If you play two
sessions of duplicate a week you would expect to pick up a nine card
suit about once a year.
Barry Myers didn't have to wait long to pick up his annual nine card suit in the Manchester congress final on the third of January.
Vul vs non-vul. IMPs Dealer West
Barry opened one
diamond, there is no danger with such a distributional freak that this
will be passed out.
After the one spade overcall and a take out double from partner right hand opponent raised to two spades. What do you bid now? Solution Barry simply jumped to six diamonds. He reasoned that he should be able to ruff at least one spade in dummy and hoped to find the king of diamonds, either in partner's hand or falling singleton. All was well, partner held 102, Q1073, K105, J1086 and six diamonds was cold. This was one of nine double digit swings recorded by the Myers team in the final which contributed to their huge score of 115 IMPs over 24 boards. |