vg|BBO1-2nd Mind Sports Games,O-R16-4_6,I,17,32,GERMANY,117,IRELAND,81|
rs|3CW+2,2HNx-3,4DN-1,2HW-2,2HS-1,1NN=,4HE=,3NW+1,4SW-3,2DE-1,3NW-1,3NW-3,4SE=,2SW+3,3NN-1,2CEx-1,4SE+1,4HW-1,3DS+1,3DS+1,4HN+2,4HN=,3NN+1,2SN+1,2SE-1,PASS,4HW=,4HW=,4NE-3,3NW-2,2HE+4,4SW+3|
pn|SMIRNOV,CARROLL,PIEKAREK,GARVEY,McGANN,REHDER,HANLON,GROMOELLER|pg||
qx|o17|st||md|3S96HA2DQ97642CJT6,SA874HJDAT83CAKQ9,SQJT52HKQ985D5C75,SK3HT7643DKJC8432|sv|o|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|d|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hK|pc|h3|pc|h2|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|d5|pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pc|dA|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c5|pc|c2|pc|c6|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c7|pc|c3|pc|cT|pg||
pc|d3|pc|s2|pc|dK|pc|d2|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pc|h5|pg||
pc|dT|pc|h8|pc|h4|pc|d4|pg||
pc|d8|pc|s5|pc|c8|pc|d6|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s6|pc|s4|pc|sT|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sA|pc|sJ|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|c17|st||md|3S96HA2DQ97642CJT6,SA874HJDAT83CAKQ9,SQJT52HKQ985D5C75,SK3HT7643DKJC8432|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|1N|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|2H|mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h3|pc|h2|pc|hJ|pc|hK|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sA|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c7|pc|c2|pc|c6|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c5|pc|c3|pc|cT|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d5|pc|dK|pc|d2|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pc|dA|pc|h5|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sK|pc|s6|pc|s4|pg||
pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|d8|pc|h8|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|cA|pc|h9|pc|c4|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|h6|pc|d4|pc|s7|pg||
pc|c8|mc|5|pg||
qx|o18|st||md|4STHKT9DQT73CAJT83,SKQJ9HAQJ83DJ4CQ9,SA8543H5DA985CK52,S762H7642DK62C764|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|1S|mb|3H|nt|ahollan1: i just left room where north chose DBL instead of 1@S  made for very clumsy guessing after 3@H preempt|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Carroll 1@H limited to 16 HCP|pg||
mb|d|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: EW play a form of Carrot Club where 1@C covers BAL 11-13 OR  17+ hcp|pg||
nt|Vugraphzay: Salut Al|pg||
nt|ahollan1: NS Baltic Club   uses a more multi-purpose 1@C|pg||
nt|ahollan1: hoi Bas|pg||
mb|4D|nt|ahollan1: conversion to Penalty would work very well here|pg||
mb|p|nt|ahollan1: but too deep a position|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|h6|pc|hT|pc|hQ|pc|h5|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sA|pc|s6|pc|sT|pg||
nt|ahollan1: @SJ maybe attempt to relocate @DK|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Carroll knows Garvey is broke  so doesn't need to be honest for PARTNER's sake|pg||
nt|ahollan1: pieces of information for Piekarek   EW  1N = 14-16 and can include 5-card major|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 1@H maximum of 16 hcp|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|dT|pc|dJ|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Carroll's operation successful !|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|d3|pg||
nt|ahollan1: EW signals   upside-down count & attitude|pg||
nt|ahollan1: in case you didn't already know -- convention cards for all participants online under  http://www.ecatsbridge.com/documents/docdefault.asp?page=cc|pg||
nt|ahollan1: right Andy -- other room in middle of  22|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c9|pc|c2|pc|c7|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d4|pc|d8|pc|dK|pg||
nt|ahollan1: no last trump|pg||
nt|ahollan1: and down??|pg||
pc|d6|pc|d7|pc|h3|pc|dA|pg||
nt|ahollan1: full credit to Carroll for planting seed of doubt |pg||
pc|cK|pc|c4|pc|c3|pc|cQ|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c18|st||md|4STHKT9DQT73CAJT83,SKQJ9HAQJ83DJ4CQ9,SA8543H5DA985CK52,S762H7642DK62C764|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|sT|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s6|pc|h9|pc|s9|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|cK|pc|c4|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s7|pc|hT|pc|sQ|pg||
nt|eamongall: Good morning folks .. I am in Dublin Ireland ..2@Hs on board 17 does not look great for Ireland |pg||
pc|d7|pc|d4|pc|dA|pc|d2|pg||
pc|s5|pc|h7|pc|hK|pc|sK|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c9|pc|c2|pc|c6|pg||
mc|6|pg||
qx|o19|st||md|1ST8HK9743DA852CKT,SA97HQ86DQTCA8732,SQJ5HJTDK64CQJ654,SK6432HA52DJ973C9|sv|e|nt|ahollan1: does Smirnov match the 1@H opener?|pg||
mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: i'm sure  it was 1@H-1N//2@D-2@H|pg||
mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 1N = forcing   a) 7-11 HCP  b) 11-12 HCP, 3-fit|pg||
nt|Vugraphzay: When the other operator enters something and changes it it takes a while for me to see because there is a long interval between updates :/|pg||
nt|Vugraphzay: But you were right :)|pg||
nt|ahollan1: keep in mind OUR operator, Bas,  is not at the table|pg||
nt|ahollan1: that happens when we have the feature table for live vugraph|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|c9|pc|cT|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 1@S response is allowed with 3-card suit|pg||
nt|ahollan1: works well when partner rebids 1N  - but brutal if opener rebids anything else|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s5|pc|s6|pc|sT|pg||
nt|ahollan1: and 2@S?|pg||
pc|s9|pc|sJ|pc|sK|pc|s8|pg||
pc|s2|pc|d2|pc|s7|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h2|pc|h4|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c5|pc|h5|pc|cK|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h3|pc|h6|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|s4|pc|h9|pc|c3|pc|d4|pg||
mc|7|nt|ahollan1: in support of Prakash -- i should mention that 1@H-1@S//2@S is usually 4-fit|pg||
pg||
qx|c19|st||md|1ST8HK9743DA852CKT,SA97HQ86DQTCA8732,SQJ5HJTDK64CQJ654,SK6432HA52DJ973C9|sv|e|nt|eamongall: I am told 3NT is possible for EW so maybe only 3 away but Germany in the favourites seat on that board ..thanks udo |pg||
mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1N|nt|eamongall: my rashers are burning as I attempt to see whats going to happen here|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s2|pc|s8|pc|sA|pc|s5|pg||
nt|eamongall: I think there is some delay at the other table ... but I heard voice commentator say vugraph operator is there|pg||
pc|s9|pc|sQ|pc|s3|pc|sT|pg||
nt|eamongall: I don't see 7 tricks here for declarer .. |pg||
pc|c5|pc|c9|pc|cK|nt|eamongall: so maybe one down |pg||
nt|eamongall: but could lose @HQ also |pg||
pc|cA|pg||
pc|s7|pc|sJ|pc|sK|pc|d2|pg||
pc|s6|pc|d5|pc|h6|pc|d6|pg||
pc|s4|pc|h3|pc|dT|pc|hT|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h4|pc|h8|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|d3|pc|dA|pc|dQ|pc|d4|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c2|pc|c4|pc|h2|pg||
nt|eamongall: well declarer now has 7|pg||
pc|hK|pc|hQ|pc|c6|pc|h5|pg||
pc|d8|mc|7|nt|eamongall: shows the difference between seeing 4 hands and 2 |pg||
pg||
qx|o20|st||md|2SKQJHT6DQ84CKQ532,SAT9HJDAJ53CAJT64,S87654H974DKT97C8,S32HAKQ8532D62C97|sv|b|nt|ahollan1: 1@D=10-16 HCP, 4+@D, usually unbal, maybe longer @C|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Carroll can't open 1@C   which is 11-13 BAL or 17+ hcp|pg||
mb|1D|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: seems to me  this would be interesting place to play Texas Transfers|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|s8|pc|s3|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|h4|pc|h2|pc|h6|pg||
pc|s9|pc|s7|pc|s2|pc|sQ|pg||
nt|ahollan1: since 1@D is unbal, seems very likely opener is 0/1@H  so 3N very unlikely spot|pg||
pc|d8|pc|dA|pc|d7|pc|d2|pg||
pc|sT|pc|s6|pc|h8|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|hA|pc|hT|pc|d3|pc|h7|pg||
pc|hK|nt|ahollan1: maybe should say  3N anti-percentage spot|pg||
pc|c3|pc|d5|pc|h9|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|c2|pc|dJ|pc|dT|pg||
pc|c9|nt|ahollan1: if opener has 1@H  they MUST split 32,  if 0@H  no access to east hand|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c20|st||md|2SKQJHT6DQ84CKQ532,SAT9HJDAJ53CAJT64,S87654H974DKT97C8,S32HAKQ8532D62C97|sv|b|nt|eamongall: we spectators must always remember we see 4 hands unless we set BBO to only see one player|pg||
mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|eamongall: I know Hanlon and McGann well ... we have an agreement that for each hour of partnership bidding I organise for them on BBO I get 4 pints of guinness|pg||
pc|dT|nt|eamongall: enough tricks here for declarer ..so I make a cup of tea |pg||
pc|d2|pc|dQ|pc|dA|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|h6|pg||
pc|hK|pc|hT|pc|c6|pc|h7|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o21|st||md|3S9HA92DK54CAT8643,SKQT752HT85DQ6CQJ,SAJ6HQ7643DJ7C972,S843HKJDAT9832CK5|sv|n|nt|ahollan1: conclusion:  i think Gromoeller was lucky that 3N made|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|3C|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: i love to raise on 3 -- but not sure i'd do that with Garvey's hand|pg||
pc|c7|nt|ahollan1: how close are voice commentators to 2@C overcall?|pg||
nt|ahollan1: to me - it's automatic|pg||
pc|c5|pc|cA|pc|cJ|pg||
nt|ahollan1: and for NS  the overcall tends to deny 4@H/@S so that makes things easier for his partner|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|c2|pc|cK|pg||
nt|ahollan1: but 1@D-(2@C) is soooo preemptive|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sQ|pc|sA|pg||
pc|h4|nt|ahollan1: i must point out -- Gromoeller didn't overcall either|pg||
nt|ahollan1: sorry  McGann south in other room|pg||
nt|ahollan1: pre-alert  it is 02:35 here    i'm using that as blanket excuse for all gaffs|pg||
nt|ahollan1: each opp has shown an ace -- who's most likely to have the 3rd one?|pg||
pc|hK|pc|hA|pc|h5|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|hQ|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d6|pg||
pc|s4|nt|ahollan1: good defense|pg||
pc|c4|pc|sK|pc|s6|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h3|pc|s8|pc|h9|pg||
nt|ahollan1: force early guess|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|c21|st||md|3S9HA92DK54CAT8643,SKQT752HT85DQ6CQJ,SAJ6HQ7643DJ7C972,S843HKJDAT9832CK5|sv|n|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|nt|eamongall: I can hear panja and andyv discussing the merits of McGanns 1@D opening on board 17|pg||
nt|eamongall: in the voice commentary |pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s9|pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|s3|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hK|pc|hA|pc|h5|pg||
nt|eamongall: 2@Ds @SA @CA and we are on the @H guess for the contract|pg||
nt|eamongall: Hanlon is faster then me .. he has already put the @H to the guess|pg||
nt|eamongall: Ireland are declaring 3@Hs on board 18 in open room and its doubled so more imps to Germany |pg||
pc|h9|pc|h8|pc|hQ|pc|hJ|pg||
nt|eamongall: Wow Germans removed to 4@Ds so not so bad |pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s4|pc|d4|pc|s2|pg||
pc|cA|pc|cJ|pc|c2|pc|c5|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hT|pc|h4|pc|s8|pg||
pc|d6|pc|d7|pc|dA|pc|d5|pg||
pc|d8|pc|dK|pc|dQ|pc|dJ|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|o22|st||md|4SJT8HAJ7D52CJ8732,SQ2HK86DAQT974CAQ,SA64HT432DKCKT954,SK9753HQ95DJ863C6|sv|e|nt|ahollan1: Canada still leading Monaco  +29  [so gained another imp this set]|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1D|nt|ahollan1: France over Netherlands  but lead down to 17 now|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 1@C=a) 11-13 BAL  b) any 17+ HCP    1@D= a) 0-7 HCP  b) FG, not 4+@H/@S|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 1N rebid 17-19|pg||
mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cT|nt|ahollan1: Rabbi's Rule also needed to be applied earlier in the tournament |pg||
nt|ahollan1: Rabbi's Rule   aka: Rule of 1      when singleton king is offside -- play the ace|pg||
nt|ahollan1: we might see it here -- but only because there is no quick entry to dummy|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c3|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|s2|nt|ahollan1: @C lead in other room, but then @SQ|pg||
pc|s6|pc|sK|pc|s8|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|dK|pg||
pc|c4|pc|s3|pc|c7|pc|cA|pg||
pc|d9|pc|s4|pc|dJ|pc|d5|pg||
pc|d3|pc|h7|pc|dA|pc|h4|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|h3|pc|d6|pc|c2|pg||
pc|dT|pc|h2|pc|h5|pc|sT|pg||
pc|d7|pc|hT|pc|h9|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|h6|pc|c5|pc|hQ|nt|ahollan1: trying to think about psychology of @SQ|pg||
pc|hA|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c22|st||md|4SJT8HAJ7D52CJ8732,SQ2HK86DAQT974CAQ,SA64HT432DKCKT954,SK9753HQ95DJ863C6|sv|e|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|nt|eamongall: I expect Germany to declare a @D partscore here|pg||
mb|1S|nt|eamongall: but 3NT might get a play|pg||
mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|nt|eamongall: I vugraphed Gromoeller and Rehder live in Dublin recently |pg||
mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|eamongall: I think the success of this hand depends on how declarer fares on @DK|pg||
pc|c5|nt|eamongall: in pairs @H lead is best ...if we are presuming to drop @DK |pg||
pc|c6|pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|s8|pg||
nt|eamongall: declarer might lay down @Da for lack of entries |pg||
pc|cK|pc|s5|pc|c2|pc|cA|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pc|sK|pc|sT|pg||
pc|dJ|nt|eamongall: 10 cards means @D hook|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|dK|pg||
pc|cT|nt|eamongall: and several vulnerable tricks minus |pg||
pc|d3|pc|c3|pc|h6|pg||
pc|c9|pc|d6|pc|c7|pc|h8|pg||
pc|c4|pc|h5|pc|c8|pc|d7|pg||
pc|hA|pc|hK|pc|h2|pc|h9|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|d9|pc|s4|nt|eamongall: I learned that from Fred Gitlemans Bridgemaster program in 1997 |pg||
pc|s7|pg||
mc|6|pg||
qx|o23|st||md|1S74HKJT84D862C962,S9832HA53DQT94CA4,SAKTHQ76DJ75CQT83,SQJ65H92DAK3CKJ75|sv|b|nt|ahollan1: most likely both it gets ducked  then @H?|pg||
nt|ahollan1: too tough for me to figure out things like that|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: bizarre +200|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|nt|ahollan1: 1N=14-16|pg||
mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: Piek 3rd seat PASS a bit of a surprise to me|pg||
nt|ahollan1: but very understandable|pg||
pc|c6|nt|ahollan1: wonder how close EW get  after 3rd seat multi-purpose 1@C|pg||
nt|ahollan1: @C6  2nd/4th|pg||
nt|ahollan1: choices seem to be   run @C to J  then  @H to Ace or @D3 to Q|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cQ|pc|cK|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d6|pc|dQ|pc|d5|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sA|pc|s5|pc|s7|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h2|pc|h4|pc|hA|pg||
pc|s3|pc|sK|pc|s6|pc|s4|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h9|pc|h8|pc|h3|pg||
pc|h6|pc|sJ|pc|hJ|pc|h5|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|hT|pc|s8|pc|sT|pg||
pc|c5|pc|c2|pc|cA|nt|ahollan1: thru 24 Canada over Monaco by 25     and  France over Netherlands by 20|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c23|st||md|1S74HKJT84D862C962,S9832HA53DQT94CA4,SAKTHQ76DJ75CQT83,SQJ65H92DAK3CKJ75|sv|b|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1D|an|!h|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|d|nt|eamongall: I am hearing that John Carroll in the open room planted a seed of doubt and it grew into a plant ..board 18|pg||
nt|eamongall: I wonder how are Geir and Thor getting on ..they need to catch up a bit |pg||
mb|2H|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h6|pc|h2|pc|hK|pc|hA|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sK|pc|s5|pc|s4|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s6|pc|s7|pc|s3|pg||
pc|sT|pc|sJ|pc|hJ|pc|s8|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d2|nt|eamongall: jeekers ,,,don't see many more tricks for N/S here |pg||
pc|d4|pc|d5|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d6|pc|d9|pc|d7|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d8|pc|dQ|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|dT|pc|c3|pc|h9|pc|h4|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c8|pc|c5|pc|c2|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cT|pc|cJ|pc|c6|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c9|pc|h3|pc|cQ|pg||
nt|eamongall: Hanlon never used to condense tricks this much when I used to play against him |pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|o24|st||md|2SA9863HK7DAJT2C53,S74HQJ92DK543C964,SJ2HA8654D986CAQT,SKQT5HT3DQ7CKJ872|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2C|nt|ahollan1: 2@C=10-16 HCP, a) 6+@C  b) 5@C & 4@H/@S|pg||
nt|ahollan1: difficult decision for Smirny|pg||
mb|2S|mb|3C|nt|ahollan1: [smirny = Smirnov BBO name]|pg||
mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c7|nt|ahollan1: i always hated Precision 1@C with 5-card suit -- but it sure made life difficult for NS|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Edgar Kaplan said   where there's 8 tricks, there's 9|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c9|pc|cT|pg||
nt|ahollan1: but i don't know how he'd do that here|pg||
pc|h8|pc|h3|pc|hK|pc|h2|pg||
pc|h7|pc|hJ|pc|hA|pc|hT|pg||
nt|ahollan1: was hoping to duck @H to East|pg||
nt|ahollan1: but Carroll's @HJ forced him to change tactic|pg||
nt|ahollan1: now if play for @H3-3  going down 2 instead of 1|pg||
nt|ahollan1: other table on board 28|pg||
pc|d8|nt|ahollan1: full credit to the EW system for this gain -- neither South nor North had clear calls after that opening|pg||
nt|ahollan1: maybe Piekarek needed to open 1@H|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dA|pc|d3|pg||
pc|d2|nt|ahollan1: has some hope now  [east holding @DKQ]|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d9|pc|d7|pg||
nt|ahollan1: there seem to be 2 lines:    go down quickly    go down slowly      NS usually choose the latter|pg||
pc|d6|pc|s5|pc|dT|pc|dK|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h4|pc|c2|pc|s3|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Hideous Hog wanted his partner's to go down quickly    [time = money  :) ]|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cA|pc|c8|pc|c5|pg||
pc|cQ|nt|ahollan1: good defense|pg||
pc|cK|pc|s6|pc|c4|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|s8|mc|8|pg||
qx|c24|st||md|2SA9863HK7DAJT2C53,S74HQJ92DK543C964,SJ2HA8654D986CAQT,SKQT5HT3DQ7CKJ872|sv|o|mb|p|mb|1H|nt|eamongall: Then again we were playing for money ...small money |pg||
mb|d|mb|r|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hK|nt|eamongall: this can be beaten but not much I think |pg||
nt|eamongall: might need a @S ruff|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h4|pc|h3|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c6|pc|cA|pc|c2|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pc|sA|pc|s4|pg||
pc|s9|pc|s7|pc|s2|pc|sK|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h7|pc|h9|pc|hA|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d7|pc|dA|pc|d3|pg||
pc|s6|pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|s5|pg||
pc|d8|pc|dQ|pc|d2|pc|dK|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cQ|mc|7|pg||
qx|o25|st||md|3SQ6H963DA932CT954,SJ983HAKJ72DK8CQ7,SAT4HQ4DQ7654CJ32,SK752HT85DJTCAK86|sv|e|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 1@S=nat   can still be 11-13 BAL or ...|pg||
nt|ahollan1: not sure if 2@C XYZ [similar to 2-way checkback]  or just some kind of relay|pg||
pc|c9|nt|ahollan1: in XYZ  opener usually bids 2@D unless 3-fit and unwilling to hear  2@D-PASS|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 9 =  109 or H98|pg||
nt|ahollan1: but not doubleton 9  [lead lowest]|pg||
nt|ahollan1: a lot of careful guessing needed here|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c3|pc|c6|pg||
nt|ahollan1: where's Michael Rosenberg when we really need him?|pg||
pc|s3|nt|ahollan1: @SK then @C @C @C??|pg||
pc|s4|pc|sK|pc|s6|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sQ|pc|s8|pc|sT|pg||
nt|ahollan1: @Dx to force guess|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dK|pc|d4|pc|dT|pg||
pc|c7|pc|cJ|pc|cK|pc|c5|pg||
nt|ahollan1: can peek @H drop for overtrick|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|d8|pc|c2|pg||
pc|h5|pc|h3|pc|hA|pc|h4|pg||
pc|hK|pc|hQ|mc|11|pg||
qx|c25|st||md|3SQ6H963DA932CT954,SJ983HAKJ72DK8CQ7,SAT4HQ4DQ7654CJ32,SK752HT85DJTCAK86|sv|e|mb|p|mb|p|nt|eamongall: not even McGann can find a go on this surely |pg||
nt|eamongall: but non vulnerable |pg||
mb|1D|mb|1H|nt|eamongall: any other folk want to come in here and commentate|pg||
mb|d|nt|eamongall: its only lonely on my own ... partner called me a lunatic and insane last night in my bridge club |pg||
mb|2D|nt|eamongall: I am going to be those things if I keep talking to myself |pg||
nt|eamongall: of course the operators enter the bids 2 at a time so not mcgann thinking |pg||
mb|p|nt|eamongall: he probably opened 1@D in seconds |pg||
mb|2S|nt|vugraphzbd: mcgann didn't think, it's he's usually openning |pg||
mb|3D|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d5|pc|dJ|nt|eamongall: Ian Crorie is coming to help in one moment |pg||
pc|dA|pc|d8|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dK|pc|d6|pc|dT|pg||
nt|idc: G'day Eamon and everyone|pg||
nt|eamongall: good morning ian|pg||
nt|eamongall: glad you are here ..its too hard for me a "tourney director" to work out the play |pg||
nt|idc: Had just arrived and saw your plea - hard work commentating by yourself|pg||
nt|eamongall: this one looks like it depends on getting that @HQ |pg||
nt|eamongall: seems to be 2 @S losers |pg||
pc|c7|pc|c2|pc|cK|pc|c4|pg||
pc|h5|pc|h3|pc|hJ|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c6|pc|c5|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h4|pc|h8|pc|h6|pg||
nt|idc: some prospects maybe of spade endplay once @c are eliminated|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s4|pc|s2|nt|idc: no, ignore that, defence can play @d since dummy will have no more trump|pg||
pc|sQ|pg||
pc|d3|pc|h2|pc|d4|pc|c8|pg||
pc|s8|pc|sA|pc|s5|pc|s6|pg||
mc|9|nt|eamongall: its ok .. its hard enough to work out tha hand let alone checking commentators stuff too|pg||
pg||
qx|o26|st||md|4S3HAJ876DK8762CAT,SA8765HT92DATC854,SQ92HK4DQ543CJ963,SKJT4HQ53DJ9CKQ72|sv|b|nt|ahollan1: if Piek had retained @CJ -- Smirnov had option to continue rather than switch to @D   but this way ...|pg||
mb|1C|nt|ahollan1: thru 27   Monaco has closed gap with Canada to 11|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 11-13 bal or any 17+|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Netherlands has closed gap with France to 9|pg||
mb|1H|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|nt|ahollan1: that announcement probably distracted Bas|pg||
mb|d|mb|p|mb|2N|nt|ahollan1: good think he's not at the table :)|pg||
mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 2N scramble  [i think]|pg||
nt|Vugraphzay: :) I have been watching the score closely all of the tournament :)|pg||
pc|c5|nt|ahollan1: Russia lead over Norway down to 21|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
nt|ahollan1: USA over India by 29|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dA|pc|d3|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d4|pc|d9|pc|dK|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c8|pc|c6|pc|cK|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s3|mc|10|pg||
qx|c26|st||md|4S3HAJ876DK8762CAT,SA8765HT92DATC854,SQ92HK4DQ543CJ963,SKJT4HQ53DJ9CKQ72|sv|b|mb|1N|mb|2C|mb|2S|nt|idc: I was enjoying this match yesterday too - Ireland had clawed it back and then Germany pulled ahead again on last few boards |pg||
mb|d|mb|r|nt|idc: 2@c:  @h+another suit|pg||
mb|3D|mb|p|nt|idc: and Hanlon's dbl no doubt just value showing|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|c4|nt|eamongall: on the last 4@Hs ..was there not a @S ruff available for McGann |pg||
nt|eamongall: no big deal anyway ..one down is good bridge |pg||
nt|idc: 3@d a fine spot, perhaps +1, but i suspect the best N-S scores will be where E-W play in @ss and go a few down|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|h6|pc|h9|pc|hK|pc|h3|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d9|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
nt|eamongall: Ireland got an awful hiding in the last few boards yesterday |pg||
nt|eamongall: However in my view they were lucky not to be 70 imps down |pg||
pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s4|pc|s3|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pc|d6|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dT|pc|dQ|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cK|pc|cT|pc|c5|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o27|st||md|1SAQ85HAQ62D9C8642,ST764H5DJ863CQT73,SJ9HKJT93DK542CA9,SK32H874DAQT7CKJ5|sv|o|nt|ahollan1: Italy and Poland large leads over  Turkey Denmark|pg||
nt|ahollan1: who did i miss?|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Sweden over Israel by 34   that probably qualifies as an upset|pg||
mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2H|nt|ahollan1: multi-purpose, forcing 1@C|pg||
mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 1@H = 7+ HCP, (3)4+@H, maybe longer @C/@D, 3M if 7-11|pg||
nt|Vugraphzay: There is a misscore there though|pg||
nt|ahollan1: misscore in which match Bas?|pg||
nt|Vugraphzay: On this board in the Sweden - Israel match Israel is ranked as having gained 14 IMPs but both W and S played @H so that's a small gain to either team|pg||
mb|p|nt|ahollan1: @C or @H lead?|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s5|pc|s6|pc|s9|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s3|nt|ahollan1: @S only helps declarer|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s4|pg||
nt|ahollan1: no cover??|pg||
nt|ahollan1: when is it ever right to duck @SJ?|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dA|pc|d9|pc|d8|pg||
pc|c5|pc|c2|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d7|pc|h2|pc|d3|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s7|pc|c9|pc|sK|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c3|pc|h3|pc|cJ|pg||
mc|12|pg||
qx|c27|st||md|1SAQ85HAQ62D9C8642,ST764H5DJ863CQT73,SJ9HKJT93DK542CA9,SK32H874DAQT7CKJ5|sv|o|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|idc: The 2@d is 11-16, 3-suited with short diamonds|pg||
pc|h4|nt|idc: My 1st Lille prediction: East will lead a trump|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h5|pc|h9|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sK|nt|idc: not you need to be good to predict that :)|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s4|pg||
nt|eamongall: they are talking in open room about ireland making 4@S on 23 |pg||
pc|d9|pc|d3|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
nt|eamongall: however as I remember it Hanlon condensed a pile of tricks by clearing trumps |pg||
pc|h7|pc|h6|nt|idc: I think 4@s should be ok though, if not an overtrick?|pg||
nt|idc: I thought it was a good hand for playing non-shape suitable dbls over vague-1@c openings|pg||
pc|d6|pc|hT|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h8|pc|hQ|nt|eamongall: carroll garvey makes 4@S .. 9 imps to ireland on 23 ... panja called it right |pg||
pc|d8|pg||
pc|s9|pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|sT|pg||
nt|idc: so if opponent's 1@c can be say 11-13 or 12-14 balanced and short clubs, you dbl with 12/13-15 balanced yourself|pg||
pc|c7|pc|cA|pc|c5|pc|c2|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d7|pc|hA|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s6|pc|d4|pc|s2|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s7|pc|c9|pc|dT|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o28|st||md|2SQ5HKJTDA642CAQT9,SAJ63H632DQJ8CK52,SK982HA8DKT53C863,ST74HQ9754D97CJ74|sv|n|nt|ahollan1: claim on high cross ruff|pg||
mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1S|nt|ahollan1: other table playing 32 [final board of the set]|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 2-way 1@C   1@D=0-7  or FG without 4M|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 1@S rebid could be as strong as 20 HCP  and could be 5@S|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 1@C-1@D is forcing -- that is why Smirnov didn't bid immediately|pg||
mb|1N|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: more news for Bas    thru  30   Netherlands closes to within 4 of France|pg||
nt|Vugraphzay: Yuptup :)|pg||
mb|3N|nt|ahollan1: 3N is quite a leap|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h5|pc|hT|pc|h6|pc|h8|pg||
nt|ahollan1: @H rather than @S seems weird|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d8|pc|d3|pc|d7|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|d9|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hA|pc|h4|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c7|pc|c9|pc|cK|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|s7|pc|sQ|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c28|st||md|2SQ5HKJTDA642CAQT9,SAJ63H632DQJ8CK52,SK982HA8DKT53C863,ST74HQ9754D97CJ74|sv|n|nt|idc: In this room, East passed over 1@c on Bd23 and E-W never got close to game|pg||
mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|d|mb|2H|nt|eamongall: hmmm I think I looked at that hand wrong ... I thought Hanlon blew a few tricks ..hand 23 ..I was wrong |pg||
mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h4|nt|idc: Two ways of playing South's dbl over the transfer: showing @d or a strong hand that would have dbld 1NT|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h2|pc|h8|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s4|pg||
nt|idc: Looks like N-S play version (2) and that's what i prefer too|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d3|pc|d7|pc|dA|pg||
pc|s5|pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sT|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d2|pc|dJ|pc|dK|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s7|pc|c9|pc|s6|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h5|pc|hJ|nt|eamongall: I don't know what they play on that sequence and I have bid about 1000 hands with them on BBO |pg||
pc|h3|pg||
nt|idc: This is an inelegant spot to finish in however, and breaks Burn's Law of Total Trump|pg||
pc|dT|pc|h7|pc|d4|pc|d8|pg||
pc|d5|pc|c4|pc|d6|pc|h6|pg||
pc|hK|pc|c2|pc|c3|pc|h9|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|o29|st||md|3SK2HA543DT72CA765,SQJ7HK2DQJ9865CQ4,ST96HJ9876DKCKT82,SA8543HQTDA43CJ93|sv|b|nt|ahollan1: well done by NS|pg||
mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d7|nt|ahollan1: 2@H=3-fit, INV+|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
pc|s3|pc|sK|pc|s7|pc|s6|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d8|pc|s9|pc|d3|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c3|pc|cA|pc|c4|pg||
nt|ahollan1: wonder why Garvey didn't play @SA @S|pg||
nt|ahollan1: protecting against 4-1 split but losing to 3-2 ??|pg||
pc|dT|pc|dJ|pc|sT|pc|d4|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c9|pc|c5|pc|cQ|pg||
mc|7|nt|ahollan1: my 2nd choice [other than @SA]  was @H|pg||
pg||
qx|c29|st||md|3SK2HA543DT72CA765,SQJ7HK2DQJ9865CQ4,ST96HJ9876DKCKT82,SA8543HQTDA43CJ93|sv|b|nt|idc: So 2@s made +1 on last Bd, but the problem for Ireland is that 3NT looks normal & makeable on it|pg||
nt|eamongall: hmm .. 3@Hs by NS ..or 3@S or 3/4@Ds EW |pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
qx|o30|st||md|4SQJ63HQ74DJ6CJ862,SAKT4HAKJ95DQ42C9,S9875H3DAK873CQT5,S2HT862DT95CAK743|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|nt|ahollan1: strong version of 1@C|pg||
nt|ahollan1: i wonder if NS play Raptor 1N in this situation?|pg||
mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|d|nt|ahollan1: 1N = 4@H/@S & 5+@D  [Raptor]|pg||
nt|eamongall: I am over this side now Al ... they closed my table |pg||
nt|ahollan1: 2@C ASKs|pg||
nt|eamongall: BCR is still working away so you got some work to do |pg||
mb|2D|mb|3C|nt|ahollan1: hi Eamon -- who won the match the other day  of Ireland v North Ireland|pg||
nt|eamongall: ah .. Ireland won ... but thats 6 teams of 6 different levels of players|pg||
nt|eamongall: http://www.bridgecardreader.com/live/|pg||
nt|ahollan1: oh  --  i like that form of competition between long time rivals :)|pg||
mb|p|mb|3H|nt|eamongall: we are talking of an annual match played between south and north ireland that I was directing on the weekend |pg||
nt|ahollan1: if unfamiliar   Bridge Card Reader automagically reads the bids and cards from the players AND captures timestamps|pg||
mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: allows collection record of bid/play without a vugraph operator|pg||
mb|p|nt|ahollan1: sorry Bas   your days are numbered|pg||
nt|eamongall: Our Ennis correspondant did not like the way this bidding was going |pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d6|pc|d4|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d9|pc|dJ|nt|eamongall: but now it has reached 4@Hs |pg||
pc|d2|pg||
pc|d8|pc|dT|pc|h4|pc|dQ|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|sA|pc|s5|pc|s2|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h3|pc|h2|pc|h7|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c30|st||md|4SQJ63HQ74DJ6CJ862,SAKT4HAKJ95DQ42C9,S9875H3DAK873CQT5,S2HT862DT95CAK743|sv|o|nt|eamongall: well normally if you manage 9 tricks on a 4-2 fit you have more tricks somewhere else |pg||
nt|idc: In these days of ever weaker opening bids, you don't see passed out hands very often|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|dJ|pc|d4|pg||
pc|dK|nt|eamongall: can have a @D ruff but thats the end of the defence |pg||
pc|d9|pc|d6|pc|d2|pg||
pc|d3|pc|dT|pc|h4|pc|dQ|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c9|pc|cT|pc|cA|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h7|pc|hA|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hK|mc|10|pg||
qx|o31|st||md|1SQ753HJT2DAJ6CK86,SKJT96HA543D53CA2,S42H976DT82CQJ943,SA8HKQ8DKQ974CT75|sv|n|nt|eamongall: Al ..do you not get small green arrows to click on ..at Bridge card reader ??|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 32 boards remain to be played today to finish  Round of 16|pg||
nt|eamongall: As we have been saying in private conversation there are a few mice running around on these last two boards |pg||
nt|eamongall: Lets see if the cats can catch them and give us a real cliff hanger match |pg||
mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2H|nt|ahollan1: 2@C = artificial game force|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 2@D response would show @H|pg||
mb|p|mb|2N|nt|ahollan1: 2@H = 10-16 HCP, 5+@S & 4+@H|pg||
mb|p|mb|3C|nt|ahollan1: not sure what the structure is now|pg||
nt|ahollan1: wouldn't be surprised if 3@C=min|pg||
nt|eamongall: well if they play 3NT they might get a @D lead |pg||
mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3N|nt|ahollan1: Eamon -- do you know the structure after 2N?|pg||
nt|eamongall: Al I don't .... I am afraid |pg||
nt|ahollan1: 3@D could still be artificial  and 3N = 5422|pg||
nt|eamongall: Hanlon McGann keep their system locked in the cloud ... never get a look at it |pg||
nt|eamongall: Garvey Carroll play a similar system to them|pg||
nt|ahollan1: this is problem with Bas not being at the table -- we don't get any expanations :(|pg||
mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|4N|nt|eamongall: easy boys ...slam is on board 32 |pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|eamongall: http://www.bridgecardreader.com/live/|pg||
nt|eamongall: for watching match |pg||
nt|ahollan1: one truism of Relay bidding  --  if someone misbids   things can go VERY wrong|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c2|pc|cJ|pc|c5|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c7|nt|ahollan1: 4@H would have played well|pg||
nt|ahollan1: 32 boards remain in the match|pg||
pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
pc|s6|pc|s2|pc|sA|pc|s3|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s5|nt|ahollan1: i'm told Tarzan bid and made 4@S|pg||
pc|s9|pc|s4|pg||
pc|sK|pc|d8|pc|d4|nt|ahollan1: Tarzan = wijs-muller|pg||
pc|s7|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d2|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|sT|pc|dT|pc|d7|pg||
pc|c8|pc|h3|pc|cQ|pc|cT|pg||
nt|eamongall: all I know is bridgecardreader works for me ...but lots of people have issues |pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|c31|st||md|1SQ753HJT2DAJ6CK86,SKJT96HA543D53CA2,S42H976DT82CQJ943,SA8HKQ8DKQ974CT75|sv|n|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|eamongall: @C lead needed to apply some pressure here |pg||
pc|c4|pc|c5|nt|eamongall: actually maybe even too much pressure |pg||
pc|cK|pc|c2|pg||
pc|c8|pc|cA|pc|c9|pc|c7|pg||
pc|s6|pc|s2|pc|sA|pc|s3|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s5|pc|sT|pc|s4|pg||
pc|sK|pc|h7|pc|d4|pc|s7|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|d8|pc|d7|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|c6|pc|d3|pc|cQ|pc|cT|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|d9|pc|d6|pc|d5|pg||
pc|c3|pc|h8|pc|h2|pc|h3|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dQ|pc|dA|pc|h4|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|o32|st||md|2ST73H93DJ85CQ6432,SQ9854HA862DACJT9,SJ2HJ54DK63CAK875,SAK6HKQT7DQT9742C|sv|e|nt|ahollan1: final board of set  4 of 6|pg||
nt|ahollan1: round 5  begins in about 1 hour|pg||
nt|eamongall: this is a tough board to bid to slam |pg||
nt|eamongall: needs 2 3-2 breaks ..so only 50% |pg||
nt|Vugraphzay: Canada EW (!) ended up in 5@C-6 losing 19 with Monaco making 6@H+1|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 2@H = 3-fit, INV+|pg||
nt|eamongall: I am told Tarzan makes 7@Hs on board 32 |pg||
nt|eamongall: Tarzan is dutch bidding system |pg||
nt|Vugraphzay: I do not think I ever received this many messages within 10 seconds haha|pg||
nt|eamongall: why is it called Tarzan |pg||
pc|c4|pc|c9|pc|cK|pc|h7|pg||
nt|ahollan1: gulp|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h3|pc|h2|pc|h4|pg||
mc|12|nt|Vugraphzay: Thanks all, we'll be back in about an hour|pg||
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qx|c32|st||md|2ST73H93DJ85CQ6432,SQ9854HA862DACJT9,SJ2HJ54DK63CAK875,SAK6HKQT7DQT9742C|sv|e|mb|1S|nt|idc: Some chance that E-W in other room might reach 4@s instead on that last Board|pg||
mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|nt|idc: Well, a surprise gain of 13 IMPs for Ireland on Bd 25|pg||
nt|idc: 4@h going -1 here looked normal|pg||
nt|idc: In Open room, E-W reache 4-4 fit 4@s instead, which also seems likely to go -1|pg||
nt|idc: but Smirnov underlead @dA at trick 4 to give Garvey a guess - he got it right and then could pitch a loser|pg||
nt|idc: So Germany's lead now down to just 7 IMPs (though a likely swing for them to come on Bd 28)|pg||
nt|idc: Last hand in this room - can I thank the WBF and organisers in Lille for letting us broadcast|pg||
mb|4C|mb|p|mb|4D|mb|p|mb|4S|nt|idc: and our Vugraph operator and my colleague Eamon for bravely covering most of the match by himself|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|idc: and lastly, BBO itself, who make all this wonderful stuff available to us|pg||
pc|cK|pc|s6|pc|c2|pc|c9|pg||
nt|eamongall: ah no ian arrived before halfway I think |pg||
nt|idc: 2NT here was modified Jacoby - usual for it to promise 4-card support but I guess they play 3 is possible|pg||
nt|idc: here it may have made it too tough to find their other 8-card fit, and that looks like a better suit for slam purposes|pg||
nt|eamongall: is this a possible slam hand .. from a bidding point of view|pg||
nt|eamongall: some wind here in Dublin but not like yesterdays storm |pg||
nt|idc: I guess 6@h needs 3-2 breaks in both majors, 2 @c ruffs make 12|pg||
nt|idc: Two 3-2 breaks means it is somewhere around 50%, so no shame not to reach slam|pg||
nt|idc: In the Canada-Monaco match, Helgemo/Helness have reached 6@h here|pg||
nt|idc: BTW, Canada still ahead there, by 15 IMPs|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|s4|pc|s2|pg||
nt|idc: Even 4@s needs some thought of course - if both majors 4-1 it may even go down sometimes|pg||
nt|idc: Worth noting that slam becomes a slightly better prospect if even game might go down on bad breaks|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d5|pc|dA|pc|d3|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sJ|pc|sK|pc|s7|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h3|nt|ehsana: k Slam was there but in bidding more a chance than accuracy :) |pg||
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pc|sQ|pc|c5|pc|d4|pc|sT|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h5|pc|hK|pc|h9|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dJ|pc|s8|pc|d6|pg||
pc|h6|pc|hJ|pc|hQ|pc|c4|pg||
mc|13|nt|idc: 4 or 5 boards still to play in the other room, see you all there and thanks for spectating|pg||
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