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The QBA Bulletin January - February 2010  HE ULLETIN TPublished by the QueenslandQBA Bridge Association BJanuary-February 2010 Volume 36 No www.qldbridge.com Email: [email protected] 1 The QBA needs the assistance of all bridge From the players to achieve our objectives. The Dlr N ♠ AJ109 principle objective being to facilitate and Vul None ♥ AQJ853 President encourage the appropriate environment ♦ 5 to enable all to enjoy the game. ■ ♣ 87 ♠ — ♠ 7532 ♥ K109742 N ♥ — Qld Mixed Teams W E ♦ QJ4 S ♦ A8763 ♣ J1042 ♣ K653 ♠ KQ864 Keith McDonald ♥ 6 ♦ K1092 N the December message from the ♣ AQ9 IPresident I asked for a new year Kamal resolution to ensure that 2010 was the Sanmugarasa best year ever for the QBA. W N E S The first test for the association is the 1H P 1S F the sixteen teams that competed in 1 P 4D P 4NT Seniors Teams hosted by the Sunshine the QBA mixed teams this year, there 2 Coast, February 13/14. This would be O P 5H P 6S were three teams that looked like winning All pass an excellent warm up for the Gold Coast the championship at various stages. Our Congress, February 27 to March 6. The team consisting of Janeen Solomon, 1 Splinter Gold Coast Congress is the 49th and I Neville Francis, Magnus Moren and 2 2 aces am delighted to report that the Premier Roman Morawiecki was near the bottom We sailed into 6S without any trouble. has accepted the position of Patron of of the list after round one, but managed West led a diamond to East’s ♦A and the Gold Coast Congress. The other two to make steady progress and closed the returned a diamond; I won with the king, committments asked of all players are to gap at the top. On the final day we played discarding a club from dummy. The best support the Bridge for Brain Research the leaders, the Jackman team. line, given the high trumps, appeared to event, May 3 to May 9 and the Barrier At the half way stage of the match we bid be cross ruffing for twelve tricks (the♥ A, Reef Congress, June11/14, hosted by a reasonably good slam that went down the ♣A, the ♦K and 9 trump tricks on the the Mackay Contract Bridge Club. Entry due to a bad break (6-0). On the very cross ruff). I played my singleton heart forms are on the website. next board I was faced with the dilemma and West remarked ‘not today’ as he In a few years time, there will be twice of bidding another slam that appeared to followed suit. He was hinting of the void the number of 70 year-olds in Australia have lesser odds than the previous one in partner’s hand. East ruffed and the as there are now.The impact of this that went down. Can we afford to go down contract was down one. is huge for bridge clubs but only if we in two slams against a team that we had There is a line of play to make twelve sell the game and all the positive gains to beat if we are to win the championship? tricks - I am sure it would have been an including mental fitness. Advertising In this context it was one of the toughest automatic line for those who finesse left classes is essential. It does not have to be go, no-go decisions I made in 2009. You and right. Ruff a third diamond at trick 3 expensive advertising but it is important to guessed it – it was a go! Here are the to establish the ♦10 winner, pull trumps be professional in appearance. two deals. and finesse hearts/clubs. Contents From the President ................................................................................ 1 QBA Qld Mixed Teams by Kamal Sanmugarasa ......................................... 1 Email: manager@ 25 Years Ago by Betty Lee.................................................................... 3 qldbridge.com Cuppaidge’s Column by George Cuppaidge ....................................4 Phone: 07 3351 8602 GNOT Finals by Richard Wallis .......................................................... 6 Mobile: 0412 064 903 From the Manager’s Desk .................................................................... 7 Fax: 07 3103 4799 Club News .............................................................................................. 7 Web site: www.qldbridge. Director’s Notes by Richard Wallis ................................................... 8 com The QBA Bulletin January - February 2010 2 Dlr E ♠ — Vul NS ♥ J653 ♦ AQ74 ♣ K10632 ♠ 9532 ♠ KJ1086 ♥ A4 N ♥ 1082 W E ♦ J1065 S ♦ 982 ♣ J74 ♣ Q9 ♠ AQ74 ♥ KQ97 ♦ K3 ♣ A85 W N E S P 1C1 P 1H P 2D2 P 2S3 P 3H P 4D4 P 4S4 P 5S! P 6C4 P 6H All pass 1 Forcing 2 Strong with at least 3 hearts Mixed Teams winners: Roman Morawiecki, Kamal Sanmugarasa, 3 4-card heart suit - 10+ hcp Neville Francis, Janeen Solomon (Magnus Moren absent) 4 Cue bids On the next board when partner responded Dlr N ♠ K632 Dlr S ♠ 6 1H to my forcing club opening, I bid 2D to Vul EW ♥ 1065 Vul EW ♥ QJ8754 show 18+ HCP and at least 3-card support ♦ Q765 ♦ 872 in hearts. Roman’s 2S bid showed 4-card ♣ 73 ♣ KJ7 heart suit with 10+ HCP. I can bid 4H to A74 Q10985 J107532 K984 show no extra values (ie. exactly 18 HCP), ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♥ QJ42 N ♥ 873 ♥ A N ♥ 1062 in which case the bidding would have died W E W E down at game level. However, in view of ♦ K2 S ♦ A ♦ KQ10 S ♦ J53 the quality of the trump suit and outside ♣ KJ98 ♣ Q642 ♣ AQ2 ♣ 986 controls I decided to bid 3H to show four ♠ J ♠ AQ hearts and a mild interest in slam. Cue ♥ AK9 ♥ K93 bids followed. My partner should have ♦ J109843 ♦ A964 bid 5C over my 4S cue to show second ♣ A105 ♣ 10543 round control in clubs, but there was no stopping the steam engine! The ♣Q was led. Declarer won in dummy W N E S W N E S and cleared hearts. The ♦K,♦Q & ♦A P P 1D 1D followed, discarding a club from dummy. X 2D 2S 2NT! 1S 2H1 2S 2NT The ♣K and a club ruff established clubs All pass 4S All pass for twelve tricks. I was surprised that neither of these slams I must have a stopper in spades for my 1 Negative free-bid were bid at the other table. Perhaps 2NT bid, but I was prepared to ‘deal with A few boards later a ‘similar’ auction the experienced opponents knew that the crisis’ as the auction developed. To followed, but this time opponents were making one slam and going down in my surprise there was no further bidding. not having any of my 2NT nonsense! another amounts to the same IMP score West led a spade that was ducked around They bulldozed to 4S. Unfortunately for as keeping out of slams altogether. Hey, to my singleton jack! (East was convinced our opponents, this time I really had but what about the excitement? that I had the singleton ace). It got better spade stoppers - in fact the ace and the More action below, from the same match, when I played a diamond towards the queen. The contract was 2 down. Our when my no-trump bids triggered some queen; the king and ace came crashing. team-mates quietly played in a spade unusual results. I claimed 9 tricks. part-score for an 8-IMP pick up. I keep promising my partners that I will be a more consistent bidder in the future, but old QBA Senior Swiss Teams habits never die. My new year resolution The Ivy Dahler Memorial Trophy held at the Sunshine Coast BC is to try harder. ■ 13th & 14th February, 2010 Lead-out-of-turn: attempt to Director: Jan Peach prevent partner from making Enquiries to G.McAuliffe 5445 1491 - www.suncoastbridge.com.au the first mistake. The QBA Bulletin January - February 2010 3 25 Years Ago Dlr W ♠ A6 Dlr W ♠ 42 Vul Both ♥ Q42 Vul Both ♥ AJ74 ♦ AQ10742 ♦ Q1093 Rainforest Rendezvous ♣ J7 ♣ KQ6 HE first Annual Tablelands Congress ♠ Q97543 ♠ J8 ♠ KQ10865 ♠ AQ was a marvellous success. As well ♥ K1053 N ♥ 976 ♥ 1085 N ♥ KQ9 T W E W E as being set in one of the most beautiful ♦ — ♦ KJ85 ♦ A2 ♦ KQ85 parts of Australia, it was without doubt S S ♣ K105 ♣ Q943 ♣ 42 ♣ AQ107 the friendliest congress I have ever attended. There were prizes for everyone. ♠ K102 ♠ 973 presented in great style by Shep Humston ♥ AJ8 ♥ 632 as master of ceremonies. to this gathering ♦ 963 ♦ 764 of 22 teams and 42 pairs with players ♣ A862 ♣ 9853 from as far away as Sydney. Excellent tournament directing was provided by Jeff Lathbury for the teams and Agnes Brown East led the ♠J which was won by the As you are contemplating 6S. you realise that the person on your right is also and Barry Kempthorne for the pairs. ace. The ♥J was now finessed losing to the king but West could not now return a thinking. When he doubles for take-out How do you play this hand from the spade without donating a trick. you can hardly believe your luck. qualifying round of the pairs in 4S having The eventual contract of 3C doubled was 6 carefully avoided the cold 3NT? If East had been reading Rixi Markus’s Bols tip about leading low from a doubleton off and +1700 to us. This would have been a great result at teams but unfortunately it A106 honour, West could have returned a ♠ was pairs and we lost the round by –6. ♥ A spade to the jack. If declarer ducks New Year’s Eve entertainment and party ♦ KJ105 the defence can still come to 1 heart, 1 spade, 2 diamonds and at least 2 clubs. followed the second round of the pairs.
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