Saturday, June 09, 2018

EURO TEAMS 2018 Round 9 ISRAEL

Next up for Ireland was Israel and we got off to a blistering start on board 4

Board 4
West Deals
Both Vul
♠J 10 2
♥10 7 3
♦6 2
♣Q J 10 8 2
♠A 9 7 5 4
♥—
♦K 10 8 5
♣9 7 6 3
N
WE
S
♠K Q
♥Q 9 8 5 2
♦A Q J 3
♣A 5
♠8 6 3
♥A K J 6 4
♦9 7 4
♣K 4


Our laddie in the EAST Thomas Hanlon decided he was punting another BOMB and hoping it would hit something. The Israeli led a normal A♥  and Hanlon was away for slates. 
13 imps versus the 5♦ in the other room 


Board 7
South Deals
Both Vul
♠3
♥K J 6
♦K 10 8 6 4 2
♣Q 4 2
♠J 10 6 4 2
♥9 5 4 2
♦—
♣J 9 8 6
N
WE
S
♠A 9 8 7
♥Q 8 3
♦9 3
♣K 10 7 5
♠K Q 5
♥A 10 7
♦A Q J 7 5
♣A 3
N 6N; N 6♦; S 5N; N 4♥; S 5♦; S 2♥; EW 1♠; Par +1440

The Israelis hit back with a rightsided slam of their own on board 7 ..
Nothing Hanlon McGann can do here ... Boland Moran climbed as far as 3NT despite owning 11 diamonds they could have used for trumps .. 19-16 israel 

Board 8
West Deals
None Vul
♠A 10 6 3
♥K 10 9 7 2
♦—
♣9 8 7 4
♠9 8 5 4 2
♥A 8
♦K Q 10 8 4
♣5
N
WE
S
♠K Q J
♥J 6 4 3
♦A 9 7 6
♣A Q
♠7
♥Q 5
♦J 5 3 2
♣K J 10 6 3 2
EW 4♠; E 3N; NS 5♣; EW 4♦; W 1N; Par +100: EW 5♦×−1; EW 5♠×−1

IRELAND just got destroyed on this board in both rooms 
However 
4♠ was the contract in many matches so either Israel were better or Ireland picked the wrong opponents. 
14 imps to Israel. The par on the board was 5 diamonds or spades down 1 doubled. 
So neither irish pair reached par. However this is a hard par to reach. 
However it must be worth a look later. 

Board 10
East Deals
Both Vul
♠A 9 6 5 2
♥—
♦A 10 7 3 2
♣Q 7 2
♠Q 10 3
♥K 9 6 2
♦K 8
♣A 10 9 6
N
WE
S
♠K J 7 4
♥Q 5 4
♦5 4
♣J 8 4 3
♠8
♥A J 10 8 7 3
♦Q J 9 6
♣K 5
NS 5♦; NS 3♥; NS 1N; NS 1♠; NS 1♣; Par +600

Board 10 the Israelis rolled us again. looking at the board results a red suit contract is the choice of most of these expert players. Game in 5D looks like a 10 imp gain .. part score in HEARTS is ok.
Very few are opting for a 2NT partscore and that duly went down to produce another filling for the BIN which is filling up again. 

Nothing much else happened in the match and Ireland lost 52-18 ... 


Not looking great for playing in Bermuda Bowl next year but maybe things will improve on Saturday 





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