Big Slam Magazine - Flipbook - Page 20
At the Euros. Screens throughout, bidding on tablets but play with real cards.
Favourable gone wrong
Wet notrump dreams
E/NS
]8643
[AKJ973
}82
{8
]J9
]QT
[Q42
[T85
}J96543
}T7
{J3
{AK9652
]AK752
[6
}AKQ
{QT74
WEST
Si de Wijs
NORTH
EAST
Strzemecki Muller
2}
Multi
3{
SOUTH
Janiszewsk
X
Passed partner, favourable vulnerability.
How bad could 3{ be? In years gone by, opponents would usually forgo a non-vulnerable penalty, going for their vulnerable game instead..
Not any more.
After the defence easily took the first seven tricks,
South could not be prevented from scoring two
trump tricks for 1100. "Sticks and circles".
S/EW
]75
[T82
}AT743
{962
]JT42
[AQ65
}Q8
{A87
]Q63
[K43
}KJ9
{QJT3
]AK98
[J97
}652
{K54
WEST
NORTH
EAST
Gawel
Verbeek
no
end
2{ !
Jagniews Molenaar
1NT
no
2]
SOUTH
Dealer, not vul vs vul and your notrump is weak.
-250 is often a good score and so it proved when
the Dutch East-West at the other table scored
+600 in 3NT for 9 IMPs.
Verbeek was hoping to hear 2} or 2[ but playing
2] in the non-fit was fine, because neither opponent rated to have a takeout double.