Club News Sheet – No. 241 www.pattayabridge.com 17^th June 2007

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Mon 11^th 1^st Janne & Per-Ake 59% 2^nd Kenneth & Phil 54%

Wed 13^th 1^st Terry & Dave 60% 2^nd Janne & Per-Ake 57%

Fri 15^th 1^st Phil & Philip 63% 2^nd Eddie & Robbie 62%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A you open 1♥ and partner responds 2♦, what do

you bid?

♠ A54 ♠ 43

♥ KJ1052 ♥ A1032 With Hand B LHO opens a weak 2♠ and partner bids 2NT,

♦ A10942 ♦ 109 what do you bid?

♣ - ♣ J8743

Hand C Hand D With Hand C partner opens 1♣ and RHO overcalls a weak 2♥,

what do you bid?

♠ K1053 ♠ KJ7

♥ A106 ♥ 5 With Hand D partner opens a short (could be two) 1♣: -

♦ AQ2 ♦ 643 (a) What do you bid?

♣ J76 ♣ A98652 (b) Suppose you choose 2♣ and partner bids 2NT, what now?

Hand E Hand F With Hand E RHO opens a weak 2♠, what do you bid?

♠ KQ8 ♠ A1096 With Hand F you are playing a short ♣ and so open 1♣ , but

♥ J8654 ♥ 10432 partner responds 2♣; what do you do now?

♦ AK3 ♦ AJ5

♣ A6 ♣ KJ

Bidding Sequences Quiz All of these sequences occurred this week

G 3NT dbl pass 3NT is gambling; dbl is penalties; what does pass mean?

H 2♠ 2NT 2♠ is weak, how many points is 2NT?

J 1♦ pass 2♣ pass How many points is 2NT?

2NT

K 1♦ pass 1♥ pass How many points is 2NT?

2NT

L 1♣ pass 2♣ pass 1♣ was a short ♣ (maybe2 cards).

2NT (a) What is 2♣ (how many points and how many ♣’s)

(b) How many points is 2NT?

The Club Championships The current standings are: -

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

1816.8 Janne Roos 666.8 Janne Roos 350.4 Janne Roos

1737.9 Dave Cutler 647.2 Jan v Koss 340.2 Jan v Koss

634.5 Lars Gustaffson 336.2 Bengt Malmgren

630.9 Paul Savelkral 332.9 Paul Savelkral

627.1 Gunnar Barthel 325.6 Gunnar Barthel

Another silly double Board 16 from Wednesday 13^th

They keep coming, week after week. Here West made a take-out double with 10xxx and Axx in the unbid suits!

Dealer: ♠ -

West ♥ AQJ2 West North East South

E-W vul ♦ J1063 pass 1♣ pass 1♠

♣ AJ1083 pass (1) 2♣ (2) pass pass (3)

dbl (4) pass 2♠ (5) dbl (6)

♠ AK4 N ♠ Q106532 pass pass 3♥ (7) dbl

♥ 10874 W E ♥ 963 all pass

♦ A52 S ♦ K7

♣ 962 ♣ 74

♠ J987

♥ K5

♦ Q984

♣ KQ5

(1) West wisely passed with this totally flat hand.

(2) Despite what some books say, I have no objection with rebidding a 5-card ♣ suit, especially when playing a short ♣. Anyway, there is no sensible alternative as I will not bid 1NT with a void in partner’s suit and the hand is nowhere near worth a reverse.

(3) With 11 points and excellent ♣’s (so partner’s 5/6 card ♣ suit should run) I would bid either 2NT or 3NT.

(4) Having resisted the temptation to bid the flat hand twice, West finally succumbed. Now it’s not usually a good idea to let the opponents play peacefully at the two level, but double here really is a terrible bid with just 7 cards in the unbid suits. These 11 points are going to make just as many tricks in defence as offence and pass is clear. The only remotely sensible alternative is 2♥.

(5) East bid his longest suit!

(6) South has sufficient values to be fairly sure that 2♠ will not make.

(7) And East decided to run when it was doubled.

And what happened? 3♥ doubled went 5 down for 1400 to N-S. Had West sensibly passed at (4) then 2♣ would have made +3 for a good score to E-W. At other tables N-S played in 2NT+1 and in 5♣ making.

The bottom lines.

- Don’t double with flat hands!

- With 11 points opposite an opener – invite.

Bidding Blackwood with a void Board 26 from Monday 11^th

I was asked how the bid this hand to 7♦ with an ace missing. There is little sense in bidding Blackwood with a void and there are actually two ways to get to the grand.

Dealer: ♠ J96 Table A

East ♥ 964 West North East(A) South

both vul ♦ - - - 1♥ pass

♣ AJ108742 2♦ pass 4NT (1) pass

5♥ (2) pass 6♦ (3) all pass

♠ K10 N ♠ A54

♥ AQ W E ♥ KJ1052 1^st Expert Table

♦ KJ8763 S ♦ A10942 West North East(A) South

♣ Q96 ♣ - - - 1♥ pass

♠ Q8732 2♦ pass 4♣ (1) pass

♥ 873 4♥ (4) pass 4♠ (4) pass

♦ Q5 4NT (5) pass 5NT (6) pass

♣ K53 7♦ (7) all pass

2^nd Expert Table

West North East(A) South

- - 1♥ pass

2♦ pass 5♣ (1) pass

5♠ (8) pass 6♣ (9) pass

6♥ (10) pass 7♦ (11) all pass

Table A: (1) What did you bid with this East Hand A in this week’s quiz? This East decided upon slam – quite reasonable. But what is not reasonable is to bid Blackwood with a void – when it transpires that there is one ace (or keycard) missing then you have no idea if it’s in your void suit or not. East has a number of sensible options here. He can bid 3♦ if you play that as forcing (it is in 2/1) or East can splinter or he can use Exclusion