Club News Sheet – No. 246 www.pattayabridge.com 22^nd July 2007

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Mon 16^th 1^st Dave & Kenneth 57% 2^nd Torbjorn & Gunn 55%

Wed 18^th 1^st Eddie & Terry 66% 2^nd Jean-Charles & Paul K 58%

Fri 20^th 1^st Paul K & Sean B 67% 2^nd Jan v Koss & Paul Sav… 58%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A RHO opens 1♠, what do you bid?

♠ A4 ♠ -

♥ KQ8752 ♥ Q753 With Hand B you open 1♦ and partner responds 1♥. RHO

♦ J9 ♦ AQ864 then comes in with 1♠, what do you bid?

♣ Q86 ♣ AK108

Hand C Hand D What do you open with Hand C?

♠ KJ6 ♠ KJ6

♥ KQ7 ♥ KQ What do you open with Hand D?

♦ AKQJ ♦ AKQJ74

♣ K94 ♣ K9

Hand E Hand F With Hand E partner opens 2NT (20-21), what do you bid?

♠ 974 ♠ KJ62 With Hand F you pass as dealer and this is passed round to RHO

♥ 10985 ♥ 10763 who opens 1♣. You pass and LHO bids 1♥. This is passed

♦ 8 ♦ K109 round to you, what do you do?

♣ AQ1085 ♣ 84

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

1789.7 Jan v Koss 650.5 Jan v Koss 340.2 Jan v Koss

1763.4 Dave Cutler 634.5 Lars Gustaffson 336.2 Bengt Malmgren

631.9 Paul Savelkral 332.9 Paul Savelkral

627.2 Dave Cutler 325.6 Gunnar Barthel

Please note

My mobile phone number has recently changed. It’s now 083 6066880.

This week’s silly double Board 7 from Wednesday 11^th

This East made a really terrible double. It cost 350 points or so and I asked him if he reads the news-sheets. He said yes, but does not agree with what I say. Fair enough, I just love playing against people who double (to show an opening hand) instead of bidding a 5 (or 6!) card major. I know that N-S (Torbjorn/Gunn) found the hand amusing.

Dealer: ♠ Q10973 West North East(A) South

North ♥ J96 - 1♠ (1) dbl (2) 3♠ (3)

N-S vul ♦ AK4 4♣ (4) pass pass (5) pass

♣ 32

(1) A somewhat light opener.

♠ 86 N ♠ A4 (2) What did you bid with this East hand A in

♥ A3 W E ♥ KQ8752 this week’s quiz? Double is a terrible bid

♦ 10752 S ♦ J9 and 2♥ is totally obvious.

♣ AK1095 ♣ Q86 (3) Pre-emptive. If it were not for the adverse

♠ KJ52 vulnerability South would doubtless have

♥ 104 bid 4♠ to make it even more awkward for

♦ Q863 East-West.

♣ J74 (4) This is a free bid at the 4 level and shows values.

(5) But East incorrectly assumed that West was weak

And what happened? 4♣ made exactly for a poor score. Two East’s bid to 4♥ (making and making + 2) and one East bid 3NT + 3. The bottom lines: -

- A take-out double should be playable in the unbid suits.

- Do not make a take-out double if an overcall describes the hand perfectly.

An Impossible Bid Board 12 from Wednesday 18^th

E-W missed a comfortable game/slam on this board (Torbjorn/Gunn bid and made 6♦ at another table).

Dealer: ♠ J105

West ♥ K53 West North East(C) South

N-S vul ♦ 63 1♦ 2♣ pass (1) pass

♣ KQJ103 2♦ (2) pass 3♦ (3) pass

4♦ pass pass pass

♠ A4 N ♠ K732

♥ AQ2 W E ♥ J1094 (1) What did you bid with this East hand C in this

♦ AQJ1087 S ♦ K942 week’s quiz? With values and both majors a

♣ 74 ♣ A negative double is obvious.

♠ Q986 (2) I would double – but then I expect my partners

♥ 876 to understand negative doubles.

♦ 5 (3) This is the impossible bid – if East has a hand

♣ 98652 worth a ♦ raise then why did he not bid last go?

And what happened? 4♦ made just +2 because the ♥K was offside. Only one pair bid the cold 6♦ slam. 3NT was bid twice (+1 and +3). But the silly 4♦ contract did not get a total bottom as one E-W pair managed to land up in 4♠-1. The bottom lines: -

- If partner opens and RHO overcalls, do not pass with 8+ points unless you have a penalty hand.

- With both majors after 1♦ and a 2♣ overcall, a negative double is perfect.

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

I often feature what I consider to be silly doubles when an overcall or pass is a better bid. Of course not everybody agrees with me and here we have two of our regular ‘silly doublers’. But neither of them could find a double when it would have been a good bid – they let the opponents play in an undisturbed 1♥ contract and they got a total bottom as a result: -

Dealer: ♠ KJ62 West North(F) East South

North ♥ 10763 - pass pass pass

E-W vul ♦ K109 1♣ pass 1♥ pass (1)