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Mon 15^th N-S 1^st Derek & Gerard 67% 2^nd Marianne & Per 51%

E-W 1^st Janne & Hans 60% 2^nd Arnt & Petter 58%

Wed 17^th N-S 1^st Janne & Sally 65% 2^nd Lewis & Paul Q 61%

E-W 1^st Arnt & Johan 61% 2^nd Bengt & Magnus 54%

Fri 19^th N-S 1^st Gunn & Lennart K 54% 2^nd Hans & Sally 53%

E-W 1^st Alan K & Michael S 61% 2^nd Bengt & Jeremy 60%

Bidding Quiz Standard American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.

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

♠ A5 ♠ J1043

♥ - ♥ KQJ With Hand B you open 1NT and partner transfers to ♠’s with 2♥,

♦ AKQJ654 ♦ K983 what do you bid?

♣ KJ52 ♣ AQ

Christmas Day Party

Paul Quodomine has kindly invited all Club members and visitors to a Christmas day multiple teams-of-four combined with an afternoon lunch/party. Approx 12.00 to 18.00 or a bit later. All food and refreshments will be provided free of charge, as will transportation to/from the Bowling Green. Alternatively you can make your own way there – it’s in Jomtien and Paul has provided maps/directions.

Obviously Paul needs to know the numbers (he is hoping for 6-8 tables) in advance, so please sign up before Dec 22^nd at the latest. At the moment we have enough for around 5 teams, six would be very nice and easier to run. Sign-up sheets are on the Bowling Green notice board. Wives, husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends etc are also welcome; there’s a large swimming pool and guests can easily find other activities if they don’t play bridge.

It’s up to you to organize your team-mates, any (multiples of 4) left over will be made into a team. Because of the nature of the event, only a multiple of 4 for playing bridge will be acceptable unless a team chooses to have more than 4 members. So sign up and organize your teams early as late applicants may well not get a place in a team.

The 3NT overcall Board 18 from Wednesday 17^th

I guess that you could play a 3NT overcall as 25+, but that comes up rather infrequently! So the sensible meaning of the bid is a long solid minor with a stop in the suit opened. An excellent example occurred on Wednesday.

Dealer: ♠ 107 West North East South(A)

East ♥ KJ6543 - - 1♠ 3NT (1)

N-S vul ♦ 932 pass (2) pass 4♥ (3) 5♦

♣ 87 5♠ (4) pass pass 6♦ (5)

all pass

♠ K872 N ♠ QJ943

♥ 98 W E ♥ AQ1072 (1) What did you bid with this South hand A

♦ 1087 S ♦ - in this week’s quiz? I don’t like either

♣ Q1063 ♣ A94 double or a ♦ bid because 3NT describes

♠ A5 the hand perfectly – a long solid minor

♥ - with a ♠ stop.

♦ AKQJ654 (2) it’s not easy to find 4♠ here, but some did.

♣ KJ52 (3) and E surely cannot pass, as one player did.

(4) This must be right.

(5) Perhaps South should have given up here.

And what happened? 5♠ was bid three times, making once and going down twice. 6♦* was also bid twice (-1 and -2). Three pairs managed to get away with just 5♦ and amazingly one South was allowed to play in 3NT making +2.

The bottom lines: -

- A 3NT bid over an opponents opening shows a long solid minor and a stop in the suit opened.

Dave’s Column Here is Dave’s input involving the bidding.

West East You are West, declarer in 4♠ and North leads the ♥10.

♠ J1043 ♠ AQ865 West won in hand, and plays trumps, picking up North’s

♥ KQJ ♥ A64 ♠Kxx. How should West continue?

♦ K983 ♦ A72

♣ AQ ♣ 87

Dave’s Column answer Board 16 from Wednesday 17^th

Dealer: ♠ K72 West(B) North East South

West ♥ 10983 1NT pass 2♥ pass

Love all ♦ Q6 3♠ (1) pass 6♠ all pass

♣ K653

(1) What did you bid with this West hand A

♠ J1043 N ♠ AQ865 in this week’s quiz? There are various

♥ KQJ W E ♥ A64 treatments for a super-accept and most

♦ K983 S ♦ A72 variants bid 3♠ here. You are non-min

♣ AQ ♣ 87 and with 4 trumps it’s best to super

♠ 9 accept as you may then reach good games

♥ 752 (or slams) that would otherwise not be bid.

♦ J1054

♣ J10942

Having successfully pulled trumps you should then eliminate ♥’s. Then play the ♦A followed by another ♦ and which you allow North to win and he is end-played. This line also works if North started with 3 ♦’s – the ♦’s then split and the 13^th ♦ provides a winner to pitch the losing ♣Q.

In order to defeat the contract, an astute North will see the end-play coming and will throw the ♦Q on the ♦A.

And what happened at the Pattaya Bridge Club? Five out of nine pairs reached 6♠, with two making and three going down. The others stopped in game with just one making 12 tricks.

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

West North East South

♠ 72 N - 1♠ pass 2♠

♥ AKQ982 W E 4♥ 4♠ all pass

♦ AK87 S

♣ 10 You are West, defending 4♠. East leads the ♥7 which you

♠ 1096 win with the ♥Q. You continue with the ♥K and both

♥ J105 follow, partner playing the ♥4. Next you play the ♦K

♦ J964 upon which partner plays the ♦10 (playing low to

♣ KQ6 encourage). What card do you play next?

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

Dealer: ♠ AKJ853 West North East South

East ♥ 63 - 1♠ pass 2♠

E-W vul ♦ 2 4♥ 4♠ all pass

♣ AJ87

♠ 72 N ♠ Q4

♥ AKQ982 W E ♥ 74

♦ AK87 S ♦ Q1053

♣ 10 ♣ 95432

♠ 1096

♥ J105

♦ J964

♣ KQ6

When West shifts to the ♦K at trick 3, East does well to discourage ♦’s. West should then revert to ♥’s and this will promote East’s ♠Q. West should not consider a ♣ switch. The bidding marks North with the ♣A and if East did happen to hold the ♣A, declarer has no opportunity to discard any losing ♣.

And what happened at the Pattaya Bridge Club? Most went one down in 4♠, but a couple did make it.

The Club Championships

Here are the latest standings in the club competitions. It’s nearly all over now.

	Gold Cup = Best 30	Silver Plate = Best 10	Bronze Medal = Best 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	1904.0 Hans Vikman 1854.3 Sally Watson 1845.6 Lewis Berg 1844.5 Dave Cutler 1840.5 Janne Roos 1812.1 Lars Gustafsson 1806.6 Bob Pelletier 1790.3 Ivy Schlageter 1786.1 Derek & Gerard 1727.5 Jan v Koss	683.5 Hans Vikman 664.9 Sally Watson 661.8 Dave Cutler 661.1 Jeremy Watson 652.2 Lewis Berg 651.0 Lars Gustafsson 646.8 Derek & Gerard 645.6 Janne Roos 643.6 Ivy Schlageter 639.0 Tomas Wikman	352.6 Hans Vikman 342.3 Dave Cutler 341.1 Jeremy Watson 341.1 Sally Watson 339.7 Lars Gustafsson 335.8 Lewis Berg  335.3 Ivy Schlageter 333.8 Derek & Gerard 327.4 Tomas Wikman 326.2 Bob Pelletier

Bidding Quiz Answers

Hand A: 3NT. Showing a long solid minor and a ♠ stop.

Hand B: 3♠. With 4 trumps and a non-minimum you should super-accept.