[mike777]

FrancesHinden, on May 6 2008, 02:53 PM, said:

p.s. Mickyb's team won the consolation event, the Punchbowl.

Exciting and well done to both of you. Congrats!

[Walddk]

Scoring: IMP

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This hand came up in the final, last set. The bidding went:

1♦ - 1♥
3♥ - 4♥
P

I have got three questions for you:

- 1. Who underbid, North, South or both?
- 2. Would you prefer to be in 6♥ or 7♥?
- 3. Why did this have a happy ending for NS? *)

*) Those of you who were watching don't have to answer question 3.

Roland

[FrancesHinden]

Walddk, on May 7 2008, 10:04 AM, said:

Scoring: IMP

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This hand came up in the final, last set. The bidding went:

1♦ - 1♥
3♥ - 4♥
P

I have got three questions for you:

- 1. Who underbid, North, South or both?
- 2. Would you prefer to be in 6♥ or 7♥?
- 3. Why did this have a happy ending for NS? *)

*) Those of you who were watching don't have to answer question 3.

Roland

1. North
2. Not sure
3. I know the answer to this one

North's 4H call is absurd in my opinion. But bear in mind he had already played
-32 boards Friday evening
- 64 on Saturday
- 64 on Sunday
- 32 on Monday (getting the evening off)
- 56 so far that day

and for various reasons (technical and Robson-related) the semi-final had taken a ludicrously long time to play and they were running very late

[Walddk]

Jlall, on May 7 2008, 11:12 AM, said:

1) 3H is routine, 4H is terrible.

2) Trick question? 6 and it's not close.

3) I guess they bid 7H and went down at the other table?

Justin, do you know if the two women on your picture are both spoken for?

Roland

[hrothgar]

Congratulations Micky and Frances...

Even if this is just a virtual community, its nice to see the home teams do so well.

[FrancesHinden]

sheepman, on May 1 2008, 02:32 AM, said:

Yep, apart from Byrne is not actually there till sunday evening, not sure why he's on my team. As usual the EBU have managed a bunch of random seedings, my favourite being the recent winners of the open trials who are now 2/3rds of the team for the european championships in 6th?

It transpired that the English (and Welsh) teams were seeded on Gold points (English 'do well in high standard event' masterpoints), all the selection committee did was decide what to do with the foreign players.

That did admittedly lead to a fairly random set of seedings, but that's a function of the method. Any other method is probably just as bad as it's so subjective.

[catch22]

Walddk, on May 7 2008, 10:04 AM, said:

Dealer: South Vul: None Scoring: IMP

♠ A1075 ♥ KQ109 ♦ 3 ♣ A1076 ♠ 642 ♥ AJ87 ♦ AKQ105 ♣ K

This hand came up in the final, last set. The bidding went:

1♦ - 1♥
3♥ - 4♥
P

I have got three questions for you:

- 1. Who underbid, North, South or both?
- 2. Would you prefer to be in 6♥ or 7♥?
- 3. Why did this have a happy ending for NS? *)

*) Those of you who were watching don't have to answer question 3.

Roland

1. Not sure you can say - You don't know what their agreement was for 3H. May not be what it appears to be!
2. 6H - Did this board come after 4CX going for 1100?
3. LOL - Alls well that ends well

[paulg]

FrancesHinden, on May 7 2008, 01:56 PM, said:

sheepman, on May 1 2008, 02:32 AM, said:

Yep, apart from Byrne is not actually there till sunday evening, not sure why he's on my team. As usual the EBU have managed a bunch of random seedings, my favourite being the recent winners of the open trials who are now 2/3rds of the team for the european championships in 6th?

It transpired that the English (and Welsh) teams were seeded on Gold points (English 'do well in high standard event' masterpoints), all the selection committee did was decide what to do with the foreign players.

That did admittedly lead to a fairly random set of seedings, but that's a function of the method. Any other method is probably just as bad as it's so subjective.

Given the results, perhaps they should just attempt to seed the top 16 and leave the rest random. Only four teams were outclassed in the opening two rounds and the team that conceded contained the winners of the GM Pairs.

Paul

[Rossoneri]

Maybe I'll have a shot at playing next year if I can get a team...helps that it's near enough to Warwick which is where I'll be...