For this match I was out of the house, and followed it remotely from underneath a gazebo. I enjoyed it. Without particularly doing anything different the good results kept rolling in, and we were comfortable winners 60 -19 IMPs.
This was the best played board:
After a weak two Harry overcalled 2S, Aidan bid a natural 2NT and Aidan raised to game.
There's only 23 points between the hands. 3NT is just about there but with nothing to spare - every high card is needed.
East lead a top Diamond which was ducked until the second round. Aidan resisted the enormous temptation to cash all of his Clubs and instead crossed to dummy to lead a Heart up. He knew he needed two tricks from Hearts, and used his Club entries to lead up to the Ace twice. He now had 1 Spade, 2 Hearts, 1 Diamonds and 5 Clubs for 3NT=.
If he cashes all the Clubs he can't lead up to his Hearts twice and goes at least one down.
On the other table the auction started the same with Alexander (East) opening a weak two. When South overcalled 2S Jonny (West) was surely a bit surprised, holding so many Spades himself, but found the right bid of pass. North bid 3C ending the auction. That also made, but we still got a 10 IMP gain.
Our win translated to 18-2 Victory Points, enough to leapfrog above Wales into 4th position:
We've now played every team once. Out of a possible 100 victory points we have 42.76. A great start!
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