HE ULLETIN TPublished by the QueenslandQBA Bridge Association BJuly-September 2017 Volume 43 No www.qldbridge.com Email: [email protected] 3 decided to rename the new perpetual • Neville Francis and Kevin Stefferson From the trophy for the Qld Open Teams as came 7th in the Senior’s Butler. President the Keith McDonald Trophy. The regional finals of the GNOT are Bruce Neill, the current ABF President, coming up, followed by the National came to Qld at the beginning of Final at Tweed Heads in November. September for a meeting with the Good luck to all Qld participants. ■ QBA management committee to discuss ABF policy and how it affects Qld now and in the future. ANC Richard Wallis The ANC in Canberra during July ap- Canberra peared to be a success for the ACT, HE Commonwealth Nations and Qld teams performed creditably. TBridge Congress being organised • The Women’s team reached the by the QBA is to be run at the Gold final but lost out to NSW. Coast Convention Centre from • The Youth team put on a game February 14-16 as a lead-in to the performance when one of their Richard 2018 Gold Coast Congress. The full experienced players had to pull out Ward details of participants, including many of the team on the eve of travelling from overseas are almost finalised at due to university commitments. In Queensland Open Team the time of writing, and will involve the final match, well positioned in ANBERRA greeted the ANC some Queensland and interstate third but with no chance of finishing Cvisitors with below-zero degree participation. second, the team decided to play temperatures in the early morning Further to the retirement of Keith the new members, and a big loss followed by brilliant, sunny winter McDonald from the QBA, the relegated them to fourth by a mere weather during the day. The venue Management Committee has recently 0.1 of a VP (1 IMP). was the Thoroughbred Park Function Centre which was quite reminiscent of those glory days of the Queensland 2018 Open Pairs held at the Doomben Racecourse. Playing conditions were Gold Coast good although the scoring-up area quickly turned into a bit of a bunfight Congress as the states vied for table space. February 16-24 The ACT hospitality was excellent No night play with two courtesy buses collecting No Frills Walk-In Pairs on Friday night is back players from all over Canberra to get them to the venue each day. We came in on Monday morning with a bunch of youth players whose Contents enthusiasm and energy for the game From the President..............................................................................................1 is always a delight. This was one ANC Canberra by Richard Ward ....................................................................1 overheard conversation: Gold Coast Teams by Fred Whitaker ............................................................3 “So partner psyched a 1NT opening Cuppaidge's Column by George Cuppaidge ..................................................5 and I had only 2 points and thought Teachers' Corner by Joan Butts ......................................................................6 I might bid my diamonds, and then Manager's Travels by Kim Ellaway ...................................................................8 Moreton-Bribie Congress by Richard Wallis ................................................8 the opponents started doubling and High-level Bidding by Nikolas Moore ............................................................ 10 so I redoubled and the score was Novices by Chris and Shelley Farr ................................................................. 12 only ‒3600 but this wasn’t too good 25 Years Ago by Khokan Bagchi .................................................................... 14 as they could only make 3C. I had a Directors' Corner by Jan Peach ..................................................................... 16 feeling that the match was not going well for us.” The QBA Bulletin July - September 2017 2 The final rankings after 3 round- We all know that it is a bidders’ On this hand Tully upgraded her robins of 14 board matches were: game and that it does not pay to North hand to open a strong 1NT. allow the opponents to have too Place Team Imps VPs W-D-L many uninterrupted sequences. Dlr N ♠ J9 1 SA 303 951.70 14-0-4 This means that 1-level overcalls Vul EW ♥ KQJ53 2 NSW 153 849.30 11-1-6 are becoming weaker and weaker, ♦ K54 3 ACT 55 765.50 9-1-8 and raises of these overcalls are ♣ KJ8 4 QLD ‒24 757.90 11-0-7 similar. For example, look at these ♠ KQ10875 ♠ 642 ♥ 108 N ♥ A 5 WA ‒15 749.70 8-2-8 EW hands vul vs not: W E ♦ 2 ♦ AJ1087 ♠ K87 ♠ QJ5432 S 6 VIC ‒137 615.10 4-1-13 ♣ Q743 ♣ A1096 ♥ 64 ♥ 1075 7 TAS ‒335 453.10 3-1-14 ♠ A3 ♦ 952 ♦ 1086 ♥ 97642 QLD had the same win/loss ratio as ♣ J8742 ♣ 3 NSW who reached the finals - where ♦ Q963 they ultimately lost by 1.5 IMPs to West from SA passed, North opened ♣ 52 SA. The weakest results for QLD 1C, you bid 1♠, South doubled and were the TAS matches; +3, +5 and West bid 2S. Not bad to be doing Rankin transferred to hearts and ‒17 but, looking at the hands in all of that bidding with a combined 7 North jumped to 3H - all pass, those matches there was very little count!! making 6 tricks for ‒150. This stole we could have done. The hands just But fortune does not always favour the contract from EW who can make did not lend themselves to some the brave as shown by this hand, 11 tricks in spades and which was good swings. also against SA. duly bid at the other table. 11 IMPs Here are some hands from the event. Strong (QLD) was West. to QLD. This one was entertaining. This hand from our 2nd match Dlr W ♠ Q9 against TAS is instructive. Dlr S ♠ 1062 Vul NS ♥ K432 Vul None ♥ 1064 ♦ A10843 Dlr S ♠ 632 ♦ K872 ♣ A3 Vul Both ♥ K104 ♣ 975 ♠ AKJ6 ♠ 75 ♦ A873 N ♠ K97 ♠ QJ8543 ♥ 96 ♥ AQJ7 ♣ Q93 N W E ♥ KJ973 ♥ 52 ♦ KQJ7 S ♦ 65 ♠ Q84 ♠ AJ10975 W E N ♦ J105 S ♦ Q63 ♣ J64 ♣ Q8752 ♥ 73 ♥ 965 K8 102 108432 W E ♣ ♣ ♠ ♦ 109652 S ♦ J ♠ A ♥ 1085 ♣ 874 ♣ AJ10 ♥ 8AQ ♦ 92 ♠ K ♦ A94 ♣ K109 ♥ AQJ82 ♣ AQJ643 ♦ KQ4 ♣ K652 In the Open Room, Ralph Parker, W N E S 1NT 2D X P North, found himself in 3NT on the P 2H X1 All pass Both rooms played in 4H by South lead of the ♠5 from East. When after East had overcalled spades. dummy tracked he could see that 1 Penalties Rankin-Tully defended by leading the only possibility was to find the QLD earned +1100 which, combined spades twice forcing declarer to ruff. ♣K doubleton onside, so he crossed with the +50 from the Open Room He drew trumps ending in dummy to his hand with a diamond and (3NTW down 1), was a 15 IMP pick- and led a club to the kng, winning, played up to the ♣Q. West thought it up and a 12 IMP win to QLD. and a club back. East won this and might be a good idea to duck this (!) and, with no more entries to enable a repeat finesse, declarer played Brisbane Bridge Centre the ♣A with gratifying results and a mortified West. 104 Frederick St, Annerley. Ph: 3392 7933 [email protected] - www.bbc.bridgeaustralia.org This was a flat board however when Play Sessions Monday 9.30 am Supervised the closed room played 3NT from Tuesday 9.30 am Duplicate South and the spade lead was 7.15 pm Duplicate & S'vised harder to find. Interesting to discover Wednesday 9.30 am Duplicate that, in the Seniors match, Malcolm Thursday 9.30 am < 50 MPs S'vised Carter actually found a spade lead Friday 10.00 am Duplicate (Mini from ♠K97, took the ♣K and then Lesson at 9.45 am) played the ♠K and another to take it Saturday 1.00 pm Duplicate & S'vised down 2. Well done! The QBA Bulletin July - September 2017 3 forced with another spade which was in it seemed that we were heading year, it was won convincingly by declarer’s last trump. So, when East for a small loss but the last board team CARTER - Malcolm Carter and was in again with a club, she could played at both tables changed that Tony Hutton - Lyn Carter amd Martin cash a spade for the setting trick. outcome. Doran. A blanket of 7.5 VPs covered In the other room, the QLD declarer, the next 10 teams! Hooykaas, realised that this could be Dlr S ♠ J1042 played as a dummy reversal provided Vul Both ♥ ─ Dlr N ♠ AJ10 trumps broke 3-2 and clubs 3-3. So ♦ K106 Vul None ♥ K75 he started on clubs early without ♣ KJ10973 ♦ 98 drawing trumps at all. This way he ♠ ─ ♠ 653 ♣ KQJ87 ♥ AQ1076532 N ♥ J984 ♠ K75 ♠ 843 could handle the spade forces in the W E 982 753 ♥ QJ862 N ♥ A93 long hand, and later draw trumps in ♦ S ♦ W E the short hand. A well-deserved 12 ♣ Q8 ♣ 652 ♦ AJ5 S ♦ K10742 IMPs from both QLD pairs. ♠ AKQ987 ♣ 64 ♣ 102 K ♠ Q962 This one earned QLD 9 IMPs. ♥ ♦ AQJ4 ♥ 104 Dlr W ♠ J9754 ♣ A4 ♦ Q63 Vul None ♥ KQJ2 ♣ A953 ♦ 1076 In the closed room with QLD (Rankin ♣ Q - Tully) sitting EW the bidding went: I declared 1NT from the North hand ♠ ─ ♠ A10832 against fine father and son pair, ♥ 975 N ♥ 1043 W N E S Richard and Ryan Touton. Richard W E 2C ♦ A8532 S ♦ J led ♦4-3-J-6. Ryan, at West, had a bit ♣ J8732 ♣ K954 3H 4H P 4S of a think while I mentally prepared All pass ♠ KQ6 my discards for the diamond suit. I was happy that the long diamonds ♥ A86 This shows how sometimes taking it would be won with Richard at East ♦ KQ94 quietly with the EW cards, as here, protecting my ♥K.