Cedar Rapids Area Bridge Clubs

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Letter from Barbara

(conventions)

Interesting Hands from OKBridge Spectator:
#### TOURNAMENT HANDS OF THE MONTH ####
 
*** Slam on 24 HCP ***
By Harold Schogger
 
On the following hand I was very lucky to be playing with Bbrad, a pickup partner with a lot of common sense and determination.
 
Dlr: North  S  Q J 9 5 2
Vul: None   H  --
            D  K Q J 10 6 5 4
            C  A
 
S  K 3                   S  10 8 7 6
H  A K J 10 9            H  Q 7 6 4 3
D  3                     D  9 2
C  Q J 9 7 6             C  8 5
 
            S  A 4
            H  8 5 2
            D  A 8 7
            C  K 10 4 3 2
 
West    North   East    South
        Bbrad           schogger
        1D      Pass    2C
2H      2S      Pass    3D
Pass    3H      Pass    4C
Pass    4H      Pass    4S
Pass    6D      All Pass
 
Once I made a two-level response of two clubs (SAYC) and then agreed diamonds, Bbrad persevered with two control bids in the opposition's heart suit. I cooperated by showing my control in spades – looking at the diamond ace made this easy to do despite my somewhat limited values.
 
That was all Bbrad needed to hear. He was only too pleased to bid the diamond slam. Apparently very few pairs found this slam – we earned 9.65 IMPs despite being not vulnerable.
 
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*** Play the Jack! ***
By Steve Cooper
 
Here is an interesting falsecard situation:
 
Dlr: South  S  K
Vul: E-W    H  J 7 5
IMPs        D  A 9 8 3 2
            C  K 10 5 3
 
S  Q 4 3 2              S  10 9 7
H  K Q 10 2             H  8 6 3
D  J 4                  D  Q 10 7 5
C  A J 9                C  8 6 2
 
            S  A J 8 6 5
            H  A 9 4
            D  K 6
            C  Q 7 4
 
West    North   East    South
Cooper          Cohen
                        1S
Pass    2D      Pass    2NT
Pass    3NT     All Pass
 
The responder bid aggressively. At most tables, the response was one notrump. Although many pairs still reached three notrump, the contract was usually played by North. Our opponents made a two-over-one, presumably of the not-game-forcing variety, and then pushed to three notrump when opener's two notrump confirmed a sound opening bid. (I'm guessing their methods).
 
I made the natural but unfortunate lead of the king of hearts. (Strangely, many declarers, when confronted with the king of hearts lead (or later switch), ducked it. Apparently they confused the situation with the one where declarer has both the ace and the jack in his own hand. Here they gave up their second heart trick and stopper by ducking).
 
My declarer won trick one in hand and led a low club. When holding AJ9 in front of dummy's K1053, what card do you play when declarer leads low toward dummy? The 9 would seem normal, but what does this accomplish? There is a big difference between the AJ9 combination and the same holding, substituting any smaller card for the 9. Without the 9, declarer may have that card and may be planning to play the king, finessing your partner for the jack on the way back. In that case, you would naturally play low and allow declarer the chance to misguess.
 
When you have the 9 and can see the 10 in dummy, declarer must be planning to finesse the 10. (In the unlikely case that your partner has the queen, you will still get your same two club tricks). But look what happened when I played the jack (the card I assumed I would very soon be known to hold).
 
Declarer won the king and assumed...well, what would you assume? It seems most likely that I had the ace-jack doubleton. Declarer played the rest of the hand on that assumption, trying to set up diamonds. When that did not work, he "endplayed" me with a club to lead a spade into his ace-jack.
 
In the end game, I was able to exit with my surprise card - the club 9.
Declarer was cooked whether he won the third club in dummy (partner would win the setting trick with a diamond) or in his hand (which he did, so I endplayed him and got a spade trick).
 
Notice that if I play the 9, declarer wins the 10. If he stays on the same path (now it looks as if I had the AJ9), he sets up his clubs and scores three clubs, two diamonds, two hearts and two spades – game in notrump!
 

*** Seeing Red ***
 
Many players think computer-dealt hands are unusual, far from the norm. Check out this hand, which was dealt at a club game in Memphis. How does your editor know it was hand-dealt? Easy – he was watching when this hand was dealt and played.
 
Dlr: West  S  -- 
Vul: E-W   H  A Q 9 6 5 4 2
IMPs       D  A Q 8 7 5 4
           C  -–
 
S  K J 10 7 4           S  6 5 3 2
H  3                    H  K 8
D  10 6                 D  K J 9
C  A Q 6 5              C  K 10 9 7 4
 
           S  A Q 9 8
           H  J 10 7
           D  3 2
           C  J 8 3 2
 
West opened one spade and North bid a Michaels two spades. Imagine North's surprise when his partner bid three hearts! He tried four diamonds and East came to life with a four-spade bid. South was very happy to double this. Of course North was going to pull this – his hand was strictly offense. Partner probably had three hearts, so it looked as if slam depended on finding one of the two red kings and being able to set up the diamonds. So he leaped to six hearts.
 
The trump finesse failed, but the diamonds behaved – 3-2 split with the king onside. For once being in the red was good.
 

FEBRUARY 2008
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SECTIONAL

At La Quinta Motel)

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MARCH 2008
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CR Bridge Studio

Four Oaks

2100 1st Ave NE

2:00 Open Game

Roger: 573-1781

Friendly Hands

11:30 Invitational

Happy Bridge

12:00 Open Game

Bethany

2201 Forest Dr SE

Barbara: 533-6600

 CR Bridge Studio

Four Oaks

2100 1st Ave NE

6:30 Open Game

Roger: 573-1781

   Marion Club

IC Church

327 35th St NE

3rd Ave/10th St

Ivah: 362-9912

 

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