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Bidding Quiz                    Standard American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

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

                                               

853               AK763         With Hand B you are playing a forcing 1NT system. You open

J63               Q107            1 and partner bids a forcing 1NT. You bid 2 and partner bids

K32              3                   2NT showing 10-11 points. What do you bid?             

KJ97            AQ93                                        

 

     
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Current club championship standings

 

 

Gold Cup = Best 30

Silver Plate = Best 10

Bronze Medal = Best 5

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1871.9 Janne Roos

1848.0 Paul Quodomine
1846.2 Hans Vikman

669.2 Janne Roos

654.6 Hans Vikman

640.1 Paul Quodomine

626.8 Tomas Wikman

622.1 Sally Watson

619.8 Lars Broman

615.9 Jean Wissing

609.5 Duplessy & Coutlet

604.8 Derek & Gerard

602.4 Jan v Koss

 

344.6 Janne Roos

337.6 Hans Vikman

329.6 Tomas Wikman

325.4 Sally Watson

323.4 Paul Quodomine

322.9 Lars Broman

322.7 Derek & Gerard

320.3 Jean Wissing

319.5 Duplessy & Coutlet

316.0 Sigurd Zahl

 


Janne’s Column                                         Board 16 from Wednesday 14th July

 

An interesting under-ruff.

 

Something new this week, an interesting play article by Janne Roos. The bidding is Swedish style:

 

Dealer:             KQ652                                       West          North         East          South

West                Q84                                            pass           1    (1)      pass         2     (2)

E-W vul           98                                               pass           3   (3)      pass         3      (4)

                        KQ2                                          pass           4    (5)      all pass    

 

J9743                 N               -                   (1)  4+ ’s       

A105              W    E            932               (2)  at least 3 ’s       

1064                  S                KQJ53         (3)  a 2 bid would show 6 ’s in Swedish style

98                                        107543        (4)  Forcing, showing exactly 3 ’s and inviting

A108                                          partner to cue bid if he wishes.

KJ76                                    (5)  Not wishing to cue bid.

A74                                          

AJ6                                     

 

East led a , hoping that his partner was short in the suit. I won with the K and played the K with East showing out. First it looked good, but now you’re happy you did not try for slam. You have maybe two losers and maybe one loser. ’s splitting evenly would be nice. So next I led a to the K and West’s A. I won the return with the J in dummy and led a to the Q and then a third to dummy dummy’s J and they luckily broke 3-3. I then played the 13th and West was reluctant to ruff and discarded a and I discarded my last .

 

Dealer:             Q652                                    Next I played the A from dummy and West and

West                -                                           I both discarded a , that left this position with 5

E-W vul           9                                           cards remaining. Next came the A and then

                        -                                           another . West had to ruff this last and ruffed

with the 7, but if you over-ruff with the Q you

J974                   N               -                   only make one more trick and West gets two.           

-                     W    E            -                   So I under-ruffed at trick 10! West was on lead

10                      S                KQJ5           holding J94, I held Q65 and dummy A10.

-                                           10                West was now end-played and whichever he

A10                                      played I had the last three tricks.

-                                          

A74                                      So 4+1; sometimes giving away a trick and

-                                           getting two back is a good idea, isn’t it?

 

<end of Janne’s Column>

 

 

 

 

 

Dave’s Column                                   Board 21 from Wednesday 14th July

 

      The first Dave column this week is a bidding problem, what was your answer to question B in this week’s bidding quiz?

 

Dealer:             AK763                                       West          North(B)    East            South

North               Q107                                         

N-S vul            3                                                -                 1              pass           1NT     (1)

                        AQ93                                         pass           2   (2)      pass           2NT     (3)

pass           ?      (3)     

95                       N             J10842                

K63                W    E          A9                       

J9642                  S              KQ8              (1)  Forcing      

876                                    1054              (2)  could be 3 cards

                        Q                                         (3)  10-11

J8542                                       

A1075                                       

KJ2                                           

 

This article shows a bidding trick that can save you on a few hands. North opens 1 and South bids 1NT. In some methods (e.g. two-over-one) this is a forcing bid that occasionally includes 10-11 points. For the purposes of this auction, assume that you are playing a forcing 1NT response to a 1 opening. North rebids 2 which, when using forcing NoTrump responses, may show just three clubs. South now bids 2NT. This bid shows 10-11 points and can be passed. What should North bid now (question B in the quiz)?

 

North has enough points to accept the game invitation, but the best game contract is in doubt. It is possible that South has five ’s and North can explore for a 5-3 game by bidding 3. North did not bid ’s over 1NT and so South will know that he has only three. The importance of this 3 bid is that North finished showing his distribution and warns South that he is worried about ’s.

On this hand, South has ’s and is able to raise to the easy game. A 4 game will probably make with an overtrick and 3NT will go down.

Note that if North has a minimum hand he has to pass 2NT. When North bids 3 he shows his shape but also promises enough points for game.

 

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

                                                                                                                                   

West                East                                          Book Bidding

105               AKQ3                                  West              North           East            South  

K73              62                                         1NT       (1)    pass             2             pass

KQ972         J1083                                   2                  pass             3NT           all pass

QJ7              A95                                     

                       

Playing an aggressive style, West opens a weak 1NT. East uses 2 Stayman and rebids 3NT on finding opener has no 4-card major. North leads a 4th highest 3, plan the play for West at teams scoring (ensure the contract - overtricks not so important).


Dave’s 2nd Column Answer                   Board 20 from Wednesday 14th July

 

     

Dealer:             87                                               Book Bidding

West                QJ98                                          West          North         East            South

both vul            A5                                             1NT   (1)    pass           2             pass

                        106432                                      2              pass           3NT           all pass

 

105                     N             AKQ3                 

K73                W    E          62                   (1)  an aggressive weak 1NT opening.

KQ972               S              J1083                   

QJ7                                    A95                     

                        J9642                                       

A1054                        Playing an aggressive style, West opens a weak 1NT.

64                              East uses 2 Stayman and rebids 3NT on finding

K8                             opener has no 4-card major.                

North leads a 4th highest 3, plan the play at teams.

 

At teams scoring your primary concern is to make your contract, overtricks are of minor significance. You have 3 ’s and the A on top and can easily create four more tricks in ’s. The extra trick needed can come from ’s or ’s.

To duck the lead entails an unnecessary risk. If South wins and shifts to a (likely as declarer has denied a 4-card major) the defence can come to one , one and at least three ’s.

Since the contract is unbeatable if the A is onside, you should rise with the A and knock out the A. The contract may fail if South has the A and North the A but, if so, ducking the first would not have saved you.

And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 3NT+1, 3NT=, 3= twice, 3NT-1.

 

That terrible 4333 type shape again                  Board 25 from Friday 16th July

 

Dealer:             107                                             West(A)     North         East            South

North               K5                                              -                 pass           1NT           pass

E-W vul           Q984                                          2NT(1)       pass           3NT         all pass

                        Q8653                                      

 

853                     N             KQ94             (1)  What did you bid with this West hand A in 

J63                 W    E          AQ92                   this week’s quiz? It’s an 8 count, which is

K32                    S              J106                     usually worth an invite. But knock off a point

KJ97                                  A2                        for the totally flat 4333 type shape and, with

                        AJ62                                          poor intermediates, you should pass.

10874                                       

A75                    And what happened? 1NT+1 three times, 2NT= and 3NT-1.

104                    The fact that three out of five realize how bad 4333 is and

sensibly passed partner’s 1NT is very heartening.

Bidding Quiz Answers

 

Hand A:    Pass. Knock off a point for the terrible 4333 type shape with poor intermediates.

Hand B:    3. This shows 3 ’s and shortage and values for game.

 

       
       

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