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Bidding Quiz Standard American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A it’s love all. Partner passes and RHO opens 1♣ what do you do?

♠ Q3 ♠ 762

♥ Q832 ♥ 82 With Hand B it’s favourable vulnerability. RHO opens 1♦,

♦ AQ74 ♦ 109 do you pass or bid a weak 3♣?

♣ K53 ♣ A98732

Bidding Sequence Quiz

C 1♠ 2NT dbl 2NT is the UNT, showing both minors. What is the double?

D 1♣ 1♦ dbl The double is negative, what does it show?

E 2♣ 2♦ dbl 2♣ is strong and artificial and 2♦ natural. What is the double?

F 1♠ pass 2♦ pass

2NT How many points does 2NT show?

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	1900.0 Janne Roos 1894.8 Hans Vikman 1865.4 Paul Quodomine 1793.8 Sally Watson 1725.8 Bob Short 1689.1 Paul Scully	674.5 Janne Roos 673.4 Hans Vikman 655.2 Paul Quodomine 633.8 Sally Watson 619.9 Jeremy Watson 619.2 Ivy Schlageter 618.9 Bob Short 615.1 Lars Broman 611.8 Gerard Hardy 611.8 Derek Tyms	350.7 Hans Vikman 350.6 Janne Roos 336.7 Paul Quodomine 325.3 Ivy Schlageter 324.5 Sally Watson 321.7 Bob Short 321.7 Jeremy Watson 321.0 Per Andersson 316.9 Terje Lie 316.1 Lars Broman

The Tripple

Congratulations to Paul Quodomine for getting the triple (3 wins in a week). This rare event occurs only about three or four times a year.

A one-level penalty Board 8 from Wednesday 23^rd

Dealer: ♠ K62 West North East(A) South

West ♥ AJ9 pass 1♣ 1♦ (1) pass (2)

Love all ♦ 962 pass dbl (3) all pass

♣ AQ76

♠ AJ83 N ♠ Q3 (1) What did you bid with this East hand A in this

♥ 654 W E ♥ Q832 week’s quiz? It looks like this East does not

♦ 105 S ♦ AQ74 like to pass when holding 13 points.

♣ 10942 ♣ K53 (2) 1NT is the ‘obvious’ bid but this South

♠ 10975 decided to go for the penalty.

♥ K107 (3) ‘Automatic’, this hand is not one of the

♦ KJ83 exceptions for not doubling.

♣ J8

And what happened? 1♦* went just one down, -100 (it looks like 2 down to me, but it’s a top whatever). That was enough for a clear top to N-S. At other tables it was 1NT= and 3NT-2.

The bottom lines.

- Four card overcalls can work, but usually with length in opener’s suit. Anyway, I would never dream of overcalling with this East hand.

- Remember the penalty pass and automatic re-opening double when playing negative doubles.

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

E-W vulnerable.

West East West North East South

♠ AJ543 ♠ Q109 - - 1♦ 3♣ (1)

♥ KQ7 ♥ A3 3♠ pass 4♠ all pass

♦ K83 ♦ AJ642

♣ Q6 ♣ J105 (1) Weak jump overcall

You are West, declarer in 4♠. North leads the ♣K and continues with the ♣4 to South’s ♣A. South plays the ♣7 at trick3, plan the play.

Dave’s Column answer Board 22 from Wednesday 23^rd

Dealer: ♠ K8 Book bidding

East ♥ J109654 West North East South(B)

E-W vul ♦ Q75 - - 1♦ 3♣ (1)

♣ K4 3♠ pass 4♠ all pass

♠ AJ543 N ♠ Q109 (1) What did you bid with this South hand B in

♥ KQ7 W E ♥ A3 this week’s quiz? The book bid is a weak 3♣

♦ K83 S ♦ AJ642 jump, but when I held the hand I passed as I

♣ Q6 ♣ J105 knew that my partner would expect more.

♠ 762

♥ 82 Anyway, You are West, declarer in 4♠. North leads

♦ 109 the ♣K and continues with the ♣4 to South’s ♣A.

♣ A98732 South plays the ♣7 at trick3, plan the play.

In the final of a major teams event declarer erred by ruffing the third ♣ low. North over-ruffed and when declarer later ran the ♠10 to finesse against South for the ♠K the contract was one down.

With normal breaks 4♠ needs either the ♠K or the ♦Q onside. Declarer’s play based everything on the ♠K being with South. Declarer could have succeeded by ruffing the third ♣ with the ♠J. Whether or not North over-ruffs, declarer can manage the rest with the normal play in ♦’s.

Ruffing with the ♠J would not hurt if South started with ♠Kx or Kxx.

And what happened at the Pattaya Bridge Club? 2♠+1, 3NT+3, 3NT+1.

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

North South West North East South

♠ 8732 ♠ 95 - - - 1♥

♥ Q94 ♥ AKJ103 1♠ 2♥ pass 4♥

♦ A873 ♦ K6 all pass

♣ 72 ♣ AQ109

You are South, declarer in 4♥. West leads the ♠A and you ruff the third ♠ as East discards a ♣. How should you continue?

Dave’s 2^nd Column answer Board 23 from Wednesday 23^rd

Dealer: ♠ 8732 Book bidding

South ♥ Q94 West North East South

both vul ♦ A873 - - - 1♥

♣ 72 1♠ 2♥ pass 4♥

all pass

♠ AKQJ6 N ♠ 104

♥ 52 W E ♥ 876

♦ 95 S ♦ QJ1042

♣ KJ43 ♣ 865

♠ 95

♥ AKJ103 West leads the ♠A and South ruffs the third ♠ as

♦ K6 East discards a ♣. How should South continue?

♣ AQ109

After South ruffed the 3^rd ♠, he led a ♦ to dummy and returned a ♣ to finesse his ♣Q. West took the ♣K and led a 4^th ♠ and East discarded his last ♣. South ruffed the ♠ but had to lose another trick: if he drew trumps he would lose a ♣ to West’s ♣J and if he tried to ruff ♣’s in dummy East would ruff the ♣A.

South’s ♣Q seduced him into bidding game but betrayed him in the play. If South’s ♣’s had been ♣A843 he would not have bid game but would have made ten tricks! After South ruffed the 3^rd ♠, he would cash the ♣A and the top ♦’s and lead another ♣. He would ruff the next ♠, ruff a ♣ with the ♥9, ruff a ♦, ruff his last ♣ with the ♥Q and win the rest with high trumps.

South should play the same way in this actual deal, but the ♣Q was his undoing.

And what happened at the Pattaya Bridge Club? 3♥+1, 2♥+2 and 4♥-1.

Bidding Quiz Answers

Hand A: Pass, obviously. But one player did overcall 1♦ and got clobbered.

Hand B: Pass. Paul Q and myself both think that this is too weak for a weak jump to 3♣, even at this vulnerability. But then an ‘expert?’ in Dave’s book did bid 3♣.

Bidding Sequence Quiz

C 1♠ 2NT dbl Double is best played as being able to penalize at least one minor

D 1♣ 1♦ dbl This negative double should show exactly 4-4 in the majors…

E 2♣ 2♦ dbl … but this sequence is completely different. Dbl most definitely does not show both majors as only one suit (♦’s) has been bid. Your have to agree what dbl means when partner’s strong 2♣ has been overcalled. Common treatments are to show a positive with no good suit or to play it as penalties.

F 1♠ pass 2♦ pass 2NT here is 12-14. Responder has pushed the bidding up to the

2NT two level and you are bidding NoTrumps at the lowest level possible. One responder thought it was 18-19 despite this sequence appearing frequently in the news sheets. He bid 7NT with his 15 count and declarer quickly claimed minus three.