Antoine Fourrière, on Aug 11 2004, 03:08 PM, said:
In the final of the 1979 Bermuda Bowl (deal 29),
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Garozzo opened 4♠ third in hand and played there, while Eisenberg-Kantar bid pass 1♠ 1N 3♦ 5♦ 6♦.
It cost Italy the title by 5 IMPs, but I'm sure Garozzo was right, and would have been right first in hand too.
Here's one of my favorite bridge stories. In the 1986 Bridge Week, at the age of 22, you meet Mike Lawrence and Peter Weischel in the 2nd round of a swiss. You lose the 1st round, and they are not to happy as they sit down, since they also lost their 1st match (the days before VP's).
The first board your partner forgets that a NAMYATS 4
♦ opener shows spades and you misbid your way into an impossible 6N, doubled, down 3. 6 Boards to go, and a likely 14 in the hole.
You pick up as dealer, white on red:
You are still a little shell shocked after the 1st board, so you PASS this fine collection. They efficiently bid to 7 of a minor using a splinter, and a really cool version of kickback grand slam force, that I haven't seen since. Well, you know this grand is ON ICE, due to the first board, so you take the sac for minus 500.
Win 4 IMPs. At the other table the auction went: 4
♠ - (5
♣) - all pass for +640. Regretfully, we still lost the match.
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