Friday, March 06, 2020

Camrose Weekend 2 NIBU

Good morning all

Just in from the pub and having a quick look at some Camrose boards.
Focusing on Northern Ireland v NIBU as I have an interest here.

We know about Team CBAI getting to quarter final of some event in Monaco ...
Well done them but one pair was a little soft in the 3rd stanza.

Here we saw the NIBU pair reach the great heights of 4C .. The other 5 tables witnessed a normal 3NT. Some work to be done here. Vulnerable you better be looking for the 3NT making.
Then we saw board 7 and another 4C story. This time EW robbed our boyos in 4C ..
25 high card points ..and 9 card fit in spades ...even the novices in Malahide Congress would bid spades at least 4 times .....Okay NS will say we kept them out of 5C ...but both pairs have failed to get revved up here.
Here we see the Northern Ireland steal away with GAME in both rooms .. again way below PAR
How in the world does one arrive in 4H. Its a 12 count opposite a 9 couint with no fit ..
minus 500 is just desserts .... Not even Murphyslaw does this
This one is just probably just hard to play but Rex Anderson got home in it so cannot be that hard.
Sometimes trumps break 5-0 but at least you find out early.
4 declarers went down so it must be okay to go down but the sheet says its cold and these are international players.

Anyway Harold Currans squad lost and the other lads Northern Ireland won so revenge was handed out. No Cheshire Cat this weekend ...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

On board 19 South opened 1S - 2S from North and my partner came in with 3H. I reckoned Jx was good enough to raise a vulnerable intervention at the 3 level but shortly after the play made it clear this was not a safe space to be in, from the other side of the screen I heard 'I thought I had 6 Hearts'.