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Thursday, 08 July 2010 07:00 |
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EW end up in the wrong game. | ♠ | A K 5 |  | ♠ | Q J 8 7 6 | | ♥ | A 8 6 5 4 | ♥ | K 2 | | ♦ | 7 | ♦ | Q 6 5 | | ♣ | K Q J 8 | ♣ | 10 5 4 |
| West | North | East | South |
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| 1♥ | pass | 1♠ | pass | | 2♣ | pass | 2♥ | pass | | 4♥ | pass | pass | pass |
West: ‘Why did you support my heart suit on a doubleton?’
East: ‘What else am I supposed to bid?’
West: ‘Well, 2♠ of course.’ 4♥ went down one since the heart suit was 4-2, declarer losing the two minor suit aces and two trump tricks.
4♠ would have been a piece of cake.
Who was to blame? |
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Solution
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Only invitational or forcing and very strong? * |
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Monday, 14 June 2010 07:00 |
| ♠ | A 3 | | ♠ | K Q J 8 | | ♥ | Q J 10 6 3 | ♥ | A K 7 4 | | ♦ | K 10 4 | ♦ | Q J 3 | | ♣ | Q 7 5
| ♣ | A 4 |
| West | North | East | South |
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| 1♥1 | pass | 1♠ | pass | | 1NT | pass | 3♥ | pass | | pass | pass | | |
1 EW open four-card majors To state it as friendly as possible: 3♥ is a safe contract. This is one contract that is not going to be defeated... Critical spirits may however remark that 6♥, bar an unlikely ruff, is cold.
East: 'I think you shouldn't have passed 3♥, it's forcing.'
West: 'I thought it was invitational.'
Who is right, who is wrong? |
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Solution
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Forcing or invitational? * |
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Tuesday, 25 May 2010 07:00 |
| ♠ | A J 8 7 6 | | ♠ | K Q 4 3 | | ♥ | 6 4 | ♥ | A 8 | | ♦ | K Q 7 5 | ♦ | J 4 | | ♣ | Q 8 | ♣ | A K J 6 2 |
| West | North | East | South |
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| 1♠ | pass | 2♣1 | pass | | 2♦ | pass | 3♠ | pass | | pass | pass | | |
1 Classical: 10+ HCP, one round forcing (not game forcing therefore, which is — by the way — getting more and more popular) Effortlessly West makes twelve tricks.
'I think my bidding was slam invitational', says East, 'so it was game forcing.'
'I thought 3♠ was a limit bid', says West, 'invitational for game.'
Who was wrong? |
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Solution
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To give preference for partner's suit or to bid one's own suit? * |
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Thursday, 22 April 2010 07:00 |
| ♠ | A J 8 6 3 | | ♠ | 4 | | ♥ | 6 4 | ♥ | K J 10 8 5 3 | | ♦ | K Q 7 2 | ♦ | J 6 | | ♣ | A 5 | ♣ | Q 8 6 2 |
| West | North | East | South |
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| 1♠ | pass
| 1NT | pass | | 2♦ | pass | 2♥ | pass | | 2♠ | pass | pass | pass |
2♠ ends up down three. East would have made 2♥... 'How could you...' (click here to read Ed Hoogenkamp's opinion about this opening sentence of the post mortem) '...pass 2♠ having a singleton spade?' says West. 'I, on the other hand, really couldn't pass 2♥. After all, how was I to know you had such a long heart suit? I think you should have rebid 3♥ over my 2♠.'
'I thought I had shown a lot of hearts already', says East. Who was wrong? |
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Solution
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Notrump or a major suit? * |
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Friday, 16 April 2010 07:00 |
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EW end up in the wrong game. | W/NS | | | | | ♠ | K 9 8
| | ♠ | A Q 3 | | ♥ | A Q 8 6 5
| ♥ | J 3 2
| | ♦ | Q 6
| ♦ | 7 3 2
| | ♣ | A K 7
| ♣ | Q 8 6 4
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| West | North | East | South |
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| 1♥1 | pass | 1NT | pass | | 2NT | pass | 3NT | pass | | pass | pass | | |
1 Four card suit possible NS start by cashing five diamonds, after which declarer (East) goes down three... (if you wonder why three down: see 'Solution').
West would have made 4♥ easily, losing only two diamonds and a heart. 'You show a balanced a hand', East says, 'so, holding a 4-3-3-3, I thought 3NT to be a fine contract.'
'Couldn't you have bid 3♥, to show your three card suit?' says West. 'That would have given me the choice between 3NT, if I had four hearts, and 4♥, if I had five.
'To bid 3♥ on a 4-3-3-3 doesn't seem logical to me', East parries. 'Besides, we would miss game if you passed 3♥. I have a maximum hand of 9 points — having shown 6-9 — so I definitely want to be in game.' Who was wrong? |
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Solution
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Saturday, 10 April 2010 07:00 |
| ♠ | A 3 | | ♠ | K 10 7 | | ♥ | Q 9 8 | ♥ | 6 4 | | ♦ | K 9 8 | ♦ | 6 5 2 | | ♣ | A 10 7 4 2 | ♣ | K Q 6 5 3 |
| West | North | East | South |
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| 1♣ | pass | 2♣1 | pass
| | 2NT | pass | 3NT | pass
| pass
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1 Classical raise: 6-9 HCP 3NT is defeated by one trick (EW were in fact very lucky to go only one down: the heart suit in NS was 4-4 and the ♦A was with South...). 'My 2NT bid showed 12-14 points', says West, 'so why did you bid 3NT?'
'I thought you showed a stronger hand', says East. Who was wrong? |
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Solution
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