European Teams 2018 Round 2 HOLLAND

So match 2 is versus a normally decent Dutch or Netherlands or Holland team. I am not sure what the political correct name is these days.

Board 17 saw Carroll and deWijs on the same auction and holding the same West hand as below
Carroll bid 4D and de Wijs bid 3NT.

3NT is the chosen contract of most of the field. No defender led a CLUB which beats 3NT so with Holland making 3NT and Garvey down in 4D it was 11 imps to Holland

Board 17 North Deals None Vul
♠ A J 8 7 6 ♥ A Q 6 ♦ J 9 3 ♣ J 6	N W E S

West	North	East	South
CARROLL	VERBEEK	GARVEY	MOLENAAR
	1 ♥	3 ♦	3 ♥
4 ♦	All pass

Board 18 saw Ireland bid a slam in 6S whereas the Dutch languished in a 2NT 3NT auction.

Board 18 East Deals N-S Vul	♠ A Q 10 9 4 ♥ A J 4 ♦ A 10 6 ♣ A K
	N W E S
	♠ K 8 3 ♥ K 7 2 ♦ K 8 5 3 ♣ 10 9 7

West	North	East	South
DE WIJS	HANLON	B MULLER	McGANN
		Pass	Pass
Pass	1 ♣!	Pass	1 NT!
Pass	2 ♠	Pass	4 ♠
Pass	6 ♠	All pass

Score 12-10 Ireland after 2 brds Board 21 North Deals N-S Vul ♠ A K 4 3 ♥ K 9 6 2 ♦ K J ♣ A J 10 N W E S ♠ Q 8 ♥ A Q 8 7 3 ♦ A Q 5 ♣ 9 6 2 West North East South DE WIJS HANLON B MULLER McGANN   2 NT Pass 3 ♦! Pass 4 ♥! Pass 4 NT Pass 5 ♦ Pass 5 ♠ Pass 7 ♥ All pass   fabsayc: can they avoid 7 ahollan1: i am told that online official score shows 19 as down 3 so 2 imp swing to netherlands ahollan1: that came from multiple spectators - thanks ahollan1: 4 ♥ is weaker super-accept than 4 ♣ ahollan1: 1430 responses to RKC ahollan1: kantar taught us that responder is supposed to bid over "signoff" when holding the stronger of either-or responses ahollan1: but he did NOT say you had to jump to grand ahollan1: oh sorry i thought i saw 5 ♥ from mcgann ahollan1: 5 ♠ is grand slam try confirming all 5 keycards and trump Q ahollan1: 2N 19-21 so the opening bid was not an upgrade ahollan1: i am not sure about 5 ♠ since 5N would have asked for specific kings ahollan1: so my guess is south still has interest in 7 but wrong hand to ask for kings ahollan1: probably says nothing about ♠ fabsayc: to my way of thinking, west first discard should be spade 10  So Ireland bid to the no play 7H and lose 17 imps to the Dutch 6H contract  Board 25 North Deals E-W Vul N W E S ♠ K J 7 6 5 ♥ 8 3 ♦ A 3 ♣ Q 7 6 2 ♠ A 8 3 2 ♥ A K 6 2 ♦ 10 9 7 ♣ 5 3 West North East South CARROLL VERBEEK GARVEY MOLENAAR   Pass 1 ♠ Pass! 2 ♣! Pass 2 ♦! Pass 2 ♥! Pass 3 ♣! Pass 3 ♦! Pass 3 NT! Pass 4 ♣ Pass 4 ♦! Pass 4 ♠ Pass 5 ♣ All pass jacksond: Not a mandatory opening bid by EAST jacksond: Can EW managed to stop this runaway train before they get too high say 5c jacksond: Opening that East hand vulnerable is forbidden to me on medical grounds. It invalidates my health insurance policy So looks like Ireland were heading for a slam and thus missed out on the easily making 3NT and being doomed in 5C lost another 12 imps Board 26 East Deals Both Vul ♠ K 10 9 5 3 ♥ A Q J ♦ 9 3 ♣ Q 8 4 ♠ 8 ♥ 10 5 4 3 ♦ A K 6 5 4 2 ♣ 5 2 N W E S ♠ A 2 ♥ 9 8 7 6 ♦ J 8 7 ♣ K J 6 3 ♠ Q J 7 6 4 ♥ K 2 ♦ Q 10 ♣ A 10 9 7 West North East South DE WIJS HANLON B MULLER McGANN     Pass 1 ♠ Pass 2 NT! Pass 3 ♣ Pass 4 ♠ All pass   ahollan1: 1 ♠=10-16 fokal: seems around 9 tricks for any side on this next board ritong: we are in 4 ♠ here, apparently down 1 ritong: since the opening leader knows what to do with ♦ AK fokal: I am not sure west will pass in every table with this nice 6-4 ahollan1: 2N = 4+fit, FG ahollan1: 3 ♣ = min ahollan1: nothing about ♣ ritong: oh ritong: bit shocking, this why would de wijs keep a top ♦ ? ritong: ♦ 7 was clearly three cards ritong: i m surely missing something fokal: they probably play encouraging and not count on the As lead ritong: possible, yes  Holland slipped and McGann got a diamond away for 12 imps back.  Board 27 saw Garvey Carroll make 3NT on 11 opposite 13 while the Dutch languished in 1S after a 1C 1D start by Ireland. 6 imps to Ireland. Board 28 West Deals N-S Vul ♠ A 10 9 5 4 ♥ J 3 ♦ 9 4 ♣ K 9 4 2 N W E S ♠ K 6 3 2 ♥ A Q 10 7 2 ♦ 8 ♣ A 10 8 West North East South CARROLL VERBEEK GARVEY MOLENAAR Pass Pass 1 NT 2 ♣ Pass 2 NT Pass 3 ♦ Pass 4 ♠ All pass   A slim slam on 2-2 trumps kind of thing. The Dutch took a sac in 5D and that went 5 off so 9 imps to Ireland. now leading 46-40 with 4 boards to play.  29 30 31 had nothing much Board 32 West Deals E-W Vul ♠ K Q 3 2 ♥ K 10 9 7 2 ♦ 4 3 ♣ J 6 ♠ 9 8 5 ♥ A 4 3 ♦ A K Q 8 2 ♣ Q 3 N W E S ♠ 6 4 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 9 5 ♣ A K 10 7 5 2 ♠ A J 10 7 ♥ Q J 8 ♦ 10 7 6 ♣ 9 8 4 EW 3N; EW 5♦; EW 5♣; NS 2♠; NS 2♥; Par −500: NS 5♥×−3; NS 5♠×−3 The Dutch bid the 9 tricks 3NT and our lads placed the contract in 5D.  11 imps to Holland who took the victory by 52-47. After 2 rounds Ireland languish in the bottom end of the page.