 Shangai hands (7) - Dos Reyes solos... Nikos Sarantakos
Cuando toma la opcion de sacrificarse ante un slam que puede no
hacerse, decimos "tomo un seguro". Ese seguro puede tener premios
gordos...
Realmente un buen seguro es cuandio se anota menos que el slam... Cristof Martens
encontró ese buen seguro en la tablilla de abajo in the above deal
played at Round 7 against USA I.
Brd 14 A865
South
None JT52
JT963
Jassem
KT J4
A97653 QJT842
A43
Q8754 A2
Mahmood Rosenberg
Q9732
K
KQ9876
K
Martens
O N E S
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1
2! 4 4NT! P
5 P 5 5
6 P P 6
X P P P
Yes, single-dummy the 6H slam is awful, but single-dummy you can' t see
that the king of clubs is (proverbially?) bare. Martens knew this -he had two
bare kings, actually, which seems a lot, so he took out insurance which turned
out remarkably cheap: a mere down two, 300. The travellers were littered with
-1210 when other players at his position spurned the insurance policy and
doubled. However, his gain was modest, because at the other table Garner elected
to open 1D the West hand (what do you choose with a 5M-6m? I usually open the
major) and the spade suit was never mentioned, so the Poles at NS played a
sedate 4H making twelve, for a 5-imp gain. Finally the Poles won by 6, stemming
a tad the excellent run of the Americans.
Nikos Sarantakos
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