3-Level Opening Bids - 1992 Olympic Games


France-USA Finals (251 - 171) (cont'd)


-- Board 48. Dealer is West. EW vulnerable.
They vulnerable. Opponent on our left passes and partner (North) opens with 3§. What will opponent on the right do? You have: ª K Q x x © A 10 9 x x ¨ 8 x § 10 9. You have to count on total pts. 9 + 11 = 20: you have to pass. Consider what happened and what could have happened with an opening bid of 1§ or if opponent interfered on 3 §.

Here is the deal:

North
ª J 9 4
© --
¨ Q 9 5 3
§ A K J 4 3 2
West East
ª 10 2 ª A 8 7 5
© Q J 8 5 4 © K 7 6
¨ J 7 6 4 ¨ A K 10
§ 8 6 § Q 7 5
South
ª K Q 6 3
© A 10 9 3 2
¨ 8 2
§ 10 9

Parnterships

Rosenberg - Deutsch:
Perron - Chemla:

Results

3 §    (=)
2 §  (+1)

No. Declarers' Bids *
(interf.)

4   i
3   i

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