Reisinger-A Pretty Play
| Board 5 North Deals N-S Vul | ♠ 10 9 7 ♥ 6 ♦ Q 10 8 3 ♣ J 7 6 5 3 | ||||||||||
♠ A K J 5 ♥ 10 9 7 2 ♦ K 9 ♣ A 9 8 |
| ♠ 8 2 ♥ A K Q J 5 4 3 ♦ J 5 ♣ Q 10 | |||||||||
| ♠ Q 6 4 3 ♥ 8 ♦ A 7 6 4 2 ♣ K 4 2 | |||||||||||
| West | North | East | South |
| Versace | Padon | Lauria | Bessis |
| Pass | 1 ♥ | Pass | |
| 2 ♣ | Pass | 3 ♥ | Pass |
| 3 ♠ | Pass | 4 ♥ | Pass |
| 6 NT | All pass |
| 6 NT by West |
First, the bidding. After Versace made a 2/1 game forcing bid, Lauria availed himself of the opportunity to make a jump rebid in ♥, a bid showing a solid suit after a 2/1 bid. After a ♠ cuebid by Versace and a 4♥ bid by Lauria, Versace could envision a large number of tricks and pulled out the master bid: 6NT! This bid was designed to protect his ♦ king, take advantage of any other opening lead and gain that all-important extra 10 points in the BAM event.
A diamond was led and the best was yet to come--the play! South returned a ♥ after winning the ♦ ace and Versace prepared his squeeze. Before running his hearts, he carefully cashed the ♣ ace (a Vienna Coup), and also cashed the ♦ king and the ♠ ace.
Now on the run of the hearts South, forced to make 6 discards, was unable to both hold onto his ♣ king and keep the spades guarded. As the ♣ king had not made an appearance by the time all of the hearts had been played, Versace led the last ♠. The ♠ queen was played perforce and he claimed his slam for a win on the board. His opponents stopped in a pedestrian 4♥.
Not surprisingly, this pair was on the winning Cayne team: http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2011/03/bulletins/db11.pdf
Included in the online commentary during the day was a valuable monologue by expert Karen McCallum, who gave several tips on playing board-a-match, which she referred to as "matchpoints to the 10th degree". I'm writing up her tips to present at a later time.
A diamond was led and the best was yet to come--the play! South returned a ♥ after winning the ♦ ace and Versace prepared his squeeze. Before running his hearts, he carefully cashed the ♣ ace (a Vienna Coup), and also cashed the ♦ king and the ♠ ace.
Now on the run of the hearts South, forced to make 6 discards, was unable to both hold onto his ♣ king and keep the spades guarded. As the ♣ king had not made an appearance by the time all of the hearts had been played, Versace led the last ♠. The ♠ queen was played perforce and he claimed his slam for a win on the board. His opponents stopped in a pedestrian 4♥.
Not surprisingly, this pair was on the winning Cayne team: http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2011/03/bulletins/db11.pdf
Included in the online commentary during the day was a valuable monologue by expert Karen McCallum, who gave several tips on playing board-a-match, which she referred to as "matchpoints to the 10th degree". I'm writing up her tips to present at a later time.
For good measure there was some humor sprinkled in the commentary, to wit: I don't know their agreements, but it looks like he added some points for (previously) passing!
See you at the table!
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