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| Friday, February 11, 2000 Bulletin Number 4 | Editors: Eric Kokish Richard Colker |
6  is a reasonable slam and it can be made in
two different ways on this layout. It was bid by
OLYMPIAD's Setoguchi-Ota, AUSTRALIA's
Newman-Del'Monte, and PATTIMURA's Bakti-Waradia,
all of whom ferreted out East's crucial
heart control. The last two pairs mentioned
above got a heart lead to the queen, and the
 A. Ota declared from the West side and we
can't tell you how the play went, but both the
A and the singleton club lead would have
simplified the play. OLYMPIAD trailed USA
now by just 2 imps while AUSTRALIA's lead
had mounted to 64-22. PATTIMURA regained
the lead against GREAT BRITAIN, 29-20.
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For most pairs this was an easy 4 or 3NT.
Ota-Setoguchi and Lasut-Manoppo reached 5
on their own power and had to lose three tricks
one way or the other. 10 imps to USA, 36-23.
10 imps to AUSTRALIA, 53-22.
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In USA vs OLYMPIAD, Itabashi-Hayden bought
the contract in 3 and made six, plus 230. A
whole lot of hearts but still a lukewarm result.
Robison-Freed reached 5 , down 200, at the
other table, scoring neither of their singleton
kings. 1 weird imp to USA, 37-34. Remarkably,
the same pair of results produced the same 1
imp for DEFENDERS against GOING, 33-26.Browne-Bagchi managed to reach 4 for
AUSTRALIA while Newman-Del'Monte were
down the traditional 200 in 5. If 4 would
produce anywhere near the same number of
tricks as in the other two matches we're
reviewed, AUSTRALIA would gain another 9
imps, but it was not to be.
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Browne got lead of
the Q from Lasut, low, king, ace. Ace and
another trump would work well not only on this
layout but also when trumps were two-two,
regardless of the location of the  K, but
Browne had reason to fear king-third of hearts
onside after Lasut's two-suited overcall with the
East hand. He led a club to dummy's ten. No
more worry about that suit, but he could still not
afford to lose to the K onside, have a diamond
come through for J, spade ruff. Seamus
passed the Q, and the worst befell him: J,
spade ruff, diamond to the queen. One down.
Lose 7.In GREAT BRITAIN vs PATTIMURA, the twins stopped in 3 and made five but George-Gontha
reached 4 after a 1 overcall by Papa
Hackett. After the routine start, Mr Noldy
played the A at trick two and secured his
vulnerable game and 10 imps, 39-20.
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N/S are on for 3 without raising much sweat,
but they were not always left to play where they
wanted to. In INDONESIA vs AUSTRALIA, both E/W competed to 3 , one after a reopening double
by West (Del'Monte), the other after a direct
double by West (Manoppo). The defense was
much easier for N/S with East declarer: K
overtaken, low diamond switch. Lasut was soon
one down; minus 50. With West on play, North
led a sensible trump and achieved an
unreasonable result when declarer finessed
hearts and took nine fast winners; plus 110 for
Ishmael and 4 imps to AUSTRALIA, 68-29.
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The twins played peacefully in 2 but at the
other table, Brigitte came in over 1 with 2.
Over Gontha's limit-raise cue-bid of 3, Papa
Hackett tried to attract the right lead by bidding
4, and was left to rot, down 100. Just 1 imp to
GREAT BRITAIN, 21-39.
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Itabashi-Hayden played a normal 3NT and
made it; plus 600. Shimamura-Fukuda played
a less normal 6, got doubled, and went for
800. 16 imps to USA, ahead 53-35. There was a swing in DEFENDERS vs GOING too, but a different one altogether. Ino-Teramoto were plus 630 but Geller-Ogiwara stopped in 3!, plus 170. Those 10 imps made it 43-26, DEFENDERS. GREAT BRITAIN also gained a swing when the twins bid and made 4 while George-Gontha
stopped in 2 after a heavy notrump from
South and a transfer to hearts. 10 imps to the
Brits, 31-39.
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3NT is cold and so is 5 if North declares. 6
is flat out on the !A onside with no adverse
ruff. Geller-Ogiwara and George-Gontha tried 6
but had to live with disappointment. In fact, the
PATTIMURA guys, who had stopped in 5
only to take the push over Brigitte and Papa's
paying adverse vulnerability 5 sacrifice, were
doubled for their change of mind. Those 11
imps enabled GREAT BRITAIN to win the set
42-39. The 11 imps won by the DEFENDERS
gave them the first stanza 54-26 over GOING.Meanwhile, USA picked up 20 imps against OLYMPIAD, 55-35, and AUSTRALIA had done swimmingly against INDONESIA, outscoring them 68-31. |
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