A Hand from the Italian Open Teams Championship
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• 26 April, 2012This is the first hand from Lavazza-Bongiovanni match.
Board 17. Dealer North, Nobody Vulnerable
In the table Lavazza: E/W Duboin-Sementa and Bongiovanni: N/S Romanski-Comella
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West North East South
Duboin Romanski Sementa Comella
Pass 1 Pass
1 Pass 2
1 Pass
2NT2 Pass 3 Pass
33 Pass 4
4 Pass
45 Pass 4
Pass
4 Pass 5
Pass
6 Fin
1) Strong
2) Relay
3) Values
4) Cue-bid
5) Define Diamond as trump
With no opps intervention, Duboin-Sementa used all their artillery to arrive to the cold slam.
In the other table Lavazza: N/S Bocchi-Madala and Bongiovanni: E/W Fornaciari-Gianardi
West North East South
Fornaciari Bocchi Gianardi Madala
Pass 1 1
Double 1NT* 2 4
Double Pass 5 The End
* Clubs
With his two calls Madala occupy too much space, opponents couldnt bid comfortably and just declared the game. Although E/W made 12 tricks the hand cost them 11 IMPs.
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