May 26 2016, Medellin Colombia
The final of the Southamerican Youth Bridge Teams Championships U 26 was: Argentina vs Colombia.
The final was played over three sets of 12 boards each. After the first 12 boards Argentina had a comfortable lead of about 27 IMPs, which did not last long … In the second set, thanks to several errors, Argentina went on to lose its dominant position to be relegated by … 13 IMPs … This is a hand in which Colombia was able to put a lot of heart to get that 13 IMPs difference.
Board 19
With a non competitive bidding the players from Colombia in E/W, arrived to a heart game… and scored without any difficulty +650.
At the other table … the player Valenzuela from Colombia’s team decided not to be so linear and muddied the court … with hearts.
After Crusizio’s opening 1 club bid , North decided to show a good heart lead, and said one heart.
That obliged a pass from Garcia da Rosa, who also passed after his partner reopened the bidding with a double. Correa chose to save to 2 Diamonds and Da Rosa not let die the bidding saying 2NT, raised by his partner to 3NT.
After a diamond lead, declarer could do nothing to lose three diamonds, two hearts and a club for two down …
I could not help remembering a song by Luis Miguel…one of its verses says …
| no llames corazón lo que tú tienes… |
Do not call heart What you have |
To which Venezuela must had answered with another verse of the same song:
| Yo para querer no necesito una razón me sobra mucho, pero mucho corazón… |
For me to love I do not need a reason I have too much, but a lot of heart … |