This year the Polish Teams Premier League faced: Consus Kalisz vs ASKO-TECH, and the winner was the first of them.
Champion Team 2011/12 Consus Kalisz: Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Marian Kupnicki, Janusz Makaruk, Dominik Filipowicz, Krzysztof Buras, Piotr Walczak, Jaroslaw Cieslak, Peter Zak, Paul Niedzielski, Leszek Majdański
Runner Up Team 2011/12: ASKO-TECH Spojnia Warsaw: Piotr Bizon, Konrad Araszkiewicz, Bartosz Chmurski, Yaroslav Baran, Christopher Kotorowicz, Dariusz Kowalski, Jacek Kalita, Mariusz Puczyński
In the last of the 8 final sets, board 15, the Champion Team lost 12 IMPs when they didnt arrive to a Vulnerableslam, lets see what happened:
Board 15. Dealer South, N/S Vulnerable
Open Room for Consus Kalisz: N/S Grzegorz Narkiewicz- Krzysztof Buras and for ASKO-TECH: O/E Jacek Kalita-Gawrys.
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West North East South
Kalita Narkiewicz Gawrys Buras
1
Pass 1
Pass 1
Pass 2
Pass 3NT
Pass 4 The End
Buras opened 1 diamond, his partner showed first his 4 cards heart suit. South continued describing his hand and showed his 4 spades cards and North made a 2 bid(fourth suit forcing). Buras decided to continue with 3NT but passed over his partners election of spades as trumps. The lead was a heart and declarer didnt have any problem to claim 13 tricks.
Closed Room: As Polish players, N/S were playing Polish Club, and the bidding begun with 1 strong. This helped them to arrive to the slam.
West North East South
Kupnicki Bizon Majdański Kowalski
1
Pass 1NT Pass 2
Pass 2NT Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 4 Pass 4
Pass 4NT Pass 5
Pass 5 Pass 6
Pass 6 The End