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Tuesday, 16-June-2009

I'm going to try to actively blog from the European Open in Sanremo.

As a test of my ability to format via the Blogger interface, here's my least favourite deal from last weekend's Pachabo (point-a-board scoring):

NS Vul.
Dealer West
  • KJ10
  • A9542
  • 962
  • 32
  • 762
  • J83
  • 7543
  • Q104
N
W
E
S
  • 9853
  • 1076
  • 10
  • AJ976
  • AQ4
  • KQ
  • AKQJ8
  • K85

After three passes South opened with a strong 2 and North made waiting 2, 2NT next showed 23-24, North transferred to hearts and over the simple acceptance, bid a quantitative 4NT. South misinterpreted this and replied 5 (3 Key Cards for hearts) and North didn't know whether his partner had heart support or not.

He solved this by bidding 5 and South, possibly thinking this was a transfer to no-trumps, bid 5NT. This was the 'preference' North was after and he bid 6NT. Partner led a diamond and that was 13 tricks.

That didn't feel great. Our team-mates managed a bidding misunderstanding too: they arrived in 7NT(!), well the same lead would give us a great board but there was a fly in the ointment. In order to show a heart positive, North had bid 2NT over 2 – a fact carefully checked by East before he doubled and led the A…

More on the Pachabo in my EADT article.

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