California Capital Open Swiss Championships<BR>June 2, 2002<P>
Afternoon Session, Board 28<P>
<TABLE><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>N-S Vul<BR><IMG SRC=x.gif ALT="">
<TD><IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S> Q<BR><IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H> K 8 7 6<BR>
<IMG SRC=d.gif ALT=D> K 10 5 3 2<BR><IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C> 10 5 3
<TR><TD><IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S> A K J 7 3 2<BR><IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H> A 9 5<BR>
<IMG SRC=d.gif ALT=D> 4<BR><IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C> K J 2
<TD><IMG SRC=t.gif ALT="[W - E]">
<TD><IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S> 8 5<BR><IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H> Q 4 3<BR>
<IMG SRC=d.gif ALT=D> A Q 9<BR><IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C> A Q 8 7 6
<TR><TD VALIGN=BOTTOM>
<TD><IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S> 10 9 6 4<BR><IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H> J 10 2<BR>
<IMG SRC=d.gif ALT=D> J 8 7 6<BR><IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C> 9 4</TABLE><P>
<TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH=80 VALIGN=TOP><I>West</I><BR>1 <IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S><BR>3 <IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S><BR>5 <IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C><BR>5 <IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S>(3)<BR>6 <IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C>(5)<BR>Pass
<TD WIDTH=80 VALIGN=TOP><I>North</I><BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass
<TD WIDTH=80 VALIGN=TOP><I>East</I><BR>2 <IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C><BR>4 NT(1)<BR>5 <IMG SRC=d.gif ALT=D>(2)<BR>5 NT(4)<BR>6 <IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S>(6)
<TD
VALIGN=TOP><I>South</I><BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass</TABLE><FONT
SIZE="-1">1. RKC, 0314<BR>2. queen ask<BR>3. no <IMG SRC=s.gif
ALT=S>Q<BR>4. for some unknown reason, I thought this was a king ask.  It
should be a signoff.<BR>5. I have some clubs for you and really do not want to play 5NT.<BR>6. What I should have bid at (4) instead.</FONT><P>
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6<IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S> came home with no problem after the <IMG SRC=s.gif
ALT=S>Q  dropped, losing only a trump trick.  +980 for us.
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</PRE><P>The auction at the other table: <P>

<TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH=80 VALIGN=TOP><I>West</I><BR>1 <IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S><BR>4 NT(1)<BR>7 <IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C>
<TD WIDTH=80 VALIGN=TOP><I>North</I><BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass
<TD WIDTH=80 VALIGN=TOP><I>East</I><BR>2 <IMG SRC=c.gif ALT=C><BR>5 <IMG SRC=s.gif ALT=S><BR>Pass
<TD VALIGN=TOP><I>South</I><BR>Pass<BR>Pass<BR>Pass</TABLE><FONT SIZE="-1">1. RKC, 0314</FONT><P>

In my humble opinion, this auction is a bit optimistic, but hey, it worked
out in this case.  The contract goes down on a heart lead, but that is not at
all obvious from the South hand.  Greg led a trump, and after that the spades can be ruffed out
for 5 tricks (with <IMG SRC=h.gif ALT=H>A for entry), plus 1 heart, 2 diamonds
on the finesse, and 5 clubs makes 13 tricks.  -1440 for us.
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