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The Alt Invitational V Genera- Bridgescanner - Donner 59-46 12.95-7.05 Ted Many Imps in All Directions, Some De Botton - Bussink 93-51 17.36-2.64 More Than Other ALT V BULLETIN 1 THE ALT Tuesday, May 26, 2020 editor: Christina Lund Madsen INVITATIONAL V [email protected] logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld big data: Joyce Tito MAY 25 - 29 2020 Goodbye Mister Vugraph Yesterday we received the shocking news that Roland Wald has suddenly passed away. His fellow commentators and followers on Facebook were worried he had not been active in the past days. Roland was if any the main character on BBO vugraph. For almost 20 years he has entertained bridge players all over the world with his comments. ThePRE-BULLETIN ALT events were no exception. He has probably Monday, May 11, 2020 watchedTHE more boards ALT played than any other person in the world. editor: Christina Lund Madsen [email protected] We have put together an obituary for him in this bulletin that we would like to dedicate to Roland. INVITATIONAL logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld On behalf MAYof the 11-15, Alt we2020 would like to request that tonightbig data: Joyce all Tito players wait one minute before they beginonline play.bridge It events is our organized way of honouringby bid72, bridge24 him with & netbridge.online one moment's silence. THE ALT INVITATIONAL Today’sPRE-BULLETIN Schedule Round 3 & 4 Important NoticeTHE ALT Monday, May 11, 2020 Tuesday editor:May Christina 26 Lund Madsen Tuesday May 26 All players MAYshould 11-15, enter 2020 BBO 10 [email protected] INVITATIONAL 10.00 EDT/16.00logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld CET 14.00 EDT/20.00 CET minutes before their matchMAY starts 11-15, 2020 at big data: Joyce Tito online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.onlineBlass - Bussink Blass - Gupta the latest. Tournamentonline bridgedirector events organized Denis by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online Donner - Gupta Bussink - Gillis Dobrin is waiting for you and will Street - Gillis Donner - De Botton instruct you where to sit. Bridgescanner - De Botton Street -Bridgescanner THE ALT INVITATIONAL MAY 11-15, 2020 online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online sign up for the newsletter sign up for the newsletter - 1 - Street vs. Blass by Christina Lund Madsen The first match was a reply of the final of Alt IV. Street had a big lead for most of the Bas Drijver match, but at the end Blass came back to win by 3 IMPs. On this board Street-L'Ecuyer showed more courage (or perhaps recklessness): Board 15. S / NS ♠ QT2 ♥ 983 ♦ QJT863 ♣ 4 ♠ KJ3 N ♠ A964 ♥ KQJT74 W E ♥ 62 ♦ 942 S ♦ 7 ♣ 9 ♣ KJ8653 ♠ 875 ♥ A5 At the other table Bas Drijver did not ♦ AK5 consider his 5 points and slow diamonds ♣ AQT72 enough to make 3NT even without the double. WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kalita L'Ecuyer Nowosadzki Street WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Pachtmann Drijver Zatorski Brink 1NT 1NT 2♦* 2NT 3♥* 3NT 2♦* 2NT 3♥* Dble All pass 3NT Pass 4♦ All pass Paul Street plays and bids like a man who is not afraid to lose. Lead was a heart to ace, then A of dimaonds and diamond to the ten. He got the ♥K lead to the ace, and after Declarer took the successful club finesse, having cashed his six diamonds it took but when he tried to cash the ace, ruffed, him two seconds to finesse clubs for 9 he only had one entry to lead spades up tricks with the risk of going for 500 rather to the QT2, so down one and 13 IMPs for than taking his safe down 1. Street. - 2 - Results / Ranking RR1 IMPs VPs ALT Invitational V Blass - Street 47-44 10.75-9.25 Day 1 of the Alt Invitational V genera- Bridgescanner - Donner 59-46 12.95-7.05 ted many IMPs in all directions, some De Botton - Bussink 93-51 17.36-2.64 more than other. Our two debutant teams had a rough start, but let's see Gillis - Gupta 31-76 2.31-17.69 how they fare today. RR2 IMPs VPs Blass - Donner 34-40 8.54-11.46 Street - Bussink 58-36 14.60-5.40 Bridgescanner - Gupta 33-46 7.05-12.95 De Botton - Gillis 63-39 14.92-5.08 Link to results Alt V results After Round 2 VPs 1. De Botton 32.28 Link to previous Alts & bulletins 2. Gupta 30.64 Bulletins 3. Street 23.85 4. Bridgescanner 20.00 5. Blass 19.29 6. Donner 18.51 7. Bussink 8.04 Follow us on Facebook 8. Gillis 7.39 Click the link Rules and regulations The numbers 1 through 4 from the round robin will go to the semifinals. In case of a tie in victory points: 1. the mutual result will decide 2. still equal: the most ’wins’ (BAM-ish) will decide. 3. after that: the team with the highest IMP score on a board will go through The winner of the round robin may choose its opponent between the teams placed 3 and 4. T he captain will mail their choice to [email protected] within an hour after the round robin is finis- hed. If late, then matches will be: 1 versus 4 and 2 versus 3. - 3 - Red Devils By Mark Horton The television companies are leaving no stone unturned in an effort to provide deprived sports fans with something to keep them entertained. Yesterday was a holiday in England and reruns of famous football and cricket matches fea- tured prominently. One was the 2009-10 Manchester derby between United and City, which I originally watched in Toronto with Master Point Press owner, Ray Lee. It was played on a gloriously sunny after- noon and resulted in a thrilling victory for Espen Lindqvist the reds, Michael Owen scoring a dramatic winner in extra time to make the score 4-3. I wondered if the match between Gupta and Gillis on the opening day of Alt V could match that for excitement ? Where did things go wrong for NS? Board 3. Dealer South. EW Vul. South must have though he was making ♠ A 7 4 3 2 some kind of slam try by removing 3NT to ♥ A 9 5♦, but North did not have enough infor- ♦ K 8 7 6 mation to advance. Maybe removing 3NT ♣ K Q to 4♦ would work better, allowing for a ♠ 10 9 8 6 ♠ K Q 5 possible exchange of cue-bids. ♥ J 8 3 ♥ K Q 7 6 5 4 2 ♦ A 5 ♦ 3 Other table: ♣ 8 7 4 3 ♣ 10 6 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH ♠ J Gillis Lorenzini Saelensminde Bessis ♥ 10 ♦ Q J 10 9 4 2 — — — Pass ♣ A J 9 5 2 Pass 1♠ 2♥ 3♦ 3♥ 4♥* Pass 5♣* WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Pass 6♦ All Pass Bertens Brogeland Cheek Lindqvist — — — Pass 4♥ Cue-bid 5♣ Cue-bid Pass 1♠ 2♥ Dble* Bidding a direct 3♦ allowed North to Pass 3♦ Pass 3♥* cue-bid in hearts and when South was able Pass 3NT Pass 5♦ to bid 5♣, North already knew enough to All Pass take a shot at the slam and pick up 11 IMPs. - 4 - Having just finished reading The Closed Room: Mysterious Multi, my au pair wanted to WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH know why South had not opened 2NT to Gillis Lorenzini Saelensminde Bessis show a weak hand with both minors. — — Pass Pass Board 6. Dealer East. EW Vul. 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass ♠ Q 8 4 2♥ 3♦ All Pass ♥ 7 ♦ A K 9 8 7 6 East led the ♥3 and West won with the ten ♣ A K 4 and returned the ♥2. That allowed declarer ♠ A J 10 2 ♠ K 9 3 to ruff, play a diamond to the queen, a club ♥ A J 10 2 ♥ K 8 6 4 3 to the ace, draw trumps and cash the ♣AK ♦ 10 4 3 ♦ J 5 2 and see the queen drop for +170 and 6 ♣ Q 2 ♣ 10 7 IMPs. ♠ 7 6 5 ♥ Q 9 5 ♦ Q ♣ J 9 8 6 5 3 Alt Calendar Open Room May 25-29 ALT V WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Bertens Brogeland Cheek Lindqvist June 1-5 ALT Mixed II — — Pass Pass June 8-12 ALT VI 1♣* 1♦ Dble* Pass 2♥ 3♦ All Pass June 22-26 Major ALT - End of season Dble 4+♥ 8 top teams will particpate in East led the ♥3 and West won with the ace and switched to the ♠J. When that held, he the normal ALTs and up to 32 continued with the ♠2 and East won and returned the ♠9. West won with the ace teams in the Major ALT. and played his last spade. Declarer tried ruffing with the ♦9, but East's ♦10 was the For more info, text setting trick. [email protected] - 5 - Ups and Downs By Martin Cantor For no reason in particular I decided to towards dummy. North took his ace but watch Gillis v Gupta in Round 1. It turned declarer still had two top spades and three out to be a good choice. Even though Mark trumps to make ten tricks. Horton laid claim to a couple of early boards, I still found more than enough to The open room saw a different auction write about. Starting with this: and a different contract. Board 11. S / None WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Gillis Lorenzini Saelensminde Bessis ♠ J874 — — — Pass ♥ AQ Pass 1NT Dbl 2♣* ♦ KJ54 ♣ A93 Pass Pass 3NT All Pass ♠ 9532 N ♠ AKT ♥ T98765 ♥ KJ W E 2♣ self-alerted as natural ♦ 8 S ♦ AQ632 ♣ Q6 ♣ K82 The ♣5 was led to the queen and ace, and ♠ Q6 North switched to the ♠7 taken by the ace.
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