Board 1
North Deals
None Vul |
| ♠ | 8 7 |
| ♥ | J 8 3 2 |
| ♦ | A K 10 2 |
| ♣ | K 10 9 |
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| ♠ | A J 9 6 3 |
| ♥ | 7 4 |
| ♦ | Q 7 6 4 3 |
| ♣ | A |
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| ♠ | K 2 |
| ♥ | K Q |
| ♦ | J 9 5 |
| ♣ | Q J 7 5 3 2 |
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| ♠ | Q 10 5 4 |
| ♥ | A 10 9 6 5 |
| ♦ | 8 |
| ♣ | 8 6 4 |
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EW 2♠; EW 3♦; EW 2♣; NS 1♥; Par −110
Ireland versus Estonia ..a possible win match but all teams are decent players
these days but one is more hopeful when taking on a 20th placer rather than a
top 10 team.
Board 1 saw us win 4 imps via Boland Moran making 2 ♠ and Hanlon McGanns opps
getting to (unlikely) or being pushed to 3 ♠ down 1.
Board 2
East Deals
N-S Vul |
| ♠ | K 10 8 7 6 4 |
| ♥ | A 8 4 |
| ♦ | Q J |
| ♣ | Q 5 |
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| ♠ | A 2 |
| ♥ | Q J 9 7 6 3 |
| ♦ | 8 7 3 2 |
| ♣ | 6 |
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| ♠ | 5 3 |
| ♥ | K 2 |
| ♦ | A K 9 4 |
| ♣ | A K 10 9 8 |
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| ♠ | Q J 9 |
| ♥ | 10 5 |
| ♦ | 10 6 5 |
| ♣ | J 7 4 3 2 |
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EW 5♥; EW 5♦; EW 1N; EW 2♣; NS 1♠; Par −450
Then we had the above monster 17 count .. AK AK and ♥ Kx opposite what would
be termed a monster weak2 bid and our 2 lads are doing the "land on a pinhead"
bidding to reach 3 ♥ or else they had a misunderstanding about a 3 ♥ bid being
stronger than 4 ♥ or something.
Its like Echo and the Bunnymen ..."Bring on the dancing horses" song ...
If all the dancing horses in this event are bidding 4 ♥ then our lads should be
the same.
Board 8
West Deals
None Vul |
| ♠ | K 7 |
| ♥ | A 9 6 5 4 2 |
| ♦ | 10 8 4 |
| ♣ | Q 6 |
|
| ♠ | A J 8 |
| ♥ | 10 8 7 |
| ♦ | 6 2 |
| ♣ | A J 9 5 3 |
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| ♠ | 9 6 5 4 |
| ♥ | Q J |
| ♦ | K Q J |
| ♣ | K 8 7 2 |
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| ♠ | Q 10 3 2 |
| ♥ | K 3 |
| ♦ | A 9 7 5 3 |
| ♣ | 10 4 |
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EW 3N; EW 2♠; NS 2♦; EW 2♣; NS 1♥; Par −300: NS 4♦×−2
Somehow Hanlon McGann got rid of a loser to make 2 ♥ and 4 imps
Board 9
North Deals
E-W Vul |
| ♠ | 6 |
| ♥ | K 9 6 4 |
| ♦ | K J 7 6 3 |
| ♣ | 10 9 7 |
|
| ♠ | A K Q J 9 3 |
| ♥ | 7 3 |
| ♦ | A Q 9 4 |
| ♣ | A |
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| ♠ | 10 7 4 2 |
| ♥ | Q J 10 2 |
| ♦ | 10 5 |
| ♣ | 8 4 3 |
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| ♠ | 8 5 |
| ♥ | A 8 5 |
| ♦ | 8 2 |
| ♣ | K Q J 6 5 2 |
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EW 4♠; EW 2N; NS 3♣; N 1♥; NS 1♦; Par −300: NS 5♣×−2
Here our lads probably took the push over 5 ♣ and bid 5 ♠ and lost the obvious
3 tricks.
Some bright spark worked out that the 5 level is for the opposition a long time
ago except of course if you are examining a slam. So the opps reached par
...big deal ..
The opps in the other room did not even reach game ... but they still won 7
imps ..
Should be 300 + 170 to be + 9 imps for us .. so going to 5 ♠ cost 16 imps not
just the 7 imps on th out column .. ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS is required. I did not
enjoy watching the results coming through on this match.
Board 11
South Deals
None Vul |
| ♠ | A J 8 |
| ♥ | 10 8 7 2 |
| ♦ | A K 8 6 |
| ♣ | 10 2 |
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| ♠ | 10 4 2 |
| ♥ | J 6 |
| ♦ | J 9 7 3 2 |
| ♣ | K 8 6 |
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| ♠ | K 9 5 |
| ♥ | A Q |
| ♦ | Q 10 4 |
| ♣ | Q J 9 7 4 |
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| ♠ | Q 7 6 3 |
| ♥ | K 9 5 4 3 |
| ♦ | 5 |
| ♣ | A 5 3 |
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NS 4♥; NS 3♠; NS 2N; NS 1♦; Par +420
Here our lads decide the 4 level in ♣s is a good idea. Its a weak NT hand
facing a 5 count.
That normally plays in 1 NT and probqably goes down. How in the world has some 2
lads bid it up to 4 ♣ that cannot even make enough tricks to get a mention on
the hand printout.
Best defence gets +800 .... Normal contract on the board is a partscore NS ...
Some intrepid pairs got to 4 ♥ and were rewarded with 10 tricks but its a 21
point game with a ♦ shortage opposite your ♦ AK so the room is part score in
♥s ..no need to be risking -800 ..
Of course if they bid 4 ♥ well and good we lose 7 imps ..but they were not
there yet ..
NINE IMPS out ..needlessly ..
Board 12
West Deals
N-S Vul |
| ♠ | A Q J 4 |
| ♥ | A 6 5 3 |
| ♦ | 10 6 2 |
| ♣ | 7 5 |
|
| ♠ | 10 |
| ♥ | 10 8 7 |
| ♦ | A 9 4 |
| ♣ | Q J 6 4 3 2 |
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| ♠ | 9 5 3 |
| ♥ | K 4 2 |
| ♦ | K Q J 8 7 5 |
| ♣ | K |
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| ♠ | K 8 7 6 2 |
| ♥ | Q J 9 |
| ♦ | 3 |
| ♣ | A 10 9 8 |
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NS 4♠; NS 2♥; EW 3♦; NS 1N; EW 1♣; Par +300: EW 5♦×−2
Here the Estonians were persuaded to try the 4-3 4 ♥ game going down while
Hanlon McGann found a 9 card 4 ♠ game and made it for 13 imps in ..
Board 13
North Deals
Both Vul |
| ♠ | J 4 2 |
| ♥ | J 10 7 5 4 3 |
| ♦ | 10 5 |
| ♣ | 5 2 |
|
| ♠ | K 9 8 7 5 |
| ♥ | Q 6 |
| ♦ | 8 7 3 |
| ♣ | 7 6 3 |
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| ♠ | A 10 |
| ♥ | A K 9 8 |
| ♦ | Q 6 |
| ♣ | A K Q 10 9 |
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| ♠ | Q 6 3 |
| ♥ | 2 |
| ♦ | A K J 9 4 2 |
| ♣ | J 8 4 |
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EW 5♣; EW 3♠; EW 2♥; EW 1N; Par −600
Here our lads tried 3 NT with no ♦ stopper and the Estonian led a ♦ to his
partner who kept going until trick 7 before he stopped got as KIT KAT ...He was
tired after cashing all those ♦ cheques. A look at the room shows lots of
BLACK ... 5 ♣ or 4 ♠ ...take your pick and you don't lose 13 imps ... This
match just hurt my head ... The dancing horses were on it ..
As I was writing this I got the feeling of deja view ...did I not write about a
Latvian lad leading against 3 NT until trick 7 and it was also ♦s.
We got 4 imps for an up and down 1 NT ..but it was another needless LOSS instead
of a morale boosting 30 imp victory ......a 10 VPs difference ..
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