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teams from China, Indonesia and From the many other nations. The Queensland GCC President winners of the Bobby Richman Open Pairs, Magnus Moren and Neville Francis, played exceptional bridge. The Open Teams was won by Taufik Asbi, Robert Parasian, Franky Karwur, Julius George and Beni Ibradi from Indonesia. Special David Keith thanks to our co-patrons the Hon. Stern McDonald John-Paul Langbroek, and the Hon. Steven Ciobo. OW does one judge the success CONGRATULATE Therese Tully Our attention now turns to the 20th Hof a bridge tournament? As an Iand her team on another very Barrier Reef Congress hosted by organiser maybe the benchmark is successful Gold Coast Congress. I the Cairns Bridge Club Friday June the number of tables. Well, on that acknowledge and thank our sponsors 5-8 at the Hilton Cairns. There basis the 2015 GCC was extremely Cosmetic Plus (Larry Norden), Tony are Restricted and Novice events. successful as evidenced by the Bemrose Insurance Brokers, Oasis, Entries can be sent to William van following statistics. Hello Gold Coast, Paul Lavings Bakel (please see web site). This 'Table Sessions Played' was 7,759 Bridge Books and Supplies, Superior will be a wonderful event and a most in 2014 with an increase to 7,955 in Scapes (Magnus Moren), Powers enjoyable time for participants. 2015 while entries in the two major Financial Group, Two Men and a It is not to late to enter the fund raising events also showed an improvement Truck, Penline, Annette Maluish, for Neuroscience Research Australia with 22 more pairs and 10 more Greer Tucker, and Schweppes. The and Bridge for Brains. Clubs can teams. support of Restricted, Novice, and contact Kim Ellaway for details. The But I think the best way to judge Rookie players was appreciated. funds raised for the Make-A-Wish a successful tournament is the The overseas contingent included Foundation at the Gold Coast were satisfaction level of the participants 212 New Zealanders and important appreciated. ■and the compliments received after the tournament, and on that basis 2015 would figure highly in the 2016 Gold Coast Congress success stakes. February 19 - 27 Open Pairs Winners

Contents From the President...... 1 GCC by David Stern...... 1 Modern Expert Bidding by Peter Gill...... 3 Novices by Mick Fawcett...... 6 Cuppaidge's Column by George Cuppaidge...... 8 Manager's Travels...... 8 2014 Qld Senior Pairs by Richard McLauchlan...... 10 Warwick by Jim Evans...... 11 Don't Scratch by Kamal Sangumarasa...... 11 Teachers' Corner by Joan Butts...... 12 Toowong Graded Teams by Richard Ward...... 13 Gold Coast Swiss Teams by Richard Wallis...... 14 25 Years Ago by Paul Lavings...... 16 Canberra by Richard Wallis...... 17 Klinger's Column by Ron Klinger...... 18 Directors' Corner by Jan Peach...... 20 Magnus Moren and Neville Francis

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Here are some featured hands the second spade and surrenders 6 in the teams qualifying from the tournament some of which two diamond tricks but no more; looked like a major swing to Fordham we would rate “Parental Guidance making 10 tricks either way. when they started slamming, until Recommended”. PS: We don’t know of any table they fell at the final hurdle, creating It took till the very last round of the where the play went precisely this the largest swing of the match in pairs, but finally a hand came up way, with South refusing to ruff, but favour of their opponents. that embodied the art of the ‘Play or if that was what happened to you, While all the nuances and inferences Defend?’ conundrum. please let us know. of the auction aren’t clear as a kibitzer PPS: Justin Howard told us the full story it’s hard to imagine what hand partner Dlr N ♠ QJ1082 on this deal. Playing with Ross Harper can have where he elects to play, Vul EW ♥ 72 he too opened 2S, and Ross defended indeed jump to 6NT and that you can ♦ 1065 4H by leading a top club and shifting convert this to a loss of 13 IMPs by ♣ 972 to a spade (a small heart would do as bidding 7NT. Haughie unsportingly ♠ 97 ♠ AK64 well). Try and make the game now! (no doubt checking if he was on lead) ♥ 965 N ♥ AKQ1083 W E doubled and collected 300 by cashing ♦ 8742 S ♦ K9 Dlr E ♠ AKQJ6 the ♥A and switching to a club. A ♣ J653 ♣ 10 Vul EW ♥ K754 heart continuation would have been ♠ 53 ♦ 4 more interesting for the bloodthirsty ♥ J4 ♣ 1095 amongst us when declarer would ♦ AQJ3 ♠ 72 ♠ 853 have been forced to guess diamonds ♣ AKQ84 ♥ AJ632 N ♥ Q98 or possibly go down 1100 for some W E ♦ Q6 S ♦ 953 larger number of IMPs (16). At the table I was watching the ♣ J763 ♣ Q842 On this board however, blood was shed! eventual third-place pair in the main ♠ 1094 event defended 4HX by East on an ♥ 10 Dlr W ♠ A63 auction where North had opened a ♦ AKJ10872 Vul Both ♥ KQ3 weak-2 bid that was described as ♣ AK ♦ K97 potentially a 5-card suit. ♣ AJ74 The defender in South led two top ♠ J9875 ♠ 4 N clubs. Declarer ruffed, drew trumps W N E S ♥ 76 ♥ 9 Dennison Cormack Stuart Kozakos W E in two rounds, then ruffed a spade ♦ AJ65 S ♦ Q10832 P 1D 83 K109652 in dummy and tried a diamond to the P 1S P 3D ♣ ♣ king, being more hurt than surprised P 3H P 3NT ♠ KQ102 when it lost. All pass ♥ AJ108542 ♦ 4 Imagine that you don’t get the ♣ Q distraction of a weak-2 opener, but W N E S that, like Sue Ingham, you declare Haughie Sundstrom Hinge Fordham 4H on two rounds of clubs. You ruff, P 1C P 1S* P 2D W N E S draw just one round of trumps, and P 2H P 3D Hinge Thomson Haughie McGann then play the ♠AK and a third spade. P 3S P 4C P 1NT P 4C What happened at most tables was P 4D P 4NT P 4S P 4NT that South took the opportunity P 5C P 5H P 5D P 5H P 6NT P 7NT P 6H P 7H to ruff in - and found themselves X All pass All pass endplayed! They could exit with the ♣Q - when Intermediate Teams Winners declarer would ruff, ruff a spade to dummy, and cash the ♣J to pitch a diamond. Or he could lead the ♦A, when declarer would claim the rest. 'Aha!' you say, being a fine double- dummy analyst, 'What if I don’t ruff in?' Not so fast, my fine friend. I ruff a club to hand, lead my last spade, and when you ruff in with the ♥J I discard my last club from dummy. And you are trussed and endplayed like the Thanksgiving turkey I knew you always were… If South doesn’t ruff in declarer scores Michael Stoneman, Val Roland, Herold Rienstra and Bert Luchjenbroers

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Cormack/Kozakos had dealt Modern Expert Bidding last 4 or 5 boards of any 14 Board competently with intervention to T’S extremely rare for top bridge match, when opponents often tire reach 6H. McGann/Thompson had Iexperts to find consensus about and give you chances to gain IMPs. no such excuse other than perhaps anything. Sadly for upcoming This meandering talk is (sort of) a lack of partnership - or maybe players, the idea that asking an about what the very top experts no agreement as to what Keycard expert will find the answer to a mostly like to think about, and what Blackwood was in use? bridge question is a fallacy, because matters to them, when it comes The learned editors think maybe different experts give different to choosing which conventions or South was using keycard and answers. With so many unknowns, system to play. thought he had received a 1/4 there’s no right answer. Gadgetitis response. I’m not sure if North Bridge is a game of unknowns. You A few years ago Kathy Buchen was was doing anything other than cue don’t know what partner’s cards asked to fill in for two matches at bidding then answering aces. With are, and you don’t know what the the Nationals in Canberra. She told the ♦A on lead, nothing could go opponents’ cards are, but you try me that it was amazing - her partner wrong with the defence. to increase your limited knowledge before the first match said in total: 'Is On board 9, Ware and Jacob had a of the hand, in order to make better it OK if we play , chance for a double-digit gain but decisions. With so much info not three Weak Twos, Stayman and turned it into a 5 IMP loss. known, it’s very easy to think about Transfers over 1 NT and 2NT, and do the wrong thing. Then, at the end of you prefer high or low to encourage?' Dlr N ♠ 4 the hand, when all these unknowns Then they sat down, and he seemed Vul EW ♥ QJ876 are now known, partner might to be close to the best player she’d ♦ K6 dare to butt in by telling you what ever partnered. Her partner for the ♣ A10854 you should have done. If this 'post second match insisted they play ♠ AK632 ♠ Q10987 mortem' at bridge is acrimonious, it almost every gadget or convention ♥ 4 N ♥ K10532 W E could instead be called a pre-mortem under the sun - , , ♦ A8 S ♦ 95 when it leads to death-like results on Hamilton, Two Way Checkback et al KQJ32 6 ♣ ♣ the next hand(s). - her head was spinning, but when ♠ J5 Bridge described thus sounds so they played, this expert didn’t seem ♥ A9 to be much good. ♦ QJ107432 exhausting that it’s a wonder that Was Kathy’s judgement out? No, ♣ 97 any of us can cope with the Decision Fatigue and mental demands which I told her - I know these two guys, are a core ingredient at bridge the second one who has Gadgetitis thinks he’s a real hot shot or Tier W N E S tournaments. Yet the endless Kanwur Ware George Jacob fascination of the game lures us all One (hereinafter T1) expert but is 1H P 1NT in, so here we are at the Gold Coast. not, but the first one is a true expert. 2H P 3S 4D For info about Decision Fatigue, If we divide up experts into T1, 4H 5D P P google 'Roy Baumeister decision T2, T3, T4 and T5, the T1 experts 6S P P 7H X All pass fatigue' - his 2011 New York Times strongly tend (almost consensus) article is a good starting point. With to have a different approach from In the closed room, Nunn and Brown teams events starting today, try to the Tiers 3, 4 and 5 who thrive on bid sensibly to 4S, making 10 tricks force your brain to be alert on the Gadgetitis. for +620. In the open room, Ware Novice Teams Winners and Jacob made life difficult for Karwur and George but turned +200 (or 500) into –800. The phantom save was not a suc- cess, East-West easily arriving at four tricks for +800. Instead of gaining 13 IMPs, the Ware team lost 5. One of the most popular extra- curricular activities at the GCC are the celebrity speakers which this year featured Kim Frazer, Sartaj Hans, Phil Gue, Peter Gill and Joan Butts. Peter Gill was kind enough to provide us with the text of his seminar which many found most enlightening so we thought we would share it with you. ■ Justine Wlodarczyk, Bronnwyn White, Caroline Marshall and Margaret Teitzel

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Our 2015 National Team Conventions we should refrain from ever praising. The team that beat my team in the The most popular bridge book in The F word was . Both Playoff Final for the 2015 Aussie Open Australia and overseas is 25 Bridge these methods have some support Team a few weeks ago comprises Conventions You Should Know by in USA; e.g. a pair of American 3 pairs. The Queenslander Paul . The conventions World Women’s Champions play Wyer and his partner Michael in this book are the ones that most Roman Keycard Gerber with good Courtney play an absolute minimum of us here at the Gold Coast play, definitions of when 4C is RKCG and of bidding gadgets, with very natural so I have no problems with the well- when it is not. bidding and standard card play. One written book. The sequels, which I almost forgot to say - don’ t assume of their teammates says they were also sell well, include quite a lot of any of this is gospel - remember the star pair in the Playoff Finals. gadgets that many of us T1 experts there’s no consensus among Their card play is world class, with are happy to omit. experts. I ‘m just trying to advise you Decision Fatigue not a factor. The Here’s what some T1 experts have of what I think the trend is among T1 winning team’s second pair plays told me about various gadgets that experts. Precision, adding on some gadgets. T3, T4 or Tears 5 experts ('Tears' T1 and T2 Growth of making bids Against me, one of them forgot the because their thinking style holds game forcing system in the last segment, almost them back from reaching the very If you don’t know what 'fourth suit costing them the match. The third top) may play. pair play Standard with transfers forcing' is, please check on the . added all over the place. They bid Internet. very well, especially their slam One bridge pro: 'I only play them '' has become bidding. If you, like them, have spent because my clients insist I play 'Fourth Suit Forcing to Game', years studying the intricacies of them.' Another pro: 'shouldn’t I raise almost universally in T1. bidding conventions before rejecting partner as high as possible as soon Many pairs have switched from 'Two- those not worth playing, then as possible - if I bid 3C or 3D over over-One Forcing' to 'Two-over-One perhaps - if you are a very regular 1S, I unnecessarily give my LHO Game-Forcing. a chance to bid 3H or make other partnership - this might be the way After 1x – 1y – 1NT rebid, to go. One gain from their transfers winning moves that a direct 3S bid 'Checkback' is being replaced by is that they can often pick to play prevents.' Another pro: 'In America, Two-Way Checkback, in which the 3NT (and other) contracts from the hardly anyone seems to play Bergen 2D rebid by responder over 1NT is right side, e.g. with Qx opposite Axx Raises anymore.' artificial and Game Forcing or the other examples mentioned in Stolen Bids (if you don’t know what the talk. In my opinion, this pair has they are, please don’t learn them). After 1x – 1y – 1z rebid, a big trend in 2014 is the XYZ Convention, like occasional concentration lapses in 'If anyone says they play Stolen Two-Way Checkback, in which the the card play - perhaps Decision Bids, I instantly know that they’re not 2D rebid by responder over 1z is Fatigue is a factor? a good bridge player.' artificial and Game Forcing, and 2C Thinking Style of T1 Experts Lavings over 1NT - Paul Lavings forces 2D. If there is any consensus among the himself refuses to play this, mainly In all four examples, there’s been a T1 experts, I think the lazier approach because it encourages a 4 point 1NT recent tend towards making some of not overloading with gadgets is range when a 3 point 1NT range is bids Game Forcing. Why? Is it a more popular, not because laziness superior, for various reasons. The better way to play bridge? Perhaps is good, but because we don’t want 4 point range is simply too wide, it isn’t, but it’s certainly an easier to overload our brains with too many making decisions more difficult. way to play bridge - you know you’re agreements and end up with Decision More importantly, a 3 point range going to game or higher, so there’s Fatigue at the table. One of the more forces you to decide if the middle interesting things about Decision of the 3 point range is minimum or less strain on your brain. And when Fatigue is that those suffering from it maximum, when you are invited. This you’re vulnerable at IMPs scoring, at bridge do not even notice the errors encourages proper thinking, that reaching game with 12 opposite they make, such is their fatigue. This there are good and bad 16 counts, 12, or 12 opposite 11 seems to do can create a never-ending cycle of and upgrading or downgrading point no harm to one’s overall results - repeating errors. counts is better than slavish devotion enough of these games make, to to an exact point count. A key part make the whole deal worthwhile. In a nutshell, vast experience of becoming a T1 expert is to use When vulnerable at IMPs, game only has taught them that the key is to points only as a guide, especially in needs to be about a 36% chance to be in your Comfort Zone, able to competitive bidding where 'shape be worth bidding. . produce your best bridge as often rules'. as possible, and to minimize the Matching the 1NT response to the inevitable mistakes that all of us Gerber. 1NT opening bid's range humans inevitably make. No matter When I commentated on Bridge T1 experts like to get stuff like this how good you get at bridge, you will Base Online (BBO) , the right, rather than adding on new never be mistake-free. coordinator called it the G word that conventions.

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Many players tell me that if partner so the 1NT response should be 5-8, If anyone wants to read about opens 1D, a response of 1NT shows if hands of 15 or 16 points will pass constructing a well, 6 to 9 points. Is this so? the 1NT response. ’ book Building a Bidding Long ago, 1NT showed 16-18 HCPs Perhaps one reason why only T1’s System is a useful read. or 15-18 HCPs, the latter range like to think about this sort of idea is Well, there you have our summary of being popularised (as was Extended that it’s hard to explain, although the the 2015 GCC and it is only left to us Stayman which is now extinct at T1 concept is simple. to thank those of you who attended level) by its use by Australia’s top What T1 experts like to think about and look forward to see you back pair from the 1950s to the early 80s again next year, but perhaps more Most T1 experts play 5-card majors, - Tim Seres and Dick Cummings/ importantly to invite those who not because 5-card majors are better Roelof Smilde. haven’t experienced the joy and than 4-card majors, but because delights of the GCC to join us soon. Now, 15-17 is normal in Standard, 5-card majors are easier to play. with some people playing 14-16. The 4-4 major fits can still be found  Peter Gill Why the change? because responder bids the 4-card Opening 1NT on 16-18 went with major first. Novices a 13-15 range for a 1NT rebid by Curiously, the new T1 trend toward opener. Nowadays we know that Transfer Responses to 1C, making opening 12 counts is a winning the opener often declare responder’s action (and that a 4 point NT range , has some circular like 12-15 is too wide), so 13-15 similarity to the olden days of 4-card dropped to 12-14. Therefore,1NT majors, when opener played more of 16-18 dropped to 15-17, when 12 Michael the major suit contracts. Fawcett counts are opened. T1 experts like to have simple ways In the last few years, experts are to defend against the weirdo bids that The Gold Coast Congress starting to think that opening many opponents like to play. For example, HAT a fantastic event the or even all 11 counts is a winning although T1’s like David Beauchamp Gold Coast Congress (GCC) style, especially when not vulnerable W (top qualifier in the Gold Coast is, and this year was an exceptional (when the cost of going down is Pairs), Sartaj Hans and Tony Nunn year for rookies and novices with smaller). If you open on 11, then the are normally seen playing Weak all their competitions attended lowest NT rebid should be 11-13, Twos (not Multi-2D), they all have very well indeed. Congratulations because a 3 point range is best (ref a simple (not fatiguing) defence to to all the winners of the rookie page 2). If your 1NT rebid is 11-13, Multi-2D known in advance. Double and novice competitions. With so then the 1NT opening bid becomes of 2D is a good hand, double of a later many options available, the GCC 14-16. So it’s the people that like to major suit bid is take-out, the only provides a magnificent boost to the open on 11 points who like to play a penalty double is the third double confidence of players and hopefully 14-16 1NT opening. by your partnership. Everything else they are encouraged to play in other Recommended Strength of is natural, 2NT being about congresses throughout this year and 15-18 points, with System On. eagerly return to the GCC next year. Your INT Your 1NT Reason- Why do so many T1 Experts prefer opening response ing The two Rookie Pairs competitions Weak Twos to Multi-2D? They like range range were attended by eight players to give the opponents the last guess (Claudia Gibson, Lin Kendall, Tiffany 16-18 6-9 9+15=24 in competitive auctions by raising Mair, Raelene Kell, Shane Knight, 15-17 6-10 10+14=24 as high as possible as soon as Robert Campbell, Barbara Moni and 14-16 6-11 11+13=24 possible. To do this, they need to Wendy Casey) who are currently know what opener’s suit is, straight 12-14 5-8(9) 8+16=24 participating in a pilot of a Rookie away. The Multi-2D gives well- and Mentor Program (RAMP) at 15-18 6-10 10+14=24 prepared opponents more space to Northern Suburbs Bridge Club, bid their hands. Here’s another 'not For all the strong 1NT ranges in the further details of which will follow in gospel' reminder. above table, if responder has the the next edition of the QBA Bulletin. maximum number of HCPs for the Conclusions Here, Shane describes his first GCC 1NT response, and opener is one T1 experts like to construct bidding experience…. point short of opening 1NT, then systems so that everything fits My usual partner Robert Campbell opener can pass 1NT, because the together and doesn’t take the players and I ventured down to the Sunday partnership has at most 24 points, out of their Comfort Zone. For some Rookie Pairs. We were not alone from one short of the 25 points needed people, that Comfort Zone might the club; familiar faces in the crowd for game. include a lot of conventions, but the included the eventual NS winners For the weak 1NT, opener should default in non-regular partnerships Barbara Moni and Wendy Casey - have some balanced hands that can should be not to overload the well done! After 27 boards of playing pass a 1NT response to 1C or 1D, memory bank and thus the brain. EW, we finished 14th out of 19 pairs

The QBA Bulletin January - March 2015 7 on 49% resulting in 0.12 MPs. A once-a-week player it is likely that our opponents in the last hand of review of the results showed that we I will still be in the Rookie category the day. I think the mentoring has played most of the top NS pairs and - will they take it easy on me for a really made a difference, so if there had 2 shocker boards scoring bagels second year? Time will tell. is anyone out there who has the (yep, zero percent), But hey, some And Tiffany has this to say…. opportunity to participate in a similar MPs are better than none. programme, they should do it. It will I am a rookie player who has not give your bridge a kick-along, and quite finished going through our you’ll get to meet and play with other club’s RAMP (mentoring) sessions, people in your club. You’ll also be but it has already helped my bidding armed and dangerous at the next and given my confidence a bit of a congress! boost. So much so that I said “Yes” when a fellow club rookie asked if I Congratulations must go to would like to play at the Gold Coast Therese Tully and the entire GCC Congress in the Sunday Rookie management team for organising Pairs competition. a fabulous event, and numerous rookies, novices, and open players After 3 club playing sessions together I met made observations to me, as and some guidance from my patient Novice Coordinator, on how well the mentor (Andy Slater), we headed off event is run. to the Coast to do battle (otherwise known as friendly games of Bridge). As I have reached the 100 MP limit My partner was coming down with for a novice player, I am unable to a nasty cold at the time, but despite play in novice congresses, so Helen that and a couple of ridiculous bidding Blair has agreed to represent me and Wendy Casey and Barbara Moni errors on my part (sorry, Andy), we the Novice Co-ordination Committee at future congresses. Helen is well Robert was unable to make it managed to squeeze ourselves onto known and liked on the congress down later in the week so I let the the bottom of the points table. That circuit, and she is approachable with organisers know I would require a was a bit exciting for first-timers! any comments or ideas a player may partner for Thursday’s Under 50 We really enjoyed playing at the have. Thank you Helen for taking on MPs and Friday’s Walk-in events. Congress, and getting some points this role. On Thursday, I met my partner Ming was an added bonus. I just wish Yang from our club 5 minutes before that I was not working full time as A full list of coming events for players kick-off - having a simple system it would have been fun to play a lot of all ranks, including novices, can card based on natural bidding makes more (and also share some meals be found on the QBA website at it easy to play impromptu. Ming and and refreshing beverages with new www.qldbridge.com, or on page 20 I played EW finishing 13th out of 20 friends from other clubs). of the Bulletin. pairs on 47% resulting in 0.10 MPs. Without the mentoring sessions, I Questions On Friday, I was partnered with don’t think my bridge bidding skills If any novices have questions Margaret Liversage from the Gold would have improved as quickly or concerns, please feel free Coast club. We played EW finishing as they did. There were some bids to contact Mick Fawcett at 5th out of 20 pairs on 54% resulting during the congress that I would novicecoordinator@qldbridge. in 0.68 MPs. Truth be known, I not previously have made, and I com or via the Novice tab on the arrived late and one of the congress would not otherwise have doubled QBA website. ■ volunteers had to play the first table in my absence, so Margaret and I had no introduction at all before we Our Major Sponsor started playing together. I stayed Stores: Australia Fair, Browns Plains, Cairns with friends over the border at Central, Caloundra, Capalaba, Carindale, Banora Point on Thursday night, so Chermside, Garden City, Helensvale, I’ll use daylight saving as my excuse. Hervey Bay, Indooroopilly, Ipswich, Logan Hyperdome, Mackay (Canelands), All up, I am happy with the 0.90 MPs Morayfield, North Lakes, Pacific Fair, I scored from my three sessions. I Redbank Plaza, Robina, Rockhampton, appreciated the warm welcome from Springfield, Strathpine, Sunshine Plaza, both organisers and opponents. Toowoomba (Clifford Gardens & Grand Central), Townsville (Stocklands), Victoria My partners and opponents on Point, TweedCity and Wynnum Plaza. Thursday and Friday were very Now in W.A.: Carousel, Galleria, Innaloo, helpful with bidding and playing tips Midland, Perth City & Whitfords (Gloss - it’s amazing how the better players Stores) are able to squeeze an extra trick out Head office: 41 Bulcock St, Caloundra 4551 of most contracts. I am keen to play Ph: 07 5437 0666 Fax: 07 5437 0966 Email: [email protected] the congress again next year. As a

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A fly appeared in the ointment. Larry took the heart and cashed Cuppaidge’s found a good false card on the second the ♥A. The ♥K may have been a round of hearts. He played the card false card but it really did not matter, Column he was known to hold; the ♥Q. spade ruffs back to hand until dummy Taken in, I played just one had no more were again automatic. before proceeding. When Larry Following a spade-diamond cross- followed to the next heart, I realised ruff ending in dummy, West had only that I had been had. A diamond had four cards left, ♣KJ83. When a heart George to be lost and a trump back would was led off dummy and ruffed with Cuppaidge kill me. The sooner it was lost the the ♣10 it was all over for West. ■ better, so I played one. West, whose George's article 'NT rebids after Two Lucky Hands ear for the bidding was clearly better 2-over-1 in standard bidding' is than his eye for the defence won UCK in bridge comes in an available on the QBA website. and played another club. Well done infinite array of guises. You can L Larry, you deserved better. only commiserate with EW on these Manager's two, the flow was all one-way. Larry Dlr W ♠ 10932 Moses was East. Vul EW ♥ AQ543 Travels ♦ 9 ♠ J108 Dlr N ♣ Q72 ♥ 2 Vul Both ♠ 876 ♠ KQJ54 ♦ QJ987 ♥ KJ N ♥ 10976 ♣ K653 W E ♦ K843 ♦ Q75 ♠ 65 ♠ 743 S ♣ KJ83 ♣ 6 Kim ♥ 98765 N ♥ Q104 W E ♠ A Ellaway ♦ K5 ♦ A10643 S ♥ 82 ♣ QJ82 ♣ 109 E are a big Christmas Cel- ♦ AJ1062 ♠ AKQ92 ebration Family so we always ♣ A10954 W ♥ AKJ3 have a fabulous time over this ♦ 2 period which seems to get longer ♣ A74 every year. However, shortly after the W N E S P P P 1D period we are in fourth gear (some X1 1H 1S 2C would call it fifth) getting ready for the W N E S 2S 3C2 P 4C Gold Coast Congress. The neigh- P P 2C P 5C P X bours even asked what on earth was P 2D P 2S All pass happening with all of the Schweppes P 3H1 P 6H P 6S P P sponsorship drinks arriving one day X2 All pass 1. A very strange action indeed but and then 150 kilograms of lollies the there is no accounting for taste. next day - 150 kilograms of lollies is 1 Undisclosed Clearly it was intended to show a nearly 20 boxes. 2 maximum pass. He had broken two of 'On the bidding' January saw me play with Mum in the my “rules.” I would open the bidding North’s 3H was about as silly as a bid QCBC Butler Pairs and we played with his hand, and, having made my can be. It showed the very opposite average hence our average score. bed by electing to pass, I lie in it. of what he had. Why? A splinter The following weekend we went to is an option, but not one I would 2. There are few 'nevers' in bridge the Northern Suburbs Teams with exercise without an extra trump. And but 'never raise a second suit without myself playing with Ray and Mum it carries the danger of being passed four-card support' is one of them. playing with Margaret Millar and lucky out. A simple, strong, raise to 3S is North has no reason whatsoever us, when the music stopped we were the bid. It is universally understood, to bid. Partner will happily raise in first place. In fact we didn't lose a here, that a raise to 4S shows no hearts holding three, and rebid clubs match - even the reported draw saw ace, no king, no singleton, no . holding five. At this stage it should us with a 1IMP win so I am claiming Expecting five or more hearts, South be treated as a misfit. the win and well done us. bid an automatic 6H. If West doubled Here was another very thin contract We have a big travelling year with on the bidding he was 100% correct bid by mistake. To bid 4C opposite a Cairns in June, Alice Springs in that the bidding was awful. four-card raise is pushing, opposite a September and New Zealand in A club was led. As declarer I could raise that might show three it simply October and even my daughter see only one way to get home, take would not happen. This time West recognizes these dates as she (Alex the heart finesse, discard two clubs did have his double, but was doomed to David) got engaged last weekend on hearts and ruff a club and the to an unlucky disappointment. and we put all the bridge dates in the fourth heart. The defence will get a The play was again automatic and calendar before we decide on any diamond. simple. South won and immediately dates for weddings. ■

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Gibson managed 7DX while Tony J6 2014 QBA Dlr S ♠ Jackman was ‘forced’ to bid 7S over 7H. J73 Vul NS ♥ No , no diamond lead Senior Pairs Q864 ♦ and it made. This was our big round, 10985 ♣ taking us from 5 EW to 1 EW against AK 109742 ♠ ♠ the ‘Fantuners’, Malcolm Carter- ♥ 10 N ♥ Q9862 W E Tony Hutton. ♦ 2KJ105 S ♦ 73 ♣ AJ732 ♣ K Another DVM from the previous ♠ Q853 week when I blew the defence to Richard their skinny 4H, costing us 5 IMPs McLauchlan ♥ AK54 ♦ A9 and the match. This time we were happy to kill their skinny 4S for 68%. ES, we are old enough for this ♣ Q64 Yevent. At our first try, we ran They seem to bid games on thin second in 2004 but have played only As South, Tony opened 1NT (14- point counts when at least one holds occasionally since. So off to the Gold 17) and Helen bid a 2NT (at a singleton. They missed a slam on Coast Club where we were seeded least 5/5 in the minors). I could feel board 15 (7 in it, 4 failing) with 12 17 of 40 pairs. Not so much ‘Senior the DVM vibes from Ron and passed hcp (5-4-2-2) opposite 18 (3-3-3-4). Moments’ but plenty of DVMs (Déjà (3D is a lot safer). Helen made 2NT 532 Vu Moments) among some meaty for 74% and Ron said, ‘Tony set up Dlr S ♠ Q9 boards. the defence but I stuffed it’, and we Vul None ♥ ♦ A964 A solid start against Jim and Cora won by 2 MPs and sat 11th at lunch. ♣ KJ54 Another skinny win (4 MPs) against Taylor put us into 11th where we ♠ 9864 ♠ AKQ10 the ‘B’ winners Dianne Raward- seemed to spend a lot of the morning. ♥ K10 N ♥ AJ853 Heather Simpson, including another W E Next up, Ian Afflick-Paul Collins. ♦ Q873 ♦ K slam (board 4) with 11 in it, 1 (not us) S ♣ 976 ♣ A102 ♠ J82 failing. That brought us to John and Dlr E ♠ J7 ♥ KJ95 Ivy Luck and the board. Vul EW ♥ 7642 ♦ 2 Dlr N ♠ J65 ♦ J1052 ♣ 75432 ♥ AJ103 ♣ Q83 ♠ K7 ♠ AQ1065 Vul EW ♦ 65 ♥ AQ104 N ♥ 63 W E ♣ K642 ♦ AQ753 ♦ J86 S ♠ AKQ103 ♠ 72 W N E S ♣ A10 ♣ KQJ ♥ — N ♥ 8 P ♠ 943 W E ♦ AQ109732 ♦ KJ84 P 1D X 1H ♥ 872 S P 1NT X 2D ♣ A ♣ QJ9875 ♦ K1094 P P 2S All pass ♠ 984 ♣ 986 ♥ KQ976542 Our bad board shows that you have ♦ — to get into the bidding whenever We bid this to 6NT by East (it plays ♣ 103 possible. Tony made a third seat better from West). The ♥7 was led light opening and Malcolm’s oily rag and I went 1 off. 16 pairs bid to 1H was similar. Without that, 1H-1S- 6NT, 6S or 6D. 4 of 11 Easts made, W N E S 4S would have been easy for us. I as did 2 of 5 Wests. ‘Not a bad P P 4H did all I could to get Helen to bid but slam’ suggested Paul ‘about 50%, 6D 6H P P no go... yes, it’s the same Helen that 6S P 7D All pass maybe?’ overcalled 6D on board 9. The rest of the round was solid for I was East and had another DVM 2S making 12 scored 29%. The another win. We got past Rosa from Lockyer 2014 where I had held other boards were all good and we Lachman-Bill Hunt with a few MPs to lots of hearts and bid 6H over their moved to 1NS with 2 rounds to go. spare, then on to a bad round against 6C, but Ivy bid 7C. I then turned our Plan A for defending table 1. On the Roger Tillotson-Lou Weathered. 84% score into 42% by bidding 7H. first board vs Richard Touton-Larry We recovered against Barry Coe- All that flashed through the Moses Helen called, 'Director, can Janet Johnson to meet Tony grey matter after the 4H-6D-6H you do something about the sun; Jackman-Ron Clark. sequence. Three seconds thinking is it’s shining through the window and bordering on hesitation for me, so I I can’t see my cards for the glare’. The difference between passed to save Helen if she wanted ‘I appreciate your confidence in my genius and stupidity at the to bid on. After she bid 6S, I decided abilities’ said Alan. ‘Alas, I cannot bridge table is that genius my diamonds were better than my move the sun but you may move has its limits. spades and bid the grand. tables’. So in a 20-table field, we Not even a top. John Scrivens-Neil moved to table 30, no pressure.

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We were a dozen MPs in front with North play the ♥J and then the ♥Q I one round to go, still defending table Warwick decided the hearts were splitting 4-2 30/1 against Robbie Clayton-Alan and I then played the ♣K and a small Smith when the last slam of the day club. South discarded a diamond arrived. whilst I ruffed in dummy, the ♦4 was led to my jack and South’s queen. 76 Dlr E ♠ South then wisely led a trump; low 1098653 Vul EW ♥ from dummy, to the queen and ace, AKJ Jim ♦ I then played a cross-ruff for 10 ♣ K9 Evans tricks as I suspect did most other ♠ 310954 ♠ KQJ8 declarers. ■ ♥ 2 N ♥ K GOOD roll-up of 60 pairs making W E ♦ 93 S ♦ 108762 Afor a full house were at Warwick for ♣ 3QJ105 ♣ 642 their annual congress. The event filled Don't Scratch ♠ A2 early with some reserve pairs being ♥ AQJ74 called up for action at the last minute. ♦ Q54 As usual, it was a nice friendly affair ♣ A87 with the fabulous country-style lunch and innumerable home made cakes and goodies. The bridge was almost W N E S a distraction for lunch. The event was Kamal P 1H held again at the very impressive Sanmugarasa P 2NT1 P 3C2 sandstone Town Hall. It was built over 2 3 P 3D P 3NT 150 years ago and there is not a block RIDGE can be boring at times. P 4D P 4NT4 P 5D P 6H a millimetre out of place. BHowever if it is online bridge, then All pass Sheryl Gardner and Ann Klibbe did we can afford to overcome this bore- well earlier and were leading after dom by carrying out ‘experiments’ 1 Jacoby lunch, but unfortunately fell away every now and then. It delights the op- 2 First round control and then had the misfortune to sit position when such experiments result 3 RKCB North-South in the last round when in disaster for the instigator. I take it as 4 Kings? East-West had all of the cards. Meta my contribution towards making peo- I know Helen has at least an opening Goodman and Theresa Tully led ple around me happy. Here’s a recent hand with 4 trumps, probably better most of the afternoon and had the one from BBO. We were 6 IMPs down after she continued cueing over my same misfortune in the last round. after about 20 boards. 3C. Her 1 Keycard was likely the ♦A so we were missing the ♥K (the Dlr W ♠ A5 ♠ Q6 ♥K plus the diamond void seemed Dlr S Vul Both ♥ KQ1082 ♥ QJ unlikely). If the field is in it, I had to Vul Both ♦ 85 ♦ 8653 try, the glass-half-fuller bidding 6H. ♣ J953 ♣ Q10653 I won the club lead in dummy and ♠ K4 ♠ J63 ♠ K1032 ♠ A975 ♥ A3 N ♥ 765 quickly called for the ♥10, watching ♥ 2A9543 N ♥ 8 W E Robbie for any sign of distress W E ♦ 3KJ109 S ♦ Q762 ♦ 4 S ♦ KJ92 ♣ AK87 ♣ Q104 (never make a decision if you don’t ♣ 98 ♣ AK72 have to). No distress, just dismay ♠ Q109872 ♠ J84 ♥ J94 as the bare ♥K came down. Only ♥ K1076 7 pairs (I now know the gamblers) ♦ A4 ♦ AQ107 ♣ 62 bid slam. Every table made 12 tricks ♣ J4 with 1 non-slammer making 13. After the weighty woman warbled, W N E S we had won 10 of the 11 rounds. W N E S 1D 1H 2D 2S! Add the necessary share of luck P 4D 4H P P and we held off strong finishes from P P 1D P X 4S P P Carter-Hutton and Lachman-Hunt 1H P 1S P X All pass 2S P 3S P to be declared the grand poo-bahs 4S All pass of the AVOQOF (Ancient Venerable Sitting South, my 2S bid was an Order of Qld Old Farts). Board 23 required a bit of planning, ‘experiment’ that backfired. I lost We received some cash, a tray, and I was declarer in 4S and South got one trick each in spades, hearts, pens inscribed ‘Property of QBA’ away to the ♣J lead, I decided to try diamonds and two tricks in clubs for - kidding - it was ‘QBA State Title to set up hearts and consequently two down: –500 and 10 IMPs away - Holder’ which I hope will intimidate led my ♥8 to the ace and a small making us 16 IMPs down. some opponents at our next event. ■ heart for a ruff, however, after seeing The very next board was:

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and 9 IMPs our way. The chat box Dlr E ♠ 10984 was quiet for a while so I broke the Teacher's Vul None ♥ QJ8 silence saying, 'I'm not sure if we did Corner ♦ 2 something clever to deserve 9 IMPs' ♣ QJ863 to which I copped some name calling ♠ AJ3 ♠ K2 - more excitement! ♥ AK974 N ♥ 65 W E Getting back to bridge, the next hand ♦ 9765 S ♦ AQJ83 ♣ 6 ♣ K942 in this episode was a deal that both ♠ Q765 opponents found a fit in their own Joan ♥ 1032 suits, but I put the pressure on the Butts ♦ K104 opponents by jumping to game and ♣ A107 attracted a phantom for 12 A Tale of Two Doubles more IMPs. EACHING doubles can be This was the very next board. Tdifficult…so many types, so W N E S many possible misunderstandings. 1D P Dlr S ♠ A4 1H P 2C P Vul Both ♥ J If you follow the principle that most 2NT P 3NT All pass ♦ A108743 low-level doubles are for take-out ♣ 10862 and, if partner hasn’t bid, the double The bidding was straight forward, ♠ 106 ♠ KJ7 asks you to speak. If the opponents and East said, “Good luck partner” ♥ Q109 N ♥ 87532 have a fit, and both sides are W E competing, then your double, even as West got ready to declare. West, ♦ KQJ9 S ♦ 52 before playing his first card, obviously ♣ AQJ3 ♣ K94 at higher levels, says, 'tell me more buoyed by the previous board and ♠ Q98532 partner' not, 'we’re going to beat the comfortable bank balance of ♥ AK64 them up'. 16 IMPs, said, 'Don’t worry partner, ♦ 6 With this in mind, you’d think you I rely on Kamal’s help more than ♣ 75 couldn’t go far wrong, but… yours'. Boy, isn’t that the excitement Here’s a hand from the Ivy Dahler that I was looking for! I closed off Swiss Pairs at the GCC. My partner, the Facebook chat windows and the W N E S GeO Tislevoll and I, finished second sports live score pages. P in a field of 254 pairs. If I’d got this Partner led the ♠10, ducked in 1NT P 2D 2S 3H All pass one right, the results may well have dummy, covered by my queen been different. and declarer won with the ace. He Against the 3H contract by West, played a diamond to the queen partner led the ace and another Dlr E ♠ — that I ducked. Convinced that the spade that declarer won with the king. Vul EW ♥ AKQ854 diamond finesse is working, declarer A heart was played from dummy, I ♦ AKJ4 now played a heart to the ace and ducked and declarer played the 9 ♣ Q108 played a second diamond only to losing to my partner’s jack. Partner ♠ KQ765 ♠ AJ9843 be disappointed when my partner ♥ 10 N ♥ J763 discarded a club indicating interest in returned a club that was won in W E dummy. Declarer now played a ♦ Q10 S ♦ — the suit. Declarer ducked the second ♣ K9754 ♣ 632 diamond to my king. I returned a heart second heart. I won with the ace and played the king to pull the third trump ♠ 102 that severed his communication! ♥ 92 Although declarer had sufficient from declarer’s hand before cashing my ♠Q. I exited a diamond to my ♦ 9876532 winners to make 9 tricks (3 spades, ♣ AJ 2 hearts, 4 diamonds) he was short partner’s ace and ruffed the diamond of entries to cash out diamonds as return with my fourth heart. Maximum well as spades. damage was inflicted at our table and declarer managed only 6 tricks. W N E S He decided to cash his diamonds in 2D1 P The rest of the field was either in two dummy and the ♠K, and hoped for 2H2 4H P P or three hearts, but all made 8 or 9 the ninth trick to roll in the wash. 4S X All pass That did not materialise, as my tricks. Another 7 IMPs our way. 1 partner and I both discarded all the Within the space of three boards Multi spades and hung onto three clubs since the snide remark from our 2 Pass or correct and a heart as the last four cards. opponent, we had racked up 28 What should I do? They were vul, Declarer had to play a club from IMPs to turn the 16 IMPs deficit to a we were not. I passed the double. dummy. My partner won the club, 12 IMPs win. 'Don’t scratch a tiger’s This was wrong - they made 4SX, cashed his winning heart and forced arse' - that's what came to mind. But and we can make 6D or 6H! I should out the ♣K under my ace. What was inadvertently I typed it in the chat have taken the double out, as the a rock solid contract goes one down box as I left the table. ■ opponents must have a big spade

The QBA Bulletin January - March 2015 13 fit, (why else is Peter Gill bidding 4S The normal lead would be the ♣4. ♠ — ♥ A854 ♦ AJ964 ♣ AKJ3 when his side is vulnerable?) But I wanted GeO to know that he and with no opposition bidding, It’s best to play that the double over could (possibly) get back to my partner opens 1S, you bid 2D and an obvious pre-empt is just showing hand with a spade. So my card had partner bids 4S. What now? to be unusual, either the ♣9 or the a strong hand, and may be passed 2. All vulnerable you hold: by partner with the right sort of hand ♣Q! This was a Suit Preference ♠ 9 ♥ AKQ7 ♦ AK96 ♣ AK92 (no fit, balanced etc). But with 7 . diamonds, my hand did not fit this It said, 'When you have trumped, and, again with no opposition bidding, category. GeO doubled because he please return a spade, and I will play partner opens 3S. What now? could not know what his hand was another club for you to ruff'. And so 3. With you vulnerable and oppo- worth in defence, and it would be it happened…GeO trumped the first nents not, you hold: wrong to bid 5 if we had no fit. It’s so club, and then made a play that no ♠ — ♥ 107 ♦ Q98 ♣ AKQJ10854 important to ask ourselves what the partner would forget. He showed Partner opens 1H. What do you bidding is really telling us. great trust by underleading his ♠A respond? and ♠K. I won the ♠10 and was able Dlr E ♠ AKJ97432 to now play the ♣Q which he ruffed ANSWERS ♥ A107 again. He then cashed his ♥A and 1. Therese Tully took a rosy view, ♦ J5 we defeated the contract by two bidding 5S on her void asking, ‘How ♣ — tricks, for a top score (+300) in the good are your spades?’ ♠ 85 ♠ 6 field of 254 pairs. So partner holding ♥ Q95 N ♥ KJ862 W E Most players led the ♠Q, and the ♠ AKQJ752 ♥ KQ ♦ 10 ♣ 1062 ♦ AQ7 S ♦ K8 contract often made, but should had no trouble raising to 6S. This ♣ 3A1085 ♣ KJ762 be defeated by one trick. GeO did was a flat board with both teams ♠ Q10 comment later with a smile that he missing 7S or even 7NT. ♥ 43 had to consider underleading the ♦ 1096432 spade, because if declarer held the 2. On a roll now with the successful ♣ Q94 singleton ♠Q, the doubled contract void raise, this one was simple would have made! opposite a trustworthy partner. Oh well, defence is truly exciting Therese simply bid 6S with her W N E S when two players are working singleton. This made when partner 1H P held 2C 4S 5C P together, and it would not matter 5H X All pass how much a person was taught to ♠ AK108764 ♥ 963 ♦ J ♣ 64 lead low from three to an honour, and trumps behaved. Teaching defence can have its times like this make all those rules 3.A simple 5C bid ended the auction moments too. In signaling, attitude dispensable! at one table, whilst at the other table, should be the primary method, but Suit preference signals are the our opponents took the scenic route some hands call for count or suit most elegant of all. GeO says that but also reached 5C. But it was the preference. Which should be used we should never let our defensive play that made the 12 IMP difference. methods do the defending for us. when? ♠ — ♠ K6432 It’s not always clear cut. We should try to use our own logic ♥ 107 ♥ AQ98654 rather than let complicated signalling ♦ Q98 ♦ 10 This hand was from the same event . methods overwhelm us! ■ ♣ AKQJ10854 ♣ — Against 5HX, I was on lead as South. Let’s think about the bidding. Toowong North, who held ♦KJ9 was unlikely East West obviously have a double to find the killing lead and instead fit, hearts and clubs. Why would Graded Teams chose the ♠5, ruffed by declarer. my partner jump to 4S and then Trumps are drawn in 4 rounds and double 5H? It couldn’t be that he the crucial heart play went 10 - K - was expecting his spade honours to A - 3. You cross back to hand with take tricks, because he knew one or a spade ruff and lead the ♥7 - 2 - both opponents would be short. His ? Where is the ♥J? Our declarer double must be for another reason I Richard dropped it doubleton off-side, the thought… Ward opponents played North, Agnes He must be trying to tell me he Kempthorne for it. Full marks to her has a void (Lightner doubles are HERESE Tully and I teamed for giving declarer a losing option. ■ used against slams). It had to be in Tup with Barry and Agnes clubs. I decided, for better or worse, Kempthorne for this event. Here Stripped and squeezed in the to lead a club. Having decided which are a few bidding problems we majors: it does not get more suit, the next step was to decide encountered. painful than that. which card. 1. You hold:

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Declarer took the ♦A on the third Gold Coast M 1 ♠ 1076 round, cashed the ♣K, and led to the Bd 8 ♥ A972 ♠10 in dummy, ducked by David. Swiss Teams Dlr W ♦ Q2 Declarer now cashed the top clubs Vul None ♣ Q865 ♠ AK543 ♠ J82 discarding hearts, and got the bad ♥ 54 N ♥ K6 news so she reverted to the ♠Q, W E which unfortunately David, having ♦ K98 S ♦ AJ7654 ♣ A103 ♣ J9 been squeezed by the clubs could ♠ Q9 do no better than cash his aces and Richard ♥ Wallis ♥ QJ1083 exit the Q, but declarer had the ♦ 103 rest for –150. If David ducks the ♠Q, TOTAL of 36 teams fronted up ♣ K742 Declarer overtakes and can set up Aat the Gold Coast Bridge Club the ♠5 for the 8th trick. on January 4 to play in the Swiss At the other table, after a similar start, Teams, 26 in the Open and 10 in W N E S West rebid their poor spades and was the Restricted. In the Open, Fred 1NT! P 2NT P lucky not to get doubled by North, but Whitaker, Joan Butts, Therese Tully 3D! P 3NT All pass +200 was still worth 2 IMPs to us. and Bill Haughie got away to a flying start, and continued in the winning attacked with the lead of the ♥2, M 3 ♠ Q76 way for the first six matches, so that but our North played safe by leading Bd 21 ♥ Q1073 they were locked into first before the the ♠7. Dlr N ♦ QJ10 last match started. This last match Vul NS ♣ 543 In fact no lead prevents 9 tricks, and ♠ A984 ♠ K was their only loss, and then by only ♥ after the 2, declarer has no choice ♥ 982 N ♥ K85 1 IMP, so they finished a full match but to play the ♥K, and could now W E ahead of the field. ♦ K3 S ♦ A942 make all 13 tricks when the ♠Q falls ♣ A1086 ♣ QJ972 I played with David McLeish, in in two and the diamonds behave. ♠ J10532 preparation for the Seniors Teams in Even after misguessing the spade at ♥ AJ4 Canberra in the middle of January, trick one David still made 10 tricks for ♦ 8765 and our team included Paula McLeish +430. At the other table EW stopped ♣ K and Jan Cormack (over from NZ). It was a good practice session, and we in 3S and also made 10 tricks for were always in the mix for second, –170, so we gained 6 IMPs. W N E S but just failed to get there and had to KJ954 P 1C P settle for third, albeit by a very small M 2 ♠ Bd 10 ♥ K985 1S P 1NT P margin over fourth and fifth. 2C! P 2D P Dlr E ♦ A65 It was a great way to start off the new 2NT P 3NT All pass Vul Both ♣ K year, and the Gold Coast Bridge Club ♠ 2A8763 ♠ — I had a potential rebid problem with were very hospitable hosts as usual, ♥ AQ6 N ♥ J732 W E my unbalanced hand, but I decided providing a fine sandwich and fruit ♦ KQ2 ♦ J1074 lunch and copious amounts of snacks S that the singleton ♠K was as good ♣ 7 ♣ J109 as xx if David responded 1S, I would throughout the day. I look forward ♠ Q10 to going again in 2016. Paul Brake, rebid 1NT, and if he responded 1H, I ♥ 104 would rebid 2H. playing with his daughter Jessica, ♦ 983 If I had a small singleton spade, and Trevor Fletcher and Barrie Coe ♣ AQ8432 won the Restricted (<300MPs). rather than rebid my modest 5-card On board 8 (next column) in the first club suit over a 1S response, I would match David (West) upgraded his have opened 1D, to allow a 2C rebid. W N E S hand to 15 due to his 5-card suit, P P David’s 2C rebid was artificial, and opened 1NT (15-17). 1S P P 2C forcing a 2D rebid by me, and then I could have bid 3C to ask for a P 2NT All pass his 2NT was a game-try in NT, which 5-card major, but instead chose to I was happy to accept with my near- show my 6-card diamond suit by On this board David made a normal maximum and 5-card suit. transferring with 2NT. When David opening bid of 1S in third seat, but South led the ♠J, and after winning showed a super-accept, 3NT was when I passed again he passed the ♠K at trick 1, I felt a whole lot obvious. the bid of 2C, due to his safer when South covered the ♣Q The fate of the hand could well lowly pips. at trick 2, thus ensuring 9 tricks, depend on the , and North now came to life with 2NT, wherever the ♥A was located. NS some would have been worried but there the auction rested, and I could not be end-played, so 9 tricks about the threat of 6 diamond tricks chose the opening lead of the ♦4, my were the limit, for +400. posed by the super-accept, and strongest unbid suit. At the other table EW stayed out of

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I didn't have a very interesting hand when I first looked, but next thing I knew I was declarer in 3NT. South’s 2H opening was a weak two- suiter, but since David had the other suits covered, he elected for 3NT if I MAY 1-7 2015 had a heart stop, hence the double followed by the cue-bid. In support of Alzheimer’s disease research South’s opening lead of the ♣K showed the second suit by inference, During the first week of May, host a bridge session and and 3NT looked to be a good contract if the diamonds behaved. donate the proceeds to Alzheimer’s research at NeuRA. On a heart lead around to my hand, it would have been routine to lead We are asking that all bridge clubs throughout a small diamond toward dummy, Australia raise funds and make a donation. setting up the suit, but on a club lead it was natural to play to the ♦10, and Alzheimer’s is a vicious disease that takes away your then my 9th trick vanished. North discarded a spade on the 3rd memory and independence. Every dollar raised will go club, and then South’s distribution towards preventing or slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s was known, but where was the ♥A? Two top spades, South discarding a disease club, confirmed South did not have the ♥A, and after the ♦5 was ducked To register call 1300 888 019 or visit by North, North was later end- www.neura.edu.au/bridge/register and participate in played with the ♠8 to give dummy another diamond trick for +600 and the Bridge for Brains Challenge. 11 IMPs. ■

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Brisbane's Jim Wallis, who still has But, in the Open room, Otvosi was 25 Years Ago a year left in the under-25s, showed in 4SX, made a complete mess of great imagination to bring home this it, and was –800. Eleven IMPs to club slam. HUNT. Jim Dummy But then a Burgess brilliancy ♠ A9732 ♠ 8 clinched an OTVOSI win. ♥ J4 ♥ K9873 Paul ♦ AJ ♦ K6 ♠ AQ54 Lavings ♣ AK64 ♣ J9873 ♥ Q7 ♦ J96 The Gold Coast Congress The ♠K was led, and Jim figured the ♣ A743 opening leader did not hold the ace ♠ J962 ♠ 1073 record 112 tables in the Pairs of hearts. He backed his judgment ♥ A954 N ♥ 10 and 100 tables in the teams W E A by ruffing a spade back to dummy ♦ Q8 S ♦ A742 played in the 29th Gold Coast and pulling a low heart away from ♣ 1095 ♣ KQJ82 Congress. The venue, the ANA the king! The next player gave ♠ K8 Holiday Inn, in the heart of Surfers the situation some thought, and ♥ KJ8632 Paradise, provided auxiliary playing eventually rose with the ♥A allowing ♦ K1053 areas, extra lighting, and extra staff Jim to make his "impossible" slam. ♣ 6 to cope with the increased numbers. With players like this, the future of The Saturday night walk-in game at- bridge in Qld looks bright. South was declarer in 4H at both tracted over fifty tables, many partner- An audience of around 300 attended tables after East had shown values ships taking the chance for a warm- the Friday night Vugraph presentation in clubs. HUNT lost two hearts and up. The Pairs qualifying was held over to see the last 20 boards of the final, two diamonds. Stephen Burgess two sessions on Sunday, with the and to be amused and delighted by has a reputation as a hard worker three-session finals on Monday and Don Evans' commentary. OTVOSI when playing the hand. He won Tuesday. In the top section, Seamus started the session with an imposing the ♣A and played a heart to the Browne and Bob Richman built up a 44 IMP lead, and after ten of the jack and ace, ruffed the club strong lead, and easily held Jim Borin- twenty boards had increased this continuation, and played a heart Carol Rothfield and the fast-finishing to 50 IMPs, On board 23 HUNT to the queen. Burgess now led Cathy Chua-Michael Courtney at bay. struck back. a diamond to the king, exited a In the Plate Ervin Otvosi-Stephen diamond, ruffed the club return, Burgess won comfortably from Joyce Dlr N ♠ 9 cashed three spades and ruffed a Nicholson-Paul Lavings. Vul Both ♥ KQ108 spade. The ♥K was his tenth trick On Tuesday evening the 10-round ♦ 9542 for 10 IMPs to OTVOSI. Swiss teams began. The HUNT team 8654 ♣ The final result was 112-59 with (J Hunt-J Wightwick, I Thomson-R 5 QJ732 ♠ ♠ Browne-Richman first in both the van Riel) began brilliantly and ♥ A9532 N ♥ J764 W E Pairs and Teams, At the Victory soon cemented a place in the final AKJ10 Q73 ♦ S ♦ dinner the management of the OTVOSI (E Otvosi-S Burgess, 1097 J ♣ ♣ Holiday Inn, All Nippon Airlines, S Browne-R Richman) eventually ♠ AK10864 extended the first Pairs prize from a emerged successful in the scramble ♥ — return trip to Japan to a return trip to for second place. ♦ 86 the World Championship in Geneva, On Friday afternoon HUNT and ♣ AKQ32 certainly a magnanimous gesture. OTVOSI played thirty boards of the 50-board final while the remainder The Saturday morning ANA shield The Gold Coast has a high reputa- was taken out by the Townsville of the field fought out two more tion and plays host to many interna- rounds of Swiss. Third place connection, Lindy Ward and Matt tional players. Julian Wightwick is a Mullamphy. So ended a memorable honours fell to the Australian Youth Cambridge-based Englishman on Team (R Fruewirth-B Thompson, P week. See you next year! ■ assignment in Tokyo. It is no surprise Newman-J Spooner, M Mullamphy- that he took a week's leave to play at J Wallis) with two good wins. Surfers! On the deal above he was Club News South, and opened a game-forcing 2C after two passes. North gave two Lockyer successful in recent funding QBA Mailing List negatives, but then gave strong pref- – grant for dealing machine If you wish to be put on the mailing erence to clubs. Wightwick decided to Helensvale and Southport bridge list for news which is sent out about attack, and leapt to 7C. If West tries club now renamed Helensvale once a month, please email the Bridge Club. manager. to cash the wrong ace, the slam can Eacham Bridge Club now renamed [email protected] make. Alas, it was never a chance and ended three down for –300. Malanda Bridge Club.

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now David was home, just losing 2 Canberra spades and a heart. Instead of bidding 4H, David could have investigated further by bidding 2S over 2H to show the club short- age, and I could have raised to 3S, since I did not have primary heart ANZAC DAY Richard support. Wallis 4S is an easier contract, but still re- SWISS TEAMS quires careful play, as club forces Saturday April 25 National Seniors Teams make life difficult. At the other ta- ONTINUING on from last year, ble South also got to 4H, and better $120 per team CDavid McLeish and I again teamed defence restricted this contract to 9 Start: 9.30am up with Tony Hutton and Malcolm tricks for a 10 IMP gain. Director: Jan Peach Carter for the National Seniors Teams in Canberra at the beginning of the M 1 ♠ AKQ1062 Summer Teams. We started well, Bd 13 ♥ 82 easily winning our first match, but then Dlr N ♦ 7 JUNE SWISS it got harder and we struggled for a Vul Both ♣ Q653 TEAMS while, losing 4 out of the next 5, before ♠ J54 ♠ 73 ♥ J3 N ♥ AQ976 Open & Restricted closing out with 3 wins to pull up to W E around our seed number. ♦ KJ982 S ♦ AQ43 <150 MPs as at The event was won by BROWN ♣ J102 ♣ K7 28/2/15 ♠ 98 (Terry Brown, Avi Kanetkar, Ron Monday June 8 Klinger, Peter Buchen, Henry Christie ♥ K1054 and Queensland’s Bill Haughie). ♦ 1065 $120 per team ♣ A984 On board 3 in the first match we Start: 9.30am missed our best fit, but loose defence Director: Alan Gibson enabled David to get 4H home. W N E S 1S 2H P M 1 ♠ KJ862 2NT P 3NT All pass BRISBANE Bd 3 ♥ K9 Dlr S ♦ 9764 On this board David (played upside ZONE GNOT Vul EW ♣ 9862 down) must have wondered what Gold Point ♠ 43 ♠ 9AQ was going on when EW bid to 3NT Knockout Teams ♥ J84 N ♥ Q107 W E after his 1S opening with a near-sol- ♦ 953 S ♦ 862 id 6-card suit, and he undoubtedly Wednesday 10.30am, ♣ AQ752 ♣ KJ98 placed me with a Yarborough! May 13, 20 & 27 ♠ 1075 Obviously EW got their wires $120 per team (no ♥ A6532 crossed, and David found this out ♦ AKQ74 table fees) when he cashed the top spades and ♣ — found he could cash 6 tricks. West could have made 6 tricks by QLD GRADED W N E S careful discarding and a club guess, TEAMS 1H but he was a bit rattled, and miss- P 1S P 2D guessed the clubs and finished up Sunday June 28 P 2H P 4H with only 5 tricks for 4 off and +400 $120 per team All pass to us. Start: 9.30am After 2D by David, I thought that my Interestingly, with clubs well placed Director: Jan Peach hand was too weak, and my suit too for us, we are cold for 4S on the Grade 1: Open short, to rebid my spades, so I gave same club guess, so they had ac- David preference to hearts, and he tually sacrificed! David had thought Grade 2: Below raised to game. about doubling, but if the bidding is Bronze Life A spade lead beats 4H out of hand, to be believed, 3NT is cold. Grade 3: <150 MPs and a club will also give declarer At the other table NS also missed All enquires and entries to QCBC: little hope, but West gave David their spade game, but neither Tony 3391 3241 - qcbc1@optusnet. some leeway by leading a trump, nor Malcolm thought they had a com.au Details on the website: and when East won the third round spade stop, so they stopped in 3D, www.qcbc.org.au he switched to a diamond, and making 9 tricks for +100 and 11 IMPs.

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Mackay Bridge Club Solution M 2 ♠ 2 *National Eileen Li, QCBC How do you play doubles at game- Bd 2 ♥ AQ976432 National Annette Hyland, level or higher? Purely for penalties? Redcliffe Bridge Club Dlr E ♦ 43 Showing convertible values (suitable *State Joan Jenkins, QCBC Vul NS ♣ J10 for defence or offence)? ‘Partner, State Charlie Lu, Sunnybank ♠ KJ954 ♠ Q10863 do the right thing’ doubles? Clear Bridge Club ♥ — N ♥ K understandings are desirable, but W E *Regional Laraine Dolan, Cards sometimes you want to use a double ♦ K976 S ♦ Q105 Bridge Centre for one purpose and at other times ♣ AQ87 ♣ K943 Regional Chris Stead, Mackay ♠ A7 Bridge Club for a different purpose. That makes it ♥ J1085 ** Local William van Bakel, very tough for partner to judge what ♦ AJ82 Cairns Bridge Club to do. ♣ 652 *Local Bill Bishop, Townsville Today’s deal arose in a National Bridge Club Open Teams: Local Ellen Duggan, ♠ AJ10643 W N E S Yepooon Bridge Club Dlr S P P Club Donald Robertson, Vul EW ♥ KQJ76 1S 4H 4S All pass Noosa Bridge Club ♦ 5 Graduate Sam Bishop, ♣ 3 In spite of the adverse vulnerabil- Townsville Bridge Club ♠ 875 ♠ KQ2 ♥ 4 N ♥ — ity, David bid 4H over the opening Nil Master Brett Middelberg, W E bid of 1S by West (Paul Lavings), Coolum Bridge Club ♦ QJ10943 S ♦ A762 but the vulnerability was favoura- ♣ 975 ♣ AKQJ42 ble for East, and he bid 4S without Klinger’s ♠ 9 a flicker. ♥ A1098532 K8 I was tempted to go on to 5H, as it Column ♦ 1086 must be cheap but the Vulnerability ♣ was a bit daunting, and I had some defence, so I decided to hope we W N E S had enough between us to beat 4S 3H and passed. P 4H 5C P When David led the ♥A and dummy Ron P 5H X All pass tracked, with declarer ruffing, it was Klinger clear that 4S was cold, and 5H had The defence took the 3 losers at most, but it was too late. Bungle In The Jungle aces, but declarer had the rest for South dealer : East-West vulnerable +650. The outcome was the same at Declarer did some investigating by the other table. Datum: N-S 370. running the clubs, which gave him an W N E S East meant the double to show a inferential count on David’s hand, so 3H very strong hand and ask West to he played diamonds for 1 loser and P 4H 5C P P 5H X P ‘do what’s right’. West thought that scored up 11 tricks for –450 to us. ? East was showing enough strength At the other table the bidding contin- to defeat 5H. If West bids 6D, this is ued on to 5S, and declarer did not What would you do as West with: –200 if doubled, while the defence get the diamonds right, so that was ♠ 875 ♥ 4 ♦ QJ10943 ♣ 975 can collect 500 against 6C doubled. –50 and 11 IMPs away. ■ The full article, and others on the GCC, are available on the website. QCBC James O’Sullivan Winners 67 Ipswich Rd Woolloongabba Overall Neville Francis, QCBC Silver Grand and above Neville Ph: 3391 3241 Email: [email protected] Francis, QCBC www.qcbc.org.au Grand Malcolm Carter, QCBC Gold Life Nikolas Moore, Sessions: Mon 10.30 am 7.30 pm Toowong Bridge Club Tue 10.00 am 7.30 pm Silver Life Diana McAlister, Wed 10.30 am 7.30 pm Townsville Bridge Club Thur 10.30 am Bronze Life Tim Ridley, Noosa Fri 10.00 am 7.30 pm Bridge Club Sat 1.00 pm Life Byron Longford, Supervised: Mon 7.30 pm Toowoomba Bridge Club Fri 9.30 am **National Terrence Sheedy,

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New Player Problem

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What would you do as West with: 1. ♠ A7 ♥ 32 AJ643 ♦ ♣ KJ75 2. th ♠ 97 20 Barrier Reef Congress ♥ 73 ♦ AQ964 ♣ AK82 Hilton Hotel, Cairns Solution: 1. Bid 1NT. Your choices are 1NT, June 5 – 8, 2015 2C or 2D. Of these, 2D would be the worst choice. Generally prefer to bid Chief Director: Sean Mullamphy no-trumps if your hand reasonably fits the bid. Your hand is not bal- anced, but partner has shown the An ABF Gold Point Event hearts and so you need not worry about a stopper in hearts. Prefer a Swiss Teams (Open and Restricted) Butler Swiss Pairs (Open, Restricted and Novice) no-trump bid to a minor suit bid if the hand fits both. 2. Bid 2C. You lack a spade stopper for 1NT. Bidding 2C is much better than bidding 2D. ■ Courtesy of ronklingerbridge.com Tournament Organiser: William van Bakel 0414 430 145 Womens/Senior E-Mail: [email protected] Selection Trials Web: www.qldbridge.com/brc April 11/12 and 18/19 QBA Teams-of-Three form on website.

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and even pre-alerted as unexpected. after a weak NT opening, and should Directors' The strength of the basic non- not be unexpected. A 1NT response Corner forcing 1NT response has drawn that is forcing is alerted as are some attention lately. While 6-9/10 1NT responses that do not show a is quite common, bridge knowledge stopper when RHO has overcalled GREEMENTS to open semi- suggests that other ranges are the opening bid. balanced hands with 1NT are A perfectly reasonable, particularly now possible as part of a Green Sys-  Jan Peach tem. Semi-balanced hands have at most two doubletons but no single- Coming Events tons or voids. Mar 28-29 QBA Open Selection Trials Natural jump raises (pre-emptive or Mar 29 Toowoomba Imp Pairs otherwise) in contested auctions no Apr 3-6 Townsville Pairs and Teams longer require an alert eg 1H (1S) Apr 5-6 BBC Easter Pairs and Graded Teams 3H and 1H (X) 3H. This is regardless Apr 11 Townsville Pairs of strength and the key words are Apr 11-12 QBA Selection Trials - Womens / Seniors “natural” and “contested”. Bergen Apr 11-12 Caloundra Teams raises, fit showing jumps which Apr 12 Redland Novice Teams Apr 18-19 Gympie Pairs and Teams are jumps showing the bid suit and Apr 18-19 QBA Selection Trials - Womens / Seniors confirming a fit for partner’s suit, Apr 18-19 QBA Novice Pairs - Yeppoon and the like still Apr 24-26 Cleveland Bay Diggers Congress require an alert. Apr 25 Anzac Teams - QCBC It was obvious at the recent Gold Apr 30-May 4 ABF Autumn Nationals Coast Congress that many presumed May 1-7 ABF Bridge for Brain Research May 1-3 Mackay Pairs and Teams declaring sides are not calling May 2-3 Hervey Bay Imp Pairs and Teams the director before bringing their May 3 Northern Suburbs Imp Pairs mistaken explanations and failures to May 3 Toowoomba Novice Pairs alert to the attention of the opponents May 9 Surfers Paradise Teams - see Law 75B. Calling the director is May 16-17 QBA Mixed Pairs - Toowong very important. Sometimes auctions May 16 Townsville Novice Pairs may be re-opened and non-faced May 17 Novice Imp Pairs - Toowong opening leads retracted thereby May 17 Stanthorpe Pairs limiting the damage. When it is too May 23 QBA ANC Participants Day May 24 Sunshine Coast Graded Teams late to change calls and plays based May 24 BBC Graded Imp Pairs on misinformation (Law 21B3), and May 30-31 Arana Imp Pairs and Teams damage occurs, adjusted scores are May 31 Darling Downs Novice Pairs the only remedy. Jun 4-8 ABF VCC (Melbourne) Speaking of damage, Law 16B3 says Jun 5-8 2015 Barrier Reef Congress Cairns that when a player has substantial Jun 8 QCBC Teams with Restricted Section (<200mps) Jun 11 Noosa Imp Pairs (Thursday) reason to believe that his side has Jun 13-14 Sunshine Coast Imp Pairs and Teams been damaged by an opponent’s Jun 14 Toowong Swiss Imp Pairs with Rest Sec < 150 MPs use of unauthorised information, Jun 20 Gold Coast Graded Pairs the time to call the director is at the Jun 20 Townsville Teams end of play on the board. A footnote Jun 21 BBC Novice Pairs adds that it is not an infraction to call Jun 21 Gold Coast Graded Teams the Director earlier or later however Jun 27 QBA Club Directors Exam it serves no purpose to call sooner Jun 27-28 Goondiwindi Pairs Jun 28 Cleveland Bay Graded Pairs because (a) it may be obvious when Jun 28 QBA Graded Teams - QCBC play ends that no damage has resulted and (b) damage cannot be measured until there is a result. DEAD The time the director ought to be QBA called straight away is, for example, JUNE 8 (noon) Contributions to: when a break in is disputed. Email: manager@ qldbridge.com 33 Royal Pde Rarely will both pairs at a table have Ashgrove 4060 the same systemic agreements. Phone: 07 3351 8602 Ph: 07 3366 1292 0412 064 903 Sometimes there is a tendency Mobile: Email: psquire@ for players to think that their own Fax: 07 3103 4799 lindabackceramics.com understandings are normal and Website: www. qldbridge.com anything different should be alerted LINELINE

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