vg|2006 Spingold Finals - 1st Quarter,Weed vs Nickell,I,1,16,Weed - npc,0,Nickell,0|
rs|4SE=,4SE=,4SN-1,2HS-1,2SE+4,4HW=,3DN-3,1NS-1,4SS=,4SS=,2CE-1,1NE=,6DN-1,5HEx-2,3HN=,3HN=,4SN+2,4SN+2,1SS=,PASS,5CE-2,3NW-1,2DN=,2NS+2,4HE=,4HE+1,3NW-1,3NW-1,3NS-1,3CS=,3NW-2,3NW-1|
pn|SEAMON,MECKSTROTH,CAYNE,RODWELL,Freeman,Nunes,Nickell,Fantoni|pg||
qx|o1|st||md|3ST94HJ3DKQ7CA9742,SKQJ52HK2DT865CK3,S87HQT864D32CQT65,SA63HA975DAJ94CJ8|sv|o|nt|Walddk2: We will see a 1NT opening by Rodwell first up, 14-16 in this position|pg||
nt|brolucius: Great to be able to watch this final without paying for the airfare.  |pg||
nt|vugraph7: The board is on the table, but they haven't taken hands out yet, still talking about system|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Good afternoon to David Burn|pg||
nt|dburn: Hello|pg||
nt|brolucius: Excellent! Not 40 minutes late today. Nice effort!|pg||
nt|dburn: Well, to day is my 50th birthday. Time to turn over a new leaf.|pg||
mb|p|nt|Walddk2: Happy Birthday :-)|pg||
mb|1N|an|14-16|nt|brolucius: I had my 60th not long ago.|pg||
mb|p|nt|ritong: happy Bday, david|pg||
mb|2H!|an|transfer|nt|brolucius: You don't look a day over 50.|pg||
mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Walddk2: It's quite unusual to see Meckwell at this hour|pg||
nt|vugraph7: EW play 3, low leads; STD signals|pg||
pc|s9|pc|s2|pc|s7|nt|Walddk2: It's 11 am in Chicago and they just hate morning sessions|pg||
pc|sA|pg||
nt|henryb: the only way for this to go down is for Seamon to lead a low club at some point.|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s4|pc|sK|pc|s8|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|brolucius: He would never do that at Trick 1, with the 1NT opener on his right.|pg||
nt|henryb: But Rodwell should work it out because Seamon did not lead it at trick 1|pg||
pc|h4|pc|s6|pc|sT|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d3|pc|d4|nt|Walddk2: Welcome to Henry Bethe from USA and Gerben Dirksen from the Netherlands|pg||
pc|dQ|pg||
nt|gerben42: good afternoon everyone|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cK|pc|c6|pc|c8|pg||
nt|brolucius: Since declarer would be forced to play a club to the king, under his own steam, some say that you should guess that way if LHO plays the suit.|pg||
nt|henryb: see|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|d9|nt|dburn: Well, it will constitute a clue - "work it out" is a bit much|pg||
pc|d7|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c1|st||md|3ST94HJ3DKQ7CA9742,SKQJ52HK2DT865CK3,S87HQT864D32CQT65,SA63HA975DAJ94CJ8|sv|o|nt|hedyg: okkkkkkk|pg||
nt|vugraph9: we are ready to start!!|pg||
nt|hedyg: the CC for EW : http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents/files/2006%20European%20Championships%20Warsaw%5CConvention%20Cards%5COpen%20Teams%5CItaly/fantoni-nunes.pdf|pg||
mb|p|nt|bigtrain: nite richie|pg||
mb|1N|nt|hedyg: 4@s is ok|pg||
mb|p|nt|reisig: thx Carol @h|pg||
mb|2H|nt|othered1: 12-14|pg||
mb|p|nt|othered1: g'night, Richie|pg||
mb|2S|mb|p|mb|3N|nt|reisig: nite:)|pg||
nt|me argent: 4@Hs should be fun to play|pg||
nt|csimon: should be more fun to defend|pg||
nt|me argent: rgt|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Rodwell writing a question and Zia answering, I think about 2@h|pg||
mb|p|mb|4S|nt|hedyg: ty:)|pg||
mb|p|nt|jcomyn: good hand for watcging Tiger at the 13th|pg||
mb|p|nt|hedyg: undo Catalina|pg||
mb|p|pc|s9|pc|sK|nt|me argent: @H lead?|pg||
nt|csimon: which trump will Rodwell lead?|pg||
nt|me argent: 3|pg||
nt|bigtrain: if he leads a trump it will be the 3|pg||
nt|me argent: they play upside down suit prference|pg||
pc|s7|nt|csimon: so the 3 shows @ds|pg||
nt|fabsayc: but not surely with trump leads?|pg||
nt|bigtrain: no...  says he likes @D|pg||
pc|s3|pg||
nt|hedyg: pray in @c and doublefinesse in @d|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s8|nt|me argent: rod doesnt have grea @Ss but he really has no other attractive lead|pg||
nt|othered1: terrific agreement, which lead is the neutral?|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s4|pg||
pc|s6|pc|sT|nt|me argent: i think their philosophy is to signal whatever partner needs to know be it count attitude or suitprefernce but walter would know more than me|pg||
nt|bigtrain: that's basically it joey|pg||
nt|vugraph9: I don't have any scores from the CR yet, sorry|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|bigtrain: along the agreements of u/d count,attitude and suit preference with reverse smith|pg||
pc|h4|pg||
nt|hedyg: and the CC for NS: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/ dirksen/nickell-freeman.pdf|pg||
nt|hedyg: ty Gerben:))|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d3|pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pg||
nt|granguru: For the statistics lovers, we could say you are seeing the 4th and 5th pair in the world, according to the WBF rank|pg||
pc|c4|nt|me argent: excuse my hinglish what i should say is walter would know more than i|pg||
nt|jcomyn: any bets|pg||
nt|hedyg: he will play A|pg||
nt|hedyg: K|pg||
nt|granguru: Fantoni is 11th 2533, 26 PP; Nunes 10-2541, 25.5 PP(placing points)|pg||
nt|hedyg: i mean K:)|pg||
nt|Walddk4: Welcome to our Italian expert, the great Norberto Bocchi|pg||
nt|Walddk4: Ciao Norby|pg||
nt|jcomyn: remember the bets last night?|pg||
nt|norby: hi all|pg||
nt|othered1: Hi!|pg||
nt|hedyg: leading trump says a lot about the hand of S|pg||
nt|jcomyn: hi|pg||
nt|hedyg: ciaooooo Norberto:)))))|pg||
nt|granguru: Sorry those were Nickell and Freeman points,respectively|pg||
nt|norby: :-)|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c6|pc|c8|pg||
nt|jcomyn: yeahhhh|pg||
nt|hedyg: wd!|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h6|pc|h5|pc|h3|pg||
nt|granguru: Fantoni is 8th 2910, 18PP; Nunes is 9th 2898 and 25.5 PP|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|hA|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|h7|pc|c2|pc|s5|pc|hT|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|dK|pg||
nt|hedyg: what a thrill to be able to watch this final:))|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o2|st||md|4ST52HAJT753DKQCJ6,S7HK6DJT952CAT985,SAKJ98H9D64CKQ732,SQ643HQ842DA873C4|sv|n|nt|vugraph7: Seamon: should have led a low one :-). Rodwell: On opening lead it would have worked|pg||
mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|nt|henryb: lets say "get it right"|pg||
nt|brolucius: Many thanks to Kevin for the extra 'table feel' details. Much appreciated!|pg||
mb|2S|mb|p|nt|dburn: even brolucius will presumably not regard this weak two bid as excessively unsound|pg||
mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c4|nt|brolucius: It is very middle of the road. as you say.|pg||
nt|dburn: well, it's the middle of the reactionary side of the road|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cA|pc|c7|pg||
nt|brolucius: Minor-suit honours are worth around 4 points.|pg||
nt|henryb: Cayne is heavily Roth influenced, as is Seamon, so they tend to "have their bids"|pg||
nt|Walddk2: We will get a link to an updated Meckwell from Gerben very soon|pg||
pc|c5|pc|c3|pc|s3|pc|cJ|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Meckwell cc that is|pg||
nt|gerben42: you can find EW convention card here: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/ dirksen/meckwell.pdf|pg||
pc|dA|pc|dQ|pc|dJ|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d3|pc|dK|pc|d5|pc|d6|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s7|pc|sA|pc|s4|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s6|nt|gerben42: included are 4 pages of notes|pg||
pc|s5|nt|Walddk2: Is that all??|pg||
nt|brolucius: Not automatic to respond to a weak two on those North cards, so it seems that Cayne was expecting a fair hand at this vulnerability.|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c2|st||md|4ST52HAJT753DKQCJ6,S7HK6DJT952CAT985,SAKJ98H9D64CKQ732,SQ643HQ842DA873C4|sv|n|nt|pef: yep, very well played by michael rosenberg, but an error by meckstroth|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Meck: "well played"|pg||
mb|p|nt|hedyg: i suppose they will end in 4@s|pg||
mb|2H|mb|p|nt|me argent: 6@Ss?|pg||
nt|othered1: Three maximum results for EW so far, not that they're guaranteed any IMP ipick-ups.|pg||
nt|othered1: maybe not|pg||
nt|granguru: Meckstroth is 6th 3647-48 PP; Rodwell 7th 3416-47.5 PP|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|bigtrain: 2NT is limit or better with usually a 4fit|pg||
nt|hedyg: a bit heavy for 2@h..|pg||
nt|norby: 2h ask for aces?|pg||
nt|hedyg: lololllllllll|pg||
pc|dJ|nt|bigtrain: 3C is a GF ask|pg||
nt|jcomyn: could be lucky here|pg||
pc|d4|nt|hedyg: A and @c|pg||
nt|granguru: The first 4 places are italians: Lauria, Duboin, Versace &Bocchi|pg||
nt|norby: i think down 1...|pg||
nt|hedyg: with @c switch, yes|pg||
pc|dA|nt|me argent: walter why not 2Cs instead of 2nt?|pg||
pc|dQ|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 3D is balanced GF|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 4fit vs 3fit|pg||
nt|norby: now duboin is first:-))|pg||
nt|hedyg: lol thanks to his partner!|pg||
pc|c4|nt|bigtrain: 3H is balanced also|pg||
nt|bigtrain: Q-bidding from here out|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cA|pc|c2|pg||
pc|s7|pc|sA|nt|pef: my apologies to all the specs telling me I'm crazy, eyes going I guess, I thought michael ruffed a diamond instead of a club|pg||
nt|me argent: can meck have 4 card trump support if he bids an original 2@Cs?|pg||
nt|pef: I should ahve known meckstroth couldn't make a mistake|pg||
nt|bigtrain: not usually|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Meck; Neither of us wanted to show a short suit|pg||
pc|s3|nt|csimon: what are the odds of 1 trump loser with this combination?|pg||
pc|s2|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h2|nt|bigtrain: <looking>  100%  :-)|pg||
pc|hT|pc|hK|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c3|nt|csimon: good calculation Wojo :))|pg||
pc|h4|nt|pef: well trumps 22 or stiff honor on the left for starters|pg||
pc|cJ|pg||
nt|hedyg: wow now more?|pg||
nt|norby: 2 down|pg||
pc|s4|pc|sT|nt|me argent: the trump holding for NS is very italian friendly|pg||
pc|h6|pc|s8|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d6|pc|d3|pc|dK|pg||
nt|hedyg: wd play @D now|pg||
nt|granguru: no reduction possible...|pg||
nt|hedyg: no and also Fulvio has count of the hand now|pg||
nt|hedyg: ?|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|o3|st||md|1SQ875HQDQT5CAT853,SKJ64H753DKCKJ642,S92HT9642DJ8764C9,SAT3HAKJ8DA932CQ7|sv|e|nt|gerben42: the other 1000 pages are secret :)|pg||
nt|brolucius: Some play that a two-level response is invitational and a three-level response is forcing.|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Meckwell open almost all 11 counts|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D|an|prec, 2+ diamonds|nt|Walddk2: Would surprise me to see Meck pass this one|pg||
nt|gerben42: common is that a raise is the only NF bid|pg||
nt|Walddk2: and he didn't|pg||
mb|p|mb|1H|mb|d|mb|r!|an|3 hearts|mb|p|nt|Walddk2: David Burn, you here?|pg||
nt|brolucius: Meckstroth-Rodwell play Support Redoubles, which David Burn rates as laughably bad!|pg||
nt|dburn: yes|pg||
mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|nt|dburn: support doubles are sensible in the context of a strong club system|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Support double, David hates it. Must be bad even when Meckwell play them :-)|pg||
nt|dburn: coincidentally. Mecksttoth-Rodwell also play one of those|pg||
mb|p|nt|vugraph7: Cayne took a while to pass|pg||
nt|dburn: they are laughably bad in the context of a wide-range opening system|pg||
mb|2S|an|alerted|nt|gerben42: 2@S is a surprising choice|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|dburn: I think it may show diamonds|pg||
nt|brolucius: I expected him to double for take-out|pg||
nt|ritong:  |pg||
nt|vugraph7: Rodwell thought 2@s was a forcing cue bid; Meck thought it was NAT, NF|pg||
nt|gerben42: I dont think I've ever seen Meckwell in a partscore with so many HCP|pg||
pc|s5|pc|s4|pc|s2|nt|dburn: but whatever it showed, Meckstroth didn't know it|pg||
pc|sT|pg||
nt|brolucius: 2@C doubled would have netted a better score|pg||
nt|vugraph7: There was some uncertainty about the meaning of a DBL of 2@C -|pg||
nt|Walddk2: And it's not often you see them go this horribly wrong|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s7|pc|s6|pc|s9|pg||
pc|s3|nt|gerben42: in board 2 the other room had the auction 2@H p p p|pg||
pc|s8|pc|sJ|nt|brolucius: 1055 BBO viewers can now tell their friends that they bid better than Meckstroth-Rodwell.|pg||
pc|d4|pg||
pc|sK|nt|gerben42: which is also down 1 for a flat board :)|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Makes the rest of us feel a little better when even they make serious blunders|pg||
pc|h2|pc|d2|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|cA|pc|c2|pc|c9|pg||
pc|d5|pc|dK|nt|gerben42: makes you think what did the combination with pass of the XX mean?|pg||
nt|brolucius: My wife keeps on telling her partner. "No, with an opening bid opposite an opening bid, we should be in game!"|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Your wife wouldn't have opened the West hand|pg||
nt|brolucius: Indeed|pg||
mc|12|pg||
qx|c3|st||md|1SQ875HQDQT5CAT853,SKJ64H753DKCKJ642,S92HT9642DJ8764C9,SAT3HAKJ8DA932CQ7|sv|e|nt|me argent: rod made the bidding look good|pg||
nt|othered1: Was there indication to play @HA and low, rather than riding 9?|pg||
nt|hedyg: only the @s return|pg||
nt|hedyg: -1 is correct|pg||
mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2S|nt|othered1: Figure to find their way to 4@S|pg||
nt|jcomyn: 2s+3 Homer nodding |pg||
nt|granguru: choices of games for EW...|pg||
mb|p|nt|hedyg: 4@hs and 2 aces|pg||
mb|2N|nt|bigtrain: 2H = art GF|pg||
nt|granguru: not many succesful|pg||
mb|p|nt|csimon: the definitive answer is 52.5%|pg||
mb|3H|nt|csimon: with a @d lead the slam is less than 50%|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 2NT = 6D, no 4C or 4H|pg||
mb|p|nt|me argent: 3@S 4@Ss|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 3H = S rebid|pg||
nt|granguru: 3N seems the most probable|pg||
nt|hedyg: 2@c= 10-13 5+ @cs|pg||
nt|norby: correct|pg||
nt|granguru: 4@S is also a good spot|pg||
nt|hedyg: 2@d relay|pg||
nt|norby: y|pg||
nt|hedyg: 2@s could be 3 cards|pg||
nt|norby: 3 h 3 cards|pg||
mb|4H|mb|p|nt|me argent: sort of|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|norby: is better 4 hearts that 2 spades:-)|pg||
nt|hedyg: stopped in 2@s in the other room making 12 tricks|pg||
nt|jcomyn: what was the bidding in other room?|pg||
nt|granguru: prefered @h against @s because @d are cut on the short trump side|pg||
pc|d6|nt|vugraph9: Meck: I think it's 100% I have 6 spades|pg||
nt|hedyg: put your mouse on the result and you can see it|pg||
pc|d2|nt|me argent: not best|pg||
nt|othered1: The hand is quite friendly for declarer, lead makes it even friendlier|pg||
nt|pef: i think it's 100% he's going to make this|pg||
pc|dQ|nt|othered1: possibly 6 on that lead|pg||
pc|dK|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c9|nt|vugraph9: R had the 8 out then put it back to play K|pg||
nt|hedyg: quite right!|pg||
pc|cQ|nt|jcomyn: hmm see it|pg||
pc|cA|pg||
nt|granguru: tough hand, |pg||
nt|hedyg: getting tougher?|pg||
pc|c8|pc|cK|nt|granguru: on a normal distribution this is an excellent contract indeed|pg||
pc|h2|pc|c7|pg||
pc|s9|nt|hedyg: Nickell doesnt want to ruff|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s8|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d5|pc|h5|pc|d7|pg||
nt|granguru: Made!|pg||
nt|hedyg: now J@c?|pg||
pc|cJ|nt|hedyg: he is home now|pg||
nt|granguru: Nickell has only losing options|pg||
pc|s2|nt|hedyg: disc @d and play @h|pg||
pc|d9|pc|c3|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h9|pc|hJ|pc|dT|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s5|pc|s4|nt|granguru: claiming time|pg||
nt|hedyg: and elegant play in Nickells position gives up:)|pg||
nt|hedyg: player*|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o4|st||md|2SKJ2HT4D9654CA873,SA4H9832DJ3CT9642,S73HK765DAQ72CKQ5,SQT9865HAQJDKT8CJ|sv|b|nt|gerben42: Nunes chose to open the West hand also: 2@C = 9 - 13, 5+@C|pg||
nt|dburn: alternatively, since double showed spades and clubs, Rodwell may just have been bidding the enemy suit in which he had a stopper|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Rodwell says after RDBL, subsequent DBLs are PEN, so Meck could have DBLd 2@c|pg||
nt|dburn: and Meckstroth passed because he was fed up with Rodwell for not doubling 2@c for takeout|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D|mb|1S|mb|1N|nt|gerben42: maybe meck didnt want to X since he didn't have anything?|pg||
mb|p|nt|gerben42: could be combined 17-count, why Dbl them?|pg||
nt|vugraph7: No, Meck thought 2@s was NAT, NF, as it would have been in other auctions|pg||
mb|p|mb|2S|mb|3D|mb|p|nt|dburn: well, if only they weren't playing support redoubles, none of this would have happened. I told you they were laughably bad.|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Welcome to Jakob Kristinsson from Iceland/USA|pg||
nt|icecold: HI all|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Rodwell explains that to make a NF 2@s bid he'd have to bid it instead of passing 1@h XX|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|cJ|nt|gerben42: I'm with Rodwell on this one|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Now they have it straightened out for next time - if it ever comes up again|pg||
nt|icecold: looks like down a few |pg||
nt|gerben42: Seamon has the "deadly" tripleton in opps suit|pg||
nt|vugraph7: And Rodwell also said "sorry for creating a confusing situation"|pg||
nt|icecold: Michigan is ok too  around 80 !!|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Weather report from Jakob|pg||
nt|icecold: lol|pg||
nt|gerben42: 80 degrees? wow it's 35 here and that's too hot for me already...|pg||
nt|dburn: this may go down nore than it should at double dummy, because Cayne is likely to get the spades wrong|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c2|pc|c5|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d3|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pg||
nt|dburn: in addition to his other difficulties|pg||
nt|gerben42: what about the 3@D bid, would be very unsuccessful if Cayne also had 3-card @S|pg||
pc|sT|nt|me argent: SP|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|s3|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cK|nt|icecold: 300 -400 |pg||
nt|ritong: phew|pg||
pc|d8|pc|c3|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s2|pc|s4|pc|s7|pg||
pc|s8|pc|sJ|pc|dJ|pc|dA|pg||
pc|cQ|nt|dburn: all of these cards - the @s10 and the @c2 - are upside-down suit preference signals|pg||
pc|s5|pc|c7|pc|c6|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dT|pc|d5|nt|dburn: so @s10 asked for a club and @c2 for a spade|pg||
nt|gerben42: the merit of those is probably that its harder for the opps|pg||
pc|c9|pg||
nt|dburn: not that Meckstroth particularly wanted a spade, but he certainly didn't want a heart|pg||
pc|s9|nt|gerben42: 9 to Weed on board 3 even though Fantunes got to the "worse" 4-3 fit|pg||
pc|d6|pc|h3|pc|h5|pg||
pc|h4|nt|gerben42: they played in @H which broke 5-1|pg||
mc|6|pg||
qx|c4|st||md|2SKJ2HT4D9654CA873,SA4H9832DJ3CT9642,S73HK765DAQ72CKQ5,SQT9865HAQJDKT8CJ|sv|b|nt|Walddk4: Welcome to Joey Silver from Canada|pg||
nt|granguru: Excellent bidding decision!|pg||
nt|hedyg: excellent decision to play 4@h|pg||
nt|me argent: hi al|pg||
nt|hedyg: hi Joey.)|pg||
nt|me argent: all|pg||
nt|othered1: Hi, Joey|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D|mb|1S|nt|csimon: no scores have been sent in from the other room - we are all anxiously waiting|pg||
nt|vugraph9: I do not have any scores from the CR yet. When they arrive I will put them in the movie|pg||
nt|granguru: Moysean fits still alive!|pg||
mb|1N|mb|p|nt|me argent: this looks like it wil be a lousy partscore|pg||
nt|me argent: but 3nt?|pg||
mb|p|nt|granguru: too dull|pg||
mb|p|pc|sA|nt|csimon: the specs are suggesting that they are still playing the 1st board|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia asked about 2@c, and Rodwell said @c & @d|pg||
nt|me argent: i guess when meck bids 2@Cs he shows real @Ds on this auction|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Our caddies have been pretty good, so that's a possibility|pg||
pc|s3|nt|jcomyn: Tiger 2 ahead good time to see 15th|pg||
pc|s5|nt|me argent: not only do i spe4ll bad i type slow|pg||
pc|s2|pg||
nt|me argent: and badly|pg||
nt|me argent: true its still early 4 me a little excitement to get the blood flowing|pg||
nt|granguru: Hurra!|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s7|nt|csimon: but you are cute, so that makes up for a lot :))|pg||
pc|s8|nt|me argent: well at least i got the lousy partscore right|pg||
nt|pef: this contract will be touch and go, |pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia: "DBL said "do something" I was hoping he would pass, but...|pg||
pc|sJ|pg||
nt|hedyg: low encouraging|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d3|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Director just came in to check on things and is going to try to get us some CR results|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|me argent: what about a result on this hand?|pg||
pc|sK|pc|c2|pc|h5|pg||
nt|fabsayc: down 1|pg||
nt|fabsayc: 2 losers each side suit|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dJ|pc|d2|nt|csimon: can they take all of them?|pg||
pc|d8|pg||
nt|me argent: rod with the east hand never considered passing over int with his 6 card @Ssuit|pg||
nt|me argent: vul be damned|pg||
nt|othered1: And, depending on lead, they can make a few @S|pg||
mc|6|pg||
qx|o5|st||md|3SQJ862H654DACAJT4,SAKTHT72DQ43CQ832,S753HAKJ3DKJ752C5,S94HQ98DT986CK976|sv|n|nt|gerben42: but this bound to be good for Nickell|pg||
nt|icecold: 4S good contract  close to make|pg||
nt|dburn: well, 4-5 IMPs or so|pg||
mb|1D|mb|p|nt|gerben42: other room plays 1NT|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|nt|gerben42: good rebid, 2@S|pg||
mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|gerben42: you do NOT rebid either 2@D or 1NT on this|pg||
pc|c3|nt|dburn: well, you do in France|pg||
nt|ritong: 1nt?|pg||
nt|ritong: i guess not:)|pg||
pc|c5|nt|Walddk2: At the other table Nickell - Freeman are NS against Fantoni - Nunes|pg||
nt|dburn: and nothing bad would have happened if he had|pg||
nt|gerben42: yes which would have been extremely lucky|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Hamman - Soloway and Lauria -Versace sitting out|pg||
pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c2|pc|d2|pc|c6|pg||
nt|dburn: this lead is normal, but somewhat helpful for declarer|pg||
pc|dA|nt|Walddk2: Here is our true expert on Meckwell's system: welcome to Walter Johnson from USA|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d5|pc|d8|pg||
nt|gerben42: welcome|pg||
nt|ritong: hi walter|pg||
nt|dburn: esepcially since the opponents play 3rd & 5th, so Seamon can be fairly sure clubs are 4-4|pg||
nt|bigtrain: ga everyone  :-)|pg||
pc|h5|pc|h2|pc|hA|pc|h8|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s4|pc|sQ|pc|sA|pg||
pc|hT|pc|hK|pc|h9|pc|h4|pg||
pc|dK|nt|dburn: in fact, if he cross-ruffs everything he may even have an endplay in spades for an overtrick|pg||
pc|d6|pc|h6|pc|d4|pg||
nt|Walddk2: You may want to go through the auction on board 3, Walter|pg||
nt|dburn: but he hasn't done that|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Whose fault was it?|pg||
pc|d7|pc|d9|pc|s2|pc|dQ|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c8|nt|dburn: and now, he'd better...|pg||
pc|s5|pc|c7|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|dT|pc|s6|nt|dburn: ...do what he's doing|pg||
nt|gerben42: right|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c5|st||md|3SQJ862H654DACAJT4,SAKTHT72DQ43CQ832,S753HAKJ3DKJ752C5,S94HQ98DT986CK976|sv|n|nt|me argent: NEXT|pg||
mb|1D|nt|vugraph9: Meck thinks might have beaten it another if he hadn't shifted to a trump|pg||
mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|nt|me argent: p p 1nt|pg||
nt|me argent: NS are playing 4@Ss in OR|pg||
nt|hedyg: guess he didnt duck 2nd @d|pg||
mb|4S|mb|p|nt|me argent: voila|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|csimon: what will Rodders do Joey?|pg||
nt|me argent: i amaze myself sometimes|pg||
nt|hedyg: cause that would have been -2|pg||
pc|c3|nt|pef: but you didn't predict the double, that would have been impressive|pg||
nt|csimon: I didn't think he would pass those tram tickets|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia studying the auction, thinking|pg||
nt|csimon: Zia is NV, so will probably sit it|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Now Z asks Rodwell if 1@h can be 4 card suit|pg||
nt|me argent: down 40 imps zia will pass|pg||
nt|csimon: where can he possibly run?|pg||
nt|fabsayc: may be considering a run to 2H based on that question?|pg||
nt|me argent: he shouldnt want to run|pg||
nt|fabsayc: agree joey, 1nt doubled is at least action|pg||
nt|me argent: if rod passed 1 @S you can be sure these boys had nothing|pg||
nt|othered1: I'm sorta surprised east didn't act.|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Now looking at his hand again|pg||
nt|me argent: despite the vul|pg||
nt|me argent: this one looks tough to make|pg||
pc|c5|nt|csimon: planning to XX|pg||
nt|fabsayc: anybody who guessed that wins the lottery|pg||
pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c2|nt|csimon: to show reds|pg||
pc|h3|pc|c6|pg||
nt|me argent: fortunate lead|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c8|nt|me argent: im suprised at zia|pg||
nt|fabsayc: that was the plan as carol says|pg||
nt|csimon: VERY conservative position to run - partner heard the dbl|pg||
pc|s3|pc|c7|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d6|nt|csimon: Meck heard the plan too - surprised at HIM!!!|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia writing for Rodwell, but I can't see it|pg||
nt|me argent: @CA AND @s SWITCH|pg||
nt|vugraph9: I heard something about RDBL of 1NT I think|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Meck: I should have passed Zia in 2@c. Zia: You're too greedy to do that,|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d3|pg||
pc|cT|pc|cQ|pc|s5|pc|c9|pg||
pc|s7|nt|csimon: Zia clearly showed the reds and Meck bids @hs - what is going on?|pg||
pc|s4|pc|sQ|pc|sA|pg||
pc|h7|pc|hK|nt|ritong: arm wrestling:)|pg||
pc|h8|nt|me argent: unusual to see italians lead agressively|pg||
pc|h4|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d8|nt|ritong: oups|pg||
nt|ritong: sry, pv|pg||
nt|me argent: so can rod brinb this one in|pg||
pc|s2|pc|d4|pg||
pc|s6|pc|sT|pc|d7|nt|me argent: he has chances|pg||
pc|s9|pg||
pc|h2|nt|me argent: zia did well not to double on this defence|pg||
pc|hA|nt|csimon: shouldn't Zia have pitched a @d?|pg||
nt|me argent: mecks faith in his partner is both touching and accurate|pg||
nt|me argent: same can be said for zias bidding|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia: "If we bore them to death then we might win the match"|pg||
nt|adamw: Hi all!|pg||
nt|csimon: Weed 151 - 90|pg||
nt|othered1: Hi!|pg||
nt|norby: ??|pg||
mc|10|nt|me argent: hi adam|pg||
nt|bigtrain: hey adam|pg||
pg||
qx|o6|st||md|4SA85HK762D542CAT6,SKJ96HA854D98C542,SQT42HQT9DKJ7CJ73,S73HJ3DAQT63CKQ98|sv|e|nt|dburn: nicely done - may not be a swing, but some potential|pg||
mb|1D|an|prec, 2+ diamonds|nt|icecold: H lead would have made life a little tougher in Declarer|pg||
mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2C!|an|both minors|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|dburn: 2@c could, I think, be 5-4 either way round in the minors|pg||
nt|bigtrain: eric went outside the bounds of system with 2@S...  he had several other ways to set up a force (or even a GF)|pg||
nt|vugraph7: I'm pretty sure that's what both of them said|pg||
nt|icecold: this should make|pg||
nt|vugraph7: that it could be 54 either way, I mean|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 2@C is 5-4+ either way|pg||
pc|h6|nt|ritong: eric apologized, walt|pg||
nt|Walddk2: could be 5-3 in the minors though|pg||
nt|ritong: they had some "argue" at the table|pg||
pc|hA|nt|bigtrain: no...  can't be 5-3 after 1@H|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h3|pg||
pc|d8|nt|gerben42: dont think it was argue, more like "sorry" "ok"|pg||
nt|bigtrain: only can be 5-3 over 1@S|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dA|pc|d2|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Right, only after 1@S response|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Then it can also be 1444|pg||
pc|s7|pc|s5|pc|sK|pc|s4|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d7|pc|dQ|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d6|pc|d5|pc|c4|pc|dJ|pg||
nt|gerben42: 1NT the contract in other room (East 1N p p p)|pg||
pc|c2|nt|icecold: 1N should make easily|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h4|pc|hQ|pc|hJ|pg||
nt|dburn: Fantoni-Nunes one of the very few pairs to operate a weak no trump vulnerable|pg||
nt|gerben42: Fantoni ran the @D9 so it will make VERY easily after that|pg||
pc|hT|nt|dburn: but East was somewhat constrained by his methods - 1@d would have shown 14+ hcp|pg||
nt|dburn: so all 11-14 hands open 1NT unless they have both majors|pg||
nt|gerben42: call it constrained, 1NT is simply their system bid for this hand :)|pg||
pc|s3|nt|icecold: If C are 4-2 contract will not make anyway so ..|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h5|pg||
pc|s2|pc|c8|pc|s8|pc|s6|pg||
nt|gerben42: @CK is Rod's last trick|pg||
nt|gerben42: down 1, 1NT making , 5 IMPs|pg||
pc|d3|nt|gerben42: but Seamon has to watch out a bit|pg||
pc|sA|nt|gerben42: needs to unblock @SA|pg||
pc|h8|pc|c7|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|s9|pg||
pc|hK|pc|c5|pc|cJ|pc|cK|pg||
pc|dT|pc|c6|pc|sJ|pc|sT|pg||
pg||
qx|c6|st||md|4SA85HK762D542CAT6,SKJ96HA854D98C542,SQT42HQT9DKJ7CJ73,S73HJ3DAQT63CKQ98|sv|e|nt|adamw: This could have been an exciting hand at the other table.|pg||
nt|csimon: that's because they are using the BBO feed|pg||
nt|adamw: Sorry, I mean in the other match.|pg||
mb|1N|nt|me argent: i guess you dont agree|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|granguru: 20-20 hand |pg||
pc|h2|nt|csimon: this looks like the final contract|pg||
nt|pef: The Weed lead is up to 61 imps so it's looking more and more like the original number 2 and 4 seeds in the finals|pg||
pc|h4|pc|hQ|nt|me argent: zia wont pass|pg||
pc|h3|pg||
pc|hT|nt|adamw: Versace and Lauria reached 2@H EW, and Grue and Cheek didn't double, nor did they get the maximum.|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|hK|nt|adamw: Granted, I see no way for them to double, and it's lucky they can beat it as much as they can.|pg||
pc|hA|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d7|pc|d3|nt|adamw: Joey, that's your mistake for the day.|pg||
pc|d2|pg||
nt|granguru: the winner is letting @D9 run|pg||
pc|d9|nt|granguru: great play|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|dQ|nt|adamw: Sorry, I'm way behind. I thought you meant he wouldn't pass over 1@s.|pg||
pc|d4|pg||
nt|adamw: Zia and Michael might have doubled this. One usually doesn't get rich doubling freely bid games, but...|pg||
nt|pef: anybody see any way to beat this?|pg||
nt|csimon: no|pg||
nt|me argent: this game is a make|pg||
nt|hedyg: Superfulvio!|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|c2|nt|adamw: a) They are well behind in the match and b) It's Meckwell who bid the game.|pg||
nt|csimon: even ducking won't help|pg||
pc|dK|pg||
nt|me argent: now its cold|pg||
nt|othered1: @C|pg||
pc|cK|nt|csimon: it's always cold|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c4|nt|adamw: I didn't say that they could set it, just that it might have been a good idea to double it.|pg||
pc|c3|pg||
nt|adamw: It doesn't matter if you lose by 1 IMP or 100.|pg||
nt|granguru: first class play|pg||
pc|s5|nt|me argent: EW playing 2@C in OR|pg||
nt|granguru: to avoid squeezing dummy|pg||
nt|hedyg: yes was getting squeezed in dummy|pg||
nt|granguru: @Sk is best because it maintains @H blocked|pg||
nt|granguru: no real clue|pg||
nt|hedyg: @H are blocked anyhow|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sQ|nt|me argent: zia has perfect @H spots|pg||
nt|adamw: This is a 64 board match (someone asked.)|pg||
nt|adamw: 10 deals to go.|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 8  actually|pg||
nt|adamw: OK, 8 deals left after this one. Apparently they played 31 and 32 first.|pg||
nt|othered1: 8 more to play here -- they began with 31 & 32 -- 10 comparisons|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Meck showing Rosenberg his hand, Michael agrees that it makes|pg||
nt|me argent: GONG|pg||
pc|s3|pg||
nt|granguru: now they get unblocked|pg||
pc|c7|nt|hedyg: then 8 is good|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c6|pc|c5|pg||
pc|dT|pc|h6|nt|granguru: y|pg||
pc|h5|pc|s2|pg||
pc|d6|pc|s8|pc|s6|pc|s4|pg||
nt|granguru: @H8 gets good but no entry to it|pg||
pc|s7|pc|sA|pc|s9|pc|sT|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h8|pc|h9|pc|c8|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|sK|pg||
nt|hedyg: he made his contract and wd!|pg||
nt|granguru: anyhow work is done!|pg||
pg||
qx|o7|st||md|1SAKJT92HDA73CKQT8,S873HAQ5DKJ5C7542,SQ5HK9DQT98642CJ6,S64HJT876432DCA93|sv|b|nt|gerben42: @CK then @D does not work|pg||
nt|gerben42: north ruffs and advances @SQ|pg||
nt|dburn: Well, West has an average hand|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|nt|dburn: the other three, on the other hand...|pg||
nt|gerben42: will be overruffed if he ruffs, and a discard if Rodwell plays @D|pg||
mb|1N!|an|F1|nt|gerben42: other room 5@Hx|pg||
nt|gerben42: forcing NT, now how many @H? 3?|pg||
mb|3H|nt|gerben42: you DO have 8 of them|pg||
mb|4H|nt|icecold: 6D ?  |pg||
mb|5H|nt|dburn: one hopes not|pg||
nt|gerben42: who is going to introduce @D on the 6-level then|pg||
nt|mich-b: Hi all|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Welcome to Michael Barel from Israel|pg||
nt|ritong: hey michael|pg||
nt|dburn: this is best for North-South if they double it, but...|pg||
nt|bigtrain: hey michael|pg||
mb|6D|nt|icecold: Cayne !!|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|dburn: ...he may feel that 4@h will deliver a more suitable hand for slam|pg||
nt|gerben42: didnt get his 7-card in before so felt guilty, and 4@H suggests a fit|pg||
nt|gerben42: in other room south bid 4@S so no idea about any @Ds|pg||
nt|mich-b: Still the @HK is not a good card|pg||
pc|cA|nt|dburn: it isn't, but the rest of his hand isn't bad at all|pg||
pc|c8|nt|gerben42: big swing for Weed|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c6|pg||
nt|bigtrain: good lead... might be made without the cash|pg||
nt|gerben42: new leader then|pg||
nt|mich-b: the little he has is not bad at all ...|pg||
nt|dburn: it's not clear to me that Seamon quite had enough for 4@h|pg||
nt|ritong: meck's tactical 5@h worked out like a charm|pg||
pc|h7|pc|d3|pc|h5|pc|h9|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d2|mc|11|pg||
qx|c7|st||md|1SAKJT92HDA73CKQT8,S873HAQ5DKJ5C7542,SQ5HK9DQT98642CJ6,S64HJT876432DCA93|sv|b|nt|jcomyn: fun here?|pg||
mb|1S|nt|adamw: I think Joey means "Next!"|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|nt|granguru: trap hand|pg||
mb|3H|nt|hedyg: Fulvio has to pass?|pg||
nt|hedyg: no!|pg||
mb|4S|nt|me argent: 3nt|pg||
mb|5H|nt|hedyg: aie|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|me argent: @S lead|pg||
nt|granguru: -3|pg||
mb|d|nt|adamw: I'll be back in a few -- I'm going to try to find out whether Queens has power yet.|pg||
mb|p|nt|pef: not much play on any lead, but spade looks worst for declarer|pg||
nt|me argent: so far this set has been no fun at all for EW|pg||
mb|p|nt|me argent: PASS not my choice with N|pg||
mb|p|pc|sK|nt|othered1: First two hands, 31, 32 were OK, but nothing else good has happened.|pg||
nt|csimon: 3nt was rather abrupt|pg||
nt|me argent: 2@Hs?|pg||
nt|othered1: Good decision|pg||
nt|me argent: by south|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|s4|pg||
nt|othered1: You would have doubled?|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c2|pc|c6|pc|cA|pg||
nt|me argent: yes|pg||
nt|hedyg: 5@s makes except on @h lead|pg||
nt|me argent: @HK|pg||
nt|granguru: not a clear choice indeed|pg||
nt|hedyg: i am not sure about the bidding though..|pg||
nt|hedyg: sry @H lead, not @H|pg||
nt|hedyg: @D|pg||
nt|hedyg: it doesnt want to say @D lead!!|pg||
nt|hedyg: lol sryyyyyy|pg||
nt|me argent: but NS obviously knew what they were doing|pg||
nt|othered1: Might NS invert pass and double at 5-level?|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|s2|nt|hedyg: why didnt he ever bid his @cs?|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h9|pg||
nt|pef: that 9 of hearts was helpful to zia--not that he's going to make it even with that|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|hK|nt|me argent: more bad news|pg||
nt|hedyg: N cant have a long @c suit and they have 6@c to play?|pg||
pc|h2|nt|me argent: meckwell do i think|pg||
pc|s9|pg||
nt|pef: yes, I know michael is declarer--hard to get away with anyting here :)|pg||
nt|adamw: Apparently areas of Queens are still without power, but Jackson Heights, where Ann and I live, is OK.|pg||
nt|pef: the online news says power out at least until Monday in many places adam|pg||
nt|othered1: Larry Cohen points out that, from their perspective, boards 17 and 18 could also be good, the first with good play and the second if their partners push to a lucky slam.  |pg||
pc|cJ|nt|adamw: Any predictions for tomorrow's winner, if the teams that are ahead hold their leads?|pg||
nt|me argent: it looks like the power has also gone out for the jacobs team|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|c4|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c5|pc|d2|pc|c9|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c7|nt|hedyg: surely Nickell wouldnt have passed over 4@c|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hT|pc|d3|nt|pef: meckwell by 20, I'm fearless|pg||
pc|h5|nt|adamw: I too have to go with Nickell -- I'm not brave enough to quote a line.|pg||
nt|othered1: Possible he thought to emphasize @S before hearing 5@H over 4@C|pg||
pc|dT|pg||
pc|h8|nt|hedyg: so @c never enters the picture!|pg||
nt|me argent: proof of pudding and all that|pg||
nt|hedyg: those @ds could have been @cs|pg||
nt|vugraph9: freman said "i get the as of @d"|pg||
nt|hedyg: 500 seems ok to me|pg||
mc|9|nt|pef: how about tiger vs. the field in the British Open?|pg||
pg||
qx|o8|st||md|2SQ4HJ9853D984C983,SK986HQ62DQ6CQT72,SA5HAT7DA73CAKJ54,SJT732HK4DKJT52C6|sv|o|nt|gerben42: 2NT p p p?|pg||
mb|p|nt|bigtrain: eric may bid|pg||
nt|mich-b: wouldnt South transfer to @H ?|pg||
mb|2N|mb|p|nt|gerben42: 5@Hx could have been 800 but got away for 500...|pg||
mb|3D!|nt|bigtrain: if jeff held thise cards i'd be more comfortable in making that statement|pg||
mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|vugraph7: Meck: "no balance"|pg||
nt|mich-b: Do they have some system over 2NT ? or all natural?|pg||
pc|c6|nt|bigtrain: they play their strong NT defense|pg||
nt|mich-b: I mean over oppos 2NT|pg||
nt|gerben42: they will have some system, it's on page 513|pg||
pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|cJ|pg||
nt|bigtrain: <flipping through pages>  actually 517  :-)|pg||
nt|gerben42: ah I must have a different version then...|pg||
nt|bigtrain: obviously didn't get yesteday's updates|pg||
nt|ritong: :)|pg||
nt|icecold: should read the lead as singleton but still not clear how to continue|pg||
nt|gerben42: same contract and lead in closed|pg||
nt|dburn: well, ace and a heart looks practical|pg||
nt|mich-b: probably nothing better than @HA , @H|pg||
nt|icecold: A and a H |pg||
pc|hA|pc|h4|nt|dburn: although that might fail if East had three hearts... but what can he do?|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h2|pg||
pc|h7|pc|hK|pc|h5|pc|h6|pg||
nt|mich-b: Cayne agrees |pg||
nt|gerben42: will return a @S?|pg||
nt|icecold: low S or the J ??|pg||
nt|gerben42: jack|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pc|sA|pg||
nt|gerben42: see :)|pg||
pc|cA|pc|d2|pc|c3|pc|c2|pg||
pc|cK|pc|s3|pc|c8|pc|c7|pg||
nt|gerben42: just making|pg||
pc|c4|nt|icecold: yes|pg||
pc|d5|pc|h8|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d6|pc|dA|pc|dT|pg||
pc|c5|nt|mich-b: sensible bidding , and sensible play|pg||
nt|mich-b: producing a plus score|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c8|st||md|2SQ4HJ9853D984C983,SK986HQ62DQ6CQT72,SA5HAT7DA73CAKJ54,SJT732HK4DKJT52C6|sv|o|nt|me argent: finally a pickup|pg||
mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|nt|othered1: Absolutely could miss huge @C fit, but under pressure you often have to take your most practical shot|pg||
nt|hedyg: but Cayne bid 6@d int he other room..|pg||
mb|3D|mb|p|nt|adamw: A possible pickup here!|pg||
nt|me argent: a chance here for EW|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Score tickets from CR don't have declarer, so I'm just putting N & E for all of them, don't draw any inferences|pg||
nt|pef: hard to reach these 15 opposite 12 slams with only 8 card fits|pg||
mb|3H|mb|p|nt|me argent: it is when your teammates are plus 100 in other room|pg||
nt|hedyg: so -12|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|c6|nt|jcomyn: tiger home and hosed|pg||
pc|c3|nt|pef: but they may be desperate enough|pg||
nt|adamw: This is a perfect fit, but EW know they're behind and may stretch.|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
nt|othered1: East's black cards do look pretty nice|pg||
nt|hedyg: no entry to dummy|pg||
nt|granguru: Tiger won with -18|pg||
nt|hedyg: ???????|pg||
nt|jcomyn: he will be better than that|pg||
nt|hedyg: what are you talking about?|pg||
pc|hA|nt|pef: 3n a non-serious slam try?|pg||
nt|adamw: 3NT must be an artificial slam try.|pg||
nt|pef: or last train?|pg||
nt|csimon: not last train when there are 3 bids at the 4-level|pg||
nt|adamw: It looks like "non-serious" to me.|pg||
nt|vugraph9: I like to call it a frivolous slam try, and I think that's what they play it as|pg||
nt|fabsayc: or simply showing a diamond card|pg||
nt|pef: maybe the other bids are serious slam tries|pg||
nt|me argent: its zias dirth of @Hs that really help|pg||
nt|pef: spectators are running about 4-1 field vs tiger, but those on tiger sound more confident|pg||
nt|adamw: "I don't have a lot extra, but I'll be delighted to support a slam try if you have one."|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h3|nt|pef: so merely a pleasant noise, adam?|pg||
nt|adamw: And they're off!|pg||
nt|csimon: 3nt probably good bid because it leaves room for a @c q-bid|pg||
pc|h2|pg||
pc|h7|nt|adamw: Over 4@d Rosenberg will love his weak @h suit.|pg||
nt|pef: well looks like they may get there|pg||
nt|me argent: im suprised that zia opened 1@C with 55 in the blacks edgar would not have approved|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h5|nt|jcomyn: Golf|pg||
pc|h6|pg||
nt|hedyg: ty all 57 for the info:))|pg||
nt|me argent: same lead and contract in OR|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pc|sA|pg||
pc|cK|nt|me argent: but he would have approved of the final contract|pg||
nt|csimon: well done|pg||
pc|d2|pc|c8|pc|c2|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|s2|nt|adamw: Nothing to the play. Next!|pg||
pc|c9|pc|c7|pg||
pc|c4|pc|d5|pc|h8|pc|cT|pg||
pc|h9|nt|pef: michael will be anxious (as dummy) about the 9 of spades for a moment|pg||
pc|hQ|nt|csimon: they will run out of boards, but this was a very nice effort|pg||
pc|hT|pc|s7|pg||
nt|hedyg: good stop and well played|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|o9|st||md|3SKJT53HJ95DKT92C4,S97HT72D865CK8765,SA8642HADAJ74CAJ3,SQHKQ8643DQ3CQT92|sv|e|nt|mich-b: A very nice 6@S here|pg||
nt|icecold: well Slam maybe a grand on a diamond guess|pg||
nt|mich-b: even a 7@S if you are a good Q guesser|pg||
nt|gerben42: specs saying "bad lead" but if both Rodwell and Fantoni found it, might just have been unlucky lead, eh?|pg||
mb|1S|mb|2H|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|mich-b: would you all bid 4@S ?|pg||
pc|hQ|nt|mich-b: or you consider this hand too good?|pg||
nt|icecold: a few Kings heavy for 4S !!|pg||
nt|gerben42: its quite good|pg||
pc|h5|pc|hT|pc|hA|pg||
nt|gerben42: 4@C would not be splinter and would be too weak for splinter|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pc|s7|pg||
nt|gerben42: but 3NT = "good 4@S bid" would work|pg||
nt|icecold: 3H works well |pg||
nt|mich-b: or perhaps 3@H?|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s9|pc|s4|nt|mich-b: How about North?  is his pass clearcut ?|pg||
pc|h3|pg||
nt|gerben42: depends what 4@S was|pg||
pc|c4|nt|ritong: the good side of 4@s is that west has to raise @hs at 5 level if he wants to do that|pg||
pc|c8|pc|cA|pc|c2|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c9|pc|s3|pc|c5|pg||
nt|gerben42: opposite my partner, I'd be happy to make 4@S :)|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h2|pc|s6|pc|h4|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|cT|pc|s5|pc|c6|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d5|pc|d4|pc|d3|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d6|pc|d7|pc|dQ|pg||
nt|mich-b: maybe holding the @S suit , and opps VUL , you should not be worried about them bidding more|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|c9|st||md|3SKJT53HJ95DKT92C4,S97HT72D865CK8765,SA8642HADAJ74CAJ3,SQHKQ8643DQ3CQT92|sv|e|nt|me argent: 6 7 @Ss?|pg||
nt|granguru: In fact|pg||
mb|1S|nt|jcomyn: good grand|pg||
nt|hedyg: with 2 important queens missing?|pg||
mb|2H|nt|hedyg: grand?????|pg||
nt|granguru: 6 is the correct contract|pg||
mb|4S|nt|pef: everyone approve of rodwell's double?|pg||
nt|adamw: I'm sure it works for him.|pg||
nt|me argent: id settle for 6|pg||
mb|p|nt|othered1: 6 would be enough, if you can get there. |pg||
nt|hedyg: 6 is ok, 75%|pg||
nt|hedyg: not sure you can get even there|pg||
nt|granguru: SPL @C is the key|pg||
nt|granguru: not easy|pg||
nt|othered1: 4@S call may help reassure Nickell about trumps, the weakness in his hand.|pg||
nt|hedyg: worth more than 4@s|pg||
nt|me argent: good hand for fitshowing jumps|pg||
nt|granguru: rite. 4@d would have helped|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|hedyg: in which suit do you want to jump Joey?|pg||
pc|hK|nt|jcomyn: wow the mice really have it|pg||
nt|granguru: Nickell has too many losers|pg||
nt|hedyg: in 4 miserable @ds?|pg||
nt|me argent: freemans problem is that he has an inbetween hand haa does nickell|pg||
pc|h5|pc|h7|nt|othered1: Not exactly out of the beginners' texts.|pg||
nt|adamw: George Jacobs just dropped by.|pg||
nt|me argent: im with adam these sorts of toxs work for rodwell but unfortunately not for me|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Meck asked Rosenberg what his NT range is vul, and R said STR except in 4th seat|pg||
pc|hA|pg||
nt|csimon: the cold 3nt is not biddable|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pc|s7|pg||
nt|hedyg: nothing in between with splinters|pg||
nt|granguru: 4@d means 5@s and @d suit...ergo short @C|pg||
nt|othered1: and Freeman's hand is truly magic|pg||
nt|hedyg: this is not a suit you can jump in|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sA|pc|h3|pg||
nt|hedyg: nothing wrong with 4@c though|pg||
nt|me argent: and a jump to 4@Ss doesnt do the job|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d3|pc|dK|nt|adamw: I'm not sure why Michael didn't give Jeff a guess in @c.|pg||
pc|d5|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d6|nt|hedyg: if you play splinters|pg||
pc|d7|pc|dQ|pg||
nt|pef: 11 tricks now|pg||
nt|adamw: But I expect he'd have guessed right.|pg||
nt|jcomyn: bet 6 is bid in the other room|pg||
nt|othered1: I'd expect more from a splinter|pg||
nt|hedyg: maybe they dont and he agrees that he cant jump in those @ds|pg||
mc|12|pg||
qx|o10|st||md|4ST964HAQ9DA76C976,SKQ83H732D542CA82,SAJ5HKT86DQT9CQ54,S72HJ54DKJ83CKJT3|sv|b|mb|p|nt|mich-b: and explore more carefully|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|ritong: agreed, however south has few versus 6@hs|pg||
nt|gerben42: north has an opening bid as for rule of 15|pg||
mb|1C|nt|ritong: can explain his choice|pg||
nt|gerben42: 12 HCP and 3@S|pg||
mb|p|nt|mich-b: Both NS pairs will have some talking to do  about board 9|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|gerben42: add HCP and @s cards, if 15 or more, open|pg||
nt|mich-b: I am surprised North passed in 4th seat in the closed room|pg||
nt|mich-b: Surely he is a favourite to get a plus score if he opens|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h6|nt|mich-b: by passing any response to 1@C .. or otherwise|pg||
nt|icecold: should make |pg||
pc|h5|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|s6|pc|s3|pc|sJ|pc|s7|pg||
nt|gerben42: about this tournament, what is the prize for the winning team?|pg||
nt|ritong: glory|pg||
nt|gerben42: compared to that of the runner-up?|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s2|nt|mich-b: less glory|pg||
pc|s4|nt|ritong: :)|pg||
pc|s8|pg||
nt|icecold: Million Platinum points !!|pg||
pc|h8|pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|h3|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h7|pc|hK|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|hT|nt|gerben42: ah so it's just some kind of training tourney :)|pg||
nt|ritong: yes|pg||
pc|d8|nt|ritong: you  should try it, gerben|pg||
pc|c6|nt|mich-b: training for next year's Spingold|pg||
pc|sQ|pg||
nt|icecold: British Open  Tiger wins easily|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|c3|pc|c7|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s5|pc|d3|pc|s9|pg||
nt|ritong: beast is back|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c5|pc|cJ|pc|c9|pg||
pc|cK|pc|sT|pc|c2|pc|cQ|pg||
nt|icecold: +80 always good|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|c10|st||md|4ST964HAQ9DA76C976,SKQ83H732D542CA82,SAJ5HKT86DQT9CQ54,S72HJ54DKJ83CKJT3|sv|b|nt|me argent: 3@Ss jump would have been preemptive|pg||
mb|p|nt|pef: 5 more to go, not much to this one|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|hedyg: i play splinter 9-11 and the 5th @s brings the hand to that value|pg||
pg||
qx|o11|st||md|1ST975HQ9543D7CA97,SAKJ62HA8D53C8642,SQ84HKT62DKJT6CT3,S3HJ7DAQ9842CKQJ5|sv|o|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3C|nt|bigtrain: all natural bidding here|pg||
mb|p|nt|mich-b: Whats the best contract for EW here ? 5@C ?|pg||
mb|4C|nt|gerben42: 5@C looks good yes|pg||
nt|icecold: nothing makes 5C best chance|pg||
mb|p|mb|5C|nt|bigtrain: 2@D has a strong tendency to be 5+|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|mich-b: Well bid ... but the @D break will probably ruin it|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Seamon asks if 2@d was FG, Meck says "yes, over a Major"|pg||
pc|d7|pc|d3|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c7|pc|c2|pc|c3|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 5@C should make from here|pg||
nt|icecold: makes now |pg||
nt|mich-b: What do you think about the lead?|pg||
nt|ritong: frisky|pg||
nt|mich-b: How often will it work to lead a singleton into declarer's main suit?|pg||
nt|icecold: into know 5+ card suit  interesting|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Rodwell has club Q ready to play, but now stopping to think|pg||
nt|gerben42: leading singleton always 2-edged sword|pg||
nt|mich-b: Most of the responses I get from specs , dont support the @D lead|pg||
nt|mich-b: to put it mildly|pg||
nt|gerben42: plus: you can get a ruff, minus: develop suit for opps|pg||
nt|ritong: they would have loved it, had cayne held an ace|pg||
nt|vugraph7: For the NIckell team, in addition to the glory for winning, a win will earn them Positioning Points for next year's USBC. This year they have a bye to the semi-finals|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|cT|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hA|pc|h6|pc|h7|pg||
nt|gerben42: @D was into Rods first suit, however... do you lead @D from @Sxxxx @HQxxxx @Dx @Cxxx?|pg||
nt|icecold: wait not over yet|pg||
nt|gerben42: now Cayne has the @CA :)|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Weed team won't get any Positioning POints because they have too many non-US players on the team|pg||
nt|bigtrain: several kibs are suggesting that he may go down from here... certainly possible|pg||
nt|gerben42: well... they wont have use for Positioning points|pg||
pc|c6|pc|h2|pc|cK|pc|c9|pg||
nt|gerben42: they are playing the european championships and if you dont make the top 5, you can have positioning points all you like, no Bermuda Bowl|pg||
nt|bigtrain: but i expect him to make it|pg||
nt|icecold: AK S and low D hooking   makes|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|h4|pc|d5|nt|icecold: hummmmm|pg||
pc|d6|pg||
nt|bigtrain: oops|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pg||
nt|dburn: well, he can still get spades... wrong|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Rodwell: "I'm going to take a break"|pg||
nt|icecold: needed -))|pg||
nt|gerben42: sometimes is best thing to do in such a case|pg||
nt|gerben42: go to bathroom and kick the wall or so|pg||
nt|ritong: an other possibility is to wash hands quietly|pg||
nt|ritong: is one down confirmed, operator?|pg||
nt|ritong: ah:)|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Rodwell just came back and said he was 2 down - I've changed the score in the movie|pg||
nt|ritong: ok|pg||
nt|Walddk2: And a new leader by a mile :-)|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Rodwell: "sorry, partner" Meck: something about not blaming. Rodwell:"you should on that one"|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c11|st||md|1ST975HQ9543D7CA97,SAKJ62HA8D53C8642,SQ84HKT62DKJT6CT3,S3HJ7DAQ9842CKQJ5|sv|o|nt|me argent: NEXT|pg||
nt|hedyg: but you cannot play splinter and fitshowing jumps|pg||
mb|p|nt|adamw: A chance for another pickup, but it's getting late.|pg||
nt|raija: finally we have our designated NEXT commander here!|pg||
mb|1N|nt|ritong: wow|pg||
mb|p|nt|raija: henri :)@H|pg||
nt|ritong: @h|pg||
nt|fabsayc: 1nt natural?|pg||
nt|pef: rosenberg, looking at a good 17 count probably a little surpised to hear an opening bid, overcall and 1nt call before it gets to him|pg||
nt|bigtrain: michael is checking the backs of the cards|pg||
nt|vugraph9: No alert|pg||
nt|adamw: 6@s looks just a little too tough, but when behind it could be worth trying.|pg||
nt|raija: i can;t see a spade stopper in his hand|pg||
nt|pef: awfully impressive to get to 6s after that|pg||
nt|bigtrain: you don't have the proper respect for the power of the 9|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Meck is usually very clear with his alerts, so I don't think I'd have missed it if he alerted 1NT, but I might have, it's getting late|pg||
nt|csimon: is 6@h better than 6@s?|pg||
nt|me argent: 6@Ssdirectly good shot and even better on a non @C lead|pg||
nt|adamw: Yes, 6@h is better and might make.|pg||
nt|adamw: I think a @c lead is likely against 6@s if it's bid.|pg||
nt|me argent: im betting on a direct 6@Ss by michael|pg||
nt|adamw: George Jacobs is helping me out now.|pg||
nt|adamw: Any questions for him?|pg||
nt|ritong: would he bid 2nt?|pg||
nt|adamw: Michael is a thoughtful player even in straightforward situations. He may be a while here.|pg||
nt|adamw: And he should be -- he knows there are likely a lot of IMPs at stake.|pg||
nt|vugraph9: I'm told the other match is over and Weed has won|pg||
nt|hedyg: 12-14 NT|pg||
nt|me argent: same  auction on bd 10|pg||
nt|othered1: Interesting weak NT, dictated by system|pg||
nt|me argent: in OR|pg||
nt|hedyg: the Nickell-Freeman CC: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/ dirksen/nickell-freeman.pdf|pg||
mb|3S|mb|p|nt|me argent: 3@Ss shortness?|pg||
mb|3N|nt|raija: thank you and that was the expected result|pg||
nt|me argent: zia took less time than michael|pg||
nt|raija: zia is creative and does his thing very fast :)|pg||
nt|adamw: So far the only question asked is whether George is single.|pg||
nt|vugraph9: I've been asked for the names of the Weed team: Jimmy Cayne, Michael Seamon and Italians Lauria, Versace, Fantoni & Nunes|pg||
nt|hedyg: 1@s opening would show 14+|pg||
mb|p|nt|me argent: meanwhile i dont know if meck is finished bidding|pg||
nt|me argent: 2nt 4 minors|pg||
nt|adamw: He has a gorgeous wife and two darling children, but he appreciates the question.|pg||
nt|bigtrain: this one should be minors|pg||
nt|hedyg: the Nunes Fantoni CC: http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents/files/2006%20European%20Championships%20Warsaw%5CConvention%20Cards%5COpen%20Teams%5CItaly/fantoni-nunes.pdf|pg||
nt|me argent: @H lead would simplify the defence|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|hedyg: 3@s= single or void in @s|pg||
pc|h2|nt|me argent: that lead cooks EW like dinner|pg||
pc|h7|nt|hedyg: unfair lead:)|pg||
pc|hQ|nt|me argent: michael chose to believe NS rather than zia|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Rosenberg: "sorry if we missed it"|pg||
nt|adamw: I thought Michael would follow with a forcing 3@h, but Zia might pass that.|pg||
nt|me argent: and wisely so|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia to Rodwell: "so he showed 4-4 in the minors?" Rodwell says "could be longer"|pg||
nt|adamw: Apparently Michael has never been behind in a match before.|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia: "we haven't missed a grand slam, that much I can tell you"|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia: "J is?" Rodwell: "should be Rusinow"|pg||
nt|adamw: George laughed.|pg||
nt|adamw: I think he'll play for a complete crossruff.|pg||
nt|adamw: That would be 10 tricks for a push.|pg||
nt|me argent: meanwhile zia aint playing this hand so fast|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Meck asked if it was going to take a while and when Zia said yes, Meck went to the bathroom. Not that Zia's ready to play yet|pg||
nt|me argent: he dont know where @HK is|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Meck's back|pg||
nt|ritong: and suspects trumps are unfriendly|pg||
nt|ritong: after 2nt|pg||
nt|fabsayc: bidding suggests heart king with south, spade ace with north?|pg||
nt|me argent: was for the minors hank|pg||
nt|bigtrain: inferentially in eric's hand... since he's placing the @SA in jeff's hand|pg||
pc|hA|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c3|pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h8|pc|hK|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|hT|nt|adamw: I analyzed too quickly. The problem with a complete crossruff is that declarer can't score the @S8.|pg||
pc|d2|pc|h3|nt|me argent: freeman aint fooling about|pg||
pc|s2|pg||
pc|h6|pc|d4|pc|h9|pc|c4|pg||
pc|h5|pc|d3|nt|adamw: But he can play for the @sA onside plus other chances.|pg||
pc|d6|nt|vugraph7: bd 30 2hs+1, bd 31 5dwx=, bd 32 4he+1|pg||
pc|d8|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s3|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cT|pc|cQ|pc|c7|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c9|pc|c8|pc|s8|pg||
pc|c5|pc|s7|nt|adamw: Now N is endplayed.|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o12|st||md|2SAJTHKQ74DKQCT543,S96532HA2DJT7CAQ8,SK87HJ95DA8642C97,SQ4HT863D953CKJ62|sv|n|mb|1S|nt|Walddk2: 35 IMPs exchanged in 11 boards, low scoring indeed|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|mb|d|nt|gerben42: maybe he went to a piano and just got some tones out of his system|pg||
mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|nt|gerben42: that would help too|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Quite normal to have an average of 4 IMPs per boards|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|vugraph7: Cayne: "Why aren't you so nice to me, partner?" |pg||
nt|mich-b: ok , now , who likes this Double and who doesnt?|pg||
nt|gerben42: lol :)|pg||
pc|d3|nt|gerben42: I dont|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Now Seamon says "see this is why I hate you" :-)|pg||
nt|dburn: I think double is absolutely imperative|pg||
nt|gerben42: Cayne will make up his mind depending on result of this hand|pg||
nt|icecold: 9 or 10 tricks,  |pg||
nt|dburn: against Meckwell, your side could easily have a combined 27 count or so|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dJ|pc|d2|pg||
nt|ritong: particularly in this vul position where 1nt can easily be a psych or semi psych|pg||
nt|ritong: agreed, david|pg||
nt|Walddk2: The average is 68 imps per 16 board session according to NABC statistics|pg||
pc|hK|pc|hA|pc|h5|pc|h3|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h9|pc|hT|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d7|pc|d4|pc|d5|pg||
pc|h4|nt|dburn: some danger that he might run the jack of spades now...|pg||
pc|dT|pc|hJ|pc|h6|pg||
nt|dburn: ...or lose a spade trick later. He'll still make the contract, though.|pg||
nt|henryb: That figure appears to be about invariant, no matter which round or whether it is high seeds against low or middle against middle|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c7|pc|c2|pc|c3|pg||
nt|henryb: or high against high or low vs low|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c9|nt|Walddk2: Nothing, making statistics ir another way of telling lies|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Nothing new*|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c4|pg||
pc|h8|pc|h7|pc|s3|pc|d6|pg||
nt|gerben42: you have statistics about that Roland?|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d9|pc|c5|pc|s2|pg||
pc|s7|pc|s4|pc|sA|nt|dburn: 81% of statistics are made up anyway|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Of how many lies people tell? Sorry, no|pg||
pc|s5|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s6|pc|s8|pc|sQ|pg||
nt|ritong: good one, david:)|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c12|st||md|2SAJTHKQ74DKQCT543,S96532HA2DJT7CAQ8,SK87HJ95DA8642C97,SQ4HT863D953CKJ62|sv|n|nt|hedyg: how do you stop before game on a 1@s opening?|pg||
mb|p|nt|adamw: If the @H finesse was on there was no need to take it.|pg||
mb|p|nt|csimon: 3nt is an odd contract|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|nt|csimon: even if the auction started 3@d|pg||
nt|hedyg: the official website is: http://www.acbl.org/nabc/Chicago2006/bulletins.php|pg||
nt|hedyg: 5@c cant make either|pg||
nt|hedyg: or shouldnt:)|pg||
mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|nt|adamw: This have been a quiet set: 15-21 so far.|pg||
nt|adamw: Now we see how to reach 3NT!|pg||
mb|2N|mb|p|nt|othered1: That's an interesting call with a 6-card major|pg||
nt|raija: what do we know Carol, there must be something to it since we got to the spot|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|s6|pc|s7|nt|csimon: it would never occur to me to bid 3nt with a 6-cd major, but I'm sitting in my office and Meckstroth will be in the Spingold finals|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|ritong: @hs are a source of tricks in NT too|pg||
nt|granguru: good stop|pg||
pc|sA|pg||
nt|ritong: and he has an absolute @d stopper|pg||
nt|me argent: @D10 is what meck wanted to see|pg||
nt|adamw: Some pairs use standard attitude when dummy wins a singleton A or K, even if they use UDA otherwise.|pg||
nt|me argent: nickell took a very conservative approach|pg||
pc|hK|nt|adamw: Rosenberg will be endplayed when he wins the @HK.|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h5|pc|h6|pg||
nt|granguru: last time for 5 defensive tricks|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sK|pc|s4|pc|sT|pg||
nt|me argent: end played|pg||
nt|adamw: I would not have considered 3N either.|pg||
nt|adamw: Stacey Jacobs just came over to watch.|pg||
nt|adamw: And Peter Weichel dropped by.|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d3|pc|dQ|nt|me argent: trouble with 2nt game depends probably on @D fit not necessarily if partner has a minimum or not|pg||
pc|d7|pg||
nt|adamw: Stacey says the kids are good -- they're 9 and 5, and happy that they're going to see the Sox with their dad tomorrow.|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dT|pc|d4|pc|d5|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h2|pc|hJ|nt|me argent: we have results on 31 and 32 and its time for the fat lady to do her thing|pg||
pc|h3|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d9|pc|c3|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|d8|pc|c2|pc|c4|pc|s3|pg||
pc|s8|pc|c6|pc|sJ|mc|10|pg||
qx|o13|st||md|3SJ42HA875DJ84CK86,S8653HT62DAKQ6C75,SKQT7H4DT752CJT32,SA9HKQJ93D93CAQ94|sv|b|mb|p|mb|1C!|mb|p|nt|henryb: including, for sure that one:)|pg||
nt|gerben42: strong 1@C|pg||
mb|2D!|an|8-10 BAL|nt|gerben42: 2@D balanced|pg||
mb|p|mb|2H|an|NAT, asking|nt|bigtrain: 2@D shows 8-10 balancd|pg||
mb|p|mb|2N!|nt|gerben42: 2@H asks?|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 2NT shows a 3fit in a 4432|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 2H is nat|pg||
nt|Walddk2: The second segment is scheduled to begin in 1 hour, but we could easily get an earlier restart. 10-15 minutes past the hour is not unthinkable|pg||
mb|p|nt|icecold: no threat of going to high|pg||
mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|icecold: should make 5|pg||
nt|mich-b: Does a @H lead put declarer in danger?|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s3|pc|sQ|pc|sA|pg||
nt|icecold: can safety play C for 2 tricks|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d4|pc|dA|pc|d5|pg||
nt|ritong: weird|pg||
nt|ritong: decided to play a @d and now ponders|pg||
nt|dburn: in the normal run of events you would play a low club to the 9|pg||
nt|mich-b: perhaps just wants to be sure ..|pg||
pc|c5|nt|ritong: hmm|pg||
nt|dburn: but this lead has made that impossible|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cQ|pc|cK|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s5|pc|s7|pc|s9|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s6|pc|sK|pc|h3|pg||
nt|mich-b: South has 3 @Ds and 3@Cs so declarer seems safe in whatever line he selects now|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h5|pc|h2|pc|h4|pg||
nt|gerben42: somehow Rodwell does not feel so sure about anything at the moment - I predict they will sit out the 2nd segment|pg||
nt|mich-b: I think even an "unsure" Rodwell is good enough to take on anyone|pg||
nt|ritong: i second that|pg||
nt|mich-b: wouldnt be so quick to bench them ...|pg||
nt|gerben42: depends if he requests it himself|pg||
nt|ritong: ?|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d8|pc|dK|pc|d2|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d7|pc|c4|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c3|pc|cA|pc|c6|pg||
nt|dburn: this is still OK|pg||
nt|gerben42: anyway I think Rodwell is experienced enough to know if he wants to play 2nd segment or not|pg||
nt|gerben42: so we'll seee|pg||
nt|Walddk2: I think they will play all the way through|pg||
nt|ritong: odds on|pg||
nt|mich-b: agreed|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c13|st||md|3SJ42HA875DJ84CK86,S8653HT62DAKQ6C75,SKQT7H4DT752CJT32,SA9HKQJ93D93CAQ94|sv|b|nt|adamw: Who are Zia and Michael's teammates? I've lost track.|pg||
nt|pef: so 45imps in 2 boards, huh|pg||
nt|me argent: levin wein|pg||
nt|hedyg: sry folks, too many messages! cannot answer all|pg||
mb|p|mb|1H|nt|adamw: Levin - Weinstein, Jacobs, and ...|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 1H is 2way|pg||
mb|p|nt|pef: ralph katz|pg||
nt|adamw: Which two ways?|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 5+S, GF or 11-13 balanced|pg||
mb|2N|nt|raija: i ran out tooth pick, sorry! gotta go, thank you all and enjoy the rest!|pg||
nt|adamw: And Ralph Katz, one of George's regular partners.|pg||
nt|csimon: bye Raija :)|pg||
nt|adamw: Goodbye, Dolly...|pg||
mb|p|nt|vugraph9: Meck writing|pg||
nt|bigtrain: natural 5+H, asking|pg||
nt|csimon: how many @cs should Rosenberg bid?|pg||
nt|ritong: surprised zia did not try to bother big @c + ambiguous answer a tad more|pg||
nt|vugraph9: He's thinking about that :-)|pg||
nt|ritong: with 3@c, for instance|pg||
nt|adamw: 5@C is -1 with the @h guess, but 4@h will go down on a @S lead.|pg||
nt|me argent: 2nt shows 3 card fit |pg||
mb|4H|nt|othered1: And Zia is on lead against the transferred contract|pg||
nt|adamw: OK, declarer can guess to make 4@h, and he might well do so.|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia & Rodwell writing back and forth; don't know what. Meck writing on other side of screen|pg||
nt|csimon: it seems like you'd like to make them guess at the 5-level - if Zia had bid 3@c, for sure Michael would have bid 5@c|pg||
nt|ritong: yes|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|bigtrain: getting prepared to explain pass/Xinversion|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Oh good, it always confuses me :-)|pg||
nt|hedyg: 1@H is 14+ and forcing 1 round|pg||
mb|p|nt|me argent: game invite|pg||
nt|hedyg: 2nt is 3 OR 4 card fit!|pg||
nt|hedyg: if 4 cards can be weaker|pg||
pc|h5|nt|hedyg: good lead|pg||
nt|othered1: yes|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h4|pc|hJ|pg||
nt|hedyg: no Fantoni cannot bid 3nt with xx in @d|pg||
nt|hedyg: very close match!|pg||
pc|hQ|nt|csimon: Zia made up for being shy 1 bid earlier :)|pg||
pc|h7|nt|adamw: We'll never know whether 4@h would have made...|pg||
pc|h6|nt|othered1: that's following pre-match predictions|pg||
pc|c2|pg||
pc|h3|nt|adamw: The auction would have made it tough to guess.|pg||
pc|hA|pc|hT|nt|me argent: with nicks @C pitch fantoni will make this easily|pg||
pc|cJ|pg||
nt|hedyg: unfortunate discard|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|dA|pc|d7|pc|d3|pg||
pc|c5|nt|adamw: What was the @S5  at trick one?|pg||
nt|me argent: good save but 2 little 2 late|pg||
nt|me argent: NEXT|pg||
nt|me argent: last|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c9|pc|cK|pg||
pc|d8|pc|dK|pc|d2|pc|d9|pg||
nt|hedyg: i just heard Fulvio say phewwwwwwww|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d5|pc|s9|pc|d4|pg||
pc|s3|nt|me argent: in reality nick was squeezed|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|s2|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h8|pc|d6|pc|s7|pg||
pc|h9|nt|hedyg: he wasnt, but he thought he was:)|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|o14|st||md|4SA965HAQ3DKJ95C87,SQ42HK76DATCAQJT3,ST873HT92DQ43C642,SKJHJ854D8762CK95|sv|o|mb|p|nt|bigtrain: in general, if they don't sit out the first segment... they play throughout|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Rodwell: "I played that one a little better than 5@c" Meck: "Yes, I believe that"|pg||
mb|1D|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2C!|nt|gerben42: :)|pg||
mb|p|nt|Walddk2: Charlie Weed (npc) tells that Meckwell never play all 4. Freeman - Nickell are going to play 1 and 3|pg||
mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|vugraph7: Seamon asks if Rodwell promises a Major and Meck says yes|pg||
nt|gerben42: I think rather than fix beforehand who is going to play which session you might want to be flexible|pg||
nt|icecold: another Push |pg||
pc|d3|pc|d2|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s3|nt|Walddk2: That has been changed I now here. Nickell - Freeman are playing the first 2|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sA|pg||
pc|d5|pc|dT|nt|Walddk2: hear  even|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d6|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d7|pc|dJ|pc|h6|pg||
pc|d9|pc|cT|pc|s7|pc|d8|pg||
nt|Walddk2: The same applies to Cayne - Seamon, Charlie tells me|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c14|st||md|4SA965HAQ3DKJ95C87,SQ42HK76DATCAQJT3,ST873HT92DQ43C642,SKJHJ854D8762CK95|sv|o|nt|me argent: or have the rang the gong|pg||
nt|me argent: they|pg||
nt|adamw: 36 IMP margin with 3 comparisons remaining.|pg||
nt|csimon: congratulations to Nickell team|pg||
nt|me argent: one|pg||
mb|p|nt|pef: I'm impressed we still have 1090 specs with the match long over.  Finals are tomorrow and we hope it stays exciting througout|pg||
nt|me argent: fantoni likely would have finessed QC 9 after that lead|pg||
nt|vugraph9: North and east still taking about the hand|pg||
mb|1D|nt|bigtrain: to quote Kurt Vonnegut... it ends not with a bang, but a wimper|pg||
mb|1N|nt|adamw: The players, of course, don't know that their results from here on in don't matter.|pg||
nt|csimon: thanks Jan - great job - you are the BEST!|pg||
nt|othered1: As the semi-final ends, we'd like to congratulate the Nickell and Cayne teams and to thank Jan Martel, our operator, for all she's done, our all-star commentators - too many to ...|pg||
nt|othered1: mention along the way, and to the ACBL, particularly Kevin Perkins and Rick Beye for their organizational efforts for this vugraph.  And our spectators, of course.|pg||
nt|adamw: In fact they have to assume that they do matter.|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Starts very early tomorrow - 11:00 Chicago time, I think|pg||
mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2D|nt|adamw: Let's congratulate the losing teams too -- making it to the semis is tough!|pg||
nt|hedyg: 2@c stayman|pg||
mb|p|nt|pef: yes, that's 9 AM Pacific, 12 noon eastern|pg||
mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|hedyg: this will be tough|pg||
pc|d3|nt|othered1: That's the Weed team, including Cayne|pg||
nt|pef: and a spec points out 6 PM central europe|pg||
nt|adamw: Michaels stole EW's @s fit.|pg||
nt|jcomyn: not so tough now|pg||
nt|granguru: almost no option|pg||
nt|hedyg: lol Catalina:)|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dJ|pc|dA|pg||
pc|s2|nt|pef: and another 10 mountain time for our friends in Denver (and other metropolises in that neck of the woods)|pg||
pc|s7|pc|sK|pc|sA|pg||
pc|d5|pc|dT|pc|dQ|pc|d6|pg||
nt|hedyg: well played J@d, now he knows|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d7|nt|me argent: this lead not declarer friendly|pg||
pc|dK|nt|pef: I've been asked about Melbourne--is that 2 AM?|pg||
pc|h6|pg||
pc|d9|pc|cT|nt|granguru: Catalina's was a better one|pg||
pc|s3|nt|pef: I know Tokyo is 8 AM|pg||
pc|d8|pg||
nt|hedyg: cant play his @cs first cause squeezing dummy|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h7|pc|h2|nt|pef: I mean 1 AM|pg||
nt|me argent: it will be a repeat of the bermuda bowl finals|pg||
nt|pef: Melbourne is 2 AM|pg||
nt|adamw: A and a trump would have beaten this by a trick.|pg||
nt|pef: I've leave it to everyone else to figure out there times--but remember Roland is going to make vugraphs not just everyday but every hour soon|pg||
nt|ritong: merci a tous :)|pg||
pc|h4|pg||
nt|me argent: NEXT|pg||
nt|vugraph9: freeman went out|pg||
nt|hedyg: anyhow Freeman knew to keep his @ds and aces|pg||
nt|hedyg: for all info: http://www.acbl.org/nabc/Chicago2006/bulletins.php|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o15|st||md|1SQHAKT6DJT9CAK532,SAKJHJDQ8763CJT76,S76432HQ73DA52C94,ST985H98542DK4CQ8|sv|n|mb|1C|mb|1D|nt|vugraph7: Nickell and Cayne were discussing flight plans - they're going home together on Cayne's plane after the second quarter|pg||
nt|icecold: 3C making is a good result for NS|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|2N|nt|gerben42: yes any plus is good for NS|pg||
mb|p|nt|Walddk2: Nice to have an aircraft in the backyard|pg||
nt|icecold: 3S -))|pg||
mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|icecold: 2N was the limit|pg||
nt|ritong: the longest backyard ever:)|pg||
pc|d6|nt|icecold: lol|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Cayne: good luck|pg||
nt|gerben42: Nickell and Cayne live near eachother?|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dK|pc|d9|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Both of them are in the NYC area|pg||
nt|dburn: well, they could be next-door neighbours - they still would not live near each other|pg||
pc|d4|pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pc|dA|pg||
pc|c9|nt|gerben42: 3NT is a somewhat ambitious contract|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c2|pc|c7|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pc|s2|pg||
nt|gerben42: 23 could-have-been-better HCP, no fit|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|s8|nt|dburn: As Kaplan said, if a contract makes we call it ambitious. This is going only one down, It was nearly ambitious.|pg||
pc|c3|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s4|pc|sT|pc|c5|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d5|pc|h4|pc|dT|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c6|pc|c4|pc|c8|pg||
pc|cK|pc|cJ|pc|s6|mc|8|pg||
qx|c15|st||md|1SQHAKT6DJT9CAK532,SAKJHJDQ8763CJT76,S76432HQ73DA52C94,ST985H98542DK4CQ8|sv|n|mb|1C|mb|1D|nt|csimon: hi everyone - welcome back|pg||
nt|pef: we're lucky to have two of the world's very best and most creative pairs to watch this round|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|nt|reisig: carol @h :)|pg||
mb|2H|nt|csimon: Richie @h|pg||
mb|p|nt|pef: the trick here is to get to an 11 trick game in the suit opened by your opponents|pg||
nt|reisig: hard to find @ds ...when the opp opened that suit|pg||
nt|pef: although a meckwell 1d opening doesn't mean much about diamonds|pg||
nt|me argent: 2@Hs?|pg||
mb|2S|nt|me argent: a bit of overbid but no other choice|pg||
mb|p|nt|bigtrain: 1@D is usually 2+ although it may be id on a singleton honor|pg||
mb|3C|nt|pef: i believe 1d only guarantees 1d (which I suppose is appropriate) in response to a spec question|pg||
mb|p|nt|bigtrain: very unusual to be bid on 1...  as i said, usually 2|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Rosenberg writing re 2NT - |pg||
nt|pef: do they open 2d with 4441's, walter?|pg||
nt|reisig: might see 3@h here|pg||
nt|bigtrain: yes|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Rodwell, answering that question said it was supposed to be at least 2 diamonds but could have a stiff honor. They play precision 2@d for the stiff diamond hands|pg||
nt|bigtrain: or (43)15|pg||
nt|hedyg: i hope you all have programmed to spend a LONGGGGGGGG evening of vugraph!|pg||
mb|p|nt|reisig: might have used all hid "X' cards :))|pg||
nt|reisig: his|pg||
nt|jcomyn: no prob now the golf is over|pg||
mb|p|nt|me argent: 3nt? or 3@Ds?|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d2|nt|csimon: wow - great bid|pg||
nt|hedyg: check for schedule: http://online.bridgebase.com/vugraph/schedule.php|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d9|pg||
nt|pef: well they did it--well done, zia and michael|pg||
nt|hedyg: and mark this page in your favorites for future references|pg||
nt|me argent: what do i know except im here and NS are playing in the finals|pg||
pc|sT|nt|reisig: nice job|pg||
nt|csimon: 3@h X could have produced 500 but this is more impressive|pg||
nt|vugraph9: I've lost the kibitzer who was handing me the players' notes, so don't know what Michael wrote about 2NT|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|reisig: make 6 ..if AK of trumps are singleton:)))))|pg||
nt|csimon: if trumps are 3-0 he must find the @cJ|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Rosenberg: "RDBL show 3?" Meck: "yes"|pg||
pc|sA|nt|me argent: avery well done by NS|pg||
pc|s2|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|c2|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c6|pc|c4|pc|c8|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c7|nt|reisig: I would prob be -550|pg||
pc|c9|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|hA|pc|hJ|pc|h3|pc|h4|pg||
pc|h6|mc|9|pg||
qx|o16|st||md|2SAT63HQJ5DQTCJ975,SKQ74HK84DA952CKT,S985HAT972D863C62,SJ2H63DKJ74CAQ843|sv|e|nt|vugraph7: Cayne: "Sorry, I could have passed"|pg||
nt|gerben42: This is the last board of the segment. Thanks to our excellent operator Kevin Perkins!|pg||
nt|gerben42: Also thanks to my fellow commentators David Burn, Jakob Kristinsson, Michael Barel, Henri Schweizer, Walter Johnson and Roland Wald.|pg||
mb|1N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|gerben42: Finally thanks to the ACBL and Rick Beye who has been instrumental in organising this broadcast. |pg||
pc|hT|nt|icecold: need a lot of good guessing now|pg||
nt|gerben42: ah I hear Kevin is directing, our operator is Jan Martel, thanks :)|pg||
nt|dburn: well, this was another nearly ambitious contract|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h5|pc|hK|pg||
nt|dburn: although declarer could have made it, if they had given out the hand records before the end of play|pg||
nt|Walddk2: But thanks to Kevin anyway. He has been training all our new operators during the week|pg||
nt|bigtrain: actually a pretty good result in the closed room|pg||
nt|Walddk2: And getting things started and other such things, too|pg||
nt|gerben42: 26 HCP, well done pard only one down :)|pg||
nt|dburn: seems odd that it went down only one, though|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c2|pc|c3|pc|c5|pg||
nt|icecold: yes|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c6|pc|cA|pc|c7|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|cJ|pc|s4|pc|s5|pg||
nt|dburn: declarer may have formed the view that the heart lead was from four cards|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sA|pc|s7|pc|s8|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Play will resume in .... well, let's say 15-20 mins. I will announce the restart in a public broadcast|pg||
pc|c9|pc|d2|pc|d3|pc|c4|pg||
nt|dburn: and played on spades, to reduce the amount of luck he would need in the minors|pg||
pc|hQ|nt|icecold: D 2 and 3 imps lead for Nickell|pg||
pc|h4|nt|gerben42: might be more than 1 down here|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h6|pg||
nt|icecold: or not !!!|pg||
nt|bigtrain: oops|pg||
nt|gerben42: he didn't...|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Thanks to all our spectators for coming and for all the useful information we got|pg||
nt|Walddk2: I am sure you will come back later|pg||
nt|gerben42: see - he didn't|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Bye for now|pg||
nt|dburn: goodbye|pg||
nt|icecold: bye|pg||
nt|vugraph7: Sorry, I missed a trick. it was heart, heart to ace, claim|pg||
nt|ritong: merci a tous:)|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|c16|st||md|2SAT63HQJ5DQTCJ975,SKQ74HK84DA952CKT,S985HAT972D863C62,SJ2H63DKJ74CAQ843|sv|e|mb|1C|mb|p|nt|hedyg: last board for now!|pg||
nt|hedyg: our thanks to our hardworking operator in Chicago,Catalina Robles,great job!!|pg||
nt|me argent: and another declarer unfriendly hand|pg||
nt|hedyg: to my brilliant co-commentators John Comyn, Ed Shapiro, John Plaut and Joey Silver:)|pg||
mb|1S|nt|granguru: Yea greetings to Catalina Robles|pg||
nt|vugraph9: thx!!|pg||
nt|hedyg: and to the ACBL for their support, especially to Rick Beye who was instrumental in organising these broadcasts|pg||
nt|me argent: well done Cat|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|nt|pef: a very marginal slam, but down by 38 in the last quarter, perhaps they will try (and fail)|pg||
mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|nt|othered1: 1C= 14+ with @C, or 15+ balanced.|pg||
mb|p|nt|reisig: welcome Joey "next" Silver|pg||
mb|p|nt|me argent: salut everyone|pg||
nt|hedyg: we will be back in about 40 minutes|pg||
nt|granguru: 1- probably|pg||
nt|hedyg: 1@s= no majors|pg||
pc|h9|nt|granguru: hard to get both minors correct...need a @c finesse at first turn|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hJ|nt|me argent: carol@H|pg||
nt|me argent: 0 or 2 higher|pg||
pc|hK|pg||
nt|csimon: hi Joey @h|pg||
nt|me argent: richie@H|pg||
nt|othered1: Hi, Joey|pg||
nt|reisig: he speeds up the claims|pg||
nt|fabsayc: played from the safe side, 4H by zia would be in danger|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Zia: "you can tell him whether 3@d showed a club stopper" Rosenberg: "I told him it did" |pg||
nt|granguru: -2 probably|pg||
nt|me argent: not one of my preferred conventions|pg||
nt|hedyg: no way to guess this setup!|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s5|pc|sJ|pc|sA|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h4|nt|hedyg: limiting the losses|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h6|pg||
pc|hT|pc|d4|pc|h5|pc|h8|pg||
pc|h7|nt|csimon: they played fast for Joey!|pg||
nt|vugraph9: Rosenberg "diamond finesse for 6" Meck "5"|pg||
nt|me argent: NEXT|pg||
nt|reisig: night ...all|pg||
nt|csimon: sweet dreams Richie|pg||
pc|c3|pc|s3|pc|d2|pg||
nt|vugraph9: see u in about 30 min =) bye|pg||
nt|hedyg: thanks to all specs for joining! hope you enjoyed the show:)|pg||
nt|othered1: bye everyone!|pg||
nt|hedyg: and ty for the helpful messages!|pg||
nt|hedyg: bye for now!|pg||
mc|8|pg||
