Club News Sheet – No. 244 www.pattayabridge.com 8^th July 2007

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Mon 2^nd 1^st Frode & Kees 59% 2^nd Lewis & Terry 57%

Wed 4^th N-S 1^st Paul Wij.. & Harry 61% 2^nd Sally & Kenneth 59%

E-W 1^st Terje & Lewis 64% 2^nd Sean Burgess & Paul K 60%

Fri 6^th 1^st Eddie & Jan 58% 2^nd Sean Burgess & Paul K 56%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B What, if anything, do you open with Hand A in 2^nd seat?

♠ A8432 ♠ K9

♥ 4 ♥ KJ632 (a) What, if anything, do you open with Hand B in 1^st seat?

♦ KQ86 ♦ KJ643 (b) What, if anything, do you open with Hand B in 4^th seat?

♣ J96 ♣ 6

Hand C Hand D What, if anything, do you open with Hand C in 2^nd seat?

♠ KQ987 ♠ K10

♥ J ♥ AJ92 With Hand D RHO opens 1♠, what do you bid?

♦ KJ1052 ♦ A109

♣ 75 ♣ AK83

Hand E Hand F What, if anything, do you open with Hand E in 4^th seat?

♠ 10 ♠ A42

♥ AQ1082 ♥ AJ9 With Hand F partner opens 1♦, what do you bid.

♦ AQ87 ♦ 976

♣ 864 ♣ K752

Hand G Hand H What, if anything, do you open with Hand G in 2^nd seat?

♠ A974 ♠ A

♥ 4 ♥ KJ105 With Hand H RHO opens 1♣, what do you bid?

♦ AJ7532 ♦ J52

♣ J9 ♣ AJ982

Bidding Sequences Quiz

J 1♣ pass 1NT How many ♣’s would you expect the 1NT bidder to have?

K 1♦ pass 2NT How many points is 2NT?

L 1♠ dbl pass 1NT How many points is 1NT?

M 1♠ dbl pass 2♥ How many points is 2♥?

The Club Championships The current standings are: -

Gold Cup = Best 30 Silver plate = Best 10 Bronze medal = Best 5

1816.8 Janne Roos 666.8 Janne Roos 350.4 Janne Roos

1784.8 Jan v Koss 650.5 Jan v Koss 340.2 Jan v Koss

1755.7 Dave Cutler 634.5 Lars Gustaffson 336.2 Bengt Malmgren

630.9 Paul Savelkral 332.9 Paul Savelkral

627.2 Dave Cutler 325.6 Gunnar Barthel

This week’s silly double Board 30 from Wednesday 4^th

Dealer: ♠ A

East ♥ KJ105 West North(H) East South

Love all ♦ J52 - - pass pass

♣ AJ982 1♣ (1) dbl (2) redbl (3) pass (4)

pass (5) pass (6)

♠ K1065 N ♠ J743

♥ Q74 W E ♥ 9832

♦ K10 S ♦ AQ97

♣ K1065 ♣ Q

♠ Q982

♥ A6

♦ 8643

♣ 743

(1) A weakish third-in hand opener. It’s only 19 for the rule of 20 but anything goes in third seat and it does have three 10’s.

(2) What did you bid with this North hand H in this week’s quiz? Here we clearly have a member of the “double to show an opening hand” brigade. A take-out double is short in the suit bid and playable in the other three suits (unless very strong). I hardly call a stiff ♠A or ♦J52 ‘playable’ suits. Pass is very clear.

(3) 9+ points and often short in partner’s suit. It’s often looking for a penalty but the quality of these majors makes the bid dubious. Still, it is 9+ points, so OK I guess. Pass or 1♥ are the alternatives.

(4) With no 5 card suit South simply passes.

(5) West must pass here – there’s no guarantee that partner has ♠’s.

(6) And North is quite happy with the way thing have turned out, but…

… what happened? West made(!) 1♣ redoubled for 230 and a clear top. 4-1 fits are generally difficult to play, especially with an adverse 5-3 split offside and a combined 20 count, but even with his limited capabilities as a declarer this West managed to struggle home.

The bottom lines: -

- A take-out double should be short in the suit bid and playable in the other three suits, especially unbid major(s).

- As it turned out, North got exactly what he deserved (a bottom). This double is very poor as North would have been totally fixed had East passed and South bid the obvious 1♠.

Worth an opening? – part 1 Board 4 from Monday 2^nd

N-S missed a decent 4♠ game on this deal – who would you blame?

Dealer: ♠ A974

West ♥ 4 West North(G) East South

both vul ♦ AJ7532 pass pass (1) pass 1♣

♣ J9 pass 1♠ (2) pass 2♠

pass pass (3) pass

♠ 2 N ♠ 10863

♥ Q9832 W E ♥ AK76 (1) Did you open with this North hand G in this

♦ K10 S ♦ 94 week’s quiz? It conforms with the rule of 20

♣ Q10654 ♣ K82 and is a sound opener.

♠ KQJ5 (2) Quite why North chose 1♠ instead of 1♦ is a

♥ J105 mystery.

♦ Q86 (3) North should make an effort.

♣ A73

And what happened?