Marathon of Sittard Imps Pairs
Sittard, Euregional Sports and Convention Center
August 25, 2001
Session 01 - Boards 05-08
Board 5
N/NS
WEST |
NORTH
ª 9 8
© A 8
¨ K 7 6 4 3
§ Q 8 6 2 |
EAST |
ª A K T 7 6
© T 7 3
¨ A T 9
§ K J |
SOUTH |
ª J 5 4
© K Q J 6 5
¨ 8
§ T 7 5 4 |
|
ª Q 3 2
© 9 4 2
¨ Q J 5 2
§ A 9 3 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
100 |
1 |
10 |
-10 |
50 |
1 |
10 |
-10 |
-170 |
1 |
6 |
-6 |
-200 |
4 |
5 |
-5 |
-420 |
7 |
-1 |
1 |
-450 |
12 |
-2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
-390 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
pass |
2© |
pass |
| 2NT |
pass |
3§ |
pass |
| 4© |
pass |
pass |
pass. |
|
2© = Muiderberg
weak-2, i.e., 5-card ©-suit,
4+ of a minor, and 5-10 hcp.
2NT = Forcing relay.
3§ = 4+ §-suit.
East makes 11 tricks, unless South underleads §A,
and East guesses wrong.
Board 6
E/EW
WEST |
NORTH
ª T 9 8 4 2
© J 7 5
¨ A T 6 5
§ 2 |
EAST |
ª K Q 5
© 9 6
¨ K Q 4
§ A J 9 5 3 |
SOUTH |
ª J 3
© Q 4 2
¨ J 8 7 3 2
§ Q 6 4 |
|
ª A 7 6
© A K T 8 3
¨ 9
§ K T 8 7 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
200 |
2 |
2 |
-2 |
170 |
4 |
2 |
-2 |
140 |
10 |
1 |
-1 |
110 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
4 |
-1 |
1 |
80 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
-50 |
3 |
-5 |
5 |
-110 |
1 |
-6 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
120 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
--- |
pass |
1© |
| 2§ |
2© |
dbl |
3¨ |
| pass |
3© |
pass |
pass |
| pass. |
|
|
|
|
Dbl = Precisely
3-card §-support.
3¨ = Short
suit game try.
If EW lead trumps at every opportunity, they will limit South to only one §-ruff. This way, South yields 2 spades and 3 clubs.
Board 7
S/All
WEST |
NORTH
ª A K T 8 4 3
© 6
¨ 9 7 6
§ K 9 7 |
EAST |
ª 6 2
© A Q 8 7
¨ A K Q 4 2
§ T 6 |
SOUTH |
ª Q J 9
© K 9 5 3
¨ T 5
§ Q J 5 4 |
|
ª 7 5
© J T 4 2
¨ J 8 3
§ A 8 3 2 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
500 |
1 |
11 |
-11 |
300 |
1 |
8 |
-8 |
200 |
6 |
6 |
-6 |
100 |
5 |
3 |
-3 |
-100 |
1 |
-2 |
2 |
-110 |
1 |
-3 |
3 |
-140 |
3 |
-3 |
3 |
-170 |
2 |
-4 |
4 |
-200 |
2 |
-5 |
5 |
-500 |
1 |
-10 |
10 |
-600 |
1 |
-11 |
11 |
-620 |
2 |
-12 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
-20 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
--- |
--- |
pass |
| 1¨ |
2ª |
dbl |
pass |
| 4© |
pass |
pass |
pass. |
|
2ª = Weak
jump overcall, i.e., 6+ suit, 5-10 hcp.
Dbl = Negative:
4-card ©-suit and 8+ hcp, or,
12+ hcp.
4© = 3©
would show 4-card ©-suit allright, but 15 bad
hcp at most. This hand is too nice for conservative action.
Who is to blame for the fact that NS can take 4 tricks off the top? Only those that have
seen partner's card before. Remember that many West will open 1NT, after which East will
go to game automatically.
The way cards lie, East makes 3NT. If South doesn't give him the ninth trick with a ª-lead, East will knock out the ace and king of
clubs.
Board 8
W/None
WEST |
NORTH
ª 3
© A K J T 8 5 2
¨ J 6
§ 6 5 4 |
EAST |
ª A 8
© Q 9
¨ A Q T 4 3
§ K J T 7 |
SOUTH |
ª K Q J 5 4
© 4 3
¨ K 9 8 7
§ 8 2 |
|
ª T 9 7 6 2
© 7 6
¨ 5 2
§ A Q 9 3 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
200 |
2 |
6 |
-6 |
100 |
3 |
3 |
-3 |
50 |
12 |
2 |
-2 |
-50 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
-100 |
2 |
-2 |
2 |
-170 |
1 |
-4 |
4 |
-400 |
3 |
-9 |
9 |
-420 |
1 |
-9 |
9 |
-650 |
1 |
-12 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
-20 |
|
|
Recommended though rather complex bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| 1¨ |
3© |
dbl |
pass |
| 4§ |
pass |
4¨ |
pass |
| 4© |
pass |
4ª |
pass |
| pass |
pass. |
|
|
|
Dbl = Negative:
4-card ª-suit and 8+ hcp, or,
12+ hcp. 3ª requires 5+ suit and
12+ hcp, so that is not an option.
4§ and 4¨
= Natural.
4© = Asking East to pick a suit. East will not
run away with this cuebid, for if
East had a ¨-slam in mind, he would have
started with cuebidding 4©, rather than taking
the negative double. On the other
hand, if East had only ¨-support, the only
options for his first call would have been 3NT, 4¨
and 5¨.
4ª fails only because spades break 5-1. That
risk has to be taken, for even when North has only 6 unknown cards, and South as many as
11, the odds still favor spades to break 2-4 or 3-3.
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Boards 09-12
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