On May 6, 9:27 pm, Kevin Podsiadlik <KPodsiad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Last round of the local club game. You don't know it, but you're
> battling for first and second. An average round will sew it up.
> Don't blow it!
>
> (Scoring is matchpoints in case I hadn't made it obvious.)
>
> Board 4 (both vul)
>
> 3
> K1084
> AQ74
> KJ104
>
> Partner deals and opens 1D. RHO comes in with 1S. You double, but
> LHO bids a natural 2H anyway. Partner p***** and RHO rebids 2S. Lots
> of bidding for the points you're looking at. What's your next move?
> If you try 3S, partner responds 3NT. Anything to add to that?
I would make a second double, rather than bidding 3S.
1. If partner has a good 4-card spade holding, we might get 800 in
2SX. (BTW, I will lead a trump against 2SX)
2. If partner pulls, I will have the information that he is not loaded
in spades and that may help me place the final contract more
accurately between 3NT and the minors.
On the actual auction, I guess to pass.
> Board 5 (opps vul)
>
> Dummy
> K10764
> KQ104
> 10
> J52
> AQJ5
> xx J5
> xx 96
> A8763
>
> Your LHO deals and opens 1D. 1S from RHO and you interject with 2C
> (no cringes from the audience please!). LHO rebids 2D. RHO scrapes
> up a 2H bid somehow but p***** when LHO bids 2NT.
>
> Partner dutifully leads the club four. You win the ace and return the
> suit, but partner pitches a heart and dummy wins the jack. Declarer
> leads the diamond ten from the board and it holds the trick. Declarer
> now leads the king of hearts. This rides to partner's ace, whereupon
> partner switches to the nine of spades, to the ten and your jack.
> Your lead.
Club.
If opener had AKQJx of diamonds and KQxx of clubs, we would not be
defending 2NT, so I expect partner has ducked a diamond honor. A club
will take out declarer's last hand entry before the diamonds are
established.
> Board 6 (your side vul)
>
> K9532
> 3
> KQJ96
> 109
>
> You deal and pass (or do you?). Partner in third seat opens 4H. RHO
> comes in with 5C. Anything to think about here?
counting to ten slowly then pass.
> Bonus problem (still matchpoints):
>
> A KJ104
> KJ AQ104
> 108643 KQ92
> AKJ42 Q
>
> 1D 1H
> 2C 2S(4SF)
> 3C 3D
> ?
>
> Agree so far? How should the bidding proceed?
you'd like to get to 6NT, rather than 6D, but it may not be easy to do
so. Here is one possible auction:
3H-3S
4C-4D
4NT-5S
6D-P
Andrew
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