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ACBL Gets Tough on Opening 1NT with a Small Singleton by Marty Hirschman You Shouldn’T Open a Minor Table Talk Editor And, When Partner Responds VOL. 60 No. 1 JUNE 2019 ACBL Gets Tough On Opening 1NT With a Small Singleton By Marty Hirschman You shouldn’t open a minor Table Talk Editor and, when partner responds Here is the latest example 1♠, rebid 1NT. That would of our omniscient and omnipo- show just 12-14 HCPs, and tent ACBL’s efforts to impose you have 16. You could open its bridge judgment on the 1♣ and reverse into dia- players… monds, but that overstates the If you wish, you can open strength of the hand and the 2NT (or open 2♣ and rebid suits. You could open 1♦ and 2NT) with a hand containing a rebid 2♣, but that doesn’t small singleton. show 16 points, plus partner You can open one of a suit will sometimes take a prefer- and rebid 1NT or jump rebid ence to 2♦. 2NT with a small singleton. But no matter how much You can overcall 1NT or you may think opening 1NT is 2NT with a small singleton. clearly right on that hand, you But you can never, ever cannot do it. open 1NT with a small single- This past winter, Willie ton…or even singleton jack or Winokur inquired about this 10. situation to the Rulings de- And, if you do choose to partment of the ACBL. He re- open 1NT with a singleton ceived this response from other than ace, king or queen, Lynn Yokel, ACBL Tourna- it may become a disciplinary ment Director and Rulings matter subjecting you to a Box Associate. procedural penalty or perhaps “Up until the new Conven- worse. tion Charts came into effect How would you bid this hand: last November, opening 1NT ♠J ♥AQ8 ♦A842 ♣AJ743? (Continued on page 20) JOINT MBA/SOMBA SECTIONAL June 20-23, 2019 SITE: The Bridge Connection 26776 Twelve Mile Road, Southfield MI Just west of Northwestern Highway 248-356-6254 THURSDAY, JUNE 20 Stratified Open Pairs .............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs.............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified Swiss Teams ........................................................ 2:30 p.m. Stratified 0-500 Swiss Teams .............................................. 2:30 p.m. Stratified Open Fast Pairs (5 minutes per board) ..................... 7 p.m. FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Stratified Open Pairs .............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs.............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs ........................................................... 2:30 p.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs........................................................... 2:30 p.m. Stratified Open Fast Pairs (5 minutes per board) ..................... 7 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 22 Stratified Swiss Teams Playthru (7 matches) ......................... 10 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs .............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs.............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs ................................................................ 2 p.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs................................................................ 2 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 23 BRACKETED Swiss Teams Playthru (7 matches) ................. 10 a.m. Stratified events: A=unlimited; B=0-3000; C=0-1000 0-500 Stratifications: 0-100, 100-300, 300-500 as attendance warrants. Average masterpoints will be used to determine stratifications. All pair events are single session. Light lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday. No smoking in the building. Tournament Chairs: Satish Shah, [email protected], 586-944-6708 Richard Temkin, [email protected], 248-568-6599 Partnership Chairs: Bill Goodman, [email protected], 586-243-9918 Marilyn Crane, [email protected], 734-591-3431, cell: 734-536-1731 Jane Gardner: [email protected], 248-719-2941 District website: www.district12bridge.org PAGE 2 TABLE TALK Michigan Bridge Association’s RUSSELL ROOSEN SECTIONAL August 15-18, 2019 SITE: The Bridge Connection 26776 Twelve Mile Road, Southfield MI Just west of Northwestern Highway 248-356-6254 THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 Stratified Open Pairs .............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs.............................................................. 10 a.m. Swiss Teams Lesson for New Players ................................ 2:10 p.m. Stratified Swiss Teams ........................................................ 2:30 p.m. Stratified 0-500 Swiss Teams .............................................. 2:30 p.m. Stratified Open Fast Pairs (5 minutes per board) ..................... 7 p.m. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 Stratified Open Pairs .............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs.............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs ........................................................... 2:30 p.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs........................................................... 2:30 p.m. Stratified Open Fast Pairs (5 minutes per board) ..................... 7 p.m. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 Stratified Swiss Teams Playthru (7 matches) ......................... 10 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs .............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs.............................................................. 10 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs ................................................................ 2 p.m. Stratified 0-500 Pairs................................................................ 2 p.m. SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 BRACKETED Swiss Teams Playthru (7 matches) ................. 10 a.m. Stratified events: A=unlimited; B=0-3000; C=0-1000 0-500 Stratifications: 0-100, 100-300, 300-500 as attendance warrants. Average masterpoints will be used to determine stratifications. All pair events are single session. Light lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday. No smoking in the building. Tournament chair: Richard Temkin, [email protected], 248-568-6599 Partnerships: Marilyn Crane, [email protected], 734-591-3431, cell: 734-536-1731, and Jane Gardner: [email protected], 248-719-2941 District website: www.district12bridge.org TABLE TALK PAGE 3 TABLE TALK MBA Officers Official publication Owen Lien ........................ president of the Michigan Bridge Association Richard Temkin .... ….president-elect 4504 Knollcrest Road Bob Ondo ......................... chairman Ann Arbor MI 48108 Stacey Tessler .... recording secretary 734-585-5759 Bob Webber ..................... treasurer e-mail: [email protected] Board of Directors MARTIN HIRSCHMAN, Editor Julie Arbit, Shelley Boschan, Brenda Associate editor: Marcia Abramson Bryant, MBA Corresponding & Mem- bership Secretary: Paul Pomeroy, Owen Lien, 34069 Hathaway St., Livonia MI Marilyn Nathanson, Bob Ondo, Grant 48150, [email protected], 734- Petersen, Richard Temkin, Stacey 421-0193 Tessler, Allan Tushman MBA CLUB DIRECTORY Evangelical Lutheran Church, 375 Lothrop, Grosse Pointe Farms. Tony Faint, 586-649- 3575. Friday 12 p.m. Ann Arbor Genesis, 2300 ■Neighborhood Club, St. Paul Packard, Ann Arbor. Stuart Col- Evangelical Lutheran Church, lis, 734-678-5549. Tuesday 7 p.m. Tony Faint, 586-649-3575. Thursday 12 p.m. ■Plymouth Community DBC, Cultural Center, 525 Farmer, Plymouth. Jim & Cheryl Perna, 248-887-9283. Tuesday 11:30 a.m., Wednesday 11:30 a.m. ■Trenton DBC, 2700 Westfield, Trenton. Bob Ondo, 313-320- 5173. Thursday 7 p.m. ■War Memorial, 32 Lakeshore, Grosse Pointe. Judith Thomas, 313-372-4218. Monday 12 p.m. ■Young Center BC, R.A. Young Recreation Center, 5400 McKin- ley, Dearborn Heights. Joyce Koz- ma, 313-274-5587. Wednesday ■Friendly Friday BC, St. Paul 11 a.m. PAGE 4 TABLE TALK IT’S YOUR BID By Marty Hirschman Congratulations to Gene Benedict who scored a perfect 500 to lead all expert panelists this issue. Also congrats to Val Enache who had the high reader score. You, too, can try for perfection by sending in your answers to next issue’s hands, found at the end of this article. 1. MTPTs. Both vul. As response, I’ll bid 6♦ asking for SOUTH, you hold: third-round diamond control. ♠A ♥942 ♦AKJ653 ♣A75 Morrie Kleinplatz (4NT): WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH What’s the problem? -- -- -- 1♦ Pass 1♥ 1♠ Dbl* Well, there is a problem. Pass 4♥ Pass ? Partner could easily have a *3 hearts fair amount of his hand in clubs or even spades, leaving Action Score Votes him with relatively weak 4NT 100 14 hearts. Even if partner’s 4♠ 60 3 hearts are as good as KQxxx 5♥ 50 1 or AQxxx, we’ll only make 6♥ 30 0 with 3-2 hearts and the miss- Pass 20 0 ing key card onside, about a 34 percent chance. And part- With a hand that evaluates ner could easily have worse to about 18 or 19 points with hearts than that. Roman Key all the controls and a partner Card Blackwood won’t tell us who is advertising opening if partner has AQxxx or values, a large majority of the AQJ10x or something else. panel saw no particular diffi- And, as Joe Chiesa points culty. out, if you are playing regular Jonathan Fleischmann (4NT): RKC, where a 5♦ response Partner can’t have too much shows 1 or 4 key cards, there besides good trumps for his won’t be room below 5♥ to jump to game. I should know ask whether partner has the what to do with the answer to queen of trump (which is ac- keycard, and we should be complished by bidding the pretty safe at the five level. next step up that is not the Over a two-with-the-queen trump suit). TABLE TALK PAGE 5 SCORES EXPERTS: Kerry Lafer .................... 390 Gene Benedict .............. 500 Irv Hershman................. 380 Bob Brent ...................... 460 Seymour Mandell
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