Club News Sheet – No. 243 www.pattayabridge.com 1^st July 2007

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Mon 25^th 1^st Eddie & Lewis 57% 2^nd Paul Sav.. & Mike 55%

Wed 27^th 1^st Terje & Lewis 65% 2^nd Eddie & Jan 61%

Fri 29^th 1^st Bob & Dave 65% 2^nd Torbjorn & Gunn 59%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A partner opens 1NT, what do you bid?

♠ 10543 ♠ 86 With Hand B LHO opens 1♣ and RHO bids 1♠

♥ 965 ♥ J1074 (a) What do you do?

♦ A93 ♦ KJ92 (b) Suppose you pass and LHO bids 1NT, this is passed round

♣ KJ7 ♣ A93 to you, what do you do this time?

Hand C Hand D With Hand C you open 1♣ and partner bids 1♠, what do you bid?

♠ AK10 ♠ AKQJ106 With Hand D partner opens: -

♥ 83 ♥ Q94 (a) a weak 2♦, what do you bid?

♦ Q1084 ♦ 6 (b) a weak 3♦, what do you bid?

♣ KJ105 ♣ J84

Hand E Hand F What do you open with Hand E?

♠ A62 ♠ A62

♥ KJ5 ♥ K5 What do you open with Hand F?

♦ AQ96 ♦ AQJ963

♣ AK3 ♣ AK

Hand G Hand H With Hand G you are playing the Multi 2♦ and so elect to open

a weak 3♦ (I have no problem with that). Partner bids 3♠, what

♠ 82 ♠ QJ64 do you do now?

♥ 107 ♥ AK

♦ KQJ1042 ♦ A75 With Hand H you open 1NT and partner transfers with 2♥,

♣ A109 ♣ K1072 what do you bid?

Hand J Hand K With Hand J partner opens 1♦ and you bid 1♥. Partner bids

1NT (12-14), what do you do?

♠ J73 ♠ AQJ96

♥ Q952 ♥ AQ94 With Hand K partner opens 3♦, what do you bid?

♦ 8653 ♦ J

♣ K5 ♣ KQ8

Bidding Sequences Quiz

L 3♦ pass 3♠ pass 3♦ is pre-emptive, is 3♠ forcing?

M 1♦ pass 1♠ pass Is the jump to 3♠ forcing?

2♣ pass 3♠

N 1♦ pass 1♠ pass 2♥ is 4^th suit forcing, is 3♠ forcing?

2♣ pass 2♥ pass

2NT pass 3♠

P 1♣ pass 1♠ pass Does the 2♠ bid guarantee 4 card ♠ support?

2♠

Q 1♦ pass 1♥ pass Is 3♥ weak or forcing?

3♦ pass 3♥

A ridiculous reverse Board 16 from Wednesday 27^th

Dealer: ♠ 8432 Table A

West ♥ 2 West North East South

E-W vul ♦ 10864 1♦ (1) pass 1♠ 1NT (2)

♣ 9873 2♥ (3) pass 3♥ (4) all pass

♠ A N ♠ QJ975 Table B

♥ Q10763 W E ♥ A94 West North East South

♦ KQ975 S ♦ J 1♥ (1) pass 1♠ pass (2)

♣ Q10 ♣ 6542 2♦ (3) pass 2♥ all pass

♠ K106

♥ KJ85

♦ A32

♣ AKJ

Table A: (1) I did not bother to put this opening bid in the quiz as it’s so trivial. Quite why anybody would want to open 1♦ instead of 1♥ is totally beyond my comprehension.

(2) With a balanced hand in the Sandwich seat it’s best to keep quiet – if West decided to double then South would be in deep trouble.

(3) Total nonsense of course, this reverse promises 5 ♦’s and just 4 ♥’s with 16 + points. But the with that holding he should surely double 1NT!

(4) East obviously expects about 16+ points opposite and the 2♥ reverse is forcing, 3♥ here is fairly clear – weakish if you do not play Lebensohl in this situation.

Table B: (1) Everybody else opened the hand sensibly.

(2) This South had the sense to keep quiet

(3) And the simple rebid kept the level safe.

And what happened? 3♥ went two down for a totally deserved bottom for West. Everybody else was in 2♥ making 8 or 9 tricks. 1NT doubled by South would have gone one or two down. The bottom lines: -

- A reverse shows 16+ points and is forcing.

- A reverse guarantees more cards in the first bid suit.

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

1779.6 Jan v Koss 650.5 Jan v Koss 340.2 Jan v Koss

1755.7 Dave Cutler 634.5 Lars Gustaffson 336.2 Bengt Malmgren

630.9 Paul Savelkral 332.9 Paul Savelkral

627.2 Dave Cutler 325.6 Gunnar Barthel