vg|2009 USBC A Semi Final,Segment 5 of 8,I,61,75,Nickell,80,Fleisher,148|
rs|4SE+1,5SE=,4HN+2,4HN+2,4SN+1,4SS+1,4HE=,4HE=,3CE+1,1NN-1,3NN=,3NN+1,3NE+1,1NW+2,2SE=,3HN=,5HWx-2,5CN=,3NN-1,3NN-2,6CS=,3NN+3,3NS=,3NS-2,3NW=,1NW+3,3NS=,3NS=,5DE=,3NW+2|
pn|Meckstroth,Kamil,Rodwell,Fleisher,Weichsel,Freeman,Ekeblad,Nickell|pg||
qx|c61|st||md|3SHT7542DJ98763CAQ,S975HK3DKT5CT9532,S63HQJ6DA42CKJ874,SAKQJT842HA98DQC6|sv|b|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|d|mb|3D|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|5D|mb|p|mb|5H|mb|5S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h2|pc|h3|pc|hJ|pc|hA|pg||
pc|sA|pc|h4|pc|s5|pc|s3|pg||
pc|sK|pc|h5|pc|s7|pc|s6|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d3|pc|d5|pc|dA|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c6|pc|cQ|pc|c2|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|c62|st||md|4SAQJ94HAKQJTD8CK6,S765H952DA73CQ972,ST3H7643DQT5CAT84,SK82H8DKJ9642CJ53|sv|o|mb|2D|mb|4D!|mb|d|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d6|pc|d8|pc|dA|pc|d5|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c4|pc|cJ|pc|cK|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h5|pc|h3|pc|h8|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h2|pc|h4|pc|d4|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h9|pc|h6|pc|d2|pg||
mc|12|pg||
qx|c63|st||md|1SQ9532HTDKQ96CJ42,SK74H98DA753CT953,SAJT86HQJ3DTCAK76,SHAK76542DJ842CQ8|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C!|mb|4H|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h9|pc|h3|pc|hK|pc|hT|pg||
pc|hA|pc|s9|pc|h8|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s4|pc|sJ|pc|h5|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d4|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cA|pc|c8|pc|c2|pg||
pc|cK|pc|cQ|pc|c4|mc|11|pg||
qx|o64|st||md|2SAJT6HTDQT9432C97,SQ973HA743DAKCJ53,SK852HQJ96DJ5CQ64,S4HK852D876CAKT82|sv|e|nt|jbgood: Hi all|pg||
nt|barnets: hi everyone|pg||
nt|athene: hi good afternoon everyone|pg||
mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1H|nt|Walddk2: Our operator is Jan Martel|pg||
nt|jbgood: we are surely in good hands then|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Looks like we missed the first three boards|pg||
nt|athene: south could double here perhaps|pg||
mb|3D|mb|p|nt|bigtrain: 9.5 hours|pg||
nt|athene: i would want to get the spades into it i think|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: I'm sorry about the first 3 boards, the players started before we could|pg||
nt|athene: but he decides to make the pressure bid|pg||
mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|nt|barnets: but cant x as partner thinks you have a real hand|pg||
nt|jbgood: should be "easy" to win 4@h on a @d lead|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil: "teach you to reopen :)"|pg||
mb|p|pc|c9|pc|c3|nt|athene: this shouldn't present too many problems|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cT|pg||
pc|hK|pc|hT|nt|athene: cash the red ace-kings, run the clubs|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h6|pg||
pc|h2|pc|d2|pc|hA|pc|h9|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c4|pc|c2|pc|c7|pg||
nt|jbgood: unblock diamonds first now|pg||
pc|dA|nt|athene: a bit harder on a spade lead perhaps, forcing east's hand|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d6|pc|d3|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dJ|pc|d7|pc|d4|pg||
pc|c5|pc|cQ|pc|cA|mc|10|pg||
qx|c64|st||md|2SAJT6HTDQT9432C97,SQ973HA743DAKCJ53,SK852HQJ96DJ5CQ64,S4HK852D876CAKT82|sv|e|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|3D|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|4C|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d9|pc|dK|pc|d5|pc|d6|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h6|pc|hK|pc|hT|pg||
pc|h2|pc|d4|pc|hA|pc|h9|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pc|c7|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c9|pc|c3|pc|c6|pg||
pc|cT|pc|d3|pc|c5|pc|c4|pg||
pc|c8|pc|s6|pc|s3|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h5|pc|d2|pc|h4|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s4|pc|sA|pc|s7|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pc|h8|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o65|st||md|3SAKT72H74DQ75CT74,S54HA982DK864CA82,SQJ9HKJT53DJT2CJ6,S863HQ6DA93CKQ953|sv|o|nt|barnets: dec can just ruff tow spades play 2 high trumps and clubs|pg||
mb|p|nt|barnets: two spades|pg||
nt|athene: yes|pg||
mb|1C!|an|can be short|mb|1S|mb|d|mb|2H!|an|transfer, better than 2!s|nt|Walddk2: Good to have Walter with us although I bet he wish he had been playing still|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Hi Walter|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 2@H is a better singlw raise than 2@S|pg||
mb|p|nt|athene: it's common to use transfers after overcalls|pg||
mb|2S|nt|bigtrain: yes -- enjoy being here but miss the table already|pg||
nt|athene: so instead of 2@C being the good raise, and 2red natural|pg||
mb|d|mb|p|mb|3C|nt|athene: you play 2@C is diamonds, 2@D is hearts, 2@H is the raise|pg||
mb|p|nt|athene: this solves the problem of "new suit after overcall is forcing or not?"|pg||
mb|p|nt|athene: you can have your cake and eat it|pg||
mb|p|nt|bigtrain: tranafers always double meanings...  2@D is diamonds OR a spade raise that wants diamonds led|pg||
nt|bigtrain: allowa|pg||
nt|bigtrain: allows|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s4|pc|sQ|pc|s3|pg||
pc|c4|nt|Vugraphu1: I didn't really see Eric's card, just guessing|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cJ|pc|cK|pg||
nt|bigtrain: i apologize in advance for typing problems, just got home after driving all night ( 10 hours)|pg||
pc|s6|pc|sT|pc|s5|pc|s9|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c8|pc|c6|pc|c9|pg||
nt|athene: if you drive for ten hours in england, you end up in the middle of the sea :)|pg||
pc|s8|nt|athene: well - either that, or you are in london|pg||
pc|s2|pc|cA|pc|sJ|pg||
nt|athene: and you have progressed about 500 yards|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hK|pc|h6|pc|h4|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c65|st||md|3SAKT72H74DQ75CT74,S54HA982DK864CA82,SQJ9HKJT53DJT2CJ6,S863HQ6DA93CKQ953|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1S|an|4+!S may have any longer side suit|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cQ|pc|c4|pc|c8|pc|c6|pg||
pc|c5|pc|c7|pc|cA|pc|cJ|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hK|pc|h6|pc|h4|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|s4|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s6|pc|s7|pc|s5|pg||
pc|s9|pc|s8|pc|sA|pc|d4|pg||
pc|sK|pc|h9|pc|h5|pc|d9|pg||
pc|sT|pc|h8|pc|d2|pc|d3|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d6|pc|dT|pc|dA|pg||
pc|cK|pc|cT|pc|c2|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|c9|pc|h7|pc|d8|pc|h3|pg||
pc|c3|pc|d7|pc|dK|pc|hT|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|dQ|pc|hA|pc|hJ|pg||
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qx|o66|st||md|4S6HJT74DAQJ865C86,SKJT7HA652D3CA952,SAQ83HK83D972CKJ3,S9542HQ9DKT4CQT74|sv|n|mb|p|nt|Walddk2: Well, you are allowed to travel back when you reach your destination. We have to do that 3 times if we are to drive 10 hours|pg||
nt|jbgood: looked like 10?|pg||
nt|jbgood: tricks - not hours|pg||
nt|barnets: lucky 3N|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Sorry, I was a board behind and still thinking they were in 4, so claimed making|pg||
nt|athene: NS might perhaps be able to diagnose they have a decent balanced hand facing a trick source|pg||
nt|athene: and bid the low-point-count 3NT|pg||
mb|3D|mb|d|nt|athene: 3@D should get them there!|pg||
mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|athene: there was a hand on the BridgeBase forums the other day involving a 2nd seat unfavourable 3-opener|pg||
pc|c4|nt|athene: someone suggested that a simulation which was run didn't account for the possibility of a 6-card suit|pg||
nt|athene: "NO expert" said the poster|pg||
nt|athene: "would open on 6"|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cA|nt|Walddk2: First three boards were flat|pg||
pc|c3|pg||
nt|athene: but in the real world, things are a little bit different|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pc|c8|pg||
nt|bigtrain: precision makes it important to get diamonds in however you can|pg||
pc|cT|pc|h4|pc|c5|pc|cK|pg||
nt|bigtrain: that's the main reason you will see very aggressive @D preempts|pg||
nt|athene: i think there's more of a case for opening a weak-2 or a pre-empt in a minor with four HEARTS, than with four SPADES |pg||
pc|d7|pc|dT|pc|dQ|pc|d3|pg||
nt|athene: if you have a 4-4 heart fit, often they are outbidding you in spades anyway|pg||
nt|athene: but you are less happy about missing 4-4 spades|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Please understand that the commentators may not have time to respond to private chat messages. No offence intended. Useful info much appreciated though|pg||
nt|athene: but Meckstroth has shown he is happy to bid 3@D with 6@D - 4 of either major, as we just saw a moment ago|pg||
pc|h7|pc|hA|pc|h3|nt|Walddk2: Good afternoon to David Burn|pg||
pc|h9|pg||
nt|bigtrain: offshape third seat preempts are a different animal|pg||
pc|c9|nt|dburn: hello|pg||
pc|s3|pc|c7|pc|hT|pg||
nt|athene: good afternoon|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 2nd seat preempts are typical sound within the context of the bidding structure|pg||
nt|bigtrain: hi david|pg||
nt|barnets: hi|pg||
pc|sT|pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s6|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d4|pc|d5|pc|h2|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c66|st||md|4S6HJT74DAQJ865C86,SKJT7HA652D3CA952,SAQ83HK83D972CKJ3,S9542HQ9DKT4CQT74|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|2D|mb|2S|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c7|pc|c6|pc|cA|pc|c3|pg||
pc|sT|pc|sQ|pc|s2|pc|s6|pg||
pc|d7|pc|d4|pc|dQ|pc|d3|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h2|pc|hK|pc|h9|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dT|pc|dJ|pc|h5|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o67|st||md|1SQJHA976D954CQJ86,SKT5H53DKT3CA9743,S76432HKJ4D876CK2,SA98HQT82DAQJ2CT5|sv|e|nt|Vugraphu1: Rodwell: "nice bid, partner"|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C!|an|can be short|mb|p|mb|2C!|an|inverted|mb|p|mb|2N|nt|jbgood: why pass 1 NT?|pg||
mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil: "sorry if I got you too high"|pg||
nt|jbgood: this will be a big gain for Nickell|pg||
nt|athene: tricky lead problem for Meckstroth|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Fleisher asks about lead - Rusinow|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|Walddk2: Are we sure they did not switched seats? That was a very aggressive raise which would have been typical of Meckwell|pg||
nt|bigtrain: rusinow from length (4+) -- standard otherwise|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: We're sure|pg||
nt|athene: declarer has to decide whether this is @SQx or @SQJ|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Fleisher asks again - Rodwell - "can lead the Q from AQJ, normally Q has K but can be from QJ with no more than 3 cards in the suit"|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Makes it tough on declarer. An ambiguous queen|pg||
nt|barnets: the lucky spade lie means dec can make the hand|pg||
nt|barnets: on any leas|pg||
nt|athene: he can build a heart trick|pg||
nt|barnets: lead|pg||
nt|Walddk2: But he has to guess now, Barnet|pg||
nt|athene: so get 3 spades, 4 diamonds, @CA, @H|pg||
nt|barnets: yes right he can but may not|pg||
nt|athene: you wouldn't play for 3-3 clubs|pg||
nt|athene: as the defence could surely take two clubs and three hearts anyway if you tried that |pg||
nt|athene: if the @HJ is wrong|pg||
nt|athene: and if it isn't, you are better off playing for a heart trick|pg||
pc|s5|nt|barnets: bold bidding e/w with 13 opp 10|pg||
pc|s6|pc|sA|pg||
nt|athene: ok he gets the spades right|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|dK|pc|d8|pg||
pc|h3|nt|athene: unblocking to preserve @D10 as dummy entry|pg||
nt|athene: +600 now|pg||
nt|athene: of course, if you attack hearts, the defence might attack clubs :)|pg||
nt|athene: north may go in with the @HK|pg||
nt|jbgood: so i have to withdraw my original comment about the result of the overbid - and apologize:)|pg||
nt|athene: trying to persuade declarer he has @HAK|pg||
nt|athene: but normally you should just ignore these traps and go for the 'a priori' odds|pg||
nt|athene: this is something more commonly seen when you have K10x or Q10x under AJ9|pg||
nt|jbgood: thanks kibs for trying to comfort me:)|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Eric isn't trying to fool declarer, he's trying to decide what the right play is|pg||
nt|athene: declarer's normal play is to hook the 9, so you put the honour in|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h2|pc|h6|pg||
nt|barnets: maybe  north will work out his only chance is if partner has QJ10x|pg||
nt|barnets: in clubs|pg||
nt|athene: the diamond play was quite revealing|pg||
nt|barnets: but would be very hard|pg||
nt|athene: that telegraphed declarer's diamond strength to the defence|pg||
nt|barnets: even for rod well|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Rodwell studying, now picked up his hand, put it back down, leaning on table in "thinker" pose|pg||
nt|barnets: so will he play the @Ck|pg||
nt|athene: yes, and the @C9 starts earning its keep|pg||
nt|barnets: if he knows east has 4 diamond tricks he can count 9 with a slow heart|pg||
nt|dburn: if South had @cQJ10x, he would not have led a spade|pg||
nt|athene: also the opening lead really suggestst Meckstroth's best suit is clubs|pg||
nt|barnets: thats not clear at all|pg||
nt|dburn: so Rodwell can dismiss that from his mind, and start thinking about other possibilities|pg||
nt|barnets: with 5 clubs on left|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Still thinking|pg||
nt|athene: i am not sure you lead @CQJ10x - that could just give the whole suit|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|hQ|pc|hA|pc|h5|pg||
nt|barnets: with k9xxx on left|pg||
nt|dburn: oh, Im not sure you would lead a club, no|pg||
mc|10|nt|Vugraphu1: short break|pg||
nt|dburn: but you probably would not lead a spade from a weak QJ holding either - you would do something rather more passive|pg||
nt|barnets: that is a big result e/w|pg||
nt|athene: Meckstroth returned @H there presumably|pg||
nt|athene: so the @H8 was the overtrick|pg||
pg||
qx|c67|st||md|1SQJHA976D954CQJ86,SKT5H53DKT3CA9743,S76432HKJ4D876CK2,SA98HQT82DAQJ2CT5|sv|e|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s6|pc|s8|pc|sJ|pc|sK|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hK|pc|h2|pc|h7|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sQ|pc|sT|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c3|pc|c2|pc|cT|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c4|pc|cK|pc|c5|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sA|pc|c6|pc|s5|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|o68|st||md|2SKTHA43DQ64CKJ853,S97HKQ7DKJ852CT96,S832HJT962D9CAQ72,SAQJ654H85DAT73C4|sv|b|nt|athene: if you bid 3nt on 23 counts, you need to use the spot cards|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|1S|nt|Walddk2: This event will determine which two teams will be representing USA in the Bermuda Bowl to be held in São Paulo, Brazil, in late August and early September |pg||
nt|Walddk2: The losers in the semi-finals will get another chance in the repechage for the USA2 berth|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N!|an|semi-force|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|nt|athene: interesting that Meckstroth (who as we have seen isn't shy of bidding) passes 1@S|pg||
nt|athene: when many club players would bid 2@C or double without even thinking twice|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|athene: but he is too balanced and has only five weak clubs and his partner is a passed hand|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil: "sorry if I didn't bid enough"|pg||
pc|d4|nt|athene: 2@C just risks a big penalty for very little upside|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 5332 isn't very offensive (or maybe i should say it is :))|pg||
nt|barnets: while south did not open 3@D n/s still got to 3N in the closed|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Fleisher asks about spot card leads - 3rd from even, low from odd here, all other times 4th or attitude|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|d9|pc|d3|pg||
nt|barnets: so fleisher team playing in good form|pg||
nt|athene: yes, you know it's a good match when a thin 3NT like that is a flat board|pg||
pc|s7|pc|s2|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pg||
pc|d6|pc|d2|pc|s3|pc|d7|pg||
pc|h6|pc|h5|pc|hA|pc|h7|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d5|pc|s8|pc|dA|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|c3|pc|c6|pg||
pc|c2|mc|8|nt|jbgood: that was really a monster lead and defense|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil: "in the middle I was going to say sorry if I bid too much :)"|pg||
pg||
qx|c68|st||md|2SKTHA43DQ64CKJ853,S97HKQ7DKJ852CT96,S832HJT962D9CAQ72,SAQJ654H85DAT73C4|sv|b|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|d|mb|1N|mb|2H|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c4|pc|c3|pc|c6|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h5|pc|hA|pc|h7|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hQ|pc|h6|pc|h8|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d9|pc|dA|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d3|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sA|pc|sT|pc|s9|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d6|mc|9|pg||
qx|o69|st||md|3SK62HK654D65CT873,SJ7HAQT87DKJT98CQ,SA83HDA42CAKJ6542,SQT954HJ932DQ73C9|sv|n|mb|1C|an|STR, SRT, F|nt|jbgood: not that often leading from Qxx yields 2 tricks when oppp have all missing high cards in the suit|pg||
nt|athene: now we see if E-W are from the "always bid over a strong club" school |pg||
mb|d!|an|Majors I think|mb|1D!|nt|bigtrain: 1@D = 5-7|pg||
nt|jbgood: dbl for majors?|pg||
nt|athene: double is majors? so west can bid a lot of hearts now|pg||
nt|athene: about four, perhaps|pg||
mb|4H|nt|dburn: is this a "pass-double inversion" position?|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: I know that there is a note between Fleisher & Rodwell saying "Majors" - the only reason I'm not 100% is that right above it it says 13-16|pg||
mb|5C|nt|athene: now Rodwell will bid 5@C and make it, i suppose|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|bigtrain: yes|pg||
nt|dburn: so 5@c is a single-suiter|pg||
nt|barnets: will he go to 5 ?|pg||
mb|5H|nt|barnets: hes thinking if they bid 6|pg||
nt|jbgood: the point was to bid it - still 5@h good save|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|nt|dburn: and pass now would be "please double", while double would be "bid on unless very unsuitable"|pg||
mb|p|nt|Vugraphu1: Fleisher: "good luck"|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c9|pc|c3|pc|cQ|pg||
nt|barnets: a very good save e/w |pg||
nt|athene: no diamond ruff for South i guess|pg||
nt|barnets: e/w stopped in 1n on board 67|pg||
nt|barnets: so more points coming fleishers way|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sK|pc|s7|pg||
pc|d6|nt|imp_jan: rod anticiapting dbl spade in south|pg||
pc|dT|pc|dA|pc|d3|pg||
nt|barnets: from board 4 - board 69 65 boards they have lost only 50 imps|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s2|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|d4|pc|dQ|pc|d5|nt|barnets: thats great bridge|pg||
pc|d8|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|h4|nt|jbgood: having shown 5-7 S has to have the king|pg||
pc|h7|pc|c2|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil: "now I know what to do"|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c69|st||md|3SK62HK654D65CT873,SJ7HAQT87DKJT98CQ,SA83HDA42CAKJ6542,SQT954HJ932DQ73C9|sv|n|mb|1C|an|art strong|mb|p|mb|1D|an|art weak|mb|2D|an|alert by W, no alert by E|mb|3C|mb|3D|mb|3H|mb|4D|mb|5C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d3|pc|d5|pc|d8|pc|dA|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c9|pc|c3|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d7|pc|d6|pc|d9|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s3|pc|s4|pc|sK|pg||
pc|h4|pc|hQ|pc|cK|pc|h2|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|o70|st||md|4S985HQ985DAJCQ876,S63HKJT32D632CA54,SAQT2HA6DK975CKT2,SKJ74H74DQT84CJ93|sv|e|mb|p|nt|athene: 1@H from west in third?|pg||
nt|athene: borderline at these colours|pg||
nt|athene: you do have a decent suit and an ace|pg||
nt|athene: you don't want to hear 1nt - 3nt and partner to lead a silly non-heart|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Rod: "you had 4 hearts, Jeff?" "yes" Kamil: "what was the rest of the shape?" Rod: "I had 733" Kamil: "so it was par"|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|nt|bigtrain: 1NT = 15-17|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|athene: this auction guarantees 4 hearts in dummy, doesn't it? without, south would use 2@S range ask rather than stayman?|pg||
nt|bigtrain: and a normal looking auction that means exactly what you think it means  :)|pg||
nt|bigtrain: yes -- 4@H promises by meck|pg||
pc|d4|pc|dJ|pc|d2|nt|barnets: very tough hand|pg||
nt|athene: everything wrong for declarer here|pg||
pc|d5|pg||
nt|athene: @CJ, @SKJ, @HKJ10|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Rodwell has put his cards on the table and is studying|pg||
pc|s5|pc|s6|pc|sT|pc|sJ|pg||
nt|barnets: careful spade play|pg||
pc|d8|pc|dA|pc|d6|pc|d7|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s3|nt|barnets: in case west has 4 to the k|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sK|pg||
nt|athene: entries to dummy are short, so he wants to be able to run an honour later|pg||
nt|athene: to repeat the finesse|pg||
pc|h7|nt|jbgood: another 6 imps when Nickell won 3@h on 68|pg||
pc|h9|pc|hT|pc|hA|pg||
nt|jbgood: it is great to see such good defenses|pg||
nt|jbgood: sry - 6 for Fleisher:)|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Rodwell has put his cards down again and is sort of going through possible lines in his head - nodding occasionally, now just thinking|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c3|pc|c6|nt|jbgood: what would the odds be for Fleisher to beat Nickell? (not that the match is over!)|pg||
nt|athene: he could play for some miracle club layout or try to endplay west|pg||
pc|c4|pg||
nt|athene: Nickell are great at coming back in the last set or two|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s9|pc|h3|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s7|nt|Walddk2: Yes, we have seen that before|pg||
pc|h5|nt|athene: now @DK to strip west's exit card?|pg||
pc|h2|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dT|pc|c7|pc|d3|pg||
nt|athene: and play a club|pg||
pc|h6|pc|h4|nt|Walddk2: But it's still a bit of a surprise that you can keep that team to 0 IMPs after 8 boards of a set|pg||
mc|8|nt|dburn: well, probably a heart|pg||
nt|barnets: well played for down 1|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil, after claiming: "what were your clubs, Marty?" then "at the other table they doubled with my hand, I promise" laughing|pg||
pg||
qx|c70|st||md|4S985HQ985DAJCQ876,S63HKJT32D632CA54,SAQT2HA6DK975CKT2,SKJ74H74DQT84CJ93|sv|e|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|an|15 17|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d4|pc|dJ|pc|d2|pc|d5|pg||
pc|s9|pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|d8|pc|dA|pc|d6|pc|d7|pg||
pc|s5|pc|s6|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h8|pc|hT|pc|hA|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c9|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|d3|pc|dK|pc|dT|pc|c6|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s8|pc|h3|pg||
pc|sT|pc|s7|pc|c7|pc|h2|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c3|pc|c8|pc|c4|pg||
pc|cT|pc|cJ|pc|h5|pc|c5|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|h9|pc|hJ|pc|d9|pg||
pc|h4|pc|hQ|pc|hK|pc|h6|pg||
pg||
qx|o71|st||md|1SAHT3DAK74CAQJ875,ST8753HA642DT853C,SKQ964HK75DJ6CK93,SJ2HQJ98DQ92CT642|sv|b|mb|1C!|an|STR, ART, F|mb|p|mb|1H!|an|5+ !ss, FG, or 11-13 Bal|nt|bigtrain: 1@H is 5+@S GF or 11-13 BAL|pg||
mb|p|mb|2C|nt|bigtrain: 2@C is @C|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 2NT = 5+@S and exaxtly 3@C|pg||
mb|p|nt|athene: 6@C is a lot better played by north to protect the @HK|pg||
mb|2N!|an|5+ !ss, 3 !cs, bal|nt|athene: but that's a bit hard to arrange now|pg||
mb|p|mb|4D!|an|KCB, !cs|nt|athene: sometimes you might decide to play 6nt|pg||
mb|p|mb|4S!|an|1 or 4|nt|bigtrain: 4@D = RKC|pg||
nt|athene: but here you might well need the trumps - for diamond ruff in short hand, or ruffing spades good|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 4@S = 1 or 4|pg||
mb|p|mb|6C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hA|pc|h5|pc|h9|pc|h3|pg||
nt|athene: sometimes these auctions tell the defence enough that you get the underlead in hearts at trick 1|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hK|pc|h8|pc|hT|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c2|pc|cQ|pc|h4|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|s4|pc|s2|pg||
pc|c5|pc|h6|pc|cK|pc|c4|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sJ|pc|d4|pc|s5|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|c6|pc|c7|mc|12|nt|athene: now he just needs a diamond ruff to stand up|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: very short break|pg||
nt|athene: E-W will hope their team-mates are in that one but it's not completely routine|pg||
nt|athene: perhaps they will chalk it up as a small gain, with their teammates in 6nt :)|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil: "I led the right suit, just the wrong card - should have led the Q from QJ :)"|pg||
pg||
qx|c71|st||md|1SAHT3DAK74CAQJ875,ST8753HA642DT853C,SKQ964HK75DJ6CK93,SJ2HQJ98DQ92CT642|sv|b|mb|1C|an|art strong|mb|p|mb|1H|an|art gf,  no sing/void|mb|p|mb|2C|an|6+ cards in either minor|mb|p|mb|2D|an|asking which minor|mb|p|mb|2H|an|clubs|mb|p|mb|2S|an|relay|mb|p|mb|3C|an|6!C + 4!D|mb|p|mb|3D|an|asks shortness Low/High|mb|p|mb|3S|an|0-1 !S|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hJ|mc|12|pg||
qx|o72|st||md|2SQ82HA72DAKJ6C753,SKJ975H643D752CQ9,SA643HQT5D8CAT862,STHKJ98DQT943CKJ4|sv|o|mb|p|mb|2D|an|3-suited, short !ds|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s7|nt|athene: Meckwell used to use 2@H as the 3-suiter short diamonds and 2@D as multi, but they have gone back to the "standard" approach|pg||
nt|jbgood: roland's favourite convention .....|pg||
pc|s3|pc|sT|pc|sQ|pg||
nt|jbgood: he is happay every time he doesnt see Flannery...|pg||
pc|c5|pc|c9|pc|cT|nt|barnets: needs east to have hXX in clubs|pg||
pc|cJ|pg||
pc|d9|nt|athene: Meckstroth won't want to commit himself to this diamond finesse so early|pg||
nt|athene: even though it's his only "obvious" chance, with a singleton in dummy|pg||
nt|Walddk2: 7 more IMPs coming to Fleisher on board 69. N-S allowed to play in 5@C|pg||
nt|athene: often the defence will be leading the suit again|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|d2|pc|d8|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|c2|nt|athene: ok - he did :)|pg||
nt|athene: he probably could have survived even if he hadn't, though? with some sort of red-suit endplay on east?|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Meckstroth: "I'm not going down" Rodwell: "good to hear that"|pg||
pc|c4|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|d3|pc|s2|pg||
pc|cA|pc|cK|pc|c7|pc|s5|pg||
pc|c8|pc|d4|pc|d6|pc|d7|pg||
pc|c6|pc|h8|pc|h2|pc|h6|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c72|st||md|2SQ82HA72DAKJ6C753,SKJ975H643D752CQ9,SA643HQT5D8CAT862,STHKJ98DQT943CKJ4|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h6|pc|hT|pc|hJ|pc|hA|pg||
pc|c5|pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|cJ|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dJ|pc|d2|pc|d8|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|c2|pc|c4|pg||
pc|h4|pc|hQ|pc|hK|pc|h2|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h7|pc|h3|pc|h5|pg||
pc|h8|pc|d6|pc|s7|pc|s3|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c7|pc|d5|pc|cA|pg||
pc|s4|pc|sT|pc|s8|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|sK|mc|7|pg||
qx|o73|st||md|3SAJ96HT64D95CQJ53,SKQ4HK952DAK62CT6,ST852HQ83DJ3CAK98,S73HAJ7DQT874C742|sv|e|mb|p|nt|barnets: the score is 94 with still 51 boards to score|pg||
mb|p|nt|athene: 1@S in third?|pg||
nt|barnets: time for Nickell to make comeback|pg||
mb|1S|mb|1N|mb|3H!|an|mixed raise|nt|Walddk2: 1NT a little risky at these colours facing a passed partner. But to be fair, also a passed LHO|pg||
nt|athene: does rodwell have a "good raise" bid available now without going to the 3-level?|pg||
mb|3N|nt|jbgood: Great bridge this, and I must say I am very impressed with Fleisher - Kamil|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|athene: nine tricks for declarer|pg||
nt|athene: in the red suits|pg||
nt|athene: if he can get in!|pg||
pc|s5|nt|barnets: will n/s find their 5 tricks|pg||
nt|jbgood: only flaw with this contract is that defense can take the first five..|pg||
pc|s3|nt|Walddk2: But the defence has 5 top tricks first|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 4fits get to the 3L to describe this hand|pg||
pc|sA|nt|barnets: 5 for def|pg||
pc|s4|pg||
pc|s6|nt|athene: whoops|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|Walddk2: Well, if it's not your day .....|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil took a moment to play to trick 2, then said "sorry, no problem" Rodwell "I'm going to think for a moment"|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s7|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d3|pc|d4|pc|d5|pg||
pc|dA|pc|dJ|pc|d7|pc|d9|pg||
pc|d6|nt|athene: now he doesn't need the miracle heart position|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil: "I'm also making" Fleisher "good"|pg||
pc|c8|pc|dQ|pc|c3|pg||
pc|dT|nt|barnets: hard for south on alow spade lead|pg||
pc|h4|pc|d2|pc|c9|pg||
pc|d8|mc|9|nt|barnets: had north been able to lead a higher spade he may have foubd the shift|pg||
pg||
qx|c73|st||md|3SAJ96HT64D95CQJ53,SKQ4HK952DAK62CT6,ST852HQ83DJ3CAK98,S73HAJ7DQT874C742|sv|e|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s2|pc|s7|pc|sA|pc|s4|pg||
pc|s6|pc|sK|pc|s5|pc|s3|pg||
pc|dA|pc|dJ|pc|d4|pc|d5|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d3|pc|d7|pc|d9|pg||
pc|d6|pc|s8|pc|dQ|pc|c5|pg||
pc|d8|pc|s9|pc|d2|pc|c9|pg||
pc|dT|pc|h6|pc|c6|pc|sT|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h4|pc|hK|pc|h3|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|c8|pc|c2|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|hJ|pc|hT|pg||
pc|hA|pc|c3|pc|h5|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cJ|pc|cT|pc|cA|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c7|pc|cQ|pc|h9|pg||
pg||
qx|o74|st||md|4SAK3HAT2DJ74CAK94,SQ82HK84D92CT6532,S76HQJ76DKT53CQJ7,SJT954H953DAQ86C8|sv|b|nt|athene: perhaps declarer should play the @SQ at trick 1, looking like @SKQ tight to avert the club switch?|pg||
nt|athene: then you need the @HQ onside of course - maybe it's a price too high for getting cute|pg||
nt|barnets: yes but he has only 8 tricks|pg||
nt|athene: yes|pg||
nt|barnets: otherwise I like that a lot|pg||
nt|jbgood: what are the odds for n to have AK of clubs? He didnt lead one?|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Fleisher: "what was board 12?" Kamil: "I have them" Fleisher: "OK, I rarel have them anyway, it's hard enough to play without also keeping score" :)|pg||
mb|p|nt|barnets: a10xx was good enough|pg||
mb|2N|nt|jbgood: yes|pg||
mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|3D|an|no 5 card Major|mb|p|mb|3S!|an|4 !hs|mb|p|nt|bigtrain: 3@C is puppet stayman|pg||
mb|3N|nt|jbgood: what I tried to imply was that maybe he should have lead one big club..|pg||
nt|bigtrain: 3@D says no 5-card M (nothing about 4-card Ms)|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c3|nt|bigtrain: 3@S denies 4@S and shows 4@H|pg||
nt|athene: trivial here|pg||
nt|athene: lose @HK and you have nine tricks|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c8|pc|c9|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h3|pc|h2|nt|Walddk2: Nickell finally on the board in this set; will gain 2 IMPs on 70 when 3NT goes 2 down in the other room|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Scored now|pg||
nt|jbgood: As we are approaching the last board of segment 5, some thanks are in order..|pg||
pc|hK|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pc|s9|pc|sA|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h4|pc|h6|nt|jbgood: Many thanks to the USBF (Jan Martel in particularand BBO (and the hard-working commentator coordinator Roland Wald) for providing us with exciting entertainment to all corners of ...|pg||
nt|jbgood: the world - free of charge! |pg||
pc|h5|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h8|pc|h7|pc|h9|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d2|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sK|pc|sQ|pc|s7|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c2|pc|cJ|pc|d6|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|d8|mc|9|pg||
qx|c74|st||md|4SAK3HAT2DJ74CAK94,SQ82HK84D92CT6532,S76HQJ76DKT53CQJ7,SJT954H953DAQ86C8|sv|b|mb|p|mb|1C|an|art strong|mb|p|mb|1H|an|art gf no sing/void|mb|p|mb|1S|an|relay|mb|p|mb|2C!|mb|p|mb|2N!|mb|p|mb|3C!|an|stayman|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|c8|pc|c4|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h3|pc|h2|pc|hK|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pc|s9|pc|sK|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d9|pc|dT|pc|dQ|pg||
pc|s5|mc|9|pg||
qx|o75|st||md|1SQ98HT98DT53CJ732,SKJT42HAJ5DJ7CQ96,SA7653H742D64CAK8,SHKQ63DAKQ982CT54|sv|o|nt|jbgood: And Jan, our excellent operator, your comments to what happens at the table, the players' reactions and the conversations, are really great! It is almost as if we are there: You ...|pg||
nt|jbgood: are definitely   1 on my operator ranking list!|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: "It was a good lead, Michael ... didn't give away a trick" Kamil: "that's what we're down to, a lead that doesn't give away a trick is a good lead? So be it"|pg||
mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2N|an|neutral - denies 6 !ss or 3 !ds or 4 oth|mb|p|nt|Walddk2: In the other semi-final Welland has pulled some back. Robinson by 16 at this point|pg||
nt|athene: that's a pretty specific 2nt bid!|pg||
mb|3H|nt|athene: if you deny 5@S 4@H 4@C 3@D you have to be that exact hand, no?|pg||
nt|jbgood: And thank you commentators are Barnet Shenkin and Walter Johnson, USA, Bill Frisby, England, and Roland Wald, Denmark, for guiding us through this set in impeccable style!|pg||
mb|p|nt|athene: *deny 6@S|pg||
mb|3S|mb|p|nt|Vugraphu1: Really that all the other bids are specific, so 2NT can't bid anything else :)|pg||
mb|4D|mb|p|mb|5D|mb|p|mb|p|nt|Walddk2: Thanks to you too, Jon|pg||
nt|athene: east is worried that 3@S says "no club stop"?|pg||
mb|p|nt|athene: but in that case he knows they are off @CAKQ anyway|pg||
nt|athene: so 5minor can't be there|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Kamil: "well, I wish I had something for you - I'll try to spread them out so it looks like I have something"|pg||
nt|jbgood: Last, but not least, the inputs from you specs is really appreciated! Hope you all enjoyed this marvelous show, which will continue after a short break.|pg||
nt|barnets: so with n/s only able to take 2 club tricks|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c6|pc|cK|pc|c4|pg||
nt|barnets: tis is e/w lucky day|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c5|nt|barnets: 3n better from west hand|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c9|pg||
nt|Vugraphu1: Fleisher shows Rod his hand and they all claim|pg||
nt|athene: they are off the @SA too, so sometimes 3n will go down with 5@C making i suppose|pg||
mc|11|nt|athene: 5@D making sry|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Next set scheduled to start 25 minutes past the hour. They may have an early restart, but in that case we can't showing anything until play has finished in the other match too|pg||
nt|Walddk2: That's how it is; sorry for the inconvenience if it happens|pg||
nt|Walddk2: Thanks all and bye for now|pg||
nt|athene: thanks all|pg||
nt|jbgood: thanks and bye all|pg||
nt|barnets: missed slam in closed finally pts to nickell|pg||
pg||
qx|c75|st||md|1SQ98HT98DT53CJ732,SKJT42HAJ5DJ7CQ96,SA7653H742D64CAK8,SHKQ63DAKQ982CT54|sv|o|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|c7|pc|c9|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c5|pc|c2|pc|c6|pg||
pc|c8|pc|cT|pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pg||
mc|11|pg||
