Bridge Club Sittard - Sittard BC

Tonnie's Drive - Tonny Hermans Memorial Matchpoints Pairs

Sittard, Gemeenschapshuis De Baandert - Baandert Community Center

December 28, 2000

Group D - Boards 21-24

Board 21
N/NS


WEST		 NORTH
ª J T 7 6 2
© 9 4
¨ 9 8 2
§ K 4 3



EAST
ª A K 8 3
© K Q T 5
¨ A K T
§ J 6


SOUTH		 ª 9 5
© J 7
¨ Q J 7 6 5 4
§ T 9 2
ª Q 4
© A 8 6 3 2
¨ 3
§ A Q 8 7 5

NS score

Frequency

MP NS

MP EW

100

2

9

1
50 1 6 4
-490 2 3 7
-500 1 0 10

Recommended bidding sequence:

West North East South
--- pass pass 1©
dbl1 pass 2¨2 pass
2NT3 pass 3NT pass
pass pass.

1 = West is too strong to overcall 1NT, and an overcall of 2NT would show the lower unbid suits, here clubs and diamonds.
2 = East must bid, so that's what he does. 1NT is out of the question, for that would promise ©-stopper and 6-9 hcp.
3 = Showing a hand West opened 2NT with, if South would have passed.

East must raise to game. There is no lawful way he can predict, that a © to the ace, and a §-switch by South will beat the contract, unless South has bid 3§ over 2¨, a riskful action when North has passed.

21. More discussion to follow.

Board 22
E/EW


WEST		 NORTH
ª A J T 7 6 5 2
© K J
¨ K Q
§ J 9



EAST
ª K 4
© Q 9 5
¨ A T 6 3
§ Q T 7 4


SOUTH		 ª 9 3
© T 8 7
¨ 9 8 7 5 4
§ A K 3
ª Q 8
© A 6 4 3 2
¨ J 2
§ 8 6 5 2

NS score

Frequency

MP NS

MP EW

420

4

7

3

170

1

2

8

-50

1

0

10

Recommended bidding sequence:

West North East South
--- --- pass 2©1
pass 4ª2 pass pass
pass.

1 = Muiderberg weak-2: 5-card ©-suit, 4+ of a minor, 5-10 hcp.
2 = North wants to play 4ª, regardless of what South has. Semi-preemptive: North's hcp strength can range from about 8-17 hcp. With slam interest, in our system, North would have responded 3¨, showing 5+ ª-suit and invitational strength or better.

22. More discussion to follow.

Board 23
S/All


WEST		 NORTH
ª J 3 2
© 7 2
¨ J T 9 5
§ Q 9 6 2



EAST
ª K T 9 4
© A 9 8 6
¨ Q 8 7 6
§ 3


SOUTH		 ª Q 7 5
© K Q 5 3
¨ A 3
§ A K J 5
ª A 8 6
© J T 4
¨ K 4 2
§ T 8 7 4

NS score

Frequency

MP NS

MP EW
200 1 10 0

-620

1

8

2
-630 1 6 4

-650

1

4

6
-660 1 2 8
-680 1 0 10

Recommended bidding sequence:

West North East South
--- --- --- pass
pass pass 2NT1 pass
3§2 pass 3¨3 pass
4¨4 pass 4© pass
pass5 pass pass.

1 = After 3 passes, it is wise to upgrade with this nice 19-pointer, to describe hand, and to keep NS out of the bidding.
2 = Puppet Stayman, looking for 4- or 5-card major.
3 = 1 or 2 4-card majors.
4 = Both 4-card majors, asking East to pick the suit.
5 = Slam is close at best, and such slams should only be bid in an excellent field of competition, which we can find, for example, in Maastricht SNS Tournament in April, Carta Mundi Festival of Ostende in May, Scheveningen Bridge Week in August, and A-Flights of Regionals and Sectionals in North America. The game of Sittard does not nearly add to these tournaments mentioned, for only one EW pair makes twelve tricks in 4©.

23. More discussion to follow.

Board 24
W/None


WEST		 NORTH
ª 7 5
© A 9
¨ A Q J 7 6 4
§ A 9 2



EAST
ª T 6 2
© K T 7 6 3
¨ 2
§ J T 6 4


SOUTH		 ª K Q 8 3
© Q 4 2
¨ K 9 8 3
§ 7 3
ª A J 9 4
© J 8 5
¨ T 5
§ K Q 8 5

NS score

Frequency

MP NS

MP EW

460

1

10

0

430

1

8

2
150 1 6 4
-50 3 2 8

Recommended bidding sequence:

West North East South
2©1 3¨2 3©3 dbl4
pass 3NT5 pass pass
pass.

1 = Muiderberg weak-2, which we have discussed already.
2 = 5+ suit, 12-15 hcp.
3 = Preemptive raise, for East takes away the cuebid of 3©. West must pass.
4 = Competitive double, showing some support in diamonds, and 10+ hcp. Remember, East has smartly taken away the cuebid at the 3-level.
5 = 3NT may be a lay-down.

Not leading a heart would be giving up on the partnership.

24. More discussion to follow.

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