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Bidding Quiz Standard American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B What do you open with Hand A?

♠ AKQJ953 ♠ 62

♥ KJ ♥ J109 With Hand B LHO opens 1♥ and partner doubles. You bid 2♦

♦ 4 ♦ AJ8654 and partner bids 2♥ (looking for 3NT). What do you bid?

♣ K107 ♣ 102

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

♠ 10843 ♠ QJ7

♥ AKJ ♥ AK8 What do you open with Hand D?

♦ A87 ♦ A96

♣ AQ4 ♣ A942

Current Championship standings

	Gold Cup = Best 30	Silver Plate = Best 10	Bronze Medal = Best 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	1813.6 Janne Roos 1788.5 Hans Vikman 1758.0 Paul Quodomine	643.2 Janne Roos 639.3 Hans Vikman 631.1 Sally Watson 629.9 Paul Quodomine 615.1 Lars Broman 611.1 Bob Short 609.7 Jeremy Watson 609.2 Jean Wissing 607.6 Per Andersson 597.7 Ivy Schlageter	331.8 Janne Roos 329.0 Hans Vikman 324.5 Sally Watson 323.5 Paul Quodomine 321.7 Bob Short 321.3 Jeremy Watson 321.0 Per Andersson 318.2 Ivy Schlageter 316.1 Lars Broman 315.7 Jean Wissing

The Western cue bid Board 5 from Monday 18^th

When you bid the opener’s suit that is often asking for a stopper for NoTrump purposes. Called the Western cue bid in America, it is similar to the Directional Asking Bid (DAB), popular in Europe. The difference is that the DAB only asks for a partial stop, and this makes a lot of sense to me as a single stop from partner will often not be enough unless you have 8 quick tricks elsewhere.

Dealer: ♠ K942

North ♥ AQ873 West(B) North East South

N-S vul ♦ 3 - 1♥ dbl pass

♣ QJ9 2♦ pass 2♥ (1) pass

3NT (2) all pass

♠ 62 N ♠ AQ105

♥ J109 W E ♥ K (1) Asking for a ♥ stop.

♦ AJ8654 S ♦ KQ7 (2) What did you bid with this West hand B in this

♣ 102 ♣ AK843 week’s quiz? This pair play the DAB in sequences

♠ J87 like this, and a ½ stop is enough. West jumped as

♥ 6542 he was near maximum for his original negative

♦ 1092 (non-jump) response.

♣ 765

And what happened? 3NT+2, 3NT+1, 4♦=, 3♠= and 1♥*(N)=,

The bottom lines: -

- You have to decide whether your bid of the opponent’s suit in sequences like this asks for a full stop or a ½ stop; I prefer the ½ stop DAB style and it worked well on this hand.

Dave’s Column Here is Dave’s 1^st input concerning the play of the hand.

West East South leads the ♦2 and North wins with the ♦Q and continues

with the ♦A, plan the play for East.

♠ 87642 ♠ AKQJ953

♥ 53 ♥ KJ

♦ 1064 ♦ 4

♣ Q98 ♣ K107

Dave’s Column answer Board 6 from Wednesday 20^th

Dealer: ♠ 10 Book Auction

East ♥ A1082 West North East(A) South

E-W vul ♦ AKQ63 - - 1♠ (1) pass

♣ J54 1NT (2) 2♦ (3) 4♠ pass (4)

pass pass

♠ 87642 N ♠ AKQJ953

♥ 53 W E ♥ KJ (1) What did you open with this East hand A

♦ 1064 S ♦ 4 in this week’s quiz? I don’t like this bid from

♣ Q98 ♣ K107 the book and would open 4♠ or possibly 4♦

♠ - if playing Namyats – you do not want to let

♥ Q9764 the opposition in cheaply.

♦ J982 (2) Forcing playing 2/1

♣ A632 (3) Here we see the problem with the opening bid, dbl is an alternative.

(4) This is pathetic, with a ♠ void and 4 ♦’s and favourable vulnerability, 5♦ seems clear.

South leads the ♦2 and North wins with the ♦Q and continues with the ♦A, plan the play for East.

Declarer ruffed the 2^nd ♦ high and cashed the ♠A. He then led his ♠3 to dummy’s ♠4 and ruffed dummy’s last ♦ high. Next he led his ♠5 to dummy’s ♠6 to lead a ♥ from dummy. When North ducked declarer guessed right by playing the ♥K. Declarer then exited with the ♥J and whichever defender won would be end played – either opening up the ♣ suit or conceding a ruff and discard.

And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 4♠= three times and 3♠+1.

Dave’s 2^nd Column Here is Dave’s 2^nd input about the play of the hand.

North South You are North, declarer in 4♠. East leads the ♣3, plan the play.

♠ QJ10876 ♠ A9

♥ J7 ♥ Q9865

♦ K8643 ♦ A

♣ - ♣ AQ972

Dave’s 2^nd Column answer Board 8 from Wednesday 20^th

Dealer: ♠ QJ10876 Book Bidding

West ♥ J7 West North East South

Love all ♦ K8643 1♣ 2♠ (1) pass 4♠

♣ - all pass

♠ K5 N ♠ 432 (1) Weak jump overcall

♥ AK103 W E ♥ 42

♦ J2 S ♦ Q10975

♣ K10864 ♣ J53

♠ A9

♥ Q9865

♦ A East leads the ♣3, plan the play.

♣ AQ972

North discarded a ♥ on dummy’s ♣A and cashed the ♦A. He then ruffed a ♣ and cashed the ♦K and ruffed a ♦ with dummy’s ♦9. West over-ruffed and returned a trump. Declarer could no longer ruff another ♦ and lost a ♥, 2 ♦’s and a ♦ over-ruff for one down.

How should declarer have played? The play to the first four tricks was correct but at trick 5 he stumbled by ruffing with dummy’s ♠9. Instead, he should have ruffed with the ♠A. Another ♣ ruff to hand would have enabled him to ruff another low ♦ but this time the over-ruff would not have hurt. The secret is to plan to concede a trump trick.

Dave’s comment: Why cash the ♦K? Surely simply keeping it and ruffing two ♦’s works equally well.

And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 4♠-1, 3♠-2, 3♠-1 and 2♠+1.

Lead Quiz

North

♠ J7 West North East South

♥ Q93 - pass 1♠ 2♥

♦ J2 2NT pass 3NT all pass

♣ J109654

You are North, on lead against 3NT after partner has overcalled in ♥’s. Which ♥ do you lead?

Answer next page.
An obvious lead Board 5 from Friday 22^nd

You are North, defending 3NT on this bidding, which ♥ do you lead?

Dealer: ♠ J7 West North East South

East ♥ Q93 - pass 1♠ 2♥

E-W vul ♦ J2 2NT pass 3NT all pass

♣ J109654

♠ 9 N ♠ AK8643 What did you lead from the North hand? From

♥ KJ6 W E ♥ 74 Qxx in partner’s suit you should always lead low.

♦ K10987 S ♦ A43 The ♥Q lead was fatal and enabled declarer to

♣ KQ87 ♣ A2 get an easy 11 trick when the obvious low ♥ lead

♠ Q1052 holds declarer to 9 or 10 tricks.

♥ A10852

♦ Q65

♣ 3

The bottom lines: -

Leading an honour in the suit that partner has bid generally applies only when you hold a doubleton. With Hxx and RHO showing stopper(s), lead low.

That horrible 4333 shape – part 1 Board 26 from Friday 22^nd

Dealer: ♠ A76 Table A

East ♥ Q875 West(C) North East South

both vul ♦ 94 - - pass pass

♣ KJ72 1♣ (1) pass 1♠ pass

4♠ (2) all pass

♠ 10843 N ♠ QJ52

♥ AKJ W E ♥ 63 Table B

♦ A87 S ♦ Q10532 West(A) North East South

♣ AQ4 ♣ 53 - - pass pass

♠ K9 1NT (1) all pass

♥ 10942

♦ KJ6

♣ 10986

Table A: (1) What did you open with this West hand C in this week’s quiz? 18 points so this West woodenly opened 1♣ with a 2NT rebid in mind.

(2) Again, not realizing how terrible the 4333 shape is, despite my continual writings in the news sheets, West overbids a 2^nd time.

Table B: (1) This West opened the obvious 1NT, deduct a point for the totally flat shape and the fact that all of the honours are outside the 4-card suit makes this an obvious candidate for devaluation. So 1NT is the answer to question A.

And what happened? 4♠-1, 3NT-1, 2NT-1 and 1NT+1

The bottom lines: -

- Deduct a point for the terrible 4333 shape.

That horrible 4333 shape – part 2 Board 3 from Friday 22^nd

Dealer: ♠ K32 Table A

South ♥ 963 West North East South(D)

E-W vul ♦ J853 - - - 1♣ (1)

♣ Q103 pass 1♦ pass 2NT (2)

pass 3NT (3) all pass

♠ 109654 N ♠ A8

♥ Q42 W E ♥ J1075 Table B

♦ 2 S ♦ KQ1074 West North East South(D)

♣ J876 ♣ K5 - - - 1NT (1)

♠ QJ7 pass pass 2♦ (4) pass

♥ AK8 2♥ (5) all pass

♦ A96

♣ A942

Table A: (1) What did you open with this South hand D in this week’s quiz? 18 points so this South woodenly opened 1♣ with a 2NT rebid in mind.

(2) Continuing with the illusion that this hand is worth 18 points.

(3) With 6 points and a ten, North decided to accept the invitation, Obviously North should pass because he also has the terrible 4333 type shape.

Table B: (1) This South knows all about the 4333 type shape and correctly opened 1NT.

(4) Meant as showing ♦’s…

(5) …but the pair play Multi Landy and 2♥ here is forced.

And what happened? 2♥ by West went -3 for a bottom and the other results were spurious. N-S have a combined 24 points but 3NT is hopeless (it went -1 and -2 the two times it was bid), this is because both hands are 4333 type shape with no chance of setting up a suit.

The bottom lines: -

- Deduct a point for the terrible 4333 shape.

Bidding Quiz Answers

Hand A: 4♠, you do not want the opponents competing. If you play Namyats then it’s close to a 4♦ opening but slightly light.

Hand B: 3NT, that is provided that you play the DAB and partner promises a little something in ♥’s himself. 3♥ is also a possibility if you agree what it means (showing a half stop with game values). Without any agreement I guess you have to bid 3♦.

Hand C: 1NT, deduct a point for the terrible 4333 type shape.

Hand D: 1NT, deduct a point for the terrible 4333 type shape.