Club News Sheet – No. 239    www.pattayabridge.com        3rd  June 2007

         
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Mon 28th    N-S   1st Albert & Dennis         59%           2nd    Bjorn & Per-Ake                     56%

E-W   1st Jan & Janne               61%           2nd    Kevin & Noreen                       60%

Wed 30th    1st Robbie & Sean                   67%           2nd    Bob & Jo                                 59%

Fri  1st        1st  Paul Sav. & Mike               62%           2nd    Janne & Per-Ake                     58%  

                                                                 

Bidding Quiz                           Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

Hand A           Hand B           With Hand A partner opens 1♣ and RHO overcalls with a

weak 2♦, what do you do?

♠ AK106         ♠ KJ1093       

♥ K95              ♥ 10                 With Hand B partner opens 1NT and you transfer with 2♥.

♦ A2                ♦ 643               Partner bids 2♠, what do you do now?

♣ 7542            ♣ KJ98

 

Hand C           Hand D           With Hand C RHO opens 3♣ and you decide to double (with the

intention of bidding 3♠ over a 3♦/♥ reply). But partner bids 4♥,

♠ AQ10762     ♠ Q10              what do you do?

♥ A8                ♥ AK93                      

♦ A1084          ♦ KJ1073         With Hand D LHO opens a weak 2♠ (actually showing 5 ♠’s

♣ 10                ♣ 72                and a minor) and partner doubles. What do you bid?  

                             

Hand E            Hand F            With Hand E LHO opens 1♦ and partner overcalls 1♠. What

do you bid?

♠ 8                   ♠ AJ6                                            

♥ K972            ♥ Q9854          With Hand F it’s love all. Partner opens 1♠ and RHO overcalls 2♥,

♦ KQJ86          ♦ 104               what do you bid?   

♣ Q103           ♣ A32             

                                               

Hand G           Hand H           With Hand G it’s love all. LHO opens 1♥ and partner doubles,

what do you bid?

♠ 963               ♠ A8               

♥ KJ65            ♥ A109            With Hand H RHO opens 1♥, what do you do?

♦ A7                ♦ Q65           

♣ Q752           ♣ A10984       

 

Hand J            Hand K           With Hand J RHO opens 2♥ and you pass. LHO bids 3♥ which

partner doubles (take-out). What do you bid?

♠ AK2             ♠ Q10875

♥ J3                 ♥ A5

♦ Q8765          ♦ A102            With Hand K LHO opens 2♥ and RHO raises to 3♥, what

♣ J76               ♣ AK3             do you bid?                   

                                                             

                                                     

                       
Bidding Sequences Quiz            All of these sequences occurred this week

 

L      1NT   pass   4♣     pass       4♣ is Gerber, what is 4NT?

4♠      pass   4NT                                              

M    2♦      2NT   pass   3♠          2♦ is weak and 2NT natural, 15-18.

        pass   4♣                             (a) What is 3♠?  (b) What is 4♣?

N     1♣     pass   1♦      2♠          2♠ is weak and 3♥ very strong.

        3♥      pass   3NT   pass       So what is the 4♥ bid – how many ♣’s and how many ♥’s?

4♥

P      2♠      dbl     pass   3♦          2♠ is weak and dbl is take-out. What is 3♦, is it forcing?

Q     3♣     dbl     pass   4♥          3♣ is weak and dbl is take-out. What is 4♥, how many points?

R     1NT   pass   2♣     dbl         What is the double of Stayman?

 

 

The negative double promises an unbid major   Board 25 from Monday 28th

 

There are numerous ways of playing negative doubles. My preferred treatment is that if there is just one unbid major then a negative double promises 4 cards in it; if there are two unbid majors then a negative double guarantees 4 cards in just one of them.

   

Dealer:             ♠ 843                                            

North               ♥ A742                                          West(A)     North         East          South

E-W vul           ♦ K986                                          -                 -                 1♣           2♦    (1)

                        ♣ 83                                              dbl   (2)      pass           3♣           pass

3♦    (3)      pass           3♥    (4)    pass

♠ AK106              N             ♠ Q97                      4♣   (5)      pass           4♠    (6)    all pas

♥ K95                W    E          ♥ Q86               

♦ A2                      S              ♦ 10                        

♣ 7542                                  ♣ AKJ1096            

                        ♠ J52                                            

♥ J103                                          

♦ QJ7543                                      

                        ♣ Q                                        

(1)   Weak

(2)   What did you bid with this West hand A in this week’s quiz? 2♠ is wrong because that promises a 5-card suit and the negative double chosen is correct.

(3)   Asking for a ♦ stop.

(4)   I don’t have a ♦ stop but I do have 3 ♥’s.

(5)   I don’t have 4 ♥’s but I do have good ♣ support.

(6)   OK, then lets play in the 4-3 ♠ fit.                    

 

And what happened? 6♠ makes but that’s a bit difficult to bid; 4♠ is the best contract. Just two pairs found 4♠ (+1 and +2); three were in 3NT scoring reasonably well and one was in 5♣ scoring badly. The bottom Lines: -

-     5♣ does not score as well as 4♠.

-     A Moysian fit plays well when you have shortage of the opponent’s suit in the three trump hand.

The Club Championships

 

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

 

1780.5  Janne Roos                  651.0  Janne Roos                    337.3  Janne Roos

1731.2  Dave Cutler                 634.5  Lars Gustaffson             336.2  Bengt Malmgren

                                                630.9  Paul Savelkral                332.9  Paul Savelkral

                                                627.1  Gunnar Barthel              325.6  Gunnar Barthel

                                                626.7  Bengt Malmgren            325.6  Lars Gustafsson

                                                619.5  Dave Cutler                   322.9  Dave Cutler

 

 

A 1NT opener                                                      Board 11 from Monday 28th

 

A familiar story – somebody failed to open 1NT “because of a weak doubleton” and missed an easy game.

   

Dealer:             ♠ KJ1093                                      Table A

South               ♥ 10                                               West          North         East            South

Love all            ♦ 643                                             -                 -                 -                 1♦    (1)