june2020

ירחון ההתאגדות הישראלית לברידג' 46 West North East South Andyglaser Kiran100 Eitano Dtal 1 ♦ Pass 1 ♥ 2♠ Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass With seven clubs, South should not have been thinking about a reopening takeout double. North was happy to leave it for penalties, but there was no way to get more than three trump and two heart tricks. In addition, North failed to cover the diamond ten in the first round of the suit, and then played the heart ace after winning a trump trick. That gave West an overtrick. The final score was 870 – an absolute top for East/West. The partnership of David and Daniella Birman did much better with the North/South cards. West North East South miriamu daniella shlomoshi davidb 1 ♦ Pass 1 ♥ 2♠ Pass Pass 3♣ Pass 3 ♥ 3♠ 4♣ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass Daniella knew that the three clubs bid may mean longer clubs than hearts, but she had to correct with three hearts and a singleton club. David was unaware of his partner's excellent spades, and he pushed to four clubs over three spades. East doubled confidently, and West led the spade ace. Despite East's 3♠ bid and the queen falling from declarer's hand, West thoughtlessly continued with another spade. David discarded a diamond and then a heart on another spade winner. The last spade winner was ruffed. Declarer overruffed, entered dummy with the heart ace and played a club toward the ten to make his doubled contract, losing only a spade a heart and the trump ace, for a 98% score. The absolute top for North-South happened at the following table, as a result of North's failure to open the bidding with quite a good hand. West North East South harpazz tamar11223 edeklev1 olivia667 Pass 1 ♦ 2♣ Dbl 2♠ Pass 3♣ 3 ♦ Dbl All Pass North's initial Pass wasextremelyconservative, but it worked. South could bid and rebid his clubs in a comfortable level. West's three diamonds bid was too optimistic, and having shown her hand, South did not feel an urge to pull partner's penalty double. The defense always has six tricks. Actually, they got a seventh one for an absolute top of plus 800.