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Mon 15th N-S    1st  Lars B & Bengt              63%       2nd    Dino & Per-Ake                     60%

                E-W   1st  Paul Q & Terry Q          63%       2nd    Duplessy & Coutlet                61%

Wed 17th N-S    1st  Per-Ake & Per And..     58%       2nd    Bengt & Guttorm                    60%

                E-W   1st  Dino & Ursula                56%       2nd    Bob S & Sigurd                      57%          

Fri  19th              1st  Jean & Rer and..            58%       2nd    Svein & Tobjorn                     57%

 

       
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Bidding Quiz                    Standard American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

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

 

AK83           65              

-                   AQ4             With Hand B partner opens 1, what do you bid?

A97542        1093          

J83               AJ543         

                       

 

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Bidding Sequence Quiz

 

C     1      1      2      3          What is 3?                

 

D     1      pass   1      pass      

        2      pass   2NT   pass

3NT   dbl                             What does the double mean?                                                         

 

     
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Dave’s Column                       Here is Dave’s first input on the play of the hand.

 

North               South                               West            North         East          South

AJ4               65                                 -                   1              pass         2

KJ9              AQ4                             pass             3NT           all pass    

AQJ2            1093                           

K62             AJ543                           

 

East leads the 3 and West plays the K. Are you going to take this trick? Which suit are you planning to attack, ’s or ’s?                                                                       .                

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Dave’s Column answer                      Board 13 from Wednesday 17th     

     

Dealer:             AJ4                                             Book Bidding

North               KJ9                                            West          North         East            South(B)

Both vul            AQJ2                                         -                 1             pass           2 (1)

                        K62                                           pass           3NT           all pass

       

K97                    N             Q10832          (1)  What did you bid with this South hand B

1086               W    E          7532                     in this week’s quiz? 2 is preferable to 2NT

854                     S              K76                      because of the weak holding.

Q1097                               8                    (2)  2NT would show 12-14 and so 3NT   

                        65                                              shows 18-19

AQ4                                          

1093                              East leads the 3 and West plays the K.         .

AJ543                            Plan the play    

                                           

The sure route to nine tricks is to win the opening lead, cross to dummy with a and run the 10. The idea is to keep West off play. Even if the finesse loses you have nine tricks: three ’s, three ’s two ’s and the A.

If you hold up in ’s you cannot afford to finesse the into East. You have to work with ’s instead by finessing into West, making sure East never gets in. If ’s are 3-2 then this line also produces at least nine tricks. But West may have four ’s headed by the Q and then you do not have enough tricks in ’s and will need to take the finesse into the danger hand, East. No good.

 

And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 3NT+1 three times, 6NT-2 twice, 6NT-1, 3NT-2 and 3NT-1

The bottom line:

-         When holding a AJx stopper in NoTrumps, with a low card led and third hand producing an honour, take the trick if your “big” finesse is playing for RHO to have the card, so that if the finesse loses then it is LHO who gets in and your Jx remains as a stopper.

 

 

 

Dave’s 2nd Column         Here is Dave’s second problem on the play of the hand.

 

West                East                                  West            North         East          South

K9432          AJ7                               -                   -                 1NT         pass

862               A107                            2                pass           2            pass

Q82              AJ975                          2NT             pass           4            all pass

K4               Q5

 

South leads the 4, plan the play.                                       


Dave’s 2nd Column answer                          Board 14 from Wednesday 17th   

 

Dealer:             1065                                           Book Bidding

East                  KQ43                                         West          North         East            South

Love all            63                                               -                 -                 1NT           pass

                        10762                                        2              pass           2              pass

2NT (1)      pass           4              all pass

K9432                N             AJ7                

862                 W    E          A107              (1)  The author assumes that this is automatic,

Q82                    S              AJ975                  but with a poor suit and horrid ’s pass

K4                                     Q5                       is an attractive alternative in my opinion.

Q8                                             

J95                                     South leads the 4, plan the play.

K104                       

AJ983                     

 

This is a very weird problem set by Bobby Wolff. I shan’t bother to type it all out, but apparently South’s failure to lead a trump indicated that he has the Q doubleton and so declarer played AK and made an over-trick when losing ’s were discarded on ’s.

Terry Comment. As South I would lead a rather than a away from the K with a strong NT on the right; and this obvious (in my humble opinion) lead sets the contract if declarer takes the normal finesse. All in all, a very bad problem – I don’t like the bidding, I don’t like the opening lead, and I don’t like the assumption made by declarer to play the ’s against the odds.

And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? Just about everything: 4=, 3+1 twice, 3+2, 2+1, 4=, 4-1 and 3NT-1.

 

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Some good bidding – part 1                                 Board 26 from Monday 15th

 

 

Dealer:             KQ97                                         West          North         East          South

East                  Q543                                          -                 -                 pass         1

both vul            6                                                pass           1              pass         2

                        K1092                                       pass           2NT (1)      pass         3NT (2)

dbl (3)        all pass

J4                       N             10532                  

K9                  W    E          J10876           (1)  A shade light, especially with a mis-fit.  

KQ9843            S              2                           Pass is the alternative.

A86                                    Q43               (2)  A clear raise to game with a maximum.

                        A86                                      (3)  N-S have bid to 3NT in a shaky invitational

A2                                              sequence, and with great ’s sitting over a

                        AJ1075                                      5-card suit West decided to double (for a

                        J75                                             lead – hoping that partner had a !)

 

And what happened? East led a as requested and 3NT-1 was the only plus score for E-W. Other N-S’s were no so enterprising and results were: 2**(W)-4, 2*(W)-2, 2(W)-3, 2(E)-2, 2(N)= and 1NT(S)=.

The bottom lines: - A double of a freely bid 3NT by the player not on lead asks for dummy’s first bid suit to be led.


Some good bidding – part 2                                 Board 19 from Monday 15th

 

 

Dealer:             Q7542                                        West(A)     North         East          South

South               AJ943                                        -                 -                 -               1

E-W vul           Q                                               1    (1)      2    (2)      3    (3)    3

                        42                                              4    (4)      pass           5           pass

6   (5)      pass           pass         6    (6)

AK83                N             9                           pass (7)      pass           dbl           all pass

-                     W    E          10862                  

A97542              S              8                          

J83                                     AKQ10975         

                        J106                                          

KQ75                                        

                        KJ1063                                      

                        6                 

 

(1)   What did you bid with this West hand A in this week’s quiz? With length and strength in RHO’s opened suit it is often a good idea to overcall at the one level with a good 4-card suit.

(2)   A bit light for a new suit at the two level – a negative double is the alternative.

(3)   An unassuming cue bid – generally showing a sound raise to three or more of partner’s suit but here it will subsequently show a very good suit of his own.

(4)   Assuming partner has a good raise to 3, West decided to go for game.

(5)   Knowing that partner has great ’s this hand, with every side suit controlled, must be worth slam.

(6)   South knew that E-W generally knew what they were doing and when partner could not double 6 he took the good view of a 6 save.

(7)   Inviting the grand

(8)   With four small ’s that may be a burden in 7, West took the good view of doubling.

 

 

And what happened? As you would expect on this distributional deal, there was a mixed bag: 7*-5, 6*-4, 5+2 twice, 5= and 4-2. The auction shown gives good bids and good judgement by both sides, it seems that most of the rest of the club got things wrong as one would expect contracts of 6 or 6*.

The bottom lines: - You can agree to play that the Unassuming cue bid may be a good hand with a suit of its own.

           

 


Bidding Quiz Answers

 

Hand A:    1. This is surely one of those rare occasions where it is correct to overcall with a good 4-card suit.

Hand B:    2. This is better than 2NT because of the weak ’s – if NT is the best strain then it is surely better played by partner.

 

Bidding Sequence Quiz Answer

 

C     1      1      2      3              3 is an unassuming cue bid, generally showing a sound raise to 3 or better. There is a variation where the bid may alternatively show a very good suit of its own (so clearly ’s here).   

                           

D     1      pass   1      pass           Dbl after an uncontested auction to 3NT demands that

        2      pass   2NT   pass           partner lead dummy’s first bid suit (so ’s here).

3NT   dbl              

 

 

Current club championship standings

 

 

Gold Cup = Best 30

Silver Plate = Best 10

Bronze Medal = Best 5

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639.2 Janne Roos

638.3 Hans Vikman

629.2 Paul Quodomine

619.8 Lars Broman

609.5 Duplessy & Coutlet

605.6 Tomas Wikman

600.5 Jean Wissing

581.7 Bengt Malgren

580.4 Holger Renken

576.1 Royd Laidlow

327.8 Janne Roos

327.4 Hans Vikman

323.5 Tomas Wikman

322.9 Lars Broman

319.6 Sally Watson

319.5 Paul Quodomine

319.5 Duplessy & Coutlet

314.7 Jean Wissing

299.8 Bengt Malmgren

299.7 Bob Short

 

                                                                       

 

       
       

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