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Mon 8^th 1^st Dave & Lewis 61% 2^nd Jan & Royd 60%

Wed 10^th 1^st Niels & Peter 64% 2^nd Jean & Lars 63%

Fri 12^th 1^st Dave & Bill 57% 2^nd Niels & Peter 57%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A partner opens 1♣ and RHO overcalls 3♦, what

do you bid?

♠ AQ743 ♠ 107

♥ AQ852 ♥ AK3

♦ 8 ♦ AKJ96 With Hand B RHO opens 2♥, what do you bid?

♣ 62 ♣ AJ6

Hand C Hand D With Hand C partner opens 1♠, what do you bid?

♠ 52 ♠ J95

♥ AJ9 ♥ J8 With Hand D partner opens 1♦ (promising at least 4 ♦’s), what

♦ J10876 ♦ 1094 do you bid?

♣ 1086 ♣ KJ1093

Hand E Hand F With Hand E RHO opens 3♠, what do you bid?

♠ AKQ ♠ K92

♥ Q ♥ J102 With Hand F you open 1♣ and LHO overcalls a weak 3♦. Partner

♦ AK94 ♦ A2 bids 4♦, what do you bid?

♣ 109743 ♣ KQJ109

Bidding Sequence quiz

G 1♣ 3♦ 4♦ 3♦ is weak, what is 4♦?

H 2♦ pass 2♥ dbl 2♦ is Multi and 2♥ the normal relay response, what is dbl? Does it show ♥’s or something else?

We are Moving!

There’s just one more week at the Tropicana. As from Monday 22^nd October we will be playing at the Bowling Green, Soi Fuengfa (Soi Xyte). There is a map on the website.
Preference – part 1 Board 13 from Monday 8^th

When partner ‘opens’ one suit and subsequently bids another, then he guarantees more cards in the first bid suit (or equal length). At Table B this went drastically wrong when South assumed that an unfamiliar partner knew this basic concept.

Dealer: ♠ 1096 Table A

North ♥ 76 West North East South

Both vul ♦ J9 - pass 2♦ (1) dbl

♣ AQJ92 4♦ (2) pass pass 4♠ (3)

all pass

♠ 5 N ♠ 732

♥ J432 W E ♥ 109 Table B

♦ A10764 S ♦ KQ8532 West North East South

♣ K43 ♣ 106 - pass pass (1) 2♣ (4)

♠ AKQJ84 pass 3♣ pass 3♠

♥ AKQ85 pass 4♣ pass 4NT (5)

♦ - pass 5♦ dbl 7♥ (6)

♣ 75 pass (7) pass