Club News Sheet – No. 246    www.pattayabridge.com        29th July 2007

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Mon 23rd          1st  Frode & Kees P                   68%         2nd Paul K & Jean-Charles         58%

Wed 25th          1st Jean-Charles & Paul K         56%         2nd Eddie & Terry                      55%

Fri  27th            1st  Jan & Sally                           57%         2nd Kees P & Paul Sav…           51%

 

Bidding Quiz                           Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

Hand A           Hand B           With Hand A partner opens 1NT, what do you bid?

 

♠ QJ7              ♠ Q10942

♥ 1085             ♥ K63              With Hand B RHO opens a weak 2♦, what do you do?

♦ J432              ♦ Q3

♣ A108            ♣ A82

 

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

 

♠ A6                ♠ A63             

♥ Q92              ♥ Q92              What do you open with Hand D?

♦ AQ1043       ♦ AQ104        

♣ QJ7              ♣ QJ7           

 

Hand E            Hand F            With Hand E RHO opens 1♠, what do you bid?

 

♠ 4                   ♠ A10742     

♥ A                  ♥ 82                 With Hand F partner opens 1NT and RHO doubles, what

♦ Q964            ♦ J852              do you bid?

♣ AKQJ1095  ♣ 52

 

Bidding Sequences Quiz            All of these sequences occurred this week

 

G     1♣     pass   pass   dbl         Is 3♥ forcing?

2♣     2♠      pass   3♥                                   

H     1NT   dbl     2♠                    What 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

1793.3  Jan v Koss                  650.5  Jan v Koss                    340.2  Jan v Koss

1763.4  Dave Cutler                 634.5  Lars Gustaffson             336.2  Bengt Malmgren

                                                631.9  Paul Savelkral                332.9  Paul Savelkral

627.2  Dave Cutler                    325.6  Gunnar Barthel

Please note

 

My mobile phone number has recently changed. It’s now 083 6066880.

That dreaded 4333 type shape again                  Board 4 from Monday 23rd  

     

Dealer:             ♠ 8653                                           Table A

West                ♥ KQ3                                           West          North         East(A)      South

both vul            ♦ K86                                           1NT           pass           2NT   (1)    pass

                        ♣ 643                                            3NT   (2)    all pass

 

♠ K92                   N             ♠ QJ7                      Table B

♥ AJ64              W    E          ♥ 1085                     West          North         East(A)      South

♦ A97                   S             ♦ J432                      1NT           pass           pass   (1)    pass

♣ KQ2                                  ♣ A108                   

                        ♠ A104                                    It’s a 25 combined points with a double stop

♥ 972                                       in every suit – so why does 3NT not make?

♦ Q105                                         

♣ J975                                          

 

Table A:     (1)  What did you bid with this East hand A in this week’s quiz? With a decent 8 points one should normally invite, but is this a decent 8 points? It’s totally flat (so knock off a point for the 4333 type shape) but it does have two tens. But considering that the only 4 card suit is J432 that really is a big minus and I would bid as Table B.

(2)  Dave considers this acceptance to be automatic – with a maximum 17 count. But I think it’s close – it’s that dreaded 4333 type shape again. Dave thinks that East should raise to 2NT ‘every time’ and that West has an automatic 3NT bid and you should consider yourself unlucky when you go down with a combined 25 count. I disagree, with a good understanding of hand evaluation you can often avoid being ‘unlucky’.

Table B:     (1)  This East (Kenneth and one other) got it right. This poor 3343 hand is not worth an invite, even if you have a partner of Dave’s undoubted declarer skills at the helm.

 

And what happened? Everybody made 8 tricks except one player who made just 7. Dave got a joint top at Table B thanks to Kenneth’s belief in what I write in the news-sheets. 

The bottom lines: -

-         4333 type shape is TERRIBLE. This is a totally classic example; both East and West are 4333 type shape and 3NT is hopeless even with the combined 25 count.

-         Deduct a point for the 4333 type shape.

-         Understand hand evaluation. There’s a document on the web (Hand Evaluation in the links column on the left).

 

A 1NT opener?                                                    West hand 12 from Monday 23rd

 

Hand C            Hand D            What did you open with this West hand C in this week’s quiz?

♠ A6                ♠ A63              I understand that one West was criticized by his partner when he

♥ Q92              ♥ Q92              opened 1NT, partner saying that he should de-value the hand.

♦ AQ1043      ♦ AQ104         It looks like this is me being mis-quoted again; Hand C with

♣ QJ7              ♣ QJ7              that excellent 5-card ♦ suit is a great 1NT opener. Hand D, however, should be devalued (4333 type shape) and I would open Hand D with 1♦ and rebid 1NT (12-14).

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Double and bid shows a strong hand                   Board 11 from Friday 27th

 

E-W missed game at table C, who would you blame?

     

Dealer:             ♠ 64                                               Table A

South               ♥ 10932                                         West          North         East            South

Love all            ♦ 8742                                           -                 -                 -                 1♣

                        ♣ Q108                                         pass           pass           dbl   (1)      pass

1♠              pass           3♥    (2)      pass

♠ Q1095               N             ♠ J82                       4♥    (3)      all pass

♥ KJ4                W    E          ♥ AQ876