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HE ULLETIN TPublished by the QueenslandQBA Bridge Association BOctober-December 2019 Volume 45 No www.qldbridge.com.au Email: [email protected] 4 for the 2020 ANC in Adelaide. This From the is earlier than usual due to our GNOT Final crammed program. Stage 2 and the President trials for the Women and Seniors will be held as usual after the GCC, please consult the Calendar. The QBA AGM will be held on April 23 this year, and nominations for any Richard positions becoming vacant close on Ward Richard Wallis April 1. Thanks to Joan Butts for her many High-level Decisions HOPE that you all had a very Merry years of service to the QBA as the IXTY teams from all over I Christmas and can look forward to Teacher Trainer, a position that she SAustralia converged on Tweed a happy and prosperous 2020. relinquished at the end of 2019. Also Heads in late November to contest Coming up in February we have thanks to Neville Francis, for his the 2019 Grand National Teams the 59th International Gold Coast many years of service to the QBA Final. With 15 Queensland teams Bridge Congress, acknowledged as the Chairman of the Appeals entered, the top two teams would as one of the premier events world- Committee, from which he will stand earn subsidised trips to Perth in April wide. In addition to a substantial down at the AGM in April. 2020 to play in the Asia Pacific Bridge contingent from New Zealand there Finally I am happy to report that two Federation Congress. When the dust will be many international players teams from the Gold Coast are rep- settled, SYDNEY 2 [Sophie Ashton/ from South Africa, Norway, South resenting Queenland in the Interna- David Wiltshire/ Sartaj Hans/ David Korea, Canada, USA, Sri Lanka, tional APBF Congress in Perth in Beauchamp] had scored a runaway China, Austria, Iceland and the April by virtue of being the top placed win against CANBERRA 2 [Stephen UKImmediately prior to the GCC Queensland Teams in the recently Fischer/ Jodi Tutty/ Bill Tutty/ Tony we have stage 1 of the Open Trials completed GNOT in Tweed Heads.■ Marker]. Best of the Queenslanders were GOLD COAST 2 [Eva & Tony Berger/ Kathy Johnson/ Raj Limaye/ 2020 Robyn Fletcher] and GOLD COAST 1 [Kevin Steffensen/ Carolyn Miller/ Gold Coast Charles Howard/ Kerry Wood/ Paula & David McLeish]. The consolation Congress Swiss Pairs attracted 96 pairs and was won by Carolyn Miller and February 21-29 Kevin Steffensen rounding off a very satisfactory weekend of bridge for them. Contents The theory behind successful high- From the President..............................................................................................1 level decisions is fraught with a GNOT Final by Richard Ward .........................................................................1 number of conflicting guidelines Teams of Three by Richard Wallis ..................................................................4 such as: Manager's Travels by Kim Ellaway ...................................................................5 Teachers' Corner by Joan Butts .......................................................................7 •The 5-level belongs to the Novices by Pam Steele .......................................................................................8 opponents Low Level Penalty Doubles by Nik Moore ....................................................9 •Use the Law of Total tricks to bid to Redlands Teams by Nk Moore ....................................................................... 10 the limit of your hand Cuppaidge's Column by George Cuppaidge ................................................ 11 •Avoid double-game swings by Just Because by Matthew McManus ............................................................... 13 taking out insurance – bid one more 25 Years Ago by Bill Hunt ............................................................................... 16 Directors' Corner by Jan Peach ..................................................................... 17 •Let the opponents make the last guess The QBA Bulletin October - December 2019 2 Getting these decisions right most Board 14 – Dealer East, nil vulnerable Board 3. of the time will win matches for You are South holding you but sometimes opportunities Dlr S ♠ AJ1076 ♠ ─ ♥ AKQJ98632 ♦ 9 ♣ KJ6 are scarce. Not so in the 4th- Vul EW ♥ A8 round knockout match between and right-hand opponent opens a ♦ Q5 SYDNEY 6 and BRISBANE 2 where weak 2S. Believing this hand too ♣ 10532 consecutive boards 1, 2 and 3 each strong to start with a direct 4H, you ♠ ─ ♠ 95 double. The bidding proceeds: ♥ 3KQJ94 N ♥ 10762 had challenges. Try these bidding W E questions before looking at the full W N E S ♦ AJ10976 S ♦ K82 deals. 2S X ♣ 4 ♣ AQ87 Board 1 – Dealer North, nil vulnerable 3S P P 4H ♠ KQ8432 4S 5H 5S ? ♥ 5 You are North holding ♦ 43 ♠ KJ1043 ♥ 7 ♦ J1097 ♣ 874 Do you pass, double or gamble on ♣ KJ96 and this is the bidding. 6H? W N E S ANSWERS Unsure whether or not 6D was 2S X 3D Board 1. making (it wasn’t if the defence finds 4H ? the unlikely heart ruff - but 6H is Dlr N ♠ KJ1043 cold), South took out insurance by 2S shows a weak hand with at least Vul None ♥ 7 bidding 6S. This was doubled and five spades and at least four of a ♦ J1097 went down 2. At the other table, minor. The next hand doubles and ♣ 874 our EW, not surprisingly, did not bid partner bids 3D, natural, to play and ♠ AQ952 ♠ 7 slam choosing to double 5S. This non-forcing. West bids 4H. Your bid? ♥ AK104 N ♥ Q853 also went down 2 for a flat board. W E Board 2 – Dealer East, NS vulnerable ♦ ─ S ♦ 843 Board 14. You are North holding ♣ 10952 ♣ AKQ63 ♠ 86 Dlr E ♠ A8 ♠ ‒ ♥ 97 ♦ AKQ42 ♣ KQ10965 ♥ J962 Vul None ♥ 104 and the bidding (EW Precision) goes: ♦ AKQ652 ♦ Q876 ♣ J ♣ Q9873 W N E S ♠ 4K1095 ♠ QJ7632 1C P ♥ 5 N ♥ 7 1S 2NT 4S P Our North bid 5D, doubled, down W E AK1043 J52 P 4NT X 5D two. At the other table, our EW ♦ S ♦ 52 A104 P P X All pass pushed on to 5H and then doubled ♣ ♣ 6D for a 5 IMP pickup. ♠ ─ Board 3 – Dealer South, EW ♥ AKQJ98632 Board 2. vulnerable ♦ 9 ♣ KJ6 You are South holding Dlr E ♠ ─ ♠ KQ8432 ♥ 5 ♦ 43 ♣ KJ96 Vul NS ♥ 97 AKQ42 and this is the bidding. ♦ Our South bid 6H which West ♣ KQ10965 doubled. After a top diamond lead W N E S ♠ KQ762 ♠ AJ10985 this was down 1. At the other table ♥ KJ2 N ♥ A4 our EW passed out 5H – the par 2S W E 4D 4S 5D 5S ♦ 106 S ♦ J5 result - so that was an 11 IMP loss. 6D P P ? ♣ J74 ♣ A83 Some people choose never to risk ♠ 43 bidding slams in such situations. I 2S shows a weak hand with at ♥ Q108653 least five spades and at least four am sure they are proven correct in ♦ 9873 the long run. However, you will note of a minor. West bids 4D which ♣ 2 apparently shows a 2-suited heart- that our EW opponents on Board 3 diamond hand. North bids 4S successfully gambled on the slam and East, having forgotten their Our NS pushed on to 5D doubled in a similar guessing situation which agreement, bids 5D. You bid 5S and down one over the making 4S has me pondering (in a sour-grapes West bids 6D. This is passed round contract by East. This was the par sort of way) why bashing slams to you. Do you pass or bid 6S? result on the hand but, when EW at seems to work more often for our the other table bid the non-making opponents than for us! ■ … and, from another match: 5S, that was 6 IMPs away. If a player’s bridge prowess is Even when the experts all agree, Drawing on his fine command to be abused, there’s nobody they may still be mistaken. of bidding, he said nothing. like a partner to do it. The QBA Bulletin October - December 2019 3 OPEN TO ALL LEVELS + CASH PRIZES TO BE WON 59TH INTERNATIONAL 2020 GOLD COAST BRIDGE CONGRESS Gold Coast Convention Centre Broadbeach 21st - 29th February Learn more at qldbridge.com.au/gcc Kim Ellaway • [email protected] • +61 412 064 903 • +61 7 3351 8602 The QBA Bulletin October - December 2019 4 was much to consider, but hopefully the short ♣10. I still followed this line Teams of Three some of it will come back to them when West played the ♣10 on my over the next year, and I made three ♣6, and the ♣J was not covered, but new friends. I had 10 tricks for +620 and 10 IMPs. M 1 ♠ 982 M 2 ♠ Q94 Bd 7 ♥ A42 Bd 13 ♥ A Dlr S ♦ 53 Dlr N ♦ AJ76 Richard AJ542 Wallis Vul Both ♣ Vul Both ♣ K8732 ♠ 4J10765 ♠ A3 ♠ AK63 ♠ 87 ♥ Q5 N ♥ 86 ♥ J975 N ♥ K8642 HIS year for the Teams-of-Three W E W E ♦ Q964 ♦ AKJ72 105 KQ982 at Northern Suburbs Bridge Club S ♦ S ♦ T ♣ 10 ♣ Q873 A95 J on the December 8 I had the pleasure ♣ ♣ ♠ KQ J1052 of meeting and playing in C Grade ♠ ♥ KJ10973 Q103 with Karen Amos, Debra Green ♥ ♦ 108 43 and Leanne Rooijmans. Debra and ♦ ♣ K96 Q1064 Leanne had played together a few ♣ times before, but Karen was new to all of us. Thus, to ease them into the W N E S W N E S new concept of teams play, I started 1H 1C 1H 1S off with Karen, while Debra and P 2H 3D 3H 2H X P 3C Leanne played at the other table. P 4H All pass All pass Our first match was against the Francis team (Craig Francis, This board was a good exercise in West was very conservative in not Christine Lane, Marg Lane and Jane counting out the hand. I bid 3H over bidding 3H over 3C. I expect that Lennox) and we had a big win to kick the 3D overcall more because of my most experienced players would us off to a flying start. Resilience 6-card suit than as a game try, but of have bid more stronglly at their first was the aim of the day, and, after course with her maximum hand and turn to bid.