I think Janne and I are finally getting our act together. You can view the full boards by clicking Pattaya bridge Club results and then the x by the date. There were some truly comical moments during our round. On board 5 we were allowed to make 3S when the opponents forgot to cash 2 C tricks, but the really cute board of that round was when West reached 5C on board 6, which I doubled after partner had bid D freely and later supported H. The D lead was won by declarer and she promptly called for the club Q from dummy. Partner objected! That was the only play to insure the defeat of 5C. A very good player once said "If declarer doesn't know where the lead is, accept it. Declarer is too confused to make the contract."
On board 9 what I thought was a reasonable negative double holding AJxxx, Kxxx, 10x, xx after P, P, 1D, 2C went awry when partner left it in with a balanced 14 and Jxx of C. On board 14 I elected to open 1H as East. Not classic, and Janne responded 1NT. I now (while I could have passed) bid 2C (Swedish, ambiguous). I think Janne could raise to 3C with his hand but he chose to play me for the unspecified strong hand and bid 3NT. This was not a good spot!
Paul Quodomine
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Monday, 21 September 2009
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Pre-empt with two voids?
In correspondance with an ex-partner, he related a hand that opened fairly light with good results, and he reminded me of this gem from a few years back in a club game where I opened a one bid on 7hcp! And at my second turn bid a Grand Slam! At the Pattaya Bridge Club this would probably be classified a "psyche", but anyway the auction was:
1S, holding K109xxxxxx, void, Axxx, void. Somehow with a nine-bagger headed by K109, two voids, and an ace fourth on the side it looked too good for any kind of preempt. And I didn't intend to be out-bid.
Next hand doubled, partner bid 2NT (Jordan) showing 4 card support (!!) and a limit raise or better and the next hand bid 3D. The opponents were competent and could be counted upon to have their bids so I rightly assumed partner to be short in D, and with a bit less than a splinter. My next call was SEVEN SPADES, resoundingly doubled, and equally resoundingly redoubled by me. In for a penny, in for a pound! Len was turning green.
The club ace was led and Len hit with AQJx, Qxxx, x, xxxx! Tear up the heart Q, 13 tricks were easy. LHO held void, AKxxx, Kxx, AK10xx and RHO void, Jxxx, QJ10xx, QJxx.
Hands like this happen once in a lifetime but when they do they're a lot of fun.
What WOULD the PBC consider the 1S bid as?
1S, holding K109xxxxxx, void, Axxx, void. Somehow with a nine-bagger headed by K109, two voids, and an ace fourth on the side it looked too good for any kind of preempt. And I didn't intend to be out-bid.
Next hand doubled, partner bid 2NT (Jordan) showing 4 card support (!!) and a limit raise or better and the next hand bid 3D. The opponents were competent and could be counted upon to have their bids so I rightly assumed partner to be short in D, and with a bit less than a splinter. My next call was SEVEN SPADES, resoundingly doubled, and equally resoundingly redoubled by me. In for a penny, in for a pound! Len was turning green.
The club ace was led and Len hit with AQJx, Qxxx, x, xxxx! Tear up the heart Q, 13 tricks were easy. LHO held void, AKxxx, Kxx, AK10xx and RHO void, Jxxx, QJ10xx, QJxx.
Hands like this happen once in a lifetime but when they do they're a lot of fun.
What WOULD the PBC consider the 1S bid as?
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
lots of slams
Partner opens 1S, (all white I believe), RHO bids 2S Michaels and you hold:
Q10
K10xx
void
AKQ9xxx
Your 3C natural and forcing is overcalled with 3D to your left, 3S by partner, and 4D to your right. What are your thoughts here?
I reasoned that 4S was unlikely to be allowed to play. How to send multiple messages? I bid 4S "knowing" I'd get another shot.
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A) My spade support is "secondary". A D tap may cause a loss of control.
B) My clubs are playable opposite minimal support. (certainly no less than what I had).
C) I control D, you have little there if anything and thus have useful cards for me on the side.
D) When I bid 6C over 5D I would like you to look explicitly at that suit and pass or correct given the context.
Sure enough after P, P, RHO bid 5D. I now trotted out 6C, doubled to my left. Terry got the message(s) and passed holding:
KJ9xxx
AQxx
Jx
J10
The only making slam. LHO was Axx, x, Axxxx, xxxx. RHO xx, K9xxx, KQxxxx, void. Yes, of course RHO should have bid 5D earlier, but didn't.
Len Comment:
On the "monster" you may well be right, an immediate RKCB can't hurt and may keep the opponents out of the auction. I kind of felt that my way put partner in the picture at all times and would have him discount wasted D values such as AKJxx. Of course if he had bid 5D over 5NT showing the D king I'd have continued with 5H asking for the H king.
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Holding Jxx, QJxxx, AQ10x, x Partner opens 1H in first seat overcalled 1S. Terry bid 4C (Splinter) and it went 4S to my right. I was now able to infer the diamond strength and leaped to 6H holding A, AKxxx, J9xx, A10x. With H 2-1 it was cold ... and I didn't make the mistake of ducking the low D lead and suffering a ruff.
Partner opens in second seat, Red, 1S. I held:
AQJxx, AQx, x, AKxx. Naturally I had anticipated opening 2C but now had other things to deal with. Easy hand. After 4D, 4S, a simple RKCB auction with partner showing 2 without, then over 5NT the heart K I trusted him to have the club Q or a doubleton, or some squeeze position or finesse. 7S was laydown, but never bid elsewhere. What was the WORST he could hold? Kxxxx, Kx, AQJ10, xx?
His hand: Kxxxx, Kxx, Ax, Qxx.
Easy game bridge, really.
These hands were played on Mon 3rd August and the complete deals and results can be seen in the results section of the Pattaya bridge club web site.
Paul Quodomine
Q10
K10xx
void
AKQ9xxx
Your 3C natural and forcing is overcalled with 3D to your left, 3S by partner, and 4D to your right. What are your thoughts here?
I reasoned that 4S was unlikely to be allowed to play. How to send multiple messages? I bid 4S "knowing" I'd get another shot.
.
A) My spade support is "secondary". A D tap may cause a loss of control.
B) My clubs are playable opposite minimal support. (certainly no less than what I had).
C) I control D, you have little there if anything and thus have useful cards for me on the side.
D) When I bid 6C over 5D I would like you to look explicitly at that suit and pass or correct given the context.
Sure enough after P, P, RHO bid 5D. I now trotted out 6C, doubled to my left. Terry got the message(s) and passed holding:
KJ9xxx
AQxx
Jx
J10
The only making slam. LHO was Axx, x, Axxxx, xxxx. RHO xx, K9xxx, KQxxxx, void. Yes, of course RHO should have bid 5D earlier, but didn't.
Len Comment:
It will almost always be right to play this in clubs (at IMPs anyway). If you have a club loser, you wont be able to avoid it in spades.
On the other hand, I wouldn't bother to splinter--you know you're going to at least 6S, so an immediate RKC seems best.
Paul Reply
On the "monster" you may well be right, an immediate RKCB can't hurt and may keep the opponents out of the auction. I kind of felt that my way put partner in the picture at all times and would have him discount wasted D values such as AKJxx. Of course if he had bid 5D over 5NT showing the D king I'd have continued with 5H asking for the H king.
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Holding Jxx, QJxxx, AQ10x, x Partner opens 1H in first seat overcalled 1S. Terry bid 4C (Splinter) and it went 4S to my right. I was now able to infer the diamond strength and leaped to 6H holding A, AKxxx, J9xx, A10x. With H 2-1 it was cold ... and I didn't make the mistake of ducking the low D lead and suffering a ruff.
Partner opens in second seat, Red, 1S. I held:
AQJxx, AQx, x, AKxx. Naturally I had anticipated opening 2C but now had other things to deal with. Easy hand. After 4D, 4S, a simple RKCB auction with partner showing 2 without, then over 5NT the heart K I trusted him to have the club Q or a doubleton, or some squeeze position or finesse. 7S was laydown, but never bid elsewhere. What was the WORST he could hold? Kxxxx, Kx, AQJ10, xx?
His hand: Kxxxx, Kxx, Ax, Qxx.
Easy game bridge, really.
These hands were played on Mon 3rd August and the complete deals and results can be seen in the results section of the Pattaya bridge club web site.
Paul Quodomine
Saturday, 20 June 2009
Pattaya Bridge Club
The pattaya bridge club meets 3 afternoons a week in Pattaya, Thailand. In particular, the website - www.pattayabridge.com is well worth a visit. The website has an enormous ammount of bridge information, including the biggest bridge book review site on the web - www.pattayabridge.com/bridge-book-reviews.htm , free news-sheets every week and a very interesting bridge conventions section - www.pattayabridge.com/convindex_main.htm .
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