Thursday January 17 2008

NOT News 2 Thursday January 17 2008 Session Times Thursday / Friday Thursday (both venues) 10 1.30 5.00 Friday (Rydges) 10 1.30 5.00 Friday (Hellenic Club) 10 1.30 Bus One Bus Two Leaves 1 hour before play each session each Leaves 1 hour before play each session each day day From Gateway Motel, Northbourne Ave The full route is From Rydges Lakeside - Gateway Motel, Northbourne Ave - The Pavillion The full route is - Capital Executive Apartments - Rydges Lakeside - Saville Apartments - Bentley Apartments, Manuka - James Court - The Pinnicle Apartments, Owens St, Kingston - Rydges Lakeside - Eyre St Apartments (around the corner from ( about 15 minutes to here from start) Owen St) Then - The Hellenic Club - The Statesman Motel, Curtin - The Hellenic Club Buses leave both The Hellenic Club & Rydges Lakeside 10 minutes after the scheduled finishing time for the session and return participants to their accommodation. Tim Bourke’s Problem My Most Memorable Hand 2. THE RIGHT ORDER New Zealand international player and regular at Dealer South. Both Vul. the NOT and other major Australian NORTH tournaments, Michael Ware recalls an Í K J 5 2 unsuccessful operation. Ì K J 8 7 4 Ë 6 5 3 Playing teams at the Northern club in Auckland, Ê A my RHO opened 2Ë multi. I held a 1444 shape with a singleton spade and a nice looking 10 SOUTH count with pips. Í A 9 Ì A Q 10 5 3 An obvious 2Í overcall. Ë A Q 2 Ê 9 7 5 LHO doubled, partner passed, and RHO passed. I found the obvious redouble. West North East South 1Ì This perplexed my partner, who asked about the Pass 2NT* Pass 3NT auction. Unlike many opponents, these gave Pass 4Ê Pass 4Ë clear explanations – double was definitely take- Pass 4NT Pass 5Ê out and the conversion to penalties showed Pass 5Ë Pass 5Ì either a weak 2 in spades or 20-22 with 4 Pass 6Ì All pass spades. The two notrump response was Jacoby, My partner held 4 spades herself and could see promising at least four-card trump support and a that this didn’t add up. She pondered for a minimum of game-going values. The three while, got a repeat explanation of the auction notrump rebid indicated a balanced hand with and mulled over that for a while. extras and a combination of cue-bidding and Roman Key Card Blackwood soon sees you as Suddenly after about 6 minutes, you could see the declarer in six hearts. the light bulb flash in her head. “The little bastard’s psyched!” she said. “I’ll teach him!” How do you plan to make twelve tricks in hearts she continued and passed! after West leads the king of clubs? -2800 (not vul) with 3C cold….. Ron Klinger’s Problem And I had to explain it to teammates! You, West hold Í K 7 Ì 8 Ë K J 10 7 6 4 3 Ê Q 9 6 . West North East South 1D Pass 2C Dble 2D 2H 2S 3H Pass Pass Dble* Pass ? *For takeout What should you now bid? Second in the Seniors’ Last Train were Paul Brown and Tony Burke Tim Bourke’s Problem .Ron Klinger’s Problem SOLUTION The Bearable Lightness Of Bidding Let’s see what happened when the deal was The modern penchant among the young and played in a local team game: the young-at-heart is to open light and to open often. Having done so there is a natural [ K J 5 2 tendency to back-pedal later in the auction. That ] K J 8 7 4 this can be costly can be seen on this layout { 6 5 3 } A West dealer; N-S vulnerable [ 10 8 6 3 [ Q 7 4 ] 9 ] 6 2 West East { K 10 8 4 { J 9 7 Í K 7 Í A Q 5 4 } K Q J 8 } 10 6 4 3 2 Ì 8 Ì 5 [ A 9 Ë K J 10 7 6 4 3 Ë A 2 ] A Q 10 5 3 Ê Q 9 6 Ê A K 10 5 4 3 { A Q 2 } 9 7 5 West North East South 1Ë Pass 2Ê Dble After winning the first trick with the ace of clubs, 2Ë 2Ì 2Í 3Ì the original declarer drew trumps, cashed the Pass Pass Dble Pass ace of spades and then led the nine of spades. ? West covered this with the ten and dummy’s jack of spades was taken by East’s queen. What action should West take now? Even at When the inevitable diamond return came this vulnerability, the 1Ë opening was quite light. declarer had no option but to play the queen of After South’s double, passing would show a diamonds. When West took this with the king nondescript minimum opening but the length in the slam failed by one trick. diamonds should be confirmed. Rebidding the 7-card suit appeals more than the 3-card club When declarer moaned about his luck in going raise down in a 75% contract, as is often the case, dummy was not sympathetic. “You had the nine When East doubled 3Ì for takeout, West of spades, didn’t you? After drawing trumps you naturally showed the delayed club support. should have played a spade to the nine. This West later chided himself for bidding only 4Ê, succeeds in producing three spade tricks which partner raised to five. ‘My right bid, I think’ whenever East has the ten of spades. If the commented West, ‘is 5Ê because of the ÍK, the nine had lost to the queen of spades, you would singleton heart and the three trumps. A kind of have two discards for your diamond losers picture jump. In the context of earlier immediately. Here, West would win with the ten non-support, it is quite descriptive.’ After 5Ê, and, after ruffing ruff the club return, play a East would have little trouble in bidding six. For spade to the ace. After returning to dummy with the 4Ê bid, West’s clubs might have been no a club ruff, the king of spades is cashed. As the better than a doubleton. cards lie the queen of spades falls and the contract is home – you make three spades, five Many bids make light openings work. trumps, a diamond, a club and two club ruffs. Finally, if the queen failed to drop under the Courtesy of www.ronklingerbridge.com king, you would still have had the diamond finesse as a last chance. This way you would And Ron’s thought for the day: combine three chances instead of two you were satisfied with Accept losses philosophically, especially those by your opponents. Listen To The Bidding TP Ranasinghe opened 1Í as dealer. (Not, I think, to everyone’s taste) Ted passed and Dennis Yovich bid 2Ê. Martin Bloom put in a Two examples from the second round of the Ì Seniors to illustrate this point. sprightly vulnerable 2 overcall. (Not, I think, to everyone’s taste) TP found yet another bid on his 8 count - 3Ë. (Not, I think, to everyone’s First up, we have a successful eavesdrop to Ì Í produce a grand slam. taste.) Ted raised to 4 and Dennis to 4 . This ran back to Ted who decided that, with his pointed 11 count facing a vulnerable overcall, Í Q 10 8 6 3 2 enough was enough, so he reached for his axe. Dealer : W ! 9 " 7 4 3 2 300 was the income which may seem Vul : EW Ê 8 3 inadequate when DeepFinesse has 620 available in hearts. However, as usual, DF has Í K 9 7 Í A been peeking. In 4Ì, declarer needs to ruff ! A J 10 2 ! K 7 4 dummy’s spade losers and play just one round " A K 9 " Q J 10 8 6 of clubs before giving up the third diamond. This Ê A 9 4 Ê K Q 7 5 will reduce East to only spades and diamonds Í J 5 4 and force him to concede a a ruff/sluff. It seems ! Q 8 6 5 3 that in the real world, declarer may well try for a " 5 doubleton club honour which will not be Ê J 10 6 2 crowned with success. Teams 2/16 I’m sure that Hugh Kelsey would have some words to say to Dennis on the subject of daisy- Í West opened 1Ê and North put in a weak jump picking. Has he responded 4 to TP’s opener, of 2Í. East/West then cruised off to 7Ë. then that would surely have taken North-South out of the auction and the damage would only South tried a trump lead which declarer took. He have been 100. drew trumps and eliminated spades. Three rounds of clubs were taken and declarer Ted had a less successful listen later in the collated the information available: North had 4 match. He put in a speculative double of TP’s trumps, 6 spades for the overcall and 2 clubs. 3NT bid. It subsequently eventuated that the This left space for only one heart. The King was auction had not been properly alerted and cashed and a 100% finesse of the Jack of explained. Director Kelso established the facts hearts provided trick 13. and then instructed the players to continue. TP wrapped up 10 tricks and Laurie returned. Ted’s The next saw Ted Chadwick listening in to opening shot for the prosecution was worthy of generate a handy double.

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