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finessed the queen of diamonds, cashed the diamond
ace and ruffed a diamond to hand, leaving this end
position:
♠ –
K
9 7
♣ –
♠ Q ♠ –
– Q 10 8
– –
♣ K 5 ♣ –
♠ –
A J
–
♣ 10
Pettis ruffed the ten of clubs with the heart king as
Fallenius under ruffed, leaving the lead in dummy for
the contract fulfilling trump coup. Had Pettis gone
down in his contract (four hearts was successful at the
other table), his team would have lost the match.
The other finalists were: Walid el-Ahmady in Bulletin
No. 479, page 9, reported by Brent Manley Sabine
Auken in 6 , Bulletin No. 480, page 4, reported by
Sabine Auken Fulvio Fantoni in 6 , Bulletin No. 482,
page 12, reported by Mark Horton ZY Shih in 6♣,
Bulletin No. 485, page 6, reported by Eric Kokish Fred
Gitelman in 6 , Bulletin No. 486, page 14, reported
by Tim Bourke.
56 IBPA Handbook 2010
THE 2006 C&R MOTORS
HAND OF THE YEAR
Tarek Sadek (EGY)
Journalist: Brent Manley (USA)
Estoril, Bulletin 491, page 9. Italy v. Egypt
Dealer North ♠ A K J 2
NS Vul. J
A J 3 2
♣ Q 6 4 3
♠ 7 6 ♠ Q 10 8 5
10 7 6 5 2 K Q 9
Q 8 7 6 10 9 4
♣ K 2 ♣ J 9 8
♠ 9 4 3
A 8 4 3
K 5
♣ A 10 7 5
West North East South
Dagher Fantoni el-Kourdy Nunes
1 Pass 2♣
Pass 2♠ Pass 2NT
Pass 3 Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass
Dagher led a low heart. When Nunes ducked the heart
queen and king, he was doomed. El-Kourdy cleared
the suit with a third round, and when Dagher came in
with the club king, he had two hearts to cash for one
down.
West North East South
Versace el-Ahmady Lauria Sadek
1 Pass 1
Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT
Pass 2♣ Pass 3
Pass 3NT All Pass
Sadek did better. Versace also started with the heart
five to the jack, queen and four. When Lauria continued
with the heart king, Sadek considered his play for
some time before correctly winning the ace. He then
played the ace of clubs and a club to Versace’s king,
and when Versace switched to the spade seven, it
was clear that Lauria had the heart nine or ten – Versace
obviously did not hold both.