John & Will's Monday Morn Monday Morn Session April 21, 2025
Scores after  8 rounds  Average:   72.0      Section  A
Pair    Pct   Score      Section Rank      MPs
                         A     B     C
  7   58.33   84.00  A   1                1.40(A)  Peggy Chen - Rajeeva Sharma
 11   57.99   83.50  A   2                0.98(A)  Edward Barlow - Ronald Powell
 12   55.21   79.50  B   3     1          0.70(A)  Brenda Hatton - Eunice Menezes
 14   54.51   78.50  A   4                0.49(A)  Robert Horowitz - Margaret Wilson
  8   53.47   77.00  B   5     2          0.39(B)  Paul Davis - Mary Steele
  4   51.74   74.50  A   6                0.23(A)  Lynn Yokel - Jack Verson
  1   50.35   72.50  A                             Frank Xie - Yu Chang
  3   50.35   72.50  A                             Merle Orelove - Irene Hashfield
  6   47.57   68.50  C         3     1    0.40(C)  William Somers - Jian Fang
  2   47.22   68.00  C               2    0.28(C)  Ping Chen - Stuart Whannel
 10   47.22   68.00  A                             Monica Bacon-Proctor - Fung Bao
 13   45.49   65.50  C                             Joanne Matthews - Adolph Rosekrans
  5   42.71   61.50  C                             Rob Boucher - Geraldine MacDonald
  9   37.85   54.50  C                             Reshma Nigam - Shobhana Shah

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 1
North Deals
None Vul

♠	A 9 5
♥	A 2
♦	A 10 7 3
♣	K J 7 3

♠	10 3
♥	J 7 5
♦	K 8 6
♣	9 8 5 4 2

N
W		E
S

♠	Q J 8 7 4
♥	Q 9 8 4 3
♦	4 2
♣	A

♠	K 6 2
♥	K 10 6
♦	Q J 9 5
♣	Q 10 6

NS 6♦; NS 5N; NS 4♣; NS 2♠; NS 1♥;
Par +920: NS 6♦=

E vs N NT: any card
E vs N ♠: any ♥
E vs N ♥: any card
E vs N ♦: any card
E vs N ♣: any card
W vs S NT: any card except ♥ J
W vs S ♠: any ♥
W vs S ♥: any card except ♥ J
W vs S ♦: any card
W vs S ♣: any card except ♥ J

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	6	490		6.00	0.00	11-Barlow-Powell	7-Chen-Sharma
3 NT	N	5	460		4.50	1.50	12-Hatton-Menezes	2-Chen-Whannel
3 NT	N	5	460		4.50	1.50	14-Horowitz-Wilson	1-Xie-Chang
3 NT	N	4	430		3.00	3.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	8-Davis-Steele
5 ♦	N	6	420		2.00	4.00	4-Yokel-Verson	3-Orelove-Hashfield
3 NT	N	3	400		1.00	5.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	6-Somers-Fang
3 NT	N	−1		50	0.00	6.00	9-Nigam-Shah	5-Boucher-MacDonald

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 2
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	A Q 8 4 3 2
♥	9 7 5 3
♦	K 5 2
♣	—

♠	K 10 9 7
♥	A 2
♦	7
♣	K Q J 8 6 5

N
W		E
S

♠	J 6
♥	10 6 4
♦	Q 10 9 6 4 3
♣	7 3

♠	5
♥	K Q J 8
♦	A J 8
♣	A 10 9 4 2

NS 5♥; NS 4♠; NS 3N; NS 4♦; NS 1♣;
Par +650: NS 4♥+1

E vs N NT: any card
E vs N ♠: any card
E vs N ♥: any card except ♥ 10
E vs N ♦: any card
E vs N ♣: any card
W vs S NT: any ♠; any ♥; ♦ 7; ♣ KQJ
W vs S ♠: any card
W vs S ♥: any card
W vs S ♦: any card
W vs S ♣: any ♠; any ♥; ♦ 7; ♣ KQJ

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT×	S	4	950		6.00	0.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	6-Somers-Fang
4 ♠	N	4	620		4.00	2.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	8-Davis-Steele
4 ♥	N	4	620		4.00	2.00	11-Barlow-Powell	7-Chen-Sharma
4 ♥	S	4	620		4.00	2.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	2-Chen-Whannel
2 ♠	N	4	170		2.00	4.00	4-Yokel-Verson	3-Orelove-Hashfield
4 ♥	N	−1		100	1.00	5.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	1-Xie-Chang
3 NT	W	3		400	0.00	6.00	9-Nigam-Shah	5-Boucher-MacDonald

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 3
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	Q J 10 4 2
♥	K 7
♦	A 3 2
♣	A J 5

♠	7
♥	10 6 4 2
♦	10 9 8 4
♣	9 7 6 4

N
W		E
S

♠	A K 9 3
♥	Q 8 3
♦	Q J 7 5
♣	3 2

♠	8 6 5
♥	A J 9 5
♦	K 6
♣	K Q 10 8

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

E vs N NT: any ♦
E vs N ♠: any card except a ♠
E vs N ♥: ♠ AK; ♥ Q8; any ♦; any ♣
E vs N ♦: ♥ Q8; any ♣
E vs N ♣: ♠ AK; any ♦
W vs S NT: any ♦
W vs S ♠: any card
W vs S ♥: any card except ♥ 10
W vs S ♦: ♥ 642; any ♣
W vs S ♣: ♠ 7; any ♦

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠×	N	4	590		6.00	0.00	4-Yokel-Verson	3-Orelove-Hashfield
3 NT	S	4	430		4.00	2.00	9-Nigam-Shah	5-Boucher-MacDonald
3 NT	S	4	430		4.00	2.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	8-Davis-Steele
3 NT	S	4	430		4.00	2.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	2-Chen-Whannel
4 ♠	N	4	420		1.50	4.50	11-Barlow-Powell	7-Chen-Sharma
4 ♠	N	4	420		1.50	4.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	6-Somers-Fang
3 NT	S	3	400		0.00	6.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	1-Xie-Chang

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 4
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	A Q J 10 2
♥	K 10
♦	K 9 8 4
♣	10 9

♠	K 7 6 5 3
♥	7 3 2
♦	7
♣	Q J 8 4

N
W		E
S

♠	9 8 4
♥	A Q 8
♦	A J 2
♣	A 5 3 2

♠	—
♥	J 9 6 5 4
♦	Q 10 6 5 3
♣	K 7 6

NS 3♦; NS 1N; EW 2♣; EW 1♠;
Par +110: NS 2♦+1

N vs W ♠: any card except ♠ 2
N vs W ♣: ♠ QJ102; any ♥; any ♣
E vs N NT: any card except ♥ Q
E vs N ♦: any card except a ♥
S vs E ♠: any ♥; any ♦
S vs E ♣: any ♥
W vs S NT: any card except ♠ K
W vs S ♦: any card except ♠ K

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
1 NT	E	−2	200		6.00	0.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	5-Boucher-MacDonald
2 ♠	N	2	110		5.00	1.00	11-Barlow-Powell	6-Somers-Fang
1 NT	S	1	90		3.50	2.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	8-Davis-Steele
2 ♦	N	2	90		3.50	2.50	14-Horowitz-Wilson	7-Chen-Sharma
2 ♣	W	2		90	2.00	4.00	9-Nigam-Shah	4-Yokel-Verson
3 ♦	N	−2		200	0.50	5.50	3-Orelove-Hashfield	2-Chen-Whannel
3 ♦	N	−2		200	0.50	5.50	12-Hatton-Menezes	1-Xie-Chang

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 5
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	Q J 8 4
♥	9 7 4
♦	A Q 7 2
♣	A 10

♠	7 5
♥	A 10 6 2
♦	J 8 4
♣	Q 9 7 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A 9 6 3
♥	K Q J
♦	K 10
♣	K 8 6 4

♠	K 10 2
♥	8 5 3
♦	9 6 5 3
♣	J 5 3

EW 3♥; EW 4♣; EW 2N; EW 1♠;
Par −140: EW 1♥+2

N vs W NT: any ♠; any ♥; ♦ A; any ♣
N vs W ♠: any card except ♦ Q
N vs W ♥: any ♥; ♦ A72; ♣ A
N vs W ♣: any card
S vs E NT: any card
S vs E ♠: any card
S vs E ♥: any card except a ♠
S vs E ♣: any card

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♥	W	−1	50		5.50	0.50	11-Barlow-Powell	6-Somers-Fang
3 ♥	W	−1	50		5.50	0.50	14-Horowitz-Wilson	8-Davis-Steele
1 ♥	W	3		140	3.00	3.00	3-Orelove-Hashfield	2-Chen-Whannel
1 ♥	W	3		140	3.00	3.00	9-Nigam-Shah	4-Yokel-Verson
3 ♥	W	3		140	3.00	3.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	5-Boucher-MacDonald
2 NT	E	3		150	1.00	5.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	1-Xie-Chang
2 ♥	W	4		170	0.00	6.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	7-Chen-Sharma

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 6
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A 9
♥	J 9 6 3
♦	J 7 5
♣	10 9 8 7

♠	Q 7 4 2
♥	K 10 8 4
♦	K Q 4
♣	K 3

N
W		E
S

♠	K J 8 5 3
♥	A 2
♦	10 9
♣	Q 5 4 2

♠	10 6
♥	Q 7 5
♦	A 8 6 3 2
♣	A J 6

EW 4♠; EW 2N; EW 1♥; EW 1♦; EW 1♣;
Par −620: EW 4♠=

N vs W NT: any ♦
N vs W ♠: any card
N vs W ♥: any ♦
N vs W ♦: any card
N vs W ♣: any ♠; ♥ 63; any ♦; any ♣
S vs E NT: ♦ 8632
S vs E ♠: any card
S vs E ♥: ♦ 8632
S vs E ♦: any card
S vs E ♣: any card except ♣ A

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 ♠	E	4		170	4.00	2.00	3-Orelove-Hashfield	2-Chen-Whannel
2 ♠	W	4		170	4.00	2.00	9-Nigam-Shah	4-Yokel-Verson
2 ♠	E	4		170	4.00	2.00	11-Barlow-Powell	6-Somers-Fang
3 ♠	E	4		170	4.00	2.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	1-Xie-Chang
2 ♠	E	4		170	4.00	2.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	8-Davis-Steele
4 ♠	E	4		620	0.50	5.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	7-Chen-Sharma
4 ♠	E	4		620	0.50	5.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	5-Boucher-MacDonald

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 7
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	K 5 3
♥	4
♦	Q
♣	Q J 9 7 5 4 3 2

♠	10 2
♥	A Q 9 7
♦	J 10 7 4
♣	10 8 6

N
W		E
S

♠	A J 9 6 4
♥	10 6 3 2
♦	A K 5
♣	K

♠	Q 8 7
♥	K J 8 5
♦	9 8 6 3 2
♣	A

EW 5N; EW 5♥; EW 3♠; EW 4♦; NS 3♣;
Par −660: EW 5N=

N vs W NT: any card
N vs W ♠: any card except a ♠
N vs W ♥: any card
N vs W ♦: any card
E vs N ♣: any card except ♦ 5
S vs E NT: any card
S vs E ♠: any card except a ♠
S vs E ♥: any card
S vs E ♦: any card
W vs S ♣: any card except a ♥

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♠	E	−2	200		6.00	0.00	9-Nigam-Shah	3-Orelove-Hashfield
4 ♣	N	4	130		5.00	1.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	6-Somers-Fang
4 ♥	W	−1	100		4.00	2.00	11-Barlow-Powell	5-Boucher-MacDonald
3 ♥	W	3		140	3.00	3.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	7-Chen-Sharma
3 ♥	W	4		170	1.50	4.50	2-Chen-Whannel	1-Xie-Chang
3 ♥	W	4		170	1.50	4.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	4-Yokel-Verson
4 ♥	W	4		620	0.00	6.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	8-Davis-Steele

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 8
West Deals
None Vul

♠	A 10
♥	A 9 8
♦	9 8 7 5 2
♣	Q J 8

♠	J 5
♥	K Q 10 7 6 5 4
♦	K Q 4
♣	3

N
W		E
S

♠	Q 6
♥	J 3
♦	A 10 3
♣	A K 7 6 5 4

♠	K 9 8 7 4 3 2
♥	2
♦	J 6
♣	10 9 2

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

N vs W ♥: any ♠; ♥ A
N vs W ♦: any ♠; ♥ A; any ♦
N vs W ♣: ♠ 10; ♥ A
E vs N NT: any ♠; any ♥; any ♦; ♣ AK
E vs N ♠: ♦ 103; ♣ AK
S vs E ♥: any ♠; ♥ 2
S vs E ♦: any card except a ♣
S vs E ♣: ♠ K; ♥ 2
W vs S NT: any card
W vs S ♠: ♦ KQ; ♣ 3

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	E	−4	200		6.00	0.00	2-Chen-Whannel	1-Xie-Chang
5 ♥	W	−1	50		5.00	1.00	11-Barlow-Powell	5-Boucher-MacDonald
4 ♠	S	−2		100	4.00	2.00	9-Nigam-Shah	3-Orelove-Hashfield
4 ♥	W	4		420	1.50	4.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	6-Somers-Fang
4 ♥	W	4		420	1.50	4.50	12-Hatton-Menezes	8-Davis-Steele
4 ♥	W	4		420	1.50	4.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	4-Yokel-Verson
4 ♥	W	4		420	1.50	4.50	14-Horowitz-Wilson	7-Chen-Sharma

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 9
North Deals
E-W Vul

♠	10 8 6 4 3
♥	8 2
♦	A 8 7 3
♣	A 8

♠	A K Q 5
♥	A 7
♦	Q 10
♣	Q J 10 6 4

N
W		E
S

♠	9 7
♥	K Q J 9 5 4
♦	J 9 6
♣	7 5

♠	J 2
♥	10 6 3
♦	K 5 4 2
♣	K 9 3 2

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

N vs W NT: any card
N vs W ♠: any card
N vs W ♥: any ♦; any ♣
N vs W ♣: any card except a ♣
E vs N ♦: any card
S vs E NT: any card
S vs E ♠: any card
S vs E ♥: any ♦; any ♣
S vs E ♣: any ♠; any ♥; any ♦; ♣ 32
W vs S ♦: ♠ AKQ; any ♥; any ♦; ♣ QJ10

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	E	−1	100		5.50	0.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	6-Somers-Fang
4 ♥	E	−1	100		5.50	0.50	14-Horowitz-Wilson	7-Chen-Sharma
3 ♥	E	4		170	3.50	2.50	12-Hatton-Menezes	8-Davis-Steele
3 ♥	E	4		170	3.50	2.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	4-Yokel-Verson
4 ♥	E	4		620	1.00	5.00	2-Chen-Whannel	1-Xie-Chang
4 ♥	E	4		620	1.00	5.00	9-Nigam-Shah	3-Orelove-Hashfield
4 ♥	E	4		620	1.00	5.00	11-Barlow-Powell	5-Boucher-MacDonald

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 10
East Deals
Both Vul

♠	7 3
♥	A K 8 4
♦	Q 9 8 7
♣	8 7 6

♠	K 9 2
♥	J 10 9 5 2
♦	A 10
♣	J 9 5

N
W		E
S

♠	J 10 6
♥	Q 6
♦	J 6 5 3 2
♣	Q 4 2

♠	A Q 8 5 4
♥	7 3
♦	K 4
♣	A K 10 3

NS 3♠; S 4♣; S 2♥; N 3♣; NS 1N; NS 2♦; N 1♥;
Par +140: NS 1♠+2

E vs N NT: ♥ Q
E vs N ♠: any card
E vs N ♥: ♣ 42
E vs N ♦: any card
E vs N ♣: ♣ 42
W vs S NT: ♥ 52
W vs S ♠: any ♥; any ♦; ♣ 95
W vs S ♥: any card except a ♠
W vs S ♦: any ♥; any ♦; ♣ 95
W vs S ♣: any ♥; any ♦; ♣ 95

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	3	600		6.00	0.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	5-Boucher-MacDonald
1 ♠	S	4	170		5.00	1.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	3-Orelove-Hashfield
2 ♠	S	3	140		4.00	2.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	6-Somers-Fang
3 NT	N	−1		100	1.50	4.50	1-Xie-Chang	8-Davis-Steele
1 NT	N	−1		100	1.50	4.50	9-Nigam-Shah	2-Chen-Whannel
3 NT	N	−1		100	1.50	4.50	11-Barlow-Powell	4-Yokel-Verson
3 NT	N	−1		100	1.50	4.50	12-Hatton-Menezes	7-Chen-Sharma

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 11
South Deals
None Vul

♠	A 2
♥	A K Q 9 8
♦	6 3
♣	K Q 8 2

♠	10 7 3
♥	J 5 3
♦	J 8 4 2
♣	J 7 4

N
W		E
S

♠	K J 4
♥	7
♦	A K Q 9 7
♣	A 6 5 3

♠	Q 9 8 6 5
♥	10 6 4 2
♦	10 5
♣	10 9

NS 3♥; NS 2♠; EW 2♦; NS 1♣;
Par +140: NS 3♥=

N vs W ♦: any ♠; ♥ AKQ; any ♦
E vs N ♠: ♥ 7; ♦ AKQ9; ♣ 653
E vs N ♥: any card except a ♠
E vs N ♣: ♠ K; ♥ 7; any ♦; ♣ 653
S vs E ♦: any card except ♠ Q
W vs S ♠: any card except ♦ J
W vs S ♥: any card
W vs S ♣: any card

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥×	N	4	590		6.00	0.00	1-Xie-Chang	8-Davis-Steele
5 ♦×	W	−2	300		5.00	1.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	7-Chen-Sharma
3 ♥	N	3	140		3.50	2.50	11-Barlow-Powell	4-Yokel-Verson
3 ♥	N	3	140		3.50	2.50	14-Horowitz-Wilson	6-Somers-Fang
3 ♦	E	−1	50		1.50	4.50	9-Nigam-Shah	2-Chen-Whannel
4 ♦	W	−1	50		1.50	4.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	3-Orelove-Hashfield
4 ♥	N	−1		50	0.00	6.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	5-Boucher-MacDonald

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 12
West Deals
N-S Vul

♠	K 8
♥	10 4
♦	K J 9 7 4
♣	8 5 3 2

♠	10 4 3
♥	Q 6 2
♦	8 6 2
♣	Q 10 6 4

N
W		E
S

♠	Q J 9 2
♥	A J 9 8 7 5
♦	—
♣	K 9 7

♠	A 7 6 5
♥	K 3
♦	A Q 10 5 3
♣	A J

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

N vs W ♥: any ♠; any ♣
E vs N NT: any card
E vs N ♠: any ♥; any ♣
E vs N ♦: any card
E vs N ♣: ♥ J9875
S vs E ♥: any ♠; ♣ A
W vs S NT: any card
W vs S ♠: any ♥; any ♣
W vs S ♦: any card
W vs S ♣: ♥ 62; any ♦

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	4	630		6.00	0.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	5-Boucher-MacDonald
5 ♦	S	5	600		4.50	1.50	9-Nigam-Shah	2-Chen-Whannel
3 NT	S	3	600		4.50	1.50	11-Barlow-Powell	4-Yokel-Verson
4 ♦	S	5	150		2.50	3.50	12-Hatton-Menezes	7-Chen-Sharma
3 ♦	N	5	150		2.50	3.50	14-Horowitz-Wilson	6-Somers-Fang
4 ♥×	E	−1	100		1.00	5.00	1-Xie-Chang	8-Davis-Steele
4 ♥	E	−1	50		0.00	6.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	3-Orelove-Hashfield

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 13
North Deals
Both Vul

♠	Q 10 3
♥	A K Q J 3
♦	A J
♣	Q 9 2

♠	A K 2
♥	—
♦	10 8 6 5 4
♣	A K 8 6 5

N
W		E
S

♠	J 8
♥	10 9 5 4 2
♦	K 3 2
♣	10 7 3

♠	9 7 6 5 4
♥	8 7 6
♦	Q 9 7
♣	J 4

EW 4♦; EW 3♣; W 1N; NS 1♠; NS 1♥;
Par −130: EW 2♦+2

N vs W NT: any card except ♣ Q
N vs W ♦: any ♥; any ♦; ♣ 92
N vs W ♣: ♥ AKQJ
E vs N ♠: any card except a ♦
E vs N ♥: any card except ♦ K
S vs E ♦: any card except ♦ Q
S vs E ♣: any ♥
W vs S ♠: ♠ AK; any ♦; ♣ AK
W vs S ♥: any ♠; any ♦; ♣ AK

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♣	W	−3	300		6.00	0.00	11-Barlow-Powell	3-Orelove-Hashfield
2 NT	W	−1	100		5.00	1.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	6-Somers-Fang
2 ♥	N	−1		100	4.00	2.00	9-Nigam-Shah	1-Xie-Chang
3 ♣	W	4		130	2.00	4.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	4-Yokel-Verson
3 ♦	E	4		130	2.00	4.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	2-Chen-Whannel
3 ♦	W	4		130	2.00	4.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	5-Boucher-MacDonald
4 ♥	N	−2		200	0.00	6.00	8-Davis-Steele	7-Chen-Sharma

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 14
East Deals
None Vul

♠	K 8
♥	A 9 2
♦	8 5 2
♣	Q 8 5 3 2

♠	Q 9 6
♥	K Q 7 3
♦	K Q J 10
♣	6 4

N
W		E
S

♠	J 10 7 5 4 3 2
♥	10 6
♦	9 6
♣	10 9

♠	A
♥	J 8 5 4
♦	A 7 4 3
♣	A K J 7

NS 3N; NS 3♥; NS 4♣; NS 3♦; EW 1♠;
Par +400: NS 3N=

N vs W ♠: any card except ♠ K
E vs N NT: any ♦
E vs N ♥: any card
E vs N ♦: any card
E vs N ♣: any card except a ♥
S vs E ♠: any card
W vs S NT: any ♦
W vs S ♥: any ♠; ♥ 3; any ♦; any ♣
W vs S ♦: any card
W vs S ♣: any card except a ♥

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	N	5	460		6.00	0.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	5-Boucher-MacDonald
3 NT	N	4	430		5.00	1.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	6-Somers-Fang
2 ♥	S	4	170		4.00	2.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	2-Chen-Whannel
3 ♠	E	−2	100		2.50	3.50	8-Davis-Steele	7-Chen-Sharma
4 ♠	E	−2	100		2.50	3.50	9-Nigam-Shah	1-Xie-Chang
4 ♣	N	−1		50	0.50	5.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	4-Yokel-Verson
5 ♣	N	−1		50	0.50	5.50	11-Barlow-Powell	3-Orelove-Hashfield

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 15
South Deals
N-S Vul

♠	K Q 5
♥	A Q J 10
♦	Q J 3
♣	Q J 6

♠	A 2
♥	9 8 3 2
♦	A 8 2
♣	A 9 5 2

N
W		E
S

♠	10 6 4
♥	7 6 4
♦	10 9 6 4
♣	K 7 3

♠	J 9 8 7 3
♥	K 5
♦	K 7 5
♣	10 8 4

NS 3♠; NS 2N; NS 2♥; NS 2♦; NS 2♣;
Par +140: NS 1♠+2

E vs N NT: any ♦; any ♣
E vs N ♠: any card
E vs N ♥: ♣ 73
E vs N ♦: any card
E vs N ♣: any card
W vs S NT: ♦ A; any ♣
W vs S ♠: any card
W vs S ♥: ♣ 952
W vs S ♦: any card
W vs S ♣: any card

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 NT	N	4	180		5.50	0.50	8-Davis-Steele	7-Chen-Sharma
1 NT	N	4	180		5.50	0.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	2-Chen-Whannel
2 ♠	S	4	170		4.00	2.00	9-Nigam-Shah	1-Xie-Chang
3 ♠	S	3	140		1.50	4.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	4-Yokel-Verson
2 ♠	N	3	140		1.50	4.50	11-Barlow-Powell	3-Orelove-Hashfield
2 ♠	N	3	140		1.50	4.50	12-Hatton-Menezes	6-Somers-Fang
2 ♠	N	3	140		1.50	4.50	14-Horowitz-Wilson	5-Boucher-MacDonald

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 16
West Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A 8 4 3
♥	K 5 3
♦	J 9 5
♣	K 8 4

♠	10 9 6
♥	A 7 4
♦	A 10 4 3
♣	10 5 2

N
W		E
S

♠	5 2
♥	Q J 9
♦	K Q 8 2
♣	A Q 9 3

♠	K Q J 7
♥	10 8 6 2
♦	7 6
♣	J 7 6

EW 2N; EW 3♦; EW 3♣; NS 1♠; EW 1♥;
Par −120: EW 2N=

N vs W NT: any card except ♥ K
N vs W ♥: any card except ♥ K
N vs W ♦: any card except a ♥
N vs W ♣: any card except ♥ K
E vs N ♠: any card except ♣ Q
S vs E NT: any card except ♣ J
S vs E ♥: any card except ♣ J
S vs E ♦: any card except ♣ J
S vs E ♣: any card except ♣ J
W vs S ♠: any card

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♠	N	−1		50	5.00	1.00	7-Chen-Sharma	6-Somers-Fang
2 ♠	S	−1		50	5.00	1.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	3-Orelove-Hashfield
2 ♠	S	−1		50	5.00	1.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	4-Yokel-Verson
2 ♦	E	3		110	2.00	4.00	9-Nigam-Shah	8-Davis-Steele
3 ♦	W	3		110	2.00	4.00	11-Barlow-Powell	2-Chen-Whannel
2 ♦	E	3		110	2.00	4.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	5-Boucher-MacDonald
1 NT	W	2		120	0.00	6.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	1-Xie-Chang

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 17
North Deals
None Vul

♠	Q 4
♥	A 8 7 3
♦	9 8 5
♣	K J 9 5

♠	K J 5
♥	J 10 9 5 2
♦	7 4 3
♣	Q 6

N
W		E
S

♠	9 6
♥	K 6 4
♦	K Q J 2
♣	8 7 4 3

♠	A 10 8 7 3 2
♥	Q
♦	A 10 6
♣	A 10 2

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

N vs W ♥: any card
E vs N NT: ♥ K
E vs N ♠: ♦ KQJ
E vs N ♦: ♦ KQJ; any ♣
E vs N ♣: ♥ K; ♦ KQJ; any ♣
S vs E ♥: any card
W vs S NT: any ♥
W vs S ♠: any ♦
W vs S ♦: any ♦; any ♣
W vs S ♣: any card except a ♠

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♠×	S	5	770		6.00	0.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	4-Yokel-Verson
4 ♠	S	4	420		5.00	1.00	11-Barlow-Powell	2-Chen-Whannel
3 ♠	S	4	170		3.50	2.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	3-Orelove-Hashfield
3 ♠	S	4	170		3.50	2.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	1-Xie-Chang
2 ♠	S	3	140		1.50	4.50	7-Chen-Sharma	6-Somers-Fang
3 ♠	S	3	140		1.50	4.50	12-Hatton-Menezes	5-Boucher-MacDonald
4 ♠	S	−1		50	0.00	6.00	9-Nigam-Shah	8-Davis-Steele

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 18
East Deals
N-S Vul

♠	10 5 2
♥	J 10 7 5
♦	A Q J 7 2
♣	8

♠	A Q 4
♥	9 6
♦	9 8 5
♣	K Q J 10 2

N
W		E
S

♠	K J 6 3
♥	4 3 2
♦	6 4 3
♣	A 4 3

♠	9 8 7
♥	A K Q 8
♦	K 10
♣	9 7 6 5

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

N vs W ♠: any ♥; any ♦
N vs W ♣: any ♥; any ♦
E vs N ♥: any ♠; any ♣
E vs N ♦: any card
S vs E ♠: any ♥; any ♦
S vs E ♣: any ♥; any ♦
W vs S ♥: any ♠; any ♣
W vs S ♦: any card

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♥	N	5	200		6.00	0.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	5-Boucher-MacDonald
2 ♥	N	4	170		4.50	1.50	7-Chen-Sharma	6-Somers-Fang
3 ♥	S	4	170		4.50	1.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	1-Xie-Chang
2 ♥	N	3	140		3.00	3.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	4-Yokel-Verson
2 ♦	N	3	110		2.00	4.00	11-Barlow-Powell	2-Chen-Whannel
2 ♣	W	3		110	1.00	5.00	9-Nigam-Shah	8-Davis-Steele
3 ♠	E	3		140	0.00	6.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	3-Orelove-Hashfield

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 19
South Deals
E-W Vul

♠	10 6 5
♥	A Q 7
♦	K 9 7
♣	J 9 7 6

♠	Q 9 8 4 2
♥	K J 9 8 2
♦	A 10
♣	A

N
W		E
S

♠	A J 7 3
♥	10 6 3
♦	8 6
♣	Q 10 8 4

♠	K
♥	5 4
♦	Q J 5 4 3 2
♣	K 5 3 2

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

N vs W NT: any ♠; any ♦; ♣ 976
N vs W ♠: any ♠; ♥ A7; any ♦; ♣ 976
N vs W ♥: any ♠
E vs N ♦: any ♦; ♣ 84
E vs N ♣: ♠ A; any ♥; any ♦; any ♣
S vs E NT: any card except ♣ K
S vs E ♠: any card except ♣ K
S vs E ♥: ♠ K
W vs S ♦: ♦ A; ♣ A
W vs S ♣: any card

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	W	−1	100		5.00	1.00	6-Somers-Fang	5-Boucher-MacDonald
4 ♠	E	−1	100		5.00	1.00	11-Barlow-Powell	1-Xie-Chang
4 ♠	W	−1	100		5.00	1.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	4-Yokel-Verson
3 ♠	E	3		140	3.00	3.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	2-Chen-Whannel
3 ♠	W	4		170	2.00	4.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	8-Davis-Steele
5 ♦×	S	−2		300	1.00	5.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	3-Orelove-Hashfield
4 ♠	E	4		620	0.00	6.00	9-Nigam-Shah	7-Chen-Sharma

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 20
West Deals
Both Vul

♠	Q 7
♥	K J 10 3
♦	8 7 6
♣	A Q 10 6

♠	9 2
♥	Q 8 6 5
♦	A J 10 5
♣	8 5 2

N
W		E
S

♠	A 10 6 4 3
♥	9
♦	K 4 3 2
♣	J 7 4

♠	K J 8 5
♥	A 7 4 2
♦	Q 9
♣	K 9 3

NS 4♥; NS 2N; NS 3♣; NS 1♠; EW 1♦;
Par +620: NS 4♥=

N vs W ♦: any card
E vs N NT: ♠ A; ♥ 9; any ♦; any ♣
E vs N ♠: any card
E vs N ♥: any card
E vs N ♣: ♥ 9; any ♦
S vs E ♦: any card
W vs S NT: any card
W vs S ♠: any card
W vs S ♥: any card
W vs S ♣: any ♥; ♦ J105

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♥	S	4	620		6.00	0.00	6-Somers-Fang	5-Boucher-MacDonald
3 NT	N	3	600		5.00	1.00	11-Barlow-Powell	1-Xie-Chang
4 ♥	N	−1		100	2.00	4.00	9-Nigam-Shah	7-Chen-Sharma
3 NT	S	−1		100	2.00	4.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	2-Chen-Whannel
4 ♥	N	−1		100	2.00	4.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	4-Yokel-Verson
4 ♥	N	−1		100	2.00	4.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	8-Davis-Steele
4 ♥	N	−1		100	2.00	4.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	3-Orelove-Hashfield

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 21
North Deals
N-S Vul

♠	8 7 4
♥	Q 10 8 5 4
♦	9 3 2
♣	8 3

♠	A K Q 6
♥	K J 6 3 2
♦	K
♣	A J 6

N
W		E
S

♠	J 9
♥	9
♦	Q J 8 6 4
♣	10 9 7 5 4

♠	10 5 3 2
♥	A 7
♦	A 10 7 5
♣	K Q 2

EW 3N; EW 3♠; EW 4♣; EW 2♦; EW 1♥;
Par −400: EW 3N=

N vs W NT: any ♠; any ♦
N vs W ♠: any card except a ♥
N vs W ♥: any ♣
N vs W ♦: any ♥
N vs W ♣: any card except a ♠
S vs E NT: any ♠; any ♦
S vs E ♠: any ♠; ♦ A75; ♣ KQ
S vs E ♥: ♣ KQ
S vs E ♦: ♥ A
S vs E ♣: ♥ A; ♦ A; ♣ KQ

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
2 ♥	W	2		110	6.00	0.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	4-Yokel-Verson
3 ♠	W	3		140	4.50	1.50	6-Somers-Fang	5-Boucher-MacDonald
2 ♥	W	3		140	4.50	1.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	8-Davis-Steele
3 ♠	E	4		170	3.00	3.00	11-Barlow-Powell	1-Xie-Chang
1 ♦×	S	−1		200	2.00	4.00	9-Nigam-Shah	7-Chen-Sharma
3 NT	E	4		430	0.50	5.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	2-Chen-Whannel
3 NT	E	4		430	0.50	5.50	14-Horowitz-Wilson	3-Orelove-Hashfield

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 22
East Deals
E-W Vul

♠	A Q 9 3 2
♥	10 9 3
♦	A 10
♣	8 4 3

♠	K J 6 5 4
♥	J 5 4
♦	5 4 3
♣	Q 10

N
W		E
S

♠	10
♥	A K Q 7
♦	K Q 8 7 6 2
♣	9 6

♠	8 7
♥	8 6 2
♦	J 9
♣	A K J 7 5 2

NS 3N; EW 2♥; EW 3♦; NS 3♣; NS 1♠;
Par +200: EW 4♦×−1

N vs W ♥: any ♣
N vs W ♦: ♠ A; any ♥; any ♦; any ♣
E vs N NT: ♠ 10; any ♥; ♦ KQ; any ♣
E vs N ♠: ♠ 10; any ♥; ♦ KQ; any ♣
E vs N ♣: ♠ 10; any ♥; ♦ KQ; any ♣
S vs E ♥: any ♠; ♣ AK
S vs E ♦: any ♠; any ♥; any ♦; ♣ AK
W vs S NT: ♠ 654; any ♥; any ♦; any ♣
W vs S ♠: any card
W vs S ♣: ♠ 654; any ♥; any ♦; any ♣

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	W	−3	300		6.00	0.00	11-Barlow-Powell	8-Davis-Steele
2 ♦	E	3		110	3.00	3.00	9-Nigam-Shah	6-Somers-Fang
2 ♦	E	3		110	3.00	3.00	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	1-Xie-Chang
3 ♦	E	3		110	3.00	3.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	3-Orelove-Hashfield
2 ♦	E	3		110	3.00	3.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	7-Chen-Sharma
3 ♦	E	3		110	3.00	3.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	2-Chen-Whannel
4 ♠×	N	−4		800	0.00	6.00	5-Boucher-MacDonald	4-Yokel-Verson

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 23
South Deals
Both Vul

♠	K 2
♥	8 4
♦	Q 8 4 2
♣	J 9 8 7 6

♠	Q 4 3
♥	A Q J 10 9 6 3
♦	—
♣	K Q 5

N
W		E
S

♠	10 9 8 5
♥	5 2
♦	10 7 5
♣	A 4 3 2

♠	A J 7 6
♥	K 7
♦	A K J 9 6 3
♣	10

EW 4♥; NS 4♦; EW 1♠;
Par −200: NS 5♦×−1

N vs W ♠: ♠ K; any ♦
N vs W ♥: any card except ♠ 2
E vs N ♦: any ♥; any ♦; ♣ A
S vs E ♠: ♠ J76; any ♦
S vs E ♥: any card except ♠ A
W vs S ♦: any ♣

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
3 NT	S	3	600		5.50	0.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	1-Xie-Chang
5 ♦	S	5	600		5.50	0.50	12-Hatton-Menezes	3-Orelove-Hashfield
4 ♦	S	5	150		4.00	2.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	2-Chen-Whannel
3 ♥	W	3		140	3.00	3.00	5-Boucher-MacDonald	4-Yokel-Verson
3 ♥	W	4		170	2.00	4.00	11-Barlow-Powell	8-Davis-Steele
5 ♦×	S	−1		200	1.00	5.00	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	7-Chen-Sharma
4 ♥	W	5		650	0.00	6.00	9-Nigam-Shah	6-Somers-Fang

John & Will's Palo Alto Bridge

Board 24
West Deals
None Vul

♠	Q 5
♥	K 6 3
♦	J 8 7 3
♣	J 4 3 2

♠	A 10 7
♥	Q 8 5 4
♦	6
♣	A K 10 9 7

N
W		E
S

♠	J 6 4 2
♥	10 9 2
♦	A K 9 2
♣	Q 5

♠	K 9 8 3
♥	A J 7
♦	Q 10 5 4
♣	8 6

EW 3N; EW 3♥; EW 2♠; EW 3♣; W 1♦;
Par −400: EW 3N=

N vs W NT: ♥ 63; any ♦; any ♣
N vs W ♠: any card except a ♠
N vs W ♥: any card except a ♥
N vs W ♦: any card
N vs W ♣: ♠ Q; ♥ K; any ♦
S vs E NT: ♠ 983; ♥ AJ; any ♦; any ♣
S vs E ♠: any card except ♠ K
S vs E ♥: any ♠; ♥ J; any ♦; any ♣
S vs E ♣: ♠ 983; ♥ 7; any ♦

Contract			Score		Matchpoints		Pair	Pair
			N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W	N-S	E-W
4 ♠	E	−2	100		6.00	0.00	14-Horowitz-Wilson	2-Chen-Whannel
2 ♠	E	−1	50		5.00	1.00	12-Hatton-Menezes	3-Orelove-Hashfield
2 ♣	W	3		110	2.50	3.50	5-Boucher-MacDonald	4-Yokel-Verson
2 ♠	E	2		110	2.50	3.50	9-Nigam-Shah	6-Somers-Fang
1 ♠	W	2		110	2.50	3.50	10-Bacon-Proctor-Bao	1-Xie-Chang
2 ♣	W	3		110	2.50	3.50	13-Matthews-Rosekrans	7-Chen-Sharma
3 NT	W	3		400	0.00	6.00	11-Barlow-Powell	8-Davis-Steele