{"id":1176,"date":"2008-08-12T19:42:56","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T19:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2008-08-12T19:42:56","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T19:42:56","slug":"bridge_08122008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=1176","title":{"rendered":"Bridge 08\/12\/2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-IPHONE_0351.jpg\" alt=\"John and Nick\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>The date is 08\/12\/2008<\/p>\n<p>The players are:<\/p>\n<table class=\"wikitable\">\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MarkH<\/td>\n<td>Wayne<\/td>\n<td>JohnH<\/td>\n<td>Nick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"border: red 2px dashed; padding-left: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\" style=\"width:300px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:0\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">K 9 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>A J 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A J 8 3 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>A J 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A J 7 6 <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" style=\"background-color:#008000; color:#FFFFFF;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>N<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>W&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>S<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">10 8 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 7 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 9 8 6 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">10 7 5 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K Q 6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 10 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">9 8 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 5 3 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>10 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>9 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>K 7 6 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bidding was as follows:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\">\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>1<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 8&clubs; was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be 3<\/p>\n<p>The IMP turned out to be 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: red 2px dashed; padding-left: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\" style=\"width:300px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:0\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A Q J 7 5 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>8 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>8 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>Q J 10 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">K 9 8 2 <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" style=\"background-color:#008000; color:#FFFFFF;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>N<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>W&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>S<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 10 6 5 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 7 4 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">6 5 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A J 9 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">9 6 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A K 8 4 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">10 6 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>A Q 9 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>K Q 10 7 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>7 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bidding was as follows:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\">\n<tr>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>2&spades;<\/td>\n<td>3&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>3&spades;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>4&spades;<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A K&clubs; was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be -1<\/p>\n<p>The IMP turned out to be 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: red 2px dashed; padding-left: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\" style=\"width:300px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:0\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A Q J 9 4 3 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>10 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>9 3 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>K J 5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">5 <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" style=\"background-color:#008000; color:#FFFFFF;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>N<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>W&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>S<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">8 7 6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 6 5 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A K J 8 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 7 5 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K J 8 6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A 9 6 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 10 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>9 7 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A 10 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>10 8 7 3 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bidding was as follows:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\">\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2&spades;<\/td>\n<td>3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>4<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A K&spades; was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be -1<\/p>\n<p>The IMP turned out to be -3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: red 2px dashed; padding-left: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\" style=\"width:300px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:0\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A 8 7 6 3 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>Q 9 6 4 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>Q J <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">Q J 10 4 <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" style=\"background-color:#008000; color:#FFFFFF;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>N<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>W&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>S<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">8 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K J 10 7 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A K Q 8 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 9 6 5 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 9 8 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">6 4 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 9 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>A 5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>10 7 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>A 10 7 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bidding was as follows:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\">\n<tr>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>1nt<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>2<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span> was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be 2<\/p>\n<p>The IMP turned out to be 4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: red 2px dashed; padding-left: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\" style=\"width:300px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:0\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">K Q <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>5 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>K 9 7 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>K 10 7 6 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A 10 8 6 5 <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" style=\"background-color:#008000; color:#FFFFFF;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>N<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>W&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>S<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">4 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q J <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 10 8 6 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 8 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A J 10 4 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A Q J 8 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">9 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 9 7 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>A 9 7 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>6 5 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>4 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bidding was as follows:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\">\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>1&spades;<\/td>\n<td>3&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>3nt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 2&clubs; was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be 3<\/p>\n<p>The IMP turned out to be 7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: red 2px dashed; padding-left: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\" style=\"width:300px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:0\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">K 10 8 6 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>A K 6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>Q 8 6 5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>6 5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">Q 7 3 <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" style=\"background-color:#008000; color:#FFFFFF;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>N<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>W&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>S<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">9 8 7 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 3 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 10 9 3 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 7 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A Q J 10 3 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 9 5 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>J 10 5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A 7 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>9 8 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bidding was as follows:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\">\n<tr>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>1&spades;<\/td>\n<td>2&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>2&spades;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>double<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A J&spades; was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be -4<\/p>\n<p>The IMP turned out to be -10<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: red 2px dashed; padding-left: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\" style=\"width:300px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:0\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">Q J 3 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>A 7 5 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A 7 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>J 7 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A 10 6 <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" style=\"background-color:#008000; color:#FFFFFF;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>N<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>W&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>S<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">8 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K J 9 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 10 6 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">9 6 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q J 10 8 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A 10 9 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">8 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 9 7 5 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>8 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>K <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>K Q 6 5 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bidding was as follows:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\">\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>2&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>2&spades;<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>3nt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 8<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span> was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be 4<\/p>\n<p>The IMP turned out to be 12<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: red 2px dashed; padding-left: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\" style=\"width:300px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:0\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">10 3 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>K 3 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>8 7 6 4 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>9 8 7 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A K J 8 2 <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" style=\"background-color:#008000; color:#FFFFFF;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>N<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>W&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>S<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A 6 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">10 9 8 7 5 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 10 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A Q 5 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K J 10 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 9 7 6 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:33%; background-color:#FFFFFF;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td>Q J <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A K Q 9 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>6 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bidding was as follows:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear\">\n<table class=\"wikitable\">\n<tr>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>4<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>double<\/td>\n<td>redouble<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>An A<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span> was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be -2<\/p>\n<p>The IMP turned out to be -14<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The date is 08\/12\/2008 The players are: North East South West MarkH Wayne JohnH Nick &spades; 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