Club News Sheet – No. 242 www.pattayabridge.com 24^th June 2007

Mon 18^th 1^st Chris & Per-Ake 58% 2^nd Bob & Eddie 57%

Wed 20^th 1^st Eddie & Jan 64% 2^nd Bob & Terry 60%

Fri 22^nd 1^st Bob & Dave 58% 2^nd Jan & Eddie 54%

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Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A it’s favourable vulnerability. Partner opens 1♣

and RHO overcalls 1♥, what do you do?

♠ 1072 ♠ 102

♥ QJ753 ♥ A10876 With Hand B it’s favourable vulnerability. You open 1♥ and

♦ 62 ♦ AKJ10 LHO overcalls 1♠. This is passed round to you, what do you do?

♣ K108 ♣ J4

Hand C Hand D With Hand C RHO opens 1♥, what do you bid?

♠ K72 ♠ AQJ6 With Hand D you open 1♣ and LHO overcalls 1♥. This is

♥ K1085 ♥ 9 passed round to you, what do you do?

♦ AKJ753 ♦ AK105

♣ - ♣ Q943

Hand E Hand F With Hand E RHO opens a Multi 2♦, what do you bid?

♠ J92 ♠ AKQ85 With Hand F you open 2♣ and partner responds 2♦, waiting.

♥ 4 ♥ AKQ86 (a) What do you bid?

♦ AK542 ♦ AJ (c) Suppose you choose 2♠ and partner bids a natural 3♦,

♣ 10876 ♣ 5 what do you bid now?

Hand G Hand H With Hand G you open 1♦ and partner bids 1♥, what now?

♠ AQ87 ♠ KQ986

♥ OJ54 ♥ A10975 With Hand H you open 1♠ and partner bids 2♣. You bid 2♥

♦ AK74 ♦ A8 and partner bids 3♦, 4^th suit forcing. What do you bid?

♣ 5 ♣ 4

Hand J Hand K With Hand J you are dealer at favourable vulnerability, what

do you open?

♠ 43 ♠ AJ4

♥ 43 ♥ KQ With Hand K partner opens 1♠ and you bid 2♣. Partner bids 2♥,

♦ KJ1098654 ♦ 1052 what do you bid now?

♣ A ♣ AKJ86

Hand L Hand M What do you open with Hand L?

♠ A107653 ♠ A72 With hand M: -

♥ AKQ10 ♥ 1074 (a) Partner opens a weak 2♠ and RHO doubles, what do you do?

♦ A ♦ 842 (b) Partner opens a Multi 2♦ and RHO doubles, what do you do?

♣ A8 ♣ J1095

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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

1771.0 Jan v Koss 650.5 Jan v Koss 340.2 Jan v Koss

1744.5 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

Bidding Sequences Quiz All of these sequences occurred this week

N 1♥ pass 2♦ pass Is 3♥ forcing?

3♦ pass 3♥

P 1♦ pass 1♠ dbl Is 3♥ a strong hand or just competing?

2♦ 2♥ 3♦ 3♥

Q 1♦ pass 1♠ dbl Is 3♥ a strong hand or just competing?

2♦ 2♥ pass 3♥

R 1♦ pass 1♠ dbl What is the 2^nd double?

2♦ 2♥ 3♦ dbl

S 1♦ pass 1♥ pass What is 4♥, strong or shut-out?

4♥

T 2♦ dbl 2♦ is Multi, what is the double?

V 2♣ pass 2♦ pass 2♦ was waiting and the sequence is game forcing.

2♠ pass 3♦ pass What is the 4♥ bid?

4♥

This week’s silly double Board 9 from Monday 18^th

They keep coming, week after week, but this double is one of the silliest I’ve seen. East is obviously a fully paid up member of the ‘double to show an opening hand’ brigade and it got him way too high here

Dealer: ♠ AQJ3

North ♥ AJ942 West North East(C) South

E-W vul ♦ Q6 - 1♥ dbl (1) pass (2)

♣ 53 2♣ pass 2♦ (3) pass

3♣ (4) pass 3NT pass

♠ 5 N ♠ K72 4♣ (4) all pass