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1.00 PM 8.15 PM Today’s Programme Stratiflighted Swiss Teams (1st Session) Stratified Side Game - Pembroke Series Session 1 (Total of 5 single session side games) Newcomer Stratified Pairs Stratiflighted Swiss Teams (2nd Session) Stratified Side Game - Pembroke Series Session 2 Newcomer Stratified Pairs Championship Events in Bold Laura and Fred Wilson (top left) won Flight C of the Novice Stratified Charity Pairs. Janice Trott and Michael Bickley (top right) won the Flight B Charity Pairs. Linda and William Pollett successfully defended their Flight C Charity Pairs title. Register at the Hospitality Desk and collect your goodie bag! Daily Bulletin No. 2 –Sunday, January 24, 2010 Page 2
The job of a Bulletin Editor is never done; fortunately, the Bulletin Editor's wife can take care of some of those jobs. So after dinner, while Sue was doing the hard work of formatting the bulletin I had the more relaxing task of strolling round the playing room, looking for exciting material. Here are a couple of deals that raised points in the bidding and play. Board 21 Dealer North N/S game [ K 10 9 8 4 3 ] J 6 5 { 9 } A 7 4 [ AQ [ J ] A 8 7 ] K Q 9 4 3 2 { K Q 10 7 { A J 5 3 2 } J 10 8 6 } 9 [ 7 6 5 2 ] 10 { 8 6 4 } K Q 5 3 2 West North East South Pass 1] Pass 2{ Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 4NT Pass 5] Pass 6] All Pass When I first saw this deal E/W had an unopposed auction to 6]. East received a top club lead, and a club continuation. How should she proceed after ruffing the second club? The answer is straightforward enough: the only danger to the contract is a bad split in either red-suit. A bad diamond split is no longer a problem since the defense has not tried for a ruff -- but what about a bad trump break? A 4-0 break with South having the length will leave you with an inevitable loser, so declarer must focus his energies on North having all the hearts. Once you see that, it is easy to spot that the right play THE CHARITY PAIRS is to star trumps by leading the ace, to allow you to take two finesses after discovering a bad break. Today such caution was unnecessary....but as you will see later, this was not always the case! At two other tables N/S made their opponents' life somewhat harder. In one such case, when the two <strong>win</strong>ners of last year’s Charity Pairs squared up against one another, Robert Todd opened a weak 2[ and Jade Barrett jumped to 4], a good practical call that let his partner use Blackwood and drive to slam. The spade lead worked as well as a club, on this occasion, but Barrett racked up his slam with the minimum of effort. At another table Kevin Comeau opened 2[, David Pereira overcalled 3] and Bill Tucker bounced to 4[ -- vulnerability we don't care about no sinking vulnerability! Ian Harvey thought for some while but could not reasonably have expected quite so much shape opposite. He settled for 5] and his opponents had a great result. Board 25 Dealer North E/W game [ J 5 2 ] 7 3 { 10 8 6 5 4 3 } Q 2 [ 8 7 4 [ A Q 10 9 6 3 ] A 9 4 ] J 8 6 5 2 { A K 9 2 { --- } K 9 5 } 10 7 [ K ] K Q 10 { Q J 7 } A J 8 6 4 3 West North East South Pass Pass 1} Dbl. 2{ 2[ 3{ Pass Pass 3] Pass 3NT Pass 4[ All Pass Daily Bulletin No. 2 –Sunday, January 24, 2010 Page 3
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