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2025/8/12

🥉Grand Slam Comeback — From Four Straight Losses to the Podium 🥉 (2025 Super Collegiate Cup)

 


I wasn’t planning to write about this event at all. My trip to the European Championship got cut short, and this wasn’t exactly meant to be a big deal. But after 4 straight losses, we stormed back with slam after slam, grabbing 3rd place by just 0.12 VPs. That kind of drama… hard not to write about it 🤣.

The Super Collegiate Cup is a new event, only in its second year. Teams are formed by alumni from the same university, bringing back many old friends who had stepped away from bridge. This year also added a "mixed schools" division, shout-out to my amazing teammates who agreed to switch categories just for me 🙏. They even topped the prelims and made the finals, so I didn’t fly all the way back from Philly just to play the consolation 🤣.

Speaking of Philly, I was still playing at the Summer NABC just 3 days ago. Now I’m back home, squeezing in the Collegiate Cup finals as a warm-up before flying to Denmark for the World Championships next week 🤣. With such a tight schedule, any chance to practice with my partner (aka husband), Eric, is priceless 🥹.

Anyway, let’s dive into the slams from these 2 days!

2025/8/11

🥉絕地反擊,滿貫逆襲 ──四連敗到頒獎台🥉(2025 超級大專盃)


本來完全沒打算要寫這比賽的,畢竟我的歐洲盃八強中獎之旅還胎死腹中,但四連敗後靠著滿貫逆襲,以 0.12 VP 之差站上頒獎台,這麼抓馬的劇情,讓人好有動筆的慾望 🤣

《超級大專盃》是個嶄新的賽事,今年才第二屆,以同校畢業生組隊為亮點,吸引了許多回味青年時期橋牌趣味、原本暫離橋圈的橋友回歸,今年更增設跨校組──感謝準備前進丹麥世界盃的隊友們為了我改打跨校組,更感謝他們在初賽勇奪冠軍,闖入決賽,沒讓我從費城千里迢迢回來打副盃 🤣

BTW,三天前我還在費城打夏季北美大賽,回來後抓緊唯一一個周末打個超級大專盃決賽,權充世界盃的行前練牌,不到一週又要飛去丹麥打世界盃了 🤣。緊湊的行程讓我們夫婦倆的練牌時間更顯彌足珍貴 🥹

進入正題,來看看這兩天的滿貫牌吧。

2022/8/23

Boards from Yeh's Cup - Flash Foresight

The 1st board on the second half of the semi-final. NS bid to the grand slam powerfully. What is your lead?

葉氏盃牌局分享-洞燭機先

葉氏盃全國大賽四強下半第一牌,南北方一路氣勢磅礡的叫到大滿貫,在 18 IMP 的領先下實在是不樂見如此大牌。你坐在西家,首攻什麼?

2020/12/19

A lucky or reasonable 7♦?

  

Matchpoints Pairs
Board 5, NS Vulnerability
You sit West:

KT5

32

KQJ7

JT96

 

W

N

E

S

 

Explanations:

 

2

 

2: 22+ any or 9+ tricks.

2!

3!

 

2: 5+RP (A=3 K=2 Q=1) any.

4

4

 

3: 5+ 4+ or 4+ 5+.

4

4N

 

(Usually bid 2N instead of 3 if suitable)

5

5

 

4: 4+. (3 here shows 3+ and ask if 5)

5

5N

 

4: Cue-bid with at least 2 of AKQ.

?? 

 

 

 

 

4: Control of .


 

 

 

 

4N: RKCB to .

 

 

 

 

 

5: 1 or 4 keycard(s).

 

 

 

 

 

5: Ask for Q.

 

 

 

 

 

5: Q & K.

 

 

 

 

 

5N: Ask for side K and interest in grand slam.

What would you bid?
Have you ever shown all of your hand?
How do you imagine partner’s hand?

A?

A??x(x)

Axxx(x)

A?