Club News Sheet – No. 163    www.pattayabridge.com   17th  Dec 2005

 

                                    Winner                                                   Runner-up

           

Mon 12th    N-S   1st    Neil/Barry                      63%         2nd    Paul Kelly/Alan           62%

                  E-W   1st    Jan/Philip                        59%         2nd    Gerard/Derek             56%

Wed 14th    N-S   1st    Chuck/Terry                   66%         2nd    Paul Kelly/Hans          54%

                  E-W   1st    Bob P/Jan                      59%         2nd    Gerard/Derek             57%

Fri    16th    N-S   1st    Paul Kelly/Chuck            67%         2nd    Mike(Can)/Bill            52%

                  E-W   1st    Dave/Hans                     61%         2nd    Angela/Mike P           60%

 

The Gold Cup is pretty much decided now, current standings are: -

 

1st Chuck     1911.2%        2nd Dave 1892.2%      3rd Bob 1859.7%    4th Clive  1799.3%

 

        in the Silver Plate competition (best 10) we have           1st  Clive                 2nd Gerald/Derek

and   in the Bronze Medal competition (best 5) we have         1st Gerald/Derek   2nd Paul K

 

 

Bidding Quiz                           Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated

 

Hand A            Hand B            What do you open with Hand A?

 

♠ AKQ43        ♠ A9                             

♥ 7                   ♥ QJ10972      With Hand B partner opens 1♣. (a) what do you bid?

♦ KJ54             ♦ K765            Suppose you bid 1♥ and partner jumps to 3♣,

♣ AKQ            ♣ K                 (b) what now?, and (c) would 3♥ now be forcing?

 

Hand C            Hand D            With Hand C partner opens 1♦, what do you bid?

 

♠ K6                ♠ AK4                                          

♥ AK8             ♥ K1063          With Hand D partner opens 1♣, what do you bid?

♦ 1083             ♦ 10985          

♣ J9643           ♣ AK

 

Hand E             Hand F             What do you open with Hand E?

 

♠ AKQ            ♠ KJ94

♥ J76               ♥ J53               With hand F partner opens 1♦ and RHO overcalls a

♦ AK95           ♦ A9543          weak 2♥. What do you bid?

♣ K54             ♣ 9

                       

Hand G            Hand H            With Hand G partner opens 1♠, what do you bid?

 

♠ KQ965         ♣ J6

♥ J                   ♥ J109832       Hand H – a tricky one to finish with. LHO opens 1♦, partner

♦ KQ               ♦ 106               overalls 1nT and RHO bids 2♠. What do you do?

♠ K9853          ♣ 942                                     

                       

                       


Suitable for Jacoby 2NT? – part 1                      Board 11 from Friday 16th  

 

Dealer:             ♠ KQ965                                       Table A

South               ♥ J                                                 West          North(G)    East          South

Both vul            ♦ KQ                                             -                 -                 -               1♠

                        ♣ K9853                                       pass           2NT (1)      pass         3♦    (2)

pass           4NT (3)      pass         5♦    (4) 

♠ J8                      N             ♠ 3                           pass           6♠              dbl (5)      pass

♥ K8654            W    E          ♥ 10973                   pass

♦ 1075                   S              ♦ J982                     

♣ J72                                     ♣ AQ64                   Table B

                        ♠ A10742                                      West          North         East          South

♥ AQ2                                           -                 -                 -               1♠

                        ♦ A643                                          pass           3♥    (1)      pass         4♥      (6)

                        ♣ 10                                              pass           4♠    (7)      pass         pass   (8)

 

Table A:     (1)  This deal generated a lot of discussion on Friday. What did you bid with this

                        North hand G in this week’s quiz? NT here was Jacoby 2NT, promising 4 card ♠ support and at least values for game. I don’t like the bid here as Jacoby is generally a balanced hand with no shortage - as with shortage you would splinter. So what should North bid? I would bid 2♣, especially if playing 2/1 as the subsequent auction is then easy. If not playing 2/1 and it goes 1♠ - 2♣ - 2♦ then North would then presumably bid 2♥, 4th suit, to get a game-going auction. There are other good alternatives; a simple 4NT (RKCB) is sensible as all North really wants to know is how many aces South has. The problem with this (and the subsequent 4NT later bid by this North) is that you get too high if partner turns out to have just one ace! Is there a real solution? Yes – see Bidding Quiz answers at the end.

(2)   I have covered Jacoby 2NT in lessons. It’s on the web and there is a leaflet on in the conventions folder. 3♦ here should show ♦ shortage.

(3)   As I said above, there is little point in bidding Jacoby 2NT – especially if partner does not know it. This North then simply launched into RKCB regardless.

(4)   3 key cards playing 1430.

(5)   Quite why East doubled id a mystery. Perhaps South’s ‘psychic?’ 3♦ bid leaned him towards thinking that he may score the ♣AQ?

Table B:     (1)  This West chose to splinter. Now some players (especially 2/1 players) do play 3♥ as a splinter here but that is not standard. Standard is that 3♥ is a strong jump shift, showing a good hand with good ♥’s.