vg|14th Red Bull WBS-Rosenblum-BBO6,R32 1_3,I,1,14,LITTLE MECK,0,MCMULLIN,0|
rs|5DEx-4,6SN-1,2HS-1,2SW+2,3NN=,3NN-1,4SW+1,4SW+1,2SE+1,4SE-1,5SN=,,2SW+1,,3NW+1,,,,,,,,,,,,,|
pn|SMIRNOV,MCMULLIN,PIEKAREK,NYSTROM,KORBEL,MILNE,MAKSYMETZ,GRIFFITHS|pg||
qx|o1|st||md|3ST96HKT8654D8CK64,SKJ8H72DJ72CQJT97,SAQ742HAQJ9DT5CA2,S53H3DAKQ9643C853|sv|o|mb|1S|mb|3D|nt|fabsayc: welcome everybody|pg||
mb|3S|mb|5D|mb|d|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 1@S usually not more than 18 hcp in NS system, Baltic Club|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|s9|nt|ahollan1: can't imagine defense scoring their @C ruff|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sQ|nt|fabsayc: why not|pg||
pc|s5|pg||
nt|ahollan1: i have no imagination|pg||
nt|fabsayc: sigh|pg||
nt|ahollan1: @S9 is NOT from 9x  that would lead low   so  109(x)  or  Q98/J98|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c5|pc|c6|pc|c7|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h3|pc|h4|pc|h2|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c8|nt|ahollan1: i think @C6 was count|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c9|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cT|pc|dT|pc|c3|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|s6|pc|s8|pg||
nt|ahollan1: and Josef Piekarek proves me wrong ... again ... with the double dummy defense|pg||
nt|fabsayc: did not even work up a sweat|pg||
mc|7|nt|ahollan1: wonderful partnership d|pg||
pg||
qx|c1|st||md|3ST96HKT8654D8CK64,SKJ8H72DJ72CQJT97,SAQ742HAQJ9DT5CA2,S53H3DAKQ9643C853|sv|o|mb|1S|mb|2D|mb|3H|mb|4D|mb|5H|mb|p|mb|6H|mb|p|mb|6S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dA|pc|d8|pc|d2|pc|dT|pg||
pc|c5|pc|cK|pc|c7|pc|c2|pg||
pc|sT|pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pc|s3|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d3|pc|s6|pc|d7|pg||
pc|s9|pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|s5|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|o2|st||md|4SA5H97543DJ832C65,SKQJ6HQ6D75CKJ932,ST987HA82DKQ4CA74,S432HKJTDAT96CQT8|sv|n|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: these matches are 3 sets of 14 boards -- so different than the Mixed Team KO stage|pg||
mb|p|mb|1C!|mb|d|nt|ahollan1: you're up Martin|pg||
mb|1N|mb|2H|mb|p|nt|fabsayc: ew pretty standard methods|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: strong NT?|pg||
pc|c3|nt|fabsayc: well this is not a lineup i have seen before|pg||
nt|ahollan1: just wondering if alert of 1@C was 2+ or possible strong NT when playing weak NT opener|pg||
nt|fabsayc: mcmullin usually plays with rock|pg||
pc|cA|nt|ahollan1: as a rule -- when Smirnov is declarer  there is noticeable pause at trick one|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c5|pg||
nt|ahollan1: and many of the later tricks|pg||
pc|hA|pc|hJ|pc|h3|pc|h6|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hK|pc|h4|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h9|pc|c2|pc|h8|pg||
nt|ahollan1: hands like this -- i'm never sure whether to duck the 1st or 2nd trump|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c6|pc|cK|pc|c4|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c7|pc|cT|pc|h5|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d5|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
pc|s4|pc|sA|pc|s6|pc|s7|pg||
pc|h7|pc|sK|pc|s8|pc|s3|pg||
nt|ahollan1: but i know i would have ducked the @S shift|pg||
nt|ahollan1: wouldn't matter on this hand, but still|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d7|pc|dQ|pc|d6|pg||
pc|d4|pc|d9|pc|dJ|nt|ahollan1: seems so strange to see Nystrom not having a Swedish flag -- is she related?|pg||
pc|c9|pg||
pc|d8|pc|sJ|pc|s9|pc|dT|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s5|pc|sQ|pc|sT|pg||
pg||
qx|c2|st||md|4SA5H97543DJ832C65,SKQJ6HQ6D75CKJ932,ST987HA82DKQ4CA74,S432HKJTDAT96CQT8|sv|n|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|d|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sT|pc|s2|pc|sA|pc|s6|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c2|pc|cA|pc|c8|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hT|pc|h5|pc|h6|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s5|pc|sJ|pc|s7|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o3|st||md|1SAK7HAJ965DQ8754C,SQ653HT732DT9C974,SJT84HK8DK6CAQ652,S92HQ4DAJ32CKJT83|sv|e|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2D|nt|fabsayc: not that i am aware of|pg||
mb|p|mb|2N|nt|ahollan1: 2@C = a) 10-11 HCP, 6+@C  b) FG, 4+@C|pg||
mb|p|mb|3D|nt|ahollan1: 2N Relay|pg||
mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cJ|pc|d4|pc|c7|pc|cQ|pg||
nt|fabsayc: start hearts seems so normal|pg||
nt|ahollan1: with the finesse or from the top  [do NOT peek to see that Q pops up]|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d9|pg||
pc|cK|nt|fabsayc: the idea of this play is to knock out nystroms entry later finesse into west after ducking second club|pg||
pc|d7|pc|c4|pc|c2|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h5|nt|ahollan1: busy defense|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hK|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c3|pc|d8|pc|c9|pg||
pc|h8|pc|h4|pc|hA|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|h7|pc|c5|pc|d3|pg||
pc|h6|pc|hT|pc|s4|nt|ahollan1: was going up @HA a matchpoint play?|pg||
pc|s2|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d6|pc|d2|pc|dQ|pg||
nt|ahollan1: top page for running scores   http://www.worldbridge.org/repository/tourn/sanya.14/microsite/Results.htm|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c3|st||md|1SAK7HAJ965DQ8754C,SQ653HT732DT9C974,SJT84HK8DK6CAQ652,S92HQ4DAJ32CKJT83|sv|e|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|d|mb|r|mb|2C|mb|d|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cJ|pc|d4|pc|c4|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s2|pc|s7|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|c9|pc|c2|pc|c3|pc|d5|pg||
pc|c7|pc|cA|pc|c8|pc|h5|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cT|pc|h6|pc|h2|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o4|st||md|2SQ8HQT97632DJ76C2,SAKJT65HADA5CAJ75,S93HK5DT8432CKQ63,S742HJ84DKQ9CT984|sv|b|nt|fabsayc: well Q10xx heart shift is a bit hard to imagine|pg||
nt|ahollan1: true|pg||
nt|ahollan1: but so was Qx|pg||
mb|1S|nt|ahollan1: is controls over 2@C the norm in Canada|pg||
mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|3C!|nt|ahollan1: sort of moot now that the opening is 1@S|pg||
mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|fabsayc: there is no norm|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Seniors and Women continuing Round Robin   only the Open has reached Knockout Phase|pg||
nt|ahollan1: the others start KO with QuarterFinal|pg||
nt|ahollan1: not sure when/if we'll see either of the other events|pg||
nt|ahollan1: trump lead or @HK?|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h4|pc|hT|pc|hA|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|s8|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s9|pc|s4|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|s5|nt|ahollan1: extra entry to dummy to take the losing 2nd finesse in @C|pg||
pc|d4|pc|s7|pc|h3|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c2|pc|c5|pc|cQ|pg||
nt|fabsayc: mak took spade hook trick 2 on board 3, that looks totally wrong to me|pg||
pc|h5|pc|hJ|pc|hQ|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d2|pc|d9|pc|d6|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d3|pc|dQ|pc|d7|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dJ|pc|c7|pc|d8|pg||
pc|c4|pc|h2|mc|11|pg||
qx|c4|st||md|2SQ8HQT97632DJ76C2,SAKJT65HADA5CAJ75,S93HK5DT8432CKQ63,S742HJ84DKQ9CT984|sv|b|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|2H|mb|d|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hK|pc|h4|pc|h7|pc|hA|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|s8|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s9|pc|s4|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d3|pc|d9|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|dQ|pc|d6|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d7|pc|c5|pc|d4|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c2|pc|cJ|mc|11|pg||
qx|o5|st||md|3S6HAJ98D97543CA85,SAQ82HT632DT8CK64,ST53HQ74DAQ62C732,SKJ974HK5DKJCQJT9|sv|n|nt|ahollan1: mak = Maksymetz  or  some spell it  North|pg||
mb|p|mb|1S|nt|fabsayc: i cant spell it so mak to me|pg||
mb|p|mb|2S|nt|ahollan1: fully concur!|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: hefty 2@S bid|pg||
mb|p|pc|d7|pc|d8|pc|dA|pc|dJ|pg||
nt|fabsayc: constructive raises but this one looks overstrength to me, 4 possible cover cards|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dK|pc|d3|pc|dT|pg||
pc|s7|pc|s6|pc|sA|pc|s5|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s3|nt|ahollan1: the one time i played constructive raises, the partnership agreement was that it was a hand that would accept AT LEAST one game try|pg||
pc|sK|pc|d4|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|d5|pc|s8|pc|sT|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c8|pc|c4|pc|c3|pg||
pc|c9|pc|cA|nt|ahollan1: unlike Roth-Stone which was effectively a game force|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c2|pg||
pc|c5|pc|cK|pc|c7|nt|fabsayc: rosenkranz explained that style best|pg||
pc|cT|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c5|st||md|3S6HAJ98D97543CA85,SAQ82HT632DT8CK64,ST53HQ74DAQ62C732,SKJ974HK5DKJCQJT9|sv|n|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s6|pc|s2|pc|s5|pc|s7|pg||
pc|s4|pc|d5|pc|sA|pc|s3|pg||
pc|s8|pc|sT|pc|sK|pc|h8|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c5|pc|c4|pc|c3|pg||
pc|cT|pc|cA|pc|cK|pc|c2|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c6|pc|c7|pc|c9|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|d3|pc|d8|pc|d2|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|o6|st||md|4SKT4HT5DKJ97CKJ72,SJHA764DAT852C865,SAQ987652HKQ8DQC9,S3HJ932D643CAQT43|sv|e|nt|ahollan1: rosenkranz explained so much  -   i loved his books|pg||
mb|p|mb|1C|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 1@C = forcing, multi-purpose Baltic Club   derived from, but different than Polish Club|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 1@S = 7+ hcp, possibly 3@S|pg||
mb|1N|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: blast or science opposite  11-13 bal?|pg||
mb|2H!|nt|fabsayc: i would probably get overboard with north hand, south not an opener in 2/1|pg||
mb|p|mb|2S|nt|ahollan1: 2@H = 5+@S  wk) 7-9 HCP  str) 12+ HCP|pg||
mb|p|mb|3C!|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: sorry  I don't know the structure after 2@S|pg||
mb|4S|mb|p|mb|4N|mb|p|mb|5D!|mb|p|mb|5S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|fabsayc: smirnov hand for spades is worse than mcmullins on last board|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h5|pc|hA|pc|h8|pg||
pc|dA|pc|dQ|pc|d3|pc|d7|pg||
nt|ahollan1: even not knowing the structure, i find it difficult to believe that the jump to 4@S can include 3 of 4 keycards  [maybe not even 2]|pg||
pc|h4|pc|hK|pc|h3|pc|hT|pg||
nt|fabsayc: arggh|pg||
nt|fabsayc: mcmullin was afraid of losing diamond ace to club discards|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|o7|st||md|1SJ9HA9543DT85CQ75,SAK872H7DK32CAK93,SQT64HKJ86DJ96CJ6,S53HQT2DAQ74CT842|sv|b|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h6|nt|ahollan1: the auction reminds me -- I learned yesterday that  Nickell-Katz now play Gazilli|pg||
pc|hT|pc|hA|pc|h7|pg||
nt|fabsayc: yes i saw them practising on BBO|pg||
pc|h4|pc|c3|pc|hK|pc|h2|pg||
nt|ahollan1: somebody should have called me!!!|pg||
pc|h8|pc|hQ|pc|h3|pc|c9|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|s2|pc|s4|pg||
pc|c7|pc|cA|nt|fabsayc: no twitter or facebook account?|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c2|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s6|pc|s5|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sT|pc|c4|pc|h5|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|o8|st||md|2SQT52HQ652D64CQ32,SAKJ9HT87DAQJT3C9,S8743HJ94D75CAKT6,S6HAK3DK982CJ8754|sv|o|nt|ahollan1: never the former -- if the latter, it hasn't been used this decade|pg||
mb|1N|nt|ahollan1: i was so anxious to see their raise structure over 1@D :(|pg||
nt|ahollan1: pure had for showing the pointed suits -- NT opener would never occur to me|pg||
mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|nt|fabsayc: mcmullin will keep swinging for the parking lot|pg||
mb|p|nt|ahollan1: no response to show short @S and both minors?|pg||
pc|s7|pc|s6|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pg||
nt|ahollan1: conclusion:  i don't like this EW auction at all|pg||
nt|fabsayc: has the advantage of not even telling the truth|pg||
nt|ahollan1:  6  mak stopped in the safe 4@S|pg||
nt|ahollan1: i wonder if anyone will bid the EW cards to 6@D|pg||
mc|10|pg||
