Session three, in the open championship, had some interesting boards as you can see below.

Board 13. Dealer North. All Vul
	ª A 9 7 4 3 2 © J 6 ¨ 10 8 7 § 8 2
ª K Q J © K 10 ¨ 9 6 3 § A 9 6 5 3		ª 5 © A 9 8 5 3 ¨ K Q 4 2 § K Q 10
	ª 10 8 6 © Q 7 4 2 ¨ A J 5 § J 7 4

West	North	East	South
Zibaitis	Cieslak	Saulis	Moszynski
	Pass	1©	Pass
2§	Pass	2¨	Pass
3NT	All Pass

North led from his longest and strongest, the three of spades, which ran to declarer's king. Declarer now tried to sneak some extra tricks by setting up some hearts before the defence cashed their tricks. Zibaitis played the king then the ten of hearts covered by the jack and ace. South won the third heart and continued the spade attack, declarer playing his queen, and the moment of truth had arrived.

What should North do?

After a long think he took his ace and played a diamond to South's ace. Very well defended since he kept declarer to just his ten tricks.

Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul
	ª Q 10 9 7 © 8 5 2 ¨ 10 4 3 § 8 3 2
ª J 5 3 © A K 4 ¨ Q J 2 § A K 10 6		ª K 8 © Q J 7 3 ¨ A 6 5 § Q J 9 4
	ª A 6 4 2 © 10 9 6 ¨ K 9 8 7 § 7 5

West	North	East	South
Zibaitis	Cieslak	Saulis	Moszynski
		1§*	Pass
1¨*	Pass	1©*	Pass
2NT*	Pass	3§	Pass
3©	Pass	3NT	All Pass

The bidding was a "polish club auction" with a lot of "multi-faceted meanings", however they got to rest in three no trump after East had shown at least three hearts. 2NT promised at least 16+.

North led the nine of spades on which South went up with his ace, and he continued the suit to dummy's king. Declarer then cashed all his club and heart winners finishing up in his own hand, giving him nine tricks. He then tried the queen of diamonds, when this did not solicit a cover from North he went up with the ace to take the tenth trick and the defence took care of the last two tricks. +430 for Saulis and Zibaitis.

Board 15. Dealer South. North/South Vul
	ª A K J 6 © 10 9 6 ¨ 8 5 3 § A 10 6
ª 3 © K 8 7 4 3 2 ¨ A 10 6 2 § K 8		ª Q 8 © A J ¨ K J 9 § Q J 9 7 5 4
	ª 10 9 7 5 4 2 © Q 5 ¨ Q 7 4 § 3 2

West	North	East	South
Jens	Jacek	Lauge	Jerzy
Auken	Szutowicz	Schäffer	Mscisz
			Pass
1©	1ª	Dbl	2¨!
Pass	Pass	Dbl	2ª
Pass	Pass	3§	Pass
3©	Pass	3NT!?!	All Pass

There was some strange bidding on this board. Lauge Schäffer could not imagine the actual spade distribution. He tried for 3NT because he was probably not sure whether Auken had six hearts or not. West would have solved a lot of problems by bidding Two Hearts directly over South's Two Diamonds. West would probably have ended up in Four Hearts, which makes on the right guess in the diamond suit.

South led the nine of spades to North's king. It was important for North now to play correctly and after long thought he cashed his ace of spades, dropping declarer's queen. Now smiling he made no mistake, he cashed the ace of clubs before continuing with the jack of spades and after that put South in to cash the remaining spades. Three down and +150 to the Polish pair.

Board 16. Dealer West. East/West Vul
	ª A 6 © 9 7 5 3 2 ¨ 8 7 4 § Q 7 4
ª Q J 8 3 2 © A J 8 4 ¨ A 9 2 § 8		ª 10 7 © K Q ¨ Q 10 3 § K J 9 5 3 2
	ª K 9 5 4 © 10 6 ¨ K J 6 5 § A 10 6

West	North	East	South
Jens	Jacek	Lauge	Jerzy
Auken	Szutowicz	Schäffer	Mscisz
1ª	Pass	2§	Pass
2©	Pass	2ª	All Pass

Szutowicz found the best lead for the Polish pair, the diamond seven, putting maximum pressure on Auken at trick one. Declarer played low from dummy, to the jack and the king. With any other lead declarer would have had the option of cashing the king and queen of hearts, before crossing to his hand with a diamond to discard some losing diamonds. With the actual layout South would have ruffed the heart. However Auken no longer had that option so he started to draw trumps, small to dummy's ten and South's king. South continued by cashing his king of diamonds and continued with another trying to give his partner a ruff. Dummy's king held the trick. Now Auken cashed his king and queen of hearts before playing another spade to the queen and ace. North made no mistake and gave South his heart ruff. South should now have cashed the ace of clubs but he didn't, instead he played the diamond so Auken could now discard his losing club and in that way escaped an over-ruff in diamonds, if North would have held the nine of spades. +110 for the Danish, who did well by stopping at the two level even after a two-over-one reponse.