TGIF June 2017: Scores
| 1. Matchpoints. Both vul.
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A J
9 8 7 5 3 2
Q 2
J 5 4
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North |
East |
South |
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1
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1
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2
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Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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2
| 9
| 100
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Dbl
| 5
| 80
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2
| 2
| 70
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Pass
| 0
| 60
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Moderator: The majority choose 2, but what are they thinking?
August Boehm: 2. At least I'll get a good lead, which 2 imperils. Double, planning to correct diamonds to hearts, is possible, but correction may come at an uncomfortable level if West re-raises clubs.
Larry Cohen: 2. I do have six of them, right?
Jill Meyers: Dbl. With the A J, I would rather keep spades in play.
Martin Henneberger: 2. Although 2 overstates my values slightly, I like it better than all the alternatives. Making a responsive double and correcting diamonds to hearts would be fine if the opponents gave us free reign.
Stephen Vincent: 2. Even non-forcing, the values aren't quite there to bid 2.
Christopher Diamond: 2. A flawed 2 will probably be the top pick. But if we are going to play at the 3-level at all it will likely to be better in hearts. If not, I just caused a terrible lead.
Larry Meyer: 2. Relying on quantity instead of quality.
Eugene Chan: Pass. If partner cannot take further action, this is not our hand. Heart suit sucks. No reason to bid.
Hk Ho: 2. I have 8 1/2 LTC. It is reasonable to assign 8 LTC to pard's 1-level overcall. Hope that pard has 2 or 3 hearts to enable 2 to make. If 2 is doubled, 2 is in reserve.
Perry Khakhar: 2. If THEY have a fit . . .
Timothy Wright: 2. 2 is wrong on hand strength and suit strength. The only thing wrong with 2 is that I am missing a third spade.
David Gordon: 2. Stretch for one bid.
Plarq Liu: 2. It is not too late to announce my suit. Possibly we have a heart fit.
Chris Buchanan: Dbl. Not enough for a direct 2 and I have decent support for partner's spades.
Allan Simon: 2. Just too afraid of a heart lead vs 3.
Kf Tung: Pass. If this is their hand let them play in 2. If this is your hand partner will make one more bid and then you can act accordingly.
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| 2. IMPs. N-S vul.
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A 8 7 6
Q 7 6 5 3
A K 9 3
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North |
East |
South |
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Pass
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1
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Pass
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1NT
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Pass
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2
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Pass
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2NT
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Pass
| 12
| 100
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3
| 4
| 60
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3NT
| 0
| 40
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Moderator: The promise of a misfit has most of the panelists slamming on the brakes.
Mike Lawrence: Pass. Partner has a maximum of three spades, a maximum of two hearts and a maximum of four diamonds. He has four clubs and very likely has more. Anyway, what am I to do if not pass?
Daniel Korbel: 3. Partner will know my approximate shape and we will at least avoid a very silly 3NT (perhaps to play in a very silly 4 or 5?).
Martin Henneberger: Pass. Normally I wouldn't second-guess trying for game, red at IMPs. Here, I am without a trick source, and the warning signs are enough to have me go conservative before anything bad happens.
Stephen Vincent: Pass. It would be nice to pattern out with 3 but the values aren't quite there on this likely misfit.
Eurydice Nours: Pass. Play Flannery! No problem on rebid.
Christopher Diamond: Pass. This is going to be a terrible spot. Pard's most likely shape is 3-1-3-6 with values and mediocre clubs. But I see no way to improve the contract.
Larry Meyer: Pass. Sounds like we have less than game values, and no fit.
Eugene Chan: 3NT. Probably won't make 9 tricks but the cost if wrong is too high at IMPs. I am further encouraged by the lack of deuces.
James Harris: Pass. This would be a good 2 Flannery opening bid.
Hk Ho: Pass. Pard should have 10 HCP for his bidding, a balanced hand. Our club void does not help to develop winning tricks in that suit. It is best to get out of the field asap.
Perry Khakhar: 3. Where are the tricks coming from in NT?
Timothy Wright: Pass. I've seen this movie and it does not end well for those who take a third bid.
David Gordon: 3NT. Borderline.
Plarq Liu: 3. Fragment calls.
Chris Buchanan: Pass. Excuse me while I vomit. I have no reason to bid again.
Allan Simon: Pass. As good a spot as any.
Kf Tung: Pass. Rule of prudence. Many will go for a vulnerable game but how can partner get 9 tricks?
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| 3. Matchpoints. Both vul.
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10 4 3
K J 3
K 5
10 9 7 5 4
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North |
East |
South |
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1
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Pass
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2
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2
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Pass
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Pass
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3
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Dbl
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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4
| 7
| 100
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Pass
| 6
| 90
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3
| 3
| 80
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3NT
| 0
| 50
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Moderator: The plurality take their three-card fit and modest values to game.
Geoff Hampson: Pass. I have the wrong values for 4 to have a good shot, and I do have a good chance to defeat them two, so I will take it.
Josh Donn: 4. Picture partner with A K x x x x x A x x A x x. I probably don't even need 2-2 spades because I am likely to get a club discard on a heart. That scenario would probably make game for us even if partner's spades are K Q J x x x.
Sylvia Shi: 3. When partner doubles here, he wants me to bid, not pass. With three-card support, I would need to have a huge trump stack and K J x isn't cutting it. 4 is a consideration, but I'm not going to bury my partner at matchpoints.
Martin Henneberger: 3. If the K J were elsewhere, I would consider bidding more. It is important to give partner some rope here and allow them to compete with: A K x x x x Q J x K Q J x or similar hand types.
Christopher Diamond: 4. A huge hand for the auction. Don't know why I didn't bid before. If the heart honours are split it's more likely the ace is on my right, so spades over NT.
Larry Meyer: Pass. Most of my strength, hearts, will be more useful on defense.
Eugene Chan: Pass. At matchpoints, an easy decision to try for +200. Risk vs reward is in our favour.
Hk Ho: 3. We have only 1 defensive trick. Pard can hardly be expected to take 4 tricks by his simple overcall.
Perry Khakhar: Pass. Perfect hand for a matchpoint pass!
Timothy Wright: 3NT. If partner really has that 5=0=4=3 moose, then she can make a move next round.
David Gordon: 3. Close to a 3 bid initially.
Plarq Liu: Pass. This hand is better for defense.
Chris Buchanan: 4. I have a max pass over 2 and a ruffing value. Tough to beat 3 more than 2 tricks.
Allan Simon: 4. I wouldn't have passed 2.
Kf Tung: 3. You don't want to double 3. Will they double your 3?
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| 4. IMPs. N-S vul.
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K Q J 2
K 5 4
6 5
A Q 10 7
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East |
South |
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2
(1)
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2
| ? |
| (1) Weak.
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Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Dbl
| 10
| 100
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2NT
| 2
| 60
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3NT
| 2
| 50
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Pass
| 1
| 50
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3
| 1
| 40
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Moderator: The majority see blood in the water.
Kerri Sanborn: 3NT. Hope for no heart lead.
Roger Lee: 2NT. I'll let partner out opposite a minimum, but I think we should try for our vulnerable game before making a penalty double we might regret.
Mel Colchamiro: Dbl. Yum, yum. Anywhere between plus 300 and plus 1100 is coming our way.
Martin Henneberger: Dbl. Missing three aces and holding two small in partner's suit makes me skeptical about making game our way. On a really bad day, the opponents might make 2, but I still like our chances for a significant plus score by doubling.
Stephen Vincent: Dbl. Once in awhile this will make: the big penalties coming our way will more than compensate in the long run.
Gilbert Lambert: 2NT. I hope 2NT is asking.
Christopher Diamond: Dbl. 2 is likely good at these colours. But even if we can bring them home for 5 winners we likely need an obedient spade lead and some luck even after that if East ducks. So with only double and 3NT as choices I will take the near certain, if smaller plus.
Larry Meyer: 3NT. Trusting pard to have a somewhat sound bid, given that we are vulnerable.
Eugene Chan: Dbl. Partner's vulnerable weak two should have some defense. Penalty double hoping for +500.
James Harris: Dbl. As partner preempted, I presume he will not take the double as take-out.
Hk Ho: 3NT. Vulnerable against not, pard's weak 2 should have 6 tricks in the bag. We have between 3 to 6 tricks. Making 600 is far better than doubling 2 for 100 or 300. After all, it is IMPs.
Perry Khakhar: Pass. I think 3NT is too greedy, unless we are behind in the match. If we knew how good the suit and a side card were we may go, but that is too many specific cards to place in partner's hand.
Timothy Wright: 3NT. At matchpoints, this would be a harder problem. At IMPs, it is easy enough to give partner hands where 3NT has play, so we have to bid game if we can.
David Gordon: 2NT. Invite game.
Plarq Liu: 3NT. Could possibly make it with partner to have 6 good diamonds and a side entry.
Chris Buchanan: 3NT. What I am missing should be easy to find. Let's see how bad partner's vul preempt is.
Allan Simon: 3NT. . . in case it makes.
Kf Tung: 3NT. A spade lead is welcome!
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| 5. IMPs. N-S vul.
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J 7 4 3
A 10 8 5 2
A 4
K 2
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East |
South |
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1
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1
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2
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2
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3
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3
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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5
| 10
| 100
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4
| 4
| 70
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3NT
| 2
| 60
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4
| 0
| 50
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4NT
| 0
| 30
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Dbl
| 0
| 10
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Moderator: The panel choose the practical value bid of 5.
Steve Weinstein: 5. I would like to bid a forcing 4, but because I'm not sure that 4 is forcing, I'm going with 5. There are not enough hands where partner would bid only 3 where slam is probable enough to make it worth it to cuebid 4.
Mike Lawrence: 4. I could bid 4, but 4 should imply great interest in a club slam, moreso than 4. Even 4NT is a possible choice. If partner asks for key cards, I can show three and partner will know my exact hand, but asking partner for key cards won't help me much.
Barry Rigal: 3NT. I expect partner to run with a void and for us to have nine tricks, even if a spade honour is tripleton to my left and partner sits for 3NT with a void.
Martin Henneberger: 5. Doubling would be a knee-jerk reaction and would often end the auction. Partner is at most 1-2 in the majors. I have important cover cards where partner needs them and no spade wastage. The least I can do is bid 5.
Stephen Vincent: 4. A club slam is very possible.
Christopher Diamond: 4. If pard raises which is unlikely, I guess we are playing 6. Otherwise, a cue before bidding 5. Tough set.
Larry Meyer: 3NT. That's where the money is. 6 clubs, 2 red aces, and a spade.
Eugene Chan: 4. In this sequence 4 should be forcing. Partner can decide to bid game or go exploring for slam.
Hk Ho: 3NT. Again, it is IMPs vulnerable against not. Game should be arrived at whenever possible. West is likely to have honour third in spades. The J should stop the run of the suit.
Perry Khakhar: 4. With the primes (3 key cards) that we are holding, let's cooperate with partner in case a 30 point deck can bring a slam. x K x K Q x A Q x x x x x maybe?
Timothy Wright: 4. I could just blast 6 here, since partner has a very likely spade void, but I don't want to hang partner for (over)bidding J x x Q J x A Q J 10 x x x.
Plarq Liu: Pass. This hand is better for defense.
Chris Buchanan: 4. I don't need much of a hand for partner to make 6 here.
Allan Simon: Dbl. Enough is enough.
Kf Tung: 3NT. They cannot get 5 quick spades!
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