Mike Yuen — Mike talks about bridge

Music to my ears.

Yesterday in the Mixed Pairs I played against Petr Bahnik and Eva Bohnikova from The Czech Republic. He told me he enjoys my blog! How delightful, often times I wonder if anybody even read it. It warms my heart to know it is read in far away places.

They played well and are in the final, I wish them the best of luck.

Petr Bahnik - CZE

Petr Bahnik – CZE

 

Eva Bahnikova -CZE

Eva Bahnikova -CZE

Round 8 of the Mixed Pairs, Anja Alberti (Germany) and Nikolas Bausback (Luxembourg) conducted a beautiful auction to the top spot.

Board 12. Dealer West. N-S vulnerable.

Nikolas (North) and Anja (South) held these hands.

N
North
♠
AQ4
♥
2
♦
A972
♣
AK952
♥5
S
South
♠
J52
♥
107
♦
KQJ4
♣
QJ107

 

This was their auction :

W
West
N
North
E
East
S
South
Pass
1♣
2♥
Dbl
4♥
4NT
Pass
5♦
Pass
6♦
All Pass
 

4NT = takeout for the minors. 5♦ = far sighted bid. 6♦ = we have arrived.

Anja made the great bid of five diamonds, chosen the 4-4 fit as trumps as she recognized that the longer club suit can be used to park a spade loser.

The full deal :

  Board 12.
 
  N-S Vul.
West
N
North
♠
AQ4
♥
2
♦
A972
♣
AK952
 
West
♠
K1093
♥
9865
♦
853
♣
83
♥5
East
♠
876
♥
AKQJ43
♦
106
♣
64
 
S
South
♠
J52
♥
107
♦
KQJ4
♣
QJ107
 

Made 12 tricks for +1370 and 99.96%. Oh and don’t ask me what happened to the .04%.

Anja Alberti - Nikolas Bausback

Anja Alberti – Nikolas Bausback

 

 

 


2 Comments

Dave Memphis MOJOJune 18th, 2013 at 5:07 am

Bridge players are notorious for NOT leaving comments, and comments are the only way a writer knows if players are reading your material.

Mike YuenJune 20th, 2013 at 2:20 pm

Dave you are correct of cause, still is nice to get feed backs from time to time.

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