Peggy Bayer Round 3: Wales vs SBU

For this match my third pair were given their international debut. I was pleased to see them bidding and playing accurately in the first few boards, drawing trumps and making a few contracts, which always helps to settle the nerves.

They did well overall, but came unstuck in the second half when dealt a series of good hands - hands that mostly want to be in game. We don't yet have the bidding precision to always diagnose this, and missed a couple of games (and bid what has become the SBU favourite contract, 5♣-3).

Missing games is of course costly at IMPs, and from the match being about level we slid to a 36-45; loss.

Here is a small success:

Jonny opened 1♥ and Al quite rightly passed. Despite the bad Heart break Jonny escaped for down one and minus 100. On the other table Kevin and Michael competed to 3♣ and made with an overtrick, for a 2 IMP gain. Connoisseurs of bad contracts will note that actually East-West can make 3NT, though of course no one bid it.

We lost this match 7-13. This is the current leaderboard, including the carry over from yesterday.