| 3rd European Open Bridge Championships | Page 5 | Bulletin 13 - Thursday 28 June 2007 |
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Wimbledon Fever
by Mark Horton You may know that as you walk out on to the Centre Court at Wimbledon you can read an inscription taken from Rudyard Kipling’s poem If-: If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same Those two emotions can be experienced in a very short space of time at the bridge table, as witness this deal from the Open Pairs qualifying rounds, where you hold North’s cards:
The dealer opens One Heart and you feel entitled to overcall One Spade. After some deliberation your screen mate surprises you by jumping to Six Hearts. Unfortunately when the tray returns to your side of the screen partner has pressed on to Six Spades. Oh well. But wait. East is still thinking. After what seems an eternity he bids Seven Hearts!! You are ready with your red card, but disaster is just around the corner, as when the tray arrives partner’s card is not the green one you were hoping for – instead it reads Seven Spades. This was the full deal and the sorry story of the bidding:
Open Room
Doubler in trouble?
North doubled West’s Three No-trumps. He led a high heart, cashed the spade ace, and exited with the diamond eight. Should he have doubled? Is there or was there a way to make or beat the contract?
A solver will get a set of bidding boxes, and will not, repeat not have to spend time in the bar with either Editor. |
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