Saturday July 26th 2014
In Board 42 of the 3rd segment of the Spingold 2014 SemiFinal: Lavazza-Monaco, both teams arrived to the slam using very different approachs.
Board 42
Helgemo-Helness (Monaco Team)
Helness opened with a 1 bid, Helgemo answered 2
(GF), Helness continued with a heart splinter 3
, showing a non balanced hand with short hearts. Helgemo supported his partner’s suit and after some cue-bids, East asked keycards and closed the slam when he realized they were one keycard short.
![Tor Helness y Geir Helgemo.](http://csbnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Tor-Helness-y-Geir-Helgemo..jpg)
This is the video where Agustin Madala explains how he bidded the hand with his partner Norberto Bocchi:
Madala-Bocchi (Lavazza Team)
Bocchi also opened 1 but in this case Madala used the 2
call, as a relay mechanism to get his partner’s hand shape and strength [ilink url=»http://csbnews.org/conventions-gar/?lang=en»]GAR[/ilink].
Bocchi showed the two black suits and Madala with his 3, denied three spades cards, he would have used the 3
relay to show three cards.
Bocchi’s 3 (1st step) showed a minimum hand, and Madala’s 4
supported his partner’s second suit.
Bocchi-Madala continued to the club slam…
![Lavazza Team Spingold 2014](http://csbnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Lavazza-Team-Spingold-2014.jpg)