First Round Robin Continues Day 2
Round 4
Australia bye
The last round of the first day Friday
Round 5
Australia v Philippines 41 33 which converts to 12.44 7.56
Australia’s too significant positive swings arose due to the opponents being overboard and conceding 800.
Once in 4♥ doubled (down 3), in a 5-3 fit, with neither hand holding a singleton on a combined 17 points
Then again and in 6♥ doubled (down 4), missing 3 key cards and the Q of trumps (it was possible that the key card answer of 1 or 4 key cards was misinterpreted).
The two significant swings out were as follows:
The opposition bid to a reasonable 6♠ which was missed by our pair
5♣ showed one key card.
On a ♥ lead you are able to pitch tour second ♦ from dummy. On a non-♥ lead, you need either the ♦K on side or 3-3 ♦ or some 4-2 ♦ breaks. A ♣ was lead through the K but ♦s were 3-3 with the K offside and trumps 2-1, so the contract made easily.
Doubling a vulnerable part-score which made.
All scores were as follows:
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Round 5 |
Match 1 |
Philippines 33 |
vs |
Australia 41 |
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Match 2 |
Chinese Taipei 33 |
vs |
Singapore 31 |
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Match 3 |
Indonesia 27 |
vs |
Japan 3 |
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Match 4 |
China 24 |
vs |
Thailand 30 |
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Bye |
China Hong Kong |
Round 6
Australia v Singapore 40 21 which converts to 15.06 4.94
At the White House Tournament in Amsterdam in the qualifying round Singapore had a large win against Australia. Australia qualified for the quarterfinals, Singapore did not qualify. Only 3 of the current Singapore team were in Amsterdam and Australia has added a 3rd pair for this event.
Australia gained 13 imps when Tomer Libman and Andrew Spooner had a sensible auction to 6♥ with a shapely combined 22 count.
The bidding was alerted as
2♠ = 3 card limit raise
4♣ = shortage
4♦ = a cue bid
All scores were as follows:
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Round 6 |
Match 1 |
China Hong Kong 77 |
vs |
Philippines 11 |
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Match 2 |
China 37 |
vs |
Chinese Taipei 27 |
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Match 3 |
Thailand 21 |
vs |
Indonesia 28 |
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Match 4 |
Singapore 21 |
vs |
Australia 40 |
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Bye |
Japan |
Round 7
Australia v Thailand 44 45 which converts to 9.67 10.33
This match was shown on BBO.
There was a lot of ins and outs for both sides and then Australia staged a late rally to only lose by 1 imp.
The following four boards indicate some of the action.
With the Australians NS the bidding went as follows
Bidding that weak ♠ suit at the 3 level caused the problem. A double suggesting a penalty in one of their suits looks like a better option. 4♠ had no chance.
With the Philippine NS the bidding went as follows
The Philippine North took a punt and was rewarded when East led a ♦.
The Philippine East fell in love with the hand and eventually doubled a NS 3♦ contract and then proceeded to mis-defend to let it make.
When Australia was EW, this was the auction.
West allowed 2♠ to play rather than doubling again with the big hand (and it made). In the other room, Australia NS were pushed to 3♠ going 1 off.
There is a saying that allowing the opponents to play 2 of a major on these sort of hands is losing action in the long term
The Australian West at favourable vulnerability opened 2♦ multi. When West bid 2♥, NS both had extras for their bids but reached only 3NT. When the Philippine West passed, Australia had a free run to a great 6♦ contract.
All scores were as follows:
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Round 7 |
Match 1 |
Philippines 32 |
vs |
China 41 |
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Match 2 |
Chinese Taipei 60 |
vs |
Japan 28 |
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Match 3 |
Indonesia 52 |
vs |
China Hong Kong 58 |
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Match 4 |
Australia 44 |
vs |
Thailand 45 |
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|
Bye |
Singapore |
Round 8
Australia v Japan 37 16 which converts to 15.46 4.54
On the BBO match between Indonesia and the Philippines, this was the first board.
Indonesia correctly bid to 6♠ with the NS cards. The Philippine NS bid 7♠ and required the ♦ finesse which was successful.
Indonesia lose 11 imps for bidding correctly. Sometimes you are unlucky or, in the Philippine’s case, lucky.
On this board, Australia bid 6♠ and made an overtrick. They got a break when Japan bid to 6♦ and went 1 off. That was a good start to the match.
The play in 6♦ on a heart lead is interesting. Probably the best line works. How would you play it on a ♥K lead?
All scores were as follows:
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Round 8 |
Match 1 |
Indonesia 11 |
vs |
Philippines 30 |
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Match 2 |
China Hong Kong 28 |
vs |
Chinese Taipei 30 |
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Match 3 |
Japan 16 |
vs |
Australia 37 |
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Match 4 |
Thailand 3 |
vs |
Singapore 53 |
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Bye |
China |
At the end of 8 of the 9 rounds in round-robin 1, the scores are as follows:
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Indonesia |
103.52 |
|
China Hong Kong |
101.93 |
|
Australia |
94.60 |
|
Chinese Taipei |
84.35 |
|
Singapore |
82.41 |
|
China |
79.43 |
|
Philippines |
66.85 |
|
Thailand |
61.34 |
|
Japan |
59.57 |
Australia plays China Hong Kong tomorrow morning to complete the first round-robin.
Posted by Chris on Saturday, 6 April 2019 at 22:23