Our website is www.pattayabridge.com Club News Sheet – No. 349

Our blogsite is www.pattayabridge.wordpress.com

My home phone is 038 422924 and my mobile number is 083 6066880 19^th July 2009

It is best to use my home number to contact me unless I am at the bridge club.

My e-mail is terry@pattayabridge.com or pattayabridge@yahoo.com

My MSN messenger ID is tj_quested@hotmail.com

Mon 13^th 1^st Tommy & Odd 67% 2^nd Guttorm & Paul Sc 55%

Wed 15^th 1^st Guttorm & Sally 62% 2^nd Hans & Janne 57%

Fri 17^th 1^st Guttorm & Janne 63% 2^nd Hans & Paul Q 60%

	to news-sheet main page
	to Pattaya Bridge home page
	to bridge book reviews	to bridge conventions	to No Trump bidding
	to bridge CD's and computer games and software

Bidding Quiz Standard American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A partner opens 1♦ and RHO overcalls 1♠, what do

you do?

♠ 6 ♠ AKQJ104

♥ J987 ♥ J95 With Hand B partner opens 1♦ and you bid 1♠. Partner then

♦ J62 ♦ 82 bids 2♣, what do you bid? What do you think of 3♠?

♣ AQJ96 ♣ AQ

Hand C Hand D What do you open with Hand C?

♠ 104 ♠ AQ32

♥ A43 ♥ 10876 With Hand D it’s favorable vulnerability. RHO opens 1♦ and

♦ K874 ♦ Q109 LHO bids 1NT. This is passed to you, what do you do?

♣ AK86 ♣ J10

Current club championship standings

	Gold Cup = Best 30	Silver Plate = Best 10	Bronze Medal = Best 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	1847.7 Janne Roos 1819.0 Paul Quodomine 1796.5 Hans Vikman 1776.3 Sally Watson	650.5 Janne Roos 643.4 Paul Quodomine 639.3 Hans Vikman 631.8 Sally Watson 619.9 Jeremy Watson 616.8 Bob Short 615.1 Lars Broman 614.1 Ivy Schlageter 609.2 Jean Wissing 607.6 Per Andersson	334.8 Janne Roos 330.2 Paul Quodomine 329.0 Hans Vikman 324.5 Sally Watson 321.8 Ivy Schlageter 321.7 Bob Short 321.7 Jeremy Watson 321.0 Per Andersson 316.9 Terje Lie 316.1 Lars Broman

A nice balance Board 9 from Monday 13^th

Balancing (bidding in the pass-out seat) is a very important part of the game, and well worth understanding.

Dealer: ♠ K986 Table A

North ♥ QJ2 West North East(C) South

E-W vul ♦ J65 - pass 1♣ (1) pass

♣ 542 1NT pass pass pass (2)

♠ J75 N ♠ 104 Table B

♥ K95 W E ♥ A43 West North East(C) South(D)

♦ A32 S ♦ K874 - pass 1♦ (1) pass

♣ Q973 ♣ AK86 1NT pass pass dbl (3)

♠ AQ32 pass 2♠ all pass

♥ 10876

♦ Q109

♣ J10

Table A: (1) What did you open with this East hand C in this week’s quiz? This 1♣ bid is absolutely obvious, there is absolutely no advantage in opening 1♦, and a ♣ fit may well get lost.

(2) This is pathetic, a take-out double is very clear with this hand in the balancing seat.

Table B: (1) I have no idea why this East chose to open 1♦ rather than the obvious 1♣.

(3) What did you bid with this South hand D in this week’s quiz? With just a doubleton ♣ it’s not as clear as at (2) above, but LHO has denied a major and so it’s quite likely that partner has a 4-card major and so I bid a take-out double. I know it’s not ideal, but if partner bids 3♣ then he will surely have 5 of them?

And what happened? 2♠ went-1 and a near top for N-S. Other results were 3♠*(S)-2, 1NT(W)+1 twice, 2NT(W)= and 3NT(W) -1.

The bottom lines: -

- Open 1♣ when 4-4 in the minors – you will then never miss a fit.

- I did not really matter here, but E-W have a ♣ fit and can make 9 tricks with ♣’s as trumps

- Don’t let the opponents play in 1NT if you have a suitable hand for a balancing double.

A negative double Board 5 from Monday 13^th

E-W missed a ♥ fit and good 4♥ contract here, who would you blame?

Dealer: ♠ 8753 West(A) North East South

East ♥ 642 - - 1♦ 1♠ (1)

E-W vul ♦ 98 2♣ (2) pass 3NT (3) all pass

♣ K1084

(1) For some reason South decided to overcall

♠ 6 N ♠ AJ92 with a 4-card suit. This can work when you

♥ J987 W E ♥ AK103 have length in the opener’s suit.

♦ J62 S ♦ KQ54 (2) What did you bid with this West hand A in

♣ AQJ96 ♣ 3 this week’s quiz? West felt that he could no

♠ KQ104 longer bid his ♥’s and so bid 2♣. Actually, he

♥ Q5 can show ♥’s with a negative double.

♦ A1073 (3) A reverse into 2♥ is an option I suppose but

♣ 752 I would like to have 5 ♦’s.

And what happened? 3NT went -1, everybody else reached the easy 4♥.

The bottom lines: -

- So who was to blame? West is not strong enough to bid at the two level, and definitely not strong enough to bid 2♣ followed by a ♥ bid. He should have bid a negative double at (2).

Dave’s Column Here is Dave’s first input about the play of the hand.

North South You are North, declarer in 4♠. East leads the ♦Q,

♠ AQ953 ♠ KJ86 plan the play.

♥ AQ8 ♥ 1052

♦ K5 ♦ A93

♣ A85 ♣ KQ6

Dave’s Column answer Board 1 from Wednesday 15th

Dealer: ♠ AQ953

North ♥ AQ8 West North East South

Love all ♦ K5 - 1♠ pass 2NT (1)

♣ A85 pass 4NT pass 5♥ (2)

pass 5NT pass 6♦ (3)

♠ 42 N ♠ 107 pass 6♠ all pass

♥ 973 W E ♥ KJ64

♦ 8642 S ♦ QJ107 (1) Jacoby 2NT

♣ J1092 ♣ 743 (2) 2 keycards without the trump queen

♠ KJ86 (3) 1 king

♥ 1052

♦ A93 East leads the ♦Q. Trumps break 2-2, plan the play

♣ KQ6

After winning the ♦K and drawing trumps, it really is easy.

Ruff out dummy’s 3^rd ♦, play three rounds of ♣’s ending in dummy, and run the ♥10. If West covers then play the ♥Q and East is end-played. You always get 2 ♥ tricks on any layout.

And what happened at the Pattaya Bridge Club? Just one pair bid to 6♠ and made it as above for a near top; unfortunately this was against me and my partner. Other contracts were 7♥-1, 6NT=, 6♠-1, 5♥= and 3NT+2.

Dave’s 2^nd Column Here is Dave’s 2^nd input the play of the hand.

West East You are East, declarer in 6♣.

♠ K97532 ♠ - South leads the ♦6, plan the play.

♥ 542 ♥ AK

♦ K3 ♦ A754

♣ J2 ♣ AKQ9875

Dave’s 2^nd Column answer Board 2 from Wednesday 15^th

Dealer: ♠ AQJ Book bidding

South ♥ J98 West North East South

Both vul ♦ QJ10982 - - 2♣ pass

♣ 10 2♠ pass 3♣ pass

3♠ pass 5♣ pass

♠ K97532 N ♠ - 6♣ all pass

♥ 542 W E ♥ AK

♦ K3 S ♦ A754 South leads the ♦Q, plan the play.

♣ J2 ♣ AKQ9875

♠ 10864

♥ Q10763

♦ 6

♣ 643

East can safeguard the contract by winning the ♦ lead with dummy’s ♦K and then playing a low ♦ from both hands. He wins the trump return in hand and then ruffs his losing ♦. He ruffs a ♠ in hand and draws trumps and has the rest of the tricks.

And what happened at the Pattaya Bridge Club? 6NT-1, 6♣= twice, 3NT+4, 3NT+3 and 3NT+2. My partner and I were one of the two in 6♣ and Paul Q made it with the line given. At the other table the defence were very helpful, I believe that North discarded three ♦’s.

Bidding Quiz Answers

Hand A: dbl, negative showing 4 ♥’s. 2♣ is wrong because the hand is not strong enough for a two level response and you may miss a 4-4 ♥ fit.

Hand B: 2♥, 4^th suit forcing. This is the West hand from board 5 on Wednesday. You want to show good ♠’s and force to game, so the way to do this is bid the 4^th suit and then bid the ♠’s – absolutely game forcing. And what do I think of bidding 3♠? – Not a lot! 3♠ is non-forcing, make it game forcing by going via 4^th suit forcing.

Hand C: 1♣, this is clearly better than 1♦ as you never miss a ♣ fit and always have a good rebid (2♦ over 1♦; 2♥ over 1♥; and 1NT over 1♠).

Hand D: dbl, take-out. LHO has denied a 4-card major and partner probably has one.