	A J 4 2
♥	A T 9
♦	K 9 7 4
♣	Q 7

N
W		E
S

♠	K Q 7 3
♥	Q 7 4 3
♦	8 5
♣	8 5 2

10
14 7
9

♠	8 5
♥	J 8 2
♦	Q J 3
♣	A J T 6 4

NS 2N; EW 2♠; NS 3♣; NS 2♦; EW 1♥;
Par +100: EW 3♠×−1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
1 NT	W	−2	100		17.00	3.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A1-Vance-Makler
2 ♠	W	−1	50		15.00	5.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A3-Wallace-Fanady
1 NT	W	−1	50		15.00	5.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
1 NT	E	1		90	12.00	8.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 ♣	S	−1		100	9.50	10.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A7-Wicker-Johnson
2 ♠	W	2		110	5.00	15.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A9-Liu-Watson
2 ♠	W	2		110	5.00	15.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A11-Chen-Sinclair
2 ♠	E	2		110	5.00	15.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A2-Patterson-Darnell
2 ♠	E	2		110	5.00	15.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
2 ♠	E	2		110	5.00	15.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
1 NT	W	2		120	1.00	19.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
Section B
2 NT	W	−5	250		20.00	0.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
1 NT	W	−4	200		19.00	1.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
1 NT	W	−3	150		18.00	2.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B10-Passal-Galligan
2 ♠	W	−1	50		15.00	5.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
1 NT	W	1		90	12.00	8.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B2-Chang-Sweet
1 NT	E	1		90	12.00	8.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 ♣	S	−1		100	9.50	10.50	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
2 ♥	E	2		110	5.00	15.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B6-Lin-Zhao
1 ♠	W	2		110	5.00	15.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
2 ♠	E	3		140	0.00	20.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B4-Lee-Surfleet

Morning Firecracker

Board 19
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A Q J T 9 4
♥	Q T 8 3
♦	K 3
♣	7

♠	8 6
♥	K J 9 6 4 2
♦	9 8
♣	A Q 6

N
W		E
S

♠	7 5
♥	7
♦	Q T 6 5 4 2
♣	9 8 4 2

12
10 2
16

♠	K 3 2
♥	A 5
♦	A J 7
♣	K J T 5 3

NS 6♠; NS 5N; NS 3♥; NS 3♣; NS 1♦;
Par +980: NS 6♠=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
6 ♠	S	6	980		19.50	0.50	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A2-Patterson-Darnell
4 ♠	S	6	480		15.50	4.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♠	S	6	480		15.50	4.50	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A1-Vance-Makler
4 ♠	S	6	480		15.50	4.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A3-Wallace-Fanady
4 ♠	S	6	480		15.50	4.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A7-Wicker-Johnson
4 ♠	S	6	480		15.50	4.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A11-Chen-Sinclair
4 ♠	S	6	480		15.50	4.50	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
4 ♠	S	5	450		7.50	12.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
4 ♠	N	5	450		7.50	12.50	A3-Kroll-Jung	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
4 ♠	S	5	450		7.50	12.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
2 ♦	W	−2	200		1.00	19.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A9-Liu-Watson
Section B
6 ♠	S	6	980		19.50	0.50	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B2-Chang-Sweet
4 ♠	N	5	450		7.50	12.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
4 ♠	S	5	450		7.50	12.50	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
4 ♠	N	5	450		7.50	12.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
4 ♠	S	5	450		7.50	12.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
4 ♠	N	5	450		7.50	12.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B10-Passal-Galligan
4 ♠	S	5	450		7.50	12.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B6-Lin-Zhao
4 ♠	N	5	450		7.50	12.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
4 ♠	S	4	420		2.00	18.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
4 ♥	N	−2		100	0.00	20.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B4-Lee-Surfleet

Morning Firecracker

Board 20
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	K 8 7 6 5
♥	T 9 8 5 4 2
♦	5
♣	7

♠	A J 9 2
♥	A
♦	Q J 6 3
♣	J 9 8 5

N
W		E
S

♠	Q T 3
♥	Q 6 3
♦	K 2
♣	A K T 4 3

3
13 14
10

♠	4
♥	K J 7
♦	A T 9 8 7 4
♣	Q 6 2

EW 3N; EW 4♣; EW 2♠; NS 2♥; EW 1♦;
Par −500: NS 4♥×−2

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
5 ♣	E	−3	300		18.50	1.50	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
5 ♣	E	−3	300		18.50	1.50	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A9-Liu-Watson
5 ♦	E	−2	200		17.00	3.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A1-Vance-Makler
5 ♣	E	−1	100		15.50	4.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A11-Chen-Sinclair
5 ♥×	S	−2		500	13.00	7.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 NT	E	3		600	8.00	12.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
3 NT	E	3		600	8.00	12.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 NT	E	3		600	8.00	12.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
3 NT	W	4		630	1.50	18.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 NT	E	4		630	1.50	18.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A3-Wallace-Fanady
3 NT	W	4		630	1.50	18.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A7-Wicker-Johnson
Section B
3 ♥×	N	3	730		20.00	0.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 NT	W	−1	100		15.50	4.50	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B2-Chang-Sweet
4 ♣	W	4		130	14.00	6.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 NT	E	3		600	8.00	12.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
3 NT	E	3		600	8.00	12.00	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
3 NT	E	3		600	8.00	12.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
3 NT	E	3		600	8.00	12.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
3 NT	E	3		600	8.00	12.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B10-Passal-Galligan
3 NT	E	3		600	8.00	12.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 NT	E	4		630	1.50	18.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B6-Lin-Zhao

Morning Firecracker

Board 21
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	J 6 5 4
♥	6 5
♦	Q J 6 4 3
♣	A 5

♠	K 8 3
♥	A 3
♦	A K 9 8 5
♣	T 8 6

N
W		E
S

♠	A T 9
♥	Q T 7 4 2
♦	T 7
♣	Q 4 3

8
14 8
10

♠	Q 7 2
♥	K J 9 8
♦	2
♣	K J 9 7 2

NS 1N; NS 1♠; EW 1♦; NS 1♣;
Par +90: NS 1N=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
2 NT	W	−3	150		20.00	0.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
2 ♠	N	3	140		19.00	1.00	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A1-Vance-Makler
2 ♥	E	−2	100		15.00	5.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A3-Wallace-Fanady
2 NT	W	−1	50		8.50	11.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
2 ♥	E	−1	50		8.50	11.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
1 NT	W	−1	50		8.50	11.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A7-Wicker-Johnson
2 ♥	W	−1	50		8.50	11.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A11-Chen-Sinclair
2 ♥	E	−1	50		8.50	11.50	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A2-Patterson-Darnell
2 ♠	N	−1		100	4.00	16.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
1 NT	W	2		120	2.00	18.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A9-Liu-Watson
2 ♠	N	−2		200	0.50	19.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
Section B
1 ♠	N	2	110		18.00	2.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
2 NT	W	−2	100		15.00	5.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
1 NT	W	−2	100		15.00	5.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
2 ♦×	W	−1	100		15.00	5.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B2-Chang-Sweet
2 ♦	W	−2	100		15.00	5.00	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B4-Lee-Surfleet
2 NT	W	−1	50		8.50	11.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
2 NT	W	−1	50		8.50	11.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
2 ♦	W	−1	50		8.50	11.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B6-Lin-Zhao
2 ♥	E	2		110	3.00	17.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B10-Passal-Galligan
2 ♠	N	−2		200	0.50	19.50	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer

Morning Firecracker

Board 22
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	Q 9 8 4 2
♥	J 8 7
♦	Q 9 8
♣	J 2

♠	A T 7 6 3
♥	9 5 4
♦	J 5
♣	A 9 5

N
W		E
S

♠	—
♥	K Q T 6 3
♦	A K T 7 2
♣	T 8 4

6
9 12
13

♠	K J 5
♥	A 2
♦	6 4 3
♣	K Q 7 6 3

EW 5♥; EW 4♦; EW 2N; EW 2♣;
Par −650: EW 4♥+1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
4 ♥	E	−1	100		20.00	0.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
2 ♥	E	4		170	17.50	2.50	A3-Kroll-Jung	A9-Liu-Watson
3 ♥	E	5		200	14.00	6.00	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 ♥	E	5		200	14.00	6.00	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A1-Vance-Makler
2 ♥	E	6		230	11.00	9.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A7-Wicker-Johnson
3 ♠×	N	−2		300	9.50	10.50	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A3-Wallace-Fanady
4 ♥	E	4		620	6.00	14.00	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
4 ♥	E	4		620	6.00	14.00	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A2-Patterson-Darnell
4 ♥	E	4		620	6.00	14.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
4 ♥	E	5		650	2.50	17.50	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A11-Chen-Sinclair
4 ♥	E	5		650	2.50	17.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
Section B
3 ♠	N	−3		150	19.00	1.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B4-Lee-Surfleet
2 ♥	E	4		170	17.50	2.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
3 ♥	E	5		200	14.00	6.00	B3-Haines-Boyd	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
2 ♥	E	5		200	14.00	6.00	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
3 ♥	E	5		200	14.00	6.00	B10-Hu-Lu	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 ♠×	N	−2		300	9.50	10.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B2-Chang-Sweet
3 ♠×	N	−3		500	8.00	12.00	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
4 ♥	W	5		650	2.50	17.50	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B6-Lin-Zhao
4 ♥	E	5		650	2.50	17.50	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
3 ♠×	N	−4		800	0.00	20.00	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B10-Passal-Galligan

Morning Firecracker

Board 23
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	A K 9 5 4
♥	K 4
♦	Q T 6
♣	A T 5

♠	Q J
♥	A Q T 9
♦	J 8 7
♣	J 9 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	T 7 3 2
♥	J 8 6 5 2
♦	4
♣	K 8 6

16
11 4
9

♠	8 6
♥	7 3
♦	A K 9 5 3 2
♣	Q 7 2

NS 4N; NS 5♦; NS 3♠; NS 2♣; EW 1♥;
Par +630: NS 3N+1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 NT	N	6	690		17.50	2.50	A2-Press-Huckabay	A7-Wicker-Johnson
4 NT	N	6	690		17.50	2.50	A3-Kroll-Jung	A9-Liu-Watson
3 NT	N	6	690		17.50	2.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 NT	N	6	690		17.50	2.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 NT	N	5	660		11.50	8.50	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 NT	N	5	660		11.50	8.50	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A1-Vance-Makler
3 NT	N	4	630		7.50	12.50	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A11-Chen-Sinclair
3 NT	N	4	630		7.50	12.50	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
2 ♠	N	5	200		6.00	14.00	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 NT	N	−1		100	1.50	18.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
4 ♠	N	−2		200	0.00	20.00	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A3-Wallace-Fanady
Section B
3 NT	N	6	690		17.50	2.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
3 NT	N	6	690		17.50	2.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 NT	S	5	660		11.50	8.50	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 NT	N	5	660		11.50	8.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 NT	N	5	660		11.50	8.50	B5-Luo-Kuo	B2-Chang-Sweet
3 NT	N	5	660		11.50	8.50	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
2 NT	S	4	180		4.50	15.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B10-Passal-Galligan
2 NT	N	4	180		4.50	15.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
3 ♦	S	5	150		3.00	17.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
3 NT	S	−1		100	1.50	18.50	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B6-Lin-Zhao

Morning Firecracker

Board 24
West Deals
None Vul

♠	9 7
♥	J
♦	A K T 7 6 3
♣	A K 8 3

♠	T 8 4 3
♥	K Q 7 6
♦	8 4
♣	Q 7 2

N
W		E
S

♠	J 6 5
♥	9 8 3
♦	9
♣	J T 9 6 5 4

15
7 2
16

♠	A K Q 2
♥	A T 5 4 2
♦	Q J 5 2
♣	—

NS 7♦; NS 6N; NS 6♠; NS 3♥; NS 3♣;
Par +1440: NS 7♦=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
7 ♦	N	7	1440		19.00	1.00	A3-Kroll-Jung	A9-Liu-Watson
7 ♦	N	7	1440		19.00	1.00	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
6 NT	S	7	1020		17.00	3.00	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A11-Chen-Sinclair
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A2-Patterson-Darnell
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A1-Vance-Makler
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A3-Wallace-Fanady
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	A11-Luttrell-Darke	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 NT	S	7	520		5.00	15.00	A2-Press-Huckabay	A7-Wicker-Johnson
3 NT	S	6	490		2.50	17.50	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
Section B
7 ♦	N	7	1440		19.00	1.00	B5-Luo-Kuo	B2-Chang-Sweet
6 NT	N	6	990		16.00	4.00	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B4-Lee-Surfleet
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	B3-Haines-Boyd	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
6 ♦	N	7	940		10.50	9.50	B10-Hu-Lu	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 NT	S	6	490		2.50	17.50	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B6-Lin-Zhao
3 NT	N	6	490		2.50	17.50	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B10-Passal-Galligan
3 NT	S	6	490		2.50	17.50	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
5 ♦	N	7	440		0.00	20.00	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer

Morning Firecracker

Board 25
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	J 7 2
♥	K 9
♦	K T 8 6
♣	K Q 7 2

♠	9 4 3
♥	5 4 2
♦	A 5 3 2
♣	A 5 4

N
W		E
S

♠	A K Q T 8 6
♥	J 8 7
♦	Q J 9
♣	J

12
8 14
6

♠	5
♥	A Q T 6 3
♦	7 4
♣	T 9 8 6 3

EW 3♠; NS 4♣; EW 2N; NS 2♥;
Par +130: NS 4♣=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
4 ♠	E	−1	100		17.35	2.65	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
4 ♠	E	−1	100		17.35	2.65	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A7-Wicker-Johnson
4 ♠	E	−1	100		17.35	2.65	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A9-Liu-Watson
4 ♠	E	−1	100		17.35	2.65	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A2-Patterson-Darnell
2 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	A2-Press-Huckabay	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
3 ♠	W	3		140	7.90	12.10	A3-Kroll-Jung	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A1-Vance-Makler
2 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
2 ♠	E	4		170	0.55	19.45	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A3-Wallace-Fanady
Section B
3 ♣	N	4	130		19.98	0.03	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B4-Lee-Surfleet
5 ♣	S	−1		50	14.73	5.28	B5-Luo-Kuo	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
2 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
2 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	B3-Haines-Boyd	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
2 ♠	W	3		140	7.90	12.10	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B2-Chang-Sweet
2 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B6-Lin-Zhao
2 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 ♠	E	3		140	7.90	12.10	B10-Hu-Lu	B10-Passal-Galligan
2 ♠	E	4		170	0.55	19.45	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor

Morning Firecracker

Board 26
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	K T 6 3
♥	K 6 3
♦	K 2
♣	A 7 6 5

♠	4 2
♥	J 9 4 2
♦	Q 4 3
♣	K T 9 4

N
W		E
S

♠	J 9 8 7
♥	7 5
♦	9 8 6
♣	Q J 3 2

13
6 4
17

♠	A Q 5
♥	A Q T 8
♦	A J T 7 5
♣	8

NS 6N; NS 6♠; NS 6♥; NS 6♦; NS 3♣;
Par +1440: NS 6N=

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
6 NT	N	6	1440		18.93	1.08	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A3-Wallace-Fanady
3 NT	N	6	690		16.30	3.70	A3-Kroll-Jung	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 NT	S	6	690		16.30	3.70	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 NT	N	4	630		10.53	9.48	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 NT	N	3	600		6.33	13.68	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 NT	N	3	600		6.33	13.68	A2-Press-Huckabay	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
3 NT	N	3	600		6.33	13.68	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A1-Vance-Makler
3 NT	N	3	600		6.33	13.68	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A9-Liu-Watson
4 ♠	S	−1		100	1.60	18.40	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
3 NT	N	−1		100	1.60	18.40	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A7-Wicker-Johnson
Section B
6 NT	N	7	1470		19.98	0.03	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 NT	N	6	690		16.30	3.70	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B2-Chang-Sweet
3 NT	S	6	690		16.30	3.70	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
3 NT	N	5	660		12.63	7.38	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor
3 NT	N	5	660		12.63	7.38	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B6-Lin-Zhao
3 NT	N	5	660		12.63	7.38	B10-Hu-Lu	B10-Passal-Galligan
3 NT	S	3	600		6.33	13.68	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
3 NT	N	3	600		6.33	13.68	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 NT	N	3	600		6.33	13.68	B5-Luo-Kuo	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
6 NT	N	−3		300	0.03	19.98	B3-Haines-Boyd	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer

Morning Firecracker

Board 27
South Deals
None Vul

♠	Q 9 3
♥	9
♦	K T 9 8 6 5 3
♣	5 2

♠	A 7 5
♥	8 5 4 3
♦	—
♣	Q J 9 7 4 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K J T 6 4 2
♥	A J 2
♦	A J 2
♣	T

5
7 14
14

♠	8
♥	K Q T 7 6
♦	Q 7 4
♣	A K 8 6

EW 3♠; EW 2N; E 2♥; NS 3♦; EW 3♣; W 1♥;
Par −100: NS 4♦×−1

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
Section A
3 ♣	W	−2	100		19.45	0.55	A10-Slinger-Assemi	A2-Patterson-Darnell
3 NT	E	−1	50		14.20	5.80	A3-Kroll-Jung	A8-Startz-Makhdumi
3 ♠	E	−1	50		14.20	5.80	A5-Zilant-Imaoka	A1-Vance-Makler
4 ♠	E	−1	50		14.20	5.80	A7-McLaughlin-Hollingsworth	A5-Kuhn-Kuhn
4 ♦	N	−1		50	8.43	11.58	A4-Wilson-Namjoshi	A10-Michelsen-Kolner
3 ♦	N	−1		50	8.43	11.58	A6-Ventura-Yatskar	A3-Wallace-Fanady
4 ♦	N	−1		50	8.43	11.58	A8-Wundram-Bartz	A7-Wicker-Johnson
3 ♣	W	3		110	6.33	13.68	A1-Nemmer-Ryals	A4-Wilson-Rowberg
3 ♠	E	3		140	3.70	16.30	A2-Press-Huckabay	A6-Tierney Jr-Hartsell
4 ♠	E	4		420	1.08	18.93	A9-Schoenbrun-Madalena	A9-Liu-Watson
Section B
5 ♠	E	−2	100		19.45	0.55	B6-Rebelo-Santos	B2-Chang-Sweet
4 ♠	E	−1	50		14.20	5.80	B2-Smith-Trueheart	B5-McKay-Lichtblau
4 ♠	E	−1	50		14.20	5.80	B4-Tsai-Zhang	B9-Shukov-Kovachev
3 ♣	W	−1	50		14.20	5.80	B5-Luo-Kuo	B1-Gauthier-Stremel
4 ♠	E	−1	50		14.20	5.80	B9-Cervellino-Gassman	B8-Larsen Beville-Traback
4 ♠	E	−1	50		14.20	5.80	B10-Hu-Lu	B10-Passal-Galligan
3 ♠	E	3		140	3.70	16.30	B3-Haines-Boyd	B7-Thomas-Ramaiyer
3 ♠	E	3		140	3.70	16.30	B7-Spaeth-Zhang	B4-Lee-Surfleet
3 ♠	E	3		140	3.70	16.30	B8-Shinsako-Keller	B6-Lin-Zhao
5 ♥×	S	−6		1400	0.03	19.98	B1-Freiberger-Brown	B3-Gokcen-Macgregor