Congratulations to the winning teams of:
OPEN TEAMS
Japan 348.19
Singapore 335.37
China 334.92
Indonesia 289.34
LADIES TEAMS
China
Chinese Taipei
Japan
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VERSACE-LAURIA BID THE SLAM
I feature this hand because the commentary is very apt: bidding and making are plenty after 1♥-1NT start. China just made 1NT Dbl.
I think Versace did not think about seven.
To even talk about a grand slam being biddable means that we are looking at the favorable position in the red suits. They did well to bid the small slam considering the first round of bidding.
Closed Room
Board 4 North Zawslak
♠QJ432
♥K96
♦Q72
♣93
East South
Versace Lauria
♠AK1098 ♠76
♥QJ83 ♥A1072
♦AKA5 ♦KJ10964
♣AK ♣
West
Pazur
♠54
♥83
♦QJ1087642
♣83
West North East South
Versace Zawslak Lauria Pazur
1♠ Pass 1NT 3♣
Dbl Pass 4♣ Pass
5♣ Pass 6♦* Pass
6♥
Winning pairs of the Alejandro Duplicate Game on May 26, 2016
1) Chris Tweddell-Ching Holley
2) Hector Tarrazona-Winston Arpon
3) Justo Manlongat-Joli Kansil
Winning pairs of the Manila Peninsula on May 27, 2015
1) JopetMaliwat-Salma Lall
2) Abla Assad-Isabel Maloles
3) Cris Tweddell-Ellie Esteban
Winning pairs of the Cambridge Club on May 28, 2015
North/South Ranks
1) Viksi Egan & Pocholo Lozano
2) Sylvia Alejandro & Abla Assad
East/West Ranks
1) Lars Manneteg & Chuchay Tuason
2) Nalin & Hiranthi Samarasingha
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