Danish Team Test II(Round Robin 9 of 9)

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1 Danish Team Test II(Round Robin of ) Denmark Ladies vs orway Ladies Denmark Ladies orway Ladies orway Ladies Denmark Ladies chaltz Harding vendsen Rasmussen Rahelt Fuglestad Brogeland Bilde Board Contract By M D - - Contract By M D - - IMPs x x x IMPs Denmark Ladies orway Ladies This segment Penalty 0 0 Carryover 0 0 total References: BridgeBase online. dited by M.ugino

2 Board 1 : Denmark Ladies - 0 : orway Ladies - 0 o 5 50 c AK J 5 A106 5 K J10 7 Q106 J A J Q7 6 Q K Q 5 AK : chaltz : Fuglestad Open : Harding : Rahelt p 1 p 1 p 1 p p p p p p p alddk: Det gˆ r de, hˆ rer jeg.. J.. Q #1 ::,J,A,5 # :: 6,A,,7 # ::,,J,Q # :: 6,,7, #5 ::,, A,T #6 :: 5,,Q,7 #7 ::,,T, alddk: Hvis kan vˆƒre fra sˆ vel B som, er der noget, de skal have talt om alddk: Det er det, Peter hentyder til, tror jeg babydolldk: men hvis det kan vˆƒre fra, er der ikke meget.. over det...p..1!..p alddk: 1 viser spar..1!..p..1..p..! Vugraph1: Maria forklarede udspillet som..... sˆ de har aftaler :) alddk: 1 normalt kort pˆ en minimum jˆ ƒvn hˆ nd..p.. Vugraph1: ".farve udgangskrav"..p....p.. Vugraph1: selvom det kun var.?... forklaret sˆ vidt jeg kunne hˆ re som udgangskrav alddk: De spiller mˆ ske xyz..p..p..p.... J.. A A alddk: som er populˆƒrt i UA, mˆ ske ogsˆ i orge

3 Board 1 : orway Ladies - 0 : Denmark Ladies - 0 o 5 50 c AK J 5 A106 5 K J10 7 Q106 J A J Q7 6 Q K Q 5 AK : vendsen : Bilde Closed : Rasmussen : Brogeland p 1 p p p p p p p #1 :: 6,T,A, # :: J,A,,7 # ::,,A,6 # :: 5,,K, #5 ::,7,J,Q #6 :: T,,, K #7 :: 6,,Q,7 alddk: Aˆ alsteinn Jˆ rgensen s father is Danish, that explains it A.. T Q T snorris: herna er 00 kallinn alddk: The play will be very fast in this match I predict. othing really to play for alddk: GT are 50 miles ahead lestergold: gross overbid auction in closed pelu: both pairs play naturel - Morten Bilde - Jˆ rgen Hansen card openings pelu: hej alle - et opgˆ r mellem to af de danske M-hold andyv: good morning everyone from Los Angeles andyv: probably by on this hand alddk: Hello Andy and David garnetts: Good morning alddk: and Johanne, our operator andyv: Hi Roland alddk: 5 ladies around the table andyv: gm David vugraph15: goodmorning everyone :) we are starting now. andyv: :) garnetts: Only thing that can go wrong here is get too high I suppose..p rnmalik: 1T mr murray: hi ftpe: hi Peter and iels and specs andyv: are we really starting the auction this way? ady: easy fame for e/w to start either or T..p andyv: lack of fits should slow them down benjent: ell, that s interesting. My long-longlong Thompson ancestor is actually supposed to be a orwegian Thomassen who jumped ship in Australia in the early 100s - now I understand... benjent: the -sen asig: shows a weak major pelu: skal en ned, mens der skal spar ud for at sˆƒtte 5 lestergold: a pgantom part score save absurd..p lestergold: cos n/s cant make even lestergold: probably canty make ady: nust have misguessed the heart position CR to go down alddk: Oddur s approach was odd.. lestergold:! dim and club to lose with this horrible duplication alddk: He already showed a sound heart raise, and then he bid game laterr after partner showed nothing alddk: omething is wrong here alddk: Denmark Open are - in both rooms asig: Dbl is cards, I guess asig: asks partner to bid his major rnmalik: suit as it is, the stolen bid for transfer. andyv: ok, this is a bit better garnetts: weak no trump then pelu: this is the. pound of training for the danish national players - 10 team in totel - incl team from orway..p.. nielsfoged: hi there andyv: now lestergold: i was thinking of making the same pun but i thought ikt too corny..p alddk: But not a word about yjafjallajˆ kull, Ben.. ady: quite aggressive by ast andyv: smolen... showing 5 and andyv: and should end the auction - -

4 ady: already tricks too high..p pelu: In Open room they strat with board and 10, so we cant exp comperations roswolf: on that lead there doesnt seem to be a problem vugraph15: we ll rotate the players after this board alddk: Ben knows how to pronounce it now. He has seen a video I sent him..p benjent: There are a surprising number of t s in it!!! asig: Only tricks rnmalik: upgraded the hand and T should not make as the cards are placed. rnmalik: was a better bid, to play. alddk: /..p mr murray: ok andyv: T range looks to be 1-15 type or 11-1 with this vul garnetts: 11 tricks look cast iron alddk: Yes, they both are, but this is mercifully undoubled T ady: undoubled here may also be down lestergold: oh dear what is happening here east came in no vul after passing at level mr murray: loser hand. expects a lot from partner lestergold: and west yhas a balanced hand with a few high cards no hope for game but defensive chances ady: even a diamond ruff wont beat this even if ast plays K vugraph15: its going good :) yes :) lestergold: at ;least not doubled they gain.. A mr murray: they could have gained 00 more if they defended spades down roswolf: this should be ducked roswolf: to preserve a certain entry alddk: One may wonder how they are going to play good bridge in Belgium when they are not even capable of finding their seats :) roswolf: ah advanced play!! ppiglett: Four clubs two hearts and a spade - but hard to get them.... J.. A ftpe: probably 7 tricks here ftpe: fore alddk: Good morning to Mike Graham mdgraham: Good morning all pelu: I like that K - create problem for decl.. mr murray: easy partial with no real problems nielsfoged: Yes Fuglestad needed a shift in trick - not easy ppiglett: Yep benjent: ice by orth there... I presume was weak, so getting involved was indicated.. 7 andyv: hi Mike garnetts: as a matter of technique and timing it looks like there will be no spade finesse --cash AK ady: sorry retract that if north plays a diamond back and easst plays the king ace and another heart would take out the entry to the K to discard the losing diamond in view of... ady: north having doubleton heart mr murray: no overtricks either.... A ppiglett: Trick two actually - needed to preserve comms lestergold: inexplicable lack of judgement by orld class players.. 6 lestergold: maybe the volcanic ash has side effects mr murray: not their usual level of competance. lestergold: well thye wouldnt be winning any bermuda bowls with that kind of bidding thats for sure lestergold: not even the local club pun ch bowl roswolf: indeed but declarer is ok because spade ace is right.. 5 asig: - now.. ady: only remains for clubs to break now.. K.... mr murray: the Islandic top pairs do quite well in our ational Tournaments. alddk: elcome to Fridrik ady: if this is taken and AK diamonds xashed and a diamond north could be squeezed friggi: hi all ady: hi pelu: no the play for x + x + x ftpe: well he still has heartguess andyv: now the finesse:) alddk: magiccontest.htm GT 6 VPs ahead!.. 7 lestergold: hi Fridrik vugraph15: ok.. o I dont know anyone. nielsfoged: Hansen guessed wrong in 1.. J.. Q.. T ppiglett: ould have Dbled with A,Ak,Q ftpe: i know him very well ftpe: so agree niels :) garnetts: that will teach me :) ady: well defended.. - -

5 alddk: GT are hot favourites in this match, but you never know. Vˆ pushed Fisk down to 5th place in the last round.. alddk: Fisk was run over by Verˆ brˆ'f alddk: Verˆ brˆ'f = bonds benjent: If I have the format right, there s a complete round-robin followed by a final between the top nielsfoged: 0.1 sec.. K ftpe: y :) roswolf: well that is ok too:).. 6 ppiglett: 10? andyv: as will rubber bridge:) alddk: no.. alddk: Just a complete round-robin.. Q.. 7 benjent: close? Board : Denmark Ladies 1 1 : orway Ladies - 0 o c A J10 K Q Q J 7 6 J10 Q6 J10 AK105 AK K 7 5 A Q : chaltz : Fuglestad Open : Harding : Rahelt p p p p p #1 :: 5,6,A, # :: J,,,5 # ::,,K, pelu: 5 er et fint "offer" alddk: vendsen burde nok have meldt 5 til trods for zonestillingen..p..!..p alddk: alene i zonen fra makker er ikke for sjov teckh: men hvorfor ikke?..! pelu: hvorfor pas fra Vest??? alddk: Hvad er?..p Vugraph1: = spille overfor 1-1 nt pelu: - i min bog en hˆ nd der vil spille overfor en 0-1 ut alddk: aha, en 1-1 sans Vugraph1: tror nok, at spiller som kan vˆƒre 1-1nt Vugraph1: eller 0 dˆ rlige... I gˆ r ˆ bnede de nt med 1-nt er alddk: Meget passive norske damer..p..p teckh: merkelig Vugraph1: "har du husket systemet" spˆ rger Maria, da hun lˆƒgger bordet ned... "sˆ har vi mange " pelu: meget passivt af ˆ V - "brˆƒnder" gamen

6 og vinder spillet alddk: Jan? A.... J K alddk: Hun mˆ altsˆ have trukket trumf fˆ rst alddk: trumf*en* Vugraph1: ja :).. sr Vugraph1: det gik meget stˆƒrkt :) Board : orway Ladies - 0 : Denmark Ladies 1 1 o c A J10 K Q Q J 7 6 J10 Q6 J10 AK105 AK K 7 5 A Q : vendsen : Bilde Closed : Rasmussen : Brogeland 1 p p p p #1 :: A,,7, 5 # :: 7,6,A, 6 # :: J,, K,Q # ::,J,K, alddk: Verˆ brˆ'f certain to win the silver medal alddk: Good morning to Bill Frisby athene: hello good morning everyone :) ady: Bill rnmalik: true asig: and might make garnetts: Morning Mike mdgraham: gm David pelu: 1T pelu: eller fra yd (efter 1 ) pelu: pass fra Bilde?? pelu: Hi all andyv: 5 by to off set the by mdgraham: this will be competitive benjent: I saw there s a Keflavik avings Bank team... I hope our Icelandic friends don t take this badly but... is that the last operating bank in Iceland?.. andyv: over bid, may just bid 5 garnetts: ast did well bidding spades first or a - 6 -

7 club lead would beat 5 mdgraham: est? alddk: o we show one of the two matches, and definitely GT vs Verˆ brˆ'f in the last round.. athene: clear double with south rather than roswolf: dont like it on this hand ---6 is not a good shape pelu: standard for :) rnmalik: would need play, with QJ and holding JTx mr murray: lucky game wwhich they will probably get pushed into peachy: elcome to Peter Lund, Denmark. pelu: hi raija andyv: doesn t matter... is not passing garnetts: next then lol andyv: lol..p mdgraham: orth lurking alddk: ice by Jˆ n.. lestergold: west has directed the killing lead against alddk: 1 did not even promise diamonds lestergold: south is max and may uopgrade bwecause of the dim bid lestergold: but should be wary of the heart position ady: e/w have but even vul against not n/s have a save in 5 roswolf: north bids what she thinks she can make roswolf: east believes her anyway mr murray: good choice ftpe: 0 athene: if the majors were exchanged, you might perhaps bid 1 over 1 with the south hand..p athene: but when opps have spades, all the other suits are equal :) ady: club and club ruff also ok can only get 1 discard..p lestergold: got it right! lestergold: pass a new concept in this match..p alddk: /files/conventioncards/00pau-european/ OpenTeams/Iceland/baldursson-jonsson.pdf alddk: Precision with Ice Relays alddk: I was surprised that there was even one left :).. A garnetts: I can hardly believe that orth is masterminding to that extent mdgraham: well, that s a bit surprising - perhaps orth is scared of the vulnerablility andyv: I d better not do any predicting for a while athene: yes, it looks normal to bid with that north hand over.. ady: surprised at orth s lack of action roswolf: not an adequate return for n/s alddk: 1 can contain 0 diamonds, 05 shape.. 7 rnmalik: 5 was a good save. asig: But this may go down pelu: 6 koster kun 100! vugraph15: ru es havde gemt sig.. pelu: Morten Bilde are desperat looking for at place to play pelu: and are the best spot ftpe: nice - fit.. 5 andyv: the vul must have scared off... not sure why... she has an excellent hand for partner. garnetts: I imagine outh will have somehting rude to say in Danish after this mdgraham: most players would raise partner with six-card support and a void, irespective of the vulnerability alddk: Anyway, back to bridge.. 7 athene: perhaps she s worried that 5 would show more, at this vulnerability pelu: in there are 5 tricks and only -500 rnmalik: may but should make... 6 asig: If the defence setup a club trick and declarer misguesse diamonds benjent: That s a seriously gutsy 5 bid. ot much shape, various loose honours. Holy phantom sacrifice Batman!.. A nielsfoged: wow that is a weak 1T (maybe special 1st seat white vs red?).. 6 alddk: As it happens, it s a phantom save.. J roswolf: needs a club switch pelu: T are a winner - but not a good contract - I cant see why didnt X "h pelu: pelu: hi spechts - can u explain s bidding? pelu: det kan ikke vˆƒre rigtigt.... K pelu: ok, sˆ ren :) mr murray: spades another bad contract that makes.. Q ftpe: good spadeshift from bilde rnmalik: one the less an interesting hand to play... alddk: But people tend to sacrifice every time they are V vs Vul.. J mdgraham: so this is going to be a very soft result for garnetts: Kokish argued that when you have - 7 -

8 FIV of partners suit you should bid game regardless of vulnerability.. K.. benjent: ice defence pelu: better before A - then close to down Board : Denmark Ladies - 1 : orway Ladies 1 1 o 110 c Q J K J 6 Q5 AK A 7 10 J AK K 7 Q10 10 Q A J 6 : chaltz : Fuglestad Open : Harding : Rahelt 1 p X p! p XX! p X p p p #1 :: Q,5,, # :: A,,5,T # ::,K,Q, 7 # ::,,A, #5 :: K,T,J,5 #6 ::,Q,, 6 #7 ::,A,J, # :: K,Q,5, # :: 6,, 7, #10 :: T,,6, Vugraph1: og meget "morskab" over den Vugraph1: Resultaterne efter runde er opdateret nu pˆ under Turneringer under Passiv Klub. Her findes ogsˆ Multiholdresultaterne...1 Vugraph1: hvad spiller I dbl af tayman som her?..p..!.. teckh: det var en tynn farve for klˆ verdobling pelu: pelu: udspilsdirigerende mod ut..p!..p..r! alddk: pass = mindst ˆ't klˆ rhold..p.. Vugraph1: sˆ med styrke melder man noget andet? alddk: redouble = vi kˆ rer systemet nu teckh: Jeg ville tatt sjansen pˆ pass etter Rdbl babydolldk: mod en lille nt og nf-stayman spiller - -

9 jeg det som opl p alddk: ah, jeg synes farven er for dˆ rlig..p..p pelu: ja yds farve er tvilvsom alddk: ˆ st ville normalt have AQJ10 (xx) alddk: Den farve hun har er for tynd til en dobling efter min mening.. Q pelu: jeg ville doble - bl. for at undgˆ ruder ud fra makker mod en ut-kontrakt A T.... K.. Q A.... K.. T.. J Q A.. J.... K.. Q alddk: Og du vil have det skidt nˆ r yd redobler for at spille.... T Board : orway Ladies 1 1 : Denmark Ladies - 1 o 110 c Q J K J 6 Q5 AK A 7 10 J AK K 7 Q10 10 Q A J 6 : vendsen : Bilde Closed : Rasmussen : Brogeland p p 1 p 1 p p p p p #1 :: Q,5,,7 # ::,A,Q, # :: K,J,5, # :: 6, 5, 7, #5 :: K,A,, #6 :: T, J, 5, #7 ::,,A,Q # :: K,T,, 6 # :: T,,K,Q #10 ::,,, 6 #11 ::,, T,6 #1 :: 7, J,7, #1 ::, A,, J alddk: - a strong pair and members of the Icelandic open team for the uropeans in a couple of months alddk: Iceland is a strong bridge nation. The proudest moment in Icelandic bridge was obviously in 11 when the team won the orld Championships (Bermuda Bowl) in Yokohama, Japan. The... alddk: only nation with a 100% record: qualified once and won it roswolf: this may be where n/s get too high roswolf: what nt do n/s play? rnmalik: another partial. jron: u havde Jˆ rgensen aldrig gˆƒttet klˆ rfarven efter en forhˆ ndspas ftpe: well 150 contra 110 isnt big loose garnetts: There will now be a short pause while - -

10 outh moans at orth andyv: may have been afraid to pushing to slam but at this point her main objective should be to give info to her partner... she could have bid 5 or even lestergold: im expecting a flat board here..p..p ady: nice easy for n/s pelu: (11)1-1 ady: sorry last hand losers in spades..1 nielsfoged: 11 but not 1 here roswolf: weak it appears:)..p pelu: I dont have CC - but exp 1-1 T ppiglett: Yes with C and D probably going -1 or - mdgraham: if you are afraid to that extent, there s not really much point sitting down at the table ppiglett: 10-1 with card support I assume..1 ftpe: 11 seems clear here garnetts: Be fair Mike---she only had points andyv: show the s here? or just pass 1? benjent: I think could have been made, but declarer in the CR didn t find the line. In any event, 5 wasn t destined to show much of a profit, and offered up a certain penalty against...p benjent: an uncertain game pelu: 1 HCP - but as exp pd will bid pelu: best chance for Bilde is to pass T ( lebensohl) benjent: Australia also has a 100%. Qualified a lot, lost 100% of the time :).. alddk: elcome to Jon veindal jbgood: hi athene: sure but north still had a bid, i think, at imps athene: at MP it s a bit closer if you think both contracts are 1 down a lot of the time ady: yes fortunate pass as it happens asig: is playing relay precision benjent: Hi Jon..p alddk: GT resting their anchor pair, igurbjˆ rn and Magnˆ s, in this set. They were outstanding when the crushed Mˆ lning in the previous round athene: again orth with a borderline decision takes the cautious route - some would double 1 athene: perhaps she felt that after south passed it was unlikely her side could compete effectively roswolf: for t/o i trust asig: Hence the alert of the pass lestergold: ten tricks should be made only.. ftpe: next please :) garnetts: looks obvious to me --as does now rnmalik: shows better hand but would show 6+..p pelu: looks like -00/-00 - pelu: he can take 6 tricks: Q - to J. K and then K to set ud the 5. club or endplay lestergold: no interest whatsoever in the play here..p..p lestergold: well maybe an endplay possibilioty for an overtrick pelu: so no danger for after 1T roswolf: n/s have stayed safely low andyv: should be able to scramble for tricks garnetts: as does the Q garnetts: My predictions are getting better including the earlier pause.. Q andyv: :) lestergold: not now tho.. 7 ady: can make an overtrick playing hearts and ruffing hearts and end playing east after cashing clubs lestergold: played to cater for east holding all three trumps lestergold: safety more importasnt than overtrick endplay andyv: interesting duck mdgraham: dangerous game, predicting. You can never tell what s going to happen ppiglett: flat.. alddk: - are getting too high next door.. A alddk: 6 they are in ftpe: yes benjent: Helpful lead for declarer, but he was making game anyway.. Q pelu: I spil 1 ˆ bnede ikke med og ˆ fik banen for sig selv : 5!r i ˆ st - der kun sˆƒttes med spar ud - og yd angreb i Klˆ r! garnetts: I predict who ever wins our General lection we will all suffer.. andyv: timing may now be a problem mdgraham: orth may be wishing now that she had won the first trick mdgraham: although if ast gets a ruff, it will be with a natural trump trick andyv: now has to play to hand and to board roswolf: with the - break no prblem.. K lestergold: might hav TRID J FROM DUMMY FOR AM AFTY THO.. J alddk: Velkommen til Flemming Pedersen

11 andyv: problem is not the ruff... it s stranding the th trick in dummy alddk: It takes a dozen helpful leads to let 6 through.. 6 ady: heart finesse gives west tricks rnmalik: + + =6 and possibly a. garnetts: Looks like a normal thing to duck except when it isn t--you must judge each situation seperaretly.. 5 ady: might have considered heart first in case wast held KQX spades might still make lestergold: capslock sorry benjent: 6 fails Roland s test, although swap the hands and it comes home.. K.. A ftpe: Hej.. pelu: but after 1 (1 ) - 1 can may not stop before.. rnmalik: why not a by?.. T.. J roswolf: indeed.. 5 pelu: close to tricks garnetts: hould have maybe thrown the 10 rather then ruffed A.. Q andyv: should have know to duck the 6? garnetts: The lazarus coup happens here as ast will be forced to give dummy the K pelu: Peter skal nu gˆƒtte rigtigt i hjerter +10 eller -.. K pelu: but the X of still a mystery for me.. T T andyv: good result for declarer.... K.. Q T J A.... J Board : Denmark Ladies 6 1 : orway Ladies - 1 o 110 c J A 6 J J10 K10 7 AK 5 AQ AQ J 6 K Q105 Q K : chaltz : Fuglestad Open : Harding : Rahelt p p 1 X p X p p p p #1 :: K,7,,A # :: J,K,A, # :: 6,5,T, # :: Q,,J,6 #5 :: T, T,, #6 :: A,,,Q #7 :: K,6,, # :: 5,7,, 6 # ::, 7, 7, #10 :: 5,A,, #11 :: J,K,, pelu: nej..p..p..1.. alddk: Jo, for sˆ har du KQ10xx i nakken..p.... babydolldk: jeg synes farven er for tynd og jeg ville vˆƒre en anelse bange med redob.. teckh: yds Dbl er for mye....p....p..p alddk: nig..p alddk: Makker har nˆƒsten aldrig spar nˆ r hun melder, og hun kan vˆƒre meget svag.. K A.. J.. K.. A alddk: 16 hp er ikke undskyldning nok.. pelu: hun hˆ ber selvfˆ lgelig pˆ 5 farve i minor hos makker eller - i minor, sˆ kommer de i - denne sits er klart uheldig T teckh: Men derfor er kanskje T hos det beste, for ˆ vise noe Vugraph1: hvad med 1nt fˆ rste gang i ord

12 som ved det andet bord?.... Q.... J.. 6 alddk: teen Mˆ ller pˆ peger, at - faktisk kan vinde T (meget heldigt), men den var i de aldrig kommet i alligevel.. T.. T.. pelu: enig i ut-meldinger fra - 1. eller. gang ( nok 1. gang!).. Vugraph1: --- ligner nt-fordeling :) babydolldk: og man vinder den nok ikke ved bordet...pga. eller hvad?.. A.... pelu: stillingen i toppen inden sidste kamp: DK-ˆ ben 15, DK-enior 1, Junior/ 1, Zeeberg 15.. Q.. K alddk: Der er finale efter denne kamp, x 1 spil alddk: Med start kl. 1.0 pelu: men fˆ rst frokost-pause :) alddk: Dorthe er tˆƒt pˆ at vinde den alddk: Fˆ r ˆ st mere end to trumfstik herfra? Vugraph1: Marianne trˆƒkker stolen laaanngt fra bordet... og sukker! babydolldk: svˆƒrt at se hvordan ˆ skal fˆ mere end to stik til babydolldk: Godt spillet! A J.. K Board : orway Ladies - 1 : Denmark Ladies 6 1 o 110 c J A 6 J J10 K10 7 AK 5 AQ AQ J 6 K Q105 Q K : vendsen : Bilde Closed : Rasmussen : Brogeland p p 1 X p 1 p p p 5 #1 :: A,,,Q # :: K,6,, # :: A,,7,5 # ::,,, #5 :: 7,,, 5 #6 :: Q,T,, #7 :: 6,K, J, # ::,T,K,A # :: Q,5,J, 5 #10 :: Q,7,, A #11 :: J, T, 6, #1 :: K,,, 6 #1 :: J, 7, T, lestergold: CHKY I CLODD HICH CAOT B BAT A CARD LI athene: and once more north has a close decision - pass or, over 1? roswolf: this may generate some action pelu: han sidder der stadig - pˆ. minut - lille hjerter og lavt fra yd benjent: available for, a little light but not so light they can t find game..p athene: surely you want to bid with that shape and a decent suit? pelu: and 1 IMP for Ladies not Open - the pairs was wrong placed in Board o1..p mr murray: lots of dull partscores so far...1 garnetts: sat needs to show restraint garnetts: ast even

13 jbgood: nice layout for..p athene: west has better than minimum, with a sixloser hand athene: (assuming that s her most discouraging action) looks a little conservative asig: bid in the open room on board 1, but declarer could not overcome the -1 heart break, and finished with tricks ftpe: n hurtig hjerter pelu: han gjorde forkert - og bagefter forkert i klˆ r - ned andyv: dbl should slow down her ambitions..1 andyv: now should see losers nielsfoged: Minor but by whom?.. ppiglett: Transfer response - 1H shows lestergold: fine also..p ady: precarious T CR though no lay down either ady: 5C just down 1 a good save afgainst athene: no need to save against +1, though :) lestergold: cards lie well..p asig: can make a lot in spades mr murray: If partner doesnt have heart ace bad things could happen to n/t..p garnetts:? seems OTT to me when outh has shown them garnetts: ell done lestergold: one loser in each of sides and spade goes away if they are not attacked.. A andyv: too many soft points in hand jbgood: must be subminimum for his bid, so will go to game.. lestergold: n is lets face it a bridge players bidwin some lose some pelu: not the best contract for - easy win - but when u open card then u normal rebid and not.. rnmalik: If not wrong, a par contract on this hand. asig: yes ppiglett: ast now knows they have a diamond gap rnmalik: Can play small after A and can make... Q mr murray: Mon felt his hand too good for single raise. loser. ftpe: couldnt west have di? andyv: this can be held to garnetts: clear cut trump switch now andyv: is that a prediction? garnetts: observation nielsfoged: I think so (maybe even --5-0?).. K mr murray: any of three spade cards to save the overtrick.. 6 pelu: with all cards well placed for u can make 5 and have to fight for :) asig: On board in the Open room, declarer got the diamonds right in andyv: :) jbgood: not the best game, however.. jbgood: but should also make benjent: yes - the finesse works and s aren t unfriendly jbgood: anybody knows the range of the rebid T? 17-1? pelu: efter runde fˆ rer Danmark enior fortsat - mens Danmark Damer er sidste - resultater pˆ : videre til turneringer og Privar garnetts: poor defence in my view.. andyv: now two ruffs ppiglett: I suppose so but rarely - safe and sensible place C with AKQ to 5.. A ftpe: agree Peter benjent: The auction feels kind of like we missed a round.. ady: west might have tried assuming T alerted showed a decent raise in hearts rnmalik: rounds of and small would serve equally well. pelu: AGF fˆ rer 1-0 mod ilkeborg!.. 7 pelu: IMPs for Open = Board no save against rnmalik: should have gone up with the K... asig: Or even rounds of and AK+ruff and a club finesse rnmalik: another, ruff, finesse, so many ways to make this hand. mr murray: club bid didnt help andyv: I agree nielsfoged: agree, but for orth it was not easy t know if pd had support - actually would have been great, but not worth the risk (niether in Imps or MP).. ftpe: lead gave him chance to win, but still migth go down andyv: s pd didn t bid 1, so should suspect that has s lestergold: but south is tryimng to beat it.. 7 ady: to be faie though east has nothing wasted aces in the blacks gold dust even the 10 useful and the heart finesse is right - 1 -

14 lestergold: not mps.. athene: yes, certainly it s not trivial to reach game on a combined 1-count when there isn t a huge amount of distribution benjent: I have a bad feeling about this... I wonder if declarer is going to try to drop doubleton honour in the outh hand ftpe: cant interfear in bidding ppiglett: Going for 500 fighting for a partial with such a hand would not be something you would like to bring to the score up ftpe: rigth asig: o now declarer knows the K is onside... Q.. T mr murray: 1 n/t seemed rebid then he can bid hearts to play.. alddk: Good evening to iels Foged.. ftpe: not sure this is best plan ppiglett: might get a 100 anyway! andyv: given the chance, has played this well K.. J garnetts: orth should discard.... jbgood: i bet you he wont:).. T.. K.. A pelu: Hi iels.. Q benjent: Hoo! J.. 5 benjent: I had a badder feeling when he ditched a on the th.. Q A.. J jbgood: an explanation from a helpful kib: yes it is 17-1, if i remember right 0-1 is in 1 garnetts: he did and it saved a trcik.. T K.. garnetts: trick J.. 7 Board 5 : Denmark Ladies 1 1 : orway Ladies - 1 o 60 c A106 K J A K Q J A10 6 AK Q Q J K J Q 5 : chaltz : Fuglestad Open : Harding : Rahelt 1 p p p p p #1 :: T,,5,A # :: T,Q,K,A # ::,K,,5 # ::,,J, #5 :: 7,A,, #6 :: 6,Q,, #7 :: J, 6,, T # :: K,7,J, # :: 6,,7, #10 :: Q, 5,6, #11 :: Q,K,A, #1 :: T,,, 6 5 pelu: nˆ r kan vinde med den sits - sˆ viser det berettigelsen af Maria s. dobling!.. T....1 Vugraph1: mod succes argumenterer man oftest forgˆƒves..p pelu: ja :) pelu: 10 i stik giver mange stik p...p..p..p.. T A.. T.. Q.. K.. A babydolldk: selvom jeg kun har en, sˆ havde jeg nok spillet den ud i det her spil teckh: med hjerter 10 i Vest ville dette vˆ ƒrt et veldig dˆ rlig utspill pelu: det undrer ogsˆ mig at ast ikke spiller ud i makkers farve med en hˆ nd uden indkomster.... K J teckh: det kunne vˆ ƒrt tre ruter i Vest (+ ), - 1 -

15 da hadde vi hold kjeft selvsagt A.... Board 5 : orway Ladies - 1 : Denmark Ladies 1 1 o 60 c A106 K J A K Q J A10 6 AK Q Q J K J Q 5 : vendsen : Bilde Closed : Rasmussen : Brogeland 1 p X p p p p 6 5 #1 :: T,,5,A # :: 6,,J,A # ::,K,,J # ::,Q,, #5 :: 6,Q,,6 #6 :: 5,,K, #7 :: T,5,, 5 # :: Q,,7,A # :: 6,J, 7, benjent: orry - the claim was down? Q J T.. K J Q Q.. K.. A.... T athene: every card in the hands working hard ( etc) pelu: wd pelu: I spil - 5 = - ofrede chaltz-magnussen i 6 (der skal 1 ned) og kˆƒmpede videre i 6 nielsfoged: Hello there, was away for a few hours (mother-in LA!) mdgraham: odd result on board in the other room too - bought it in andyv: board also produced an unusual result in the OR... by, making 6 for a 1 imp pick up for the Denmark ladies jbgood: he had nine tricks, but forgot to take them?..1 mdgraham: snap

16 mr murray: south did nothing wrong. Just we see all the cards. easy to defend from up here in skybox. :)..p ady: no fit n/s will end in T ady: with spades laying so nice np problem lestergold: dim was on general grounds the best altho a long shot to beat contract pard could hold ace for three tricks alddk: magiccontest.htm for running scores. Gold and silver medals decided a while ago. GT has been outstanding all the way athene: but even so, missing any decent vul game should be a mild cause for concern ady: yes agreed H important as well pelu: is making - no -ruff :) rnmalik: another partial. pelu: the standard of bidding not as good as in the afternoon -some stange mistakes andyv: hand mdgraham: pretty hefty strong T.. garnetts: Is that what they playing MIke? nap andyv: price is right for benjent: Did he in fact hop the A on the nd round, and go down when there wasn t Hx in the pocket?.. ftpe: another boring board lestergold: bound to bid now....p ftpe: he nielsfoged: only tricks in with best def andyv: not sure why the bid by unless she was planning to invite athene: declarer started life with ten tricks here and will probably just take them.. nielsfoged: Yes I saw - by Kofoed-Mˆ nsted. At least a reminder for the rest of us to get that one into the system. benjent: makes, but makes 5 - and they never got a mention!..p alddk: Israel closed room pls alddk: sry, private lestergold: altho of course plays very well ady: hand 1 Binker go 10 imps went down to the same doubleton diamond lead and declarer played the king on diamond return and ace and another heart defeated the contgract pelu: need -ruff to defeat pelu: ast sh overtage with J and play - but if pd has 10 and not A then back - easy for us but diff for the players roswolf: looks simple from here pelu: 5-1 not a bad contract - making nielsfoged: I support Mˆ nsted s as CB, but heard that others agree with Kofoed s " improving the contract (=natural)" andyv: I don t think they are playing puppet here athene: she was playing the lead to be 6 from Q6..p ftpe: 1 nt er ikke en vinder :) garnetts: Looks like puppet andyv: you may be right, David..p garnetts: who knows andyv: or maybe a direct has some other meaning (some play it as - in the majors with game values).. T garnetts: Curiously the club suit is well placed if orth leads the 10 alddk: o does 6 with all cards in view.. pelu: wrong mr murray: good contract mr murray: stayed away from spades which has no play nielsfoged: As usual it doesn t really matter as long as yopu play the same as partner! ftpe: how? nielsfoged: ruff.. 5 lestergold: well i can count 11 Roland that 1th please explain7.. A lestergold: 5 dim and dim ruff clubs is what i can see lestergold: two ruffs and he cant take spade finesse alddk: He can ruff two diamonds on a nontrump lead alddk: Losing just a spade roswolf: not convinced by a trump switch garnetts: I also totally disgaree with the lead-- what is the point? You have on likely entry to lead a heart--and that was it andyv: you lead the 10 to reward partner for sticking out her neck mdgraham: pard bid. he has the hearts and possible entries. lestergold: yes but tyhen he has to lose a trump trick.. 6 alddk: o what? lestergold: and still has a dim to lose alddk: He is not in 7 lestergold: thats 11 tricks ady: could make ona non trump lead ruffing diamonds and ruffing twice in hand plus heart finesse and exiting in the end dream land ppiglett: Duck a spade nielsfoged: here 7 in T

17 ftpe: rigth, difficult rnmalik: good stop after negatives by... asig: yes ftpe: Men har - spar i kortene jbgood: one spade ruff not enough to beat this - overtrick available in spade game.. J lestergold: well roland lives in slam dreamland as we all know.. A vugraph15: sorry, lost it andyv: this is not good andyv: didn t pay enough attention the the blockage problem the suit creates garnetts: ote that the was needed if you were intending to play the J andyv: yes benjent: Of course, making 5 now - hard for orth to picture the ruff.. nielsfoged: no actually also in T ppiglett: alddk: Anything is possible double dummy.. K.... J pelu: unblock A to disc a on K andyv: but your point of leading the 10 is the easiest and cleanest here ftpe: good shift from bilde.. ftpe: only chance to set it benjent: Although... if you check the pips, what else could be going on in the suit?.. Q rnmalik: switch, would be a good play and by indicates the same..... garnetts: This hand has also shown me why the initial 10 is best--easy to see when all four hands are displayed--but a new combination for me mdgraham: yes, me too. omehow 10 looks wrong, yet it is right andyv: once you realize how valuable the 6 of is, you won t have a problem playing the hand rnmalik: sorry of.. 6 garnetts: Here discard a heart and play on spades-- dummy will be resurrected again later.. Q.. andyv: no words can describe the leading of the 6 here ftpe: Makkersqueezen virker, nu kan han vinde K mdgraham: club to dummy and another spade.... T andyv: or endplay in s Q garnetts: If I were west I would throw the A on that club garnetts: Just a subtle message to my partner andyv: lol mdgraham: ubtlety is your middle name, David :) andyv: not much can do here andyv: s unwilingness to lead pd s suit on two times has done in the defense.. A J

18 Board 6 : Denmark Ladies 10 : orway Ladies - 1 o 0 c Q106 A10 5 AQ6 A10 A 7 5 J K J 5 K K Q J107 K Q7 J : chaltz : Fuglestad Open : Harding : Rahelt p 1 p p p p p p 5 alddk: Jeg forstˆ r ikke, hvorfor K skulle tages fˆ rst.. babydolldk: hov skulle hun ikke have lagt? alddk: Lige meget, hun er gˆ et ned.. pelu: ˆ st sidder igen med mange trumfer og kan ikke finde det sˆƒttende stik alddk: u har hun vundet den igen teckh: Hva?? teckh: Dette er ikke landslagsspill.... T.. A J alddk: Lidt uheldigt fra begge sider Q.. Q alddk: Man er vel diplomat :) Vugraph1: Vi holder lige fire minutters pause Vugraph1: der er vist brug for lige at fˆ det spil lidt pˆ afstand :) teckh: I gˆ r unnskyldte vi med tretthet, i dag uhell :-) alddk: Ja, det er aldrig dˆ rligt spil Vugraph1: Jeg vil lige kikke en tur ved de to borde, hvor man "konkurrerer" om at komme i finalen -- tilbage om lidt #1 ::,,T,K # ::,6,T,K # :: J,,,A # :: J,6,,A #5 :: 5,Q,7, #6 ::,,K,6 #7 :: K,5, 6, 7 # :: J,,, # ::,T,A, #10 :: 5,J, 5, Q #11 :: Q,, 7, 7 pelu: her er orge i pelu: hˆ rd trumsits,men mon ikke den vinder? teckh: det blir vel det samme her og 10 stikk Vugraph1: Turneringslederen vil ikke lige lade os holde en kort pause nu -- vil lige vente til efter dette spil -- der er 5 min tilbage af runden :) alddk: er ved at vinde i lukket rum..p..1..p..!..p....p....p..p..p T.. K alddk: Klˆ r nu, sˆƒt sidefarven op fˆ rst T.. K.. J A Vugraph1: der bliver en "ikke ret lang" pause efter dette spil... en kort pause.. kunne misforstˆ s :) alddk: Det er en god gylden regel alddk:?.. J A Q K K J teckh: nˆ mˆ det spilles safe, ikke slik

19 Board 6 : orway Ladies - 1 : Denmark Ladies 10 o 0 c Q106 A10 5 AQ6 A10 A 7 5 J K J 5 K K Q J107 K Q7 J : vendsen : Bilde Closed : Rasmussen : Brogeland p 1 p 1 p 1 p p p p p #1 :: 6,,J,K # ::,6,,K # ::,,T,A # :: 5,,, Q #5 :: 5,,,Q #6 :: 7,J, 5, T #7 ::,,J,6 # ::,T,K, # :: K,A, A, 7 #10 :: A,7,,5 #11 :: Q,J,, mr murray: another slam ady: what happened to the 10th trick? pelu: diff defense with closed cards roswolf: yup pelu: pˆ smˆ vˆƒrdier kan ˆ V vinde - men jeg tror ikke de kan melde den mdgraham: "If I had bid diamonds, partner, would you lead a heart?" garnetts: My wife onec asked her partner in a similar situation if she was hard of hearing lestergold: well too good for roland this slam altho its less than 50%..p mr murray: should be easy to bid lestergold: spades is more tho ady: small slam but needs to beplayed in hearts mr murray: maybe bid 7 if real good alddk: They are in 7 next door 5 alddk: And ast led A! alddk: ow it can make, but it won t lestergold: but necause of /1 break spades doesnt make lestergold: well maybe it does roswolf: hmm this is close to a slam as well ppiglett: A club back, rise with the Ace of hearts, King not unblocked and play a club could have seen -1 nielsfoged: Hansen was sure could not have Kx in and still choose to play rather than alddk: Mike, it can make on the A lead it got..1 lestergold: oh my mr murray: I count 1 off the top pelu: men en Multi fra yd kan mˆ ske lokke dem benjent: This looks like a pretty straightforward T - plenty of points, but not too many, and a reasonably friendly layout, no matter what line you choose to adopt..p ftpe: er nˆƒrmest umulig at melde, de ender nok i sp efter 1 nt ˆ bning mr murray: 1 club ruff..1 lestergold: yes 7 spades wow alddk: But it went down at trick mr murray: club lead doesnt matter alddk: A ruffed, A ady: thats true lestergold: usual philospohy is to play these hands in the big suit but here the / fit cuts the mustard..p alddk: ow it can no longer make athene: = controls, i would imagine roswolf: i would have risked nt as north pelu: what now? or? pelu: tomme tˆ nder buldrer :) ppiglett: Agreed ftpe: 5 diamonds are best contract here ppiglett: 5D- v. However a couple of jacks to find in ftpe: think they will find it andyv: we can say all sorts of clever things but the anguish takes a while to subside. ftpe: ja:)..1 mr murray: 7 hearts 5 spades and diamond ace..p athene: a pretty boring anyway roswolf: north should raise the ante high pelu: that maded life easy for roswolf: 5 will pose a real problem for e/w pelu: over 5 east can pass (or bid 5 ) and est will gamble on 6 s - 1 -

20 jron: Ville I doble pˆ Hansens kort efter pas i forhˆ nd fra makker? pelu: playing weak jumps = -11 invit nielsfoged: very lucky 1 tricks in ftpe: Rigth Peter, but he just has to find 1 off them andyv: up the line bidders andyv: seems to be the destination mdgraham: well, it is difficult. You stick your neck out to bid, and partner ignores you. It is hard not to feel some resentment alddk: magiccontest.htm.. benjent: orth elected not to look for a major fit. I agree with that approach with his bland. roswolf: yup which would be wrong on the hand..p asig: or 15 bal rnmalik: for, but they may bid higher and Q lead is a dnger to 6 by. andyv: must be xyz benjent: Best line, Jon?....p jbgood: difficult, perhaps three hearts to see if that suit breaks, then a club and the dia finesse in reserve alddk: The line in 7 after A lead must be to cash A and play another. hen spades are - 1, you need 7 heart tricks and you will get them mr murray: this auction gets them nowhere pelu: so has to go to 6 pelu: ej ftpe: ej ftpe: bilde will 5 di andyv: or maybe not... it definitely is game forcing:) pelu: men jeg ville heller ikke gˆ efter game i ord..p ftpe: Alene i/z og en passet makker benjent: Yes, you really want to play a up, then cash s, then fall back on s, but entries don t permit..p benjent: I think Magnus will win K benjent: then play a up ady: may end up in can make needs a heart lead to hold to 10 tricks otherwise an elimination and end play will get an overtrick alddk: Me too, but as we see it doesn t matter.. 6 athene: yes, after the K lead declarer will lose two hearts and the trump garnetts: Just experienced a power cut--must be to do with the rain we are having--maybe it was because I was going to say somehting rude lol alddk: when hearts come in for four tricks.. lestergold: well if it gets tyhem to 6 which it has it will earn a bushell load of imps alddk: Only 1 pelu: ned ftpe: ords hj er meget vild, isˆƒr nˆ r makker viser minimum jron: Colours (zonestillinger) are for children! pelu: I can only see 11 Xfiness in the u lose a + a nielsfoged: s come up mdgraham: It always rains on bank holidays in ngland. ady: if you get a club lead in 7 spades right to cash ace and king of hearts and with the good news will make.. J mr murray: they went down in 7 spades? lestergold: stumn led to winning 1 imps lestergold: stumbled into it alddk: That s how declarer went down, David lestergold: might as well have punted it for all the info they exchanges alddk: Remember that dummy was already down to three trumps after the lead alddk: You can t enjoy the heart suit if you play it the way you suggest lestergold: was natural to play for / spade break and esnure hearts ame in very unlucky mr murray: with heart queen dbltn 7 spades must make lestergold: doubole dummy yes but single dummy declarer must weight odds of bad trump break against odds of heart q dropping alddk: Once you cash A you are down roswolf: not convinced leave opps to make the last guess ppiglett: I don t like this sort of save auction I m afraid - I prefer to bid it immediately. ast -est now only have one shot at pass/bid/double and may go wrong OM of the time ady: also 10 tricks in no-trumps.. K pelu: why wrong to bid 6-6 is cold athene: or heart, ruff, trump ace.. nielsfoged: for discard pelu: right u are - as usual :) nielsfoged: double dummy maybe benjent: This way, he at least retains a finesse against ast as his residual chance.. 6 alddk: ice duck by Ragnar lestergold: and heart q dropping is less likely - 0 -

21 mr murray: when u find out spades -1 u close you draw trumps,close your eyes and your prayers are answered athene: it s possible declarer might sneak 11 tricks through, winning this and leading a small spade mdgraham: econd weekend of the cricket season too :( athene: getting two rounds drawn fast and depriving north of her ruff.. ftpe: well, they bid and supported diamonds.. K athene: but of course east doesn t know where the A is.. ady: on haqnd in OR north did bid 5 after 1 double and got 6 imps as e/w went to 5 for 00 pelu: even 6 will win - spechts tell me :).... T roswolf: well true but i am not sure it is clear to sac - but on insurance principles it is a lesser risk perhaps alddk: It may present an overtrick, but he is trying to beat the contract.. A vugraph15: sorry, I lost it athene: south now knows her partner hs a heart ruff coming, so probably won t duck a small spade lead athene: np, assume 10 tricks? pelu: sˆ nu tjener han mˆ ske 1 imp - 150/170 benjent: Yes - although the s will take any problem away rnmalik: A and small otherwise would make. asig: Great lead.. ftpe: Han havde vel kˆ bt den i hjerter pelu: ja givet vis ady: yes sorry cant do that but not easy to make winning play.. Q roswolf: what about the club ruff? pelu: 6 will cost even against game OK ftpe: what else shall they bid? alddk: I don t see why.. Q mdgraham: est is getting sort of squeezed here mr murray: I dont see any other choice.. 7 garnetts: more than sort of --he is getting it real bad.. J andyv: yes... that s whant happens when both sides make part scores andyv: sorry, private:) benjent: ven if the s hadn t broken the right play after the Q would have been the finesse - with s protected T andyv: last trump should squeeze garnetts: You need to careful Andy--Gordon Brown (prime minster for now) got caught out like that this week :) alddk: If they are -, you set up hearts.. mdgraham: est can duck the first club andyv: is that why he was talking so fast on TV? alddk: I think Magnˆ s line was best.. benjent: I agree Roland, Magnus has combined his chances well jbgood: sure has lestergold: he who must be obeyed is calling me for dinner Id rather stay as this is very exciting class pelu: but a -ruff can defeat 6 rnmalik: bad luck... J roswolf: in T alddk: hen they are -1, you need Q onside.. K lestergold: but i aslo would like to survive ppiglett: D from - I know it is not perfect with two Aces but I would think better of two evils and 5D by then - you never know now... mdgraham: but can be steppingstoned.. K.. A.. A.. 7 ftpe: aces and weak suit, i dont agree :).. A garnetts: He wasn t talking fast that was the cottish accent--means subtitles are needed Q lestergold: so must make a premature exit and apology and leave it in all ur excellent hands.. J.... andyv: this will not get it done - 1 -

22 Board 7 : Denmark Ladies 7 : orway Ladies - 1 o 170 c x J A J 6 K10 6 AK J 7 J 5 Q10 K Q6 AK Q5 AQ : chaltz : Fuglestad Open : Harding : Rahelt p 1 X p p 1 p p p p 7 5 weekend for dem indtil nu.. A alddk: De har kun vundet over juniorerne.. K K Vugraph1: og ingen af parrene pˆ holdet har vist spillet helt op til "standard" A alddk: ej, det fremgˆ r af Multihold.. J.. Q.... alddk: Rasmussen-Bilde har vˆƒret bedst.. Q Vugraph1: 7 i sidste stik unden at den vandt stikket -- koster det ikke? T J Q T.. T J Q.. A K J.... K #1 :: A,,T,6 # ::,A,,7 # :: K,,,6 # :: K,,5,A #5 :: J,Q,, #6 :: Q,,, #7 :: 6,7,T, 6 # :: J,,5, # ::,,Q, #10 ::,5, T, T #11 :: 7,J, 5, Q #1 :: A,,, K #1 :: 7,J,,K Vugraph1: vi har stadig ikke noget at sammenligne med... men der er kun 15 min tilbage pelu: her er ord i X Vugraph1: sˆ vi gˆ r i gang igen alddk: Den vinder vel..p..p p alddk: ller rettere, den *kan* vinde..1..p.. Vugraph1: pil, der ikke nˆ r at blive spillet inden spilletidens ophˆ r udgˆ r!..p..p..p.. A alddk: Av, ned.... T.. 6 Vugraph1: og det ser ikke ud til, at man nˆ r alle spillene i runden ved det andet bord i denne kamp alddk: n katastrofekamp for orge.. Vugraph1: sˆ bliver det mˆ ske til lidt opmuntring til det danske damelandshold -- har vˆƒret en lang - -

23 Board 7 : orway Ladies - 1 : Denmark Ladies 7 o 170 c x J A J 6 K10 6 AK J 7 J 5 Q10 K Q6 AK Q5 AQ : vendsen : Bilde Closed : Rasmussen : Brogeland p p 1 X 1 p p p p p p X p p p #1 :: A,,T,6 # :: K,,7, # :: K,,,A # :: 6,,, #5 ::,,,Q #6 :: Q,,5, T #7 ::,,Q,6 # :: 7,J, K, 6 # :: A,5,T,7 #10 :: K, 7,, #11 :: A,5,, alddk: Thanks Mike mr murray: spade ace spade to queen. find out - 1. then spade to jack diamond to ace draw last trump and get lucky heart position pelu: so par-contract roswolf: THI MAY B FITY roswolf: sorry keyboarditis pelu: 5 HP i ˆ V - men lang vej til stik i ut pelu: - so he will make :) nielsfoged: again 1 lucky ones? ftpe: nt open? mdgraham: oh yes - ast has a trump. Forgot about that andyv: difficult hand for declarer ady: yes spade play first is right..p 7 5 roswolf: rotten pre-empt vul imo..p pelu: agree rnmalik: or 5 reasonable contracts for. mr murray: I thonk so..1 benjent: I think can make here, but you have to play double-dummy to get home.. ady: can be defeated with a heart ruff but likely e/w will go to ady: sorry club ruff pelu: no topcard in suit and 7 losers roswolf: e/w going over the top!? ftpe: ja, mon dog ikke de stopper inden? pelu: yes and this time a good chance decl will take 1 trick - in garnetts: is excellent asig: 5 is a good save against..1..p mr murray: 5 diamonds seems normal pelu: and 11 in garnetts: I am also sure that if ast shows restraint it will be hard to bid andyv: will be frustrated mdgraham: 1 must be either spades or a psyche benjent: The key is to play a to the K, then duck a. Later, you can play a towards the J. The point is you only get to ruff things in dummy, so you need actual tricks to make... benjent: your contract andyv: 1 should be xfer to athene: west has a fair bit of defence..p ady: hearts can be down 1 and spades down 1 athene: she might not sacrifice garnetts: Certainly the right time to out out 1 if natural lol asig: 10 tricks, if declare can untangle the hearts.. ftpe: Det gjorde de ppiglett: I thought that was no alone solid but ALO long!!!! ftpe: this migth win ftpe: nice in red colours for declarer roswolf: this will appear precarious..p rnmalik: Yes-5 choice of contract-same tricks. asig: (QJ and finesse the ) mr murray: all roads seem to lead there nielsfoged: will he insist on s - I doubt it, and he shouldn t! ftpe: in fact best shift ftpe: only chance for declarer to go down benjent: This lead actually gives small hope... if you can just guess which honour is onside.. - -

24 ..p ady: this looks automatic down 1 ady: soade lead and club return athene: spade lead, club switch looks pretty reasonable, yes pelu: but 00 against and 1100 against 5 mr murray: how wrong I am andyv: makes no sense by pelu: men de ved ikke at de har 5 HP - hvis Vest ˆ bner med 1ut (15-17) vil man ofte komme i ut.. pelu: her har ˆ st allerede fˆ et oplysning om manglende fit i hjerter ppiglett: outh queezed mdgraham: That may be a Lebensohl T - puppet to prior to a sign-off..p garnetts: T was a bad raise andyv: so, why not pass? garnetts: ast should have this mdgraham: maybe reverses = F1 mr murray: 500 not a bad result..p jbgood: only needs one club trick for the contract now with no trump lead.. roswolf: yup i might have doubled..p garnetts: It was forcing I suppose--but I would pass anyway andyv: if I m holding hand, I don t care.. I put the pass card out and have my apologies ready ady: east was able to make her bid at the level so could leave the decision to partner..p ftpe: Ja, men hˆ rdt at gˆ mod nt med overfor benjent: ot dead yet...p andyv: or course, this may come home and then will look brilliant:).. A mdgraham: I confess that I would have passed over the first double garnetts: I would not have bid over the double either rnmalik: wd.. ftpe: eller hjerter ftpe: well done using ace di.. T mr murray: 00 not so good.. 6 pelu: remember the T -00, in Open room Ulrik Zeeberg also in T - byt only down.. K pelu: 1 IMPs to ladies - they bid 5 over ( the board where could be defeted by a -ruff) only down 1 in 5.. rnmalik: play still remain... 7 pelu: du er i zonen - hvis - fit i hjerter plus max er der ofte spil for hj andyv: hard to see where get their 5th trick.. nielsfoged: wd Hansen.. K ady: will cash hearts and A and exit with club.. ftpe: no squeeze ftpe: just 10 ftpe: unless ady: thats a surprise.... A.. 6 asig: careful now asig: oh, no chance.. ftpe: i dont guess he :) garnetts: K? rnmalik: small to and then overtake Q by Ace safety play... asig: orth must duck now (and will) ftpe: enig, men man gˆ r ned nogle gange hvis man inviterer med.. benjent: good work by Magnus... the nd trump hurts.. andyv: Q huge card for ady: now end played Q.. Q ppiglett: Moment of truth ftpe: y ppiglett: I predcit finesse ftpe: me nielsfoged: I think she... andyv: j? andyv: good defense by.. T nielsfoged: uses the Q.. nielsfoged: :).. ftpe: good guess niels mdgraham: this shows up another point - ast, despite a 0-count, is struggling to beat this. Maybe doubling was unwise.. Q ady: same down.. J.. K.. 6 andyv: 10 more imps for Denmark as they made in board 6.. A T K mdgraham: as you can t really guarantee to beat it two - -