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Bidding Quiz

No quiz this week – not enough suitable material and I had no time.

Bidding Sequence quiz

A 1♦ pass 2♣ pass

2NT how strong is 2NT?

B 1♣ pass 2♣ pass

2NT how strong is 2NT?

C 1♣ 1♠ pas pass

2NT what is 2NT?

The Club Championships The current standings for the top 5 in each competition are: -

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

1843.4 Jan v Koss 666.8 Janne Roos 350.4 Janne Roos

1833.8 Dave Cutler 655.2 Jan v Koss 343.2 Bengt Malmgren

1816.8 Janne Roos 650.8 Dave Cutler 340.3 Jan v Koss

1816.6 Paul Savelkral 650.3 Lewis Berg 338.4 Lewis Berg

1800.0 Lewis Berg 646.9 Lars Gustaffson 336.7 Paul Savelkral

Dave’s Column Here is this week’s Dave input involving the best play for the contract.

West East South opens 2♥ and West overcalls 2♠. East checks on aces

♠ AQ10862 ♠ KJ93 and then bids 6♠, how do you play when North leads a low ♥?

♥ 76 ♥ AKJ4

♦ Q96 ♦ K72

♣ K6 ♣ A7
Dave’s Column answer Board 19 from Wednesday 7^th

Dealer: ♠ 54 West North East South

South ♥ 2 - - - 2♥

E-e vul ♦ 10853 2♠ pass 4NT pass

♣ Q109842 5♦ pass 6♠ all pass

♠ AQ10862 N ♠ KJ93 This is the auction from Dave’s book, although

♥ 76 W E ♥ AKJ4 only one pair out of 6 reached 6♠ at our club.

♦ Q96 S ♦ K72 One pair got a top when East bid 6NT and made

♣ K6 ♣ A7 (presumably he got a ♥ lead).

♠ 7 Everybody else played in 4♠ and all of the declarers

♥ Q109853 in 4♠ (or 6♠) made only 11 tricks, so I guess they

♦ AJ4 have to study Dave’s column?

♣ J53 Anyway, you are in 6♠ and North leads the ♥2.

How do you play? You win the ♥ lead with the ♥A and draw trumps in two rounds, ending in dummy. You then lead a low ♦ through South’s presumed ♦A towards the West hand. South has to duck or he will give you two ♦ tricks and the contract. You win with the ♦Q and cash the remaining winners in the black suits, retaining ♥KJ and ♦K in the dummy. Which 3 cards can South keep? He has to keep ♥Qx and ♦A, so you throw him in with a ♦ and he has to lead to dummy’s ♥KJ.

Terry’s comment. 6NT looks like a better contract, especially at pairs scoring.

The bottom lines: -

- If you suspect that a player has a particular ace, then lead through it.

- It looks like leading through a presumed ace, followed by a squeeze, and then an endplay was a bit to much even for Pattaya’s finest bridge players.

Bidding Sequence Answers

A 1♦ pass 2♣ pass

2NT 2NT is 12-14

B 1♣ pass 2♣ pass

2NT 2NT is 18-19

C 1♣ 1♠ pass pass

2NT 2NT is pointless. 1NT would show 18-19 with good ♠’s.