Club News Sheet – No. 245    www.pattayabridge.com        15th July 2007

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Mon 9th    N-S 1st  Jean-Charles & Paul K         58%         2nd Dave & Kenneth                  57%

                E-W 1st  Linda & John Fish…            65%         2nd Chris & Mike Bell                52%

Wed 11th          1st Paul Bisc.. & Sally                61%         2nd Gunn & Torbjorn                  61%

Fri  13th            1st  Jean-Charles & Sean O H    56%         2nd = Bob & Dave                     56%

2nd = Gunn & Torbjorn               56%  

 

Bidding Quiz                           Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

Hand A           Hand B           With Hand A RHO opens 1♥, what do you do?

                                             

♠ AK106         ♠ AQ10654  

♥ 974              ♥ A108            With hand B you open 1♠ and partner bids 2NT (natural – 10-12

♦ AJ105         ♦ A108            points and exactly 2344 distribution, partner does not play

♣ A10              ♣ 2                  Jacoby 2NT). What do you bid?

                       

Hand C           Hand D           With Hand C it’s favourable vulnerability. LHO opens 1NT in 3rd

seat and partner doubles. RHO bids 2♣ (natural and weak), what

♠ 1073             ♠ 10842           do you do?            

♥ Q10943        ♥ J84              

♦ KQ9            ♦ QJ2            With Hand D partner opens 2♣, you respond 2♦, and partner

♣ 107              ♣ Q103           bids 2NT (23-24). What do you bid?

                                             

Hand E            Hand F            With Hand E you are playing natural methods (no Jacoby 2NT).

Partner opens 1♠, what do you bid?

♠ 93                 ♠ Q2               

♥ KJ4              ♥ K109763     

♦ KQ64          ♦ 754             With Hand F partner opens 1NT and you transfer with 2♦.

♣ K1097         ♣ K8               Partner completes the transfer with 2♥, what do you do?

 

 

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

1759.4  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

 

Editorial

 

A bit of a change this week from the never ending bidding fiascos; with no less than four play/defence articles…
… but we’ll kick off with the usual bidding disasters: -

 

This week’s silly double                                      Board 7 from Wednesday 11th

     

They keep on coming, week after week, and to compound the felony at Table B East showed his total lack of basic bidding knowledge when he subsequently passed 1♥ redoubled to gift the opposition 1520 on a partscore deal.

 

Dealer:             ♠ QJ                                              Table A

South               ♥ KQJ52                                       West          North         East(A)      South

both vul            ♦ K6                                              -                 -                 -                 pass

                        ♣ J875                                           pass           1♥              dbl     (1)    redbl  (2)

1♠      (3)    pass           pass           2♥      (3)

♠ 7543                  N             ♠ AK106                 pass           pass           2♠              3♥

♥ 83                   W    E         ♥ 974                       all pass

♦ 743                     S            ♦ AJ105                  

♣ 9642                                  ♣ A10                      Table B

                        ♠ 982                                             West          North         East(A)      South

♥ A106                                          -                 -                 -                 pass

♦ Q982                                          pass           1♥              dbl     (1)    redbl    (2)

♣ KQ3                                          pass (4)      pass           pass   (5)

 

Table A:     (1)  What did you bid with this East hand A in this week’s quiz? Actually, this is quite a tricky one. You have the values for a 1NT overcall but no ♥ stop. I don’t like double as you will be fixed over a 2♣ response. For me the only two decent options are pass or a 1♠ overcall. This is a good 16 points and I don’t like to pass, so with this nice ♠ suit I would bid 1♠.

(2)   9+ points.

(3)   And the bidding proceeded fairly sensibly from here on.

Table B:     (1)  This East also found the poor double.

(2)   And this South also decided to redouble.

(4)   This West decided to pass; with a 4 card ♠ suit I would bid it but then the result would not have been as amusing.

(5)  And East demonstrated his complete lack of comprehension as to what was going on with this idiotic pass.

 

And what happened? 1♥ redoubled made +2 for a score of 1520. 3♥ at Table A made exactly for a decent score, which would have been a better score if it were not for the ridiculous result at Table B.

The bottom lines: -

-         A take-out double should be short in the suit bid unless very strong.

-         4-card overcalls are not generally recommended, but it’s sometimes the best bid (only at the one level) with 15 or so points and length but no stop in the suit opened.

-         The East at Table B clearly has no comprehension of the actions following a redouble and I suggest he reads up on the basics of take-out doubles. I have written a new page on the web: - (General Bridge Topics > after a redouble)

     


Opening 1NT out of range                                   Board 5 from Monday 9th

     

I received a complaint from one player because an opponent opened 1NT out-of-range and he claimed that he got a poor score as a result. I give my opinions below.

 

Dealer:             ♠ 54                                               Table A

North               ♥ 862                                             West          North         East(C)      South

N-S vul            ♦ 10865                                         -                 pass           pass           1NT   (1)

                        ♣ J652                                           dbl             2♣   (2)      pass   (3)    pass

pass

♠ Q986                 N             ♠ 1073                    

♥ AKJ               W    E          ♥ Q10943                Table B

♦ A43                    S             ♦ KQ9                     West          North         East            South

♣ A98                                    ♣ 107                      -                 pass           pass           1NT   (1)

                        ♠ AKJ2                                          dbl             pass (2)      pass           redbl 

♥ 75                                               pass           2♣   (4)      2♥      (5)    all pass

♦ J72                                             

♣ KQ43