Camrose Trophy 2013
With only one day to play this are the final standings of the Camrose Trophy 2013 after Round 3.
This saturday March 2, England defeated Scotland 25-4 VP.
                                                                    1st Segm 2nd Segm Total IMPs       V.P.
England  .V. Scotland               42-24     62- 9         104-33               25.0 – 4.0
 In the last segment, England added 62 IMPs with some very interesting hands. Let’s start with a board that ended as a push but in which at first glance ev
eryone thought it was going to generate a double-digit swing for Scotland.
 Board 25: Wilkinson-Stephens from Scotland arrived smoothly to a 6NT contract by North.
Bakhshi lead his Q. Declarer made: 5 heart tricks, 2 spades, 3 diamonds and 2 clubs.
 At the other table the players from England chose a contract that attracted great interest in the audience.Â
After the auction the VG operator commented: “David Gold shrugs his shoulders and Forrester explains bidding loudly.”
Gold opened the bidding with 2 = Weak 2M o 22+-24 bal o 4441 17-20. Forrester answered with 2
(natural). Gold continued with 2NT= 22-24 bal. Forrester used Stayman, Gold denied majors and his partner ask him to pick a slam with a 5NT bid. Gold suggested
‘s, and when Forrester offered him hearts, Gold corrected to 6
. When everybody were expecting 6NT by Forrester, he shut everybody’s mouth with a calmed Pass.
Spears lead his 2. Declarer won with the
A, cashed the
A, played a heart to the
K and continued with the
Q, pitching a diamond from dummy. Next came a diamond to the
A and the
K to pitch a diamond from his hand.
At this point we could read from commentators: ahollan1: this is cool line…dburn: this is a very cool line…
He returned to his hand ruffing a club, with the 4, a diamond to the
K and he ruffed another club with the
9, West won the trick with his
10.
Spears only cards were Q 7 5 and the
Q, so he played his diamond. Forrester won with his
J, cashed the
K and played the
9. Spears only had trumps and played a little one, declarer overruffed with the
8 and the
A took care of the last trick and an INCREDIBLE from the BBO commentators:
 ahollan1: HOW DID HE DO THAT??…ady: well played…ahollan1: is there a journalist in the house??
 Two boards afterwards Gold – Forrester returned to their old tricks, to the delight of all Kibitzers.
 Board 27: Stephen opened 1, Townsend said 1
, Wilkinson doubled and Bakhshi closed the spade game…final contract. Declarer couldnt prevent losing, 2 clubs, 2 diamonds and the
K…two down.
 Again Gold – Forrester played a different contract.
Forrester also opened 1, and Spears also said 1
, but now Gold chose to show immediately his best feature with 2
. David Burn wrote: good decision to bid diamonds and not double – now South will be looking for a slam…said and done…When Barton jumped to 4
, Forrester continued with 4NT and didnt stop till they arrived to the 21 HP diamond slam.
Barton lead his K, Gold ruffed in dummy. After a long thought…declarer cashed dummy’s
A y
K and ruffed a club, Spears pitched a spade. Gold ruffed another spade and played the
10.
Spears won with his A, to play a trump, Gold won in his hand, to ruff his last spade looser. Declarer let run the
J and when he won the trick, ruffed a club, played a high trump and claimed his slam.
When the set ended 62-9 I remembered the 2013 Camrose site and the comments near each team, next to England everybody could read: Can they win in Bali? …If the commentators would have asked to the BBO kibitzers this question I am sure that almost everyone would have answered a resounding YES. Only 9 months to know…
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