California Capital Open Swiss Championships<BR>June 2, 2002<P>
Afternoon Session, Board 4<P>
<TABLE><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>Both Vul<BR><IMG SRC=x.gif ALT="">
<TD><IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S> J 10<BR><IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H> A J 9 8 7<BR>
<IMG SRC=d.gif ALT=D> Q 9 7<BR><IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C> A Q 3
<TR><TD><IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S> 7 5<BR><IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H> K Q 10 6 5 2<BR>
<IMG SRC=d.gif ALT=D> 6 3<BR><IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C> 10 9 7
<TD><IMG SRC=t.gif ALT="[W - E]">
<TD><IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S> A 9 8 6 2<BR><IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H> 3<BR>
<IMG SRC=d.gif ALT=D> J 10 4<BR><IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C> J 8 5 2
<TR><TD VALIGN=BOTTOM>
<TD><IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S> K Q 4 3<BR><IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H> 4<BR>
<IMG SRC=d.gif ALT=D> A K 8 5 2<BR><IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C> K 6 4</TABLE><P>
At my table, the auction was:
<TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH=80 VALIGN=TOP><I>North</I><BR><BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass
<TD WIDTH=80 VALIGN=TOP><I>East</I><BR><BR>Pass<BR>Rdbl(1)<BR>Pass
<TD WIDTH=80 VALIGN=TOP><I>South</I><BR><BR>Dbl<BR>Pass<BR>Pass
<TD VALIGN=TOP><I>West</I><BR>2 <IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H><BR>Pass<BR>3 <IMG
SRC=c.gif ALT=C></TABLE><FONT SIZE="-1">1. this call, by me, is NOT recommended</FONT><P>

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The contract went down 6 after repeated trump leads, for -1700.  At the other
table, 2<IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H> doubled was passed out, only down 4 for
+1100 to us.  Needless to say, the team was unhappy with me for
perpetrating this disaster.
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