Club News Sheet – No. 255

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Mon 17^th N-S 1^st Gerry & Per-Ake 59% 2^nd Bjorn & Knud 57%

E-W 1^st Phil & Tomas 53% 2^nd Lewis & Terry 51%

Wed 19^th 1^st Gerry & Per-Ake 70% 2^nd Jan & Tomas 58%

Fri 21^st 1^st Bjorn & Knud 62% 2^nd Phil & Tomas 58%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A partner opens 2♣ and you bid 2♦. Partner then

bids 2NT (22-24), what do you bid?

♠ 8 ♠ QJ65

♥ 8754 ♥ KJ86 With Hand B partner opens 1♣ and RHO overcalls 1♥. What do

♦ AQ9852 ♦ J54 you bid if (a) the opps are vulnerable, (b) the opps are non-vul?

♣ 109 ♣ 65

Hand C Hand D With Hand C you are playing a weak NoTrump (12-14). What,

if anything, do you open?

♠ KJ8 ♠ 98

♥ Q1092 ♥ 643 With hand D partner opens 2♣ and you reply 2♦. Partner then

♦ 1052 ♦ Q652 bids 2♠, what do you do?

♣ AJ10 ♣ 10876

Bidding Sequences Quiz All of these sequences occurred this week

E 1♣ pass 1♦ pass

2♠ pass 3♣ pass What is 3♥ - is it natural (so presumably 4414 or 4405)

3♥ or 4^th suit forcing??

F 2NT pass 3♠ You play Stayman and transfers over 2NT, so what is 3♠?

G 2♣ 2♥ dbl What is double when partner’s strong 2♣ opener has been overcalled?

H 2♦ dbl 2♦ is Benjamin (game forcing), what is double?

The Club Championships The current standings for the top 5 in each competition are: -

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

1826.4 Jan v Koss 666.8 Janne Roos 350.4 Janne Roos

1816.8 Janne Roos 654.9 Jan v Koss 343.2 Bengt Malmgren

1811.4 Dave Cutler 644.2 Dave Cutler 340.3 Jan v Koss

1751.6 Bob Pelletier 644.1 Bengt Malmgren 332.9 Paul Savelkral

1716.7 Phil Lovell 636.7 Paul Savelkral 332.0 Lewis Berg

This week’s re-opening double Board 23 from Monday 17^th

With vulnerable opponents, even a 1-level double can be lucrative: -

Dealer: ♠ 73 West North East(B) South

South ♥ AQ10975 - - - pass

both vul ♦ A9 1♣ 1♥ pass (1) pass

♣ J93 dbl (2) pass pass (3) pass

♠ A84 N ♠ QJ65 (1) What did you bid with this East hand B(a)

♥ 43 W E ♥ KJ86 in this week’s quiz? These are nice ♥’s and

♦ KQ62 S ♦ J54 against vulnerable opponents I prefer to

♣ KQ87 ♣ 65 go for the penalty; the magic 200 should

♠ K1092 be a good score if there is no game.

♥ 2 (2) Automatic of course

♦ 10873 (3) East followed through with his plan.

♣ A1042

And what happened? 1♥ doubled went one down for a joint top to E-W. Most other E-W’s overbid and went down when East responded 1NT, 1♠ or dbl (negative to show 4 ♠