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Bidding Quiz Standard
American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.
Hand A Hand B With Hand A partner opens 1♦, what do you bid?
♠
Q2 ♠ A
♥ AQ52 ♥
4 With
Hand B you open 1♦ and partner responds 2♣,
♦ 98 ♦ AKQJ76 what
do you bid?
♣ AK432 ♣ Q10875
C 1♦ pass 2♣ pass
2♥ Is 2♥ forcing?
D 1♦ pass 2♣ pass
3♥ What is 3♥?
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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 |
1820.4 Janne Roos
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641.2 638.3 623.4 619.8 Lars Broman 615.9 Jean Wissing 609.5 Duplessy & Coutlet 594.9 Bengt Malgren 586.4 Bob Short 583.2 Johan Bratsburg |
330.4 329.6 327.9 324.8 Sally Watson 323.4 322.9 Lars Broman 320.3 Jean Wissing 319.5 Duplessy & Coutlet 308.2 Bob Short 305.7 Bengt Malmgren |
Congratulations to Paul Quodomine and Alan Kleist who won all three
sessions last week. That is now Paul’s third triple.
Blackwood with ♣’s as Trumps Board 7 from Wednesday 28th April
The lower ranking the agreed suit is, the
more problems you may have with Blackwood or
Dealer: ♠
Q2 West North(A) East South(B)
South ♥ AQ52 - - - 1♦
both vul ♦ 98 pass 2♣ (1) pass 4NT (2)
♣ AK432 pass 5♣ (3) pass pass (4)
♠
J9865 N ♠
K10743
♥ J9763 W E ♥ K108
♣
6 ♣
J9
♠ A
♥
4
♦ AKQJ76
♣ Q10875
(1) What did you bid with this North hand A in this week’s quiz? Some said that North should bid 1♥ but I agree with this 2♣ bid (with a view to bidding ♥’s if necessary next go). This then shows the shape and promises a game-forcing hand.
(2) What did you bid with this South hand B in this week’s quiz? I don’t like this jump into RKCB, if you play 0314 responses you are in a fix if partner bids 5♣.
(3) 0 or 3 keycards
(4) This South took the pessimistic view that partner had 0 keycards and passed.
So what’s the solution? A 3♥ splinter at (2) would elicit a 4♥ cue bid from North and then if South bids 4NT RKCB the 5♣ answer must be 3 keycards as North has already promised the ♥A. But there are alternatives that solve the problems of RKCB in this and other situations when minor suits are trumps. Paul Q and I have agreed that 4-of-the-minor is RKCB. An equally good option is to play Kickback, where 4 of the suit above trumps is RKCB.
And what happened? 6NT+1, 6♣=,
5♣+2 twice, 5♦+2 and 4NT+3.
The bottom line:
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Experienced or established
pairs should have an alternative to 4NT as RKCB when minor suits are trumps.
Dave’s Column Here is Dave’s first input, a defensive problem.
♠ AKJ10
♥
AKQ3 You are East, on lead against
5♣. You play the ♦A and
♦ 73 partner
plays an encouraging ♦2, how do you
continue?
♣ 1094
Dave’s
Column answer Board 10 from Wednesday 28th
Dealer: ♠ 854 Book Bidding
East ♥ 96 West North East South
both vul ♦ J5 - - 3♦ dbl
♣
AKQJ63 pass 5♣ all pass
♠ AKJ10
♥
AKQ3
♦ 73
♣ 1094
You should continue with the ♦10, a suit preference signal for ♠’s. How can you be sure that partner will take
the trick? Consider partner’s possible ♦
holdings, partner cannot have ♦52 as he would have
played the ♦5 to discourage and he is marked with either a
singleton or the ♦Q. The argument is similar if you play high to
encourage and partner is still marked with either the ♦Q or a singleton.
In short, it is completely safe to lead a lower
♦ and you might as well make a suit preference
signal with the ♦10.
Note that West should not play the ♦Q at trick one as that promises the jack or a
singleton.
And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 5♣= three times, 4♣=, 3♦(E)-1 and 4♥*=.
Dave’s 2nd
Column Here
is Dave’s second problem, again on defense.
Dealer: ♠ Q84
West ♥ AQ973 West North East South
N-S vul ♦ QJ10 pass 1♥ 2♣ pass
♣
43 2NT pass 3NT all pass
♣
AKJ1072
Dealer: ♠ Q84 Book Bidding
West ♥ AQ973 West North East South
N-S vul ♦ QJ10 pass 1♥ 2♣ pass
♣
43 2NT pass 3NT all pass
♣ Q98 ♣
AKJ1072 you defend?
♠ AJ102
♥
42
♦ 76543
♣ 65
It all starts with assuming declarer has six ♣ tricks by assuming the ‘Law of Unattended
Suits’ which states that if a long suit missing one honour appears in dummy and
declarer ignores the suit, then declarer has the missing honour. Count on it.
So what do you do:
Partner has discouraged in ♦’s and so declarer started with the ♦AK. If you duck the heart, the ♥K will be declarer’s ninth trick. Your only
hope is to rise with the ♥A and play the ♠Q. Partner needs good ♠’s (♠AJ10x)
for this to work but it’s your only chance, so take it. And what happened at
the Pattaya bridge club? 3NT= four times and 3♣+1 twice.
No Psyches Please Board 29 from Monday 21st April
Psyching is not allowed in this club. This
is clearly stated in the rules and was first mentioned in detail in news-sheet
No.3, way back in 2002.
♠
94 This
West hand was held by a very experienced American player, partnered
♥ K543 by an equally experienced
American. They were facing a pair of ladies, one
♣
1063 3rd seat. This is totally unacceptable.
Time for a quote from the ACBL:
‘People who employ psychic bids
against less experienced players may be guilty of unsportsmanlike behaviour’.
Anyway, psyches are not allowed in this club and the score was re-set to 50%
for everybody.
C 1♦ pass 2♣ pass
2♥ 2♥ is forcing …
D 1♦ pass 2♣ pass … and so 3♥ is best played as a
splinter, agreeing ♣’s
3♥ with ♥ shortage.
