Friday October 17, 2014
Mixed Pairs Championship
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Jie Jack Zhao and Kerri Sanborn are the brand new Mixed Pairs World Champions.
The first session of the Final A began the play very late in Argentina, so I only saw a part of the first session of the final.
I rescue Board 3, where I witness a nice defense developed by PSZCZOLA Jacek (U.S.A.) and WORTEL Meike (Netherlands) the silver plate winners playing against BERTHEAU Peter and LARSSON Jessica who finished fourth.
Board 3:
Wortel opened 1
, Larsson passed and Pepsi said 1
. Bertheau decided to show his two colored hand, and Wortel bid 5
, exclusion blackwood = partner tell me your keycards but not count the diamond ones…I am void there.
Larsson chose a posible sacrifice. Pepsi passed and Bertheau correct to 5
. Wortel closed the heart slam. Larsson considered the sacrifice the best of her options…Pepsi doubled…he did not want hear a fly flying …
Lead: K
Wortel led her K, dummy played the 5 y Pepsi his J and declarer the 7. Double dummy you can see that any card excluding a trump is the best defense.
But Wortel could not be sure that his partner had K, and she bably needed to arrive to his partners hand, for a diamond return, and she found the solution playing a slmall heart…
Wortel left her hand playing the 4, to his partner’s 10, South ruffed the diamond return, played her A and more club…forcing declarer to lose the trick or to remain trapped in dummy. Bertheau chose to ruff.
Bertheau couldnt play from dummy with out damage, so he played A and a small to the K for four down = 1100.