Club News Sheet – No. 256

Our blogsite is www.pattayabridge.wordpress.com 30^th Sept 2007

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Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

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

♠ AK63 ♠ A7543

♥ 8754 ♥ AJ1085 What, if anything, do you open with Hand B?

♦ K6 ♦ J9

♣ Q85 ♣ 3

Obey the Law Board 13 from Monday 24^th

Dealer: ♠ Q92 West North East South

North ♥ QJ85 - pass pass 1♦

both vul ♦ - 1♥ pass 2♥ (1) dbl (2)

♣ 1087643 pass pass 3♥ (3) all pass

♠ J65 N ♠ 8743 (1) This is correct – always raise partner with 3

♥ 109762 W E ♥ A43 card support.

♦ J104 S ♦ K9852 (2) Take-out

♣ AK ♣ J (3) This is silly – it’s one above the Law when

♠ AK10 vulnerable against a partscore.

♥ K

♦ AQ763

♣ Q952

And what happened? Even though 3♥ was not doubled West went minus four for 400 away and a poor score on a partscore deal.

The bottom lines: -

- Obey the Law; East needs 4 ♥’s to bid 3♥ at (4).

The Jump Cue Bid overcall Board 20 from Monday 24^th

I wrote a page on the website about the jump cue cid overcall a few months back and subsequently noted that Google took months to find it. They have finally found it and it’s listed at number 1. Also, my recent blog article on it is at number 2. It makes one wonder if it’s worth having a website if blogs get indexed immediately and web pages take two months.

Dealer: ♠ KQ West North East(B) South

West ♥ 42 pass pass 1♥ (1) 3♥ (2)

both vul ♦ A8432 4♥ 4NT (3) dbl (4) pass (5)

♣ 8754 pass 5♣ (6) all pass

♠ 1062 N ♠ A7543

♥ KQ976 W E ♥ AJ1085

♦ K765 S ♦ J9

♣ 2 ♣ 3

♠ J98

♥ 3

♦ Q10

♣ AKQJ1096

(1) What did you open with this East hand B in this week’s quiz? When 5-5 in the majors, you should open 1♠ and then bid ♥’s next go.

(2) The jump cue bid overcall, it promises a completely solid minor and asks partner to bid 3NT if he has a ♥ stop. The ♠ and ♦ suit should really be a bid better for the bid.

(3) North did not understand partner’s jump cue bid overcall and for some reason thought that he had both minors. Anyway, North bid 4NT now in the asking partner to bid his best minor. Had North understood the 3♥ bid he should bid 5♣ as that is obviously partner’s suit.

(4) A totally unnecessary double.

(5) South believes that North has a ♥ stop and is willing to play in 4NT.

(6) Thanks to East’s double, North can now bid the correct contract.

And what happened? 5♣ made exactly. 4NT would have gone four down.

The bottom lines: -

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