Marathon of Sittard Imps Pairs
Sittard, Euregional Sports and Convention Center
August 25, 2001
Session 01 - Boards 25-28
Board 25
N/EW
WEST |
NORTH
ª Q 8 7 5 3
© A K Q J 7
¨ A 9
§ 5 |
EAST |
ª A K 4
© 8 6 4
¨ T 2
§ A K Q 6 4 |
SOUTH |
ª J T 2
© 3
¨ Q J 5 4 3
§ 9 8 3 2 |
|
ª 9 6
© T 9 5 2
¨ K 8 7 6
§ J T 7 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
450 |
1 |
6 |
-6 |
420 |
7 |
5 |
-5 |
200 |
4 |
-1 |
1 |
170 |
5 |
-2 |
2 |
140 |
3 |
-2 |
2 |
100 |
2 |
-3 |
3 |
-50 |
2 |
-7 |
7 |
-130 |
2 |
-8 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
220 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
1ª |
pass |
pass |
| dbl |
4© |
pass |
pass |
| pass. |
|
|
|
|
Dbl = Too strong to
overcall 2§, and unaware of pushing North into
game.
If North opens 1©, South will be able to raise
to 2©, and NS reach game without help of the
opponents. In the sixties, it was still common practise to open with the lower ranking
5-card suit, if it was this much better than the higher one. Such treatment makes it very
hard to find a 5-3 fit in spades, and has therefore been abandoned in the past thirty
years.
Even a trump lead will not keep North from ruffing a spade in dummy. In order to cope with
ªAKxx in West, North should lead two spades
towards his queen, so his line will look like this: win East's ©-lead in dummy, ª for
the ace, © for the jack, ¨ to the king, and spade for the king.
Board 26
E/All
WEST |
NORTH
ª J
© 9 4
¨ J T 8 6 3
§ A K J 9 3 |
EAST |
ª T 6
© Q 7 2
¨ A Q 9 4
§ T 7 6 5 |
SOUTH |
ª A 8 7 4 3 2
© 6
¨ K 7 5 2
§ 8 4 |
|
ª K Q 9 5
© A K J T 8 5 3
¨ - - -
§ Q 2 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
650 |
20 |
2 |
-2 |
200 |
4 |
-9 |
9 |
-100 |
2 |
-12 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
580 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
--- |
pass |
1© |
| pass |
1NT |
pass |
4© |
| pass |
pass |
pass. |
|
|
1NT = One round force in our
system. North has less than 3©, less than 4ª, and 5-11 hcp.
4© = The only proper action. 3© shows 6+ hearts and 16-17 hcp, 3NT shows 6+ hearts
and 18-19 hcp, and 2ª is passing unnecessary
info to the enemy.
EW are entitled to ªA and ©Q only..
Board 27
S/None
WEST |
NORTH
ª 9 7 4 3
© A 9 7 5 2
¨ 9 6
§ 8 2 |
EAST |
ª J T 2
© K T
¨ A 8 7 5 2
§ A J 7 |
SOUTH |
ª A 8 6 5
© 6 3
¨ Q J T 4
§ Q T 5 |
|
ª K Q
© Q J 8 4
¨ K 3
§ K 9 6 4 3 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
140 |
3 |
5 |
-5 |
110 |
2 |
4 |
-4 |
100 |
1 |
4 |
-4 |
50 |
3 |
3 |
-3 |
-50 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
-90 |
2 |
-2 |
2 |
-110 |
1 |
-2 |
2 |
-130 |
5 |
-3 |
3 |
-430 |
3 |
-9 |
9 |
Arb |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
-40 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
--- |
--- |
1§ |
| 1¨ |
pass |
1ª |
pass |
| 1NT |
pass |
2¨ |
pass |
| pass |
pass. |
|
|
|
1ª = 4+ suit, one
round force.
NS should take 2 ©- and 1 ª-trick.
Board 28
W/NS
WEST |
NORTH
ª 5 2
© Q T 9 6 5
¨ 8 7
§ 9 8 6 5 |
EAST |
ª A J T 9 7
© A K
¨ A T 3
§ A J 4 |
SOUTH |
ª K 8 4 3
© J 4 2
¨ 5 4
§ K 7 3 2 |
|
ª Q 6
© 8 7 3
¨ K Q J 9 6 2
§ Q T |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
-450 |
6 |
1 |
-1 |
-480 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
-490 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
-680 |
1 |
-5 |
5 |
-980 |
1 |
-11 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
-480 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| 2NT |
pass |
3§ |
pass |
| 3ª |
pass |
4ª |
pass |
| pass |
pass. |
|
|
|
2NT = Balanced hand, 20-21 hcp.
3§ = Puppet
Stayman, exploring 4- and 5-card majors at the same time.
3ª = 5-card
suit.
The black queens behave nicely, so even on a ¨-lead,
West has an easy play for 12 tricks. He should not forget to ruff a ¨ in dummy, though.
* As of September 1, Puppet Stayman
is no longer alertable in The Netherlands. You will find Dutch Alert Regulations as PDF
document here.
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