TGIF August 2016: Scores
| 1. IMPs. None vul.
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Q 8 6 5
J 10 8 7 2
J 7
K 5
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East |
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1
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2
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Pass
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Pass
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2
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Dbl
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Pass
| 6
| 100
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2
| 5
| 90
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2NT
| 3
| 80
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3NT
| 2
| 70
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3
| 1
| 60
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Moderator: The passers go for the gusto.
August Boehm: 2NT. When partner holds the expected 3-1-6-3, I like our chances for game better than our chances at a a two-trick set. Perhaps I should bid 3NT, but 2NT is progressive and allows partner some leeway to pre-balance.
Allan Falk: Pass. If partner were 4-6 in the pointed suits, he might well have doubled on the first round, so frequently partner will be 3-1-6-3 or 3-0-6-4. As neither partner nor RHO has very many hearts, 2 by me does not rate to play well - dummy will be overruffed.
Steve Robinson: 2. If I were playing equal-level conversions, I'd bid 3, knowing partner couldn't have four spades. I don't want to hang partner for competing by passing 2.
Daniel Korbel: 3NT. If partner held four spades, he would try 2 now or he would have doubled the first time. So he is probably 3-1-6-3 or thereabouts with a good hand. I think we'll beat 2, but also we could have play for 3NT. Picture: K x x x A Q 10 x x x A x x.
Stephen Vincent: Pass. A gamble, but so are most bidding decisions.
David Waterman: 2. Might consider Pass at matchpoints. Very risky with our known spade fit. 2 is enough, with LHO short in diamonds and RHO short in hearts.
Christopher Diamond: 2NT. So many choices. I'd like to suggest a spade game, but pard isn't guaranteeing 4 so I'll make a game suggestion in NT hoping to get spades in later if he bids again.
Larry Meyer: 2. My hearts are not good enough to convert the takeout double, so bid my 4-card major.
Eugene Chan: 3NT. Expecting partner to have long diamonds. If 3NT feels right, it probabably is.
Timothy Wright: 2. I'm just not good enough for a 3 advance.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 2. Least of evils? Hopefully partner has 4-0-6-3 and not 3-0-6-4 (or 4-1-6-2 and not 3-1-6-3). Even so, this will probably play better than 3.
David Gordon: 2. Prefer a better suit. Make a spade into a club to penalty Pass.
John Gillespie: 2. Partner can have some cheesy hands with shape and RHO can have some values, usually without 4 spades. I may lose but I'm taking the biggest number off the board.
Bob Todd: 2NT. I hope this isn't Lebensohl.
Plarq Liu: Pass. Everybody is misfit, I'd try defending it.
Kf Tung: 2NT. 3NT on the horizon. Expect to get +120, and forget about +300, +100 or -470.
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| 2. IMPs. E-W vul.
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K 5
7 6
A Q 5 2
A K 10 9 2
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1
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4
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Dbl
| 8
| 100
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Pass
| 6
| 90
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4NT
| 1
| 60
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4
| 1
| 50
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5NT
| 1
| 40
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5
| 0
| 30
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Moderator: There are two strategies to catch East in the clinches of a penalty double: an outright double, which could sound like a negative double depending on how high a partnership plays them, or Pass, depending on partner to reopen with a double.
Roger Lee: Pass. I will go for the throat. If partner passes it out, that's too bad. But we really have no reasonable bid here anyway, and if partner finds a reopening double, I will probably be quite happy.
Don Stack: Dbl. Let's penalize the opponents for being at the four level in our auction. If partner thinks this is a negative double and bids 4, then we will bid 4NT to play.
David Waterman: Dbl. Whatever our understandings, how can I do anything else?
Christopher Diamond: Pass. A good partner reopens with a double.
Larry Meyer: Pass. My double would be negative, but maybe I will get a chance to pass partner's double.
Eugene Chan: Dbl. PENALTY! I like Flannery so partner is unlikely to have 4 spades and will read my double for blood.
Peter Nixon: Pass. As I play negative doubles through 4, the pass is forced.
Timothy Wright: Dbl. We play negative doubles through 3. I think East forgot.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Dbl. . . negative in my agreements, but the higher, the more penalty-oriented. Should partner correct to hearts or spades I can still go on. But slam is unlikely with this bidding so down 2 is enough for a good score.
Hari Ajmani: Pass. Waiting for reopening double.
John Gillespie: Dbl. I suspect we will land in 6NT when partner can't sit, right or wrong.
Bob Todd: Dbl. This is going to be ugly.
Plarq Liu: Dbl. I have enough power, I can even play 4NT.
Kf Tung: 5. . . will get you +400 and forget about +200 or +500. If partner gives you 6, hope you will make it but your A may be a disappointment for partner.
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| 3. Matchpoints. None vul.
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A Q 10 8
A K J 10 7
K J 10
4
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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1
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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2NT
| 11
| 100
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2
| 3
| 70
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3
| 0
| 70
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4
| 1
| 70
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4NT
| 1
| 70
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4
| 1
| 30
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Moderator: Show the fit, show the strong hearts, show the club shortness . . . so much to say, so much to ask. Where to start?
Steve Weinstein: 4. I could splinter in clubs and then Blackwood over partner's sign off. Because the truthful splinter doesn't get me any useful information anyway, I might as well splinter in my K-J-10 and try to muddy the waters. My hand can take control anyway.
Larry Cohen: 2NT. This is too strong a hand to splinter. Likely partner will bid 4 and then you Blackwood? You've wasted the auction. I could bid 2, but knowing whether partner has heart support is sort of irrelevant here. It's best to show the 4-card game force.
Mike Lawrence: 4. The main point of this is that I intend to follow with 4NT, key card. If I bid 4NT directly, it would not be key card. It would just ask for aces.
Jill Meyers: 2. I have a huge hand in support of spades. I want to tell partner where I live, not where I have shortness - that is not important here.
Stephen Vincent: 2NT. Way too strong for a splinter, if that is the point of the problem.
Craig T. Wilson: 2NT. Jacoby, get more info from partner.
David Waterman: 4NT. I know it is a bidding problem, but this still works. If partner has 3 key cards I will chance 7.
Christopher Diamond: 2. Since I'm going to slam I'll try to find a way to RKC in hearts to find the Q. Then ask about the K if we have them all.
Larry Meyer: 2. Put the game force in now, then confirm spades as trump, then ask for key cards. If I can then bid 5NT, telling pard we have all the key cards, pard may be able to later raise my 6 to 7 if he holds the Q.
Eugene Chan: 2. To explore for seven, start by getting info from partner on his/her heart holding.
Timothy Wright: 2NT. . . followed by 4NT. An initial 4 could be right, but splinters usually don't show this much strength.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 2. The splinter can wait. Let's help partner evaluate his scant points. We'll probably have the bidding to ourselves. Not stopping under at least 6 of a major.
John Gillespie: 2NT. A clearer road to a possible slam with cue bidding to follow than say, 2-3-3, that is murky as to quality of support and level of ambition.
Plarq Liu: 2. For this big hand, start low.
Kf Tung: 2. At matchpoints 980/990/1510/1520 are important issues. Explore to find out more.
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| 4. IMPs. N-S vul.
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K 10 7 6 5 4
K 7 5
K 5
Q 3
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1
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Pass
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1
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Pass
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2
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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2NT
| 8
| 100
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2
| 5
| 80
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3
| 1
| 60
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2
| 3
| 50
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3NT
| 0
| 50
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2
| 0
| 40
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Moderator: The panel steer toward the natural 2NT.
Barry Rigal: 2. I'm not worth a game force, of course, but if the 10 were the J, it would be clear to do this to get to the best contract and not worry about losing a partscore swing.
The Sutherlins: 2NT. We should get to game only when we should be in game. Partner may be able to give us a 3 bid with 14 HCP and honour-doubleton in spades.
Geoff Hampson: 3. We are vulnerable and I don't want to miss game with 25 HCP opposite a 13-14 point 2-2-5-4 hand.
Stephen Vincent: 3. Would prefer better internal spades but nothing else appeals.
Christopher Diamond: 2. My minor cards got big enough to make this a GF.
Larry Meyer: 3. Bypassing 4th suit, so invitational with long spades.
Eugene Chan: 2. Fourth suit game forcing is a slight overbid but provides flexibility. I like strong jump shifts so partner will never think I have a big hand with a fantastic spade suit.
Timothy Wright: 3. 2 is game-forcing, so I can't go there without a fit.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 2NT. Chances of a spade-fit dropped dramatically. Let's limit the hand first. I can still offer the 6th spade if partner continues.
John Gillespie: 2NT. That 2 bid usually has a stiff in it. Guess where?
Plarq Liu: 2. Repeat my broken 6 card suit.
Beverley Candlish: 2. Even though I have a full opener and my spade suit is not that wonderful I would only bid 2. I am reluctant to bid NT as my heart suit is iffy.
Kf Tung: 2. . . and then repeat spades to show your length or bid notrump to show your K according to what partner bids on his turn.
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| 5. Matchpoints. Both vul.
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J 9 7 2
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A Q J 9 8 7 2
K J
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1
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1
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1
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Pass
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3
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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3
| 6
| 100
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4
| 5
| 90
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Dbl
| 5
| 90
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Pass
| 1
| 70
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Moderator: Seven-four, bid some more.
Jeff Meckstroth: Dbl. I don't think we belong in spades, but this gives us the option to defend.
Roger Lee: 4. I will simply bid where I live. I have some serious doubts about how well this hand is going to play in a 4-4 spade fit. If partner has five spades, I've made a mistake.
Richard Pavlicek: 3. Repeating the diamonds, then finding partner with five spades to the queen would be sickening, so I'll bring that suit into the picture. Of course, the final 'picture' might be my mug shot at the nearest lock-up . . .
Stephen Vincent: Pass. Partner's failure to act over 1 suggests there is little to be gained by bidding here. Partner could well have a heart stack.
David Waterman: 4. No interest in spades.
Christopher Diamond: Dbl. Uncomfortable since pard probably has little but we could have a play for game if he has spade length. It would be cowardly to pass with this shape.
Larry Meyer: Dbl. Pard will know that I do not have a trump stack. So he can pass with a heart stack, bid spades, or retreat to diamonds.
Eugene Chan: Pass. This is not our hand. However, a save might prove very expensive.
Peter Nixon: 4. Good hand for intermediate jump overcalls (which I play). Now it's a guessing game.
Ranjan Bhaduri: Pass. The sacrifice of 5 is possible depending on how the rest of the bidding evolves.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Dbl. I still want to compete to at least 4. This way I can offer the 4-card spade suit as an alternative.
John Gillespie: 3. We might have them right here (or not) but my partner will recognize the disparity between my suits and we may get them 1 level higher, have a better dive or a lucky make.
Bob Todd: 3. What a torturous set.
Plarq Liu: 3. It is possible to find spade fit.
Kf Tung: 4. Not strong enough to double. Good long diamonds, and partner is welcome to compete if required.
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