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TOP 10 TOP 10 Slam Bidding Department 1999 Editor: Peter Jamieson Assistant Editors: Amy Scudder and Sheena Larsen-Jury Slam Bidding TOP 10 Department after 6 rounds by Peter Jamieson National Womens Teams (86 teams) I was too busy on Wednesday night to TOP 10 VPs kibitz any bridge but one of my agents 1st 3 B TRAVIS, E HAVAS , A CLARK, A STRALOW 141 told me Board 15 (Session 3) was worth 2nd 10 J FRAZIER, J MOTT, C HERDEN, R ROBINafter 6 rounds 121 a look. 3rd 17 D MOIR, J WEIR, H PITT, R NAILAND 117 Dealer S N/S Vul 4th 43 M CORBOULD, V MACE , L YOUNG, M PITT 116 5th 2 L BEECH M BOURKE , F BEALE 116 ] 8 2 D SMART , T TULLY S LUSK [ A Q J 10 4 3 2 6th 37 B GRIFFITHS, Y CAINS , C BRISCOE, S KING 114 } 10 5 7th 16 J GRIGG, E HARDY, K BROOK, J MONTZ, B JAFFREY 111 { 4 2 8th 71 J LEE, W ASHTON, M TALACKO, L MALLESCA 110 9th 5 J THOMPSON, P EVANS, R KAPLAN, M BROWN 110 ] 7 6 3 ] A K Q J 4 10th 6 M MILLAR, R CLAYTON , J BUTTS, L VINCENT 107 [ - [ K 9 8 6 11th 13 E COBLEY, M FAIRE , M SAWYER, P GARRETT 107 } A K Q J 9 6 4 3 } 10 5 12th 1 M SCUDDER, I GLANGER , K MOSES, B FOLKARD 107 { A J { 10 7 6 5 13th 15 V VAHALA, D BROOKS, T COHEN, A OLSEN 107 ] 10 9 5 [ 7 5 } 8 7 2 National Seniors Teams (61 teams) { K Q 9 8 3 1st 1 N MOSES, J BROCKWELL, J ASHWORTH, J MOTTRAM 135 Alida Clarke and Allison Stralow bid 2nd 6 J PETTITT, H DE JONG, D WHITE, R ANDERSON 122 this one to the hilt for the hot TRAVIS 3rd 19 W JAGO, P JAGO, S TISHLER, C DELMONTE 119 team. 4th 2 W WESTWOOD, L KALMIN, G RIDGEWAY, V MUNTZ 116 South passed as dealer and the bid- 5th 4 G VARADI, L VARADI, B EVANS, J NEWMAN 114 ding continued: 6th 5 E AUERBACH, R HUTCHISON, T GOODYER, 112 C GOODYER West South North East 7th 13 R ALLGOOD, L ALLGOOD, S HORTOLANYI, F KOVACS 112 2{ 2[ 2] Pass 8th 36 A GILLANDERS, L CALCRAFT, E EZRA, L FREDERICKS 109 4NT Pass 5] Pass 9th 12 E HURLEY, E VAUGHAN, B RAAPHORST, C KLASSEN 108 7} All Pass 10th 10 J BAILEY, B OROURKE, E THOMSON, J ROSENTHAL 107 2{ was an ACOL 2 showing 8 or 9 play- ing tricks in an unspecified suit or a big National 0-149 Teams (38 teams) balanced hand. 1st 121 M WILKINSON, P FLYNN, E TSE, P TSE 136 Alidas 4NT was Roman Keycard 2nd 106 P WEAVER, D MUNRO, M HOLZMAN, M HOLZMAN 112 Blackwood on spades and the re- 3rd 125 H SHARWOOD, T WHITGOB, S MAPLE-BROWN, 106 sponse showed two of the 5 aces plus J DAWSON the Q]. 7} said in effect Thank you 4th 109 G ALLEN, G CUNNINGHAM, B PARKINSON, J CHAN 105 for the information about spades but 5th 112 A BATES, H LOWRY, J ANDERSON, B DAGLISH 105 this is where this hand belongs even if 6th 107 S DENNETT, H FLANDERS, J SAVAGE, J KELLAWAY 105 you have a void in diamonds. 7th 115 M ROWE, A STEPHENS, L BUTTNER, M SMITH 103 T OKEEFE, B PINCHBACK For those of you still learning about 8th 116 K RAICEVICH, P WALSH, J MCGILL, C EMMETT 102 slam bidding, a jump to 4NT like this 9th 101 J CONWAY, J MORGAN, J COX, M KOFFYBERG 102 where no suit fit has been formally and 10th103 M JOHNSON, C OSULLIVAN, J LYNE, M LYNE 100 explicitly agreed, implicitly agrees the last bid suit by the partnership. NOT NEWS #3 Friday January 15th 1999 Page 1 The Dangers of of dubious benefit, Berri passed 2[. There was risk that Allisons two of the five aces were the [A and ]K but once Balancing.... Liz Havas had what looked to be a rou- North had overcalled 2[ at tine 2] balancing bid so she bid 2] unfavourable vulnerability it was a very which was passed around to Berri who likely that the ace of hearts would be by Peter Jamieson now bid 3[. That was enough for Kinga with North. to have go at 4[ which was passed out. In search of hands for NOT NEWS, I With the {Q onside there was always Pauline Evans and Jenny Thompson decided to kibitz some of the boards in 10 tricks but Kinga made her game bid this hand to 6} but had to contend the NWT during round 4 at table 1 without taking a club finesse scoring a with a gutsy 4[ overcall which took where TRAVIS was playing spade ruff in dummy on top of her 9 away bidding space. SCUDDER. tricks on power. This was board 17 This hand seemed to be worth a sur- The TRAVIS team went on to a big win over SCUDDER so this board only hurt vey of actual contracts reached at the Nill vul dealer North top 10 matches in the NWT and the a little bit! I am sure Liz Havas will bal- Seniors: ance with 2] next time a situation like ] A Q 9 6 3 this arises! [ 10 6 5 NWT SENIORS } A 6 I drove over soon after to the Hyatt { 10 7 6 7} x 1 6} x 1 Hotel and managed to catch some of the action in the MOSES versus 6} x 1 6] x 3* ] 7 2 ] J 10 5 4 5} x 2 5} x 4 WESTWOOD clash. On this same [ Q 9 [ A K J 7 4 3 board Lester Kalmin opened the East 6] x 5** 3NT x 2 } Q 8 7 5 3 2 } K 4] x 1 hand 1] which is the Blue Club sys- { A J 2 { K 4 tem where the short suit is bid first (this *all went down is known as Canape). ] K 8 **made at three tables [ 8 2 Over Bill Westwoods natural, limited, In the Seniors in one match there was } J 10 9 4 1NT response Lester rebid 4[ show- no swing on this board as 6] -3 was { Q 9 8 5 3 ing 15-16 pts and 4-6 shape. Everyone the score at both tables! On the {K passed and John Brockwell led a top lead, 6] has no chance. Liz Havas passed and Kinga Moses diamond to Neville Moses ace thus opened 1[ and over Berri Folkards ○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○ collecting the stiff king. Neville switched 1NT rebid 2[. If it was vulnerable Berri, to a heart but Lester Kalnin had plenty knowing Kinga had 6 hearts would have of time to set up the diamond suit for SLAM play bid 3[ since the rewards for bidding +450. thin vulnerable games at IMPS are so technique good- refer to textbooks on IMPS tac- tics for rationale and details. ][}{ ][}{ (from a previous tournament) At nil vul and with the }Q looking to be How would you play 6] on the lead of A[ and [ continuation? THE AUSTRALIAN BRIDGE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ] Q 10 6 [ J 10 6 4 } A K J PRESENT A LECTURE BY { 8 4 2 ] A K J 9 4 GEORGE D JESNER [ 9 } Q 8 6 3 { A K J LEARN THE REAL STORY AND THE BENEFIT OF BENJAMIN TWOS AND HOW MOST PEOPLE MISUSE THEM. Answer on Page 3 TO BE HELD IN THE Table Tally! MENZIES THEATRE This is a measure of the size of the Festival. The daily figure is derived NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE from: ON No. of tables x No.of sessions WEDNESDAY 20TH JANUARY 1999 At midnight on Thursday the total was: FROM 9.30AM UNTIL 10.30AM 1234 ADMISSION $5.00 NOT NEWS #3 Friday January 15th 1999 Page 2 Bid Boldly, At Trick 7 Barbara cashed [A on Answer to which West followed with the Play Carefully 9...which looked to be a true card (ie SLAM play west only ever had two hearts) so technique By Peter Jamieson now ]J was overtaken with ]Q and a spade ruffed bringing south down to This was one of the best played hands Round 3 Board 12 offered challenges the same present trump length as of the 1980 National Open Teams. in both bidding and play. Barbara East. This, as most of you readers Travis negotiated both successfully know, is an essential process in Dealer West: Both Vulnerable as you would expect from a player executing a trump coup. who has represented Australia in both ] 872 [ K Q 8 2 Open and Womens bridge. So far declarer had made 7 tricks } 10 9 7 4 (1],1},1{, 2[ on power and 2[ { 9 3 ] K Q 7 2 from black suit ruffs in hand. [ 10 ] Q 10 6 ] A K J 9 4 [ J 10 6 4 [ 9 } A Q 9 5 4 The position with 5 cards left was } A K J } Q 8 6 3 { K 10 3 now { 8 4 2 { A K J ] 7 ] 5 3 ] A 9 8 ] 10 6 5 4 [ - [ A 7 5 3 [ 9 3 [ Q 7 4 2 } Q 9 5 4 } 5 2 } 3 } K 10 2 { - { 10 7 6 5 { A Q J 9 7 5 2 { 8 4 West ] 10 West East not [ Q 7 Jenny Ling Greer Tucker ] J 3 relevant } K 10 Pass 1] [ A K J 8 6 5 { - } J 8 7 6 2NT 3} 4] 4NT { 6 ] - 5} 6] [ K J Dealer West N/S Vul.
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