3-Level Opening Bids - 1992 Olympic Games


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


-- Board 80. Dealer is West. EW vulnerable.
You are vulnerable. Partner is dealer and opens with 3 §. You have: ª 10 9 8 x © K 10 x ¨ A Q 8 x § A x. If opponent interferes: all the better for you. If op passes you have to bid 3NT because you can see a total pts. 13 + 11 = 24 with support for Clubs and likely (arresto?) in the other suits. You will go down for the likely initial five Spade tricks. Please note that you could hold 5 § and even 6 § not bid. 1NT fell on a grave mistake.

Here is the deal:

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

Parnterships

EW Hamman - Wolff:
NS Meckstroth - Rodwell:

Results

1 NT  (-2)
3 ª   (-1)

No. Declarers' Bids *
(interf.)

2
3

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