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Bidding Quiz                    Standard American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

Hand A           Hand B           With Hand A you open 1 and partner bids 2, what now?

 

AKJ106        KQJ10987

KJ53            AQ42        

K73              A4               With Hand B you open 1 and partner bids 1NT, what now?

9                  -

                                             

                                                     

Bidding Sequence Quiz

 

C     1      pass   2      pass      

        4                                               what is 4?                 

 

     
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The bridge on Monday 19th April will be cancelled due to Soncran. We will play as usual the rest of Soncran week as the traffic/water are not too bad on the other days.

 

 

Dave’s Column           Here is Dave’s first input, this time on defense.

 

Dealer:             97                                               Book Bidding

East                  A7                                              West          North         East            South

Both vul            QJ964                                       -                 -                 1              pass

                        Q873                                         2              pass           4   (1)      pass

4    (2)      all pass

                              N             AKJ106               

                          W    E          KJ53              (1)  splinter.     

                              S              K73               

                                 

You are North, defending against 4, and lead the Q. Partner plays the 8 and declarer plays low from both hands. How do you continue?

 


Dave’s Column answer                      Board 10 from Wednesday 7th      

     

Dealer:             97                                               Book Bidding

East                  A7                                              West          North         East(A)              South

Both vul            QJ964                                       -                 -                 1              pass

                        Q873                                         2              pass           4   (1)      pass

4    (2)      all pass

Q3                      N             AKJ106               

Q10986          W    E          KJ53              (1)  splinter.     

1052                   S              K73               (2)  AKJ are wasted opposite shortage.

AKJ                                   9                         

                        8542                                         

42                                   You are North and lead the Q. Partner plays the 8

A8                                  and declarer plays low from both hands.

106542                          How do you continue?   

                                           

Continue with the 9 to show partner that your entry is not in ’s. If he started with the doubleton A, he will return a as a switch is obviously hopeless. When you win with the A you will play another and give partner a ruff.

Note that if South plays anything other than a trump, declarer will make the contract by discarding a on the K.

South’s 8 should not be fromA82 but could be from A108. He will assume that you want a count and make that signal, as his attitude towards ’s will be clear when the Q holds the trick. If he had A108 he would play the A or 10 on the second round (depending on declarer’s play) and attempt to cash a third round of the suit.

 

And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 4+1 twice, 4= and 4-1 three times.

 

 

 

Dave’s 2nd Column         Here is Dave’s second problem, on the play of the hand.

 

North               South                               West            North         East          South

3                   KQJ10987                   -                   -                 -               1

J3                 AQ42                           pass             1NT           pass         4

J10852          A4                               all pass

KQ742        -                              

                                                     

You are South, declarer in 4. Plan the play after West leads the J to the K, A and you ruff.


Dave’s 2nd Column answer              Board 11 from Wednesday 7th    

 

Dealer:             3                                                 Book Bidding

South               J3                                               West          North         East            South(B)

Love all            J10852                                        -                 -                 -                 1

                        KQ742                                      pass           1NT           pass           4  (1)

all pass

A4                      N             652                

875                 W    E          K1096      (1)  What did you bid with this hand B in this week’s

K763                  S              Q9                  quiz? It is so unlikely that ’s will play better

J1098                                 A653              than ’s that you jump to 4 on the second round,

KQJ10987                           keeping further information from the opponents.

AQ42                                       

A4                                       

-                               Plan the play after West leads the J. K, A, 7.     

 

It was lucky that West did not lead a or a , but even so you might lose one , two ’s and one . If only you could get to dummy, you could cash the K and discard one of those losers. But how do you get over there?

At trick two, lead the Q from hand. Here, if East wins with the K and shifts to a , you win with the A, cross to the J and discard the 4 (or a low ) on the K. And if East ducks his K, you cash the A, ruff a in dummy and again play the K for a discard.

 

And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 4=, 2+1, 4-1 twice, 6-3 and 4-3.

 

 

 

Current club championship standings

 

 

Gold Cup = Best 30

Silver Plate = Best 10

Bronze Medal = Best 5

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3

4

5

6

7

8

9

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1806.5 Janne Roos

644.3 Janne Roos

641.2 Hans Vikman

633.7 Paul Quodomine

620.3 Tomas Wikman

619.8 Lars Broman

609.5 Duplessy & Coutlet

606.1 Jean Wissing

590.6 Bengt Malgren

580.4 Holger Renken

573.5 Tom Grovslien

329.6 Tomas Wikman

328.0 Janne Roos

327.9 Hans Vikman

322.9 Lars Broman

319.6 Paul Quodomine

319.6 Sally Watson

319.5 Duplessy & Coutlet

318.6 Jean Wissing

308.2 Bob Short

304.5 Bengt Malmgren

 

                                                                       

Well done Janne to be the first to qualify for the Gold cup, but it is early days yet and more will be joining him soon.

                             


Hans’ Column             Something new this week – a column by Hans Vikman

 

Throw a winner and get two tricks back.

It's a good rule to take tricks on your big cards when you play bridge but not always.
This is board is nr 20 from Monday’s tournament. I was sitting W and was the dealer. The bidding went


W   N    E    S
P     P   P    1D
P  1NT   P    P
P
 
K962       
75
543
AKT2
 
           T43
           AT9
           AQ82
           QJ9
      
My partner started with K,Q in hearts and the dummy took with the A the third time and I discarded a club. Now he played diamond to K, J and a small to A,Q. This time I discarded a spade. Then spade to Q in the hand and then the A. Mine and the dummy’s cards were


K9
-
-
AKT
          T4
          -
          -
          QJ9


If I keep my big K of spade I have to give him one more trick in clubs at the ending. But I threw away the K under the A hoping that my partner had the J and so it was. Then he got an entry to his big hearts and we took the rest. So this time it was a good idea to throw away a big card. But I promise you that almost every time it's best to take tricks on them :)

 

 

Bidding Quiz Answers

 

Hand A:    4, a splinter promising 4 card support, shortage (singleton or void) and values for at least game with slam interest.

Hand B:    4. With this solid suit it is unlikely that ’s will play better than ’s and if you bid ’s you run the risk of playing in say a 4-3 fit rather than say a 7-1 fit.

 

Bidding Sequence Quiz Answer

 

C     1      pass   2      pass              4 is a splinter, supporting ’s and showing shortage.

4                                               Splinters may be made by either opener or responder.        

       
       

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