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OCBL JOURNAL Issue N. 34. Saturday, 6 February, 2021 Schedule Today APRES-BRIDGE CHAMPS OCBL MIXED LEAGUE ROUND 9. 17.00 CET / 11.00 EST WON THE FEBRUARY CUP! Fan VS Munich Alpert VS Sugi Pace e Salute VS Robinson Sabine Auken, Wojciech Gawel, Carmichael VS Sleepless in Seattle Rafal Jagniewski, Hemant Lall, Medium Rare VS Weekend Warriors Reese Milner and Roy Welland Harris VS Potter won the OCBL February Cup! Cole VS Puzzles In the Final they faced team Sabine Auken Wojciech Gawel Rafal Jagniewski Schwartz (E. Schwartz, D. OCBL OPEN LEAGUE Bilde, B. Bussink, A. Grossack, Swiss R1. 21.30 CET / 15.30 EST Z. Grossack, A. Madala, M. Rimstedt, O. Rimstedt). SWISS A VUGRAPH Moss VS Lebowitz The match ended Palma VS Black 66.1 - 38 IMPs. De Botton VS De Michelis Alexander VS Denmark Hemant Lall Reese Milner Roy Welland Fredin VS Ireland The third place is shared between teams Compton (C. Compton, K. Dwyer, A. Goodman, Goded VS Lupoveloce S. Huang, T. Moses, R. Smith) and Gillis (S. Gillis, C. Bakke, B. Brogeland, E. Lindqvist, SWISS B E. Saelensminde, O. Svendsen). Salvo VS France Sud Aus 1 VS Mikadinho BridgeScanner VS Norw. Amazones Amalgamated VS Amateurs SATURDAY on TWITCH Orca VS Sugi Goodman VS Bishel Marion Michielsen and Marshall Lewis will be commenting Skalman VS Koeppel the OCBL Open League today! EFC Holding VS Seligman Ferguson Turkish Delight VS You can watch the show at 21.30 CET / 15.30 EST McIceberg VS English Juniors on the WBT Twitch channel: Bridge42 VS Leslie https://www.twitch.tv/worldbridgetour Harris VS Skeidar OCBL FEBRUARY CUP - THE BRACKET APRES-BRIDGE CHAMPS APRES-BR. CHAMPS (45.1) DE BOTTON APRES-BR. CHAMPS (66.1) APPLE GILLIS (42) GILLIS APRES-BR. CHAMPS COMPTON OCBL CUP COMPTON (35) BROTHERS SISTERS & FRIENDS SCHWARTZ (38) AGRIPORT SCHWARTZ (44.1) SCHWARTZ OCBL Journal OCBL UPCOMING EVENTS SUPER CUP 2 March - 9 March, 2021 CET EST Qualification: Tuesday 2 March 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 Wednesday 3 March 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 Thursday 4 March 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 Friday 5 March 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 KO: Monday 8 March 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 Tuesday 9 March 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 OPEN LEAGUE 29 March - 25 April, 2021 Play every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday at 21.30 CEST - 15.30 EDT APRIL CUP 5 - 9 April, 2021 CEST EDT Qualification: Monday 5 April 16.30 - 19.00 10.30 - 13.00 Tuesday 6 April 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 Wednesday 7 April 16.30 - 19.00 10.30 - 13.00 OCBL CUP Thursday 8 April 16.30 - 19.00 10.30 - 13.00 KO: Friday 9 April 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 MAY CUP 3 - 7 May, 2021 CEST EDT Qualification: Monday 3 May 16.30 - 19.00 10.30 - 13.00 Tuesday 4 May 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 Wednesday 5 May 16.30 - 19.00 10.30 - 13.00 OCBL CUP Thursday 6 May 16.30 - 19.00 10.30 - 13.00 KO: Friday 7 May 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 OPEN LEAGUE 10 May - 6 June, 2021 Play every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday at 21.30 CEST - 15.30 EDT JUNE CUP 31 May - 4 June, 2021 CEST EDT Qualification: Monday 31 May 16.30 - 19.00 10.30 - 13.00 Tuesday 1 June 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 Wednesday 2 June 16.30 - 19.00 10.30 - 13.00 Thursday 3 June 16.30 - 19.00 10.30 - 13.00 OCBL CUP KO: Friday 4 June 16.30 - 19.00 - 21.30 10.30 - 13.00 - 15.30 2 OCBL Journal WBT Ranking Team Points Captain 1 Black 221 Andrew Black 2 Apres- Bridge Champs 185 Sabine Auken 3 Salvo 148 Nafiz Zorlu 4 Hill 120 Joyce Hill 5 De Botton 114 Janet de Botton 6 Wilson 111 Alison Wilson 7 Gillis 105 Simon Gillis 8 Skeidar 104 Martin Andresen 9 Apple 100 Hilda Setton 10 Schwartz 96 Eric Schwartz 10 Gupta 96 Naren Gupta 12 Tilly 78 Kevin Castner 13 Compton 77 Chris Compton 14 Fredin 73 Peter Fredin 14 Hunisr 73 Gabor Winkler 16 Israel Emerald 66 Ilan Bareket 17 Israel Seniors 61 Doron Limor 17 Scorway 61 Steve Levinson 19 Leslie 55 Tim Leslie 20 Edmonds 49 Jodi Edmonds 20 Agriport 49 Anton Hiemstra 22 Rippey 48 Mark Rippey 22 Harris 48 Jonathan Harris 24 Big Ten 46 Ken Kranyak 25 Zhao 44 Chen Zhao 26 Zaleski 40 Romain Zaleski 27 Ferguson 36 Bruce Ferguson 28 Coppens 34 Pim Coppens 29 Champey 32 Bart Bussink 29 Moss 32 Sylvia Moss 31 Keeva's Monsters 31 Anam Tebha 31 Amateurs 31 Ai-Tai Lo 33 Lewis 29 Linda Lewis 33 Red Devils 29 Zvi Engel 35 Ireland 26 John Carroll 35 Khalidon 26 Paul Lewis 35 Olczyk 26 Jerzy Olczyk 35 Albania 26 Konstandin Kapo 39 Slovakia 21 Eduard Velecky 40 Alexander 20 Emma Övelius 41 Sugi 19 Sugiharto Sugiharto 41 Hedge Your Bets 19 Alex Kolesnik 43 The Optimist 18 Bernie Greenspan 44 Amalgamated 17 Margie Cole 44 Hotagrosstein 17 Stewart Rubenstein 44 Marupe 17 Jevgenijs Antonovs 44 JJMaxRodl 17 Jim Fox 48 The Juniors 12 Jacob Freeman 49 Turkish Delight 10 Omer Ekinci 3 OCBL Journal Final Countdown by Mark Horton Going into the eleventh round of the OCBL North led the [J and declarer took the ace and That left Salvo trailing 15-23 and they needed Open League, each group contained a match played the }J, covered by the queen and ace. a swing. that where the team occupying fourth place He cashed dummy's }K, South pitching the ]8 was opposed by a team hoping to overtake and ducked a diamond. Having won with the Board 15. Dealer South. NS Vul. them. Ireland v Mikadinho in Group A, Salvo queen, South cashed the [Q, took the ]A and [ A 8 3 2 v Lupoveloce in Group B and de Botton v exited with the {K. Declarer took the ace and ] K 5 2 Amalgamated in Group C. The excitement continued with the {10 and North won with the { K Q J came in Group B. jack, cashed the }10 and exited with the ]3, } A K 4 The first half of the match was unproductive, eventually securing the last trick with the ]10, [ J 5 4 [ Q 10 7 6 Salvo leading 4-3. two down, -100. ] J 10 ] 7 4 { 10 9 6 4 { 8 7 5 3 2 Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul. Closed Room } Q 9 7 5 } J 3 [ K Q J 10 8 3 2 West North East South [ K 9 ] A 7 rKasimi Koksoy Jokisch Ucar ] A Q 9 8 6 3 { K 4 Pass Pass 1}* 1[ { A } 10 8 2{ Pass Pass Dble } 10 8 6 2 [ 6 5 4 [ 9 7 Rdbl 2] Dble All Pass ] 9 4 ] K Q 10 6 Open Room { A 10 9 3 { Q 7 5 2 1} 2+}, forcing West North East South } A Q 4 2 } J 9 5 Aluf Fritsche Kubac Reps [ A East led the }A and switched to the [10, — — — 1] ] J 8 5 3 2 West taking the ace and returning the [7, ruffed Pass 2}* Pass 2]* { J 8 6 by declarer's two and overruffed by East, who Pass 2NT* Pass 3}* } K 7 6 3 continued with the {7 for the king and ace, Pass 3{* Pass 4}* West returning the [5. East ruffed with the ]9 Pass 4NT* Pass 5[* Open Room as declarer pitched the }8 and exited with the Pass 5NT* Pass 6[* West North East South }4. Declarer ruffed with dummy's ]J and played Pass 7NT All Pass Aluf Fritsche Kubac Reps two rounds of hearts, claiming seven tricks, one — — — Pass down, -200 and another 7 IMPs were lost. 2} 3+], invitational+ Pass 1[ Pass 1NT* 2] 13-15 Pass 3[ Pass 3NT Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. 2NT Asks distribution All Pass [ K 10 3} 10+ cards in two suits 1NT Forcing, 6-11 ] A Q J 8 7 4 3{ Asks { K 8 4} 6+], 4} West led the }2 for the eight, nine and king } 9 8 7 4NT RKCB and declarer unblocked the [A and claimed [ Q 9 8 4 [ 7 5 3 5[ 2 key cards +]Q nine tricks, +400. ] 6 ] — 5NT All keycards onboard { J 5 4 { A Q 10 9 3 2 6[ [K, no }/{K Closed Room } A J 10 5 4 } K Q 6 2 West North East South [ A J 6 2 East led the ]7 and declarer claimed, +2220. rKasimi Koksoy Jokisch Ucar ] K 10 9 5 3 2 — — — Pass { 7 6 Closed Room Pass 4[ All Pass } 3 West North East South East led the ]K and declarer won with the ace rKasimi Koksoy Jokisch Ucar and returned the seven, East taking the queen Open Room — — — 1] and switching to the }J. West took dummy's West North East South Pass 2}* Pass 2] king with the ace, cashed the }Q and the {A, Aluf Fritsche Kubac Reps Pass 3] Pass 3NT one down,-50 and 10 IMPs.