Day 3 - 3 matches

Round 9

Australia v China Hong Kong                        24           13           which converts to            13.23     6.77       

This was the battle between 2^nd and 3^rd.

With Indonesia’s big loss, China Hong Kong are now first, just ahead of Australia with Indonesia third.

The last round of the first day Friday

All scores were as follows:

Round 9	Match 1	Philippines 27	vs	Chinese Taipei 21
	Match 2	Indonesia 21	vs	China 57
	Match 3	China Hong Kong 13	vs	Australia 24
	Match 4	Singapore 26	vs	Japan 8
	Bye	Thailand

 

ROUND ROBIN 2 STARTS

This is the full draw.

Round 1	Match 1	Australia	vs	Chinese Taipei
	Match 2	Indonesia	vs	Philippines
	Match 3	China	vs	Thailand
	Match 4	Singapore	vs	Japan
	Bye	China Hong Kong
Round 2	Match 1	Japan	vs	China Hong Kong
	Match 2	Chinese Taipei	vs	Indonesia
	Match 3	Philippines	vs	China
	Match 4	Thailand	vs	Singapore
	Bye	Australia
Round 3	Match 1	China Hong Kong	vs	Thailand
	Match 2	Australia	vs	Japan
	Match 3	China	vs	Chinese Taipei
	Match 4	Singapore	vs	Philippines
	Bye	Indonesia
Round 4	Match 1	Philippines	vs	China Hong Kong
	Match 2	Indonesia	vs	Australia
	Match 3	Singapore	vs	China
	Match 4	Japan	vs	Thailand
	Bye	Chinese Taipei
Round 5	Match 1	China Hong Kong	vs	Chinese Taipei
	Match 2	Australia	vs	Philippines
	Match 3	Indonesia	vs	Thailand
	Match 4	China	vs	Japan
	Bye	Singapore
Round 6	Match 1	Singapore	vs	China Hong Kong
	Match 2	China	vs	Australia
	Match 3	Japan	vs	Indonesia
	Match 4	Philippines	vs	Chinese Taipei
	Bye	Thailand
Round 7	Match 1	China Hong Kong	vs	China
	Match 2	Australia	vs	Thailand
	Match 3	Indonesia	vs	Singapore
	Match 4	Chinese Taipei	vs	Japan
	Bye	Philippines
Round 8	Match 1	Indonesia	vs	China Hong Kong
	Match 2	Singapore	vs	Australia
	Match 3	Thailand	vs	Chinese Taipei
	Match 4	Japan	vs	Philippines
	Bye	China
Round 9	Match 1	China Hong Kong	vs	Australia
	Match 2	Indonesia	vs	China
	Match 3	Singapore	vs	Chinese Taipei
	Match 4	Philippines	vs	Thailand
	Bye	Japan

 

Round 1

Australia v Chinese Taipei                             55           27           which converts to            16.72     3.28

Australia has gone to lead after this round but there are several teams in contention.

Two major swings to Chinese Taipei occurred during the match.

On board 23 we competed to the wrong 3 level part score doubled for -500 and 11 imps out and then on Board 26 we lost 13 imps when we played 5♦ down 2 and they made 3NT.

 

There were many positive boards.

These included when they were overboard in slam (requiring a finesse that failed) and we stopped in game, we bid game making (board 20) when they stopped in a part score. The other 30 imps were gathered by better part score judgement.

 

One board of note was board 18.

 

This hand is interesting as far as high-level judgement is concerned. These sort of hands can create double game swings easily.

 

The summary of all 8 matches is as follows:

4♠ making twice

4♠ +1 once

4♠ DBL making + 1 twice

5♠ DBL making once [this is Australia see below]

5♥ making once

5♥ DBL making once

 

Matt Smith played 5♠x nicely on board 18 as West. 

♥A was lead and ruffed in dummy, a ♠ was played to the ♠K and ♠A. He ruffed the next ♥ with the ♠9. He then played a ♣ to hand and run the ♠10. He later gave up the ♦A for 11 tricks.

 

All scores were as follows:

Round 1	Match 1	Australia 55	vs	Chinese Taipei 27
	Match 2	Indonesia 49	vs	Philippines 23
	Match 3	China 46	vs	Thailand 7
	Match 4	Singapore 66	vs	Japan 19
	Bye	China Hong Kong

 

Round 2

Australia has a bye.

There were a few surprises in this round which mostly benefited Australia’s hopes of finishing in the top two places.

China Hong Kong struggled against the bottom team Japan and Indonesia really struggled against Chinese Taipei (who we beat in the last round).

The following board is very dangerous as there is potential for a double game swing. As in the previous match, this is the kind of board that can gain or lose a lot of imps if you judge incorrectly. When each side has a double fit (NS ♠s and ♦s and EW ♣s and ♥s), then this is when the total trick taking capacity of each hand becomes crucial.

 

The summary of all 8 matches is as follows:

3♠ +2  once

4♠ making twice

4♠ + 1 once

4♥ making once

4♥ +1 twice

4♥ DBL +1 once

 

This is another hand that swung a huge number of imps. 6♥s is beaten on a ♣ ruff and 6NT makes as the 4 1 ♥ break is straightforward.

 

All scores were as follows:

Round 2	Match 1	Japan 34	vs	China Hong Kong 28
	Match 2	Chinese Taipei 39	vs	Indonesia 25
	Match 3	Philippines 6	vs	China 68
	Match 4	Thailand 14	vs	Singapore 47
	Bye	Australia

 

Australia ends 7^th April in first position.

There are 4 matches tomorrow.

Posted by Chris on Monday, 8 April 2019 at 00:08