Mon 4th 1st Jan & Espen 63% 2nd Gus & Enzo 58%
Wed 6th 1st Terje & Per-Ake 60% 2nd Gus & Linda 55%
Fri 8th 1st Arne & Svein 59% 2nd Roger & Mike 56%
Bidding Quiz Standard American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.
Hand A Hand B With Hand A RHO opens 1♦ and you overcall 1♠, LHO passes
and partner bids 1NT, what do you do?
♠ AQ984 ♠ A76
♥ K95 ♥ J3 With Hand B partner opens 1♥ and you bid 2♣. Partner then bids
♦ A107 ♦ A96 3♥ (forcing), what do you bid?
♣ Q3 ♣ A10843
Hand C Hand D With Hand C partner opens 1♠ and RHO overcalls 2♥, what do
you bid?
♠ 53 ♠ J763
♥ J104 ♥ 83 (a) What, if anything, do you open with Hand D in 1st or 2nd seat?
♦ QJ943 ♦ KQ643 (b) What, if anything, do you open with Hand D in 3rd seat?
♣ KQ9 ♣ A5
Bidding Sequence Quiz
E 1♦ 1♠ pass 1NT How many points is 1NT? 6-9 or something else?
1NT opposite an overcall Board 23 from Wednesday 6th July
Dealer: ♠ J763
South ♥ 83 West North(D) East(A) South
both vul ♦ KQ643 - - - pass
♣ A5 pass 1♦ (1) 1♠ (2) pass
1NT (3) pass pass (4) pass
♠ K5 N ♠ AQ984
♥ AQ62 W E ♥ K95
♦ J2 S ♦ A107
♣ J9764 ♣ Q3
♠ 102
♥ J1074
♦ 985
♣ K1082
And what happened? 1NT made +3, everybody else was in 3NT making 9 or 10 tricks, but then I guess that not everybody opened the North hand?
The bottom lines:
Play Quiz
♥ K98654 ♥ J3
This suit is trumps and you have plenty of entries everywhere, how do you play this suit?
4♥ or 3NT? Board 16 from Monday 4th July
Dealer: ♠ K Table A
West ♥ K98654 West North East South(B)
E-W vul ♦ KQJ pass 1♥ pass 2♣
♣ K96 pass 3♥ (1) pass 3NT (2)
pass pass (3) pass
♠ Q9842 N ♠ J1053
♥ Q7 W E ♥ A104 Table B
♦ 1074 S ♦ 8532 West North East South(B)
♣ Q75 ♣ J2 pass 1♥ pass 2♣
pass 3♥ (1) pass 4♥ (2)
♠ A76 pass
♥ J3
♦ A96
♣ A10843
Table A: (1) 3♥ here is forcing, with 4♥ an alternative.
(2) What did you bid with this South hand B in this week’s quiz? This South hand does have the unbid suits stopped, but I don’t like this bid.
(3) North could bid 4♥, but this is perhaps inconsistent with his bidding last go.
Table B: (2) This is the best answer to question B. ♥Jx is good enough support after partner has made a jump bid,
especially as you have just one stop in both of the unbid suits.
And what happened? Two pairs ended up in the inferior 3NT, one just making and one going down.
There were four pairs in 4♥, two making exactly and two making +1
Play Quiz answer.
The trick to making an overtrick in 4♥ is the play of the trump suit. The correct play is to lead the ♥J from dummy and run it if it is not covered.
The bottom lines:
More about negative doubles Board 20 from Monday 4th July
I mentioned negative doubles last week, and here is another example where a pair were on different wavelengths.
Dealer: ♠ KQ72 Table A
West ♥ Q862 West(C) North East South
Both vul ♦ 1076 pass pass 1♠ 2♥
♣ 106 dbl (1) 3♥ (2) 4♣ (3) all pass
♠ 53 N ♠ AJ1094 Table B
♥ J104 W E ♥ 9 West(C) North East South
♦ QJ943 S ♦ A85 pass pass 1♠ 2♥
♣ KQ9 ♣ A832 pass (1) 3♥ pass (4) all pass
♠ 86
♥ AK753
♦ K2
♣ J754
Table A: (1) What did you bid with this West hand C in this week’s quiz? It’s nine points but actually
there is no good bid if you play negative doubles in the normal way (so promising both
minors here) and a 1NT bid would imply a ♥ stop.
(2) With 4 ♥’s North raises of course.
(3) Assuming that partner had ♣’s, East decided to bid 4♣
Table B: (1) This is the best answer to question C, there simply is no good bid.
(4) With no fit indicated, East passes here
And what happened? Results were all over the place, but 4♣ went -4 for a bottom.
The bottom lines:
. Some play that it simply shows points.
. Some (like me, Marty Bergen and I believe the majority) play that it guarantees 4+ cards in both of the unbid minors.
Dave’s Column
West East West North East South
♠ AJ983 ♠ K764 1♠ pass 2♠ pass
♥ K54 ♥ 863 4♠ all pass
♦ AQ ♦ 92
♣ KQ2 ♣ AJ54
You are West, declarer in 4♠. North leads the ♦J which you win, how do you play the trump suit?
Dave’s Column Answer Board 20 from Wednesday 29th
Dealer: ♠ 5 Book Bidding
West ♥ A107 West North East South
Both vul ♦ J10874 1♠ pass 2♠ pass
♣ 10976 4♠ all pass
♠ AJ983 N ♠ K764
♥ K54 W E ♥ 863
♦ AQ S ♦ 92
♣ KQ2 ♣ AJ54
♠ Q102
♥ QJ92 North leads the ♦J, you win the first trick, plan the play.
♦ K653
♣ 83
The original declarer, after taking the first trick, led a ♠ to dummy’s ♠K and played a ♠ back to hid ♠A.
When the ♠Q did not drop West tried the ♣’s, but South ruffed the third round and shifted to the ♥Q giving
the defence one ♠ and three ♥’s.
Declarer should have made the contract by inserting the ♠J at trick three instead of the ♠A.
Here, the finesse wins and collects an overtrick. But suppose that North wins with an original holding of ♠Qx,
what would he do next? Declarer’s contract is safe.
And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 4♠= four times, 4♠-1 twice.
The bottom lines:
Dave’s 2nd Column
North South West North East South
♠ 753 ♠ AKJ86 - 1♣ pass 1♠
♥ 654 ♥ K73 pass 2♣ pass 2♦
♦ K8 ♦ A5 pass 2♠ pass 3♣
♣ AKQ108 ♣ J92 pass 3♠ pass 4♠
all pass
You are South, declarer in 4♠. West leads the ♦Q, plan the play.
Dave’s 2nd Column Answer Board 21 from Wednesday 29th
Dealer: ♠ 753 Book bidding
North ♥ 654 West North East South
N-S vul ♦ K8 - 1♣ pass 1♠
♣ AKQ108 pass 2♣ pass 2♦ (1)
pass 2♠ pass 3♣ (1)
♠ 10 N ♠ Q942 pass 3♠ pass 4♠
♥ A1082 W E ♥ QJ9 all pass
♦ QJ1073 S ♦ 9642
♣ 764 ♣ 53 (1) forcing
♠ AKJ86
♥ K73 West leads the ♦Q, plan the play.
♦ A5
♣ J92
When first played Declarer took his ♦A and led another ♦ to dummy’s ♦K to try the trump finesse.
The ♠J winning was good news but bad news followed quickly.
And what happened at the Pattaya Bridge Club? 4♠+1, 4♠= three times, 4♠-1 twice.
When South cashed his ♠A West signaled for a ♥ and the game was in jeopardy.
South then knew that leading a ♥ to his ♥K would not work, so as a last chance he had to hope he had
to hope that East had three or more ♣’s. To take advantage of this possibility South cashed the ♠K and
tried three rounds of ♣’s. Unfortunately East ruffed the third round and the ♥ switch killed the game.
How could South have kept East off lead?
To protect his ♥K south should win the initial lead in dummy and lead a trump, covering whatever East plays.
West wins with the ♠10 and continues with another ♦ to South’s ♦A. South then cashes the ♠A to discover
the bad break. No matter. He leads a low ♣ to dummy’s ♣10 and picks up trumps with a finesse.
He then has an over-trick instead of down one.
Bidding Quiz Answers
Hand A: 3NT, partner’s 1NT opposite a 1-level overcall is +- 11 pts.
Hand B: 4♥, Partner has good long ♥’s and you only have one stop in the unbid suits.
Hand C: Pass. It’s not good enough for 2♦ and a negative double is usually played as showing both minors.
If you play negative doubles as just showing points the I suppose you double.
Hand D: (a) pass, obviously
(b) 1♦, this hand and the ♦ suit are good enough for a 3rd seat opener.
Bidding Sequence Quiz Answers
E 1♦ 1♠ pass 1NT 1NT here is 10-12, NOT 6-9. Partner 1-level overcall could be as few
as 7-8 points so you need 10-12.
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