Bulletin 4 - Madeira International Bridge Open

DAILY BULLETIN 4
Editors
Pedro Nunes
Rodrigo Martins Soares
WELCOME TO MADEIRA 2013
16th International Bridge Festival
Madeira
Funchal, November 4-10, 2013
The Portuguese win!
The Portuguese Juliano Barbosa and Antonio Campos Palma are the
winners of this year’s Pairs’ Tournament. They “only” made 60.93% on
yesterday’s session but it was enough to get them first place with 61.44%
average.
The
German
pair
Helmut Häusler and
Michael Gromöller was
0.28% short. They
ended up second, after
havig a 56.37% session.
Sylvie
and
Franz
Terraneo didn’t do so
well yesterday. The
Austrians made 49.21%
and it was only enough
for third overall.
The
Austrian
pair
Antonio C Palma and Juliano Barbosa
Hubert
Obermayer
and Sascha Wernle won yesterday’s session winth 66.38%. The
Portuguese Jorge Cruzeiro and Paulo Gonçalves Pereira were second, just
1.36% behind the Austrians. Third best on the session were the
Portuguese islanders Nuno Paz and Carlos Luiz. They got 64.99% and it
got them 6th place overall.
This evening we start the Teams’ Tournament. Everybody is now
preapared for it. As usual, we’ll be online on BBO, so, table A1 will be
kibitzed by thousands. Good thing they’re so quiet…
Pedro Nunes
ENTRY FEES
TEAMS
300 €/Team (up to 6 players)
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Final Results Pairs
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
%
61.44
61.16
60.82
59.18
58.86
58.42
58.03
57.48
57.43
56.97
56.94
56.78
56.43
56.32
55.99
55.87
55.79
55.66
55.30
55.26
55.25
55.23
55.19
54.96
54.92
54.86
54.83
54.71
54.65
54.59
54.58
54.28
54.20
54.20
54.11
54.01
53.93
53.89
53.81
53.81
53.70
53.55
53.45
53.43
52.84
52.75
73
87
107
7
64
10
93
141
94
127
181
147
21
54
113
171
74
53
104
84
81
172
27
152
167
187
67
191
194
47
71
105
103
111
190
110
121
184
4
174
162
164
101
193
109
133
Pair
Juliano Barbosa - António Campos Palma
Helmut Häusler - Michael Gromöller
Franz Terraneo - Sylvie Terraneo
Rodrigo Martins Soares - Miguel Teixeira
Christian Schlicker - Claus Günther
Carlos Luiz - Nuno Paz
Hans Metselaar - Ronald Brantsma
António Bernardo Ferreira - Rui Pinto
Manuel Oliveira - Rui Silva Santos
Bjorn Sture Valen - Erik Dahl
Arno Lindermann - Nicholas Bausback
Nedju Buchlev - Sebastian Reim
Georg Kriftner - Robert Franzel
Hans Kreuning - Marcel Winkel
Arild Armot - Bjorn Fjeldstad
Knuut Kiste - Tomas Ruth
Betina Artmer - Josef Simon
Jorge Cruzeiro - Paulo G Pereira
Gregers Bjarnarson - Henrik Frydenlund
Helmi Gromöller - Wilhelm Gromöller
Willem Gosschalk - Willem van Eijck
Edeltraud Gregoritsch - Johann Zeugner
Olav Ellestad - Peter Eide
Aarne Rummel - Peeter Lond
Diana Damianova - Victor Aronov
Hans Vergoed - Yael Topiol
Dennis Bilde - Mads Eyde
Odd A Mollersen - Pal Haveseth
Jorunn Feness - Kjell Otto Kopstad
Maija Romanovska - Viktoria Gromova
Dick Pathnan - Lucy Pathan
Janine van Ipenburg - Toine van Hoof
Gisli Thorarinsson - Thordur Sigurdsson
Jos Winkelman - Wiweca Jongeneel
Hubert Obermayer - Sascha Wernle
Bernd Saurer - Doris Fischer
Birkir Jon Jonsson - Kristjan Snorrason
Jessica Piafsky - Peter Bertheau
Connie Goldberg - Kauko Koistinen
Pedro Madeira - Paulo Courteilles Sarmento
Bruno Neves - Luís M Silva
Ivan Nanev - Rosen Gunev
Gisli Steingrimsson - Halldor Svanbergsson
Benedikt Wiemeyer - Claus Daehr
David Franklin - Gerry Stanford
Jovi Smederevac - Peter Steiner
Ses %
60.93
56.37
49.21
62.56
57.57
64.99
59.92
60.81
50.68
61.01
51.34
64.69
64.31
57.69
60.76
53.93
49.99
65.02
60.48
57.07
55.21
58.21
61.34
61.86
56.90
57.12
56.48
61.31
58.02
64.09
61.61
60.95
48.33
55.11
66.38
61.86
52.70
51.64
58.70
58.31
56.04
37.52
45.52
53.08
50.42
47.78
Ses Rank
15
33
76
7
25
3
19
16
66
13
61
4
5
24
17
47
70
2
18
28
40
22
11
8
30
27
32
12
23
6
10
14
82
42
1
9
55
60
20
21
35
132
98
53
69
84
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47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
52.73
52.71
52.70
52.62
52.53
52.53
52.48
52.13
51.94
51.84
51.68
51.67
51.57
51.52
51.41
51.32
51.13
51.00
50.99
50.97
50.88
50.63
50.53
50.43
50.34
50.27
50.14
49.99
49.89
49.48
49.41
49.38
49.17
49.05
48.93
48.68
48.66
48.60
48.53
48.53
48.46
48.46
47.77
47.71
47.65
47.59
47.54
47.51
1
161
173
46
32
143
48
68
146
170
5
12
30
13
50
41
148
72
33
29
150
23
144
88
65
66
31
124
189
24
49
182
149
14
44
168
34
132
166
153
186
91
145
130
131
3
85
165
Andreas Babsch - Renate Hansen
Jasche Garre - Matthias Schüller
Georgia Ray - Steve Ray
Bodil Nyheim Oigarden - Virginia Chediak
Egil Hansen - Harald Norby
Carlos Gonçalves - Manuel Coelho Gonçalves
Jaan Linnamagi - Paul Leis
Frits Gootjes - Tineke Poland
Rasmus Nielsen - Tyge Fogh
Alfried Bocker - Gabi Schneider
Ella Kramer - Hans Sprenkeling
Dimitri Markaris - Ralf Schlotmann
Peter Bode - Yasmin Basegmez
Paulo Pessanha - Paulo Pinto
Kai Jorstad - Ronny Jorstad
Brian Skjonnemann - Ib Christian Bank
Henning - Stig Farholt
Andrei Kavalenka - Natalya Koscheeva
Roennaug Asla - Svein Markussen
Luís A Correia - Frederico Teixeira
Mark Thieke - Renee Verdegaal
Gunnar Thordarsson - Ragnheidor K Nielsen
Jan de Winter - Jan Tesselaar
Jörg Heichholzer - S Molnar
Gerwin Middelkoop - Pim Vermeulen
Haldis Guttormsen - Marita Roberg
Alek Tsimakhovich - Larysa Kuzniatsova
Gabriel Gislason - Kristinn Krisinsson
Olli Puurtinen - Osmo Parviainen
Gary Gottlieb - Peter Fredin
Bernhard Molnar - M Pendl
José A Fernandes - Virgilio Mota
Erich Liduin - Herman Schoenmacker
Han Begas - Lucia Grosmann
José Macedo - João Machado
Luc de Puydt - Maurice Bonne
Mette Sand - Sonja Bech
Gaby Fuchs - Martin Nielsen
M Linsen - P Linsen
Christina Klemmensen - Lone Kiaer
Peter Zelnik - Roswitha Hörnlein
Stellingwerff - Wiersema
Beppie Bredenoort - Geert Jan Rosebeek
Julius Sigurjonsson - Runar Einarsson
Doug Rotchell - Patricia Cummins
Olav A Molberg - José Pereira Sousa
Angeline van Houwelingen - Peter Versteegh
Johanna Muller - Maria Braat
53.19
50.57
50.99
53.42
54.12
49.00
53.90
56.57
51.10
54.47
55.20
55.27
44.57
56.95
51.92
53.57
52.90
51.74
53.50
45.34
54.02
42.85
46.49
50.67
49.71
55.41
56.10
44.88
51.31
52.21
45.95
52.63
47.41
48.85
42.08
42.80
44.41
49.97
48.01
49.70
47.29
55.89
43.51
51.10
41.64
49.96
57.31
47.16
52
68
65
51
45
77
48
31
64
44
41
39
105
29
58
49
54
59
50
99
46
113
91
67
73
38
34
104
62
57
95
56
86
79
119
114
107
71
83
74
87
36
109
63
120
72
26
89
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95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
47.49
47.41
47.08
47.03
46.95
46.74
46.73
46.57
46.52
46.49
46.37
46.26
46.14
45.97
45.95
45.71
45.63
45.54
45.50
45.38
45.36
45.28
45.25
44.62
44.60
44.39
44.08
43.94
43.82
43.63
43.30
43.27
43.22
43.18
43.11
42.31
41.56
41.43
41.16
41.00
40.96
40.32
39.47
39.24
36.83
36.59
43
129
89
61
126
163
125
128
6
62
188
11
26
114
86
45
63
169
9
52
2
192
90
69
25
123
134
154
92
185
106
142
28
22
122
8
112
82
70
102
83
151
51
183
42
108
Anna Ivarsdottir - Gudrun Oskarsdottir
Karen de Leeuw - Rebecca de Bruyn
Dominique Custers - Cees Mul
Svein Runar Eiriksson - Throstur Ingmarsson
George Schipper - Gerard Limmen
Erik Ragnhildrod - Paul Lind Andersen
Connie van der Ven - Marjan Smit
Christina Altmann - Gitte Hecht-Johansen
Robert Snapper - António O Valente
Miguel T Ascenção - Ricardo Fernandes
Maria Peters - Sybille Schultebraucks
Maria Schlicker - Siegfried Völkel
Franka van Tuil - Ineke den Hoed
Magnus Hammar - Mona Bergström
Dragomir Jovanovic - Gerlinde Sifkovits
Harjet Quijs - Reggie Schouten
Erla Sigurjonsdottir - Maria H Bender
Pia Cremer - Ria Bartelomij
Harpa Fold Ingolfsdottir - Helga Bergmann
Anne-Lill Hellemann - Rolf Tolle
José Maria Gouveia - Pedro Morgado
Annette Frydenlund Rosthoj - Lisbeth Grove
Annikki Schoolmann - Uwe Schoolmann
Alison Browne - Ting To
Dorine Rijkers - Margot Schoenmacker
David Ludviksson - Emma Axelsdottir
Alexis Logothetis - Danièle Simon
Robert Muddine - Shirley Shugess
Amit Chaudhuri - Eva Engström
Annemieke Poort - Mike Reuser
Ellen Vigmostad - Hans Robert Schwenke
José M Freitas - José A Pereira
Aage Paulsen - Helge Homelien
Anthony de Freitas - John Freitas
Bruno Abreu - Luís D Sampaio
Inger Lene Rosholt - Mary Anne Berg
Gonda de Boer - Mary Guillot
Eduardo Fernandes - Joaquim Trindade
Norberto Fernandes - Rui Moniz
Helder Fernandes - Manuel Arruda
Gudny Gudjonsdottir - Olof Thorsteinsdottir
Alistair Markham - Isobel Markham
Isabel McKenzie - Ron McKenzie
Ana Cabral - Gualter Dâmaso
Arie Gulden - Pedro Nunes
Fátima Menezes - Nuno S Menezes
45.09
45.02
48.80
38.28
48.95
49.39
42.41
40.38
47.66
43.74
46.06
46.06
42.28
44.47
54.90
38.43
43.50
42.16
44.99
40.54
46.26
41.03
42.21
40.95
45.18
37.88
55.88
34.97
48.83
43.47
34.62
36.57
45.58
36.62
47.25
42.89
41.07
46.99
45.76
35.98
41.21
41.28
31.63
30.88
30.62
38.99
101
102
81
130
78
75
115
127
85
108
94
93
116
106
43
129
110
118
103
126
92
124
117
125
100
131
37
136
80
111
137
134
97
133
88
112
123
90
96
135
122
121
138
139
140
128
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The Evil Influence
By David Bird
Austria’s Sylvie and Franz Terraneo had achieved the near impossible by finishing 1st of
140 in each of the first two sessions of the Open Pairs. They were leading the field
with a fabulous 67.36%, leaving me in no doubt which table I should watch in the final
session. I did not have long to wait for the first ‘big firework’.
Board 14
East Deals
None Vul
♠3
♥A742
♦ K 10 7 6 2
♣J87
♠ A 10 7
N
♥9
W
E
♦AJ
S
♣ K Q 10 9 5 4 2
♠KQ85
♥Q8653
♦Q9
♣A6
♠J9642
♥ K J 10
♦8543
♣3
West
Eyde
2♣
3NT
4NT
6♣
North
F.Terraneo
2♦
pass
pass
all pass
East
South
1♥
pass
pass
pass
pass
3♦
4♦
5♦
Bilde
S.Terraneo
There was general amusement among the players as South considered further action
over 4NT. ‘If you bid again, this time I will double,’ said Mads Eyde playfully. Sylvie
Terraneo did bid 5♦ - a good decision on the face of it, since 5♦ doubled would cost only
300 against a vulnerable game. ‘Well, I will think about a double at least,’ said Eyde,
studying his cards again. The bear in the cage had been poked once too often. Eyde
reached for the 6♣ card! This was a great bid. Even if the slam turned out to be only
50% it would be a better prospect than accepting an inadequate penalty. Franz
Terraneo avoided the diamond lead, which would have surrendered the slam
immediately. After a start of ace and another heart, declarer was eventually able to
ruff out the ♥K, establishing the ♥Q for a diamond discard. That was -920 for a score
of 19 / 109.
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An initial run of unlucky boards was continued when Haldis Guttormsen and Marita
Roberg arrived for Boards 15 and 16, bidding neatly to the par contracts of 7♥ and 5♣
for scores of 20,3 / 107,7 and 40 / 88. Apparently my presence as a kibitzer was to
blame for this unwelcome change of fortune. I declined to leave the table and was
rewarded with a string of exciting boards. An inventive redouble caused problems for
the opponents on this deal:
Board 3
South Deals
EW Vul
♠3
♥AKQ7
♦AQ732
♣K72
♠Q86
♥ J 10 6 3 2
♦ 10 6 5
♣J5
N
W
E
S
♠AJ5
♥94
♦KJ4
♣Q9864
♠ K 10 9 7 4 2
♥85
♦98
♣ A 10 3
West
L.Pathan
dbl
3♦
North
F.Terraneo
rdbl (!)
pass
East
South
3♣
3NT
2♠
pass
all pass
D.Pathan
S.Terraneo
What action should East take at his first turn: 2NT, 3NT, pass for the moment, 3♣? If
you play Lebensohl responses to a double of a weak-two, do they apply after a redouble?
It’s a rare auction, probably never discussed, and Dick Pathan decided to bid 3♣.
Unfortunately for NS, Lucy Pathan had enough to bid again and the par contract was
reached.
South led the ♠10 to partner’s ♠Q and declarer won with the ace immediately. Eight
red-suit winners followed and South discarded three spades and one club. When Dick
Pathan played a club towards the queen, the safe (South) hand won. She cashed the ♠K
but then had to give the last two tricks to dummy’s ♣K-7. That was -660 for 28 / 100.
As the cards lie, South does better to discard four spades, keeping all her clubs. -630
would still score only 52 / 76 because several EW pairs attempted a slam.
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Two rounds later more bad luck arrived:
Board 8
♠ A 10 9 8
♥6
♦AKQJ962
♣5
West Deals
None Vul
♠7642
♥AJ954
♦ 10 7 5
♣6
♠Q3
♥K82
♦8
♣ A J 10 8 6 4 3
N
W
E
S
♠KJ5
♥ Q 10 7 3
♦43
♣KQ92
West
North
East
South
pass
pass
all pass
1♣
3♦
3♣
pass
pass
3NT
Browne
F.Terraneo
To
S.Terraneo
North opened with a strong 1♣ and Alison Browne led her singleton ♣6 against the
eventual contract of 3NT. Ting To won with the ♣A and switched to the ♥2. Declarer
played low, West winning with the ♥9. A heart to the king and a further heart through
the ♥Q-10 put the game two down. NS had done nothing wrong but picked up only 15 /
113 on the board.
At dinner last night, Michael Gromȍller told me how this board had cost him and his
partner first place in the event. Helmut Hǟusler opened 2♥ on the West cards (showing
a two-suiter). After an auction of 2♥ - 3♦ - 3♥ - 3NT, West led a low heart to the king
and the ♥8 was returned to the 10 and jack. At IMPs now it would be automatic to take
the only chance of beating the game – a club switch to the ace for a further heart play.
This was against the odds, on the bidding, so Hǟusler made the expert matchpoint play
of cashing the ♥A. He then switched to a club, declarer scoring +400 for 67 / 61. This
was enough to deny the German pair a repeat victory (they won the event last year).
After one of the worst runs of bad luck that I have witnessed, the Terraneos ended
with a 49.21% session and slipped to third place. I know they blame me for it and that’s
a pity. I have no supernatural powers, believe me. If I did, I would be playing in the
event instead of kibitzing!
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Expensive discard
By Marcel Winkel
Board 4
West Deals
Both Vul
♠Q53
♥ 10 2
♦ K 10 8 7 6 5
♣52
♠AJ962
♥Q93
♦94
♣A86
♠87
♥K7654
W
E
♦QJ3
S
♣KJ4
N
♠ K 10 4
♥AJ8
♦A2
♣ Q 10 9 7 3
West opened 1♠ and East responded with a natural 1NT. Although South had no support
for all unbid suits, he decided to double for takeout. North bid his diamonds, and East
showed his maximum with 2NT.
South chose a club to lead instead of developing the diamonds quickly.
With spades dividing 3-3 and the ten well placed, East could make heaps of tricks now.
After the double however, East was not expecting the spade suit to behave this
friendly. Declarer took the first trick with the Jack of clubs and led a heart to
dummy’s Queen. On the way back he ducked the second round of hearts to the Jack.
South persisted with a second round of clubs for the Ace in dummy. A third round of
hearts was won by South’s Ace. South cleared the clubs and East took his two tricks in
hearts. South meanwhile calculated that East could not have the spade Queen for his
bidding and threw his King away on the first possibility. On the fifth heart South threw
his small spade. East now led a spade and, seeing the ten appear, inserted the Jack from
dummy. This was not a very good idea since NS now had a spade, two hearts, two
diamonds and two clubs for down two and the magnificent score of over 95%.
Needless to say that South wouldn’t have discarded his spade King when he held KQ10x.
By discarding the King, he created an image in East’s mind that he should not believe.
Luckily for NS, East did.
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Bidding the Grand
By Rodrigo Martins Soares
The last pairs’ session had a grand slam on the EW cards. I am talking about, of course,
of board 15.
Board 15
♠97543
♥Q4
♦5
♣ Q 10 9 7 3
South Deals
N-S Vul
♠—
♥AKJ875
♦ Q 10 9 2
♣A85
♠AKQ62
♥ 10 9 6 3
♦AJ
♣K6
N
W
E
S
♠ J 10 8
♥2
♦K87643
♣J42
West
North
Peter Steiner
East
South
Jovi Smederevac
Pass
1 ♥
Pass
2 NT1
Pass
3 ♠2
Pass
4 ♣3
Pass
4 ♥
4
Pass
4 NT
Pass
5
Pass
5 ♦
6
Pass
7
6 ♥
Pass
7 ♥
Pass
Pass
Pass
5 ♣
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Game forcing, 4+♥
shortage
Cue-bid
Roman Key Card Blackwood
0 or 3 Key cards
Asking for the trump Queen
Queen of trumps with no outside King
After West had shown 3 key-cards and the trump Queen (Peter lied but he knew he had
at least 10 trumps between both hands so he would only loose a trick if trumps were 3-0
with North) East could count at least 12 tricks – 5 hearts, 3 spades, 2 clubs, 1 club ruff
and the ♦A. But the 13th trick could come from a lot of places: the 5th spade, a possible
6th heart with declarer, a possible second club ruff, a possible ♣Q, or even, if all else
failed, a possible diamond finesse. So 7♥ looked like a good bet.
Nice bidding!
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Of the 63 pairs that played the board, 19 managed to get to the great spot of 7♥
getting 107,7 mp (20,3 for the opponents). 6♥ would have been slightly under average
(46,7/81,3) and not bidding any slam a terrible score. The top score for EW was 7NT
bid and made by Dennis Bilde and Mads Eyde! NS had a top when their opponents not
only did not manage to bid a slam, but also failed to make 13 tricks in hearts, making
only eleven! I guess their bidding was OK – not much point going down.
If you are wondering how you can make 7NT on the deal, it’s on a double squeeze.
Say you cash two spades, the ♦A and run the hearts you end up in this position:
Board 15
South Deals
N-S Vul
♠97
♥
♦
♣ Q 10 9
♠—
♥ 5
♦Q
♣A85
♠Q6
♥
W
E ♦
J
S
♣K6
N
♠
♥
♦K8
♣J42
Now when you lead your last heart North has to let go of a club and South a diamond.
You pitch a spade from dummy, cross to the ♣K and play the ♠Q squeezing South in
clubs and diamonds.
Wrong ending
by Toine van Hoof
In yesterday´s bulletin I made a mistake in the last diagram. This was the hand:
North Deals
Both Vul
♠KQ7653
♥J92
♦K6
♣A7
♠2
♥ 10 8 7 3
♦9542
♣ 10 8 5 3
N
W
E
S
♠ 10 9 8 4
♥AK4
♦ 10 8 3
♣QJ6
♠AJ
♥Q65
♦AQJ7
♣K942
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West played 4♠ and North led a club. If South covers dummy´s Queen and returns a
club both times he is in with his Aces, the following ending will be reached (now
correct):
♠–
♥ 10 8
♦95
♣ 10
♠6
♥J92
♦K
♣–
♠–
♥AK4
♦ 10 8
♣–
N
W
E
S
♠–
♥Q65
♦QJ
♣–
On the ♠6 declarer throws a heart from dummy and South is in a criss-cross squeeze.
Thank you, Manuel Oliveira, for bringing this to our attention.
Always support your partner
by Toine van Hoof
The best Dutch pair in this year´s tournament were Hans Metselaar and Ronald
Brantsma, who ended in seventh place with an average score of 58%. When discussing
their system in the plane to Madeira Brantsma convinced Metselaar to play support
doubles throughout, i.e. in any possible situation. So this happened on board 16 of the
final session:
West Deals
E-W Vul
♠7
♥Q84
♦2
♣ A K Q 10 9 6 4 2
♠Q953
♥K95
♦ A 10 5 3
♣J5
N
W
E
S
♠ A 10 8 2
♥ A 10 7 6 3
♦Q76
♣3
♠KJ64
♥J2
♦KJ984
♣87
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West
North
Metselaar
East
South
Brantsma
1 ♣1
Pass
1 ♥
2 ♦
Dbl2
3 ♦
4 ♥
Pass
Pass
Pass
1. 2+
2. 3 hearts
Metselaar opened with a modest 1♣, promising two or more, and never bid his solid
eight-card suit again. After a 1♥ response by his partner and 2♦ from his right-hand
opponent, Metselaar decided to stick to his agreements and came up with a support
double.
Brantsma
did
not
look
further
and
jumped
to
4♥.
Against this awkward contract South led a small spade which gave Brantsma a chance.
He took ♠Q with the ace and played two rounds of clubs, discarding a diamond. Another
high club and a diamond discard followed. South ruffed with ♥2 and played a diamond to
North´s ace who continued diamonds. Brantsma ruffed in hand, cashed ♥A, ruffed a
spade and played on clubs. North was helpless. If he ruffed low, East could overruff,
ruff a spade with ♥Q and throw his last spade on the next club. And if he ruffed with
♥K one spade loser is discarded directly and the other is ruffed with ♥Q.
North could have done better by continuing spades after winning ♦A. Declarer is forced
to ruff in West and now can only make his contract by the double-dummy play of ♥Q.
Making 4♥ was worth 100-28 for EW. The popular contract on this hand was 3NT by EW
which was made 8 times (with one or three overtricks) and went down 23 times (often
after a 3NT gambling from West and the obvious ♦A lead from North).
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Patrocinador
Program 2013
Friday
(08/11/2013)
09.30
20.45
21.00
Saturday
(09/11/2013)
09.00
15.00
21.00
Sunday
15.00
(10/11/2013)
19.30
20.30
Half-day Tour(*)
Closing time for Teams Tournament
Entries
Open Teams Tournament – 1st
Session
Free morning
Open Teams Tournament – 2nd
Session
Open Teams Tournament – 3rd
Session
Open Teams Tournament – 4th
Session
Final Results
Closing Dinner and Prize Giving
(*) Dinner and Tour included in the Hotel package
The tournament director will give you an envelope with your starting position.
Write your team name on the envelope and then open it. Your whole team
should sit down at the same table.
Inside you will find a blue entry form that you should fill in carefully. Make
sure we can read your names correctly (make sure to use capitals so that you
don’t get upset later…) and also tell us if you have played the pairs
Tournament or not.
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