vg|14th Red Bull WBS-Rosenblum-BBO2,SFA 2_8,I,8,14,MARK GORDON,0,LAVAZZA,0|
rs|1NN+1,1SN=,2SW+3,2SW+1,4HS=,3SWx-1,4SN-1,2SS+2,3HN=,4HS-1,4SN+3,4SN+3,4SS-1,3SS=|
pn|BERKOWITZ,MUZZIO,SONTAG,BIANCHEDI,MADALA,CHEEK,BOCCHI,PRATAP|pg||
qx|o8|st||md|2SAQT6H632D752CJ84,S74HT854DAK84CKT6,SK85HKJ9DQ96CAQ73,SJ932HAQ7DJT3C952|sv|o|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s3|pc|s6|pc|s7|pc|s8|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c2|pc|cJ|pc|cK|pg||
pc|d4|pc|dQ|pc|d3|pc|d2|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s2|pc|sT|pc|s4|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c5|pc|c8|pc|c6|pg||
pc|s5|pc|s9|pc|sA|pc|h4|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|h5|pc|d6|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|c4|pc|cT|pc|cQ|pc|c9|pg||
pc|c7|pc|dT|pc|h2|pc|h8|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|dK|pg||
pc|dA|mc|8|pg||
qx|c8|st||md|2SAQT6H632D752CJ84,S74HT854DAK84CKT6,SK85HKJ9DQ96CAQ73,SJ932HAQ7DJT3C952|sv|o|nt|TopWizard:  Underway!|pg||
mb|p|nt|ritong: hi everyone|pg||
mb|1C|mb|p|nt|TopWizard:  N play a 10-12 NT here, hello Henri!|pg||
mb|1H|nt|ahollan1: something is askew   Cheek-Pratap aren't on Mark Gordon Team|pg||
mb|d|nt|ahollan1: oh  my bad   they ARE|pg||
nt|ritong: yes|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Cheek is signed on in the Audience :)|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|nt|TopWizard:  Pratap always on Gordon I believe :)|pg||
nt|ritong: madala will pass this imo|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: I didn't think Curtis was on the Team  thought he was playing somewhere else with Ish Del'Monte|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d2|pc|dK|pc|d6|pg||
nt|ritong: 1@s will make easily, when 1NT is not as comfy|pg||
pc|h8|pc|hJ|pc|hQ|pc|h2|pg||
nt|ritong: but a @s lead would help in 1NT|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|dA|pc|dQ|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h9|pc|hA|pc|h3|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h6|pc|hT|pc|hK|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Playing 1NT at other table|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Sontag is adamant about playing a Strong 1N in conjunction with their Precision 1@C|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|o9|st||md|3SKJHAQ52D972CJT85,SAQ765H9DKT6CQ743,ST92HT843DQJ43CK2,S843HKJ76DA85CA96|sv|e|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|nt|bjacobs:  hi there|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  Hello Bill|pg||
mb|p|mb|2C!|nt|tejjyid:  Nevr miss a chance to kibitz Sontag, that's my view|pg||
mb|p|mb|2D!|nt|bjacobs:  fair enough|pg||
mb|p|nt|bjacobs:  This looks like a spot of 2-way-checkbacl|pg||
mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|bjacobs:  2@C puppet to 2@D, then 2@S = invitational|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  very conservative stop|pg||
pc|cK|nt|bjacobs:  you think so?|pg||
pc|cA|nt|tejjyid:  If West knew East had 3 @S, I'd expect he'd go to game|pg||
pc|c5|pc|c4|pg||
pc|s3|pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|s2|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  Apparently it's conservative these days to stop in a partscore with 12 opposite 11?|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s9|nt|tejjyid:  I mean, it's not the world's greatet contract, but even so|pg||
pc|s4|pc|sJ|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  I didn't know we'd stopped counting distribution?|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h4|nt|bjacobs:  Actually, I think people count distribution far too much|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  But if so, I take your point|pg||
pc|hK|pc|hA|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c3|pc|c2|pc|c9|pg||
pc|c6|pc|cT|pc|cQ|pc|d4|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  Well, it's nice to get into a violent argument on the very first deal|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  I consier this a civilised philosophical discussion|pg||
mc|11|nt|tejjyid:  It's certainly true that if you could diagnose the single @H opposite the KJ, you'd not be so excited|pg||
nt|vugraphzbf: SRY,some operate mistake|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  but they didn;t seem to try much diagnosis - a surprisingly unilateral auction, IMO|pg||
pg||
qx|c9|st||md|3SKJHAQ52D972CJT85,SAQ765H9DKT6CQ743,ST92HT843DQJ43CK2,S843HKJ76DA85CA96|sv|e|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|nt|TopWizard:  Sontag is adament about everything :)|pg||
nt|ritong: undo pls|pg||
mb|2C|nt|ritong: ty|pg||
nt|ahollan1: there is that :)|pg||
mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 2@C forces 2@D  [2-way checkback]|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  2@c Invitational|pg||
nt|ritong: pratap has 12, but he is vulnerable|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: then 2@S = 5@S INV|pg||
nt|ritong: however he folds|pg||
pc|cK|nt|ahollan1: note that in 2-way Checkback and XYZ that 2@C is NOT always INV |pg||
nt|ahollan1: it could be signoff in @D   OR   beginning of most invitational sequences|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c5|nt|TopWizard:  Touchy for +140, Cheek has to try to engineer a @c ruff in dummy|pg||
pc|c3|pg||
pc|c9|pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pc|c2|pg||
pc|c4|pc|d3|pc|c6|pc|cT|pg||
pc|d7|nt|ahollan1: NS  1st discard odd/even   so @D3 says  I like @D|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d4|pc|d5|pg||
pc|h9|pc|h3|pc|hK|pc|hA|pg||
nt|ahollan1: @D7 =  i don't|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d6|pc|dJ|pc|dA|pg||
pc|h6|pc|h2|pc|s5|pc|h4|pg||
nt|ritong: eleven tricks ot  wow|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  N wishes he had the long @d now :)|pg||
mc|10|nt|TopWizard:  The Operator may have lost the play|pg||
pg||
qx|o10|st||md|4S5HKJT9842D75C843,SKQT76HA53DAT2CQT,SAJ92H76DKJ9CAK72,S843HQDQ8643CJ965|sv|b|nt|bjacobs:  There was some diagnosis:  West said he had 5 spades and invitational values, East thanked him for his input|pg||
mb|p|mb|2H|mb|2S|nt|tejjyid:  Well, that seems to vindicate the unilateral :)|pg||
mb|d|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|s8|pc|s5|pg||
pc|h6|pc|hQ|pc|hK|pc|hA|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d9|pc|d3|pc|d7|pg||
pc|dT|pc|dK|pc|d4|pc|d5|pg||
pc|h7|nt|tejjyid:  A time saving defence|pg||
mc|10|nt|vugraphzbf: David claimed and said to Muzzio:do u squeesed?|pg||
pg||
qx|c10|st||md|4S5HKJT9842D75C843,SKQT76HA53DAT2CQT,SAJ92H76DKJ9CAK72,S843HQDQ8643CJ965|sv|b|nt|TopWizard:  So we're waiting and now on to next hand!|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Oops, redeal for result -500|pg||
nt|vugraphzbg: yes|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Ops don't know how to enter result in BBO, don't need redeal :)|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Oops = Mistake    Ops = Operators   Opps = Opponents|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|3S|nt|TopWizard:  Is Skong still here as Op? :)|pg||
mb|d|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ritong: cheek sweating right now|pg||
nt|ritong: considering a run to 3NT|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Cheek couldn't pass with 15 HCP|pg||
mb|p|pc|cA|nt|ahollan1: actually a pretty decent dummy|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o11|st||md|1SKQ5HAK6DK98CA754,SA98HT82DAJ743CT8,SJT432H97DQT65C32,S76HQJ543D2CKQJ96|sv|o|mb|1C|nt|tejjyid:  Good work, fa fast game is a good game|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2S|nt|bjacobs:  this will be a Precision auction, I guess|pg||
mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|tejjyid:  I ondered if 2@C were AStro-ish, but apparently not|pg||
pc|cK|nt|bjacobs:  Hmm|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  *wondered|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  What do we think about the opening lead?|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c8|pc|c3|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  I always lead sngletons, myself, no imagination|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sA|pc|s2|nt|bjacobs:  So do I ... but there is time to recover|pg||
pc|s6|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c2|pc|cJ|nt|tejjyid:  But this might be OK|pg||
pc|c4|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  But will they?|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d8|nt|bjacobs:  The key point, right now|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  My roblem now would be - if this is singles, why didn;t he lead it before?|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  exactly|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pg||
pc|d3|mc|9|nt|tejjyid:  But then, how else can they get it?|pg||
pg||
qx|c11|st||md|1SKQ5HAK6DK98CA754,SA98HT82DAJ743CT8,SJT432H97DQT65C32,S76HQJ543D2CKQJ96|sv|o|nt|ahollan1: just playing catch-up |pg||
nt|ritong: oops|pg||
nt|ritong: down 1 finally?|pg||
mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cT|pc|c3|pc|c6|pc|c4|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Madala opened 2@c, ended in 2@s|pg||
nt|ahollan1: auction went   2@C [BAL, 18-19] - 2@H [TRF] - 2@S - P|pg||
nt|ritong: tasty|pg||
nt|ahollan1: or what Gary said|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  We have a new set of Operators again :)|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  A comfortable part score|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c2|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|s5|pc|s8|pc|sT|pc|s6|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s7|pc|sQ|pc|sA|pg||
pc|s9|pc|sJ|pc|h4|pc|sK|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d3|pc|d5|pc|d2|pg||
nt|ritong: boardsarenot torrid for the time being|pg||
nt|ahollan1: we're starting to see an increase in pairs using   2@C = the usual strong artificial OR BAL, 20-21|pg||
mc|10|nt|ahollan1: the latter gains in similar ways to Big Bang's 2@C always 18-19|pg||
pg||
qx|o12|st||md|2SAK94HT732D72CT63,ST73H6DKQT965CK85,SQJ62HA9854DA84C2,S85HKQJDJ3CAQJ974|sv|n|nt|tejjyid:  I have to assume, that's why Italian ridge players have more world titles than I do|pg||
mb|2D|mb|2H|nt|bjacobs:  Well, there's more of them than there are of you|pg||
mb|3D|mb|3H|nt|tejjyid:  yeah, but I'm taller|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hK|pc|h3|pc|h6|pc|hA|pg||
pc|h5|pc|hQ|pc|h2|mc|9|nt|tejjyid:  EW are in fact Argentinian|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  Apologies|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  Ah, so you have an equal number of world titles|pg||
pg||
qx|c12|st||md|2SAK94HT732D72CT63,ST73H6DKQT965CK85,SQJ62HA9854DA84C2,S85HKQJDJ3CAQJ974|sv|n|mb|2D|nt|ahollan1: 2@D = @D    a difficult treatment to learn|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  2@d natural still gains on many hands in my opinion :)|pg||
nt|ritong: weak 2 in @ds is often bothering for opps|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  N cannot safely enter here but would open the bidding|pg||
mb|p|mb|3D|nt|ahollan1: probably best write-up on how to bid Constructively  when partner opens nat weak 2@D  by Richard Pavlicek|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|nt|ritong: he must balance and pray now i think|pg||
nt|ritong: or not  ok|pg||
mb|p|nt|ritong: bonjour traian|pg||
mb|3H|nt|bebechira: when we lose connection sometime the results are reinstated sometimes not :(|pg||
mb|p|nt|bebechira: but we are using bridgemates ...so BBO score irrelevant to the event...|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Pavlicek's web page   http://www.rpbridge.net/|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Thanks, Traian|pg||
mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: i would say   unofficial rather than irrelevant -- but this is an election year|pg||
mb|p|nt|TopWizard:  BBO scores and play records are never official :)|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dA|pc|d3|pc|d2|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Hmmm N undoes his good work, but very close|pg||
pc|hA|pc|hJ|pc|h2|pc|h6|pg||
nt|ritong: reasonable spot  @hs 3/1  down 1  next|pg||
pc|h4|pc|hQ|nt|ahollan1: actually Gary  i think there were some European events that automagically populated the web page of running scores  by pulling from bbo|pg||
pc|h3|pc|d5|pg||
mc|9|nt|TopWizard:  At their own risk :)|pg||
pg||
qx|o13|st||md|3SJ965HK92D85CAQT6,SK2HAJ873DK974C95,SAQT743HDAQT6CK87,S8HQT654DJ32CJ432|sv|b|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|nt|tejjyid:  I'm not overestimating the significance of that, though|pg||
mb|2S|mb|p|nt|bjacobs:  These 7 board matches: there's the quick and dead|pg||
mb|3H!|nt|bjacobs:  Much prefer the format 4 years ago!|pg||
mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|nt|tejjyid:  feels very random, but I guess if you play enough of them it's OK|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  The trouble is the VP scale distorts so horribly the meaning of the imps|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  Yes|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  4@C now? 3@S asking for cues?|pg||
mb|3N|an| |mb|p|mb|4C|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|nt|bjacobs:  This is an excellent slam|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  3NT might be serious.  Or it might be non-serious.  Or it might be something else|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  I think that covers most of the possibilities|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  Need better system notes than I have|pg||
mb|4S|nt|bjacobs:  4@C and 4@H are probably cues.  |pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d2|nt|tejjyid:  4@H very discouraging fro North|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  And of course, this has turned North off|pg||
pc|d5|pc|dK|nt|tejjyid:  a 4@C cue from South would have been better - but who knows what the system required? Maybe 3NT said no trump honour...|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  hard to design system for every hand|pg||
mc|13|pg||
qx|c13|st||md|3SJ965HK92D85CAQT6,SK2HAJ873DK974C95,SAQT743HDAQT6CK87,S8HQT654DJ32CJ432|sv|b|mb|1S|mb|p|nt|TopWizard:  BBO is often very accurate, but play can speed up and Operator cannot get everything|pg||
mb|2N|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: 2N = @S  a) game inv, some singleton  b) slam invite, some void|pg||
mb|3C|mb|p|nt|TopWizard:  Also, when someone claims, Operator often can't hear and has to ask politely, can't presume what the claim was|pg||
nt|ahollan1: i don't know the response structure :(|pg||
mb|4C|mb|p|mb|4D|nt|TopWizard:  2NT appears Limit+|pg||
mb|p|mb|4H|nt|ritong: bocchi should love 4@c|pg||
mb|d|nt|ritong: but less 4@h|pg||
nt|ahollan1: i would guess that 3@C ASKS|pg||
mb|r|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: notice that madala's hand doesn't match EITHER of the possible types that i initially described|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Al, my guess 3@c GF|pg||
nt|ritong: we did|pg||
mb|4S|mb|p|nt|ahollan1: that is 2nd alteration from 2013 Bali CC|pg||
nt|ahollan1: Henri lives to catch my blunders|pg||
nt|ritong: well, no|pg||
nt|ritong: that s what stern pretended|pg||
nt|ahollan1: loves to catch them?|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  Al, you're a wonder worker, add lots and lots to these commentaries :)|pg||
nt|ritong: neither|pg||
nt|ritong: *sweat*  huge decision here|pg||
nt|ritong: two keys off in any case|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  But @h void so need one finesse of 2|pg||
nt|ritong: extremely tough to determine|pg||
nt|ritong: i think bocchi would have been better placer passing 4@h doubled|pg||
nt|ritong: placed*|pg||
nt|ritong: that way he would know if his pard has first round @h control|pg||
nt|ritong: not that he is very interested in it, but the @h A would be known|pg||
nt|ahollan1: seems relatively safe to assume  DBL = @HA  so 4@H was 2nd round control|pg||
nt|ritong: and could be useful to get rid of a @c loser|pg||
nt|ritong: ?|pg||
nt|ritong: doubling 4@h simply means " i m not opposed to @h lead"|pg||
nt|ahollan1: sure wish we knew the constraints of 2N  and  the reply of 4@C  :(|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  This hand is what top level bridge is all about!|pg||
mb|p|nt|ahollan1: i suppose there is also the possibility that 4@H was Last Train rather than showing 1st/2nd round control of @H|pg||
mb|p|pc|h4|pc|h2|nt|ritong: bocchi certainly is not thrilled with the dummy|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|s3|pg||
pc|c7|nt|ritong: way too good|pg||
pc|c2|pc|cQ|pc|c5|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d7|pc|dQ|pc|d2|pg||
mc|13|pg||
qx|o14|st||md|4SAK97632HKTD95CJ4,SJT8HJ972DJTCK976,S5HAQ5DK76432CQ53,SQ4H8643DAQ8CAT82|sv|o|mb|1C|nt|tejjyid:  That @CQ was a very important card...|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  What to bid as South?  I like 3@S|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  But 1@S is probably what the cogniscenti bid|pg||
mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|nt|tejjyid:  Seems pretty heavy for a NV pre-empt int he 21st century|pg||
mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h7|pc|h5|pc|h3|pc|hT|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s8|pc|s5|pc|s4|pg||
pc|sK|pc|sT|pc|d2|pc|sQ|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  7-2-2-2 has proved time and time again to be e a poor shape|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h2|pc|hA|pc|h4|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h6|pc|c4|pc|h9|pg||
nt|tejjyid:  2@S probably enough|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c2|pc|cJ|pc|cK|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|d3|nt|bjacobs:  Too heavy for 3@s immediately, but you bid only 2@S when partner shows something?  I don't get it.|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d9|pg||
mc|9|nt|bjacobs:  Anyway, that's that|pg||
nt|bjacobs:  Byeee!|pg||
pg||
qx|c14|st||md|4SAK97632HKTD95CJ4,SJT8HJ972DJTCK976,S5HAQ5DK76432CQ53,SQ4H8643DAQ8CAT82|sv|o|mb|1C|nt|TopWizard:  Long auction other tablel. also stopped|pg||
mb|1S|mb|d|mb|2C|mb|2H|nt|bebechira: in 30 mins we will be back with 3 more matches....we hope :)|pg||
nt|TopWizard:  S is 7-2-2-2 "kiss of death" hand|pg||
mb|3S|mb|p|nt|TopWizard:  Should rarely preempt with that distribution, too many losers|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|nt|TopWizard:  N 2@c=@d|pg||
nt|ritong: @h lead loses a trick|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h5|pc|h8|pc|hK|pg||
nt|ahollan1: bbo matches determined by leader board   we see   3 vs  4,   7 vs  8  and  11 vs  12|pg||
pc|hT|nt|ritong: so 5 imps|pg||
pc|h2|pc|hA|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h4|pc|c4|pc|h9|pg||
mc|9|nt|TopWizard:  Thanks BBO and WBF and Op and commentators and audience :)|pg||
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