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Mon 1st 1^st Jan & Tomas 63% 2^nd Gastone & Gene 67%

Wed 3^rd 1^st Lars G & Jean 63% 2^nd Gerry & Per-Ake 62%

Fri 5^th 1^st Harry & Paul 61% 2^nd Jo & Sally 55%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B What do you open with Hand A?

♠ A ♠ Q3 With Hand B you open 1♣ and LHO overcalls 2♣ (which is

♥ AQJ1098543 ♥ Q974 apparently natural!!). Partner bids 2♦, what do you bid?

♦ AK ♦ A84

♣ - ♣ A1086

Hand C Hand D With Hand C RHO opens 1♣ (a) What do you bid?

(b) What do you bid if the opponents play a short (could be 2) ♣?

♠ K4 ♠ AKJ105

♥ J2 ♥ AK102 (a) What do you open with Hand D?

♦ J102 ♦ AJ6 (b) Suppose you choose 1♠ and partner bids 2♠, what now?

♣ KQJ752 ♣ 5

Hand E Hand F With Hand E partner opens 6♥! What do you do?

♠ 964 ♠ AKQ105

♥ K ♥ 105 With Hand F partner opens 1NT and you transfer with 2♥.

♦ 54 ♦ 43 Partner completes the transfer with 2♠, what do you do?

♣ QJ96532 ♣ J942

Hand G Hand H With Hand G RHO opens 6♥, what do you bid? (if it affects

your decision, RHO is a very experienced player).

♠ K82 ♠ 109762

♥ - ♥ K853 With hand H LHO opens 1♣ and partner bids 2♣ and RHO bids 2♦,

♦ Q10986 ♦ 75 what do you bid if (a) you have agrees to play Michaels,

♣ AK1074 ♣ 43 (b) you have no agreement?

Bidding Sequence quiz

J 2♠ dbl pass 3♥

pass 4♣ What is 4♣, is it forcing?

K 1♣ 2♣ (a) What is the 2§ cuebid overcall?

(b) What is the 2♣ cuebid overcall if the opponents play a short ♣?

(c) What is it if you ask if 1♣ is short and bid 2♣?

L 6♥ What is a 6♥ opening bid?

The Club Championships There are now 7 members qualified for the gold cup.

The current standings for the top 7 in each competition are: -

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

1834.2 Jan v Koss 666.8 Janne Roos 350.4 Janne Roos

1816.8 Janne Roos 655.2 Jan v Koss 343.2 Bengt Malmgren

1812.3 Dave Cutler 644.2 Dave Cutler 340.3 Jan v Koss

1760.9 Bob Pelletier 644.1 Bengt Malmgren 332.9 Paul Savelkral

1725.8 Phil Lovell 636.9 Lars Gustaffson 332.0 Lewis Berg

1722.9 Ivy Schlageter 636.7 Paul Savelkral