3-Level Opening Bids - 1992 Olympic Games
France-USA Finals (251 - 171) (cont'd)
-- Board 73. Dealer is North. EW vulnerable.
They are vulnerable. Partner (North) is dealer and opens with 3 ª. You have: ª Q x © A x x ¨ A Q x x § J x x x. Most likely you have total pts. 13 + 11 with support for Spades and stoppers in the other suits. If E passes you must risk 3NT. You'll go down 1 because Spades run. Please note that partner has only 8 pts. but must open because his 6-long Spades is a stopper and he's not vulnerable against opponents that are.
Here is the deal:
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North
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ªA J 10 9 5 4
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© 10 3
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¨ J 10 6
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§ Q 9
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| West |
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East |
| ª K 8 3 2
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ª 7
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| © 7 5
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© K Q J 9 8 6
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| ¨ 9 2
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¨ K 8 7 3
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| § A 10 8 5 4 |
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§ K 3
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South |
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ª Q 6
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© A 4 2
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¨ A Q 5 4
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§ J 7 6 2
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Parnterships
Perron - Chemla:
Levy - Mouiel:
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Results
3 ª (=)
3 © (-1)
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No. Declarers' Bids *
(interf.)
3 i
3 i
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