Club News Sheet – No. 250 www.pattayabridge.com 19^th Aug 2007

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Mon 13^th 1^st Lewis & Terry 67% 2^nd Dave & Jan 63%

Wed 15^th 1^st Paul Sc.. & Sid 65% 2^nd Lewis & Terry 64%

Fri 17^th 1^st Bob & Dave 64% 2^nd Gastone & Jan 60%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

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

♠ K53 ♠ 9543 (a) What do you open with Hand B?

♥ A54 ♥ 5 (b) Suppose you choose 1♦ and LHO overcall 2♥. Partner bids

♦ Q732 ♦ AKQ8654 2NT (11 points with a ♥ stop), what do you do?

♣ J93 ♣ 2

Hand C Hand D With Hand C LHO opens 1♣ and partner doubles. You bid 1♠

and partner jumps to 2NT, what do you bid?

♠ Q943 ♠ 102

♥ 95 ♥ AKJ82

♦ K5 ♦ AJ83 With Hand D RHO opens 1♣, (a) What do you bid?

♣ 76432 ♣ AJ (b) Suppose you double and partner bids 1♠, what now?

Hand E Hand F With Hand E you open 1NT and partner transfers with 2♥. You

bid 2♠ and partner bids 2NT, what do you do?

♠ A98 ♠ A75

♥ K1083 ♥ K942 With Hand F it’s unfavourable vulnerability. You pass as dealer

♦ K106 ♦ A852 and partner opens 4♠, what do you do?

♣ AQ10 ♣ 86

Hand G Hand H With Hands G and H you are in 3^rd seat, vulnerable against not…

♠ KQJ632 ♠ KQJ986432 … what do you open with Hand G?

♥ A ♥ A

♦ 10 ♦ 10 … what do you open with Hand H?

♣ AK1054 ♣ 105

Hand J Hand K What do you open with Hand J?

♠ AK63 ♠ K976 With hand K partner opens 1♣. It’s probably best to pass but

♥ Q65 ♥ J973 you are afraid of being left in 1♣ with no fit there and so decide

♦ AJ8 ♦ 105 to bid 1♥, that’s fairly reasonable I suppose. Anyway, you bid

♣ J103 ♣ 653 1♥ and partner bids 2♦, what do you do now?

Bidding Sequences Quiz All of these sequences occurred this week

L 1♣ dbl pass 1♠ How many points is the jump to 2NT having doubled?

pass 2NT

M 1♥ 1♠ dbl pass dbl is negative, showing both minors and 6+ points;

4♥ how strong is the 4♥ bid?

N 1♣ pass 1♥ pass Is 2♦ forcing?

2♦

P 1♣ 1♥ pass 1NT How many points is 1NT opposite partner’s 1-level overcall?

Q pass pass 4♠ How many tricks does the 4♠ opening show, vul against not?

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That 4333 type shape again – part 1 Board 12 from Monday 13^th

Dealer: ♠ K2 Table A

West ♥ 7654 West(E) North East South

N-S vul ♦ A95 1NT pass 2♥ pass

♣ 9762 2♠ pass 2NT pass

4♠ (1) all pass

♠ A98 N ♠ J10743

♥ K1083 W E ♥ QJ2 Table B

♦ K106 S ♦ Q82 West(E) North East South

♣ AQ10 ♣ K8 1NT pass 2♥ pass

♠ Q65 2♠ pass 2NT pass

♥ A9 3NT (1) all pass

♦ J743

♣ J543

Table A: (1) What did you bid with this West hand E in this week’s quiz? Here we need to do some hand evaluation: it’s 16 points so knock off a point for the 3433 shape, but those three tens are worth well over a point and the ♠98 makes it an easy accept. So this West chose to bid 4♠.