Club News Sheet – No. 237    www.pattayabridge.com        20th May 2007

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Mon 14th    1st  Albert & Dennis                  67%           2nd    Bengt & Janne                          65%

Wed 16th    1st Phil & Kenneth                   60%           2nd    Paul Sc & Sean = Bob & Jo     52%

Fri  18th      1st  Paul Sc & Gene                  64%           2nd    Dave & Hugh                           60%  

         
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Bidding Quiz                           Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

Hand A           Hand B           With Hand A RHO opens a weak 2♦, what do you bid?

 

♠ AK987         ♠ J2                 With Hand B you open 1♣ and partner responds 1♠,

♥ AJ                ♥ AK102         (a)  What do you bid?      

♦ J2                  ♦ J10                (b)  Suppose you choose 2♥ and partner bids 2♠, what now?

♣ KJ32            ♣ AQ983

                       

Hand C           Hand D           What do you open with Hand C?

 

♠ AQJ54          ♠ 10432                                       

♥ K42              ♥ KQ92           With Hand D partner opens 1♠ and RHO doubles, what 

♦ AK               ♦ AQ7             do you bid?

♣ A52              ♣ 82

                       

Hand E            Hand F            With Hand E partner opens 2NT, what do you bid?   

 

♠ 10632           ♠ K6               

♥ J75               ♥ Q87              With Hand F partner opens a weak 2♦ and RHO overcalls 2♥,

♦ 8764             ♦ 2                   what do you bid?

♣ K4               ♣ AKQJ875

 

Hand G           Hand H           With Hand G partner opens 1♣ and you respond 1♥. Partner

then bids 1♠, what do you bid?

♠ J7                 ♠ KQ                                                

♥ AQ9632       ♥ AQ9632       With Hand H it’s the same sequence, partner opens 1♣ and you

♦ Q987            ♦ K987            respond 1♥. Partner then bids 1♠, what do you bid?

♣ 3                  ♣ 3

 

Hand J            Hand K           With Hand J you open 1♣ and partner responds 1♠, what

do you bid?

♠ Q764            ♠ K1064                                 

♥ J                   ♥ AK932                                

♦ AK               ♦ -                    With Hand K you open 1♥ and partner responds 1♠, what 

♣ A87432        ♣ AQJ7           do you bid?

 

 

                       

                                               
Bidding Sequences Quiz        All of these sequences occurred this week

 

L      1♠      pass   2♦                    Is 3♠ invitational or forcing?

3♠

M    1♦      pass   1♠                    Is 3♠ invitational or forcing?

3♠     

N     1♦      pass   1♠                    Is 4♠ shut-out or strong?

4♠     

P      1♠      dbl     4♠                    Is 4♠ shut-out or strong?

Q     1♠      dbl     redbl                What is redouble?

R     1♠      dbl     2NT                 What is 2NT?

S      1♣     pass   1♠                    2♥ is a reverse (forcing), is 2♠ forcing. I.e. does reverser

2♥      pass   2♠                    promise another bid?

T      1♣     pass   1♥                    3♥ is strong, generally with a 6 card ♥ suit, but is it forcing?

1♠      pass   3♥                  

U     1♣     pass   1♥                    2♦ is 4th suit forcing and 2NT promises a ♦ stop;

1♠      pass   2♦                    3♥ is strong, generally with a 6 card ♥ suit, but is it forcing?

          2NT   pass   3♥

 

The Club Championships

I have calculated the club 2007 championship standings to date and they are in the results folder and on the web. Note that all competitions, including individuals, now count towards the club championships. Nobody has yet qualified (30 results) for the Gold cup; the top 5 for the silver and bronze are currently: -

Silver plate = Best 10                                             Bronze medal = Best 5

 

650.4  Janne Roos                                                  337.3  Janne Roos

634.5  Lars Gustaffson                                           336.2  Bengt Malmgren

627.1  Gunnar Barthel                                            332.9  Paul Savelkral

626.7  Bengt Malmgren                                          325.6  Gunnar Barthel

625.8  Paul Savelkral                                              325.6  Lars Gustafsson

 

 

Too high after a reverse                                      Board 14 from Monday 14th

 

Every E-W pair got too high on this board.

   

Dealer:             ♠ A95                                            Table A

East                  ♥ J8                                               West          North         East(B)     South

Love all            ♦ 862                                             -                 -                 1♣   (1)    pass (2) 

                        ♣ J10654                                       1♠              pass           2♥    (3)    pass

2♠    (4)      pass           2NT (5)    pass

♠ Q87643             N             ♠ J2                         3♥    (6)      all pass              

♥ Q76                W    E          ♥ AK102                

♦ K73                    S              ♦ J10                       Table B

♣ J7                                       ♣ AQ983                 West          North         East(B)     South

                        ♠ K10                                            -                 -                 1♣   (1)    1♦    (2) 

♥ 9543                                           1♠              pass           2♣   (7)    pass

♦ AQ954                                       2♠              pass           3♦    (8)    pass

                        ♣ K2                                             3♥    (9)      all pass              

       

 

Table A:     (1)  This is best, 1NT is not a sensible option with two weak doubletons.

(2)   Looks like a fairly routine 2♦ overcall to me.

(3)   What did you bid with this East hand B(a) in this week’s quiz? It’s just about worth a reverse into 2♥. The two long suits are good and it has tolerance for partner’s ♠’s.

(4)   This is fairly clear, showing a weak hand with six ♠’s.

(5)   What did you bid with this East hand B(a) in this week’s quiz? I can see no reason for East to bid on, he has already shown around 15-18 points with 5 ♦’s and 4♥’s and is minimum with reasonable support.

(6)   Whatever West does now does not matter – they’ve gone past 2♠.

Table B:     (2)  South sensibly decided to overcall here.

                  (7)  I would ignore the overcall and still reverse into 2♥. This 2♣ bid does not show the strength or shape oh the hand.

(8)   And for some reason East decides to press on; partner’s two ♠ bids have not improved this hand and pass is clear.

(9)   If I was West I would take partner for a bigger hand and with a maximum for West’s bidding so far I would bid 3NT (and go even more down).

 

And what happened? Nobody stopped in 2♠. 4♠-1 was bid three times and 3♥ went two down.

The bottom lines: -

-         6-2 fits play better than 4-3 fits.

-         Sequence S (1♣ - 1♠ - 2♥ - 2♠) is non-forcing.