{"id":12816,"date":"2019-09-16T17:44:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T15:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2021-02-10T13:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T11:12:20","slug":"exclusive-tournament-milan-macura-mp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/exclusive-tournament-milan-macura-mp-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of the MP Exclusive Tournament #2 of Milan Macura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The second \u201cweekly exclusive tournaments\u201d are over. We know the winners and you can watch and read the bridge hands analysis.<\/strong><\/p>

If you have not played these tournaments yet, you can find them under \u201c<\/strong>Get started\/Practice > Exclusive tournaments\u201d <\/strong><\/em>and search for Milan Macura.<\/strong><\/p>

Both the IMP and MP tournaments start on Saturday and end on Thursday when I am making the videos.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

BRIDGE HANDS ANALYSIS FROM THE EXCLUSIVE TOURNAMENT OF MILAN MACURA (MP)<\/strong> NUMBER 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The participation highly increased, from 249 to 465 players.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This time, there was only one player who scored over 80% and it was AproX from the Czech Republic with 80.36%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another two players managed to get over 75% – Linda from Australia with 75.85% and Mariejo from France with 75.54%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the top 10 leaderboard<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Top 10 leaderboard<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I did much better than last week and scored 62.25% to take 62nd<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I played very solid with only one score below 50% when I only invited to game with this hand after 1♠ opening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My hand<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Partner (Argine) had a minimum hand so it did not accept, but having 5224 distribution, the contract was laid down. 130 players reached the game and scored 84.55%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Board number 2 was the most interesting for me.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

You are holding kinda boring hand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My game<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Your left-hand opponent opens 1♥ after two passes and your partner overcalled 2♦. Right-hand opponent doubles for takeout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would you make an action as South in unfavorable and if so, what is your reasoning?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Bidding <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You have a 4-card fit and an Ace. ♠Q is a potential winner and if partner does not have ♣Q, your doubleton club covers a loser too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, from my perspective, the hand is on average covering 2 losers.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If partner has a minimum hand, which is 7 losers for an overcall on 2nd<\/sup> level, you are going one down from 3♦.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If partner has a little extra, you are making the contract for +110 and with a maximum hand (5 losers), you can even make 10 tricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness of this hand is a 3-card heart suit.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

East\u2018s double indicates four spades, most likely two hearts, and seven cards in minors, the typical shape is 4234.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If HCP split about 50-50, E-W pair should be able to make a contract of 2M, for at least -110 score, so we have to push to 3m, especially in MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going down one is only -100 in VUL and that is a big difference in MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you pass first, you will give West a chance to further describe his hand and E-W will find their best contract easily. So, the decision to bid 3♦ has to be made now. Once you bid 3♦, West bids 3♠ and partner jumps to 5♦ which will get doubled by East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The full bidding<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The lead is ♥6 and once you put your cards on the table, you declare a relatively easy contract for -1 and -200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some players made a mistake and went -2 when they did not draw trumps before ruffing the third club and got overruffed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice that you have all top diamonds, so you can afford to ruff with the ♦8 or ♦9 to prevent the overruff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the full hand<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The full hand<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

E-W can make 4M if you do not defend properly so for -200, you score over 66%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top score is defending 4♠ by leading the ♦A, discarding the ♦3 to show the club preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner plays the ♣10 and when you take the Ace, you switch to a heart to potentially indicate shortness in North hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Declarer now has to guess the ♠Q. Since you did not bid and partner overcalled, Argine finesses the other way and once you score the ♠Q, you can still cash the ♣K for -1 and 95% score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are the most played contracts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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You can find all the boards in the video which is posted on the Funbridge youtube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n