vg|2010 Spingold R8 A,Segment 3 of 4,I,33,48,Meltzer,49,Strul,56|
rs|1NS=,2DS=,2NE-1,1HN-1,1NS+1,2HS+1,2HS=,2HS=,1SNx-4,2HSx-3,1NN=,1NN+1,4HS=,3NN=,4HS-1,2HS+1,1NN=,3DE=,4SN-1,3NN+1,4SN=,4SN+1,4SW+1,4SW+1,4SW-1,4HN-1,4DS-2,3DS+2,3NW=,3NW+1,4SEx-1,2HN=|
pn|Nunes,Brogeland,Fantoni,Saelensmin,HELGEMO,SONTAG,HELNESS,BERKOWITZ|pg||
qx|c33|st||md|3SQ3HAJ6DAK7CQJ963,SKT92HKQ3D62CKT87,SJ654HT5DQJT53C54,SA87H98742D984CA2|sv|o|nt|Vugraphzfd: Hi, QuarterF Spingold 3Q|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|an|14-17|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|poohbear: I wonder how Helness was planning to cater to a 2@h response|pg||
pc|d6|pc|dQ|pc|d4|pc|d7|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c2|pc|c9|pc|cT|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d3|pc|d8|pc|dK|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c7|pc|c5|pc|cA|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dA|nt|poohbear: This auction screams for a trump lead as dummy will often table a @c singleton|pg||
nt|poohbear: I doubt these 2 play any kind of relay stayman|pg||
pc|h3|pc|d5|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|cK|pc|dT|pc|h2|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h7|pc|h6|pc|hK|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s4|pc|s8|pc|s3|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s5|pc|sA|pc|sQ|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o34|st||md|4S9643HAJD8632CQT4,SJT85HTDAKT54CJ52,SAQ2H97543DJ7CAK7,SK7HKQ862DQ9C9863|sv|n|nt|casenjo:  Meltzer's carding guarantees that nothing will go wrong and she defeats the contract|pg||
nt|iceking: Silla is playing 2nt here |pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|sybarra: welcome Magnus and hello all |pg||
mb|1D|an|unbalanced|mb|1H|nt|iceking: Hello|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|iceking: typical 3rd seat opener from Boye here|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|nt|sybarra: I would opne it also |pg||
mb|2N|nt|casenjo:  Unless Meltzer can work some magic, it appears that she only has 7 tricks here|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|sybarra: http://www.bridgewithdan.com/systems/Fantoni_Nunes.txt|pg||
pc|s3|nt|po-s: Strul leads Melzer 40-9, the other matches are still a secret|pg||
nt|iceking: Boye is not afraid iam sure most would give it up in 1h here|pg||
nt|iceking: scores so far in other matches |pg||
nt|iceking: Dawson  46 Diamond 66|pg||
nt|iceking: Cayne 45 De Kniff 78|pg||
pc|sJ|nt|sybarra: quite a @H suit in N |pg||
pc|sA|pc|s7|pg||
nt|iceking: Zaleski 63 Jacobs 95|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sK|pc|s4|pc|s5|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|d7|pg||
pc|d9|nt|iceking: North had 2 choices here either 1h or dbl |pg||
pc|d3|pc|dA|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|dK|pc|h7|pc|h2|pc|d6|pg||
nt|iceking: both Fantoni and Helness choice to bid 1h |pg||
pc|dT|pc|h3|pc|h6|pc|d8|pg||
nt|sybarra: as I was saying quite a @H suit in N|pg||
pc|d5|pc|h4|nt|casenjo:  Hello to P.O.Sundelin|pg||
pc|c3|nt|iceking: it sure is!|pg||
pc|s6|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h5|pc|hQ|pc|hA|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cJ|pc|cA|pc|c6|pg||
nt|iceking: my style would be to bid 1h here also but i could live with dbl both bids are fine i think|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|h8|pc|s9|pc|s8|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c8|pc|cT|pc|c2|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c9|pc|cQ|pc|c5|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|sT|pc|h9|pc|hK|pg||
nt|sybarra: so only -1 at the end of the day |pg||
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qx|c34|st||md|4S9643HAJD8632CQT4,SJT85HTDAKT54CJ52,SAQ2H97543DJ7CAK7,SK7HKQ862DQ9C9863|sv|n|nt|poohbear: 1NT would have produced the same result|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: Half scores|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|nt|poohbear: Sontag protected in the confines of a strong @c system|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: De Knijff 78 Cayne 45|pg||
mb|1H|nt|poohbear: So he can rebid over 1H and not be buried|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c6|nt|Vugraphzfd: Diamond 66 Dawson 46|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cJ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|h3|nt|poohbear: Declarer will try to score @d ruffs in hand|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hA|pc|hT|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|c2|pc|h4|pc|hQ|pg||
nt|poohbear: this line surprises me|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: Jacobs 95 Zaleski 63|pg||
nt|poohbear: check out   http://www.bridgewinners.com/2010-spingold-scores|pg||
pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|c5|pc|c7|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pg||
nt|poohbear: Declarer  knows that the West hand is weak as he didnt reopen with a stiff @h|pg||
nt|poohbear: Berk knows that his partner has AK of @ds  Declarer prob overcalls 1NT with a balanced 16 and 5 bad @Hs|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|d5|pc|cK|pg||
nt|poohbear: and he knows declarer didnt try for @D ruffs in his hand|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s7|pc|s4|pc|s8|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pc|d2|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d3|nt|reisig: now ...down only 1|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d7|pg||
nt|poohbear: declarer will come to 1 more trick|pg||
pc|dK|pc|s2|pc|c8|nt|poohbear: East will get endplayed eventually|pg||
pc|d6|pg||
pc|sT|pc|h5|pc|h6|pc|s6|pg||
pc|hK|pc|d8|pc|dA|pc|h7|pg||
pc|h8|pc|s9|pc|sJ|pc|h9|pg||
nt|poohbear: so 4 imps to Meltzer . Tightening the match|pg||
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qx|o35|st||md|1SAT7HQ9875DA65CK6,SQ52HJTDJT432CA73,SJ96HAK42D98CJT42,SK843H63DKQ7CQ985|sv|e|mb|1N|mb|p|nt|casenjo:  DeKnijff leads Cayne 41-39|pg||
mb|p|nt|casenjo:  East has a great source of tricks and should drive this to slam|pg||
nt|casenjo:  There were 2 hands yesterday, with more high cards than this, but flat hands. BOTH tables correctly stayed out of slam.|pg||
mb|p|pc|d2|pc|d8|nt|sybarra: quite a "lead director" which Nunes ignored |pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d5|pg||
pc|dK|nt|iceking: 1nt is 12-14hcp and can be semi-bal|pg||
pc|d6|pc|d3|pc|d9|pg||
pc|d7|pc|dA|pc|d4|nt|casenjo:  We knew Strul was going to make a slam try in clubs, He showed good table habits, by thinking of possibilities that will come up in the auction before relaying.|pg||
nt|casenjo:  Good  bridge players are good planners.|pg||
nt|casenjo:  North knows that there will be a long suit in dummy and has a lot to think about|pg||
nt|casenjo:  Heart lead gives West 13 tricks, any other lead gets to 12, unless North is squeezed|pg||
pc|c2|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: looks like 13 here, too|pg||
pc|h5|pc|hJ|pc|hA|nt|casenjo:  North will be squeezed. Looking at 8 high cards on this auction, North was very tempted to cash the Ace of diamonds, but felt like that was giving up|pg||
pc|h3|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c5|pc|c6|pc|cA|pg||
nt|iceking: http://www.bridgewinners.com/2010-spingold-scores|pg||
pc|dJ|nt|iceking: for those who just came and dont know about other scores|pg||
mc|8|nt|casenjo:  If West didn't hold all of those spades, he might have needed an extra trick in the heart suit, knowing the finesse will lose, North would beat the contract.|pg||
nt|casenjo:  Thus, the passive lead.|pg||
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qx|c35|st||md|1SAT7HQ9875DA65CK6,SQ52HJTDJT432CA73,SJ96HAK42D98CJT42,SK843H63DKQ7CQ985|sv|e|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|poohbear: I guess Helgemo Helness dont play any form of Bergen|pg||
nt|poohbear: Oh wait|pg||
nt|poohbear: They open 4 card H! suits|pg||
nt|poohbear: @h|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|hA|nt|poohbear: Game is dependant on a successful @c finesse|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h5|pg||
nt|reisig: 5-4-4-3|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c8|pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
nt|poohbear: at the other table Nunes opened a weak NT so they had no chance at finding game|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h2|pc|h6|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c3|pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pg||
mc|9|nt|poohbear: oh yea and finding the @s honors split . But often times you get a @s lead from KQ|pg||
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qx|o36|st||md|2SAJHKQJT83DJ74C83,SK52HA6DT532CA754,SQ86H972DA96CQT62,ST9743H54DKQ8CKJ9|sv|b|nt|sybarra: http://www.bridgewithdan.com/systems/Fantoni_Nunes.txt  N/S CC |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: sorry for the crash before|pg||
nt|sybarra: hope you stay with us |pg||
nt|sybarra: and Hello Dan:)|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|casenjo:  Another ghoulish hand, there were several yesterday|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: this may be the last making contract!|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: if diamonds weren't 5-0|pg||
mb|2H!|nt|iceking: 2h is 10-13hcp |pg||
nt|sybarra: this is NOT your traditional wk 2 |pg||
nt|sybarra: but a better hand|pg||
nt|iceking: shows 6hearts or 5 with side suit|pg||
nt|iceking: should end here i cant see anyone bid here|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|sybarra: at vul,   |pg||
nt|sybarra: not worth it |pg||
pc|d3|nt|iceking: good def needed here|pg||
pc|d6|nt|casenjo:  Strul will have a tough time with this one|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d4|pg||
nt|casenjo:  On a diamond lead and spade back, East will never see the dummy|pg||
nt|iceking: Silla cant return spade |pg||
nt|sybarra: not easy |pg||
pc|sT|pc|sA|nt|casenjo:  So the question is: Down 1 or 2?|pg||
nt|xenya: or 3?|pg||
pc|s2|nt|xenya: @D lead|pg||
nt|casenjo:  Yes, perfect defense and clubs are played out of hand|pg||
nt|casenjo:  Best lead!!!|pg||
nt|phil: but they can only take two clubs|pg||
pc|s6|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sK|nt|casenjo:  ruff this, spade back, ruff again and declarer plays from hand|pg||
nt|xenya: exactly|pg||
nt|phil: the lead should be suit preference if the partnership is in tune, although the double need not be Lightner-ish|pg||
nt|casenjo:  At the other table, Brogeland led the 10 of diamonds, but Erik now cashed the ace of clubs, letting declarer out for down 1|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s3|pg||
nt|sybarra: so much for that idea, |pg||
nt|iceking: true it wasnt easy to find the correct def here|pg||
nt|iceking: notice Fantoni and Nunes open at 1 level very heavy so that leaves 10-13hcp for second level as all opening promice 14hcp|pg||
nt|iceking: they play 12-14nt opening and it does not promice bal hand |pg||
pc|c4|pc|cT|nt|phil: only because they didnt get their club trick, North continued a spade after the 2nd diamond ruff|pg||
nt|casenjo:  allowing declarer to get to dummy|pg||
nt|phil: rt|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: if kyle ruffs this and returns a low club (not unreasonable if rose doesn't ask for a spade back) then they can get it 4 on a misguess|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c3|pg||
nt|sybarra: picking declarer clean |pg||
nt|iceking: hand is over now as we can see Nunes will score 110 |pg||
nt|sybarra: and just makes not matter what |pg||
pc|cK|pc|c8|nt|casenjo:  after this ruff, if north exits anything but a spade they get more tricks|pg||
pc|c5|pc|c2|pg||
pc|c9|pc|h8|pc|c7|nt|casenjo:  Meltzer makes it easy for partner|pg||
nt|casenjo:  well done, Rose|pg||
nt|phil: I think playing South for the @sA alone is wrong - pard would have led it|pg||
nt|casenjo:  great point|pg||
pc|c6|pg||
pc|hK|pc|hA|pc|h2|pc|h4|pg||
nt|casenjo:  Larsen did go through great thought at trick 1|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c36|st||md|2SAJHKQJT83DJ74C83,SK52HA6DT532CA754,SQ86H972DA96CQT62,ST9743H54DKQ8CKJ9|sv|b|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|reisig: 4th seat 2@h ...never really weak|pg||
pc|d3|nt|poohbear: 2@H in 4th seat is not a normal preempt. Shows a good playing hand . Obv one could always pass it out|pg||
pc|d6|pc|dQ|pc|d4|pg||
nt|poohbear: Declarer will set up a @s trick for a @d pitch umless the defense finds a @c play now. Also the defense can return a small @d and declarer can misguess but that's not likely ...|pg||
nt|poohbear: looking at the 9 in dummy|pg||
nt|poohbear: @h back will work too|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: Berkowitz pause|pg||
pc|sT|pc|sA|pc|s5|pc|s6|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sK|pc|s8|pc|s3|pg||
nt|poohbear: so 8 easy tricks now|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dA|pc|d8|pc|d7|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s4|pc|dJ|pc|s2|pg||
nt|reisig: bridge is an easy game :) :)|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o37|st||md|3SAQ2HAJ97DQ5CQJ93,SKJ74H32DJ9CAKT42,ST863HT85D8643C85,S95HKQ64DAKT72C76|sv|n|mb|p|nt|iceking: ew will reach 3nt here and Nunes will be supriced looking at 16hcp |pg||
mb|1D!|mb|d|mb|r|nt|phil: however, looking at the South hand, a diamond void is pretty likely holding an Ace|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|nt|casenjo:  back to back deals with 2 hands that have voids! Wow.|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|iceking: well i was wrong |pg||
nt|iceking: how will this go on trump lead|pg||
nt|iceking: 4 tricks maybe for 800 |pg||
pc|c7|nt|iceking: this bidding usually askes for trump lead|pg||
nt|sybarra: dicey X at the one level |pg||
nt|iceking: reason Nunes didnt overcall 1nt was his diamond holding as 1d was natural always unbal |pg||
nt|iceking: i am not a big fan of this lead|pg||
nt|sybarra: and right, surprised not a trump lead |pg||
nt|iceking: but this might be fine |pg||
pc|c3|pc|cT|pc|c5|pg||
nt|xenya: 3@H was the winner -- for a moment i thought Larsen might pass |pg||
nt|phil: 3@h forcing? |pg||
nt|iceking: he might score his spade 9 now |pg||
nt|sybarra: not sure I would sit |pg||
nt|sybarra: too scared of them making  or even +1|pg||
nt|iceking: east opening promice unbal hand so he had no reason to move Boyes dbl|pg||
nt|iceking: he is almost as bal as he can be |pg||
nt|iceking: Boye i think will cash club ace and lead low club |pg||
pc|h3|pc|h5|pc|hQ|nt|xenya: i don't think so -- but it does show 6-5?|pg||
nt|phil: I dont think there any doubt about that|pg||
nt|reisig: This makes...or am I nuts?|pg||
pc|hA|pg||
nt|iceking: wrong again:)|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h2|pc|hT|pc|hK|pg||
pc|h6|pc|h9|nt|phil: you are nuts, but it still makes|pg||
pc|s4|nt|reisig: my pal :)|pg||
nt|phil: :)|pg||
pc|h8|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c8|pc|c6|nt|casenjo:  Hello to Richie Reisig!!|pg||
nt|reisig: Hiya all :)|pg||
nt|phil: nice play by Larsen, ditching both clubs to stop the closed hand getting tapped|pg||
nt|reisig: thx Jo|pg||
pc|c9|pg||
pc|c4|nt|iceking: iam sure Fantoni isnt enjoying this|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s9|nt|iceking: probably 1100 now|pg||
nt|sybarra: seem to making hay here (e/w)|pg||
pc|cJ|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d9|pc|d3|pg||
nt|phil: oh not, he played the beer.....wd anyway|pg||
nt|casenjo:  Nice job by Larsen|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dQ|pc|dJ|pc|d4|pg||
pc|dT|nt|sybarra: and not a great score in the other room either |pg||
nt|iceking: no only 800 for push |pg||
nt|iceking: Helgemo overcalled 1nt in closed room |pg||
nt|sybarra: I am sure we have all had "one of these days"|pg||
nt|iceking: its just one of these boards these things happen|pg||
nt|sybarra: think we are both saying same thing |pg||
nt|iceking: Helness ran from 1nt dbl they ended in 2h dbl for 800|pg||
nt|sybarra: but will be scary until comparison |pg||
nt|iceking: this will be push i cant see the def get more then 2 tricks here|pg||
nt|sybarra: ruff with ace or pitch q of clubs or ???|pg||
pc|sA|pc|c2|pc|d6|pg||
nt|sybarra: lots of choices |pg||
pc|hJ|nt|iceking: now heart |pg||
nt|iceking: and its game over |pg||
pc|sJ|pc|d8|pc|h4|pg||
pc|cK|nt|iceking: he still needs to guess this |pg||
nt|sybarra: one more guess |pg||
nt|iceking: might take some time |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: a five-seven hand|pg||
nt|iceking: he knows Silla has either spade 5 or spade 7 i dont see he can make any logical reasoning wich he has|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: no, this is the useless hesitation|pg||
nt|iceking: very cool ending though|pg||
nt|iceking: dont see this often|pg||
nt|sybarra: maybe sominex coup |pg||
nt|iceking: i think he will get it wrong |pg||
nt|sybarra: how do you know to play the 6?  |pg||
nt|sybarra: I think gets wrong also|pg||
pc|sT|pc|d2|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|nt|iceking: wasnt easy|pg||
nt|henryb:  I do not think Erik will fail to overruff the 3|pg||
nt|sybarra: hi Henry,  welcome |pg||
mc|3|nt|iceking: this was a nightmare situation for Fantoni total guess i think|pg||
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qx|c37|st||md|3SAQ2HAJ97DQ5CQJ93,SKJ74H32DJ9CAKT42,ST863HT85D8643C85,S95HKQ64DAKT72C76|sv|n|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|1N|nt|poohbear: this could get ugly If Helness overcalls 1NT. Not that unreasonable over a nebulous @d|pg||
mb|d|nt|poohbear: he beat me to it!|pg||
mb|2C|an|unwritten escape|mb|p|nt|poohbear: 2@c is their " scramble " bid|pg||
nt|reisig: 2@c majors?|pg||
nt|poohbear: EW playing a strong @c system|pg||
nt|reisig: actually 2@c = you got us into this mess ...now get us out|pg||
nt|poohbear: so 1 @d often short. In the old Sontag Weichsel system it could be a singleton. Not sure what methods they are using|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: whispers, no writing|pg||
mb|p|mb|d|nt|poohbear: rdbl now for partner to pick a suit|pg||
mb|r|an|something else|mb|p|mb|2H|nt|poohbear: looks like 2@h dbled on a trump lead|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cA|nt|poohbear: if the defense doesnt give anything away this will be 1100|pg||
pc|c5|nt|poohbear: I am surprised Sontag didnt lead a trump|pg||
nt|reisig: maybe "only" 800|pg||
pc|c6|nt|poohbear: shocked actually|pg||
pc|c3|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h5|pc|hQ|pc|hA|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|cK|pc|c8|pc|c7|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|hK|pc|h7|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h9|pc|c2|pc|hT|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pg||
pc|c4|pc|d3|pc|h6|pc|c9|pg||
nt|poohbear: May this be a lesson to all you children out there. When you have the balance of the points and partner has dbled them in a partial . LEAD a TRUMP|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d5|pc|d9|pc|d4|pg||
pc|dA|pc|dQ|pc|dJ|pc|d6|pg||
pc|s9|pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s6|pg||
nt|poohbear: exception is if you think you can get a ruff in your short trump hand|pg||
mc|5|nt|reisig: If you don't have one ...go to another table and find one :)|pg||
nt|poohbear: By drawing trumps you turn the hand into NT . and you have the balance of the points|pg||
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qx|o38|st||md|4ST983HQ94DJT9CA73,SJ75HAJTDQ75C6542,SAKQH8765DK86CKJ8,S642HK32DA432CQT9|sv|e|nt|sybarra: how many times have "we" gone for 1100 at the one level |pg||
nt|sybarra: ugh|pg||
mb|p|nt|iceking: just another hand iam sure he will not dwell on it|pg||
nt|sybarra: brutal hand|pg||
nt|henryb:  everything lies very well for N-S|pg||
nt|henryb:  on this new hand|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: he could've been mean, though, and underruffed with the 5|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C!|an|f1|mb|p|nt|phil: I can make 6@s here but I wouldnt want to have to make it on this layout |pg||
mb|1H!|an|!s|mb|p|mb|1N!|an|strong|nt|sybarra: would be mean  not sure necessary|pg||
nt|iceking:  1club 15plus bal or 14plus with clubs 1h transfer |pg||
nt|iceking: 1nt now shows 15-17hcp so south will pass|pg||
nt|sybarra: and frankly glad to get out of this hand|pg||
nt|sybarra: (South) |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: a spectator mentions that with KJ54 boye might have ruffed the heart with the 5, but never with the seven from KJ74 or KJ75|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: (jon weinstein)|pg||
nt|iceking: good point |pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|phil: 4@s = "go away"|pg||
nt|casenjo:  I would think Larsen would like to have a 4th spade for slam?|pg||
nt|casenjo:  His hand has lots of 'holes'|pg||
nt|phil: he might be thinking about 6@d too, but those spots are blecch|pg||
nt|reisig: a LOT|pg||
nt|casenjo:  Very meticulous, thoughtful player|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d9|pc|d5|pc|d6|pg||
pc|s3|nt|phil: Dan, if Rose really thinking about what to play now? |pg||
pc|s5|pc|sK|pc|s2|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s6|pc|s8|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s4|pc|s9|pc|s7|pg||
pc|c8|pc|cT|pc|cA|pc|c2|pg||
pc|sT|pc|d7|pc|h6|pc|d2|pg||
nt|sybarra: is he going to make 8 tricks here?|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c4|nt|phil: +|pg||
nt|reisig: I have a dog ...that needs walking --   so that's priority ONE...back soon|pg||
nt|phil: bye|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c9|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pc|c7|pc|c5|pg||
nt|iceking: no just 7|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h4|nt|reisig: :)|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h5|pg||
pc|dA|pc|dT|pc|dQ|pc|d8|pg||
pc|h3|mc|7|nt|sybarra: good duck on trick 1 |pg||
pg||
qx|c38|st||md|4ST983HQ94DJT9CA73,SJ75HAJTDQ75C6542,SAKQH8765DK86CKJ8,S642HK32DA432CQT9|sv|e|nt|poohbear: at the other table they are likely to make a TO dbl over a natural 1@d |pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N!|an|14-17|mb|p|nt|poohbear: looks like 1NT again|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|poohbear: Lets see what Berk leads|pg||
nt|poohbear: I suspect he leads a @d but I wouldnt|pg||
nt|reisig: on 37 ...I hear North is playing 1@s X|pg||
pc|d2|nt|poohbear: I would lead a @s|pg||
nt|poohbear: Did they lead trumps Rich?|pg||
pc|d9|nt|reisig: :)|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dK|pg||
pc|d6|pc|d3|pc|dT|pc|d5|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|sK|pc|s2|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s8|pc|s7|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s6|pc|s9|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c9|pc|cA|pc|c2|pg||
pc|sT|pc|d7|pc|d8|pc|h2|pg||
nt|poohbear: fast 8|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c4|pc|cK|pc|cT|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o39|st||md|1SJT5HAQJ874DJ3CQ8,SQ9864HK2D97CJT92,SAK3HT65DAQT5CK54,S72H93DK8642CA763|sv|b|nt|iceking: indeed good def from Boye|pg||
nt|iceking: here another 2h opening coming up|pg||
nt|sybarra: so what do they play 1 ht as? |pg||
mb|2H!|an|10-13, 5+!h|nt|iceking: 14plus hcp|pg||
mb|p|mb|2S!|an|relay|mb|p|mb|2N!|nt|iceking: 2sp relay |pg||
nt|iceking: 2nt probably shows one suited |pg||
nt|henryb:  2N balanced?|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: maybe 1-suited minimum?|pg||
mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|nt|phil: hmm - might have taken a call with that West hand at some point|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|henryb:  2@h = 10-13|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: he showed six or more hearts with 2N|pg||
pc|cJ|nt|sybarra: 3 nt might have been better place to play  |pg||
nt|sybarra: on this lead might be ok to be in 4 @H |pg||
nt|henryb:  4@h should make easily|pg||
nt|iceking: yes 10 tricks looks like |pg||
pc|c4|pc|c3|nt|sybarra: it was 3 nt by N,    |pg||
pc|cQ|pg||
nt|casenjo:  West did a good job to leave things as they are|pg||
nt|henryb:  on what lead would you be in trouble, Shirley?|pg||
nt|sybarra: true,  guess notne really as the cards sit |pg||
pc|d3|nt|iceking: best lead was spade 9|pg||
pc|d7|nt|phil: well they do have a club partial...3N looks complicated but might fetch|pg||
nt|phil: but probably not|pg||
nt|phil: was told they are playing 1N in the W|pg||
nt|phil: I'll predict -2, even though I was off a lot yesterday|pg||
pc|dT|nt|casenjo:  6 tricks are there for the taking|pg||
pc|dK|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: cash out time|pg||
nt|iceking: i doubt Nunes would make it after that |pg||
nt|iceking: he might though win ace in dummy heart to ace and diamond jack |pg||
nt|iceking: that looks correct line on spade 9 lead so would be fine |pg||
nt|henryb:  I do not see how he would go down? even if he misguesses @s, the opponents do not have communication to get their spade trick|pg||
nt|iceking: that true |pg||
nt|iceking: he cant go wrong see it now:)|pg||
nt|henryb:  How about @sA, @h finesse, @sK, @hA, @d finesse?|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c8|nt|casenjo:  he 'might' eek out 7|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c5|pg||
nt|phil: some heavy entry problems|pg||
nt|iceking: yes east only has 2 spades with club ace so that def will not work always home|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dJ|pc|d9|pc|dA|pg||
nt|phil: but they have to lead something I guess|pg||
pc|h5|pc|h3|pc|hQ|pc|hK|pg||
mc|10|nt|iceking: so 1imp pick-up for Meltzer|pg||
pg||
qx|c39|st||md|1SJT5HAQJ874DJ3CQ8,SQ9864HK2D97CJT92,SAK3HT65DAQT5CK54,S72H93DK8642CA763|sv|b|mb|1H|nt|Vugraphzfd: Talkative table except for Helgemo, other 3 constant chatter|pg||
mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|poohbear: yea . We got 2 jews from NY and norwegian who loves to laff. I bet Helgemo gets a zinger in at some point!|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|cJ|pc|c4|pg||
nt|poohbear: Declarer will win the @c and cash @h ace as a safety play|pg||
nt|poohbear: He can afford to lose to a @h onside but not offside|pg||
pc|s5|nt|poohbear: sorry no reentry|pg||
pc|s4|pc|sA|pc|s7|pg||
pc|hT|nt|poohbear: so he will take a @H finesse|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h4|pc|hK|pg||
pc|c9|nt|poohbear: and curse the fact that they are in the wrong game :P|pg||
pc|cK|pc|cA|pc|c8|pg||
pc|c6|pc|d3|pc|cT|pc|c5|pg||
pc|c2|nt|poohbear: Phewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww|pg||
pc|d5|pc|c7|pc|sT|pg||
mc|9|nt|poohbear: is prob his reaction :)|pg||
pg||
qx|o40|st||md|2SAJHAJ986DQJT82CK,S652H7DAK9763CQT9,SQ874HQ54D5CA7653,SKT93HKT32D4CJ842|sv|o|nt|phil: yes, it broke up east's trump a little, and help establish the 8|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: I have to go through 23 again|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: they claimed 6 tricks|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: it seemed to us like 7|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Vugraphzfb: both sides agreed it was down 2|pg||
nt|iceking: suprice to see them stop in 2h in closed room|pg||
nt|henryb:  Me too|pg||
nt|iceking: they will bid 4h here for sure|pg||
mb|1H!|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2H|nt|phil: a trump is the 'standard' lead on these low-level preference auctions|pg||
nt|phil: dummy rates to have shortness in declarer's 1st suit, so cutting down on ruffs is the 1st priority|pg||
mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|nt|casenjo:  Deas-Palmer have scored 34-0 this quarter, closing Westheimer's lead to 11|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|warrens:  I would expect the K of @D next|pg||
nt|sybarra: and W will find 2 @D amusing |pg||
pc|cT|pc|c3|pc|c4|pc|cK|pg||
nt|iceking: this will make i think|pg||
pc|dT|nt|phil: yeah, set up the side suit while entries are intact|pg||
nt|iceking: i have a feeling they didnt bid this hand this way|pg||
nt|iceking: Fantoni probably bid 4h himself or 3h |pg||
pc|dK|pc|d5|pc|d4|pg||
pc|c9|nt|henryb:  Same bidding in the other room except that Helgemo passed 2@h|pg||
nt|iceking: in there methods i cant believe this was the bidding |pg||
pc|cA|pc|c2|nt|phil: but now the defense is changing to tapping, so declarer will probably scramble now|pg||
nt|henryb:  You can look it up!|pg||
pc|sJ|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s3|pc|sA|pc|s2|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d3|pc|h4|nt|warrens:  yes, this is going very well for declarer now|pg||
pc|hT|pg||
nt|sybarra: http://www.bridgewithdan.com/systems/Fantoni_Nunes.txt|pg||
pc|c8|pc|hJ|pc|cQ|pc|c5|pg||
nt|iceking: so one down it looks like|pg||
nt|henryb:  I think declarer may have needed to postpone the pitch to find out that he needed the @s finesse|pg||
nt|iceking: yes but was hard to know that as clubs might be 5-2 |pg||
nt|iceking: he cant know diamonds are breaking this badly |pg||
nt|henryb:  no, he cannot|pg||
nt|sybarra: not at the beginning |pg||
pc|d8|nt|iceking: very unlucky board 4h is a really good spot|pg||
pc|d9|pc|h5|pc|hK|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hA|pc|h7|pc|hQ|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c40|st||md|2SAJHAJ986DQJT82CK,S652H7DAK9763CQT9,SQ874HQ54D5CA7653,SKT93HKT32D4CJ842|sv|o|nt|reisig: soooo...going down 800 actually gained 7 IMPs :)|pg||
nt|poohbear: cause no trump lead!!!|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: Berk: you never have enough @C Sonty!|pg||
nt|reisig: right|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|poohbear: pass???|pg||
pc|cT|nt|poohbear: very unHelgi like|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c4|pc|cK|pg||
nt|poohbear: Extra king and an extra trump and 5-5 looks like a GT to me|pg||
pc|dT|pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d4|pg||
pc|s6|pc|s4|nt|poohbear: looks like it might work out though|pg||
pc|s9|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d3|pc|h4|pc|hT|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: Is N good enough for drury?|pg||
nt|reisig: For me ..yes|pg||
pc|s3|pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s7|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h7|pc|h5|pc|h2|pg||
nt|poohbear: interestingly according to GIB declarer's best play to make 4 was to cash the @s ace before playing the @d. Now GIB is saying that the defense needs to paly a @s to hold it to 3|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d9|pc|hQ|pc|hK|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h8|nt|poohbear: I agree too but keep in mind they arer playing 4 card @H suits|pg||
nt|reisig: No Drury when 1@h mb 4|pg||
nt|poohbear: this is one of the drawbacks of 4 card openings|pg||
mc|9|nt|poohbear: they will be in game at the other table|pg||
pg||
qx|o41|st||md|3SJ76HQ76DQ6CKT974,SK98HA952DKT754C3,SAQ32H83DA3CQJ865,ST54HKJT4DJ982CA2|sv|e|nt|warrens:  thanks Phil.  c ya|pg||
nt|iceking: now a 1nt opening |pg||
mb|1N|nt|sybarra: not my favo shape for that |pg||
nt|iceking: they have to do it |pg||
mb|p|nt|henryb:  4@h might be made on good red suit queen finding|pg||
nt|iceking: no other opening for north hand in there system |pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|d9|nt|warrens:  not unreasonably, Strul thought trumps might be 3-3 after the @C lead|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: this won't get a lot of matchpoints|pg||
nt|henryb:  wnich side? E-W can take 9 tricks|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: n/s|pg||
nt|iceking: iam not sure how Silla and Boye lead |pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
nt|sybarra: coded 9 |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: top of interior sequences|pg||
pc|c5|nt|iceking: earlier vs 1nt Silla led 3rd from axxx|pg||
pc|c2|nt|warrens:  with a 5332 hand, N decides to pass instead of bidding 2@S.  a good choice on this hand.|pg||
pc|cK|nt|warrens:  better to have the lead going into his partner and, if she has 3 spades, it might play just as well in NT anyway|pg||
pc|c3|pg||
nt|iceking: here he leads second |pg||
pc|c4|pc|h9|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
nt|sybarra: bu the holding was different |pg||
nt|iceking: heart 9 maybe smith |pg||
nt|henryb:  I know they lead 3rd and low from length|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d6|pc|dT|pc|d3|pg||
pc|d5|nt|warrens:  it's pretty clear declarer will get 2 @s's, 2 @d's and 1 @C and 1@H.  will need to set up an extra trick.  spades should do the trick, but she has to be careful not to lead the defense get too many first|pg||
pc|c8|nt|warrens:  not to let the defense...|pg||
pc|dJ|nt|sybarra: now need to untangle the @HG's also |pg||
pc|s6|pg||
pc|d2|pc|s7|nt|warrens:  defense has 7 tricks now if E finds the club play through declarer's Jack|pg||
pc|d4|pc|s2|pg||
nt|warrens:  1 @S, 1 @H, 1 @D and 4 @C's|pg||
pc|d7|nt|warrens:  West's discard should help clarify the situation for East|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: defense has 8 now if he switches to a low heart|pg||
nt|sybarra: @H's |pg||
pc|s3|nt|warrens:  It's ok if he plays a diamond if W switches to a heart.  I expect a @D discard|pg||
pc|h4|pc|sJ|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: now they get a ton of matchpoints back|pg||
nt|henryb:  cannot actually do it anymore|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h3|pc|hK|nt|warrens:  now East nows to play either @h's or @C's and W has already pitched a @H.  Bingo|pg||
nt|warrens:  as usual, very good defense from Becker-Strul|pg||
pc|h6|pg||
nt|iceking: will he read this |pg||
nt|sybarra: needed to lead (unlikely J of hts)  before @D  I would look for mirrors if they did |pg||
nt|iceking: how can he know pd has heart ace here |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: he did lead the lowest outstanding heart|pg||
nt|henryb:  Partner might have played @h2 instead of 9|pg||
nt|henryb:  way back when|pg||
pc|sT|nt|sybarra: ugh|pg||
nt|iceking: this wasnt easy|pg||
mc|7|nt|warrens:  as a declarer,  I hate playing tight contracts against them.  As Becker's partner, I try to be half as good as he is on defense.|pg||
pg||
qx|c41|st||md|3SJ76HQ76DQ6CKT974,SK98HA952DKT754C3,SAQ32H83DA3CQJ865,ST54HKJT4DJ982CA2|sv|e|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1N|nt|poohbear: one good thing about these guys is we will finish and have time for dinner and cocktails waiting for the other tables :)|pg||
mb|d|nt|poohbear: ahhhhh|pg||
mb|2C|nt|poohbear: I pull to 2@cs with Nortj|pg||
nt|poohbear: I dont like to sit out 1NT with a weak dbltn in one of the majors|pg||
mb|2H|nt|poohbear: the silent dbl|pg||
mb|3C|mb|p|mb|p|nt|poohbear: Berk bid 2@h??? no way|pg||
mb|3D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cK|nt|poohbear: looks like the best spot for EW|pg||
nt|poohbear: brb|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c5|nt|reisig: Barry left ...now we can talk about him :)|pg||
pc|cA|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d6|pc|d4|pc|dA|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d2|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|hK|pc|h6|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cT|pc|d5|pc|cJ|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h3|nt|reisig: very safe|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h7|pg||
pc|h5|pc|c6|pc|hT|pc|hQ|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|o42|st||md|4SKJ3HQ84DJ9652CQJ,S5HA9732DK84CK853,SAQT98HKJT5DQ7CA6,S7642H6DAT3CT9742|sv|b|nt|henryb:  big swing from 150 to 90|pg||
nt|iceking: was odd ball the problem here|pg||
mb|p|nt|iceking: or did Silla not look at how Boye played his diamond spots hard to say|pg||
mb|p|nt|sybarra: yikes,  quite an opening bid Red |pg||
nt|sybarra: do we have the right bd?|pg||
mb|p|mb|1S|nt|iceking: 1h for sure|pg||
mb|p|nt|warrens:  this shows @S's + one other suit|pg||
nt|warrens:  3@S is a weak, distributional raise|pg||
nt|reisig: Hi Warren :)|pg||
nt|warrens:  hi Richie.  |pg||
mb|2N!|mb|p|mb|4S|nt|warrens:  Meltzer has opened a very strong NT here|pg||
nt|warrens:  but nothing she can do at this level|pg||
nt|warrens:  best is a trump lead, which the auction suggests|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h6|nt|sybarra: this seems more ":normal"|pg||
nt|iceking: 2nt here limit raise |pg||
pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|hT|pg||
nt|sybarra: and this might go down |pg||
pc|h3|pc|hJ|pc|s2|pc|h8|pg||
nt|sybarra: maybe this is udca?|pg||
pc|c7|pc|cJ|pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
nt|iceking: one down |pg||
pc|sT|nt|reisig: almost any play will work for 9 here|pg||
nt|warrens:  yes, at this point he could just draw trump and give up a heart|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s3|pc|s5|pg||
nt|henryb:  stil down 1|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s6|pc|sK|nt|sybarra: wonder why not higher @H |pg||
pc|h2|pg||
pc|sJ|nt|iceking: Boye had both Kings |pg||
pc|h7|pc|sA|nt|reisig: seems where he's headed|pg||
pc|s7|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|henryb:  he did not know which A partner had; @d might provide a @c pitch|pg||
pc|c4|pc|d2|nt|iceking: so heart 3 is correct |pg||
pc|h9|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c42|st||md|4SKJ3HQ84DJ9652CQJ,S5HA9732DK84CK853,SAQT98HKJT5DQ7CA6,S7642H6DAT3CT9742|sv|b|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|1S|nt|poohbear: Can NS find 3NT ?|pg||
mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|nt|poohbear: 4@s will go down 2|pg||
nt|poohbear: If Helness tries 3NT now he will play it there|pg||
mb|3N|mb|p|nt|reisig: 2N a reasonable choice here|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|reisig: 3N better|pg||
nt|poohbear: not really. 2NT can be passed I think|pg||
pc|h6|nt|poohbear: excellent choice by the Norwegians|pg||
pc|hQ|nt|poohbear: Berk might have tried a @c lead|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h5|pg||
nt|poohbear: switch the @cs and its the killing lead|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c6|nt|poohbear: or give partner the J|pg||
pc|c9|pc|cJ|pg||
nt|poohbear: 10 tricks now|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o43|st||md|1SK632HJ94DQJT82CJ,S95HQ863D43CQ8432,SAJT84HAK52DA7CT5,SQ7HT7DK965CAK976|sv|o|nt|reisig: Warren ...are we rooting (silently)?|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: e/w are discussing what 3@s was|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfb: east meant it as mixed, west wasn't sure whether it was preemptive or mixed|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: boye mentions that he led the three back|pg||
nt|sybarra: bunch of bds to go and entire segment of 16 bds|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|1S|an|f1|nt|warrens:  no, no, commentators are sworn to impartiality.  Plus many of the players are friends on both sides.|pg||
mb|p|nt|sybarra: as opposed to the 2 |pg||
mb|2N!|nt|henryb:  Making 5 is pretty good!|pg||
mb|p|nt|reisig: Looks like a 4@h hand|pg||
nt|sybarra: worth an imp anyway |pg||
nt|iceking: looks normal |pg||
mb|3H|nt|sybarra: or some matchpoints |pg||
mb|p|mb|4S|nt|warrens:  makes 6|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cA|pc|cJ|pc|c4|pc|c5|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: it seems like he has to make 5|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: unless east leads away from Qx of trumps or plays dummy's void|pg||
nt|sybarra: yes seems so not matter what |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: and if he does, then you give up a diamond|pg||
nt|sybarra: next lead not fun is it?|pg||
nt|sybarra: club K?|pg||
pc|c7|pc|s2|pc|c8|pc|cT|pg||
nt|sybarra: or low club whatever |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: ace of spades, ace of diamonds, diamond|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: or maybe just ace of diamonds, diamond|pg||
nt|iceking: might play spade to ten now|pg||
nt|iceking: isnt that very save vs bad breaks|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: 4-0 will be tough anyway|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pg||
nt|iceking: this was probably correct line|pg||
nt|sybarra: think "we"  are only making4 now |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: the line fantoni takes is generally the correct line|pg||
nt|sybarra: believe me I am last one who would criticize himm |pg||
nt|iceking: if Silla continues with club he will ruff home and clear diamonds |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: or ruff home, ace of spades, and clear diamonds|pg||
pc|s7|pc|s6|pc|s9|pc|sT|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|d3|pg||
pc|d7|pc|dK|mc|10|pg||
qx|c43|st||md|1SK632HJ94DQJT82CJ,S95HQ863D43CQ8432,SAJT84HAK52DA7CT5,SQ7HT7DK965CAK976|sv|o|mb|p|nt|poohbear: Sontag took his one shot at beating the contract. If partner's ace was in @cs|pg||
mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|3C!|an|splinter|mb|p|nt|poohbear: 4@s makes here|pg||
nt|poohbear: 3@cs short perhaps?|pg||
mb|3H|nt|reisig: May get them too high|pg||
mb|p|nt|poohbear: Most players I know play fit jumps by passe hand|pg||
mb|3S|an|min|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d6|nt|poohbear: the reason being that usually a PH needs a source of tricks on the side to make slam reasonable|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d4|pc|d7|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s5|pc|sA|pc|s7|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|d3|pg||
pc|sT|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pc|s9|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|c2|nt|poohbear: 5|pg||
nt|reisig: he's claiming|pg||
pc|s8|pc|d9|pg||
pc|c5|nt|poohbear: he will try to drop the @h|pg||
pc|cK|pc|cJ|nt|poohbear: or guess the 10x offside|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|o44|st||md|2SAQ2H8752DAK8C984,SKJT98543HJTDTC73,SHQ943DJ9542CK652,S76HAK6DQ763CAQJT|sv|n|nt|vugraphzfb: I guess we'll never know|pg||
nt|iceking: Boye will open 4sp and play there|pg||
nt|sybarra: Sontag in other room just opened 4 @S |pg||
mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|iceking: i would lead club here |pg||
pc|c6|pc|cQ|pc|c4|pc|c3|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h2|nt|reisig: another boring hand|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h5|pc|hJ|pc|h4|pg||
pc|h6|pc|h8|pc|s9|pc|h9|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c2|pc|cJ|pc|c8|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c9|pc|dT|pc|c5|pg||
pc|s6|pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|d2|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|c44|st||md|2SAQ2H8752DAK8C984,SKJT98543HJTDTC73,SHQ943DJ9542CK652,S76HAK6DQ763CAQJT|sv|n|nt|poohbear: was a free play|pg||
nt|poohbear: looks like 4@s p p p|pg||
mb|4S!|an|not solid !S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c5|pc|cT|pc|c4|pc|c7|pg||
pc|s7|pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|d9|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dT|mc|11|pg||
qx|o45|st||md|3S8HKJ6542DKJ2CKT7,SKT92HA3DQT94CA85,SQ6HQT987DA63CQJ3,SAJ7543HD875C9642|sv|b|nt|sybarra: rather unfortunate hand |pg||
mb|p|mb|2D!|an|weak multi|nt|iceking: this was not save line but seldom Nunes can duck club there with this dummy |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: e/w play weak 2|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: as well as multi|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: multi is the weaker option|pg||
mb|2H|mb|p|nt|warrens:  this hand makes 3NT by E, but not by W|pg||
nt|warrens:  in 3nt by W, a heart lead beats it.|pg||
nt|reisig: no danger that East plays 3N |pg||
nt|sybarra: Fantoni checking backs of cards?|pg||
mb|4H|nt|poohbear: At the other table Helness opened the North hand and EW never got into the auction|pg||
mb|p|nt|warrens:  it doesn't make 5@D because of either a heart or club ruff|pg||
nt|reisig: I mean West|pg||
nt|warrens:  W might just bid 3@D now|pg||
mb|p|mb|4S|nt|sybarra: and we all go down now|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|poohbear: So who thinks this auction is forcing>?|pg||
nt|iceking: not me |pg||
mb|p|nt|poohbear: not me either|pg||
nt|me argent: it aint|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: apparently not nunes either|pg||
nt|sybarra: Barry, Joey @H |pg||
nt|sybarra: welcome |pg||
nt|iceking: so one down for 5 imp pick-up |pg||
nt|poohbear: The defense will have a couple of chances to lead @cs to beat 4@s|pg||
pc|h7|nt|warrens:  a chance for Meltzer if they bid it at the other table|pg||
nt|reisig: 3N needs the perfect @d layout|pg||
nt|poohbear: if they dont declarer will set up @ds for 1 pitch and the @h ace will give them the other|pg||
nt|poohbear: I dont suspect they will mess this up|pg||
pc|d5|pc|hK|nt|warrens:  they don't get a club ruff normally, but on a heart lead, declarer would try to cash 3 rounds of clubs to pitch a heart from his hand, leading to a club ruff|pg||
pc|hA|pg||
pc|sT|pc|s6|pc|sA|pc|s8|pg||
nt|iceking: Fantoni will find to play club after winning diamond ace|pg||
pc|s3|pc|h2|pc|sK|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h8|pc|s4|nt|warrens:  :)|pg||
pc|h4|pg||
nt|warrens:  even without a heart lead:)|pg||
pc|d7|nt|poohbear: cagey play by Brogeland to pitch a @d|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d4|pc|d3|pg||
pc|c7|pc|cA|pc|c3|pc|c2|pg||
nt|poohbear: looks like 5 imps to Meltzer|pg||
pc|s2|nt|warrens:  @d Ace from S to avoid being endplayed|pg||
pc|h9|pc|s5|pc|h5|pg||
nt|warrens:  but the @h finesse is on, so making 4|pg||
pc|d8|nt|warrens:  as expected, the Italians bid 3nt at the other table, tightening things up|pg||
nt|reisig: They did bid and make the Vul game|pg||
pc|d2|nt|poohbear: Brogeland won the @c ace hoping for a blockage|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dA|pg||
pc|cQ|mc|9|pg||
qx|c45|st||md|3S8HKJ6542DKJ2CKT7,SKT92HA3DQT94CA85,SQ6HQT987DA63CQJ3,SAJ7543HD875C9642|sv|b|nt|Vugraphzfd: Berkowitz: ok, you guys can go back to bidding unimpeded|pg||
nt|poohbear: Board 40 where the Norwegians underbid to miss a good NV game the other room did indeed bid game and went down so 5 imps to Strul|pg||
mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2N!|an|limit +|mb|p|nt|poohbear: 2NT limit or better|pg||
mb|3H!|an|min|mb|p|mb|4H|nt|reisig: Seems that 4@s (save) is gone|pg||
nt|poohbear: One certainly cant argue North's evaluation of the 3@h bid :)|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c4|nt|poohbear: Not many pass with Berk's hand these days|pg||
pc|c7|nt|poohbear: 4@h isnt making though|pg||
pc|cA|pc|cQ|pg||
nt|reisig: but 4@s does|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sQ|nt|poohbear: arent we off 4 minor tricks?|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s8|pg||
nt|poohbear: Sontag wont duck the @h . If he does he will be sorry|pg||
nt|poohbear: no reasn to|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: 5 minutes left in first 1/2 of this set|pg||
nt|poohbear: took them 15 min to play the last 4 boards|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: shockingly more rapid than this afternoon|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cT|pc|c5|pc|c3|pg||
pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|h7|pc|s3|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h9|pc|s4|pc|h5|pg||
pc|dA|nt|reisig: OK ...1 light|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d8|pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pg||
mc|9|nt|poohbear: Declarer could have ruffed a @s then cashed the @c before exiting a @h hoping to catch someone with singleton ace|pg||
nt|poohbear: and the @d Q|pg||
pg||
qx|o46|st||md|4SKQ432H6DAKT987C4,SJT6HAQT2DQCKQ875,SA8HJ87543DJ5C962,S975HK9D6432CAJT3|sv|o|nt|Vugraphzfb: larsen actually went up with the @hQ, but it likely didn't matter|pg||
nt|warrens:  Becker-Strul win lots of imps avoiding low % games, but hands like that cost them|pg||
nt|iceking: so what will Nunes open here|pg||
nt|me argent: 1 or 2@Ds|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D|an|f1|mb|d|mb|1H|nt|poohbear: check out http://www.bridgewinners.com/2010-spingold-scores for the fastest posted 3rd qtr updates. also an interesting site to browse|pg||
nt|iceking: 14plus 1d|pg||
mb|2C|nt|warrens:  despite their strength, this makes 0 @H's|pg||
nt|iceking: what now 2d or |pg||
mb|2S|nt|me argent: 2@Ss|pg||
mb|3C|nt|warrens:  it does make 4@S!|pg||
nt|poohbear: The ACBL does not use Bridgemates so the only updates are at the end of each qtr|pg||
mb|4D|nt|warrens:  maybe 3@S now?|pg||
mb|p|nt|poohbear: 4@d ?? really?|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|iceking: is that value bid |pg||
nt|poohbear: I cant believe the auction went like that|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c2|nt|me argent: depends which team u r on|pg||
nt|iceking: well |pg||
nt|iceking: he might have thought he had 2 good hand for 3diamonds|pg||
nt|iceking: but i agree it looks very strange :)|pg||
nt|poohbear: perhaps 1H limited his hand in some way|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c4|pg||
pc|cQ|nt|reisig: This works too :)|pg||
nt|warrens:  in fact, makes 6@C, so this is fine|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cA|pc|d7|pg||
pc|s2|nt|reisig: They played in 3@h at other table ...amazing|pg||
nt|warrens:  so, should be 6 imps back to Strul|pg||
nt|reisig: Kyle ...trying to find ANY possible way to beat this ...and can't |pg||
pc|s6|pc|sA|pc|s5|pg||
nt|iceking: he does have 2 working cards for pd |pg||
pc|s8|pc|s9|pc|sK|pc|sJ|pg||
nt|me argent: i dont know all the ins and outs to the fantunes system but pass by south over 4@Ds does seem a bit wet|pg||
pc|h6|nt|poohbear: hmmm|pg||
nt|poohbear: I think a @s was prob led|pg||
nt|iceking: yes |pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: nope|pg||
nt|iceking: ok iam lost|pg||
nt|poohbear: LOL|pg||
nt|poohbear: this hand is hyper confusing|pg||
nt|iceking: yes its hard to understand what is going on|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h3|pc|h9|pg||
nt|poohbear: Declarer is worried about 2@s ruffs so he is cutting off the defense communications|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|d8|pg||
pc|s3|pc|sT|pc|dJ|pc|s7|pg||
nt|poohbear: But he will lose to 4-1 trumps perhaps?|pg||
nt|iceking: aha|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|d9|pc|dQ|pg||
pc|c7|pc|h4|pc|cJ|nt|poohbear: yup|pg||
pc|dT|pg||
mc|8|nt|iceking: have to be genius to go 2 down in 4d here|pg||
nt|me argent: indeed|pg||
nt|poohbear: declare's line paid off to 4-1 trumps with stiff Q offside|pg||
nt|vugraphzfb: although he had the diamonds guessed right|pg||
nt|poohbear: not at all unreasonable|pg||
pg||
qx|c46|st||md|4SKQ432H6DAKT987C4,SJT6HAQT2DQCKQ875,SA8HJ87543DJ5C962,S975HK9D6432CAJT3|sv|o|nt|poohbear: I am told he did do that|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D|mb|d|mb|1H|mb|2C|mb|2S|mb|3C|nt|reisig: many more bids possible by both sides|pg||
mb|p|nt|poohbear: this seems more reasonable|pg||
mb|p|nt|poohbear: alot less action then I anticipated on this one|pg||
mb|3D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|poohbear: fast 11 in @ds|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c2|pc|cA|pc|c4|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dA|pc|dQ|pc|d5|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pc|sA|pc|s5|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s9|pc|sK|pc|sT|pg||
mc|11|nt|poohbear: declarer would have done that himself most likely. Though if he gets tapped he needs to worry about Qxxx in @ds|pg||
pg||
qx|o47|st||md|1SQ984H75DQ5CA8532,S73HAQ6DKJ92CQJ97,SKJ5HKT9432DT86C6,SAT62HJ8DA743CKT4|sv|n|nt|warrens:  oops, 7 with the overtrick|pg||
mb|p|mb|1C!|an|could be short|mb|1H|mb|d!|an|!s|nt|reisig: This rates to be swing for Meltzer|pg||
nt|warrens:  no one selling out for 1NT in this room|pg||
nt|poohbear: he would have lost 2 spade ruffs if the @ss were 4-1|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|nt|warrens:  only if Kyle passes|pg||
mb|p|nt|poohbear: He actually should have pitched a @h on the second @c to avoid this|pg||
mb|2N|nt|iceking: indeed|pg||
mb|p|mb|3N|nt|warrens:  I take it back|pg||
nt|reisig: Will....might - make|pg||
nt|warrens:  she can make it |pg||
nt|iceking: notice even Silla has 12hcp and 2 tens he only invites reason is they open rather light|pg||
mb|p|nt|warrens:  the key is to not let a 3rd round of trump get played|pg||
mb|p|nt|warrens:  though even so, can make it by picking up spades |pg||
nt|chip: or guess the spades|pg||
nt|warrens:  and restricted choice helps|pg||
mb|p|nt|iceking: what would you lead here|pg||
nt|iceking: diamond or heart |pg||
nt|me argent: @H|pg||
pc|d8|nt|iceking: was hard to find spade jack |pg||
pc|d3|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pg||
nt|warrens:  win and return a heart?|pg||
nt|chip: If you lead a heart to the J and ace, can ruff two D in dummy and sort of claim, though . If We wins and returns a heart, you just ruff a D, spade A, ruff D, club.|pg||
nt|iceking: even on spade jack lead it should make |pg||
pc|cQ|nt|warrens:  this is the better defense, ducking|pg||
pc|c6|nt|warrens:  now a club play takes care of everything|pg||
pc|c4|nt|iceking: maybe he was thinking about it who knows|pg||
pc|c2|pg||
pc|c7|pc|hT|pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
nt|iceking: Helness led heart in closed room |pg||
pc|s4|pc|s3|nt|chip: yes, declarer can ruff another D and then play a second heart now that club ace gone.|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s2|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s6|pc|s8|pc|s7|pg||
nt|poohbear: Declarer setting up potential endplay against North if @ds 4-1|pg||
nt|iceking: diamond 8 was the lead |pg||
nt|poohbear: though I guess he doesnt need it|pg||
nt|poohbear: right|pg||
nt|poohbear: good technique :)|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sT|pc|sQ|pc|h6|pg||
nt|poohbear: I guess this guarantees a @d @h Sq against N or just getting count on the hand|pg||
nt|iceking: indeed just doing this ultra save|pg||
mc|9|nt|chip: should claim now.|pg||
pg||
qx|c47|st||md|1SQ984H75DQ5CA8532,S73HAQ6DKJ92CQJ97,SKJ5HKT9432DT86C6,SAT62HJ8DA743CKT4|sv|n|nt|poohbear: so perhaps wont lay down @d ace and use that play to get back to hand|pg||
mb|p|nt|poohbear: after ruffing a @s|pg||
mb|1D!|an|2+|mb|1H|mb|d|mb|p|mb|1N|nt|poohbear: On board 41 a Fantoni Weak NT stole the Part Score and the defense couldnt figure out how to beat it. So 5 imps to Meltzer|pg||
mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|reisig: This looks flat|pg||
pc|h4|pc|hJ|pc|h7|nt|poohbear: Interesting to see how declarer plays it|pg||
pc|h6|pg||
pc|c4|nt|poohbear: He needs to KO 2 cards potentially|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c7|pc|c6|pg||
pc|h5|pc|hQ|nt|poohbear: perhaps he starts with @ds?|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h8|pg||
nt|poohbear: into the safe hand?|pg||
pc|hT|nt|poohbear: but that risks a @s shift|pg||
pc|s2|pc|c5|pc|hA|pg||
pc|cJ|nt|reisig: will he play @d J and pass it?|pg||
nt|poohbear: On board 42 Where Sontag opened 1H alerting NS to potential ruffs in 4@s  The EW pair passed in first seat and Fantoni Nunes bid to 4@s down 2  . 12 imps to Strul|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: 67 minutes left in the segment, they will finish on time|pg||
pc|s5|pc|cK|pc|c2|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|h2|pg||
pc|c9|nt|poohbear: didnt think so :)|pg||
pc|h3|pc|s6|pc|c8|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d6|pc|d3|pc|d5|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d8|pc|dA|pc|dQ|pg||
pc|d4|mc|10|pg||
qx|o48|st||md|2SJ73H85DAQJ2CAK84,SA64HAQ4DK98765CQ,S92HKT7632DTCJT92,SKQT85HJ9D43C7653|sv|e|nt|warrens:  last hand before the dinner break: either flat or another pick up for Meltzer if they get to 6@H or 6@D|pg||
nt|iceking: last board of this Segment|pg||
mb|1N|an|strong|nt|me argent: meltzer was out bid inCR|pg||
nt|iceking: there we go|pg||
nt|poohbear: In the other room Helness ran into a cross ruff in 2@h. But the opps can make at least 2@s|pg||
mb|2D!|an|1 major or 2-suited|nt|iceking: been waiting for this finally!!!|pg||
nt|sybarra: last hand of this segment |pg||
mb|2S|mb|4H|mb|4S|nt|iceking: last session will start very soon|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|nt|poohbear: No spec dbl?|pg||
nt|poohbear: ok :)|pg||
nt|me argent: it will only be the last session for 8 teams|pg||
nt|poohbear: Brogeland has a few extra surpises|pg||
mb|p!|mb|p|pc|cA|pc|cQ|nt|reisig: come back later ...more exciting stuff|pg||
nt|iceking: so how will this go|pg||
nt|me argent: ok 4 teams|pg||
nt|iceking: one down maybe |pg||
nt|poohbear: I wouldnt open 1NT with that hand but I understand why he did. Didnt want to misrepresent his hand after 1D-1M|pg||
nt|sybarra: thx especially to  our operator,  who s 3. Whfme==g3  9e nio |pg||
pc|c2|nt|poohbear: chose to open 1NT as the misrepresentation|pg||
pc|c5|pg||
nt|poohbear: didnt work out well for him though. 2 wasted Qs|pg||
nt|iceking: 1d for them promice unbal hand|pg||
nt|poohbear: oh well then he has that :)|pg||
nt|poohbear: but no good rebid over 1M response|pg||
nt|sybarra: and thx all specs,  we appreciate the comments|pg||
pc|h8|pc|h4|pc|hK|pc|h9|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d3|pc|dA|pc|d5|pg||
pc|dQ|nt|poohbear: need to duck the @d to save a trick|pg||
nt|poohbear: Declarer knows the @d was a singleton|pg||
nt|me argent: but ducking is auto down|pg||
nt|poohbear: true|pg||
pc|d6|nt|poohbear: but the king might be auto down 2|pg||
pc|h2|pc|d4|pg||
pc|c4|pc|s4|pc|c9|pc|c3|pg||
pc|d7|nt|iceking: was well done|pg||
nt|poohbear: now declarer is safe for down 1|pg||
nt|poohbear: assuming trumps break|pg||
pc|h3|pc|s5|pc|d2|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s3|pc|sA|pc|s2|pg||
pc|s6|pc|s9|pc|sK|pc|s7|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|sJ|mc|9|nt|sybarra: thx again all |pg||
nt|sybarra: back shortly after compaisons |pg||
nt|iceking: Cayne took 3rd session 48-1 vs De Kniff|pg||
pg||
qx|c48|st||md|2SJ73H85DAQJ2CAK84,SA64HAQ4DK98765CQ,S92HKT7632DTCJT92,SKQT85HJ9D43C7653|sv|e|mb|1D|nt|poohbear: Last here|pg||
mb|2H|nt|poohbear: you get an hour of viewing at the other tables :)|pg||
mb|p|nt|poohbear: and stick around for the 4th qtr|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|d4|nt|poohbear: Helgemo making a strong statement about his partner's Weak jump overcalls|pg||
nt|poohbear: 4th Qtr scheduled to start in about an hour and 15 min|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d9|pc|dT|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dK|pc|h2|pc|d3|pg||
nt|poohbear: still an hour on the clock for the 3rd qtr|pg||
nt|poohbear: these boys play fast|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c3|pc|cK|pc|cQ|pg||
nt|reisig: Sonty plays fast?   :)|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|s2|nt|poohbear: faster|pg||
pc|h9|pg||
nt|poohbear: this could get ugly now|pg||
pc|c7|pc|cA|pc|h4|pc|c9|pg||
nt|poohbear: @s underlead for another @c ruff and then a @d but declarer will ruff high|pg||
nt|poohbear: to make 2|pg||
nt|poohbear: or just a @d play now|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s9|pc|s5|pc|s3|pg||
pc|d8|nt|poohbear: Helness wondering why he didnt just play a trump from dummy at trick 2 :)|pg||
nt|reisig: Thank to our vugraph operator|pg||
nt|poohbear: no choice but to ruff high now|pg||
nt|poohbear: even if West has AQJ he cant make it|pg||
nt|reisig: and thanks Barry Goren - nice job|pg||
nt|poohbear: cant get to dummy|pg||
nt|poohbear: thanks to you too Rich . ( If thats who you really are) Not used to compliments from u!!|pg||
pc|hK|pc|s8|pc|d2|pg||
nt|reisig: no comment :)|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hJ|pc|h5|pc|hQ|pg||
nt|poohbear: ok see you all in an hour or so|pg||
mc|8|nt|Vugraphzfd: I'll leave room open|pg||
nt|Vugraphzfd: you can go to other room to finish watching|pg||
pg||
