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Dlr: South s J
Vul: None h Q J 10 8 3 2
Bd: 27
d K J
c A 9 7 5
s K Q 9 3
h A 9 5
d A 8 2
c K 3 2
ACBL Executive Director Bronia Jenkins
(right) presents the Reisinger Trophy to the
2023 champions: Alessandro Gandoglia,
captain Aldo Gerli, Norberto Bocchi and
(inset) Leonardo Fruscoloni
Dlr: North s 8 5
Vul: Both h A K Q
Bd: 13
s J 9 7 2
h J 7
d 9 8
c K Q J 3 2
s 4 3
h 9 8 5 4 2
d 10 5 3
c 9 8 7
In the Open Room, Alfredo Versace
and Antonio Sementa for FLEISHER
got to 4s as East-West. North cashed
the hA K on opening lead and declarer
claimed the rest, +650. But in the
Closed Room,
West
Pass
North East South
Gandoglia Martel Bocchi Fleisher
1c
Dbl
1d
Pass
3NT All Pass
1c shows either clubs, longest suit
in an unbalanced hand or two or more
clubs in a balanced hand with 11-14
HCP or 18-19 HCP.
South led the d3 and that meant a
win for GERLI as declarer claimed
12 tricks, +690. GERLI, scored a
hat trick on the round by winning
all three boards of the mini-match
against FLEISHER.
In the last round, FLEISHER
(30.00) faced NICKELL (27.64).
NICKELL won the first two boards of
their encounter, and then came:
s 8 5 2
h K 6 4
d Q 10 6
c Q J 8 6
s A 10 7 6 4
h 7
d 9 7 5 4 3
c 10 4
Open Room
West North East
d Q J 7 6 4
c 10 6 4
s A K Q 10 6
h 10 6 3
d A K 2
c A 5
1NT 2d(1) Pass
All Pass
(1) One major
(2) Pass or correct
(3) Minors
North led the hQ and declarer won
with dummy's king, played a spade to
the 4, king and jack, a club to the queen,
a club to the 10, king and 7. A diamond
was next, and North took the king and
played the hJ, declarer winning as
South pitched the d7. A diamond to the
jack and queen was followed by a spade,
and South went up with the ace and
could give his partner a ruff, a club and
a heart, adding up to one down, -50.
Closed Room
West North East
2NT Pass
Pass Dbl
3NT
All Pass
(1) Weak in a major
North led the hJ and when it held,
he continued with the h10, declarer
winning with the ace and South
pitching the s4. When declarer
played the cK, North made the natural-looking
play of taking the cA and
exiting with the h3 to dummy's king.
A spade to the king, a club to dummy's
queen, a spade to the 9, a club to the 8,
South
Greco Martel Hampson Fleisher
2d(1)
Pass
South
Versace Levin Sementa Weinstein
Pass
2h(2)
Pass Pass 2NT(3) Pass
3c
Second in the Reisinger BAM Teams:
Bobby Levin, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco,
Steve Weinstein, Ralph Katz and (inset)
captain Nick Nickell.
the cJ and a spade meant nine tricks,
+550 and a sweep for NICKELL.
The killing defense is to duck the
first round of clubs, only taking the
ace on the second round of the suit.
Then a heart exit allows declarer to
win in dummy, play a spade to the
king, cash two club and play another
spade, but now South can take the ace
and play a diamond and there are only
eight tricks.
It took NICKELL's total to 30.64 -
but it was not quite enough to catch
GERLI. 2
Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams
- 36 teams
1. Aldo Gerli - Alessandro Gandoglia, Italy; Norberto
Bocchi, Spain; Leonardo Fruscoloni,
Brooklyn NY
2. Nick (Frank) Nickell, Water Mill NY; Ralph Katz,
Burr Ridge IL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV;
Eric Greco, Frisco TX; Robert Levin, Henderson NV;
Steve Weinstein, Cedar Grove NJ
3. Piotr Marcinowski - Jakub Patreuha - Patryk
Patreuha - Kamil Nowak, Poland; Mike Rippey,
Orinda CA; Grzegorz Narkiewicz,
Chapel Hill NC
31.17
30.64
30.48
4. Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis
CA; Alfredo Versace - Antonio Sementa, Italy;
Thomas Bessis - Cedric Lorenzini, France 30.00
5. Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA;
Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Agustin Madala,
Argentina; Dennis Bilde, Denmark; Michael
Rosenberg, Foster City CA
6. Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon,
Singapore; Simon Cope, United Kingdom; Thomas
Paske, Manhattan NY; Marion Michielsen -
Per-Ola Cullin, Sweden
8. Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Kevin Rosenberg,
Millbrae CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV;
Finn Kolesnik, Austin TX
10. Andrew Dyson, New York NY; Glyn Liggins -
Ben Handley-Pritchard, United Kingdom; Tom
Townsend, England
29.16
28.00
7. Pierre Zimmermann - Sebastiaan Drijver - Michal
Klukowski - Jacek Kalita - Michal Nowosadzki -
Sjoert Brink, Switzerland
9. Martin Andresen - Stian Evenstad - Nicolai
Heiberg-Evenstad - Thomas Charlsen, Norway;
Thor Erik Hoftaniska, England
27.22
26.11
24.56
22.25
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