Euro Teams Round 31 POLAND

Board 3 South Deals E-W Vul	♠ A 6 3 2 ♥ Q ♦ A J ♣ K 10 8 6 5 2
♠ Q J 10 8 5 4 ♥ 7 4 ♦ Q 10 8 4 ♣ Q	N W E S	♠ — ♥ A K J 10 9 5 ♦ K 9 7 5 3 2 ♣ 3
	♠ K 9 7 ♥ 8 6 3 2 ♦ 6 ♣ A J 9 7 4

EW 4♥; NS 5♣; EW 4♦; NS 1N; N 1♠; Par +200: EW 5♦×−1; EW 5♥×−1

Round 31 and its Ireland versus Poland. Polish Bridge Teams are always tough.

Board 3 with 4 singletons , a void and 4 6 card suits .. 2 of them in the same hand was going to go to the best guesser. The 5 level is for the opponents is unlikely to work here.
Poland presumably bid to 6 ♣ over accurate premption of 5 ♦ by Boland and Moran. No hassle here as they are going to find out they were beaten on the board anyway.
Carroll and Garvey bid to 5 ♣ and for some reason the Poles despite having a 66 hand stuck it out in 5 ♣ doubled. That was 11 tricks and 12 imps to Ireland.

Board 5 North Deals N-S Vul	♠ K Q 10 8 7 4 ♥ K 6 2 ♦ 4 ♣ 8 4 3
♠ A 9 5 ♥ 3 ♦ K 8 7 5 ♣ A K Q 6 2	N W E S	♠ 6 2 ♥ Q 10 8 5 ♦ A Q J 10 ♣ 10 7 5
	♠ J 3 ♥ A J 9 7 4 ♦ 9 6 3 2 ♣ J 9

E 4N; EW 5♦; EW 4♣; W 2N; NS 1♠; NS 1♥; Par −430

Boland Moran bid and made 4 ♣ ...an ok result
Somehow Carroll Garvey managed to drop a defensive trick against 5 ♣ and let it home.
I think you need to get rid of 3rd trump from dummy or else make sure to play a ♦ early so when declarer tries to cross in ♦s a ruff happens.
Something slipped and it was 7 imps to Poland.

We lost 3 imps for an extra undertrick on board 7

Board 8 West Deals None Vul	♠ A Q 8 6 3 2 ♥ K J 9 4 ♦ Q J ♣ 7
♠ K 7 ♥ Q 8 6 ♦ A 6 3 ♣ Q J 9 6 5	N W E S	♠ J 4 ♥ A 7 5 3 ♦ K 5 2 ♣ A 10 4 2
	♠ 10 9 5 ♥ 10 2 ♦ 10 9 8 7 4 ♣ K 8 3

NS 3♠; NS 1N; W 2♣; W 1♥; NS 1♦; E 1♣; Par +140

 Here Boland Moran attempted a reasonable 3 NT ...just needs a finesse after the expected ♠ lead.
So not too bad .. The Poles stayed in 3 ♣ and lucky enough that had 5 losers so we lose only 2 imps . 

Board 11 South Deals None Vul	♠ 9 ♥ A Q J 9 3 2 ♦ 3 2 ♣ J 8 4 3
♠ A K Q 10 7 ♥ 7 5 ♦ J 10 ♣ Q 9 7 6	N W E S	♠ J 6 5 3 2 ♥ K 6 4 ♦ A 8 5 ♣ A 10
	♠ 8 4 ♥ 10 8 ♦ K Q 9 7 6 4 ♣ K 5 2

EW 4♠; EW 2N; NS 2♥; NS 1♦; EW 1♣; Par −420

Boland Moran slipped off the shair here bidding a slam in 6 ♠ but it had 3 losers and the Poles grabbed all 3. Down 2 ..The Poles stopped in 4 ♠ for 11 imps.

Board 12 West Deals N-S Vul	♠ 10 8 ♥ K Q 10 7 ♦ Q 8 5 2 ♣ A 9 8
♠ A J 4 2 ♥ A J 4 3 ♦ 10 ♣ K J 5 4	N W E S	♠ 9 7 5 3 ♥ 9 ♦ A J 7 6 4 ♣ Q 7 2
	♠ K Q 6 ♥ 8 6 5 2 ♦ K 9 3 ♣ 10 6 3

EW 4♠; EW 3♣; EW 1N; EW 2♦; W 1♥; Par −420

Boland Moran languished in a 2|♣ contract here on a 4-3 fit ..somehow missing the 44 ♠ fit.
The Poles found the 44 ♠ fit and then went on and bid a making game with low hcp.
7 imps to Poland

Board 15 South Deals N-S Vul	♠ 9 8 3 ♥ K 6 5 ♦ A Q 9 ♣ K J 6 5
♠ A K 7 ♥ A 7 4 2 ♦ 8 2 ♣ 10 8 3 2	N W E S	♠ Q 6 5 4 2 ♥ J 8 ♦ K 10 7 6 ♣ 9 7
	♠ J 10 ♥ Q 10 9 3 ♦ J 5 4 3 ♣ A Q 4

EW 2♠; NS 2♥; NS 2♦; NS 2♣; Par −110

Poland got 7 imps here for making part scores in both rooms
This meanr a final score of 38-20 to Poland.