TGIF September 2020: Scores
| 1. IMPs. None vul.
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Q J 10
J 10 8 2
7
A K 6 5 2
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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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1
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2
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2
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Pass
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2NT
(1)
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Pass
| ? |
| (1) Natural and invitational.
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Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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3
| 5
| 100
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4
| 5
| 90
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3
| 2
| 80
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3
| 2
| 70
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3
| 0
| 40
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3NT
| 0
| 30
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Pass
| 0
| 20
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Moderator: The majority make a simple game try.
Steve Weinstein: 3. Game only looks good if partner has the right diamond holding, and 3 has to show diamond shortness here, even if it's not an explicit agreement.
Janice Molson: 3. Even though I have a minimum in high-card points, this is a good hand. Partner has a spade control. I am not sure how to counter game-try here. If 3 shows shortness, that is the bid. I am sure 3 is a game try. It also leaves partner the ability to bid 3, so with any luck, we can game-try to the moon.
Daniel Korbel: 3. Sounds like my singleton diamond isn't pulling as much weight as I'd like.
Jeff Meckstroth: 4. I believe they still pay a bonus for game.
Craig T. Wilson: 3. Close, but it is a six-and-a-half loser hand, not enough.
Michael Dimich: 3. Need a club-heart fit for a chance at 4.
Ralph Buckley: 4. Splinter.
Christopher Diamond: 3. Nonvul game, plus pard has wastage in diamonds.
Stephen Vincent: 3. Not sure if I'd have opened this hand in the first place.
Larry Meyer: 4. With my useful diamond shortage, I have more than a bare minimum.
Roy Bolton: 4. You can't have a better 11 HCP in support of hearts.
Paul McMullin: 4. 2 was a bit of an underbid, so I am accepting the invitation with the two tens as helpers.
Chris Buchanan: 3. Partner holding diamond values does not interest me in the prospects for game. Hearts is likely to play better.
Hendrik Sharples: 3. Despite my minimum I am tempted to go, but instead I'll make a blame transfer bid.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 3. I'm not sure we can make this, but it will have better play than NT.
David Gordon: 3. Partner's values in my singleton is a downgrade of the hand.
Kf Tung: 3. Patterning out. Showing 3-4-1-5 with high cards in the black suits. Let partner decide between 3N or 4.
Allan Simon: 3. I'm pretty much minimum, and partner has wastage opposite my short suit. If I don't sign off here, why pretend to be partnership bidding.
Bill Treble: 3. I would bid game vulnerable, and bid 3 at matchpoints. At teams nonvul, it's a tossup, I could go either way.
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| 2. IMPs. Both vul.
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6 5
A J 8 5
7 6 3
Q 9 8 3
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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Pass
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Pass
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1
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1
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2
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Pass
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Pass
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3
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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3
| 6
| 100
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4
| 6
| 100
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Pass
| 2
| 60
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5
| 0
| 50
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3
| 0
| 30
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3NT
| 0
| 20
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Moderator: What additional information is available on this deal based on what partner didn't bid, i.e., Michaels?
Josh Donn: Pass. Too much wasted in hearts. I don't want to hang partner just for doing the right thing.
Jill Meyers: 3. I think partner could very well be 6-4, as they did not bid Michaels. 3 should tell partner I have clubs, interest in game and I want to hear what they have to say next.
Barry Rigal: 4. I suppose I could bid 3 and correct 3 to 4, but a simple raise will let me pass a 4 call from partner more happily.
Michael Dimich: 3. My clubs should solidify partner's clubs which may help them bid 4.
Eurydice Nours: 3. I want to make a penalty double, but no double button.
Christopher Diamond: Pass. Was going to go with the Law of Total Tricks crowd but it seems pointless since a 3 correction is likely coming anyway.
Stephen Vincent: 3. Why didn't partner Michaels? In any case I have a very nice hand and will cue bid to let partner clarify his distribution.
Larry Meyer: 4. Support with support.
Roy Bolton: Pass. If the A was the A, I would be more likely to bid.
Paul McMullin: Pass. Partner had several auctions to show more strength or more distribution. I have about what he should expect.
Chris Buchanan: 4. Simple raise. I have the A and Q x x x. More than I promised.
Hendrik Sharples: 3NT. . . just in case it makes.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Pass. Too flat to do more.
David Gordon: Pass. I am close to a 4 call but not quite.
Kf Tung: 4. This is the price you pay for a potential 4 or 5.
Allan Simon: 4. I would have doubled responsively at my previous turn. Can partner have less than A K x x x A K x x x? Then he needs spades 3-3.
Bill Treble: 3. This hand is a goodish raise of clubs, and also has spade tolerance. I don't think a 4 bid does it justice.
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| 3. Matchpoints. None vul.
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Q 10 4
K 6
J 10 8 2
A 10 8 3
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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1
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Pass
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1NT
(1)
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Pass
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2
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Pass
| ? |
| (1) Forcing.
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Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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2NT
| 5
| 100
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3
| 3
| 80
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3NT
| 3
| 80
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3
| 2
| 70
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4
| 1
| 50
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Moderator: There was a severe defect in this problem. Though Bridge Bulletin Standard plays a convention called lebensohl over reverses, in which 2NT relays to 3 to imply a range of hands, it's unclear if that should apply for a reverse showing both majors.
Daniel Korbel: 2NT. A lot of good players will use a lebensohl 2NT even with a game force when they want more information. That is certainly an option here, as whatever partner rebids will probably help our decision. It might be better to show partner we have both minors under control and around 10-12 HCP (by bidding 3NT), but I would worry that partner would be afraid to correct to 4 holding six hearts.
Mike Lawrence: 3. I have no good bid. Partner knows I have a fair hand with three spades. If he continues with anything other than 4, I will bid 4.
Jill Meyers: 3NT. . . which should show 9-11 balanced and no slam interest (although I am not so sure I am not interested in slam).
Zachary Grossack: 3. . . generally showing just a doubleton heart, but is forcing. Hopefully later, I will be able to make some slam tries, so long as partner doesn't bid 3NT next. I am also well positioned to cuebid 4 if partner continues with 3. I have a max and my high-card points are fitting for partner's long majors.
Michael Dimich: 3. Great fit for partner's two suits, so go slow.
Christopher Diamond: 2NT. Not sure how this system works over reverses, but this should be forcing. If he patterns out in a minor suit, it will decide which game.
Larry Meyer: 3NT. Partner reversed, so there should be game.
Joel Forssell: 3NT. Fast arrival.
Paul McMullin: 3NT. Three tens again, looks like NT. Some might bid 3 or 3 as some sort of force or ask, but I think partner will bid again if he is 6/5.
Chris Buchanan: 3NT. Simple game try.
Hendrik Sharples: 3NT. Bidding what I think will make (won't win any bidding contests).
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 2NT. Depends on agreements. For me 2NT is forcing now, but for some it's lebensohl-like and they bid something else.
David Gordon: 3NT. No clear fit. 3NT is the the place to be. FYI, I play 2 as an artificial unbalanced game force taking advantage of 1NT denying 4 spades.
Kf Tung: 3NT. Willing to play 3N. Let partner bid 4 with a good 4-6.
Allan Simon: 3NT. I'm a bit heavy but the bid is reasonably descriptive. Partner needs better than 4-5 in the majors for slam, in that case he isn't barred.
Bill Treble: 3. As Dan Korbel once told me, set trumps and then cuebid, not the other way around.
Bob Todd: 3. I assume 3 is to play and 4 is weaker than 3.
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| 4. IMPs. None vul.
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8 7 6 3 2
A Q 9 8
8 7
9 8
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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Pass
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Pass
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1
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Dbl
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Pass
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2
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Pass
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3
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Pass
| 8
| 100
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3
| 5
| 80
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4
| 1
| 60
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5
| 0
| 30
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Moderator: The majority take the low road. Game feels far away.
Larry Cohen: Pass. Yes, partner has a big hand with clubs and I have 6 HCP when I might have zero, but 3NT is unlikely to make, and trying for 11 tricks in clubs feels like a stretch.
Mel Colchamiro: 3. Whatever partner has, I think I've got him covered. If playing with Kokish, he's got a HAND. But even with other mere double-and-bid-a-new-suit mortals, I hope we can get to 3NT or 5. Or even 4.
Michael Dimich: 3. We are at the 3-level anyway, if partner has a spade stopper 3NT may roll.
Christopher Diamond: Pass. He could have a huge hand but 5 is a long way away and we're nonvul.
Joel Martineau: 3. Is partner 0-3-4-6 with 20 plus? I need more info.
Stephen Vincent: 3. I need to make another bid here and 3 at least preserves the possibility of 3NT.
Larry Meyer: 3NT. Bid the most likely game to make.
Roy Bolton: Pass. Partner just has a big hand with clubs.
Paul McMullin: 4. Finesses in the minors SHOULD be working; if partner has K 10 x, we should get a bunch of crossruff tricks after we take the minor suit winners.
Chris Buchanan: 3. I think I have too much to pass. I will try to get more information from partner.
Hendrik Sharples: Pass. Clueless how big 3 is in ACBL standard, but even if it's 20 game seems far away.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Pass. Had I had the 9 I would have tried 3NT. My experience with 8s is bad.
David Gordon: 3NT. Might be enough junk to hold the spades for a fifth round stopper.
Kf Tung: Pass. Nine quick tricks are not ready and West has 4 spade winners and an entry if you bid 3N.
Allan Simon: Pass. I detest wrong-shape power doubles, this hand is a good reason why.
Bill Treble: 4. See previous answer. This probably commits our side to game and I can show my A if partner cuebids 4.
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| 5. IMPs. E-W vul.
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A 10 7 6 5 4
A K Q 9 6
5
6
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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1
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Pass
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1
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Pass
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3
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Pass
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3
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Pass
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3NT
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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4
| 6
| 100
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5NT
| 3
| 80
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4
| 2
| 70
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4
| 2
| 70
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5
| 1
| 70
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4NT
| 0
| 40
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4
| 0
| 30
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Pass
| 0
| 10
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Moderator: Here we have plenty of values and great controls, but what is trump?
Janice Molson: 4. Of course, when partner bids 4, I have no idea whether that's kickback, so maybe 4 is better.
Barry Rigal: 4. If I raise to 4NT, then a club lead might separate my hand from partner's, e.g., Q x x A K J x x x A J x x. Even a 5-2 heart fit should play OK barring the usual 6-0 trump break.
Steve Robinson: 5NT. We have enough high cards to make a slam. However, what is our trump suit? 5NT says pick a slam, so I'll let partner make the last mistake.
Kerri Sanborn: 4. I'm having a hard time coming up with the best descriptive bid. 4, not forcing, doesn't show extra values. 4 is somewhat of a misrepresentation with a low singleton. 4NT sounds more balanced. 5 --- what does that even show? Or ask? Club control? Let me just kick the can for another round to see what pard can come up with. If I hear 5, I'll probably raise.
Michael Dimich: 4. This hand needs to be played in either 4, 4 or 5.
Christopher Diamond: 4. Definitely looks like we should be in a suit. He should correct to spades with 2-2.
Stephen Vincent: 4NT. Even though it looks like a misfit, it still feels right to make another try.
Larry Meyer: 4. Tell pard about my 6-5 shape.
Roy Bolton: Pass. Poor fitting hand. Let's stay at a level with the best chance of making.
Paul McMullin: 5. SO close to trying a 6 bid here.
Chris Buchanan: Pass. Close to 4 here but it reeks of a misfit.
Hendrik Sharples: Pass. Hamman's rule again.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 4. I'd like to make a slam-positive move but priority here must be on strain.
David Gordon: 4. 4 is a pass or correct bid. Maybe partner can keycard?
Kf Tung: 5. You want to invite a slam and show a good hand with 5 good hearts.
Allan Simon: 5. I need so little, but I'll leave room just in case he has Q x x A K Q x x x K Q x x or some other unsuitable minimum.
Bill Treble: 5. 5NT (pick a slam) is the other option.
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