Date:
Thursday February
18th at 19.00. The tournament starts at 19.30. A welcome drink and some
sandwiches will be served before the start. LG Magnusson will be tournament
director.
Site:
The Pro-Am competition
will be played at the restaurant of the Kungliga Tennishallen, Lidingövägen
75, Stockholm.
Dress:
All PROs are
expected to be dressed properly. I.e. jacket/blazer with tie is minimum.
If someone wants to use smoking or a suit its up to him.
Purpose:
The purpose of this
event is to make the evening something special for the amateurs, something
they will remember as a truly enjoyable evening. They are going to have
the chance to play bridge with some of the best players in the world, they
are going to meet a lot of interesting people and they will have a chance
to make new contacts.
Prizes:
The three best amateurs
will get trophies. PROs will get no prizes. Masterpoints will be given
to both PROs and amateurs.
Transport
Our foreign guests
will be taken care of. For the swedish players we recommend that you get
in contact with players from the Stockholm area and try go with them.
Boards:
The number of boards
to be played is 24. The competition is individual and two boards is to
be played on each round. One Pro will always play with one Am.
Systems:
Systemcards will
be found at the venue before the competition. The Am:s will choose their
card and present it for the Pro at every new round. They will have the
following choices to make:
4- card majors
Limit and Jacoby 2 NT
or
5-card majors with
best minor Limit and Jacoby 2 NT
15 17 NT
Stayman and transfer
or
16 18 NT
Stayman and limit
Strong two openings
ACOL style
or
2 clubs gf with
weak 2 DHS 2D relay on 2C, Jacoby 2NT on weak twos
20 21 NT or 22
24 Stayman
High level bidding:
Quebids. and RKCB
or Blackwood 4A
Other conventions:
Takeout doubles,
Michaels Cuebid and Unusual NT
Leads:
1 3 5 (10-12)
or 2 4 (11)
Signals: Low
High Encorg and Even, High Low Discrg / Odd or vice versa. |