Diego Brenner and Carlos Pellegrini, Gran Southamerican Masters, won the Keohane North American Swiss Teams, in the NABC; Phoenix 2013. Talking with them they told me two hands they fee that were key on their way to victory.
Hand Nº 1:
Diego Brenner: » The tournament began with 196 teams, the cut was after the first 8 rounds, only the first 92 teams qualified to the semifinal stage.
It was in that instance that we face the Tulin squad. At our table we played against two great champions: Bob Hamman and Samuel Lev, everything was normal until this hand appeared: «
Deadler: South, None Vulnerables
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The bidding:
West |
North |
East |
South |
— | — | 1 |
Pass |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Pass | Pass | 5 | Pass |
5 | Pass | 5 | Pass |
6 | The End | ||
Final Contract: 6
Lead: K
Diego: » After Bob Hamman 4, Carlitos passed showing he had not wasted honors in spades; so I decided to show my club suit and that helped us to found the good Slam.
I ruffed the lead, played the A to be sure that the suit wasnt 4-0, and as both defenders followed the suit, the slam was cold, my tricks were: 1 spade ruff, six hearts, one diamond and four clubs. You can see that the heart slam is always down, losing two diamonds.
At the other table game our opponents played a heart game, so the hand and gave us 11 IMPs to continue accumulating valuable victory points.
Carlos Pellegrini: «During the 46 teams final, in one of the rounds we played against the Compton squad; Diego and me played against Daniel Korbel & David Grainger:
Board 13 Deadler: North All Vulnerable.
Q 10 8 3 2 5 3 10 8 7 3 10 9 |
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A J 9 A 9 8 7 6 2 Q 8 6 4 |
K 7 6 4 K 10 4 A J 9 6 4 A |
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5 Q J K 5 2 K Q J 7 5 3 2 |
West |
North |
East |
South |
— | Pass | 1 |
2 |
2 |
Pass |
3 |
Pass |
3 | Pass | 4 | Pass |
4 | Pass | 4NT | Pass |
5 | Pass | 6 | Fin |
Final Contract: 6
Carlos Pellegrini: » This is a real good slam!. At the other table the player sitting in East opened his hand with a 1NT bid and they could not find the slam. 13 IMPs that were very important to achieve our victory in the event. «