12th World Bridge Championships Page 6 Bulletin 8 - Saturday 17 June  2006


Alarms and Discussions (revisited)

by Barry Rigal

Anything you can do, I can do better, said Bobby Levin.

Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul.
 ♠ Q J 8 5 4 3 2
2
K 7 2
♣ 8 3

♠ A 7 6
Q 9 7 5
10
♣ Q 10 9 7 2
Bridge deal
♠ 9
K 10 4 3
6 5 4 3
♣ A K 5 4
 ♠ K 10
A J 8 6
A Q J 9 8
♣ J 6

WestNorthEastSouth
   1
Pass1♠Dble1NT(i)
2♠(ii)2♠33♠
4♣4♠PassPass
DbleAll Pass   

(i) 15-17

(ii) Good raise to 2

When we saw the board reported before, 4♠ went down after a top club lead from East following West's ♣Q as an alarm-clock. Levin as East worked out on lead that partner's double was probably based on a ruff, so he led a low diamond to trick one! Steve Weinstein took the ♠A at trick two and led a club to the ♣K for a diamond ruff, and a club to the ♣A for a second ruff; +300 on a deal where it would not have been so hard to let through game.



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