vg|2009 USBC A Semi Final,Segment 1 of 8,I,1,15,Nickell,0,Fleisher,0|
rs|4SS=,3SS=,5HWx-2,4HW=,2HE+4,5DSx-4,2SW=,2SW=,3NN=,3NN+1,3NW=,3NW=,4HN-1,5CNx-1,3DS+1,4SN+1,4SW+1,4SE-1,6HW=,6HE=,5CSx-1,5SW=,4HS-1,2DE-1,4NE+2,4NE+1,2NW-2,PASS,3HN-1,3SE-1|
pn|Meckstroth,Ekeblad,Rodwell,Weichsel,Kamil,Hamman,Fleisher,Zia|pg||
qx|o1|st||md|3SQJ9763H87DAQCA76,SK52HAKQT6D753CT3,SA84HJ543DK82CJ92,STH92DJT964CKQ854|sv|o|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|2H|nt|dimi: hier gehen 3nt auf N-S, da der @h Expass steht|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: 2@d = 0-4 mit 6er OF|pg||
mb|2S|nt|vugraphzqs: Wenn man diesen Imprückstand aufholen will, müsste man vielleicht über Partie nachdenken|pg||
mb|d!|mb|3C|mb|4S|mb|p|nt|dimi: Joefri hat maximum, für Roland schwer darauf zu spekulieren|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|dimi: Entschuldigung, JoeFr = Jörg Fritsche|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h3|nt|Walddk6: Willkommen zu Martin Wüst|pg||
nt|dimi: Hallo Martin|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: Hi Martin|pg||
nt|desert: Hallo allerseits|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: Chance auf Imps vertan.|pg||
pc|h2|nt|dimi: verständlich|pg||
pc|h7|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h4|pc|h9|pc|h8|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d2|nt|dimi: @d Schnapper für +1|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dA|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d5|pc|d8|pc|d4|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s2|pc|s4|pc|sT|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|s8|mc|10|pg||
qx|c1|st||md|3SQJ9763H87DAQCA76,SK52HAKQT6D753CT3,SA84HJ543DK82CJ92,STH92DJT964CKQ854|sv|o|nt|jcwla: White Plains has a population of only about 57,000, but many famous people have passed through, from John Jay to Alan Alda, from J.C. Penney to Tupac Shakur.|pg||
nt|cindy:  always interesting when two strong personalities have to compromise|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|snorris: A 4@s to start with|pg||
mb|1S|nt|snorris: might not get bid though|pg||
mb|2H|mb|2S|mb|d!|an|responsive|nt|barnets: 4@S makes on spade lie|pg||
nt|snorris: will south invite?|pg||
mb|3S!|an|competitive|nt|cindy:  should i think|pg||
nt|barnets: zia x for the minors|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|jcwla: Looks like a purely competitive 3@S which will not invite Fleisher to bid on.|pg||
nt|barnets: a non vul game slightly worse than a finesse|pg||
nt|snorris: right|pg||
nt|barnets: no charge to n/s|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h3|pc|h9|pc|h7|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h4|pc|h2|pc|h8|pg||
pc|d7|pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|dQ|pg||
nt|cindy:  did zia ask for @d shift ?|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d8|pc|d6|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|sA|pc|sT|pg||
pc|dK|nt|snorris: playing "safe"|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|o2|st||md|4S95H75DAJ7653CAK3,SAJ3HAQT3D82CJT64,ST72HKJDKQT94C985,SKQ864H98642DCQ72|sv|n|nt|dimi: Martin bald müssen wir auch gegen die Doktoren antreten ;-)|pg||
mb|2N!|an|weak, both Majors|mb|3D|nt|desert: :-)|pg||
mb|4H|nt|desert: Guter Anschauungsunterricht.....|pg||
mb|5D|nt|desert: In der 1. Halbzeit haben sie vor allem sehr gut verteidigt und dem Gegner immer vor Probleme gestellt|pg||
mb|p|nt|desert: den|pg||
nt|dimi: gutes Ergebnis aus dem Closed für Bamberg, 4@s ist nicht trivial denke ich|pg||
mb|p|nt|Walddk6: Willkommen zu Jochen Bitschene|pg||
mb|5H|nt|badjunior: hallo zusammen|pg||
nt|dimi: Hallo Jochen|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|nt|desert: Stimmt, aber nach diesem Reizstart und mit 50 IMPs hinten wird Roland sicherlich auch nach 4 Sp kommen...|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: hallo|pg||
nt|Walddk6: Hallo Jan|pg||
nt|dimi: Hallo Jan|pg||
mb|p|nt|janhamhurg: doch sehr deutlich, hatte mich auf ein bißchen mehr Spannung gefreut|pg||
nt|badjunior: einmal mehr das beste ausspiel.|pg||
mb|p|pc|dK|pc|h2|pc|dJ|pc|d2|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h5|nt|dimi: nun schnell @c A auf den Tisch|pg||
nt|badjunior: nein. trumpf zurück treff durch und karo ist am stärksten|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: noch ein pik und ein treff-aus die maus |pg||
pc|hQ|pc|hK|pg||
pc|c9|pc|c2|pc|cK|pc|c4|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c6|pc|c5|pc|c7|pg||
pc|c3|nt|dimi: so gibts keine Chance|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: jetzt hilft nur c 33|pg||
nt|dimi: warum eigentlich?|pg||
nt|dimi: @h fallen aus|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c8|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h7|pc|hT|nt|dimi: =|pg||
pc|hJ|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c2|st||md|4S95H75DAJ7653CAK3,SAJ3HAQT3D82CJT64,ST72HKJDKQT94C985,SKQ864H98642DCQ72|sv|n|nt|snorris: 4 @hs|pg||
nt|snorris: e-w|pg||
mb|p|nt|snorris: again on few points|pg||
mb|1D|an|usually 5 i believe|mb|d|nt|jcwla: No @C ruff so just have to bring @H's in for one loser.|pg||
nt|barnets: nickell take lead on board 1|pg||
nt|barnets: bidding the game|pg||
nt|snorris: now they will probably bid it|pg||
nt|snorris: e-w|pg||
nt|snorris: after the double|pg||
mb|2N!|an|limit+|mb|4D|nt|barnets: n/s are 500 down in 5@D|pg||
nt|snorris: 4@d : pick major|pg||
nt|barnets: souths 3 doubletons are a -|pg||
nt|barnets: two|pg||
nt|barnets: doubletons|pg||
nt|jcwla: Looks like auction was entered incorrectly in OR but apparently the South hand chose 3@C over E's responsive double rather than Kamil's choice of 3 ("I just have six") @S's.|pg||
mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|nt|barnets: the problem with the safet in hearts|pg||
nt|barnets: is that n/s might find a club ruff|pg||
nt|jstokes: they are playing the same boards|pg||
nt|barnets: if south has @HKxx|pg||
mb|p|nt|snorris: Hamman will be slightly surprised that 4 @hs wins|pg||
nt|barnets: correct play is the @HAand then low from dummy|pg||
pc|dK|nt|snorris: not a very good hand to double on|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: hamman asks about leads...k is standard|pg||
nt|barnets: but i thnk he will play HA|pg||
nt|snorris: think so too|pg||
nt|barnets: because he doesnt want to lose a club ruff when north wins the heart king|pg||
pc|h2|pc|d3|pc|d8|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h5|nt|barnets: in the other room n/s bid 5@H over 5@D|pg||
pc|hA|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|hK|pc|h6|pc|h7|pg||
nt|barnets: a judgement error|pg||
pc|c9|pc|c2|pc|cK|pc|c4|pg||
pc|cA|mc|10|pg||
qx|o3|st||md|1SJ6H763DAT9732CJ8,SKQ8743H85D4CAKQ4,SA95HKJDQ865C7632,ST2HAQT942DKJCT95|sv|e|mb|p|mb|2C!|an|clubs or spades + clubs I think|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sJ|pc|sK|nt|vugraphzqs: kleines technisches Problem hier|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: werde die Scores nachtragen|pg||
nt|desert: Wer es noch nicht weiss: Unter http://www.merlin-liveticker.de/Offene%20Team%202009/09_06_05_dma.html gibt es einen Liveticker zur Deutschen Team...mit allen Einzelergebnissen, ...|pg||
nt|desert: Boardzetteln usw.|pg||
pc|sA|nt|desert: Wie üblich gibts in der letzten Runde einen spannenden Kampf um einen Top 10 Platz|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: jetzt|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: wieder ein jump in 6 tr|pg||
pc|s2|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|hQ|nt|janhamhurg: mit 7 5 ist das ein spielvorschlag?|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h8|pg||
mc|12|pg||
qx|c3|st||md|1SJ6H763DAT9732CJ8,SKQ8743H85D4CAKQ4,SA95HKJDQ865C7632,ST2HAQT942DKJCT95|sv|e|nt|snorris: 5@ds is a good bid ..hard to double|pg||
nt|jcwla: A common agreement is that when dummy hits with a singleton or void in pd's led suit, third hand's card is suit preference: high for high side suit, low for low, and middle for ...|pg||
nt|jcwla: continuation (or trumps).|pg||
mb|3D|mb|3S|nt|barnets: so nickell makes a vey fast start|pg||
nt|snorris: e-w can win up to 11 tricks in @hs|pg||
mb|5D|nt|jcwla: Aggressive 3@D here on flat shape, but white on red with 2 opps to jam up and only 1 pd.|pg||
mb|d|nt|snorris: this is 800|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cQ|pc|c2|pc|c5|pc|c8|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c3|pc|c9|pc|cJ|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|sT|pc|s6|pg||
nt|jcwla: Kamil-Fleisher play a 2@D opening as a VERY weak two in either major, so 2@D not available as a natural preempt.|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: kamil asking hamman if pass would be forcing.  it would be, he says|pg||
nt|barnets: in the other room e/w have a disaster on this board passing out 2@H|pg||
nt|snorris: Hamman and Zia getting a brilliant start|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dK|pc|dA|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d9|pc|s3|pc|d5|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sJ|nt|barnets: im not sure if it was a system mistake but the bidding wnet 2c P 2@H all pass|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s5|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|o4|st||md|2ST32HAK7D852CKJ97,SAQ8765H653DJCAQ4,SK9HJ9DAT963CT863,SJ4HQT842DKQ74C52|sv|b|nt|janhamhurg: ja|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: War @d oder beide OF|pg||
mb|1S!|an|4+!s could be canope|nt|janhamhurg: danke|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|janhamhurg: 2 asse und aus|pg||
pc|c6|nt|desert: Hm, die nächsten beiden boards liefern erstmal keine Möglichkeit für eine Aufholjagd.....vielmehr könnte Board 17 den Vorsprung weiter vergrößern|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cJ|nt|desert: Dieses Board hier ist der Langweiler schlechthin :)|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: Man beachte Michaels Erstrundenpass|pg||
pc|cQ|pg||
pc|cA|nt|janhamhurg: aber jörg spielt- also noch 6 sekunden|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c5|nt|dimi: wird sicher schnell geclaimed|pg||
nt|desert: Joefri bereitet schon den claim vor.....|pg||
pc|c7|pg||
nt|dimi: +2?|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: @h8 war ein Entree|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: paul, das war einer zu viel|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: Schnell, Gut, Joefri|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c8|pc|s4|pc|c9|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s2|pc|s5|pc|sK|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d4|pc|d2|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|hQ|pc|hK|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h5|pc|h9|pc|h2|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h6|pc|s9|pc|h4|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c4|st||md|2ST32HAK7D852CKJ97,SAQ8765H653DJCAQ4,SK9HJ9DAT963CT863,SJ4HQT842DKQ74C52|sv|b|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N!|an|forcing|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|nt|barnets: not the strat fleisher needed although it is a very long match|pg||
mb|p|pc|c6|nt|barnets: 8 sets of 15 boards|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|dA|pc|d4|pc|d2|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|hQ|pc|hK|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h5|pc|h9|pc|h2|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h6|pc|s9|pc|h4|pg||
nt|jcwla: Final will also be 120 boards, in the USA2 series semis and finals will each be 90 boards.|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c5|pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
nt|snorris: ace of @s and 9 tricks|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c8|pc|s4|pc|c7|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|sK|pg||
nt|snorris: ok then ..8 tricks|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o5|st||md|3SQ9643HQ64D7CJT97,ST852HT93DT85C643,SJ7HAK7DAKJ96CAK8,SAKHJ852DQ432CQ52|sv|n|nt|dimi: ach hat alle @c auf @d versenkt|pg||
nt|desert: nein...5 Abwürfe auf die Dia.....|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: oder alle tr auf karo? wow|pg||
mb|1C!|an|STR, ART, F|mb|p|mb|1D!|nt|desert: Schöner Paarturnierscore :)|pg||
mb|p|nt|janhamhurg: hier könnte man in 2-3 coeur stehen bleiben|pg||
mb|2H!|an|!hs or str, bal|mb|p|nt|desert: Ich prophezeie mal, dass die Doktoren im Teilkontrakt stehenbleiben werden.....|pg||
mb|2S!|an|forced|mb|p|mb|2N!|an|24-26|mb|p|mb|3H!|nt|dimi: hmm|pg||
nt|desert: ups....|pg||
mb|p|nt|janhamhurg: das 5. coeur war zu mächtig|pg||
mb|3S|mb|p|mb|3N|nt|dimi: meinst Du sie erfüllen Martin?|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: und n s müssen schnell 4 stiche nehmen|pg||
nt|desert: AD in Pik am Tisch macht Angst.....also muss man wohl Treff riskieren|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: schwierig für fritsche|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h2|pc|h4|nt|janhamhurg: elegante lösung|pg||
pc|h9|pc|hK|pg||
pc|cK|nt|dimi: ja|pg||
pc|c2|nt|vugraphzqs: So ist der Alleinspieler auch down, wenn Nord @sK und @dD hat|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: Raucherpause hier.|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: könig ausspiel fragt nach länge oder pos/neg?|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: Ass ist für Attitude|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: bei König steht nichts |pg||
nt|janhamhurg: dann war das risky, aber erfolgreich!|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: so ein bißchen ist die luft raus, deutliche Führung auch um platz 3, den sich vermutlich team Maybach sichern wird|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: Spieler kommen zurück|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c6|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c5|pc|c9|pc|c4|pg||
pc|c8|pc|cQ|pc|cT|pc|c3|pg||
pc|h5|pc|hQ|pc|hT|pc|h7|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|d8|pc|d6|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d7|pc|dT|pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c5|st||md|3SQ9643HQ64D7CJT97,ST852HT93DT85C643,SJ7HAK7DAKJ96CAK8,SAKHJ852DQ432CQ52|sv|n|nt|snorris: 3nt n-s|pg||
nt|barnets: nice north hand|pg||
nt|snorris: 23hp|pg||
mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2D!|an|0-1 controls + no good five card suit|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3H!|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|nt|haans: NO @h good card|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|barnets: heart lead is best|pg||
nt|jcwla: not a beautiful hand to lead from |pg||
pc|sK|nt|snorris: hmm..unorthodox lead|pg||
nt|barnets: now declarer has 9 sure tricks by knocking out the!A an @C Q|pg||
nt|barnets: @SA|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|s7|pg||
nt|snorris: guess Zia will play @ds now|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d7|pc|dT|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s2|pg||
pc|h8|pc|h4|pc|h3|nt|snorris: at last.. the right lead|pg||
pc|hA|pg||
nt|jcwla: third time's the charm|pg||
nt|snorris: 10 tricks |pg||
pc|cA|pc|c5|pc|c7|pc|c3|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c2|pc|c9|pc|c6|pg||
nt|jcwla: Board 4 a push at 2@S making, at this point they'll take it.|pg||
pc|c8|pc|cQ|mc|10|nt|barnets: and east did lead aheart in the other room so maybe fleisher might win an imp or so to get on the scoresheet|pg||
pg||
qx|o6|st||md|4SK9862HT9DQT7CQJ6,SQT7HAK763DK8CA84,SJHQJ8542D953CK97,SA543HDAJ642CT532|sv|e|nt|janhamhurg: spannung aber um die plätze dahinter- da entscheidet jedes board um einen platz|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|janhamhurg: über die DBV Seite auf die Ergebnisse- da tut sich etwas|pg||
mb|1N|nt|desert: ja..nur 6 VP zwischen Platz 5 und Platz 10....da ändert jedes Board die Reihenfolge|pg||
nt|dimi: 5 in UF auf N-S geht nicht weil zwei @h unf @d K rausgehen|pg||
nt|desert: direkter Link http://www.merlin-liveticker.de/Offene%20Team%202009/09_06_05_dma.html|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: Diskussionen über schlechtes Mineralwasser|pg||
mb|p|mb|2C|nt|janhamhurg: aber der 2. Faller ist komisch|pg||
nt|dimi: selbstmatt?|pg||
nt|badjunior: smirnov hat @D zum ass und karo gespielt.|pg||
nt|badjunior: ohne alle trümpfe zu ziehen.|pg||
nt|desert: Man beachte, dass man dort durch Anklicken der Imps auf die Ergebnislisten des jeweiligen Kampfes kommt und durch das Anklicken der Boardnummer dann zu den Verteilungen|pg||
nt|badjunior: in 5 @C allerdings|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: ok kostet 3- kleines malheure|pg||
mb|p|nt|desert: Wie stark ist der NT von NS? |pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: Entscho: "Kuckuck"|pg||
mb|2H|an|alerted by east|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|vugraphzqs: Entscho packt die Karten ein|pg||
pc|h5|pc|s3|pc|h9|pc|hA|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d3|pc|d2|pc|d7|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d5|pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h3|pc|hQ|pc|s4|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|c2|pc|s6|pc|hK|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h8|pc|c3|pc|s8|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c5|pc|cJ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|h6|pc|h2|pc|cT|pc|s2|pg||
pc|s7|pc|sJ|pc|sA|pc|s9|pg||
pc|dA|pc|dT|mc|9|pg||
qx|c6|st||md|4SK9862HT9DQT7CQJ6,SQT7HAK763DK8CA84,SJHQJ8542D953CK97,SA543HDAJ642CT532|sv|e|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|nt|snorris: e-w will bid 3nt eventually|pg||
mb|2D!|an|1 major|mb|p|nt|snorris: will Zia wait and take out double?|pg||
nt|barnets: zia knows its hearts|pg||
mb|2H!|an|p/c|nt|snorris: seems like it|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|snorris: and double|pg||
mb|3H!|nt|snorris: no..|pg||
mb|p|mb|3N|nt|barnets: he did not wan to defend 2@HX|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|snorris: no|pg||
nt|Walddk4: Not much in it when it comes to watching either Meckwell or Zia-Hamman. 900 at both tables, But you can do better than that, because .....|pg||
nt|Walddk4: http://www.bbotv.com/vugraph/  for BBO-TV. Watch the play in all vugraph rooms at the same time, even while playing or in the lobby. No download needed. Some need Flash Player 10, ...|pg||
nt|Walddk4: most don't. Open one browser window per table|pg||
nt|snorris: and rightly so|pg||
nt|barnets: yes fleisher on the board|pg||
pc|h5|nt|barnets: so hamman has 8 tricks after losing a @D and need a ninth|pg||
nt|snorris: has to be played carefully|pg||
nt|snorris: cant duck aheart|pg||
nt|snorris: ..I think|pg||
nt|barnets: not so clear|pg||
nt|snorris: @cs are 3-3 so he might be able to do that|pg||
nt|barnets: but he cerainly makes by winning and playing diamonds|pg||
nt|barnets: he can then set up his spade as his ninth trick|pg||
nt|snorris: thats for sure as the cards are |pg||
pc|c2|pc|h9|nt|barnets: I cant see a def to beat him if he ducks|pg||
nt|barnets: im sure the specs would have told me|pg||
nt|snorris: :)|pg||
pc|hK|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d3|pc|d2|pc|d7|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d5|pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pg||
nt|snorris: think west has to duck @cs 2 times if south plays @cs but thats academic now|pg||
nt|barnets: anyway hes taking the line we can see works|pg||
pc|hT|nt|barnets: in the other room dec ducked the second heart|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: now hamman is asking kamil a question: they don't play smitrh|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: *smith|pg||
nt|snorris: still tempting to duck|pg||
nt|barnets: that would give def 2 tricks and if they play clubs dec can set up the long club|pg||
nt|snorris: and if he does, he has to duck @cs twice|pg||
nt|snorris: to keep entry for the @h trick and raise @c trick|pg||
pc|hA|nt|barnets: sorry he pitched a club no long club|pg||
pc|h2|pc|s3|pg||
pc|s7|pc|sJ|nt|snorris: oh..|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s2|pg||
pc|dA|pc|dT|pc|c4|pc|d9|pg||
pc|d4|pc|s6|pc|c8|pc|c7|pg||
pc|d6|mc|9|nt|snorris: so he closes his eyes and hopes for sp king ins|pg||
nt|snorris: s|pg||
nt|barnets: so flat both decs made it|pg||
pg||
qx|o7|st||md|1S953HT4DKJT7CAQJ9,SKT8HAK2DA9632C54,SAHQ87653D5CKT632,SQJ7642HJ9DQ84C87|sv|b|mb|1D!|mb|p|nt|janhamhurg: ok ein bißchen action|pg||
nt|desert: Die Boards werden den Bambergern gefallen bisher...keine wilden Freaks, bei denen büschelweise IMPs verloren oder gewonnen werden können|pg||
nt|badjunior: die hände haben kein potential für eine aufholjagd|pg||
mb|1H!|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|nt|desert: Joefri versucht mal was....3 Cl wird sicherlich drüben NICHT eröffnet ;-)|pg||
nt|dimi: bumm|pg||
nt|desert: X jetzt|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: nun doch aus dem nichts|pg||
nt|badjunior: jetzt vielleicht mit einem kleinen kontra|pg||
mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sQ|nt|dimi: 500-800 wäre ein Anfang|pg||
nt|badjunior: 800 aus dem nichts....|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s8|pc|sA|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: persönlich gefällt mir das 3 c nicht- aber was denkt ihr?|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d8|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
pc|sK|pc|h3|pc|s7|pc|s5|pg||
nt|desert: in weiss gegen rot durchaus eine Option...insbesondere bei - 45 |pg||
pc|h5|pc|hJ|pc|h4|nt|badjunior: sicherlich kein buchgebot, aber in der aktuellen situation mehr als probat|pg||
pc|h2|pg||
pc|c8|pc|cA|nt|janhamhurg: lol ich meine das 3 coeur|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c2|pg||
pc|hT|pc|hA|pc|h6|pc|h9|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c7|st||md|1S953HT4DKJT7CAQJ9,SKT8HAK2DA9632C54,SAHQ87653D5CKT632,SQJ7642HJ9DQ84C87|sv|b|nt|jcwla: In the OR W's @H6 became good...|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|nt|snorris: a very nice 4@hs here|pg||
mb|2H!|an|!h+ minor|mb|2S|nt|snorris: dont think it will be bid though|pg||
mb|2N|an|minor ask|nt|jcwla: As Lewis Grizzard said, "Been down so long it looks like up to me."  After those first three boards, Fleisher will gladly settle for a 1-IMP gain on these last three.|pg||
mb|p|mb|3C|mb|3S|nt|snorris: 4@cs is ok too|pg||
nt|barnets: yes it appears the def had a better chance to beat 3N in the other room|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|barnets: when the dec ducked the heart|pg||
mb|4C|mb|p|nt|snorris: what happened then|pg||
mb|p|nt|snorris: more @h?|pg||
mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|nt|barnets: now 4@S is down 2|pg||
nt|jcwla: first @H was won, @DK and losing @D finesse, then @HT back and overtaken by Rodwell, then Ekeblad forced out the @H8 to set up the @H6 on power.|pg||
nt|snorris: this is -2 ..at least|pg||
nt|barnets: 5@C is down1|pg||
mb|5C|mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|snorris: Still getting the best of it Zia and Hamman|pg||
nt|barnets: we can see only eight tricks in spades but the clubs are 2-2 and the @DQ is with east|pg||
nt|tjolpe:  Everybode sacrifices against 4 hearts, that was never bid!|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|barnets: so perhaps south a little unfortunate|pg||
nt|snorris: and went down in open room|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s8|pc|sA|pg||
nt|snorris: how?|pg||
nt|barnets: rodwell gave up on trying to make 4@H by leading a trump from hand|pg||
nt|tjolpe:  Strange|pg||
nt|barnets: he thought it unlikely clubs were 2-2 and HAK were onside|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hJ|pc|h4|pc|h2|pg||
nt|tjolpe:  Yeah|pg||
nt|barnets: and it was very unlikely --- they just were|pg||
pc|c7|pc|cQ|pc|c4|pc|c2|pg||
pc|hT|pc|hK|pc|h7|pc|h9|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o8|st||md|2SKQHQTDKT98753C74,S76HK9743DA62C852,SAT9843HA52DCAQ96,SJ52HJ86DQJ4CKJT3|sv|o|nt|badjunior: 3 @C war nicht so probat.|pg||
nt|badjunior: @H mein´ich|pg||
mb|p|nt|janhamhurg: gut, dann bin ich beruhigt- also 3 tr war mal einen versuch wert, 3 coeur war scheußlich|pg||
nt|desert: 3 He hätte ich nicht gereizt...die Verteilung und die UF Haltungen gefallen mir nicht|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|an|f1|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|3D!|an|not invitational|nt|badjunior: rops hat die karos sehr zeilsicher behandelt und einen stich gescenkt bekommen, |pg||
mb|p|nt|badjunior: bei 3! -1 sind wieder 5 IMPs weg|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|h3|pc|h2|pc|hJ|pc|hQ|pg||
nt|badjunior: ich vermute allerdings, dass Entscho die Karos auch finden wird.|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: und die coeurs auch|pg||
nt|desert: ja, einige Indizien dafür nach der Reizung|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: dann sind es 10|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dA|pc|s3|pc|d4|pg||
pc|hK|pc|hA|pc|h6|nt|desert: Der Rops hatte es schwerer......|pg||
pc|hT|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s2|pc|sK|pc|s6|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d2|pc|s8|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|h8|mc|10|pg||
qx|c8|st||md|2SKQHQTDKT98753C74,S76HK9743DA62C852,SAT9843HA52DCAQ96,SJ52HJ86DQJ4CKJT3|sv|o|nt|barnets: so Nickell gain 3 more |pg||
mb|p|nt|snorris: 4@s a likly contract|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|nt|jcwla: Welland 20 Robinson 4 in the early going of the other semi.|pg||
mb|3D!|an|natural invitational|nt|barnets: a trump lead would seem best against 4@S|pg||
mb|p|nt|snorris: it sure is|pg||
nt|barnets: not what north wanted to hear|pg||
nt|snorris: north not liking it|pg||
mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|jcwla: Do you like the 3@D call?|pg||
pc|cJ|nt|snorris: nah,..|pg||
nt|barnets: now dec can make 11|pg||
pc|c4|nt|snorris: if 2@ds followed by 3 is gf then..|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cQ|pg||
nt|barnets: dont know if it would make on a trump lead|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c3|pc|c7|pc|c5|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cT|pc|sQ|pc|c8|pg||
pc|dT|nt|barnets: If south had long diamonds and a doubleton spade|pg||
nt|snorris: only 9 tricks on trump lead I think|pg||
nt|barnets: he was likely to have a ruffing value|pg||
nt|barnets: I think a trump was right|pg||
nt|snorris: first mistake from a well-playing e-w|pg||
nt|barnets: zia is normally an excellent opening leader|pg||
nt|snorris: allways easy from our point of view..:)|pg||
pc|d2|pc|s4|pc|d4|pg||
pc|c9|pc|cK|nt|barnets: and this will be a decent swing to fleisher|pg||
pc|sK|pc|h3|pg||
nt|barnets: in the other room playing 3@D|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d6|pc|s3|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|d3|pc|s6|pg||
pc|sT|pc|sJ|pc|d5|pc|s7|pg||
pc|s5|pc|d7|pc|h4|pc|s8|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|hT|nt|barnets: the specs tell me it can make on a trump if dec reads it right|pg||
pc|hK|pg||
mc|11|nt|snorris: ok|pg||
pg||
qx|o9|st||md|3S82H98653DKJ97CJ6,SKJ4HAKQ7DQ84CA52,SQ97HT42DAT62CKT8,SAT653HJD53CQ9743|sv|e|mb|p|nt|janhamhurg: das ist flach|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D!|mb|d|nt|dimi: aufwühlende Boards ... ein paar Freaks täten sicher gut|pg||
mb|1S!|mb|d|mb|2D|mb|3D|mb|d|mb|4C|nt|badjunior: stimmt. aber auch hier könnten wieder 5 IMPS rüberwandern|pg||
nt|desert: 2 He just ist allerdings ein prima Board für OW.......|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: In 24 müssen Piekarek-Smirnov zu hoch kommen|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: für einen kleinen Hoffnungsschimmer von Ludewig|pg||
mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dA|pc|d3|pc|d7|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d5|pc|dK|pc|d8|pg||
pc|h5|pc|h7|pc|h2|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|sK|pc|s7|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s9|pc|s5|pc|s8|pg||
pc|s4|pc|sQ|pc|sA|mc|11|pg||
qx|c9|st||md|3S82H98653DKJ97CJ6,SKJ4HAKQ7DQ84CA52,SQ97HT42DAT62CKT8,SAT653HJD53CQ9743|sv|e|nt|snorris: raising @ds maybe?|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|snorris: nah..|pg||
mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|nt|snorris: a lucky 4@s e-w|pg||
mb|3C!|nt|barnets: a lot of notes on this seq zia told me|pg||
mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|jcwla: In the OR, apparently Meckstroth has opened the South hand 1@D.  Action ensuing.|pg||
nt|barnets: if south lead @D he will have to guess trumps|pg||
nt|snorris: :)|pg||
pc|d7|nt|snorris: my smily was for Meckstroth|pg||
nt|barnets: if north plays the 10|pg||
nt|barnets: if he plays th A he has 4 club discards|pg||
pc|d4|nt|Vugraphu7: zia is told they lead 3rd/low|pg||
nt|jcwla: Hmm...Kamil-Fleisher's system summary says 3rd and 5th against suit.|pg||
nt|snorris: so the 10 is enough|pg||
nt|barnets: the proble m with third is you cannot read the 9|pg||
nt|barnets: I hate third|pg||
nt|snorris: oh .3..|pg||
nt|barnets: as can nevr tell if partner has an honour|pg||
nt|barnets: north has no idea what to do I think|pg||
nt|snorris: no cannot be sure now as south played .4|pg||
nt|snorris: best|pg||
nt|snorris: 4. best|pg||
nt|barnets: a spec suggested the J lead im ok with that|pg||
nt|barnets: might score a goal|pg||
nt|barnets: the ace will mean he does not need to guess trump|pg||
pc|d6|pc|d3|pg||
nt|barnets: well done|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dQ|nt|barnets: very nice play|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pg||
nt|snorris: so Zia has to sniff out the queen|pg||
pc|d2|pc|s3|pc|dJ|pc|d8|pg||
nt|barnets: zia would normally guess spades but he would like to throw 3 clubs away|pg||
nt|jcwla: A "free roll" now for Fleisher: either 1 IMP or 13.|pg||
nt|barnets: playing to the @S K is the percentage|pg||
nt|barnets: as you win with sing SQ|pg||
nt|barnets: if north had @S single he would have to be able to then take 4 heart winners and the @CA to make|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s4|pc|s7|pg||
pc|s5|pc|s8|pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pg||
mc|9|nt|snorris: the nose is failing Zia|pg||
pg||
qx|o10|st||md|4SKQ952H7DT8762C85,ST6HQT432DA9CQ943,S43HJ96DQ543CJT62,SAJ87HAK85DKJCAK7|sv|b|nt|vugraphzqs: 13+11 = 24|pg||
nt|badjunior: die da|pg||
nt|desert: noch ein sehr gutes Board von Ost West|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: fehlen noch 2!|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: an möglichen Impusätzen|pg||
mb|1C!|an|STR, ART, F|mb|1S!|mb|2H!|nt|janhamhurg: ok treff ausspiel gut möglich|pg||
nt|desert: Wenn man den ersten Treff duckt, wohl nicht zu schlagen, da Süd nicht rechtzeitig drankommt, um He durchzuspielen|pg||
mb|p|mb|3H|nt|janhamhurg: und wenn man sofort mit karo beginnt hat man 2 abwürfe|pg||
nt|janhamhurg: wie wäre 5 treff?|pg||
mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|6H|mb|p|nt|janhamhurg: 4tr statt 4 karo gefäält mir etwas besser|pg||
mb|p|nt|dimi: sebst wenn 4@s fallen sollten, würden Team Ludewig noch 14 Imps zum Gleichstand fehlen|pg||
mb|p|pc|s4|pc|sA|nt|badjunior: @D 5 wäre ne idee gewesen. so isses erledigt|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h7|pc|h2|pc|h6|pg||
mc|12|pg||
qx|c10|st||md|4SKQ952H7DT8762C85,ST6HQT432DA9CQ943,S43HJ96DQ543CJT62,SAJ87HAK85DKJCAK7|sv|b|nt|snorris: 23 hp again|pg||
mb|2C|mb|p|nt|Vugraphu7: kamil now saying he should have led the jack|pg||
mb|2D|nt|snorris: this time to Zia|pg||
mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3D!|mb|p|mb|4H!|an|max, 4!h|nt|snorris: 5 @hs on ice|pg||
nt|snorris: 6@hs|pg||
mb|p|nt|snorris: 4@hs probably showing extra strength|pg||
nt|barnets: some play this to show controls in every suit|pg||
nt|snorris: "I will win 4@hs against nothing"|pg||
nt|barnets: no qick 2 losers|pg||
nt|barnets: quick|pg||
nt|barnets: I wonder if Hamman is trying to remember his agreement|pg||
nt|snorris: :)|pg||
nt|barnets: if it does show great controls -- it would seem right to bid|pg||
nt|barnets: zia will be rooting for him to bid|pg||
mb|4S|an|alerted by both|nt|snorris: and off they go...|pg||
mb|p|nt|barnets: maybe thats keycard|pg||
nt|snorris: no stopping now is there?|pg||
mb|5C|an|1/4 keycards|nt|barnets: 1 or 4|pg||
nt|snorris: then they play03-14|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: fleisher circles the 4 on the notepad for zia :)|pg||
mb|p|nt|snorris: hehe|pg||
mb|6H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|barnets: well done|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: zia says he has another bid with a trick source, this shows a max without a trick source (and 4 trumps)|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s6|pc|s3|pc|sA|pg||
nt|snorris: it seems logical that if 4@hs is controls all over then 4@s is rkcb|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h7|mc|12|pg||
qx|o11|st||md|1STHAK8DT8CA976432,SQJ9732HJ7D732CK5,S4HQ543DQJ94CQJT8,SAK865HT962DAK65C|sv|o|nt|dimi: Herzlich Wilkommen zum letzten Teil der Übertragung vom Finale der deutschen Team - im Finale steht Team Bamberg gegen Team Ludewig|pg||
mb|2C!|nt|vugraphzqs: Michael: "Ihr könnt jetzt auf 3-4 Händen den Druck ablassen"|pg||
mb|p|mb|4C|mb|d|mb|5C|mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sQ|pc|s4|nt|dimi: könnte gehen|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sT|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|h3|pc|h6|pc|hA|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c5|pc|cJ|pc|s6|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cK|pc|cT|pc|d5|pg||
pc|h7|nt|dimi: gutes Gegenspiel von den Doktoren|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h9|pc|hK|pg||
pc|c3|pc|d7|pc|cQ|pc|s8|pg||
pc|c8|pc|d6|pc|c9|pc|d3|pg||
pc|c6|pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|sA|pg||
pc|c2|nt|dimi: +1|pg||
pc|s2|pc|d9|pc|sK|pg||
pc|c7|pc|s7|pc|dJ|pc|dA|pg||
pc|d8|pc|s3|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c11|st||md|1STHAK8DT8CA976432,SQJ9732HJ7D732CK5,S4HQ543DQJ94CQJT8,SAK865HT962DAK65C|sv|o|mb|1C!|an|2+|mb|1S|nt|snorris: this will not stop until 5@cs is my guess|pg||
mb|d|nt|barnets: def let a trick go bye|pg||
nt|jcwla: Meckstroth took the 5@C sac here after opening 2@C and being raised to 4.  Ekeblad never led @D's as his pd requested and one of Weichsel's @D's went away in the end.|pg||
nt|barnets: east must have been squeezed in the reds|pg||
mb|2C!|nt|Walddk4: No|pg||
nt|snorris: 4@c bid from Zia seems obvious..|pg||
nt|barnets: dec having @D in hand an hearts in dummy|pg||
nt|jcwla: Had to keep Tx of @H's and come down to just one high @D.|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: looks like zia says this shows diamonds.  hamman has yet to indicate anything|pg||
nt|Walddk4: Was self-inclicted. Most defenders erred when 5@C did not go 2 down|pg||
mb|3C|nt|snorris: but he is maybe angeling for getting to 4@s and being able to play it|pg||
nt|Walddk4: *Both|pg||
mb|p|nt|barnets: zia wants to make more than 1 cue here|pg||
mb|5C|nt|barnets: hes thinking slam|pg||
nt|snorris: and what now?|pg||
mb|5S|nt|snorris: better to have bid 4@cs first time|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|barnets: he will say west should have bid 2@S|pg||
nt|snorris: ok :)|pg||
nt|snorris: and I would agree|pg||
nt|jcwla: Sounds right.|pg||
pc|h4|nt|barnets: south must switch a dimond or its over|pg||
nt|barnets: north gets squeezed|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hK|pc|h7|pg||
pc|hA|pc|hJ|nt|barnets: in the reds|pg||
pc|h3|nt|snorris: right|pg||
pc|h6|pg||
pc|h8|nt|barnets: so south made an error|pg||
nt|barnets: playing too fast|pg||
pc|s7|pc|h5|pc|h9|pg||
nt|Walddk4: Yes, it took a diamond lead at every opportunity by North to break up the squeeze|pg||
pc|c5|pc|cT|pc|sA|pc|c2|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sT|pc|sQ|pc|s4|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c8|pc|s8|pc|c3|pg||
pc|sK|pc|c4|pc|s2|pc|d4|pg||
pc|s6|mc|11|nt|Vugraphu7: kamil apologizes|pg||
nt|barnets: that was a big swing|pg||
nt|barnets: 8 out instead of 4 in |pg||
nt|jcwla: So two straight boards in which defenders have left their partners out to dry.  |pg||
nt|barnets: and e/w dropped trick in 5@cX|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: quick break here|pg||
nt|jcwla: White Plains is a very nice place, quite well-to-do.  It is sometimes called "The City in the Park."|pg||
nt|barnets: the play was very intersting in 5@Cx if you want to review it go to movie and switch rooms|pg||
nt|barnets: Meckstroth did very well|pg||
pg||
qx|o12|st||md|2S85HKQ85DT97CAK64,SK74HAT76DJ54C875,SAQT3HJ943DQ62CQ3,SJ962H2DAK83CJT92|sv|n|mb|p|mb|1D!|mb|p|mb|1H|nt|dimi: 30 Punkte, damit gibt es sicherlich schonmal einen Gedanken an einen Slam|pg||
mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|nt|dimi: um darin chancen zu haben müsste der @d K zunächst einmal im Schnitt sein und noch etwas gutes in @s geschehen|pg||
nt|dimi: beides ist nicht der Fall|pg||
nt|vugraphzqs: 12 Siche gehen bei @dK im Schnitt (nicht zu viert)|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|c5|nt|dimi: richtig Paul|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c9|pc|cA|pg||
pc|hK|nt|vugraphzqs: also knapp unter 50%|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h3|pc|h2|pg||
pc|c8|pc|cQ|pc|c2|pc|c4|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|d3|pc|h5|pc|h6|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dA|pc|d7|pc|d5|pg||
pc|cT|pc|cK|pc|c7|pc|s3|pg||
pc|s5|pc|s4|pc|sQ|pc|s2|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s6|pc|s8|pc|s7|pg||
pc|sT|pc|s9|pc|h8|pc|sK|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d4|pc|d6|pc|dK|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c12|st||md|2S85HKQ85DT97CAK64,SK74HAT76DJ54C875,SAQT3HJ943DQ62CQ3,SJ962H2DAK83CJT92|sv|n|mb|p|nt|snorris: a queeze there too|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1S!|an|tends to be unbal|mb|p|mb|2D|nt|snorris: squeeze..|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dT|nt|snorris: this one Zia will not win..|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d2|pc|dK|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s5|pc|sK|pc|sA|pg||
nt|snorris: but 2-3 @hs in n-s|pg||
nt|barnets: n/s can make a few hearts here|pg||
pc|c3|nt|barnets: Zia "stole"the contract|pg||
pc|cT|pc|cK|pc|c5|pg||
nt|barnets: had the hearts divided would have made 4@H|pg||
pc|d7|pc|d5|pc|d6|pc|d8|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|cA|pc|c7|pc|cQ|pg||
nt|snorris: with both @ds and @ss behaving well|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c8|pc|dQ|pc|c2|pg||
nt|jcwla: This defense is not going into the Kamil-Fleisher highlight reel.|pg||
nt|snorris: agressive Meckwell bidding 4 of course..|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s6|pc|s8|pc|s4|pg||
pc|s3|pc|sJ|pc|d9|pc|s7|pg||
mc|7|nt|snorris: saved some of their pride n-s|pg||
pg||
qx|o13|st||md|3ST87HQT4D97653CJ7,S32HAK3DQJ2CAQ864,SK96H8762DKTCT952,SAQJ54HJ95DA84CK3|sv|b|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|4S!|an|Good quantitative 4NT|mb|p|mb|4N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d5|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pc|d8|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d4|pc|d3|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pc|sJ|pc|s7|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c7|pc|cQ|pc|c2|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sQ|pc|s8|pg||
pc|sA|pc|sT|mc|12|pg||
qx|c13|st||md|3ST87HQT4D97653CJ7,S32HAK3DQJ2CAQ864,SK96H8762DKTCT952,SAQJ54HJ95DA84CK3|sv|b|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|4S!|nt|barnets: 4N in open room|pg||
nt|barnets: is the contract |pg||
nt|barnets: east refused a quantitative invite|pg||
nt|snorris: you CAN win slam e-w|pg||
mb|p|nt|barnets: yes a bit fortunate|pg||
nt|snorris: but it is a very lucky one|pg||
nt|barnets: same bid i other room wow|pg||
nt|barnets: 4@S an invite|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: this apparently shows exactly 5@c 5332 and 13+|pg||
nt|snorris: Zia might pass..|pg||
mb|4N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|barnets: so exact same bidding|pg||
nt|snorris: the "right" bidding|pg||
nt|jcwla: Apparently meaning of Ekeblad's OR 4@S was simply "a good raise to 4NT."|pg||
nt|barnets: 6N is playable but fortunate|pg||
pc|d5|nt|Vugraphu7: zia asking about leads from small cards.  north says "if he doesn't have an honor he should try to lead top or second best"|pg||
pc|dQ|nt|Vugraphu7: otherwise 4th v nt|pg||
pc|dK|nt|snorris: small @c to queen and @s finesse?|pg||
nt|barnets: zia still does not know if he wants to be in it|pg||
nt|barnets: even 4N not insured by lloyds|pg||
pc|d4|pg||
nt|snorris: not at all|pg||
pc|s9|pc|sQ|pc|s7|pc|s2|pg||
pc|cK|nt|snorris: helpful north|pg||
nt|barnets: ok|pg||
pc|c7|nt|jcwla: Even if don't choose fourth best @D, it's got to be the 7, not a "top of nothing" @D9.|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c2|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cJ|pc|cA|pc|c5|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c9|pc|s4|pc|d6|pg||
mc|11|nt|snorris: only 11 tricks now|pg||
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qx|o14|st||md|4SAK97HJ3DT32CKT85,SQHQ985DAQJ64CJ62,S852HA642DK985C93,SJT643HKT7D7CAQ74|sv|o|mb|p|mb|1D!|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|d|mb|p|an|not 3 !hs|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c9|pc|c4|pc|c5|pc|cJ|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s5|pc|s3|pc|sK|pg||
pc|s9|pc|d4|pc|s8|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|d7|pc|d3|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c7|pc|c8|pc|c2|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|s4|pg||
pc|h5|pc|h2|pc|hT|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h8|pc|hA|pc|hK|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pc|s7|pc|d6|pg||
pc|sA|pc|h9|mc|6|pg||
qx|c14|st||md|4SAK97HJ3DT32CKT85,SQHQ985DAQJ64CJ62,S852HA642DK985C93,SJT643HKT7D7CAQ74|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|snorris: 1@d-1@s,?|pg||
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qx|o15|st||md|1SJ873HQ63DK6CT985,SQ62HT9DJ974CAKJ2,S94HAKJ852DQ53CQ3,SAKT5H74DAT82C764|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h4|pc|h3|pc|h9|pc|hA|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|dK|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d6|pc|d7|pc|d3|pc|d8|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h6|pc|hT|pc|hK|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dA|pc|hQ|pc|d9|pg||
pc|cT|pc|cK|pc|c3|pc|c7|pg||
pc|cA|pc|cQ|pc|c6|pc|c5|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c15|st||md|1SJ873HQ63DK6CT985,SQ62HT9DJ974CAKJ2,S94HAKJ852DQ53CQ3,SAKT5H74DAT82C764|sv|n|nt|snorris: not even close..|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|snorris: wests pass was a good one here|pg||
mb|2H!|an|weak, but stronger than going through 2d|nt|snorris: board 14|pg||
nt|barnets: thanks to the USBF jan martel and bbo for putting on this great show|pg||
nt|barnets: also our excellent operator eric mayefsky|pg||
mb|d|mb|3H|nt|barnets: my felllow commentators and to roland wald|pg||
nt|snorris: very agressive east|pg||
mb|d|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|nt|snorris: Zia didnt dare pass|pg||
nt|barnets: we have almost 2000 specs watching a great bridge match something special|pg||
nt|jcwla: A look in at the other match shows Welland 35 Robinson 28 through 11 comparisons.|pg||
mb|p|nt|barnets: and 800 in other room|pg||
mb|p|nt|snorris: 3@s -1|pg||
pc|h3|nt|Vugraphu7: zia has asked me to relay a message: "Dad says hi to Zain, Rafi & Emma--Love you"|pg||
nt|snorris: or -2 with @h leads|pg||
pc|h9|nt|barnets: going by the first set we are going to have a long exciting match|pg||
nt|snorris: double dummy this wins ..but why shouldnt Zia finesse @cs?|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h7|pg||
nt|jcwla: As we near the end, a big thank you to Eric, Roland, Jan, Barnet, Snorri and all specs.  Some great comments.  Incredible coverage continues throughout the day and throughout the ...|pg||
nt|jcwla: week, so stay tuned. |pg||
pc|h5|pc|h4|pc|hQ|pc|hT|pg||
pc|c5|pc|cK|pc|c3|pc|c7|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d3|pc|dT|pc|dK|pg||
pc|c8|nt|snorris: now the nose...|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pc|c4|pg||
pc|d5|nt|snorris: has north 12 hp or not?|pg||
nt|snorris: that is the question here  for Zia|pg||
nt|Vugraphu7: zia asks about the 2h range: 9-12|pg||
nt|jcwla: Ekeblad heading down in 2NT on 14.|pg||
nt|snorris: which confirms Hammans "good2 pass|pg||
nt|jcwla: As in down 2.|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d6|pc|d7|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s4|mc|8|nt|jcwla: Welland and Robinson now all square at 35 through 12.|pg||
nt|barnets: cu later all|pg||
nt|snorris: see you|pg||
nt|jcwla: Same 2@H opening in OR.|pg||
nt|jcwla: And 3@H the contract there.|pg||
nt|jcwla: So down 1 in both rooms and 4 to Fleisher.  A 6-gain-each draw at BAM but 44-31 here at IMPs.  Thanks again to all and for now, from Los Angeles, so long.|pg||
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