Board 3 North Open Room
Dlr: S S T98752 West North East South
Vul: EW H 52 Boyd Passell RobinsonSeamon
D T2 Pass
C AT7 1H 2S 3NT 4S
West East Pass Pass Dble Pass
S 6 S KQJ4 Pass Pass
H AKQT96 H J8
D J64 D AQ7
C 963 C QJ84 Closed Room
South West North East South
S A3 Cayne Goldman Burger Soloway
H 743 Pass
D K9853 2H Pass 2NT Pass
C K52 3NT Pass Pass Pass
Open Room Closed Room
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3
N 5 2 S7 7 T A-D2 T S2-ST N T 7 A
E-HJ 8 SJ-CJ Q-C4 A-D7 Q Q E 7 K 4
S 3 4 7 K-C2 5 3 K-D5 A- S-D5 A-C2
W Q-HA-HK 6 3 9 6 4 J 6 W J-S6 3
Contract Results for NS IMP Total IMP
Open Room 4S/N X -500 4 4
Closed Room 3NT/E -630 14
Comment: In open room, Passell took a club finesse at trick 5. It
looks unusual because it's known that West had 6 hearts and East
wouldn't (usually) lead CJ from Jxx or Jxxx, especially when it's very
possible that East had C8 or C9. The rest of play was a fine play.
Passell ruffed a diamond at trick 9 to clarify the distribution of
diamonds. I bet even if Robinson played a low trump at trick 10
Passell would still play low in dummy.
In closed room, it would be interesting to see what Goldman would
return after taking CA. There are two choices: either hoping that
South has AQxxx in diamonds or hoping that South has KJxx in clubs.
But Burger didn't want to take advantage of opponents by exhausting
opponents' energy.
Board 4 North Open Room
Dlr: W S QT3 West North East South
Vul: Both H 93 Boyd Passell RobinsonSeamon
D 764 1C Pass 1D 1S
C QT542 Dble Pass 1NT Pass
West East 2D Pass Pass Pass
S J S 9865
H KQ72 H AT5
D K932 D QJT8
C AJ86 C K3 Closed Room
South West North East South
S AK742 Cayne Goldman Burger Soloway
H J864 1D Pass 1S Pass
D A5 2C Pass 3D Pass
C 97 Pass Pass
Open Room Closed Room
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
N Q 3 2 9 4 5 3 Q 6 4 7 N-H9 6 3 4 T 2 Q 4 T D7
E 5 6 K-H5 3 D8-HT DQ J-DT S8 E A-DQ 5 8-S6 K-S8 3 DT-DJ-H5
S-SA-S4 7 6 9 S2 4 DA-D5 S7 H8 S 4 A-SA-D5 2 7 4 9 S7 H6
W J D2-C6 K-CA-C8 Q-CJ 3 K-D9 W 7 2 J 3 D9-C6 DK-CA-C8 CJ
Contract Results for NS IMP Total IMP
Open Room 2D/E -130 1 5
Closed Room 3D/W -150 14
Comment: No big deal on this hand. But Robinson's declarer play in
open room was just awkward. Cayne didn't do much better in closed
room. He wasted a card, H7, at the very beginning, but he found a
squeeze at the end.