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Untitled Document Heat 2 delivered interesting boards.

12 W/NZ	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	A 9 7 6 2		-	-	-	p
	J 10		p	1	dbl i	ap
	6 3
West	A 10 9 7	East	i	Info
Q		K 8 5 4 3		4-crd
Q 8 6 5 4 3		A 9		Not nec.
J 7 4 2		Q 8 5
Q 4	South Truus	K 8 5
	J 10
	K 7 2
	A K 10 9
	J 6 3 2

After A K en ruffedgetroefd, A and 2. The leader had to play everything from his hand. +300 was 92,86 %.

13 N/Allen	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	K 9 8		1SA	p	2 i	p
	A 7		3 ii	p	3SA	ap
	K 7 3
West	A Q 10 5 2	East	i	Asks	Distribution
A J 7		Q 5 4 3	ii	5-krt
J 10 8 6 3		K 4
9 8 6		Q 10 4 2
7 6	South Truus	9 8 4
	10 6 2
	Q 9 5 2
	A J 5
	K J 3

2 mostly is done with 4-3-3-3 and 4-crd of

If partner has the same distribution we prefer playing 3NT.

This was explained at the table.

East thought:ifl South has a 4-crd , West has 5 . So the lead was K.

After this unlucky lead I played 5 times and finess on the Q, and also to the K.

The hearvest: 80 %

On board 16 no blessing.

16 W/OW	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	10 8		-	-	-	p
	A K Q 2		1	p	? i 1	p
	A 4 3		1SA	P	2SA	ap
West	10 7 4 3	East	i	Problem
Q J 7 6 5		A 4 3
J 8 5		10 9 7 4
10		K 9 8 7 6 2
K Q 9 8	South Truus	-
	K 9 2
	6 3
	Q J 5
	A J 6 5 2

After lead and continuation I expected the -length by West. If he is short in the other colours there is no harm to play A te slaan, maybe West has the bare Q or K.

Now 2NT went -1, still gaining 64,70 %

Spel 20 I did the wrong thing.

20 W/Allen	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	K Q 3		-	-	-	1
	A 10 3 2		1SA	p	3	p
	5 4		3SA	ap
West	A Q J 3	East
A J 6 5 4		10 9 7
Q J 6		K 7 5
3		Q 10 6 2
K 10 6 4	South Truus	9 8 2
	8 2
	9 8 4
	A K J 9 8 7
	7 5

The lead was 10, the 5 by West, in North the Q.

I thought that Q could be placed by East. Then 6 -tricks,2 or 3 -tricks, 2 -tricks and A can be a possibility for 11 or 12 tricks.The good news: J made the trick, to the J also, after that and now East plays 10.

The suit was 4-1. I had to finess the 10. This is good when West has the bare Q or 3-2 or 4-1. In pairs not an easy decision.

West may not discard , so discards or .

Another high A and West has another probleem.

North discards .After that -finess, A, A,another for West.

He made his K but didn’t have another . So he had to play a to North for his ninth trick..

Sill good for 60,29 %. Not everyone played 3NT, I think.

21 N/NZ	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	Q J 7 6 5 3		1	2	4	ap
	K 3
	A 9 4 2
West	2	East
K 9		10 2
9 6 4 2		A J 10 8 7
J 8 6 5 3		K 10
9 8	South Truus	A 10 6 3
	A 8 4
	Q 5
	Q 7
	K Q J 7 5 4

Lead 10.The contract cannot be made if you play A and K.

East has to take the A, otherwise North has no losers.

If he continues West should lead .

Also when playing low on the first trick West can return .

I played low and West returned . Then the contract is made.

After these two heats we are 20^thplace, good for the first mixte price.

Heat 3 is still to come.

4 W/All	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	A Q 10 7 3		-	-	-	P
	Q 10 5 2		1	2	dbl	3
	K 10 9 6		ap
West	-	East
6 4 2		K J 8
-		K J 7 3
A J 7 5 4 2		Q
K J 8 6	South Truus	A 9 7 5 2
	9 5
	A 9 8 6 4
	8 3
	Q 10 4 3

The lead was 9, North nthe A and 7 return.

East dared not to play J ans played the K. After this K thinking that if South has V , North has V. This is consequent play, because North dit open the bidding. On this play North had only 11 points. Now East tried 2 for the K from North and North played Q. After this for the J from West. Now the declarer tried A and South ruffed and waited for minus one holding Q 10.

With open cards in trick 2 J, then A en Q for the K from North.

If North chooses and South ruffs South he has a problem what to play now.

A small trump leads to 3 +2. A is simply ducked and goes to 3 +1.

That looks totally different then 3 -1.

5 N/NZ	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	J 9 4 3 2		p	1NT	3	4
	10 9 5		ap
	4
West	Q 8 6 2	East
A K Q 8 7 5		10 6
4 3 2		K 8 7 6
8 3		A Q
J 3	South Truus	A K 7 5 4
	-
	A Q J
	K J 10 9 7 6 5 2
	10 9

I didn’t dare to double, what a coward. Suppose I do double. This will beo n holding many trumps. If declarer after 4 begins with A and plays A K and ruffed and then continues with there are many variations, but most of them leading to:

West 5 -tricks, East 3 toptricks and 10.

We defended 4 -2. Still there were many 4 dbl -2.

6 O/OW	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	8 7 5		-	2	p	4NT
	J 10 9 8 2		P	5	p	5
	10 9 7 4		P	5	ap
West	J	East
K J 2		A Q 10 9 4 3
A 5		7 4 3
A 3 2		Q 6 5
A K 5 3 2	South Truus	8
	6
	K Q 6
	K J 8
	Q 10 9 7 6 4

The lead K.This contract simply is made by ducking this first trick.

Nice problem for a bridge magazine or someone who hasn’t read this article.

The second you take with the A, cross with a trump, ruff a high, cross with a trump etc.

East played A and North played J. After two trumps the declarer played A and K which North still was able to ruff. Now ther were suddenly 1 and 2 -losers.

7 Z/All	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	A 5 3		-	-	p	1
	K 6 2		2	2	p	3
	A		p	4	ap
West	K 9 8 7 5 2	East
K 10 8		Q J 7 4 2
A J 10 8 3		9
Q 8 6		K 9 7 2
J 4	South Truus	A 10 6
	9 6
	Q 7 5 4
	J 10 5 4 3
	Q 3

After Q lead it must be possible drawing trumps and play a small from dummy.

East loses A, A, another -trick en K.

Also in the bidding it is handsome to play 2 als 8-11 punten, not forcing.

Declarer played at our table to tje Q, so went minus 2.

The next board I defended unlucky, no very bad if I may say so.

20 W/All	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	J 9 4		-	-	-	2NT
	Q J 7 6 2		p	3	p	3NT
	K 9 2		ap
West	5 2	East
Q 10		8 7 6 5
A K 10		8 5
A 10 5		Q J 8 4
A K 10 8 3	South Truus	Q 9 7
	A K 3 2
	9 4 3
	7 6 3
	J 6 4

The lead 2 to the 10. Then to the Q and Q.

I slept, played the K and continued stupid Q. Counting points West showed in and 7 points and A. Total of 18 punten.

So South has 2 -pictures. So a small return gives us another 3 tricks.

Now 3NT +2 is our soapscore.

I will end with one play which had a happy ending.

20 W/All	North Louis		North	East	South	West
	A K 8 5		-	-	-	p
	J 8 5 4		1	p	2	P
	A K J 7		3NT	ap
West	2	East
6 4 3		Q J 2
K 10 7		Q 9 6 2
Q 9 8 5		6 3 2
10 9 5	South Truus	K 8 6
	10 9 7
	A 3
	10 4
	A Q J 7 4 3

The lead 2 and I see 2 slagen in , 3 in the majors and A.

Even if K is well placed the Q also has to be well placed, a has tob e ducked in the hope this suit will be divided 3-3 or K with East in a dubbleton. Also the must not be extreme. Trick1: ducked for the K; Trick2 10 to the A from South.

Trick3: 10 not covered, what now? Decision to finess.

Another -finess and and A and on K East had to discard.

was out of the question, then South scores with a finess 6 tricks.

was a sinn, so the result was a . Now I played A K unblocking 10 and 9 in dummy.

I continued with 8 and 5 wegdoen and East again had some problems.

He got rid of his hearts. After this 8 and 5 were high.

The last trick was for A. A funny 3NT +3 without a finess on K.

Sadly we did wrong to many things, resulting in the 25^th place.

The reward was a bridge-diploma, also very nice.

Greetings from Louis, the dutch player.