{"id":101248,"date":"2024-11-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/?p=101248"},"modified":"2024-11-13T17:54:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:54:46","slug":"national-division-in-jerome-rombauts-mind-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/national-division-in-jerome-rombauts-mind-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"National Division: In J\u00e9r\u00f4me Rombaut’s Mind [Part 1]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The French National Pairs Division 1 was held on 28-29 September and 5-6 October. J\u00e9r\u00f4me Rombaut participated with his son L\u00e9o. In this article, he talks about some of the deals he played with Funbridge staff member Vincent Gallais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put yourself in the shoes of the champions and take part in the discussions too!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Deal 1<\/h2>\n\n\n
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If you were L\u00e9o, what would you have bid?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J\u00e9r\u00f4me<\/strong>: L\u00e9o chose to jump to 5 diamonds, which I wouldn’t have done, but it’s the winning contract!

Vincent<\/strong>: Nice inspiration from L\u00e9o. What would you have done with his hand? In your position, I like to play a variation of Good-Bad: I say 3♣\/3♦ with encouraging hands and 2NT (which is a relay to 3♣, then I can pass or say 3♦) with competitive hands.

J\u00e9r\u00f4me: <\/strong>I would have settled for 4♦️ but L\u00e9o explained to me that as his hand was very unbalanced and with few losers, he was making game with very little in my hand as long as I had enough trumps.
In this situation, we kept standard bids: 3♣\/3♦ with competitive hands, natural 2NT – the base for me \ud83d\ude42 – and double or cuebid with more powerful hands.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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