E - Venice Cup 2011(Play Off 3_3)

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1 England vs Netherlands England Netherlands Netherlands England N BROWN E MICHIELSEN N PASMAN E SENIOR S STOCKDALE W DEKKERS S SIMONS W DHONDY Board Contract By M D N-S E-W Contract By M D N-S E-W IMPs 1 3N S x N W W x E x E E E N N N N S S N W x S S S N N S S E W S S S N W W W x W E E IMPs England Netherlands This segment Penalty 0 0 Carryover total References: BridgeBase online. Edited by M.Sugino

2 Board 1 this/total IMPs NS: England 6 67 EW: Netherlands - 68 o 3N S c 5 x N K Q K Q J AQ J 9 4 K W N S E A AQ8 7 5 A J J 9 3 K N: BROWN W: DEKKERS Open E: MICHIELSEN S: STOCKDALE W N E S 1 p 1 1N p 2 3N p p p vugraphzpa: couldnt see any written information on the SW side of the screen odysseus69: maybe South missed the 1NT bida recurring screen accident A J odysseus69: a diamond would be OK against silent oppo #1 W:: 2,5,J,Q #2 S:: 5,3,Q,K #3 E:: 9,8,T, 5 #4 W:: K, 4, 3,A #5 S:: 5,Q,K, 6 #6 N:: A,2,7, 3 #7 N:: J,6, 2, 6 #8 N:: 6, 8, A,8 #9 S:: 2,J,7, 3 #10 W:: 7, 4, 4,7 #11 W:: 4, 9,T, 8 odysseus69: cards not friendly for N/S..1..p..1..1N!..5+!hs 4!cs vugraphzpa: 1nt 5+ s 4 s vugraphzpa: Hi Victor..p..2 vugraphzpa: and welcome odysseus69: cards look more friendly now - should manage 9 tricks with information available..3n..p..p..p.. 2 vugraphzpa: know s are 4/0 odysseus69: lead probably low from even and so 6 card suit - clubs known so all should be well odysseus69: NO NO NO J.. Q Q vugraphzpa: information about the 1nt bid was given by E to N.. K odysseus69: HAD to knock out Wests known club stop first-.. T K A Q.. K - 2 -

3 Board 1 this/total IMPs NS: Netherlands - 68 EW: England 6 67 o 3N S c 5 x N K Q K Q J AQ J 9 4 K W N S E A AQ8 7 5 A J J 9 3 K N: PASMAN W: DHONDY Closed E: SENIOR S: SIMONS W N E S 1 p 1 2 p 3 3N 4 5 p p X p p p #1 E:: J,A,2,5 #2 S:: 2,J,K, 6 #3 N:: 5,3,A,Q #4 S:: 5,3,Q,K #5 E:: 9,8,4, 4 #6 N:: A,2,7, 3 #7 W:: K,T,4,2 #8 W:: K, 6, 3,Q #9 N:: J,6, 7, 8 #10 W:: Q,7,, vugraphzpb: welcome to th A J T.. 8 vugraphzpb: the 2nd round of the WK 2011 vugraphzpb: Brazil - India vugraphzpb: welcome to the closed room of this match; Iceland vs Japan vugraphzpb: welcome to the final round of today; round 12/21 vugraphzpb: of two teams close by vugraphzpb: welcome to the last round of today; 2 teams that are challenging for the first 8; Italy vs Poland penseur9: hi all penseur9: welcome to this last round of the day between Canada and Germany vugraphzpb: welcome all to the final day of the round robin vugraphzpb: this is an important match for both teams, especially Canada which is on 9th position and still can qualify for the Q-finals vugraphzpb: Welcome everyone, enjoy the play. vugraphzpb: sorry for the typo in Bulgaria ;) not my fault..1 vugraphzpb: New Zealand play Standard American..p vugraphzpb: The Chinese women play Precision antoniz: witam serdecznie:) star6ija: hello everybody..1 andyv: hello everyone..2 vugraphzpb: already an exciting first board ady: good morning all ryskiel_: dzieˆ dobry Paˆ stwu - po dwˆ ch dniach odpoczynku mamy znowu okazjˆ ogl da ˆƒ naszych zawodnikˆ w, tym razem walcz cych o medale vugraphzpb: Good morning david..p ryskiel_: witam w drugim segmencie pˆ fina u Seniors Bowl Polska - Francja andyv: first hand starting with a strong club and dbl for the majors..3 vugraphzpb: Welcome evrybody, we just started the match vbman: hi all penseur9: after the previous round, Germany in 5th place with 292 VPs and Canada in 7th (tied with Indonesia in 7th place with 288 VPs...3N..4 vugraphzpb: 5 could have a chance here vugraphzpb: already a difficult board for N/S at the first game; curious in what contract they will end? ryskiel_: witam Paˆ stwa w 3 z 6 segmencie pˆ fina u Seniors Bowl...narazie w wyniku do ˆƒ niefrasobliwej gry przegrywamy z seniorami Francji vugraphzpb: Running Scores: /live/scorebord-bermuda-bowl For VC and SB scroll to the bottom of the page, where you find the links to the scoreboards...5 vugraphzpb: worldbridgesite is down ahalim: 6 is on for NS, but not so easy to bid vugraphzpb: the X makes life easier for N..p ryskiel_: dzieˆ dobry Paˆ stwu - ogl daˆƒ bˆ dziemy 4 (z6) segementˆ w pˆ fina u Seniors Bowl pomiˆ dzy Polsk i Francj steshome: Hello and welcome to the third stanza of the bronze medal play-off vugraphzpb: Hi Sarah vugraphzpb: good morning everyone..p - 3 -

4 antoniz: witam serdecznie:) ryskiel_: dzieˆ dobry witam w drugim dniu mistrzostw wiata - dzisaj bˆ dziemy mieli okazjˆ obejrzeˆƒ [polsk dru ynˆ jeszcze 0 13:45 z P d Afryk i o 16:30 z Bu gari.. vbman: b vugraphzpb: hi kursat ryskiel_: pierwszy segment by idealnie remisowy a prowadzenie 2 impami zawdziˆ czaj nasi reprezentanci carry over z eliminacji antoniz: cze ˆƒ Ryszard:) ryskiel_: komentujˆ Janusz Korwin Mikke, Antoni Zdzienicki i Ryszard Kie czewski...licz na doj cie z otoustego Karola Mykietyna andyv: 9 tricks for declarer once the opps stop cashing tricks..p ryskiel_: komentuj pierwsz fazˆ meczu Leszek Sztyrak i Ryszard Kie czewski...potem nadci gn posi ki...mam nadziejˆ vbman: good contract..p lesio: witam serdecznie vugraphzpb: dzien dobry :) rmb1: Hi. Do we know what XX was? vugraphzpb: I suspect it was a "Bid your suit p" XX lesio: witam :)..p ryskiel_: Witam Ciˆ Antoni...dobrzez, e jeste... rmb1: ok rmb1: There seems to be no hurry for the defence. Eventually will take two spades vugraphzpb: with the X, this should make for N/ S.. J antoniz: dziˆ ki za 2NT star6ija: hello again.. A nkgupt: hi ara / kibs vbman: hi kevin jkmjanusz: 2 x by oby bez trzech... ahollan1: running scores /nl/live/scorebord-venice-cup at bottom of page links for other 2 championship events.. 2 lesio: mo e i graja tutaj seniorzy ale ziewania nie ma:) ryskiel_: vugraf prowadzi Natalia Bana - nasza rodaczka przebywajaca w Holandii vugraphzpb: welcome the an exciting match of two teams close by in the ranking vugraphzpb: I wish you all an exiciting match to see star6ija: thanks, Pim, and successful broadcast for you too ahollan1: other tables visible without login / ryskiel_: ciekawe czy Laska skorzysta z prawa 11-tu? lesio: po ca ym dniu mecz zaczyna sie od poczatku.. J.. K vbman: absent a cl lead will get a lot of tricks.. 6 steshome: The dutch should have taken the money in 4 doubled because with the minors breaking so badly 5 figures to go down some. It can be played safely for two down. I reckon. skaftij: Hello all.. 5 star6ija: hello, Rob :) star6ija: the declarer is going to prevail here, and 2 IMPs for Japan thanks to this wise stop ryskiel_: wygl da na to, e para L-R poddawana jest w tym segmencie lekkiej renowacji rmb1: But now there is a defensive ruff.. 3 lesio: zobaczymy kto wytrzyma kondycyjnie.. A antoniz: Witaj Rysio:) antoniz: tylko pik redukuje lewy do 10-ciu.. Q ryskiel_: w poprzednim segmencie by o niema o emocji i hu tawki nastrojˆ w...herosem w naszej dru ynie by Wiktor Markowicz, ktˆ ry wniˆ s dru ynie lekka r czk ponad 20 impˆ w, a tak e... ryskiel_: poradzi sobie w trudnej sytuacji rozgrywkowej (grano kontrakt z innej rˆ ki) unikaj c straty 13 impˆ w...niestety pozostali zawodnicy w tamtym segmencie delikatnie mˆ wi c nie... ryskiel_: b yszczeli ryskiel_: witamy Grzegorza Gardynika - antoniz: cze ˆƒ grzesiu:) vbman: every one knows everything now.. 5 vbman: but now its down l think vbman: must win Q.. K vbman: t ryskiel_: nie skorzysta...10 lew.. 9 cicus: hi everyone.. 8 ryskiel_: zmiana lidera ju po pierwszym rozdaniu? jkmjanusz: Brakuje mu lewki... ryskiel_: a mojemu znajomemu prawka...zabrali mu na 4 lata jkmjanusz: Jak R. zabije - to umar w butach... ryskiel_: jak gracz my li to co - Antoni? jkmjanusz: T moze byˆƒ nieszczˆ cie... ryskiel_: to tryknie - mawia Piotru Nied w ied i mia racjˆ w 90% jkmjanusz: Ale Jacek nie wie, gdzie jest 9tka - 4 -

5 garden2005: dzieˆ dobry wszystkim :).. 4 antoniz: to pu ci.. 4 penseur9: this should just make here.. A.. 2 vugraphzpb: played with confidence by N after the X ryskiel_: ostatnio przysz o mi przeczytaˆƒ sporo cierpkich s ˆ w na temat naszej pracy jako komentatorˆ w...efektem jest rezygnacja jednego z najlepszych jakich mia em... 7 penseur9: welcome to Elke Wsber.. 3 vugraphzpb: germany and france both among the favourites for the title in the Venice Cup.. K.. T vugraphzpb: but both teams can use the points very well as as a place in the top 8 is far from certain yet penseur9: Weber * eweber: Hi all, I will join Andrˆ' in commentating penseur9: hi Elke K skaftij: In OR, Iceland is in 3, that will certainly make vbman: 1 d now vugraphzpb: ja hoor.. Q vugraphzpb: srry ryskiel_: Russyan mo e poczuˆƒ siˆ w przymusie.. J ryskiel_: na szczˆ cie walet pik nie zosta zgrany wiˆ c ma jedn kartˆ luzu.. Q vbman: wll defended.. 7 Board 2 this/total IMPs NS: England 1 68 EW: Netherlands - 68 o 5 W c 5 W A 7 2 K AQ A W N S E K J106 Q3 AK Q8 3 J Q J108 6 K J N: BROWN W: DEKKERS Open E: MICHIELSEN S: STOCKDALE W N E S p 1 2 p 4 p 5 p p p #1 N:: 2,8,K, 8 #2 W:: 7,T,J,5 #3 E:: Q,4, 2, 9 #4 E:: J,A, Q, 3 #5 W:: 2, 2, K,9 #6 E:: T,5, 7, 8 #7 E:: J,3,K,A #8 N:: 9,8,6,A #9 W:: 4,6, 3, Q #10 E:: 3,T, 6, 4 #11 W:: 5,7, 4, J #12 E:: Q,K, A, 5 odysseus69: might as well give it 5..p p..4..p vugraphzpa: and so she did..5..p..p..p odysseus69: diamonds are handy for declarer vugraphzpa: 1 imp between the two teams now.. 2 vugraphzpa: after board 1 odysseus69: now 2-1 clubs and home K.. 8 odysseus69: they dont lead low from doubleton - not that its relevant T.. J Q odysseus69: nice to go down in makeable 3NT and gain imps.. J.. A.. Q K T J K.. A - 5 -

6 Board 2 this/total IMPs NS: Netherlands - 68 EW: England 1 68 o 5 W c 5 W A 7 2 K AQ A W N S E K J106 Q3 AK Q8 3 J Q J108 6 K J N: PASMAN W: DHONDY Closed E: SENIOR S: SIMONS W N E S p 1 2 p 2 p 2 p 2N p 5 p p p #1 N:: 3,Q,K, 2 #2 W:: 6,T,J,5 #3 E:: J,3,4,A #4 N:: 5,Q,K,A #5 W:: 7, 2, K,9 #6 E:: J,A, 8, 2 #7 W:: K,6, 3, Q #8 W:: 5,7, 3, 6 #9 E:: T,4, 2, 9 #10 E:: 8,,, andyv: 10 imps as 5 was final contract in OR, down A Q T J.. Q.. K.. A.. 5 vugraphzpb: Hi Naresh nkgupt: hi paul vugraphzpb: with 11 spades, normal case is not a finesse vugraphzpb: S apologized lebridgeur: Hi every one lesio: w otwartym graja 4 z kontra lesio: bedzie bez 2 lub 3 ryskiel_: komentuj dla Paˆ stwa Leszek Sztyrak, Adam Wujkˆ w (debiut) i Ryszard Kie czewski (ju nie debiut) rmb1: Looks like declarer might have left 8 in dummy steshome: Close match - first blood of the stanza to the English farrukh: hi all..p cicus: NS can make a couple (probably 3) here if they are not shoot out of the bidding cicus: hi Farrukh vugraphzpb: ok, wonderfull there is a commentator :) vbman: barbyh: hi all dgame: hi all..1 ahollan1: 1 =10-15 HCP, 4+, maybe longer /, not 4 & 4 [1 ] ritong: bonjour ryskiel_: mˆ j nick jest otwarty dla wszystkich - mo na wnosiˆƒ merytoryczne (nie osobiste typu "co ten cz owiek tur robi") uwagi ktˆ re mog zadowoliˆƒ Paˆ stwa vugraphzpb: sorry for the viewers that the name in the VU graph overview for Iceland is not spelled ok..2 vugraphzpb: Here at the board it is ok nkgupt: 4 seems to be a make penseur9: first blood for Canada as OR was -3 on a 1NT contract ahollan1: 1N=7-11 HCP, 0-3 lebridgeur: a sort of lol skaftij: In this position, 1NT by East would have been p pamela: this opening two suiters seems back in fashion again I see vugraphzpb: it seems but in my opinion its to strong for a weak opening... lesio: 2NT lebenshol w_adam: musz omin ˆƒ rafˆ 3NT - w_adam: a nad tym zastanawia siˆ zapewne Romaˆ ski lesio: jak nie omina to i tak pewnie wygraj w_adam: ze z ej rˆ ki zajˆ te, po za tym kiery s bezdoj ciowe - 8 lew na oko garden2005: ja czyta em pobie nie, w zwi zku z powy szym zachowam styl jazdy :) antoniz: staramy siˆ komentowaˆƒ rzeczowo i zyczliwie eweber: for those who want to see results: Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp? redirect=1&qtournid= pamela: at this vulnerability I guess as in life the shape says it all but not much substance to the sp suit nice partner to have what she has :-) lebridgeur: EW should finish in 4! making one or two overtricks - 6 -

7 lebridgeur: 4 vbman: must have a way for a sp raise ryskiel_: mo e to powstrzymaˆƒ Jurka? ryskiel_: jak tu docz apaˆƒ siˆ do 4 pik i jak to ob o yˆƒ?..p ryskiel_: ze z ej rˆ ki to fakt, z rˆ ki E wygranie nie by oby niemo liwe lesio: juz mineli 3NT:) ryskiel_: ponadto oferujˆ ka demu mo liwo ˆ ƒ porozmawiania twarz w twarz, bo na forum ka da glista czuje siˆ jak s oˆ steshome: A miracle position in diamonds means that 5 can make for E/W but it is unlikely to be bid cicus: they are. 1 promising 4 came in handy for EW here..2 farrukh: yes indeed cicus: if NS can find their ruff this goes down so no big deal vugraphzpb: Results: /tourn/veldhoven.11/results.htm star6ija: hello again, now we have all the information correct here, the names the results, etc, right Rob?..p lebridgeur: 2 nt is what we call mini cue bid pamela: not sure she meant the 2NT to be anything other than some leb auction but with the values she had I am surprised she did not bid 3H pamela: ah explain please? lebridgeur: in Nt 12 easy tricks lebridgeur: bidding a suit in response to the double would be weaker pamela: Ic a sort of rev Leb then :-) ryskiel_: Zalicytuj swˆ j koloe jakikolwiek masz partnerze? antoniz: gracz W ma trudn pozycjˆ po kontrze partnera steshome: Hi Barbara andyv: NS should get to 4..2N ahollan1: both pairs lead 2nd/4th ryskiel_: r baj wa ˆƒ ryskiel_: pos uszny...laska re? ritong: bonjour rmb1: Seems unnecessary to rebid 1NT on a ( flawed) weak NT when opponents have entered the auction ryskiel_: ojojoj - autostrada..p barbyh: hi Sarah vugraphzpb: Hi Barbara vugraphzpb: 2 now showing a weak raise, a direct 2 would probably be constructive..5 nkgupt: not really dec willl loose control i think lebridgeur: exactly Pamela pamela: what is the value of that way? lebridgeur: 2 nt is 8 to 12 hcp vbman: the lead matters though vbman: its one imp lesio: jakie re:) garden2005: bˆ d p czki antoniz: bˆ dzie podwˆ jny zapis dla nas,brawo ritong: on va la faire en franˆ ais, histoire de leur porter la chauffe ritong: la sˆ'quence est diffˆ'rente en salle ouverte, l ouverture ayant ˆ'tˆ' 1 ritong: soutenue a 3 ahalim: depending who is on lead, they will make the first 7 tricks..p ahalim: NS even make 8 tricks lebridgeur: no stopper promised ryskiel_: g o ne ritong: et quand je suis parti leenhardt rˆ'flˆ' chissait, en nord vugraphzpb: had to restart, sry, all ok now..p vugraphzpb: result of the first board is 3 = vugraphzpb: welcome again to this session ahollan1: both pairs upside-down count & attitude vugraphzpb: Both USA 1 and China have qualified for the Q finals. USA 1 is 1st, China 4th now jkmjanusz: Kontrakt by i tak nie do zdarcia vugraphzpb: declarer now sees the 0-5 trump split and is not happy..p skaftij: will be tough vugraphzpb: thinking how to play it now skaftij: finesse might see him through andyv: there is very little to the play of the hand star6ija: as one may guess, 1 was transfer and 3 showing shortness with heart support star6ija: declarer has his chances but has to deal carefully with the board, because we have 4 trumps with W vugraphzpb: 2 teams that are very close in the ranking penseur9: there s also /nl/live/scorebord-venice-cup with live updates during the match vugraphzpb: 3 not alerted mdgraham: Good afternoon all from sunny London vugraphzpb: Hi Mike aramesh_: hi Mike-wlc:) mdgraham: two spades from dummy can be discarded on the top hearts - 7 -

8 mdgraham: so eight tricks outside trumps - so it looks like South needs to avoid a trump loser pamela: any shape>? lesio: hohoho ryskiel_: dobrze, e przed parti garden2005: Grenthe znarszczyl brwi? ritong: il a dit 3 ritong: pas contrˆ' barbyh: hi Kevin steshome: Well done! nkgupt: but def will need to attack in time.. 3 vugraphzpb: Kowalski mowi, ze popelnil blad... rhelle: hello everyone.. Q ahollan1: south overcalled 1N in the other room ahollan1: and DBL 3 ahollan1: north has shown length but hasn t passed yet vbman: hi all rhelle: I am a stand-in commentator, so not familiar with either pair - will do the best I can.. K vugraphzpb: wlc Rob mdgraham: a 3-2 break would be a guess, so declarer might be thinking about a possible 4-1 division - in which case she will come to the right conclusion lesio: wist pomocny vugraphzpb: Hey Kursat rmb1: hi farrukh: but even then e/w should pick up a few imps.. 2 rhelle: this contract will not overly tax declarer, especially with this lead and the K right penseur9: difficult but this should make lebridgeur: yes could show her suit later here thought she did notneed pamela: ok thanks.. ryskiel_: a swoj drog proszˆ popatrzeˆƒ jak to jest z tymi konwencjami - nie sztuka ustaliˆƒ znaczenie pierwszego wej cia, trzeba jeszcze ustaliˆƒ dalsze kroki nkgupt: there it is.. 6 kamyk: na razie wszystko z kontr - chc sobie pokazaˆƒ nawzajem, kto rz dzi na stole? ahollan1: Hackett has been thinking a long time but she doesn t seem to have any winning options.. T mdgraham: dodgy start - still, there are 96 boards mdgraham: sry, priv ritong: deux dans le trou, a premiere vue ritong: ici, le poizillon devrait s en tirer mdgraham: you can pick up Q9xx in West, but not in East.. J mdgraham: so I predict that this will be 1370 and 12 imps to the Chinese mdgraham: so, if declarer leads a small trump towards dummy, it would be good for West to play the nine mdgraham: there may be a clue in East s 4 bid - if East has length in the majors, possibly more likely to be short in diamonds - but I don t know how much can be read into that,... mdgraham: particularly at this vulnerability ahalim: oops ryskiel_: obie strony maj co nieco do roboty w tym rozdaniu antoniz: mam nadziejˆ, e nie znajdzie wygrywaj cej lini rozgrywki jkmjanusz: Wygrywaj ca jest nienaturalna skaftij: In OR, Jonsson overcalled with vugraphzpb: must prevent S from taking a trick, so he can draw trumphs vugraphzpb: thrumps vugraphzpb: each country has his or her own shirts here vugraphzpb: Iceland is in yellow, Japan in light orange star6ija: yes, bot are on the right side of the line, so we exect tight match here rhelle: however, there are some mild communication problems.. J ahalim: Hi all eweber: I assume they explained 2 as relay asking for hand type and forgot to alert the answer? star6ija: both* vugraphzpb: E is playing with another partner today then yesterday star6ija: this play of the spades ensures only 1 loser if E was with 10x Q10, K10...the most persentage play ryskiel_: a je eli Kowalski mˆ wi, e pope ni b d, to trzeba jeszcze ustalenia zapamiˆ taˆƒ, co jest tym trudniejsze im rzadziej jaka sekwencja przychodzi ritong: une petite perte, donc lesio: mi sie wydaje ze Apekowi zamiast 4 wypod o 4 z biddingboxu.. A lesio: 4 powinni byc do koloru garden2005: jak siˆ widzi takiego dziada to kazdemu s abo sie robi steshome: Mistake by Simons not covering that knave - 8 -

9 ryskiel_:...dlatego czasami graj c pierwszy raz w yciu z nowym partnerem z zastosowaniem niewielkiej liczby prostych rodkˆ w czuje siˆ wiˆ kszy komfort ni przy grze z partnerem, z kt ˆ ym... 5 ryskiel_: mamy system na 400 stron lesio: taz moze wygrac w_adam: jak mnie m odzi adepci pytaja jaki system jest najlepszy - niezmiennie powtarzam, e taki jaki rozumiej i znaj tak samo roswolf: hi all.. Q roswolf: Veldhoven.11/Results.htm for running scores in all matches. Select Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup or d Orsi Senior Bowl.. K star6ija: at this high level declarer is warned somehow for bad trump break, because otherwise trump lead is obvious according to the bidding vugraphzpb: in the mean time, N is reading the extended version of the convention card of E/W vugraphzpb: a lot of chances for S to make this contract vugraphzpb: this is not well played by W; trump is much better vugraphzpb: E has to discard a now lebridgeur: 12 tricks in the bag a push jkmjanusz: Pata ach! mdgraham: oh well. I don t suppose my lottery numbers will come up either :(.. A w_adam: jest na tropie - dobrze ritong: genre 2 imps ryskiel_: rozgrywajaˆƒy mujsi trafiˆƒ trefle (kiery powinien trafiˆƒ "z urzˆ du") jak bˆ dzie zagrany as trefl po eliminacji W misi odblokowaˆƒ siˆ waletem.. 7 rhelle: and declarer would do well to keep the ahollan1: North will regret trick 1 10 ryskiel_: zapraszamy Karola Mykietyna - witaj Karolu lesio: jak wygra to zmiana lidera ryskiel_: powinien wygraˆƒ kamyk: witam - wygra swobodnie ahollan1: 3 X in other room.. K pamela: magic hand really dgame: just enough.. 9 penseur9: sorry, going down, bad eval on my part :( ahollan1: J lead lebridgeur: this is the third segment of 16 boards in this 96 boards QF finishing to morrow vugraphzpb: some water spilled on the table, clean it up first before we continue... :) pamela: I think I read in the bulleting that this Chinese team has only one pair of their original group that seemed to take woman s bridge by storm a few years back.. ryskiel_: dobrze, e mieli my przewagˆ :).. J dburn: for the benefit of anyone who has just joined (i.e. me) that was a strong club by East.. A ryskiel_: dlatego proponowa em rekontrˆ lesio: wygra:) vbman: final of the resentful teams:(.. 8 vugraphzpb: a very sharp game made by S, she is relieved :).. 2 fluffy: hi all aramesh_: Hi Gonzalo:) eweber: sometimes seeing all hands doesn t make it easier... penseur9: no daid the blind man :) penseur9: *said nkgupt: nice switch and def.. K lesio: mecz zaczyna sie od poczatku:).. 6 kamyk: po wstˆ pnych uprzejmo ciach:) ritong: c eˆ»t pu ˆ tre plus douloureux next lesio: zaraz pokaze sie caly uklad Q w_adam: w PO - niestety nie dali rozgr szansy na przegran - pierwszy kier zabity lesio: jak zagra A i A roswolf: looks like vugraphzpb: west is taking a long pause to think about how to play star6ija: yes, he has enough time...i hope it isn t in Japanese.. 3 penseur9: OR also in 3 witch made.. 6 roswolf: well not much going for him i m afraid.. T star6ija: very well done rhelle: you can follow the other tables on: Microsite/RunningScores/ASP/RoundTeamsConditStatClassicMod.asp? redirect=1&qtournid= vugraphzpb: beer card coming up vugraphzpb: expensive for S penseur9: so looks like 7 IMPs back to Germany pelu: Hi all - we have a key-match here the 2 teams are plaved 6 and 7 and bort need VPs to stay over the cut-line eweber: Hi Peter penseur9: Hi Peter vugraphzpb: hm.. 8 pelu: both pairs play almost the same system: 5 card major, NT or 14-17, but for the - 9 -

10 Germand pair is only F1 penseur9: for scoring updates go to /nl/live/scorebord-venice-cup pelu: Hi Elke and Andre star6ija: 1 overtrick fluffy: Migry had no trouble bringing home 4 previous board after the bergen raise, this 1NT I didn t see the hand Board 3 this/total IMPs NS: England - 68 EW: Netherlands - 68 o 5 x E c 5 x E K J K Q J A J 7 K106 3 AQ W N S E Q8 6 AQ K J A N: BROWN W: DEKKERS Open E: MICHIELSEN S: STOCKDALE W N E S 2 4N X 5 p p X p p p #1 S:: 6,2,A,4 #2 N:: 2,T,4,5 #3 E:: 8,5,6,Q #4 N:: 8,3, 2, 9 #5 W:: K,A, A, 3 #6 E:: 3,8, K, odysseus69: action here odysseus69: 4NT now?..2..4n! odysseus69: and North may think she has 3 defensive tricks odysseus69: but may take insurance....5 vugraphzpa: I have been told to always lead a trump against bidding like this..p..p....p..p..p vugraphzpa: do you agree Victor odysseus69: East shows preference which sounds alarm bells for D Queen -but still needs just 2 diamonds with East odysseus69: agree with trump lead - sadly it doesnt work here A.. 4 odysseus69: North needed the diamond odysseus69: 5 hearts only 1 down and perhaps that was the safer action vugraphzpa: This is the last section of this Play Off for third place in the Venice Cup

11 Board 3 this/total IMPs NS: Netherlands - 68 EW: England - 68 o 5 x E c 5 x E K J K Q J A J 7 K106 3 AQ W N S E Q8 6 AQ K J A N: PASMAN W: DHONDY Closed E: SENIOR S: SIMONS W N E S 2 4N X 5 p p X p p p #1 S:: A, 5, 3,4 #2 W:: 7,2,T,4 #3 E:: 8,3,J,Q #4 N:: 6,3, 2, 9 #5 W:: K,A, A, 4 #6 E:: 8,5,, vugraphzpb: he was quick the last.. T Q K.. A.. A K roswolf: big misfit danger lurks for everyone rhelle: this looks more interesting vugraphzpb: and the Netherlands in Orange of course :-) skaftij: Furuta plays 1NT in OR so pickup to Iceland skaftij: Nice play vugraphzpb: indeed, nicely played andyv: for live feed of another table in the bermuda bowl andyv: so declarer lost the 3 aces and made her game for a push vugraphzpb: the first big win for usa vugraphzpb: open room: 4-1 vugraphzpb: some discussion in Swedish eweber: so after all Andrˆ' was right when he told the contract would make :) odysseus69: good morning all vugraphzpb: good morning :) aramesh_: Hi Victor-wlc:) odysseus69: 2 out of 2 finesses for slam - no good but unlikely to bid it ahollan1: at start of this match Germany 7th place Poland 12th lebridgeur: yes sun and ming pamela: wang and sun are formidable players.. played against them they are so intense and focused when they play vbman: vugraphzpb: 9 tricks for E/W jkmjanusz: Wygrywa o: dwa razy Kiery, Pika na Karo - i Dama! garden2005: kto s abo wchodzi ten na dudka wychodzi :) vbman: vbman: is this lead a co? steshome: Game in hearts for N/S and game in clubs for E/W..2! andyv: N can make a couple of s..4n! andyv: EW about the same in s vbman: board 19 lesio: tak jak bokserzy badaja przeciwnika:) ryskiel_: narazie skuteczno ˆƒ karnych kontr jest niedu a lesio: dobrze ze uzgodnili a nie :) ryskiel_: jak na taki rozjazd stracili tylko2 impy to musz ten mecz wygraˆƒ...inaczej bˆ d mieli bliskie spotkanie III stopnia ze mn :) vugraphzpb: Yup rhelle: looks like EW can make 6, whereas NS have a good save (-1) in 6.. rhelle: that save has been found at the other table odysseus69: fearless 2H overcall -too rich for my taste - maybe thats why I am not playing ahollan1: after 21 matches top 8 teams advance to knockout phase mdgraham: 2NT can be played as in fourth seat mdgraham: which will probably lead to 4 vbman: when some one checks for the vu later they dont get for which board comments are made cicus: again not easy for NS to enter the bidding..5 andyv: 1 =xfer to pamela: bull dogs when they see an opening to cut you up! lol

12 lebridgeur: now EW wuill not play a contract..p roswolf: no double - no trouble seems apt here..p cicus: as usual, the hand with shortness acts andyv: 2 probably 5-7 with s star6ija: declarer in the open room had played trumps, but without finesse, so 13 IMPs for USA, thanks to safety play vugraphzpb: missing 4 by E/W? jaker: pretty routine 3n here fluffy: 1 opening in third position is quite normal at this vulnerability ahollan1: 1N=15-17 ahollan1: many pairs adjust responses after Stayman-DBL to clarify holding mdgraham: 0/2 on predictions so far antoniz: albo,po eliminacji blotka trefla do 8-ki dburn: and that is a weak hand with 5 spades and a minor by West.. dburn: the New Zealand pair using Moscito, a system that does not allow very many passes in first or second or third position lebridgeur: 3 pass or correct in minor lebridgeur: 3 Nt practical now by East pamela: looks like another three NTer ryskiel_: lub impas wewnˆ trzny w treflach rhelle: 2 is no doubt a transfer to..p dburn: some guesses for declarer - normal to pick up spades, will probably lose two hearts, so much will depend on clubs benjy: Hi all ahalim: this will be a partscore-battle vugraphzpb: D Ovidio giving up very fast hobakan: hi everybody ryskiel_: dobry wieczˆ r wszystkim...panowie nie dostarczaj nam chwil rado ci,mo e chocia panie siˆ nad nami zlituj vugraphzpb: vulnerable 2 overcall seems to be brave lesio: APEK BEZ ATU NA 14:) vbman: natural bidding skaftij: The convention card for EW does not explicitly say 16+..p star6ija: very high pressure by North fluffy: north rebids 1NT with 5422 wich is also very common nowdays penseur9: likely 3NT from E/W here penseur9: wrong :) pelu: oh 3NT was the last stop for EW eweber: open is playing 3nt pelu: and in OR von Arnim in 3NT pamela: the lack of Heart support from Lu should encourage her to bid it lebridgeur: not easy for West pamela: no she will be trying to decide if P wants the H support because the original double should show some diam surely roswolf: and rightly so since this will make on this layout..p cicus: hmm, is that not a penalty bid? rhelle: lots of top players play transfers in these competitive situations star6ija: they may win some IMPs more, due to this 3 s gadget ryskiel_: 2 Roudinesco steshome: Hard for North to avoid doubling this cicus: true, N had no means to invite.. A lebridgeur: a new chance for 3 NT pamela: yes pamela: a girl could grow old here :-) lebridgeur: West is known to have long after Ns bids ryskiel_: takie wydarzenie powinno podnie ˆƒ morale pary na wysoko ˆƒ co najmniej Matterhornu ritong: j aime bien le support fort en mineure, mˆ me avec une majeure de 4 cartes rhelle: I m told that 2 is just a GF.. 5 jaker: we ll probably see a range of opening leads across the various matches. I d try a heart myself dgame: lead sets the contract odysseus69: many different ways of raising spades these days - exactly what 2NT showed is a matter of p/ship agreement lesio: po naszemu magister rhelle: I can see the logic of that - 6 also looks a distinct possibility.. 3 vugraphzpb: it was expl. as strong nkgupt: great lead!! pelu: -lead even better - would kill dummy pelu: only 8 toptricks - and hard work to setup the 9. nkgupt: cant see time to setup anything on the given lead nkgupt: infact cant see any other game but ofr 5 making on any decent def vugraphzpb: S is looking at the convention card of E/W for leads penseur9: it seems there s no way to recoup here.. pelu: in 3Nt the are only 7 toptrick with s extra trick in S but the 9. tyrick if difficult not playing DD pelu: is 4Nt for Aces or last stop? vugraphzpb: I think W alerted it penseur9: I think last stop... something went

13 wrong here in the bidding vugraphzpb: cant see what she has written eweber: theoretically W has the points for her jump to 3, but I assume most experts would find another bid pelu: easy for EW in OR after 1 strong mdgraham: well, the 4 guess was right :) mdgraham: West will have a pretty good idea where most of the oustanding high cards are vbman: makes 4cl, 3sp 2h, two dia ritong: qu on peut retrouver, comme c est le cas ici ritong: ˆ a a le mˆ'rite de placer la main immˆ' diatement ritong: avant que les adversaires commencent a faire les malins avec les s skaftij: 1NT would have been in that pos... 4 skaftij: Using standard openings and relays after 1 opening - 1 promises 4 and unbal/semibal ahalim: contract is actually better for EW fluffy: despite being way behind on HCP NS get to play this hand, teh lie out is not very friendly, lets see what they can do copeyj: b2 copeyj: Sorry - private :( pamela: oh wow ryskiel_: a po anglosasku checkback Stayman lesio: z dobrej reki garden2005: przejmie i podegra? cicus: still, with a passed partner you don t have to pursuit nonvul games.. 7 rhelle: now, have they agreed what to do over intervention of 4NT rhelle: 2 popular schemes are DOPI-ROPI and DEPO-REPO skaftij: Was intending to show bal fluffy: the diamond suit is "frozen" wich means that any player who touches it will olose a trick fluffy: teh club suit is gonna be frozen soon also eweber: 3NT wouzld have been my choice with semibal hand and many points in the short suits vugraphzpb: W to S : I thought it would be to play pelu: one good news for W - no X :) ahollan1: might be possible to endplay East ahollan1: after a partial elimination but don t quote me ahollan1: the problem is vonarnim 10 vugraphzpb: i surely would have bid game after pass pass, weak opening ryskiel_: kiepsko zacz siˆ ten segment...w poprzednim zaczˆ li my od jednego jajka, teraz od dwˆ ch lesio: musi wybick w_adam: po pikowym chyba bez szans - musi Apek zmienic na karo teraz ryskiel_: bo jak siˆ otwiera BA podlimitowo, to musi byˆƒ dobra rˆ ka do BA ritong: ici, bien sˆ»r, ils avaient passˆ' tous les deux fluffy: sorry club suit is not frozen, 9 protects east s J.. 2 pelu: so as I expected: 4Nt to play ahalim: decl will lose 1,1 and 1 lesio: :) andyv: switch.. T mdgraham: South almost 100% to hold the spade ace, so no guess on the lead lesio: dobry wist lesio: 9 mogla pomoc rozgrywajacemu antoniz: kiery zablokowane ritong: mais l idˆ'e de fond est bonne, a mon humble avis vbman: trump lead cd be a choice vbman: but maybe she thought pard can overruff dummy cicus: maybe he expected dgame: cold then ahollan1: so after A west can win rhelle: Double=0, Redouble=1 or Even / Odd.. 8 rhelle: it seems they didn t quite understand each other dburn: England rather fortunate on board 2, where they reached a somewhat ridiculous 3NT that had about eight or nine losers vugraphzpb: slyszy Was :) andyv: although N may continue with and expect S to be able to overruff dummy.. 3 pelu: 10 now - or work for defense pelu: against 3Nt: lead from N - and easy 9 tricks now vugraphzpb: 2 ahollan1: but then maybe 9 is powerful.. J mdgraham: and now it s virtually double dummy - expect West to drop the Q lebridgeur: Muidenberg is called the opening bid of 2 of a major with a 2 suiter vugraphzpb: probably 3NT instead of second double, vugraphzpb: same here fluffy: migry decides to go over diamonds, she

14 loses 1 trick by touching the suit, but she stablishes 2 extra ticks for partner.. Q vbman: that makes 11 and maybe one from a h, sp squeeze after dia ace is drawn rmb1: Defence may hope for 2 aces, a spades and a spade overruff by North rhelle: so although EW miss slam, they still pick up 11 IMPs.. 6 vugraphzpb: now 10 tricks for E/W ryskiel_: na drugim stole 3 BA gra E...ciˆ zko mu bˆ dzie wygraˆƒ po pikowym oj nielekko odysseus69: couhd have made 6 on heart lead but not now.. 3 ryskiel_: wygra oby siˆ przez kara - ale to mniejsza szansa od impasu kier ryskiel_: za pˆ no...nie czas a owaˆƒ teraz... rhelle: so first blood to USA1.. 2 ryskiel_: dziˆ kujˆ za uwagi oraz s owa poparcia i otuchy - wracam za kierownicˆ :) vbman: ah no,.. 9 ritong: chicken:) dburn: this will be a swing one way or the other, since the contract at the other table was a part score.. K dburn: so, 10 to NZ or 7 to England depending on Wilkinson s view of the clubs dburn: not really all that much to go on - the only suit whose distribution she knows for sure is spades ahalim: sry 2, mistype.. A lesio: takie 2 rozdania mog troche zdolowac przeciwnikˆ w andyv: in W leads the Q and N ducks, W should lose 2 tricks.. A pelu:!10 would have been easy for EW - now they need to be alert mdgraham: doesn t need to now ahollan1: maybe now endplayw West?.. 4 vbman: heart q is doubleton sorry no connection for a sq.. 8 vugraphzpb: saving the beercard.. 5 vugraphzpb: Running Scores: /live/scorebord-bermuda-bowl For VC and SB scroll to the bottom of the page, where you find the links to the scoreboards. nkgupt: will need to play a or k to beat it now chmitty: On the bidding, 3NT would probably go down lesio: jak przez? vugraphzpb: will try to check their conv. card fluffy: now pasman knows that hearts are certainly not breaking, since 10 switch is certainly a doubleton, prospects are bad ryskiel_: ciekawe czy Apeni zagra na nadrˆ bkˆ?

15 Board 4 this/total IMPs NS: England - 68 EW: Netherlands 1 69 o 4 E c 4 E Q7 5 2 K Q J A J J A K 6 4 W N S E A K Q104 K J108 A Q N: BROWN W: DEKKERS Open E: MICHIELSEN S: STOCKDALE W N E S 1 p 1 p 3 p 3 p 4 p 4 p p p #1 S:: T,J,K,3 #2 N:: 6,A,8,2 #3 E:: J,4,2,A #4 N:: 9, 8, 3,4 #5 E:: K,9,5,3 #6 E:: 2,5,A,4 #7 W:: 7,6,T, 3 #8 E:: Q,7, 7, 6 odysseus69: ace deficiency for slam..1..p..1..p..3..p..3!..p vugraphzpa: but 5 isnt 100% sure on a lead // vugraphzpa: 3 asked for shortness..4!..p..4..p..p..p vugraphzpa: 4 showed short s vugraphzpa: so E did not want to get higher odysseus69: good stop- maybe 3S was an ask of some kind or maybe 4D denied certain controls.. T.. J.. K.. 3 odysseus69: thx Jan A odysseus69: similar bidding on this and 5CX in closed room.. J A.. 9 Board 4 this/total IMPs NS: Netherlands 1 69 EW: England - 68 o 4 E c 4 E Q7 5 2 K Q J A J J A K 6 4 W N S E A K Q104 K J108 A Q N: PASMAN W: DHONDY Closed E: SENIOR S: SIMONS W N E S 1 p 1 p 3 p 3 p 4 X 4 p 4 p p p #1 S:: T,A,6,2 #2 W:: 7,2,Q,A #3 S:: 5,J,K,3 #4 N:: 6,A,3,2 #5 E:: J,4,2,A andyv: N could have cashed the A but W would simply play the Q to the K on board in order to play a back K A T Q jaker: unlucky 3n...hearts 5-3 with the length on lead eweber: 43 and A1098 in with N would have helped though :) ahollan1: other table in 3N South ahollan1: that will be much easier contract for declarere pamela: long way to go but the gap has narrowed.. ryskiel_: czy te kiery musia y siˆ zblokowaˆƒ? pewnie tak wistu z 3-ch ma w kolor partnera vugraphzpb: wistuja inaczej w zaleznosci od tego, czy uzgodnili kolor partnera czy nie w_adam: Rysiu co w skarbczyku to w skarbczyku :) ryskiel_: nadrˆ bka nie dawa a adnego impa...gracz wie

16 ritong: d ailleurs, je fais pareil:) ˆ a doit ˆ tre un truc de montpellierains vbman: kiwibridge: hi everyone steshome: Solid start for the English vugraphzpb: played quick the last 5 tricks..1 andyv: 3 about maximum for EW andyv: NS can make 4 dgame: 1nt lebridgeur: danger for France again not a bad slam lesio: ciekawa karta vbman: p cicus: I told he didn t. well, he just took a shot at game...1 cicus: I am told :) cicus: big club andyv: S has a very very light take out double here...good shape but low in hcp dburn: this will be a 1 opening, I guess dburn: four hearts, not four spades, minor suit canape possible dburn: choice of actions for South now vugraphzpb: 3 was indeed a preemptive bid, making it imp. for E/W to find eweber: A1097 instead of Q1097 penseur9: that was a very costly misunderstanding mdgraham: a bit of violence on the other room, but 5 scores 650, so no huge matter roswolf: needs to play in here..p ritong: je ne me souviens pas d en avoir deja discutˆ' avec le poizillon, mais on est en phase sur ce coup la dburn: she can bid 1 as a distributional takeout, or double as a more balanced takeout, or overcall in her long suit..3 benjy: how do you feel about her choice david? dburn: would have doubled myself, with 1 as second choice - not all that keen on 2 benjy: I agree dgame: n-s miss a game 4 odysseus69: what action over 1D- double or 1H ryskiel_: w otwartym nast pi wist w karo i w konsekwencji vugraphzpb: karta konwencyjna: /documents/files/conventioncards/2011veldhoven /dorsiseniorsbowl/poland/apolinary-jacek.pdf kiwibridge: open 1? I do not roswolf: hmm suggesting a heart lead (showing shortage)..p roswolf: and of course support vugraphzpb: even now 3 is alerted vugraphzpb: late ahollan1: 1 =16+ unbal or 17+ bal 1 =5-7 zz, a) 5+, some shortness b) 4 (441) cicus: I can t be sure but I think S showed s and game forcing values ahollan1: zz points are: A=3 K=2 Q=1 [unless short] cicus: ah, thanks Al,you are prepared vugraphzpb: deas is not looking perfectly healthy; in a electrical chair, hand in bandage w_adam: 5 w praktyce -1 dburn: but double nd 1 lead to murkier later auctions than 2, which may have influenced matters..3! benjy: super agressive 2NT bid by Fiona star6ija: looks like no troubles for declarer here pelu: easy 4 - time to make coffee :) odysseus69: modern tendency is to bid 5 card major - ok when strong enough for second bid - but facing a passed partner and minimum with both majors I prefer double ritong: the correct bid is 3, for a french ritong: also for a german roswolf: east will probably double and in due course bid 4..p ahollan1: /docdefault.asp?page=2011veldhoven&start=c% 3A%5Cinetpub%5Cwwwroot%5Cecatsbridge% 5Cdocuments%5Cfiles%5CConventionCards pelu: give N K and not K - then plsy for slam fluffy: straightforward bidding for EW fluffy: stansby has to decide between rebidding her good hearts or bidding 3NT protecting K ahollan1: again limited 4+ possible canape [ longer] / westjava: hi every one! westjava: sry late:) lesio: wygra przez :) ale trafi :) lokaty: zanim zd yli otworzyˆƒ trefla, Apek trafi kiera i potem ustawi wpustkˆ ryskiel_:...apek zagra kiery gˆ r zak daj c, e karo jest nie do odebrania po ich dwukrotnym zagraniu ryskiel_: Francuzi ju nic nie trafiaj - 3 BA jest z czapy jak podpowiada mi tu jeden z kibicˆ w:) lesio: naszym wypuscili roswolf: DONT LIKE EAST S PASS and 4 is not the best spot..4! ahollan1: then pick event/country to get partnership convention card dburn: well, 2 is supposed to deliver more of a

17 suit and / or more of a hand benjy: So you would bid over 2? dburn: just about - could well have enough for 3NT star6ija: so I would like to pay more attention to the previous board vbman: very cool its no time to dbl 2h for pen kiwibridge: what has E achieved but to tell S where the points are? silly dburn: but this lead knocks out the entry to the clubs, so we may well not have enough for 2NT.. dburn: although other things are reasonably favourable (e.g. the diamonds), so this will be close pamela: seen worse but there is quite a bit of work to do on this hand.. vugraphzpb: with 2/1 split its made, 1 ruff and 1 discard. other chance if are 3/0 club 4/3 or long with eweber: well, after 4 there wasn t a safe spot any more..4 penseur9: this make easy vugraphzpb: good bid by W ahollan1: i thought 2 promised 4-fit :( vugraphzpb: East looking at the conv card vbman: a heart underlead? vbman: no vugraphzpb: now N/S seem to miss their best fit in ritong: nevertheless, lasserre will drive this to at least 5 imo jkmjanusz: Jakby wistowali jak ludzie: normalnie, odwrotnie lub odmiennie - to by ob o yli... kiwibridge: but here comes N vugraphzpb: did east want a double from w?..p sfoxa: hello to all andyv: now N have to cash out immediately andyv: NS odysseus69: which heart to lead - having raised top of 3 is right westjava: hi pak Arifin! ahalim: hi Liliek lesio: wiedzia ze wist by z dubla i moze odda ˆƒ 2 bo dostanie lewe na andyv: and the contract allowed to make..4 lesio: tutaj raczej tego nie bˆ dzie vugraphzpb: she is moving now to get a good seat, if possible..p star6ija: As Radoslav Radev pointed, 3 in Major weak is used by Eric Kokisch, who is a kind of advisor of strongest US players fluffy: sh picks the right one, 3NT is doomed on a spade lead pelu: but also 4NT would be a hard work to make vugraphzpb: W is asking how many N has with the 2 raise vugraphzpb: can she have 4? vugraphzpb: which seems about 80%ish steshome: There are three losers in the heart contract so it s important to put the brakes on andyv: a sizeable swing for EW..p fluffy: it takes a diamond lead to beat 4 quickly ryskiel_: swoj drog by o w tym sporo pecha... antoniz: to prawda garden2005: dobry wieczˆ r wszystkim :) antoniz: witaj:) ryskiel_: witaj Grzesiu antoniz: bardzo ciekawe rozdanie kiwibridge: has now bid twice, must be looking like a suit benjy: if she wins in dummy and leads a spade up east has to duck to give the defence a chance..p odysseus69: got to develop club trick - interesting to see what happens odysseus69: cashing the diamonds will cause pain to all 3 vugraphzpb: small to the J seems a way to go pamela: they are on their way lebridgeur: alas very unfortunate ryskiel_: w a nie odysseus69: small club to jack looks better.. T ryskiel_: 11 lew fluffy: declarer can t avoid a diamond ruff.. A vbman: can underlead later but must not help ritong: good stop ahollan1: Upmark had option to Relay to get information about South hand, but elected to show with some shortness.. 6 dburn: East opened at the other table also, and South elected to double jkmjanusz: Witamy ritong: romanski suspecte que passe d abord et 3 ensuite est dˆ» aux s ritong: il connaˆfit donc a priori au moins dix cartes majeures en ouest et probablement onze vugraphzpb: indeed!.. 2 odysseus69: that looked right from here vugraphzpb: with 8,9 of this seems ok odysseus69: spade Q best but no good westjava: it s true, from decl? ahalim: yes that s the 9th trick westjava: ohh ya:)

18 westjava: 2, 6 and 1 lesio: z taka rozgrywka seniorzy do OPEN dburn: West bid 1NT, which ended the auction, and eight tricks were taken.. 7 dburn: but they were taken by the defenders, so NZ have a useful plus 200 benjy: this is cold now odysseus69: not many will bid and make game here w_adam: wbrew pozorom nie jest to takie oczywiste lesio: teraz w_adam: Jak Jacek szarpnie asa karo to na pewno ob o lesio: I GRAJ SE PAN SAM:) ryskiel_: my lisz, e bˆ d mieli k opoty z wziˆ ciem dwˆ ch asˆ w? ryskiel_: zw szcza, e Apek zalawinthalowa asa trefl graj c ni szym kierem w_adam: raczej z tej pozucji to juz nie ma takiej mozliwosci jak Apek zagra kiera fluffy: there was still a chance for the defence if simons had switched to spades.. 2 penseur9: one looser in, and ahalim: too late jaker: if north had chosen to overcall EW might stumble into spades, which I think makes 10 tricks, rather luckily.. Q fluffy: cos declarer needs to guess if she has to paly K or J ahollan1: EW do not canape with majors 1 could be 4 4 so maybe Auken guessed that wasn t happening and liked preemptive value of 2 over 1N ahollan1: her 1N would have shown 0-3 ritong: basiquement 7411 garden2005: Antoni, w cz francuski :) garden2005: witam wszystkich ponownie :) kiwibridge: h kiwibridge: E hand was never an opener but NS deserve whatever result this brings westjava: the late lead.. A westjava: she cant find, cause of 1 respond I think kamyk: i odwrotnie:) ahollan1: unfortunately I don t know any of the NS meanings after the 1st 2 or 3 bids.. 5 cicus: seems they do dburn: sure - it may well have been cold anyway, but winning the first spade has certainly done no good for the defence cicus: perfect contract.. J sfoxa: with this defence, declarer has his life easy vugraphzpb: her life, it s the Venice Cup fluffy: again there will be a chance if Stansby doesn t cash J soon to discard her J lesio: odwrotnie to chyba sie nie da roswolf: a spec suggests west should pass 3 - THAT GOOD EASILY BE RIGHT - but east isnt guaranteed to have the hand he has - east failure to double 3 should have cost him a packet.. K sfoxa: in OR, defenders cut spade communication with the opening lead fluffy: stansby is afraid of clubs breaking badly obviously westjava: one of basic I was learn is, attack dummy suit ritong: d autre part, les s d ouest sont laids, donc il a une grosse carte a cˆ tˆ' ritong: qui n est pas l as de, visiblement donc le roi de ryskiel_: przepraszam za spˆ nienie, ale dzisiaj mˆ j kamerdyner ma wolne i musia em sobie sam poradziˆƒ:) mpeti: Nie za ma co... antoniz: witamponownie:) roswolf: and actualyy has:).. 3 roswolf: another good result for India vugraphzpb: they are discussing the explanation roswolf: seems ideal to me - and n/s have only themselves to blame for the disaster vugraphzpb: TD is called vugraphzpb: by Brazil roswolf: sorry i meant e/w roswolf: ty roswolf: a spec asks why td called vugraphzpb: TD is asking sw for explanation vugraphzpb: W / S vugraphzpb: about 3 bid and explanation; it was only alerted for E, not for W roswolf: i think it is sour grapes and e/w are trying to win back the board in the appeals room vugraphzpb: 4 was 1 down roswolf: imo e/w were crazy in not doubling 3 OR INDEED NOT PASSING 3 out vul vugraphzpb: 3 could be hearts and clubs roswolf: they played in the wrong suit and they should have just played bridge vugraphzpb: already some interesting first boards odysseus69: well done NZ kamyk: czas zrobi swoje w_adam: brawo ryskiel_: Grzesiu i Antoni proszˆ do komentowania

19 garden2005: my juzsiedzimy :) kiwibridge: this may go down as on of the most grotesque auctions of all time - on the other hand if it makes on of the greatest :) lesio: ;.. 6 ahalim: can make but shd play carefully.. A pamela: they will not be rewarded on this unfortunately.. and so the gap narrows even more antoniz: teraz ma y pik ze sto u dburn: but it will be a few more IMPs to New Zealand, who started this tournament very well, have faded a little, but are still comfortably in the hunt for a qualifying spot.. J.. 4 vbman: dia ace is well played, vbman: placed sfoxa: ty, Dennis, my apologizes.. 2 fluffy: but in the end she went over it garden2005: rozruszam ten stˆ, tchnˆ w Apka z Jackiem wia.rˆ antoniz: bardzo prosimy:) kiwibridge: ooh eeer seems to be not making eweber: but counting tricks... A ryskiel_: i teraz odbˆ dzie siˆ gra na tzw, przymus ogˆ lny Board 5 this/total IMPs NS: England - 68 EW: Netherlands o 3N N c 3N N A Q J 6 3 A K 7 A 2 J107 5 A W N S E Q J 9 6 K109 Q8 6 2 K K 9 3 Q J N: BROWN W: DEKKERS Open E: MICHIELSEN S: STOCKDALE W N E S 1N p 2 p 2 p 2N p 3N p p p #1 E:: 7,9,J,A #2 N:: T,K,2,4 #3 E:: 4,T,Q,2 #4 W:: 3, 2, 5,K #5 S:: 6,A,7,8 #6 W:: A,5,3,6 #7 W:: 6, 4, 8, 9 odysseus69: not happy contract..1n..p..2!..p..2!..p..2n..p..3n..p..p..p.. 7 odysseus69: split heart honours and it would be on its way J.. A odysseus69: if East ducks it becomes makeable if a bit double dummy.. T.. K T.. Q.. 2 odysseus69: I am told that it is making in other room K A A vugraphzpa: but I guess nothing to do against this defence