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Bidding Quiz Standard
American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.
Hand A Hand B With Hand
A partner opens 3NT, gambling. What do you bid?
♠ 7 ♠ 7652
♦ AKQJ92 ♦ AKQJ9
♣
108742 ♣ 1087
Hand C Hand D What do you open with Hand C?
♠ AKQ984 ♠ 6
♦ J ♦ 75
♣
A963 ♣ AKQJ963
Bidding Quiz
E 1♦ 1♥ dbl 2♦ The
dbl is negative, showing four ♠’s. What is 2♦?
F 1♦ pass 1♥ pass
3♣ pass 3♥ Is 3♣ forcing? Is 3♥ forcing?
G 1♣ pass 1♥ pass
3♣ pass 3♥ Is 3♣ forcing? Is 3♥ forcing?
H 3NT pass 4♣ 3NT is gambling, what
is 4♣?
J 3NT pass 4♦ 3NT is gambling, what is 4♦?
K 3NT pass 4♥ 3NT is gambling, what
is 4♥?
A Gambling 3NT Board 22 from Wednesday 20th Oct
There where a few interesting contracts on this board.
Dealer: ♠ A9832 Table A
East ♥ 987543 West North East(D) South
E-W vul ♦ 3 - - 1♣ (1) 1♠ (2)
♣
5 4NT (3) 5♠ 6♣ (4) pass
pass 6♠ pass pass
♠ 7 N ♠ 6 dbl all pass
♦ AKQJ92 S ♦ 75 Table B
♠ KQJ1054 - - 3NT (1) pass (5)
♥
KJ10 6♣ (6) all pass
♦ 10864
♣ -
Table B: (1) This East correctly opened with a gambling
3NT.
(5) It’s not so easy for South to show his ♠’s here.
(6) What did you bid with this West hand A in this
week’s quiz? This is totally obvious as West knows that the ♠A is missing and that there are exactly twelve
tricks. 6♦ would be fatal as there may be a ♣ ruff as well as the ♠A.
And what happened? 6♣= twice, 6♠*-2,
6♠*-1 twice, 6♠-1, 5♠= and 7NT*-6.
The bottom lines:
- If you can describe your hand in one bid – do so!
-
The
gambling 3NT is very specific – a totally solid 7 or 8 card minor with no
outside ace or king.
- The 3NT opening has the great advantages that it describes your hand perfectly and, as this deal shows, it also makes it difficult for the opponents to compete (very important when you are short in both majors)..
DOPI (RKCB) responses.
After the 4NT bid is overcalled, responses are:
Double = 0/3 keycards
Pass = 1/4 keycards
Next bid = 2 keycards without the trump queen
Next bid + 1 = 2 keycards plus the trump queen
Ten Playing Tricks Board 20 from Wednesday 20th Oct
Four out of eight missed this simple game contract.
Dealer: ♠ 3 Table A
West ♥ J96 West North East (C) South
Both vul ♦ K652 pass pass 1♠ (1) all pass
♣
KJ1072
Table B
♠ J76 N ♠ AKQ984 West North East (C) South
♦ Q98743 S ♦ J 2♦ pass 2♠ pass
♠ 1952
♥
Q10874 Table
C
♦ A10 West North East (C) South
♣ Q84 pass pass 2♦ (1) pass
2♥ (3) pass 2♠ pass
Table B: (1) This East correctly opened 2♣.
(2) Unfortunately West passed - 2♠ in this sequence is forcing of course and most
play it as game forcing.
Table B: (1) This pair play Benjamin twos. With ten playing
tricks this East hand is too strong for 2♣
playing Benjamin and so this East opened a game forcing 2♦.
(3) Relay.
(4) Fast arrival.
And what happened? 1♠+3, 2NT+1, 2♠+3, 2♠+4, 4♠+2
four times.
The bottom lines:
-
With 10
Playing Tricks (or just nine even) in a major and a decent number of HCPs, open
you strongest bid.
-
This East
hand is ten playing tricks and with 21 HCPs it’s easily worth a strong 2♣ (or 2♦
if playing Benjamin twos).
An adjusted score.
♠ Q86532 I felt
obliged to adjust a result on Friday. In the first set of boards where
♣
Q ♠’s and a minor. Guess he had three ♥’s mixed up in his ♦’s?
Dealer: ♠ AQ43 Later on, the same pairs met again on board 18:
East ♥ Q9
N-S vul ♦ K1062 West North East South
♣
A64 - - pass pass
1NT (1) dbl 2♥ (2) pass (3)
♠ 1065 N ♠ 9 pass pass
♠ KJ872 definitely four ♠’s.
♥
3 (3) obviously South would bid 2♠ if East had not
♦ Q8543 shown four
of them.
♣
52
And what happened? South complained, asking if
this pair ever have what they say? Clearly East’s bid, promising four ♠’s, had prevented him from bidding ♠’s. North agreed, suggesting it was a psyche.
East protested, saying it was not a psyche and that he intended to bid ♣’s next to show ♥’s and ♣’s.
My take? It is clearly a psyche and prevented
N-S from bidding their ♠ partscore which
they would undoubtedly have bid otherwise. East knew exactly what he was doing
and his ‘excuse’ that he intended to clarify it next bid (if there was one) is
not acceptable. I adjusted the score to 2♠+1
by South, the most likely outcome if there had been no psyche.
The bottom lines:
-
Psyches
are not allowed in this club.
- Experienced
pairs should know their system. This E-W pair play the Helvic convention when
their weak 1NT gets doubled and there is a sequence to show ♣’s and ♥’s
(pass and then bid 2♣ over partner’s
forced redouble I believe).
Dave’s Column Here
is Dave’s 1st problem, on defence.
N ♠ J5 Bidding
S ♦ KQJ83 pass pass 1♦ 2NT (1)
♣ KJ 3♠ pass 4♠ all
pass
♠ 1042
♥
A983 (1) ♣’s and ♥’s.
♦ A
♣ AQ965
You are South. Despite you showing ♥’s and ♣’s,
partner has kept silent and the opponents have bid to 4♠. Partner leads the ♥J to the ♥K,
♥A and declarer’s ♥4. How should you continue?
Dave’s Column
Answer Board 24 from Wednesday 20th
Oct
Dealer: ♠ 96 Bidding
West ♥ J West North East South
Love all ♦ 10976542 pass (1) pass 1♦ (2) 2NT (3)
♣
1073 3♠ pass 4♠ all pass
♠ AKQ873 N ♠ J5 (1) Some would open 1♠ or 2♠. West presumably
♦ - S ♦ KQJ83 (2) Not wishing to open 1NT with 2 doubletons.
♣
842 ♣ KJ (3) UNT, showing ♣’s and ♥’s here. I doubt that
♠ 1042 many would choose this bid.
♥
A983
♦ A You are South. Despite
you showing ♥’s and ♣’s, partner has
♣ AQ965 kept
silent and opponents have bid to 4♠.
Partner leads the ♥J
to the ♥K,
♥A and declarer’s ♥4. How should you continue?
In a national pairs event with IMP scoring, a
common contract was 4♠ by West, with the ♥J a popular lead. Some defenders played the ♦A at trick two and received a rude shock.
Others returned the ♥9 for partner to
ruff. The ♥9 is suit preference, asking for a ♦, which North did indeed return, expecting
partner to ruff, but it was declarer who ruffed and his ♣ losers went away on dummy’s ♦’s.
So how should South continue?
At trick two South should return the ♥3, the lowest ♦ and asking for a ♣ return (Lavinthal
suit preference). North ruffs, plays a ♣,
ruffs another ♥ and leads another ♣ for two down.
Why should South ask for a ♣ and not a ♦?
West likely has 6 ♠’s and so North probably has just two. If
North’s ♥J was a singleton as hoped, then North has ten
cards in the minors. With 5 or 6 ♣’s
North would surely have bid ♣’s after South had
shown ♣’s and ♥’s.
If declarer is void in a minor, it will not be in ♣’s, and that’s why South should ask for a ♣ return rather than a ♦.
And what happened at the Pattaya Bridge Club? 5♣*-4, 4♠*=,
4♠+1, 4♥+1,
4♠*-1, 3NT(E)-2 and 3♠*-2.
The bottom line:
- When
you show a specific two-suiter and partner shows no support for either suit, do
not expect partner to have 4+ cards in either of your suits.
Dave’s 2nd
Column Here
is Dave’s 2nd problem, again on defence.
♠ K76 Book Bidding
♥ K86 West North East South
♦ AK9853 - - - 1♦
♣
3 pass 4♣ (1) pass 4♥ (2)
pass 5♦ all pass
N ♠ J1098432
S ♦ 4 You
are East, defending 5♦. Partner leads the ♠A. Plan the
♣
KQ96 defence and do you expect
to defeat the contract?
Dave’s 2nd
Column Answer Board 23 from
Wednesday 20th October
Dealer: ♠ K76 Book Bidding
South ♥ K86 West North East South
Both vul ♦ AK9853 - - - 1♦
♣
3 pass 4♣ (1) pass 4♥ (2)
pass 5♦ all pass
♠ A N ♠ J1098432
♠ Q8
♥
AQJ7 (1) splinter
♦ QJ62 (2) cue
bid
♣ J84
You are East and partner leads the ♠A, are you going to set the contract?
You can’t tell for sure if you will set 5♦ but you do know some things that will help
you. You suspect that the ♠A is a singleton and
that is confirmed when South plays the ♠5
(partner would never lead the ♠A from ♠AQ doubleton.
What is the winning defence?
You should remember that South cue bid the ♥A. Your partner is not going to lead the ♥A followed by a ♥ for you to ruff (and then lead a ♠
for him to ruff). If you are going to set the contract you have to find partner
with the ♣A and given that, you need to find a way to get
him to lead a ♣ to your ♣K.
Can you do that?
If you play suit preference signals, you might
succeed by playing the ♠2. This is the
smallest ♠ and suggests that you would like a ♣ led from partner. If he trusts you and can
bring himself to lead a low ♣ away from his ♣A, you will defeat the contract.
And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club?
3NT+2, 5♦+1, 5♦=
twice, 2NT+2, 3♦+2 and 4♠*(E)-1.
The Bottom Lines
-
A splinter shows shortage (not
an ace or king) and is often answered by a cue bid which usually shows an ace.
-
When a signal from you is
clearly not encouraging/discouraging (often if dummy can win the next trick in
the suit) then it is usually a (Lavinthal) suit preference signal.
- If East did not have the ♣K on this deal, then
he should play a medium ♠, so not asking for anything in particular.
Mike Dorn Wiss is with us again for a few weeks, and has kindly donated
two copies of his book “Shadow in the Bridge World” to the club. For the testimonials about this book from experts like Eric Kokish,
Zia Mahmood, Edgar Kaplan, Alan Truscott and many more, view them at http://www.shadowbridge.net,
where you can also purchase the book.
Mike’s Column
♠ KJxxx The bidding is irrelevant, mostly because
♥ xx neither
Francis nor I wish to admit to having
♦ Jxxx taken part
in the auction we perpetrated.
♣
xx I ended up declaring four hearts.
Jocko Irv
♠ 9xxx N ♠ AQ10
♦ Ax S ♦ 109xx
♣
Qxx ♣ KJxx
MDW
♠ x
♥
AKQ10x
♦ KQx
♣ A109x
Since Jacko’s four card suits were identical,
he decided to lead a small club, thankfully enough for me. When Irv’s king held
the trick he continued the suit and I was in control. I won the ace and led a
spade, inserting the jack when Jocko played low smoothly. Irv won the queen and
belatedly led trumps. I won the ace, ruffed a club as the queen appeared from
Jocko, and led a diamond to the king and ace. Jocko led a spade although
nothing mattered anymore. I played low, ruffing Irv’s ten, and led out my trumps.
The jack dropped immediately from Irv, and shortly thereafter, on the
penultimate trump, he felt the pressure in all three suits:
♠ Kx to go. The breeze felt cooler now.
♥ -
♦ Jxx “Lucky
for you I held everything,” Irv grunted.
♣
-
“Luck only hurts
when it’s bad,” I answered
Jocko Irv congenially.
♠ 9x N ♠ A
♦ x S ♦ 109x
♣
- ♣ J
MDW
♠ -
♥
Q10
♦ Qx
♣ 10 < end of Mike’s column>
Bidding Quiz Answers
E 1♦ 1♥ dbl 2♦ 2♦ here is best played
as an unassuming cue bid, showing a sound raise to 3♥ or better.
F 1♦ pass 1♥ pass 3♣ is game forcing and
so 3♥ must be forcing.
3♣ pass 3♥
G 1♣ pass 1♥ pass 3♣ is invitational and
with an unsuitable hand responder
3♣ pass 3♥ should pass. So 3♥ is best played as forcing, looking for the
best game (or slam).
H 3NT pass 4♣ 4♣ is pass or correct.
J 3NT pass 4♦ 4♦ asks for shortage.
K 3NT pass 4♥ 4♥ is to play,
presumably hoping to make and with a minor suit void.
Current club championship standings
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Gold Cup = Best 30 |
Silver Plate = Best 10 |
Bronze Medal = Best 5 |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
1915.1 Janne Roos 1896.1 Hans Vikman |
670.4 662.4 642.6 Tomas Wikman 640.1 632.7 Sally Watson 627.0 Derek & Gerard 625.6 Jean Wissing 620.7 Alan Kleist 619.8 Lars Broman 618.1 Johan Bratsburg |
344.6 338.9 332.3 327.5 Derek & Gerard 325.6 Sally Watson 323.8 Tonni Kjaer 323.5 Jeremy Watson 323.4 322.9 Lars Broman 321.4 Jean Wissing |
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