1 THE QBA BULLETIN Published by the Queensland Bridge Association September-October 2002 Volume 28 No www.qldbridge.com Email: [email protected] 5

Queensland Butler Pairs

NEW State event was added to the calendar this year, the Butler M 3 ♠ J6 M 5 ♠ 1085 APairs, which incorporated the Bd 19 7 Bd 14 10987532 Men’s and Women’s Pairs. Fifty-two pairs Dlr S K8753 Dlr E K8 entered, up on previous entries for the Vul EW ♣ AQ864 Vul None ♣ 3 Men’s and Women’s Pairs, so it should ♠ — ♠ AK874 ♠ AKQ6 ♠ 94 have a future, and after this year’s suc- AQ95N K103 A4N KQ6 cess, we can look forward to a bigger WE WE AJ2 Q109 QJ107 953 next year. S S ♣ J109532 ♣ K7 ♣ J42 ♣ AKQ75 The event was played as 12 9- ♠ Q109532 ♠ J732 matches over 2 days. Peter Hainsworth J8642 J and Ralph Parker hit the lead early and were never headed, winning all of their 64 A642 matches to leave the rest of us in their ♣ — ♣ 10986 wake. Andrew Pryde and Neville Francis came second, just ahead of John I passed as dealer and West opened 1C, forcing 3D, over which I confirmed my Summerhayes and myself. over which John bid 2NT, which should heart stoppers and doubleton spade with Ralph and Peter also won the trophy for show diamonds and a major (2C would 3NT. John now bid 4NT (RCKB) and over the Men’s Pairs, and the Women’s Pairs show the majors). When East bid 3S, this my 5D response, he bid 5NT to play, but trophy was won by Lucy Barua and was obviously not one of his suits, so it I took this as asking for kings, so I ended Audrey Stitt. looked like the red suits, but I had a faint up in 6NT on the lead of the HJ. My only suspicion that he could have meant it for chance was to a diamond and hope M 2 ♠ AJ1092 the minors, so I passed again. However, that whoever had the remaining diamond Bd 16 QJ107 when West rebid 4C and East raised to honour also had 4 spades, but when I led the DQ it was covered, and when it won it Dlr W AQ6 5C, it was obvious now that John had the was a simple matter now for North to lead Vul EW ♣ A red suits, so we had a good in another diamond. Notice that if North has ♠ Q87 ♠ K65 5H! This was doubled with alacrity by N the DA and rises to play another heart, — K83 West, as was John’s run-out to 6D, and South will be squeezed in hearts and WE in spite of less than perfect defence, it K108532 S J7 diamonds for the 12th trick. At another ♣ 9764 ♣ J8532 cost 1400 (but we still won the match). table, East tried the same play, but when ♠ 43 Sitting East, I opened 1C, and responded the DQ was led it was ducked by both A96542 1NT to 1S from John, who then rebid a North and South, so 12 tricks were made. 94 ♣ KQ10 Contents Queensland Butler Pairs by Richard Wallis ...... 1 West passed and John, North, opened Outright Results for Multi-session Events by Robin Palmer .... 3 1S. I bid 2H because of my 6-card suit, Rockhampton by Les Bonnick...... 3 which excited John enough to bid the cold Cuppaidge’s Column by George Cuppaidge ...... 4 6H, to which West led the D5. On any The One That Nearly Got Away by David Anderson ...... 5 other lead I would have taken the heart Sunnybank Congress by Mike Robson...... 6 in comfort, but since the diamonds Tales 0rom Tasmania by Margaret Drake ...... 6 in dummy can be discarded on the clubs, the finesse in diamonds is not necessary, Coolum by Ken Dawson ...... 7 so I rose ace, cashed the CA and led the Teacher’s Corner by Joan Butts...... 8 HQ hoping it would be covered, but when Marketing by Cheryl Simpson ...... 8 it was not, I rose ace in the faint hope that Reviews ...... 9 it would drop singleton, and discarded the Letters ...... 10 losing diamonds on the clubs, but this was Results ...... 10 1 off when most (all?) others were mak- Director’s Corner by Jan Peach ...... 12 ing 13 tricks.

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The is often the defence’s back would allow the defence to take the last chance to defeat the contract, and first 8 tricks. At least one North did make so it proved on this board. a negative heart lead to West’s 3NT, and Gold the spade switch also produced 4 off. M 6 ♠ AJ9654 Bd 26 942 M 8 ♠ K102 Coast Dlr E 3 Bd 16 Q942 Vul Both ♣ Q54 Dlr W 5 Congress ♠ K108 ♠ 7 Vul EW ♣ A8653 Q1085N J7 ♠ Q43 ♠ AJ965 WE 8 AKQJ954 83N 1065 2003 S WE ♣ AK932 ♣ J87 QJ10832 S K64 ♠ Q32 ♣ 42 ♣ J7 AK63 ♠ 87 10762 AKJ7 ebruary 15-22 ♣ 106 A97 ♣ KQ109 Since we were not playing the gambling 3NT, I opened the East hand with a simple On this board I was South and opened Going to the Gold 1D. Over John’s 2C I rebid 2D, and he 1NT after three passes, and after John bid a straight-forward 3NT, which put the found about the heart fit, he bid 6H. For Coast next year? ball firmly in North’s court. Luckily for us, those playing a weak notrump, where The 4th highest of your longest and strongest South opened 1C, 6H with North declarer popped up, and the S6 was led, which is cold as the SK is protected. Fortunately did not trouble John’s declarer play, and for us, West has a nice sequence in dia- Moroccan when the defence discarded badly on the monds, so a spade was not forthcoming, Ph: 1800 811 454 diamonds, he finished up with all 13 tricks. and 12 tricks were easy by ruffing two (freecall) or If I had been able to open 3NT, standard diamonds while drawing trumps, and dis- th defence would be to lead the HA, and carding a spade on the 5 club. 5526 9400 then a routine spade switch and a heart n Richard Wallis Crown Towers Ph: 1800 627 696 Saturday Bridge at Arana Imperial Surf New Saturday sessions will begin on Ph: 5570 2555 5th October at 1.30pm Other playing times are on Monday/Tuesday at 9.30am, Friday at 10.00am and Wednesday night at 7.30pm Phone Geoff Gulley on 38513687 or Liz Marshall on 35117791 QBA Email: [email protected] PLAY BRIDGE ON HOLIDAYS presents two exotic tours Phone: 07 3855 3331 Bali Nov 11 & QE2 cruise #eb 5 2003 Mobile: 0412 064 903 or these holdays and all your travel needs contact Fax: 07 3855 3693 Web site: www.qldbridge.com

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September - October 2002 The QBA Bulletin 3 Outright Results for another pair in either of the first two Rockhampton Multi-session Events sessions. This will obviously lead to a different result if added to another HE article by Reg Busch in the July/ different denominator result, and is clearly TAugust issue unfortunately requires incorrect and unacceptable. HE Rockhampton Swiss Teams comment and further clarification. congress started with a difference. This should not be confused with the Roadworks commenced the day My article was merely commenting on perfectly acceptable practice of “factoring T mathematical principles, following the before in front of the clubrooms, so most of up” MP totals of the pairs which play a the players entered via the back door. No- subject being raised by several bridge lower number of boards to others within players perusing results. I have absolutely body minded as once inside the company a session so that the results for that and the food was, as always, excellent. no interest in “denigrating” another “widely session only can be expressed in MPs. The director announced at the start of play used program“, and abhor such practices, In this case the factored result represents that the bottle of port (Galway Pipe) one nor have I any interest in sophistic debate, the percentage, which does not change. of the raffle prizes, was his and promptly which I equally abhor, however I am quite It is irrelevant to the percentage (which is never won a thing. prepared to debate the mathematical all that counts) whether the result is principles. expressed as, for example, 88 out of 100 The hand that had everyone talking was I defer to Reg in all questions of bridge or 110 out of 125. in the penultimate round, when one EW law and bridge principles, in which he is pair bid 7NT making with 34 HCPs, when I’m not so sure about that “time-honoured” expert, and in fact I have requested his the rest of the field was in 3NT or 6NT qualification applied to that method. opinion on more than one occasion. making 11 or 12 tricks. As they say, However, mathematics and statistical Mathematics is a pure science with some ‘Fortune favours the brave.’ analysis fall within the area of my 3,700 years of experience dating back to particular expertise. Ahmes at the Palace of Wisdom in Dlr N ♠ 98654 Baghdad, and arguably even 30,000 10932 Certainly I gave extreme examples. That Vul EW years to when the Palaeolithic peoples is how base principles are best conveyed 1065 and understood. Nethertheless, the same of Central Europe first recorded numbers ♣ 4 error applies, in exactly the same manner, on bones. Now that really is time- ♠ KQ102 ♠ AJ7 right through the range, as the value of honoured, the principles are pure, and AQ7N J84 any deviation from those principles is WE this extremity tends to zero. AK83 J74 simply incorrect and unjustifiable. S In real life, the practice of averaging ♣ KQ ♣ A532 Jan Peach quite correctly mentions in her percentages calculated from different ♠ 3 denominators in bridge multi-session commendable article that there are other areas that can affect results, but then this K65 events can and does create different Q92 placings to the mathematically correct mathematical operation is not so com- method. I have seen examples in our plex, so at least, let’s get the base ♣ J109876 home club results, and I have had similar mathematics, one of the areas over which situations referred back to me from other we do have control, correct in our scoring. clubs. These referrals have initiated this Any suggestion that errors introduced by WN E S current discussion. poor mathematical practice do not matter P1CP Mathematics can give more than one should possibly be referred to those who 1S P 1NT P 4C* P 4S* P correct “value” to the solution of a have lost a championship on this basis, or, on an interesting moral note, to those 5C* P 5D* P problem, for example, when certain 7NT quadratic or trigometric equations are who have won a championship on the solved. However, when cumulating same basis. *Roman Gerber A club was led and won with West’s king percentages, there is only one correct (You should have driven a Ford Jan, you who then played the CQ. East came back value in the solution, and that is obtained would not have had to worry about to hand with the SA and led the HJ which by the mathematical method explained in breaking down between Burketown and South failed to cover. The DJ was led and my previous article. Other methods are Cloncurry). simply incorrect. South again didn’t cover. A heart to the Oops, another free plug. queen and now there are 13 tricks. East With regard to the paragraph in Reg’s n Robin Palmer had few comments to West on the way article that it is “a widely used and time- home about bidding 7NT missing a king. honoured method to “factor the results of This will be the last word on this matter. The session 3 to make them equivalent to the protaganists can slug it out in private. Ed. n Les Bonnick other two sessions……and then aggre- gate the matchpoints”, this method is equally mathematically incorrect. Queensland Bridge Association Inc As most understand, the basis of match The QBA can produce copies of “Bridge Directing pointing for a pair is 2 MPs for every pair whose score for the board is beneath their Complete” by Ian McKinnon (in its 1979 format) score. 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Cuppaidge’s Column ♠ A32 KJ64 AQ1073 ♠ Q76 ♣ 5 KJ765 ♠ 954 ♠ KQ10876 982N 73 — WE ♣ AQJ54 854S 9 George ♠ 108 ♠ K9 ♣ KQ109 ♣ J832 Cuppaidge A32N Q10984 ♠ J WE AQ105 K82S Q973 HERE are maxims aplenty in bridge. ♣ 109632 ♣ 87 KJ62 TThis is yet another good one. “If ♠ AJ5432 ♣ A642 partner bashes slam, you never have — enough to bid more.” AJ10654 WN E S I had the pleasure of three slam hands ♣ K with one “Octavo” on gaming zone. We 1D 1S X1 2 would have done well to heed the maxim 2S 3H P 3S on one and two. South North All pass 1S 4NT 1 ♠ J103 5H 6S Game forcing 2 Seeking further information 7S(!) 82 All this must have been too much for A8765 I suppose I was the guilty party on board Octavo. His final pass must have come ♣ AJ5 2. I felt, again wrongly, that I had a little from exhaustion. A pity, because 7H is ♠ A64 ♠ 98 in reserve for my 1S bid! I hate North’s such a great spot. Could it be bid? Easily KQN J9763 bidding of course. Why commit the side I think. The bidding would continue thus. WE J92 10 to a spade contract with potential better S WN E S ♣ 98763 ♣ KQ1042 fits in hearts or clubs. And what is the hurry? A more probing approach will at 4D P 4H1 ♠ KQ752 least allow South to be satisfied that he P4S2 P5C A1054 has described his hand fully. I would be P 5D P 5NT3 KQ43 inclined to start with 2C, rather than 2H P6D4 P7H ♣ — to give South the maximum room to All pass describe. Only if South introduces hearts 1 himself, will we play there instead of Setting hearts and showing a hand too South North good for a direct 4H. (I do not belong 1S 2D spades. My task however was to land 7S, to the “advance cue-bid” school; 6D 6S(!) after the odd lead of a low diamond to trumps must be unambiguously the queen and ace. I opened the South cards with 1S and agreed before cue-bidding starts. A I immediately ruffed a diamond and super-accept of a transfer response “bashed” 6D over 2D. Octavo began to to, or a suit take-out of, a no think! Ominous I thought, correctly. He played a low trump off the board. If my opening is the only exception I ac- emerged with 6S. jack held I intended to think long and hard knowledge.) about what to do with the diamond suit. 2 First round control, and co-operation Why, oh why? The obsession with major 3 In fact I could not go wrong! If I took the How many heart honours? We could suit and NT contracts in bridge is a be missing DQ but there will be a play. destructive force. This hand is an ruffing finesse it would work. If I simply 4 One example. 6S is “no play”. 6D on the other ruffed a diamond and ran all my trumps hand is defeated only by a heart lead. that would work too as West held all the And what will East lead against 6D? That key cards. East “got me,” however! He Car Stickers CK looks very tempting! I scanned the played the SK!!! scores and noted that 6D had been tried Surely this must be a singleton I thought, QCBC have had car stickers just once for +920. Greed is indeed a so I will need dummy’s SQ to draw printed with the slogan deadly sin. trumps. Was this a masterstroke or an “Bridge fills a gap in your life” aberration from East? I will never know. with cards on also. DEAD Sadly for East, he was let down by his partner. I led a trump to dummy’s SQ, We hope this will encourage more ruefully noting that both opponents players. Although they have NOV 11 (noon) followed, ruffed a heart to hand and ran QCBC phone number, this could Contributions to: all the trumps. West could not afford to be masked or left as players will 33 Royal Pde throw his DQ, as my DJ would then go to their nearest club. The Ashgrove 4060 squeeze him in hearts and clubs. He stickers are available for $3 each Ph/Fax: 07 3366 1292 could however throw his HA! My HK th or $2.50 for 10 or more. Email: would become the twelfth trick but his 4 club would become the setting trick. Should other clubs be [email protected] West could not bring himself to throw interested, please contact either red winner so dummy’s clubs came QCBC on 3391 3241 LINE good!

September - October 2002 The QBA Bulletin 5 A Lucky Slam The One That Nearly Got Away Another partner this time and more slam problems to deal with.

Sitting North, you hold AST Monday night my wife and I Next came two rounds of trumps, the DK ♠A1054 ♥KJ9 ♦AQ98 ♣65 had a game in the pleasant (high spade from me), and three rounds surrounds of the Toowong Bridge of clubs, declarer discarding two spades South opens 1H, W bids 2C, you double, L Club. Whilst our opponents were usually from hand. and South bids 3H! What now? friendly, Jill Hutson (moonlighting from Defensive prospects were looking good I tried 5H, feeling that this bid, even with Brisbane Bridge Centre, where she is the – either I was going to get two spade a stranger, would point to the need for a club secretary), gave me a torrid time on tricks, or else one spade and partner club control. South obliged with 6H. The the following board. would win a diamond – declarer seemed CK was led and this is what I saw as to have a maximum of 11 available tricks. (internet) dummy. ♠ K7 But then Jill found the master play – she A103 ♠ A1054 lead dummy’s fourth club from dummy, and, 8762 instead of ruffing, discarded her last spade. KJ9 ♣ AKQ8 I was endplayed! A fifth club would allow AQ98 ♠ J74 ♠ AQ1052 ♣ 65 N declarer to pitch her losing diamond while Q2 75 ruffing in dummy. If instead I lead my SA ♠ Q32 ♠ 9876 WE J10943 Q then it would be ruffed, and declarer could 4N Q32 S WE ♣ 764 ♣ J10952 then cross to dummy with a small trump, 654S K10732 ♠ 986 and discard her losing diamond on the ♣ KQ9874 ♣ 3 KJ9864 now established SK. A small spade also ♠ KJ AK5 wouldn’t work, declarer’s only hope being A108765 ♣ 3 to play me for the ace and discard her J losing diamond. ♣ AJ102 But then I looked more closely at dummy. Jill, sitting South, opened the bidding with In an attempt to get an unnecessary cover 1H and was soon sorry that she did, as from Qxx, on the second round of trumps South’s 3H bid was something of an partner showed her heart support, called declarer had led the ten from dummy – overstatement; too many values in clubs. 4NT for Aces (or was it Keycard), heard the remaining trump was the three. Still the final contract was not that bad. the 5H response, and bid the slam. So, I led my SA (hoping that the two of Whilst it can be made on any lead, I Holding the East cards I thought to myself trumps had gone), declarer ruffed, and would challenge most players to make it that a spade lead would be nice. However, eventually conceded a diamond for one on a non-club lead. partner found the more obvious high down. Phew!. Favoured with the CK lead, South had diamond lead, small from dummy, my little more to do than take the correct queen and declarer’s ace. n David Anderson position in trumps. Following West’s 2- level , and East’s C3, the second round finesse through East is de rigueur. Having drawn trumps, the next plays will 2002 Queensland Open be the SK followed by a spade to the ace and a spade . With the SQ falling, the Pairs Championship play of the CJ will set up the twelfth trick. incorporated with If it doesn’t fall, declarer will need the diamond finesse. It is important to test the The BBC October Congress spades before playing the CJ as West may win and return a diamond. at Doomben Racecourse (Assuming no club lead, a successful approach will be to take the losing October 19-20 diamond finesse, cash two diamond winners pitching clubs while in dummy with HK. Finesse East for HQ, then run all trumps squeezing West in spades and clubs.) For all your financial planning requirements call My declarer followed an entirely different Barbara Wills* at RetireInvest Capalaba ~ 3245 3533 path. She won CA and played out HK, HA. Now SK and SJ, not covered by West. A diamond to the ace was followed by two spade winners (!) pitching two clubs. When declarer played a diamond off the board, East flew with DK, ruffed. Declarer now simply exited with a trump Queensland Bridge Association receives a commission on all and East, with only diamonds left, had to Bridge club members business written at RetireInvest Capalaba present declarer with her stranded twelfth *Barbara Wills is an Authorised Representative of RetireInvest Pty Ltd (ABN 23 001 774 125), Australian Financial Services License Holder trick. Well played (!!!) and brilliantly defended (!!!). n

The QBA Bulletin September - October 2002 6 Sunnybank Congress Sunnybank Comes of Age It was almost a year to the day after Sunnybank officially opened its new UNNYBANK’S inaugural congress Clubhouse that it held its first Congress Swiss pairs was an outstanding Dlr S ♠ AK1085 and such was its success that it certainly Ssuccess with 33 tables competing. Vul Both K2 will not be its last. The energy and enthusiasm shown by the 8643 The lead up to the Congress was filled members was infectious and reminded ♣ Q3 with excitement as the applications came me of the QCBC as it was 30 years ago. ♠ J2 ♠ 76 in and the final arrangements were made The new clubhouse could only just handle A1093N J86 for THE DAY. Fourteen Clubs in all were WE the numbers and I would advise entrants KQJ2 95 represented from as far afield as to apply early next year or you may end S ♣ J76 ♣ AK10954 Caboolture in the North to the Gold Coast up on the outer. in the South, Laidley to the West and ♠ Q943 The event was taken out by Mr. & Mrs. Redlands to the East, with Sunnybank Q754 Stringfellow of Caboolture B.C. with members making up 50% of the players. A107 Andrew Pryde and Paul Gosney second Play ran smoothly under the Directorship and Pamela Waldrum and Kaye ♣ 82 of Jan Peach & Geoff Slack-Smith. The Robertson third. Andrew and Paul led food was scrumptious, the venue was ter- most of the way but were overtaken by a South passed and I opened a Precision rific, the weather was ideal and the com- 78% last round by the winners. I would 1D. North overcalled 1S, Betty 2C and pany was great. All in all a splendid day! like to show some hands by the winners South took the advance sacrifice in 3S Next year we hope to be able to squeeze but unfortunately we never got to play which we took one off for a poor score. in two extra tables. them so I thought I would feature 4 of the (3C scores 110 as against 100 for 5 hands we played against Andrew defeating 3S. No advantage at teams n Beatrice Rodger and Paul. scoring but a big result at pairs.) When Maria Riley, my partner of some Dlr E ♠ AJ8632 Dlr W ♠ Q6 two years ago, invited me to play in Vul EW Q10 Vul None 10752 the Sunnybank Inaugural Congress I 8 K732 accepted with much pleasure and was ♣ Q1076 ♣ 732 delighted we won the best Novice prize. ♠ K94 ♠ Q7 ♠ 85 ♠ AK97 66 pairs took part in what was a most en- A9853N 742 KQJ963N A8 joyable and well run event. All present WE WE J9643 A10 AJ8 Q964 were made most welcome by the Presi- S S dent, Committee Members and Members, ♣ — ♣ J98532 ♣ 85 ♣ AJ4 in particular Anne Lovett who worked very ♠ 105 ♠ J10432 hard over the course of the day to make KJ6 4 the Sunnybank Inaugural Congress a KQ752 105 great success. ♣ AK4 ♣ KQ1096 n Ellen Meldrum

Paul, sitting South, opened 1NT, I over- On this board we had the cards and took called 2D (diamonds and a major) and NS full advantage by bidding 6H which made Tales from ended up in 3NT eschewing 4S (which we when North failed to find a club lead. would probably have defeated) in order to Tasmania get the extra 10 points for a good score at Dlr E ♠ AK642 pairs. I led a heart and Betty showed she K3 Vul Both MUST confess I seldom see the had 3 hearts whilst Paul won and led the Q974 sunrise but in Hobart the sun rose at S10. Having the S9 I knew not to cover, ♣ 83 and Betty won, returning a heart which I I the respectable hour of about 7.30 am. ♠ 975 ♠ J8 ducked to retain an entry and put pres- It was delightful to wake in the morning Q76N 109852 sure on South not to finesse a second time WE to look out at pink clouds reflected in the because if Betty has the SK and returns a K103S 852 water, yachts lying quietly at anchor, little heart declarer is going 2 off; but it was all ♣ K975 ♣ 1062 ducks floating up and down and occasion- to no avail. He came to hand and took a ♠ Q103 ally taking a stroll on the sandy shore; so second finesse and ended up with 10 AJ4 calming after a torrid session of bridge at tricks, which was a very good score with AJ6 the Wrestpoint Hotel where the ANC was most of the field playing in 4S. ♣ AKQ4 being held. Most the the team members stayed in the DID YOU KNOW? Paul spurned his known spade fit to play in Motel Section attached to the Hotel Tower. 3NT and it paid big dividends because I led Each charming room had been recently Each player counts his cards face a club which gave declarer a quick 12 tricks refurbished with all mod cons and looks down to be sure he has exactly and a good score with most of the room out across Sandy Bay to the opposite hilly thirteen; after that, and before playing in 4S and making only 11 tricks. shore. We all arrived with our suitcases making a call, he must inspect the packed with our winter woolies to find Hopefully we will do better next year. face of his cards. Hobart turned on its best winter weather; n Mike Robson sunny and mild (8-15 ºC).

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After leading the field til almost halfway, where we made a doubled game swing. must rank highly on the night-mare scale. our Senior team’s hopes and aspirations David and Tony Jackman made 4SX while Consider this hand from the recent sank like the barge, the ‘Lake Illawarra’, we stole 5DX. Coolum Teams. when it collided with and broke the Tasman bridge in 1975 and went to the Dlr E ♠ KJ8654 Dlr S ♠ K8432 bottom of the river carrying 2 1/2 tons of Vul NS — J10843 zinc concentrate. It still lies there sinking Q107 765 in the mud. ♣ AK54 ♣ — Sorry, it wasn’t that bad. We went into the ♠ 92 ♠ A ♠ 6 ♠ QJ1075 last match with a good chance of making KQJ832N 104 675N the final but sadly, it was not to be, and WE WE A42S KJ986 QJ1094S AK2 we stayed 3rd. ♣ Q8 ♣ J10976 ♣ AKQ632 ♣ J98 A couple of the good news hands. ♠ Q1073 ♠ A9 A9765 AKQ92 ♠ AK73 Dlr E 53 83 QJ984 Vul NS ♣ 32 ♣ 10754 62 ♣ 42 East led a heart against 4SX and declarer ♠ 5 ♠ 104 has a easy 10 tricks. At our table South WN E S K1072N — WE led a club against 5DX taken by the ace 1H AQJ753S K1084 and North inexplicably switched to a 2NT 4H 5C X ♣ K8 ♣ AQJ10975 spade. Jenny Han drew trumps with the PP5DP ♠ QJ9862 aid of the finesse and led the H10 taken P X All pass A653 by South, who continued spades. The 9 hearts were now set up and accessable Who can blame East? It is difficult to know who has the good hand; West or North. ♣ 63 to discard the losing clubs. David said the team that makes the least He had made a great decision to bid the mistakes wins and that is undoubtedly true, making 5C over the making 4H contract. This is an interesting hand where Agnes but you also need a little touch of luck. Faced with a choice when South doubled, Kempthorne and Greer Tucker bid the /// AK2 encouraged the switch to 5D. EW club slam and won us an 11 IMP Make sure you all have a Tasmanian swing when the opponents in our room holiday - it is beautiful. The defence was straightforward. On the HA, North plays the 3. When there is a stayed in 5D. South’s opening lead of the n Margaret Drake HA was ruffed and there were 13 tricks. singleton in dummy, this is suit preference asking for a shift to the lower suit. South Try bidding that one! Coolum led the C10, asking for the higher suit to be returned for a second club ruff. Yes, Dlr S ♠ 84 the signals are hardly needed on this Vul Both Q105 The Bridge Player’s Nightmare hand. East is still shaking at the loss of 98752 AM sure there are many variations, the first 4 tricks when 5C was going to be ♣ 983 Ibut running from a doubled making a walk in the park. ♠ AKQ9 ♠ J52 contract into a doubled failing contract n Ken Dawson J43N AK6 WE A104S K63 ♣ A107 ♣ QJ52 Queensland Senior Teams ♠ 10763 9872 Championship QJ ♣ K64 will be held at the Sunshine Coast BC on Sunday January 5 2003 On this hand I found myself in 6NT and North led a diamond. I took the jack with my ace and counted my tricks. CONTACT Anne McLeod 5492 7539 If the club finesse was on I still had only 11 tricks unless the clubs were 3-3. If not I had to drop the HQ or perhaps there If only may be a squeeze. I cashed a couple of Would you play in the 2003 State Team Trials if only things were different? spades ending in dummy with the SJ and Sorry, we can’t help with more time, more money or fewer commitments. took the club finesse (clubs were 3-3) The QBA Tournament Committee does want to hear about the things that happiness! I gratefully started to cash out deter players from entering the Open, Women, Senior Trials. Please talk and down dropped the DQ making 13 to one of us. tricks for a 13 IMP swing. The Tournament Committee is Alan Maltby, Andrew Pryde, Barry David Anderson modestly declined to give Kempthorne, Claire Hyne, David Anderson, Geoff Slack-Smith, Jan Peach, me a hand to report (said he could only Keith McDonald, Margaret Drake, Marion Cooke, Michael Kent, Neville rancis, Reg Busch, Tom Strong. recall disasters) so I am using this hand

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There will be a very good and cheap • For advanced groups I have written Teacher’s week to Mt Crackenback in January at a series of three workshops on an which Gary and I will run games and “Introduction to the Two Over One Corner lessons. If you’re planning to play in System”. This system is played all Canberra, come on this coaching/ over in America and is becoming motivating/relaxing holiday first. One increasingly popular. In my opinion it week with all bridge activities for $615.00 is far easier than Standard and much twin share. better. ($9.95)

Joan As always, I am keen to come to your There are discounts on all these materials Butts clubs to either do workshops on topics for teachers and bridge clubs, from 10% of your choice or to help your teachers to 40% depending on the size of the order. with any concerns or queries they may Please order through me Club News have abut teaching. Ph: 0413 772 650, or 3254 4795, or Great things are happening in Gympie! online through my website, Bridge is being taught in four secondary Fred Gitleman’s online bridge site www.uq.net.au/cards schools, and it’s just made the news- (www.bridgebase.com) is fantastic for papers! Early in the year, Jeanette teachers. It’s free, and offers opportun- Roughley and Jennifer Hollingworth took ities to practise bidding and to play set Marketing the initiative and approached local hands with your students or partners. headmasters. They agreed to trial bridge There is a main bridge club that you can in their schools, using the Starter Bridge play at (open to anyone), OR you can approach in “Play Bridge: a Workbook join one of the private clubs. I have for the Absolute Beginner”. recently set up a CARDS Online Bridge It worked and this is one of the com- Center, and anyone who would like to ments: “The high school students have play there (FREE), or would like been wonderful to teach. They are a online bridge instruction with an Cheryl class of the brightest children, and I find expert player, should simply email me Simpson they take to bridge so well. My style of ([email protected]) and I will join them teaching is for them to “do”. The less up. It’s really the new way to improve your talking, the more doing, the better” game, offering opportunities that we New QBA Travel Sponsor Well said, and congratulations. never had before the Internet. Good news!! In fact, bridge and in particular the The QBA has a new travel sponsor. The teaching of beginners seems to be alive There will be three new additions to my company is called Zeppelin Travel and and growing at a fast pace in Queensland list of books, to be available to clubs they are based here on the Gold Coast, this year. Cairns, Arana, Sunnybank for the start of 2003. Apart from my an advertisement for them appears in this Gold Coast report large mid-year beginners book, issue. Please support Andi and his team, intakes, and comment that their clubs are • “Play Bridge; a Workbook for the as much as you can, they have been very full of the enthusiasm of new players. Absolute Beginner”, (student text generous in sponsoring the travel for The new players are the life blood of ($18.95) and Teachers Guide interstate directors to attend our Gold ($25.00), your clubs. Treat them with care. Coast Congress. Zeppelin Travel has • Kathy Johnson, leading player and found the best accommodation rates for teacher at the Gold Coast has worked our players. Please call them as soon as Australian Bridge Teachers Work- with me to produce a STUDENTS’ possible to avoid disappointment and shop, Melbourne August 2002 TABLE GUIDE, based on the book, ensure your booking. I was really pleased to be involved in this to be used as an aide to learning. Gold Coast Congress 2003 weekend, and spoke to teachers in ($6.60) Victoria about our Qld beginners book • Also coming out soon, will be my The 2003 Gold Coast Congress is likely and new methods of teaching bridge. “Play SUPERVISED Bridge”, a to be as popular as ever, however this There is the same world wide concern collection of 32 brand new hands for year due to increased venue costs, we about the aging population of bridge beginners which follows the bidding need to access as many sponsors as players, and the need to introduce the and play points in the beginners possible. If you know of anyone or any game to as many new players as student text. Each hand is written up, company that may be able to help please possible. Jim Borin and Cathy Mill and the emphasis is on play points. let me know. showed the materials they have This should be ideal for extra My home number is 07-5538 8821 or developed as aides to learning, which are sessions and supervised sessions for email: [email protected]. modern version of the old cheat sheet. beginners and improvers. (It will sell The 2003 ANA Gold Coast Congress Gary Brown, a Canadian, has a large at approx. $13.95) brochure is currently being collated, so bridge following in Melbourne, and I • The next step for lessons after there is still time to add new sponsors recently worked with him on a holiday to beginners courses, and after names to the final publication. Bali, with players from all around supervised sessions: a booklet Australia. He gives players laminated designed for four intermediate summaries of lessons, and did workshops, called “Openings other interesting lessons in Bali on new topics than One Bids”, covering Opening such as Odds and Evens Discards, 2C and 2NT, Slam Bidding Methods, Cheryl Simpson Smolen, Help Suit Game Tries. I gave Weak Twos, and Higher . sessions on Jacoby 2NT and Transfers. ($13.95) QBA Marketing Officer.

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Here is a hand starring Balicki and his Reviews Dlr E ♠ J regular partner, Adam Zmudzinski in their K74 triumph in the prestigious Macallan Q10843 Invitational Pairs. Learn 0rom the Stars ♣ J853 Mark Horton and Tony Sowter ♠ K10643 ♠ Q985 Dlr S ♠ Q63 F you are one of those who likes to learn 108N 962 Vul None K10732 from the exploits of famous players, this WE 76 I 75S K2 book is for you. The authors are them- ♣ 9742 ♣ AK106 ♣ AQ4 selves successful international players ♠ A72 ♠ 42 ♠ KJ97 and journalists, so they have a knack for AQ6N J94 finding interesting hands. These deals are AQJ53 WE 82 J10 accompanied by a concise discussion AJ96 S and are selected to demonstrate the point ♣ Q ♣ KJ10865 ♣ 9732 being made. Thumbnails of the great play- ♠ A1085 ers are interspersed between the hands, East opened a weak notrump and South 85 which are grouped under three main doubled for penalties. West bid 2S and AKQ9543 headings – bidding, declarer play, and after North had freely bid 3D, East made ♣ — defence. Some of the tips are the kind the mistake of bidding 3S. South reason- that is easy to remember and apply in ably assumed that North would have a your own game. This sample comes un- singleton spade, and that any red suit fi- WN E S der the heading “careless talk costs lives”. nesses would succeed. He therefore bid Zmudinski Balicki Sometimes it is dangerous to bid when the cold 6D. 1D your side is outgunned, as you may give 1 2 The remaining hands are brilliancies which 2C X 3C 5C vital information to the declarer. the reader can simply enjoy without wor- P 5D All pass rying about trying to generalise a principle 1 from them. On the whole, this is a reason- Negative 2 -showing splinter Subsidy Winners for the Qld Teams ably practical and entertaining book which West leads the CJ. In view of West’s will suit the intermediate player. Darling Downs Zone - J Baker, overcall the natural play from dummy is D McAdam, M Sargent, R Fraser Learn from the Stars is available from the queen, and when that holds the trick, Northern Zone - Haussmann, Sexton, John Hardy for $25.30 we can discard one of the losing hearts Trollope, Wong Ph: 0409-786 050. from hand. Assuming the diamonds are Capricorn/Whitsunday Zone - not 4-0 there are now 10 tricks on top, Lorroway, Dooner, White, Goodsall and it is tempting to cash the CA and get Wide Bay Zone - P Beresford, M Dale, rid of our second heart right away, hop- G Flynn, L Rex ing to negotiate the spade suit for only Subsidy Winners for the Qld Pairs two losers. The problem is that there is no certain entry to the dummy, making it Northern Zone - Mann/Stubbs and harder to negotiate the spade suit suc- Trollope/Wong Denise Dodd cessfully. If we have to play spades from Capricorn/Whitsunday Zone - our hand, how are we going to do it? M Allan/M Saunders The two critical cards that are missing are Wide Bay Zone - Melhuish/Wares, The Bridge Magicians or Spell- the HA and the SK, and unless East has Wallace/Keys, L & A Bonnick binding plays from the Polish stars bid three clubs with nothing but a few low GNOT Reps HIS is a book for advanced players clubs, he must have one of them. If East Wide Bay Zone - G Kellerman, Tbut it’s still fun to sit back and marvel has the HA, then West will have the SK R Davenport, B Boyle, D Gehrke (all at the incredible virtuosity of the Polish and the contract will be easy. If West has from Hervey Bay) players, twenty-five in all. Like all true ma- the HA, then the defenders are going to Northern Zone - H Thompson, gicians, they present an insoluble prob- have to give us the entries we need or Pearson, E Turner, H Schipke lem, but unlike the stage variety, they re- play the spade suit for us. veal their secrets. Capricorn/Whitsunday Zone - Resisting temptation, we decide not to R Lorroway, J Dooner, E White, T Forty-four year old Cezary Balicki, (pro- cash the CA but to draw trumps in two Goodsall nounced Che-za-ri Ba-lit-ski – the ability rounds and play our remaining heart from to pronounce some of the Polish names Gold Coast Zone - R Slobom, K hand, intending to play the king. However, is a magical feat in itself!) as with many Johnson, T Berger and E Berger West jumps in with the HA and plays a bridge stars, was a talented chess player low spade. We play low from the table, Darling Downs Zone - not yet known before becoming a professional bridge and when East produces the SJ we sim- Sunshine Coast Zone - not yet known player. He has an impressive list of inter- ply duck, playing East for the SK. Now national championship medals and is now Brisbane Zone any non-spade return from East provides a regular on the North American bridge Tom & Freda Swainston, us with an entry to table, enabling Lorna Cameron, Pam Murray circuit. His undoubted analytical talents are evidenced by the fact that he led the dummy’s HK and the CA to take care of Diane Wilkinson, Dewi Eastman, Anne field for much of the 1998 World Par declarer’s losing spades. They aren’t Griffin, Jan Rawson, Vicki Foots Championship, which boasted the world’s called magicians for nothing! Cheryl Daniel, Gordon Gemmell, finest players, before eventually finishing The Bridge Magicians is available from Bert Luchjenbroers, Jan Hoffman fourth. Many of us will remember him from Denise Dodd on (07) 3359 1285 or the National Open Teams in Canberra. [email protected] – $39.95 post free.

The QBA Bulletin September - October 2002 10 Coming Events Oct 12 Mackay Teams Arana Novice Teams Renee 12-13 Dalby Congress Yates 13 Gympie Graded Pairs Cleveland Bay Teams Sport Popularity Booms 19-20 BBC Congress (inc Qld & Novice Pairs) HE sport of bridge has doubled in 26-27 Magnetic Pairs Congress (Townsville) Tpopularity in Queensland over the last Qld Graded Teams (QCBC) 10 years following a mild worldwide boom, Hervey Bay Congress said the Courier-Mail’s bridge columnist Nov 2-3 Northern Suburbs Pairs Tony Jackman. 3 Surfers Paradise Novice Teams “The number of registered or affiliated Cleveland Bay Pairs players in Queensland alone has in- creased from 4000 to 6400 since 10 QCBC Pairs 1992,”he said. Western Suburbs Novice Teams (Toowong) 16 Townsville Novice Teams “Queensland is the biggest state in terms of affiliated members with 48 of the 240 Eastern Suburbs Teams Australian clubs.” 17 Townsville Pairs Queensland Bridge Association mar- 23-30 Qld-wide Pairs keting manager Cheryl Simpson said 24 Qld Senior & Youth Pairs (Surfers) there has been about a 10 per cent Dec 1 QCBC Novice Pairs increase in player numbers across 28-29 Tablelands Congress Australia each year for the last 10 years. “Australia has a sporting psyche and as our teams compete internationally we are Letters ends of the field, these players be given finding the best coaches are coming a discount of maybe 50-60% on their entry here,” she said. fees as they don’t enjoy the same privilege as the middle of the field who Re Ivy Luck's article on the Honeysuckle “Grand Masters who are at the top of their may win prize money in any section. game are now becoming coaches; they’re pairs at our club. In any competition, the axiom must be, ‘Let putting something back into the sport.” I have been in touch with one of our long- the better (not the lesser) man/woman win,’ standing members. Back in the old days, Grand Master and professional bridge and we should continue with this tradition the club (probably all clubs) had invita- teacher Denise Dodd has held a number to encourage the culture of excellence, and tions to their congresses printed on a card of “bridge holiday getaways” to coach not wallow in the malaise of mediocrity. something similar to a birthday card. In players and foster interest in the sport. Ivy Luck our case, this always had a yellow “Bridge is a highly addictive game and is background as the word "Buderim" great for keeping mentally alert,” Ms Dodd means honeysuckle to the aboriginals, said. 2002 Congress and it was spelt "Badderim." We continue “It is also the great leveler; I have to print the Honeysuckle notices on yellow Directors’ Exam coached everyone from housewives to paper to carry on the tradition! professionals to plumbers, judges and Anne McLeod Saturday October 26 prison wardens.” “The worldwide increase in numbers to about 50 million players in 110 countries James Evans’ suggestion that in all Results has largely been helped by the internet competitions, the top 25% of the seeded and technology growth,” said QBA mar- players be barred from winning prize keting manager Cheryl Simpson. money in the plate and consolation Lockyer Swiss Pairs “Bridge has just been recognized as a sections after the qualifying round should sport by the International Olympic meet with popular response from the rank 14 July Committee and was played at the last and file who may tire of seeing the same Commonwealth games,” she said. seeded players walking off with the loot 1 H & R McLauchlan in the lower end of the field. 2 R Clayton A Smith “A university of bridge has just opened in 3 J Rose J Marley But all players pay the same entry fee to France and there is an entire television Plate participate in a competition in the hope channel devoted to bridge in China.” 1 C Snook M Trada of winning some and prize “It’s great to see people are rediscovering 2 G & M Payne money in the various categories. His this game,” Ms Simpson said. 3 J Evans A Carta suggestion might be fair go, if in the same Renee is a 1st year journalist student. breath he also suggests that the bottom Sunshine Coast Novice 25% of the field be equally disqualified Pairs 11 Aug Mind Games from winning prize money in cham- pionship and plate sections even if they 1 K Moschner A Smith A History of Qld Bridge qualify to play in the top end. 2 G Edge Chambers Then to be fairer to both top and bottom 3 W McTavish R Feuerheerdt

September - October 2002 The QBA Bulletin 11 Maryborough Congress Noosa Butler Pairs Sunnybank Swiss Pairs 10-11 Aug 20-21July 4 Aug Pairs 1 T Strickland I Afflick 1 D & E Stringfellow 2 A Mayers R Crowley 2 A Pryde P Gosney NS 3 L Vincent G Tucker 3 P Waldrum K Robertshaw 1 P Beresford M Dale Plate Plate 2 A Dennis B Horan 1 M Radke V Brookes 1 N Clatworthy S Cardinal 3 S Mabin A Kelly 2 R Green L Sanderson 2 M Rusin D Lee EW 3 M Witham S Lightbody 3 B Rodger J Parker 1 L Sanderson R Green Consolation Best Novice Pair (<50 MPs) 2 J Bell K Frank 1 J Gill D Harris E Meldrum M Riley 3 M Winch T Walford 2 D Quigley A Dyson Teams 3 L Smith H Crameri Northern Suburbs 1 A Maltby D Maltby Novice Teams 4 Aug M Winch T Walford Bundaberg Congress 2=L Sanderson R Green 27-28 July 1 K Moscher R Murtach P Barnett D Harris B Peters B Carroll 2=S Mabin A Kelly 1 H & R McLaughlan 2 C Page B Williams S Rodgers I Wright 2 W Choy Show M Watson P Williams D Murray Plate 3 S Dwarshuis W O’Brien 3 C Anderson R Matthew 1 B THeodore H Faulkner Plate R Matthew N Towler H Glatter P Youn 1 A Boland P Borchardt Mackay Novice Pairs 2 R Carpenter S Carpenter 2 M Stanley P Gebbeth A Dennis B Horan 3 R Lorraway J Dooner 4 Aug 3 O Williams A Wyer Consolation M Dunn M Hulme 1 I Jewitt J Barrett 1 Roland & Ray Taylor 2 H Faulkner H Glatter 2 M McGuire O Olive Rockhampton Swiss 3 P Faircloth H Kingston 3 J Hansen J Sturdy Teams 17-18 Aug Moreton-Bribie Congress 4 J Christensen G Liddell Qld Butler Pairs C’ship 1 P Beresford O Williams 27-28 July A bonnick B Boyle 17-18 Aug 2 C Schwabegger K Daws Pairs 1 R Parker P Hainsworth R Key K Jefferson 1 P Hainsworth R Tait 2 A Pryde N Francis 3 R Lorraway J Dooner 2 A Mayers R Crowley 3=J Summerhayes R Wallis W Choy-Show M Watson 3 A Slater K Dawson 3=A Remedios A Kelly Best veteran team Plate Qld Men's Champions A Bray S Davey 1 D & E Stringfellow 1 R Parker P Hainsworth M Barton P Gibb 2 R Olsen S Morgan 2 A Pryde N Francis Best intermediate team Qld Women's Champions M Moohead A Moohead Teams 1 A Stitt L Barua D Lowry R Metcalfe 1 A Slater K Dawson 2 M Millar R Clayton Best novice team I Afflick T Strickland Butler Restricted K Cupples B Hise 2 M Robson B Lee 1=D & M Holmes D Turner J Hancock A Kelly A Remedios 3 A Mayers R Crowley 1=R Hartman A Carta Coolum Teams 14 July D & A Maltby Qld Teams (Toowong) Plate 1 I Halford S Brookes 1 L Eaves M Stoneman 7-8 Sept M Radke V Brookes J Williams A Hogan 2 M Head D Jones 2 K Dakin J Bell 1 A & B Kempthorne R Ward P Buch M Lamont P Rittey A Smith G Tucker L Vincent 3 A Nichols R Clayton 2 R Wallis T Tully D Dodd N & E Gibson Qld Graded Pairs T Jackman K Anderson Restricted Championship 7 July 3=M Robson B Lee R E Perry M Dakin R Parker P Hainsworth P Penlington R McArthur Life & Grand 3=D Janzekovic P Larsen 1 A Kempthorne G Tucker J Millar T Strong Sunshine Coast Teams 2 A Pryde P Gosney Plate 1 Sept 3 T Strickland I Afflick 1 R Trollope F Wang Regional to National M Sexton P Haussmann 1 I Halford M Radke 1 G Slack-Smith J Peach 2 K Wood C Howard S & V Brookes 2 R Cunliffe D Janzekovic M Walters L Farnden 2 K Dawson A Kelly 3 A & K Moroney 3 R Lorraway J Dooner W Hiddens D Smith Nil to Local E Goodsall E White Plate 1 J Allard J Gardiner Ist Toowong Team E & N Gibson 2 D & M Holmes 1 L Moses A Corkhill S Bowie G Rose 3 J Williams A Hogan V Croft A Preece R Touton

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