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:

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

Parnterships

Perron - Chemla:
Levy - Mouiel:

Results

3 ª    (=)
3 ©   (-1)

No. Declarers' Bids *
(interf.)

3   i
3   i

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