TGIF June 2014: Scores
| 1. Matchpoints. N-S vul.
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A Q 10 7
A 8 6 4
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K J 10 9 2
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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1
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Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Pass
| 15
| 100
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1
| 0
| 60
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2
| 1
| 60
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1NT
| 1
| 50
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Dbl
| 1
| 50
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1
| 0
| 40
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Moderator: You're ready to open 1, eager to hear partner bid a major when your right-hand opponent steals your thunder. Most of the panel bide their time with pass.
August Boehm: Pass. If they keep bidding my suits, I'll keep passing, licking my lips in anticipation. If they branch out into diamonds or notrump, I'll double.
The Sutherlins: Dbl. Partner is a favorite to have a four-card major.
Geoff Hampson: 2. I'm probably going to be in the minority, but I have a good offensive hand that I won't be able to describe on the second round if I pass. So I will try showing the correct two suits - albeit one card fewer in each than advertised.
Daniel Korbel: Pass. Can't double with a diamond void. You may survive on any given deal, but in the future, your partner will be worried whether that loony across the table from him has a side-suit void for his takeout double.
Martin Henneberger: Pass. I don't get and will never get the turning trend of doubling with this hand. I have never had a problem starting with a pass when the opponents open my best suit and I have imperfect shape to act.
Larry Meyer: Dbl. Tell pard that I have both majors at the expense of lying about my diamonds.
Andrew Krywaniuk: Pass. The panel chose to pass when a similar question was posed a few months ago.
Norm Tucker: Dbl. Must hear from partner to rebid.
Mike Roberts: Pass. Not clear, but nothing else really appeals.
Timothy Wright: Pass. 1 here is not awful, but it risks going minus when E-W are fated to go down.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Pass. . . and possibly come in later if my methods allow.
Chris Diamond: Pass. I am tempted to bid 2 but passing will probably let me back in if it's right.
David Gordon: 1. Will rebid 2 next.
Amiram Millet: Pass. Nothing to say for now.
Plarq Liu: Pass. Trap pass, we can always wait for action. Double would be troublesome if partner responds diamonds (a high probability).
Beverley Candlish: Pass. As much as I would love to bid 2, I will pass and wait and see what West bids. I can always come into the bidding later.
Kf Tung: Pass. Too risky to bid anything now.
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| 2. Matchpoints. None vul.
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K 10 8 6
A 10 8 4 2
4
9 7 2
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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Pass
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1
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1
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Dbl
(1)
| ? |
| (1) Negative.
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Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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2
| 8
| 100
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3
| 4
| 90
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3
| 4
| 80
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4
| 2
| 60
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2NT
| 0
| 50
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2
| 0
| 50
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3
| 0
| 40
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Moderator: With this much support, the real question was in what way to show partner this type of hand.
Allan Falk: 3. Isn't this the prototype of the mixed raise? I have one, I make one.
Barry Rigal: 3. I'd rather beat our opponents to the four level if they want to get the minors into play. By a passed hand, jumps in new suits facing overcalls can't be natural and single-suited.
Steve Robinson: 4. Hopefully my singleton diamond will be worth a lot. If I wanted to describe my hand to my partners, I could jump to 2NT, which shows a four-card limit raise.
Mel Colchamiro: 2. I love, love, love this hand for spades! 4 is a close second choice. That's what I would bid at IMPs.
Martin Henneberger: 3. . . mixed raise. This should be considered standard if it isn't.
Jongseok Oh: 3. Weak jump.
Larry Meyer: 2. Show my limit raise in spades.
Andrew Krywaniuk: 3. Regardless of how many hearts RHO has, this still looks like a mixed raise.
Leonid Bossis: 3. Mixed raise.
Norm Tucker: 2. Partner may be light.
Mike Roberts: 3. I don't care whether this is a mixed raise or a limit raise. I want to get to the 3 level now, and show power.
Timothy Wright: 3. I don't want them finding 3-of-a-minor.
Nader Hanna: 3. . . assuming it is a mixed raise, otherwise 2.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 2. A good spade raise.
Chris Diamond: 3. Almost anything could be right. The ace makes it a sort of mixed raise.
David Gordon: 2. Worth a mixed raise if on the card.
Amiram Millet: 3. Preempting to the limit.
Plarq Liu: 3. Good support, jump bid as preemptive.
Kf Tung: 3. If this is your hand pard will go to 4. If this is a part score 3 will give the opponents maximum pressure.
Dennis Caswell: 3. Law of total tricks.
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| 3. IMPs. N-S vul.
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Q 8 6 5
A 3
A K 8 5 4 3 2
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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Pass
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1
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4
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Pass
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Dbl
| 15
| 100
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Pass
| 1
| 70
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4
| 1
| 60
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5
| 1
| 50
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Moderator: The vast majority of the panel double, but they aren't happy about it.
Steve Weinstein: Dbl. This is a tough problem. I think 4 should show a fifth spade (or at least a much better four-card suit). 5 eliminates spades and pass I just can't do.
Kerri Sanborn: 4. Scary, eh? Hopefully partner doesn't play me for five. It is easy to visualize a spade game even with a passing partner, and not so easy to see us defending 4.
Stephen Vincent: Dbl. Potentially disastrous but so is passing.
Martin Henneberger: Dbl. Double allows our side to find spades. If/when partner bids clubs I will correct to diamonds and live with it.
Larry Meyer: 4. Even if pard has as little as A K x x and a stiff heart, 4 would have a decent play.
Andrew Krywaniuk: Dbl. An aggressive action, but East is a passed hand, so who is going to double us?
Norm Tucker: 5. I can double any opposition bid; hate to pass even though it might cost us.
Mike Roberts: 5. This might not work. But even if spades gets us to a 4-4 fit, it's not a panacea.
Timothy Wright: Dbl. If partner has Q x, I'm a genius.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Dbl. . . and correct (if necessary) 5 to 5.
Chris Diamond: Dbl. This looks almost automatic.
David Gordon: Dbl. Will pull 5 to 5.
Amiram Millet: Pass. Am not sure that punishing will be better.
Plarq Liu: Pass. . . and surrender.
Beverley Candlish: Pass. We are vulnerable and I have too many losers.
Kf Tung: 4. Tell everyone that you want +620 or +600 and you are not interested in defending 4.
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| 4. IMPs. Both vul.
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9
J 3
Q 7 6
K J 8 7 4 3 2
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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2
(1)
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Pass
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4
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5
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Pass
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Pass
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5
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Dbl
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Pass
| ? |
| (1) Weak.
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Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Pass
| 11
| 100
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6
| 7
| 80
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6
| 0
| 70
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Moderator: Another high-level decision that makes bridge look like poker.
August Boehm: 6. I might regret it if both contracts are down one, but 6 could be laydown. Or the opponents may push on to 6, which I expect to beat.
Roger Lee: Pass. I'm not happy about this, but it's too easy to make up hands where we're off two tricks.
Stephen Vincent: Pass. No reason for action surely.
Martin Henneberger: Pass. We are guessing, but the panel likes to go plus and so do I. I am not certain we can make anything at the 6 level as partner's double can be many different hand types, but I am quite confident they aren't making 5 with my minor suit defense.
Larry Meyer: Pass. My lack of controls argue against bidding slam.
Stuart Carr: Pass. Expect to at least go plus.
Andrew Krywaniuk: Pass. Partner knew I didn't have a trump stack when he doubled.
Norm Tucker: Pass. Plan to lead J.
Mike Roberts: Pass. I didn't think I could take 12 tricks a moment ago. Why change my mind?
Timothy Wright: Pass. I don't have much defense but I don't want to bid 6 or (ugh) 6 either.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Pass. This should be weaker (but still strong) than double followed by hearts or a repeated double. My values are worth more in defense than offense.
Chris Diamond: 5NT. Passing is just cowardly. I have a ton opposite a very strong partner. 6 over 6.
David Gordon: Pass. Unfriendly spade holding.
Amiram Millet: Pass. They're probably go down at least two.
Plarq Liu: Pass. I would have liked to bid 3 in the first run. Now I don't have the chance.
Beverley Candlish: Pass. It is too risky to go to 6 even though partner must have a wonderful hand. I would rather leave the double in and get a plus score.
Kf Tung: Pass. 6 or 6 is not obvious at all.
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| 5. IMPs. None vul.
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10 4 3
A 7 5 4
10 4
Q 10 4 3
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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Pass
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2
(1)
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Dbl
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Pass
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2NT
(2)
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Pass
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3NT
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Dbl
| ? |
| (1) Weak.
| | (2) Relay to 3, typically showing a weak hand.
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Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Pass
| 12
| 100
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Rdbl
| 5
| 80
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4
| 1
| 60
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Moderator: The auction has left the panelists wondering about the nature of partner's hand.
Mike Lawrence: Rdbl. I may have had nothing at all. Instead, I have an ace and a queen. If I pass, North may talk himself into running. He could have asked me if I had a spade stopper. He has one. My redouble might even cause East to run.
Geoff Hampson: 4. I think partner would not have started with a double if he wasn't prepared to hear 4. We could easily be off the entire diamond suit and have an easy game in 4.
Don Stack: Pass. I never claimed to have a spade stopper, so it's partner's duty to run without one. If partner runs to 4, then I will convert to 4. I actually have way more than I could have, so I expect us to make it. The 10 could be helpful if partner stays put.
Stephen Vincent: Rdbl. With an ace and a queen more than promised I want partner, with a presumed running diamond suit, to know there is no need for second thoughts.
Martin Henneberger: Pass. Well I got a 6 count more than I promised. Why would I ever think of doing anything other than pass?
Larry Meyer: Pass. Trust partner to know what he is doing.
Andrew Krywaniuk: Pass. East could be bluffing, and there is no guarantee a suit contract will play better for us.
Norm Tucker: Pass. Weak is weak.
Mike Roberts: 4. I have a lot of points for this auction, but I'm still scared.
Timothy Wright: Pass. I'm not quite good enough (both in cards and declaring ability) to redouble.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Pass. I will bid 4 if partner redoubles, but he's promising a 19+ NT-hand. This should make.
Mark Eddy: Pass. Interesting that you can make some arguments for passing every one of these hands. Naturally, I can't bring myself to do that.
Chris Diamond: Pass. I'd like to make a business redouble but I strongly suspect that's not what it is.
David Gordon: Pass. You have more then expected and are balanced.
Amiram Millet: 6. Hoping to find at least A K x x A Q J x x A K x x
Plarq Liu: Pass. Why partner pulled my Lebonsohl?! Now I have no convention to fall back on.
Beverley Candlish: 4. Partner must have 4 hearts. Cannot leave her in 3NT as I have no stopper in spades.
Kf Tung: Rdbl. Tell pard that you love his bid, and now a fortune is coming your way.
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