{"id":1153,"date":"2008-07-15T20:36:38","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T20:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2008-07-15T20:36:38","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T20:36:38","slug":"bridge_07152008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=1153","title":{"rendered":"Bridge 07\/15\/2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-IPHONE_0301.jpg\" alt=\"Wayne\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nNick was not able to attend tonight.  Fortunately, he was nice enough to set up a Renkoo invite so that others could still join.  And three did.  I did learn afterward that you can indeed raise your previous bid if everyone else passed.\n<\/p>\n<p>The date is 07\/15\/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>Wayne<\/td>\n<td>Dummy<\/td>\n<td>JohnH<\/td>\n<td>MarkH<\/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%;\">A Q 6 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>A 9 8 7 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A Q <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">10 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%\">J <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">10 6 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K Q 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 9 7 6 4 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 10 8 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q J 7 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">10 9 6 5 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 8 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>J 5 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>A K 8 <\/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>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>1&spades;<\/td>\n<td>2<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>2&spades;<\/td>\n<td>3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>3&spades;<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 10<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span> was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be 5<\/p>\n<p>\nDummy paired with JohnH\n<\/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%;\">J <\/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 6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A K Q 8 6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>Q 9 6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A K Q 9 8 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%\">6 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q J 3 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 8 5 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">5 4 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">10 8 5 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 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>10 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>J 10 9 7 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>A J 7 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>1&spades;<\/td>\n<td>2<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>2&spades;<\/td>\n<td>3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>3&spades;<\/td>\n<td>4<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/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 Q<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span> was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be -1<\/p>\n<p>\nDummy paired with MarkH\n<\/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%;\">J 10 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 9 8 5 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>8 6 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>K <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A 8 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%\">K Q 7 5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A J 3 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 7 6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q J 5 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 9 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A J 8 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 10 6 5 <\/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%\">9 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>K 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A 10 7 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>9 7 4 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>West<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1&spades;<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>2&clubs;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2nt<\/td>\n<td>3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3nt<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/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 5<\/p>\n<p>\nDummy paired with MarkH\n<\/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 4 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>2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>Q J 9 8 6 5 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>10 6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A 8 <\/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%\">K J 10 7 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A 8 7 6 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 10 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 4 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A Q J 5 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">8 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%\">9 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>K Q 9 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>10 7 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>K 9 7 4 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>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>West<\/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>2nt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/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 6&clubs; was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be 5<\/p>\n<p>\nDummy paired with MarkH.  How odd, could not reraise myself?\n<\/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 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>J 10 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A 8 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>Q J 8 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">A 4 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%\">9 8 5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q 7 6 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 3 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">Q J 4 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 7 5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">10 9 5 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A K 7 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%\">Q J 10 <\/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 8 5 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>10 9 6 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>6 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>South<\/td>\n<td>West<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>2<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>3&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>3nt<\/td>\n<td>4&clubs;<\/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>An A<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span> was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be -1<\/p>\n<p>\nDummy paired with Wayne.  It is amusing when you bid a higer suit and then, when<br \/>\nwe reveal the dummy&#8217;s next card, that it is in the suit.\n<\/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%;\">J 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>K 10 8 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>7 5 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#000000;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>10 5 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&spades;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%;\">9 8 7 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%\">A 5 3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 4 2 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A Q 9 7 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">10 6 3 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%; color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">K 8 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">A Q 7 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:3%;\">&clubs;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:30%\">J 9 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 Q 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>6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&diams;<\/td>\n<td>A Q J 9 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>K 8 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>West<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>East<\/td>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1&clubs;<\/td>\n<td>1<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>2&clubs;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>2nt<\/td>\n<td>pass<\/td>\n<td>3&clubs;<\/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 2<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">&hearts;<\/span> was then led.<\/p>\n<p>The score turned out to be 3<\/p>\n<p>\nDummy paired with JohnH.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick was not able to attend tonight. Fortunately, he was nice enough to set up a Renkoo invite so that others could still join. And three did. I did learn afterward that you can indeed raise your previous bid if everyone else passed. The date is 07\/15\/2008 The players are: North East South West Wayne [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}