Club News Sheet – No. 236    www.pattayabridge.com        13th May 2007

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Mon 7th      1st Bengt & Janne                     70%           2nd    Ivy & Phil                                 57%

Wed 9th  ( Individual)  1st  Janne                 68%           2nd    Phil                                           60%

Fri  11th      1st Albert & Bob                      63%           2nd    Ivy & Phil                                 57%  

       
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Bidding Quiz                           Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

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

do you do?

♠ J42               ♠ KQ109743

♥ A10983        ♥ Q                  With Hand B you are in 3rd seat at favourable vulnerability,

♦ A9                ♦ AQ82           what do you open?

♣ J106             ♣ 5

 

Hand C           Hand D           With Hand C partner opens 1♦ and RHO overcalls 1♠, what

do you do?

♠ 32                 ♠ KJ

♥ 6542             ♥ AK8             (a)  What do you open with hand D?

♦ 3                   ♦ A1092          (b)  Suppose you choose 1♦ and LHO overcalls 1♠; this is

♣ KQJ876       ♣ A1042                passed round to you. What do you do?

                                               

Hand E            Hand F            With Hand E RHO opens 1♣ (or1♦), what do you bid?

 

♠ AQ9875       ♠ J8                 Just for a change, we’ll have a couple of questions on the

♥ QJ1073        ♥ Q109862      Multi 2♦ (weak major, strong minor or strong balanced).

♦ 5                   ♦ Q97              With Hand F you open 2♦, what do you bid when

♣ 3                  ♣ KQ              (a) Partner responds 2NT? (b) Partner responds 2♠?               

                                                     

                                                     

                                               

                       

                                                                                     


Bidding Sequences Quiz            All of these sequences occurred this week

 

G     1♥      dbl     3♥                                              What is 3♥ - pre-emptive or invitational.

H     1♥      1♠      3♥                                              What is 3♥ - pre-emptive or invitational.

J      1♣     1♠      2♥                                              What is 2♥ - weak or forcing

K     1♥      dbl     2♦                                              What is 2♦ - weak or forcing

L      1♣     1♠      dbl     pass       dbl is negative, what is 2♥ - weak or forcing

2♣     pass   2♥     

M    1♣     1♠      pass   pass       What is 2♥ - weak or forcing

dbl     pass   2♥     

N     1♣     pass   1♥      2♦          What is dbl, penalty or ‘negative’ - showing ♠’s?

dbl              

P      1♣     pass   1♠      2♦          What is dbl, penalty or ‘negative’ - showing ♥’s?

dbl    

Q     1♣     1♠      pass   pass       How strong is dbl?

dbl    

R     1♦      1♠      pass   pass       How strong is 1NT?

1NT

S      1♦      1♠      pass   2♥          Is 2♥ forcing?

T      1♦      1♠      pass   3♠          What is 3♠?

U     1♦      1♠      pass   2♦          What is 2♦?

V     2♦      pass   2NT   dbl         Here we are playing the infamous Multi 2♦, so 2♦ is weak

3♣                                       with a major or strong with a minor or strong and balanced.

2NT asks, what is 3♣?

W    2♦      pass   2♠      dbl         It’s the Multi again,

3♣                                       (a) What is 2♠, and how strong? (b) What is 3♣ this time?

 

The Club Championships

I have calculated the 2007 club championship standings to date and they are in the results folder and on the web. Note that all competitions, including individuals, now count towards the club championships. Nobody has yet qualified (30 results) for the Gold cup; the top 5 for the silver and bronze are currently: -

Silver plate = Best 10                                             Bronze medal = Best 5

 

645.6  Janne Roos                                                  336.7  Janne Roos

634.5  Lars Gustaffsson                                          332.9  Paul Savelkral

627.1  Gunnar Barthel                                            332.3  Bengt Malmgren

625.8  Paul Savelkral                                              325.6  Gunnar Barthel

619.5  Dave Cutler                                                 325.6  Lars Gustafsson

 

 

The forcing pass                           Board 10 from Monday 7th

 

Generally speaking, the Forcing Pass applies when your side has freely bid to game and clearly has the balance of power.

   

Dealer:             ♠ AK10975                                  

East                  ♥ 86                                               West          North         East          South

Both vul            ♦ 1062                                           -                 -                 pass         1♦    (1)

                        ♣ Q2                                             2♥    (2)      2♠    (3)      4♥    (4)    4♠

5♥    (5)      dbl   (6)      pass         pass (7)

♠ -                        N             ♠ 863                       pass

♥ QJ10973        W    E          ♥ K542                   

♦ A754                  S              ♦ Q                        

♣ 1075                                  ♣ J9863                  

                        ♠ QJ42                                         

♥ A                                               

♦ KJ983                                        

                        ♣ AK4                                    

 

(1)   This is a big hand, but 1♦ is absolutely correct.

(2)   A weak jump overcall, with this solid suit and a void + a reasonable 2nd suit I would not argue with 3♥.

(3)   Forcing. This is a great ♠ suit and so is worth a forcing 2♠ bid.

(4)   Obeying ‘the Law’.

(5)   This is one above ‘the Law’ but it’s worth it because of what I said at (2) above.

(6)   But this is wrong – North does not know if 5♠ or double is best and should leave it up to partner with a forcing pass.

(7)   South has no reason to pull partner’s penalty double.

 

And what happened? The E-W hands played very well and 5♥ doubled went down two for just 500 away. Every other N-S was in 4♠ making +1 or +2.

The bottom lines: -

-         You can bid above the Law when you have good shape and a good trump suit.

-         If your side has freely bid game and obviously have the majority of points, then the forcing pass applies when the opponents sacrifice.

-         Playing the forcing pass, a double is penalties and partner cannot pass your forcing pass, he must either double or bid one more.

 

Staying low?                                       Board 9 from Friday 11th

 

West                  East                            Janne & Bengt have been pretty dominant over the

♠ AK2               ♠ J1097653               last few weeks; mainly from good bidding and play.

♥ QJ43              ♥ K107                      But then there’s always the luck factor! They bid these

♦ A9                  ♦ 73                          E-W cards to an