vg|C EC 2011 Open Teams RR _,5_7,I,11,20,Mahaffey,0,Skwark,0| rs|4SW+1,4SW=,4HW-1,3HW=,4SS+2,6CN-1,3HN-1,3HN=,1NE=,1NE=,3NE-1,3NE-3,2HS-1,3DWx-1,6SN-1,6SN-1,1NN=,3NN-2,4SW-2,4DN=| pn|Meckstroth,Forrester,Rodwell,Gold,A Robson,MAHAFFEY,A ALLFREY,G COHLER|pg|| qx|c11|st||md|1S74HT987DAJ95CT53,SAJT6532HDKT2CA97,SK8HAK3DQ764CJ642,SQ9HQJ6542D83CKQ8|sv|o|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hA|mc|10|pg|| qx|o12|st||md|2ST8H97652DQJCQ763,SAJ63HAJT4D9854CJ,SKQ974HDK632CK954,S52HKQ83DAT7CAT82|sv|n|mb|1D|mb|1S|mb|d|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sQ|nt|vugraphpl2: the next round should begin at 11:45 AM|pg|| nt|vugraphpl2: information www.poznan2011.pl|pg|| mc|9|nt|vugraphpl2: schedule www.poznan2011.pl/schedule|pg|| nt|vugraphpl2: that was match Mahaffey vs Allfrey|pg|| nt|vugraphpl2: sorry again for all incovenience...|pg|| nt|vugraphpl2: see you soon :)|pg|| nt|vugraphpl2: bye!|pg|| pg|| qx|c12|st||md|2ST8H97652DQJCQ763,SAJ63HAJT4D9854CJ,SKQ974HDK632CK954,S52HKQ83DAT7CAT82|sv|n|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|d|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sK|mc|9|pg|| qx|c13|st||md|3SAKQT42HA5DAT8C63,S976HQT42D632CK52,S3HKDQJ974CAT9874,SJ85HJ98763DK5CQJ|sv|b|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2C|an|without 3!S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4D|mb|p|mb|5N|mb|p|mb|6C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s5|mc|11|pg|| qx|c14|st||md|4SK73HQ43DKQT92CQ2,S98HATDJ843C98753,SQJ62HKJ9762D65CJ,SAT54H85DA7CAKT64|sv|o|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cA|mc|9|pg|| qx|c15|st||md|1S942HA9DAT86CQ876,SAQT6H653D92CK953,S875HKJ74DKJ5CT42,SKJ3HQT82DQ743CAJ|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|chilloncan: very aggressive reopening double there, at all green and facing a PH. risk-reward ratio not obviously in favor of action|pg|| mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c7|mc|7|pg|| qx|o17|st||md|3SK63HKQ53D43CAJT4,SQJ7H872DKQJT62CK,S984HJ94DA875CQ65,SAT52HAT6D9C98732|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dK|pc|dA|pc|d9|pc|d3|pg|| pc|cQ|pc|c2|pc|c4|pc|cK|pg|| pc|dQ|pc|d5|pc|s5|pc|d4|pg|| pc|dJ|pc|d7|pc|s2|pc|h3|pg|| pc|cJ|pc|h2|pc|c5|pc|c3|pg|| pc|dT|pc|d8|pc|sT|pc|h5|pg|| pc|hQ|pc|h7|pc|h4|pc|hA|pg|| pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|h8|pc|c6|pg|| pc|d6|pc|s4|pc|c7|pc|hK|pg|| pc|cA|mc|7|pg|| qx|c17|st||md|3SK63HKQ53D43CAJT4,SQJ7H872DKQJT62CK,S984HJ94DA875CQ65,SAT52HAT6D9C98732|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|nt|vugraphpl3: hi all|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|pc|c5|nt|vugraphpl3: http://b.poznan2011.pl/ot/orrleaderb.html|pg|| pc|c2|pc|cA|pc|cK|pg|| pc|c4|pc|d6|pc|c6|pc|c3|pg|| pc|sQ|pc|s4|pc|s2|nt|chilloncan: hi all:)|pg|| nt|chilloncan: welcome to cloudy poznan|pg|| pc|sK|pg|| pc|hK|pc|h2|pc|h4|pc|hA|pg|| pc|s5|pc|s3|pc|sJ|pc|s8|pg|| pc|s7|pc|s9|pc|sA|pc|s6|pg|| pc|sT|pc|d4|pc|h7|pc|cQ|pg|| pc|cT|nt|chilloncan: Robson begins with a forcing defense, but when W shows spade cards must shift tack to establishing heart tricks while he still has a trump|pg|| pc|dK|pc|h9|pc|c7|pg|| nt|chilloncan: as cards lie hius trump won;t matter, but if N had 2 natural trump tricks and had to ruff 4th spade with one of them the heart shift would be needed asap|pg|| mc|8|pg|| qx|o18|st||md|4ST53H982DT5CAKJ96,S98H4DQJ964C87532,SAKJ76HAKT3DA87CQ,SQ42HQJ765DK32CT4|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|d|mb|4D|mb|d|mb|p|mb|6S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|vugraphpl2: this is round mahaffey vs allfrey|pg|| pc|d2|pc|d5|pc|d9|pc|dA|pg|| nt|bigtrain: looks like a diamond lead beats this 1|pg|| pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s3|nt|bigtrain: not quite enough winners|pg|| pc|s8|pg|| pc|sK|pc|s2|pc|s5|pc|s9|pg|| pc|cQ|pc|c4|pc|cA|pc|c2|pg|| pc|cK|pc|c3|pc|d7|pc|cT|pg|| pc|cJ|pc|c5|pc|d8|nt|bigtrain: if there was 10xx in @C things would work - but with clubs 52 he will be one trick short|pg|| pc|sQ|pg|| pc|dK|pc|dT|pc|d4|pc|s6|pg|| pc|s7|pc|d3|pc|sT|pc|c7|pg|| pc|c9|pc|c8|nt|bigtrain: oops|pg|| nt|bigtrain: hard to believe he did that|pg|| mc|11|pg|| qx|c18|st||md|4ST53H982DT5CAKJ96,S98H4DQJ964C87532,SAKJ76HAKT3DA87CQ,SQ42HQJ765DK32CT4|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|d|mb|4D|mb|5C|mb|p|nt|chilloncan: this is more like it:)|pg|| mb|5S|mb|p|mb|6S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d2|nt|chilloncan: easy to see why S bid 5C though a responsive double will probably gain when N has a 5-card major. The fact that E bid only 4D at favorable, though, might suggest to Robson that he ...|pg|| nt|chilloncan: would not be averse to defending 4M. meanwhile a very brisk 5C call might fetch a lucrative sacrifice, hopefully a phantom|pg|| pc|d5|pc|d9|pc|dA|pg|| pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s3|pc|s8|pg|| nt|chilloncan: 6S is another aggressive action, in light of already having bid 5C freely. But S could have plenty of hands for 5C that are not nearly this good for spades....three spades and a ...|pg|| nt|chilloncan: ruffing value, plus the whole club suit may come in. sometimes 13 would be easy|pg|| pc|sK|pc|s4|pc|s5|pc|s9|pg|| nt|chilloncan: for example, if EW had one more club and one fewer heart, this would make|pg|| pc|cQ|pc|c4|pc|cA|pc|c2|pg|| pc|cK|pc|c3|pc|d7|pc|cT|pg|| pc|cJ|pc|c5|pc|d8|pc|sQ|pg|| pc|dK|pc|dT|pc|d4|pc|s6|pg|| nt|chilloncan: bridge can be cruel...this slam fails because of a 5-2 split in a side suit with the length in the hand trhat opened a 3-bid in a different suit:(:)|pg|| pc|s7|pc|d3|pc|sT|pc|d6|pg|| pc|c9|pc|c7|pc|h3|pc|h5|pg|| pc|c6|pc|c8|pc|sJ|pc|h6|pg|| pc|hA|mc|11|pg|| qx|o19|st||md|1SAJTHJ854D754CK62,SK8HQ62DQT832CT74,SQ52HAT97DAK6CQJ3,S97643HK3DJ9CA985|sv|e|nt|vugraphpl2: one down, but i don't where I have lost...|pg|| nt|bigtrain: looks like it was an error... so does end -1|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|nt|bigtrain: 1NT = 14-16|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|pc|s4|pc|sT|pc|sK|pc|s5|pg|| nt|bigtrain: good to stay low here|pg|| pc|d2|pc|d6|pc|dJ|pc|d4|pg|| nt|vugraphpl2: running scores http://b.poznan2011.pl/ot/orrleaderb.html|pg|| pc|s6|pc|sA|pc|s8|pc|s2|pg|| pc|hJ|pc|h2|pc|h9|pc|hK|pg|| pc|s3|pc|sJ|pc|d3|pc|sQ|pg|| mc|7|pg|| qx|c19|st||md|1SAJTHJ854D754CK62,SK8HQ62DQT832CT74,SQ52HAT97DAK6CQJ3,S97643HK3DJ9CA985|sv|e|nt|chilloncan: 1N-3N awaits|pg|| mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|chilloncan: 9 trix await|pg|| nt|chilloncan: since E has only 2 diamonds|pg|| pc|s7|pc|sT|pc|sK|pc|s2|pg|| nt|chilloncan: oops a snag there. was expecting spade ace to block the suit|pg|| pc|d3|pc|d6|pc|d9|pc|d4|pg|| pc|s6|pc|sJ|pc|s8|pc|s5|pg|| pc|h4|pc|h2|pc|h9|pc|hK|pg|| pc|s3|pc|sA|pc|d2|pc|sQ|pg|| pc|h8|pc|h6|pc|h7|pc|h3|pg|| pc|h5|pc|hQ|pc|hA|pc|c5|pg|| pc|hT|pc|c8|pc|hJ|nt|chilloncan: sorry all, dodgy connection here|pg|| mc|7|pg|| qx|o20|st||md|2ST4HKJ8743DA43CQ5,SAKQJ92H52DQ8CA62,S6HA9DKJT976CJT87,S8753HQT6D52CK943|sv|b|mb|1S|mb|2D|mb|2S|mb|3H|nt|vugraphpl2: http://b.poznan2011.pl/ot/orrrunda5.html|pg|| mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hA|pc|h6|pc|h3|pc|h2|pg|| nt|bigtrain: an opportunity lost for mahaffey|pg|| pc|h9|pc|hT|pc|hK|pc|h5|pg|| nt|bigtrain: phantom save|pg|| pc|h4|pc|sA|pc|d6|pc|hQ|pg|| pc|sK|pc|s6|pc|s3|pc|s4|pg|| pc|sQ|pc|d7|mc|8|pg|| qx|c20|st||md|2ST4HKJ8743DA43CQ5,SAKQJ92H52DQ8CA62,S6HA9DKJT976CJT87,S8753HQT6D52CK943|sv|b|nt|chilloncan: while away i reconsidered my analysis. i think now that the percentages are in fact in favor of Allfrey's playing small from dummy at trick one|pg|| mb|1S|mb|2D|mb|2S|nt|chilloncan: haste makes waste:)|pg|| mb|3H|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|4D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s8|pc|s4|nt|chilloncan: why is the team name "skwark"? Allfrey-Robson play on the Allfrey team|pg|| pc|sJ|pc|s6|pg|| nt|odysseus69: well judged all round|pg|| nt|chilloncan: hi victor:)|pg|| pc|sQ|pc|d7|pc|s3|pc|sT|pg|| nt|odysseus69: spade spade defeats 4H|pg|| pc|dK|pc|d2|pc|d3|pc|d8|pg|| nt|chilloncan: on 19 N got a reprieve when W shifted to a D. then N had to decide who had the club ace|pg|| pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|dA|pc|dQ|pg|| mc|10|pg||