Congratulations to the Cimon team for winning the Canadian Women Team Championship. Nicely done! Bravo!
The Canadian Open Team Championship final starts today and the match-up will be Korbel vs Gartaganis. I think I will not file any prediction because I have been let's say not so good so far :). But in any case, whoever wins, we will be proud of that team and may the best team wins!
In yesterday's semi-finals I thought one hand (others also of course) deserved some comments.
The players held at UNFAV:
AKQ10x
xx
AJ9
QJx
Most players heard a 1H opening on their right and simply overcalled 1Sp and then the auctions proceeded differently but some tables did not get that start. At the Gartaganis table, the opening bid was 1Cl (strong) and the auction proceeded
1Cl - 1Sp - P - 4Sp - 5H all pass and this was not a good result for your side since you are cold for 6Sp. Partner's hand was
Jxxx
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Q8xxx
K109x
6Sp did not have to be cold but selling out to 5H undoubled makes no sense. But who did what wrong? Hard to say since most of the time competing against a strong club is destructive and who knows what the overcaller really has. That brings up my point:
-- over a strong club one should have a bid that says:
I have reasons to believe this is our hand and that bid should be the X of 1Cl. Otherwise how can one survive these auctions without being guessing? Even with this treatement you may or may not survive it but at least they will be doubled. I like to play - and that is strictly my opinion - that X of a strong club is cards normally close to being balanced - say about a strong NT type of thing - and the next double by either partner is take out. Gets you at least in the auction with the right thinking. I have seen too often a strong clubber jumping to 4M after his opening undisturbed when the opps were cold for a game. Not easy but a suggestion. I play the same thing when the strongclubber's partner bids 1D (bad hand), then X is cards. It has risks but the risk-ratio is worth it.
CTNC-B saw Liu win it all out. Congratulations to the Liu team as well!
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This was one of the last hands played at the table in what was a nightmarish set for me (and for Steve who had to be a witness to my self-immolation)--the anonymity was appreciated. Judy and Nick's aggressiveness throughout that quarter stood them in very good stead and was very effective.
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