TGIF November 2022: Scores
| 1. IMPs. N-S vul.
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K
A K J 8 5
6 3
J 10 9 5 2
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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1
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1
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1
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2
(1)
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Pass
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Pass
| ? |
| (1) Weak.
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Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Dbl
| 9
| 100
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3
| 2
| 70
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4
| 2
| 70
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5
| 1
| 60
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3
| 1
| 50
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3
| 0
| 30
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3
| 0
| 20
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3NT
| 0
| 20
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Moderator: It's usual to use double as a flexible do-something-intelligent action here.
Steve Weinstein: 4. I'm overbidding a little, but I don't need all that much for game and I'm red at IMPs. Sometimes they let you make when you shouldn't.
Larry Cohen: 3. Not double, which I would be unhappy to have left in. Not 3, because I have too much. When there are two cuebids available, bid the one in which you have a stopper, so not 3. That leaves 3!
Jill Meyers: Dbl. I'm forcing to game. I just don't know which game, so I am throwing the ball to partner.
Jake Grabow: Dbl. Support double, leaving maximum space for further investigation.
Christopher Diamond: 4. 3 not enough. Cue bids would be messy.
Gabor Sandi: 3. Pard would have doubled with 3 hearts. If I bid 3, pard may pass.
Larry Meyer: 3. If partner has enough values to make 5, he will bid again.
Paul McMullin: 3. About the ugliest 12 points and a fit hand possible.
Allan Simon: 4. I assume we're playing support doubles through 2. If not, change my vote to 3.
Kf Tung: 4. Partner will bid 4 with Q x. With other hands he will pass or bid 5 according to my 5/5 hand in hearts and clubs.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 3. Lowest 100% forcing bid I could find.
Earle Fergusson: 3. What's the trick? K may not hold up.
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| 2. IMPs. None vul.
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A K 10 6 4 3
Q 10 7
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K 7 6 3
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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1
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2
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3
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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4
| 7
| 100
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4
| 6
| 90
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3
| 1
| 60
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4
| 1
| 50
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3
| 0
| 20
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Moderator: The vast majority take a cuebid. But which one?
Amber Lin: 4. I have a very good hand for slam if my partner doesn't have much in diamonds.
Steve Robinson: 4. If partner is interested in slam, I will show him my diamond control. Good news is that I have good trumps and a diamond void. Bad news is that I have not much in the side suits.
Jake Grabow: 4. Lovely, first round control.
Christopher Diamond: 4. Make at least one try.
Gabor Sandi: 4. 4 is a certainty. I am showing first-round control of diamonds.
Larry Meyer: 4. Bid my cheapest 1st or 2nd round control to suggest a slam, but denying heart control.
Paul McMullin: 4. I dunno where we are going, but I want to help get there.
Allan Simon: 4. I'm giving partner the opportunity to show a wasted A. If he rebids 4, I'll bid 5 next. But if he rebids 4, I'll sign off in 4.
Kf Tung: 4. Non minimum, with useful clubs.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 4. He probably will not have the magic hand.
Earle Fergusson: 4. Will bid 4 over 4.
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| 3. Matchpoints. N-S vul.
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K 6 5 3 2
A K Q 6 5 3
K J
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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1
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2
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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2NT
| 9
| 100
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3NT
| 6
| 80
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3
| 0
| 40
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3
| 0
| 30
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Moderator: The panel are split between 2NT and 3NT. The 2NT bidders concede that 3NT will be the likely contract anyway.
Josh Donn: 2NT. I might as well check on partner's minor rather than assuming it must be clubs and bidding 3NT.
Barry Rigal: 3NT. 3 for me would be a constructive 3 bid, 3 pass or correct. 2NT is a real game try somewhere. Doing that and passing 3 makes sense, but gets it played the wrong way up.
Craig T. Wilson: 2NT. What minor?
Jake Grabow: 3. Now thinking about what to do when 3 comes back.
Christopher Diamond: 2NT. Don't know responses. I hope 3 to 3 is forcing.
Gabor Sandi: 3NT. Pard is likely to have 5 clubs. I can probably make 3NT against a (likely) heart lead.
Larry Meyer: 2NT. Ask partner to show his minor, denying spade support.
Paul McMullin: 2NT. Should be asking for his minor, will bid (or raise) diamonds next.
Allan Simon: 2NT. Over the expected 3, I'll try 3N although I wish I had better heart spots. And if he instead rebids 3 I'll fall off my chair.
Kf Tung: 3NT. Practical. With limited information West will lead a heart to your advantage.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 3. Better inform partner about the misfit. Diamonds most likely strain.
Earle Fergusson: 3. Need a touch of diamond support or six clubs from pard.
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| 4. Matchpoints. None vul.
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K 8 2
Q 4
A Q
A K J 10 7 6
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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1
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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
| 6
| 100
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4NT
| 3
| 90
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3NT
| 5
| 80
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4
| 0
| 50
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5
| 1
| 50
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4
| 0
| 30
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Moderator: The top score goes to a nebulous cuebid, even though half the panel opt to bid NT without a firm stopper.
Daniel Korbel: 4. I have no idea how to handle this hand. If I was weaker, I would bid 3NT, but here, that seems doubly misguided, as we may have a slam or grand slam and also we may go down in 3NT cold for 5 or 6. Partner will assume I have spades for this 4 bid until I correct back to clubs.
August Boehm: 3NT. It is said that a stopper is as strong as it sounds. In any case, the alternatives are unappealing.
Kerri Sanborn: 4NT. The older I get, the fewer stoppers I need. Who among us would not open this hand 2NT?
Jake Grabow: 4. Kudos to opponents for maximum pressure. Are we on our way to a Moysian fit? Slam? I am not sure I know.
Christopher Diamond: 3NT. Down 3 should be standard.
Gabor Sandi: 4. I'd rather not play 4 with a 4-3 fit, and if pard doesn't have the A, 5 might not make.
Larry Meyer: 5. With such a strong hand, can't do any less; with doubleton heart, can't do any more.
Paul McMullin: 4. Preempts are very effective today!
Allan Simon: 3NT. These days preemptor rarely has A K J x x x x. And if he does he may not lead a top heart, expecting me to have Q x x.
Kf Tung: 5. Practical.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 4. Want to be in game, but spades may be better. Hope partner can read this.
Earle Fergusson: 3NT. 5 won't score and 6 won't make.
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| 5. IMPs. N-S vul.
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A K
Q 9
K Q J 9 8
A 10 9 8
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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Pass
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Pass
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3
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Dbl
| 9
| 100
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3NT
| 6
| 80
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4
| 0
| 40
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4NT
| 0
| 30
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Moderator: Another awkward hand with Q x. Again the panel are split between the flexible action and notrump.
Mel Colchamiro: Dbl. Not gonna tempt the fates two hands in a row with Q x. Even if partner helps me with J x x, it won't matter unless he also has the A.
Jill Meyers: 3NT. If the vulnerability were different, I would not be so cavalier, but with the opponents being nonvulnerable, I am taking my chances that we have hearts stopped. Or maybe they will lead something else.
Jake Grabow: Dbl. Something's gotta give. With two passes, East rates to have something like an opener. The question is to move the spade response to a minor, but partner might come up with a pass.
Christopher Diamond: Dbl. Let him bid 3NT with a partial stopper. Don't be selfish. If he bids 3 bid 3NT; if 4 pass and pray.
Gabor Sandi: Dbl. . . to be followed by 4 if pard bids 3 and a raise to game if pard bids 4 or 4.
Larry Meyer: 4. Show my primary suit now so that I will have the option of bidding clubs later to complete the description of my hand.
Paul McMullin: Pass. Preempts are very effective today!
Allan Simon: Dbl. At IMPs I'm more chicken with Q x. I think I can handle any response.
Kf Tung: Dbl. 3 may be substandard in this situation, so double is a flexible tool to show a good hand. In case partner can bid 3N you will have a big win.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 4NT. Partner has already passed, so slam is unlikely. Hope clubs are not 4-3-fit, for I will pass.
Earle Fergusson: 3NT. If they run hearts on problem 4, maybe I'll have better luck here.
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