Mike Yuen — Mike talks about bridge

Bali Day 1.

This was our first day of competition, we played Guadeloupe 20-0 VPs. Bangladesh 18-2 VPs and USA 2 14.39-5.61 VPs.

Our guys played well and with luck. Take this board for example.

Round 3. Board 15 Dealer South. N-S vulnerable.

You hold : ♠ 32 ♥ Q976 ♦ 1072 ♣ 8753

This was the auction :

W
West
N
North
E
East
S
South
—
—
—
1♦
Pass
2♦
Pass
2NT
Pass
3NT
All Pass
 

2♦ – Game force.

What would you lead?

George found the ♠ 3.

The full deal.

 
15
N-S
South
N
North
♠
J9
♥
A53
♦
AQJ43
♣
KQ4
 
W
West
♠
32
♥
Q976
♦
1072
♣
8753
 
E
East
♠
KQ1085
♥
104
♦
K86
♣
J62
 
S
South
♠
A764
♥
KJ82
♦
95
♣
A109
 

At the other table they didn’t lead a spade, we won 13 IMPs.

Hendryk the driver and our team car.

Hendryk the driver and our team car.

Dinner was at Bumbu a delightful Balinese restaurant. Food was delicious, a good time was had by all.

 

 

 


3 Comments

AngelaSeptember 17th, 2013 at 4:31 pm

Glad the first day went so well!
Good luck to the team for the rest of the tournament

Bob BambrickSeptember 17th, 2013 at 7:40 pm

TY for great blog, Mike. Keep up the good work. Much appreciated. On the hand you diagrammed Martel on lead vs 3NT with the East hand in the BB led the Spade Queen, but then found a losing club shift. Bob Bambrick Ottawa

ZoranSeptember 17th, 2013 at 11:48 pm

Great start! 🙂

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