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WEST NORTH Kaplan Markey
pass 2[ 2 pass 2NT
1. 9-13 HCP.
2. Transfer to spades.
EAST SOUTH Brown Haffer
1NT 1 pass 2]
all pass
EAST SOUTH Castellino Harrison
pass pass 3{ 1 pass 3NT
spade finesse. Appleton had pitched an encouraging heart, so Castellino shifted to one. His choice of the [10 was disastrous though; when Appleton ducked. Hung had one heart, two spades, four clubs and a diamond in the bank and, when he exited in hearts, all Appleton could do was win his now bare ace and give dummy the ninth trick in diamonds.
Congratulations to Jessica Brake, Shane Harrison, Andy Hung, Matt Brown and Adam Kaplan, winning 125 to 100.1, and commiserations to David Apple- ton, Phil Markey, Stephen Castellino and Joe Haffer.
Captions for photos on Page 1
Open Teams champions: Andy Hung, Matt Brown, Jessica Brake, Adam Kaplan and Shane Harrison
Ivy Dahler Butler Swiss Pairs Restricted winners: Magdeline Wong and Terry Davies
Ivy Dahler Butler Swiss Pairs Restricted winners: Bridget O’Brien and Jessie Pelenato
Ivy Dahler Butler Swiss Pairs Intermediate winners: Peter Farley and Graham Cheater
Open Pairs winners:
Paul Dalley and Tony Nunn
Ivy Dahler Trophy winners:
Alex Goss and Andrew Spooner
Open Teams finallists: David Appleton, Phil Markey, Stephen Castellino and Joe Haffer.
WEST Appelton
pass
pass
all pass
NORTH Hung
1NT 3] 2
1. Puppet Stayman
2. Five spades.
3NT looks nearly hopeless, with the spade break so unfavourable. When Haffer opened a mini-1NT, Markey invited game via the transfer, stopping in 2NT, and Kaplan led a top diamond. Haffer won and took the spade finesse, crossed to hand with a top club (blocking the suit) then repeated the finesse. Back came a spade and now, if declarer cleared spades, the defence would return a club and lock him in dummy. Haffer took his spade winner, unblocked the clubs but could only come to seven tricks.
In the other room Hung opened a strong notrump, and Harrison chose to drive to game via Puppet Stayman. Castellino guessed to lead the }J – not a bad choice today. Hung won and took a winning spade finesse, ran four club tricks and repeated the
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Australian Bridge Federation Ltd. Newsletter: April 2025
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