Marathon of Sittard Imps Pairs
Sittard, Euregional Sports and Convention Center
August 25, 2001
Session 02 - Boards 05-08
Board 5
N/NS
WEST |
NORTH
ª K 6
© J T 3 2
¨ T 5
§ A T 7 6 5 |
EAST |
ª A J T 5 3
© K Q 8 7
¨ 6 2
§ 9 2 |
SOUTH |
ª 9 7 4
© A 6 5
¨ 9 8 7 4
§ K 8 3 |
|
ª Q 8 2
© 9 4
¨ A K Q J 3
§ Q J 4 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
630 |
1 |
12 |
-12 |
600 |
2 |
12 |
-12 |
300 |
1 |
8 |
-8 |
150 |
3 |
5 |
-5 |
130 |
2 |
4 |
-4 |
110 |
1 |
4 |
-4 |
50 |
2 |
2 |
-2 |
-100 |
3 |
-2 |
2 |
-110 |
3 |
-3 |
3 |
-200 |
6 |
-5 |
5 |
-300 |
1 |
-7 |
7 |
-500 |
1 |
-10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
-20 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
pass |
pass |
1NT |
| 2§ |
dbl |
2¨ |
dbl |
| 2ª |
2NT |
pass |
pass |
| pass. |
|
|
|
|
2§ = (Multi-)
Landy: 5+/4+ in the majors
Dbl = Negative,
8+ hcp.
2¨ = Promising equal
length in the majors, asking West to pick his longer, or else, better
major.
Dbl = Call for ¨-lead.
2ª = West's longer or better suit.
2NT = Ultimate invite to 3NT.
On a ª-lead to the king, and cashing 5 ¨-tricks, South should confine with down one. If he
runs §Q, he will go for 200, and yield 3 imps,
if his teammates bid and make 2ª. West should
lose a spade, 2 diamonds, a club and a heart in 2ª,
unless North dumps a © prematurely.
Board 6
E/EW
WEST |
NORTH
ª 9
© Q T 8 5
¨ Q J T 9 7 6 2
§ Q |
EAST |
ª J 7 6
© A 9
¨ A 8 5 3
§ A J 4 2 |
SOUTH |
ª 8 2
© 6 4 3
¨ K 4
§ K 9 7 6 5 3 |
|
ª A K Q T 5 4 3
© K J 7 2
¨ - - -
§ T 8 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
590 |
4 |
5 |
-5 |
450 |
4 |
1 |
-1 |
420 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
200 |
1 |
-6 |
6 |
170 |
3 |
-6 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
420 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
--- |
pass |
1ª |
| pass |
1NT |
pass |
2© |
| pass |
3© |
pass |
4© |
| pass |
pass |
pass. |
|
|
South has a problem: all of his first rebids 2©,
2ª, and 3ª
may work out well. This time, he makes 11 tricks in 4©
ánd 4ª.
Board 7
S/All
WEST |
NORTH
ª Q 7 3
© K 8 5 4 2
¨ K 9 4
§ T 8 |
EAST |
ª A T 9 8 4
© T 6
¨ 3 2
§ K Q J 6 |
SOUTH |
ª K J 6 5
© 9
¨ A Q J 5
§ A 7 5 2 |
|
ª 2
© A Q J 7 3
¨ T 8 7 6
§ 9 4 3 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
-200 |
1 |
10 |
-10 |
-500 |
1 |
4 |
-4 |
-650 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
-680 |
5 |
-1 |
1 |
-800 |
3 |
-4 |
4 |
-1430 |
1 |
-13 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
-660 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
--- |
--- |
pass |
| pass |
pass |
1§ |
1© |
| 1ª |
3© |
4ª |
pass |
| pass |
pass. |
|
|
|
1ª = 5+ suit, for a 4-card ª-suit is shown by a negative
double.
3© = Preemptive
raise. A stronger North will jump cue 3§ to show limit raise or better. 3§ would not necessarily show shortness in §, for the other available jump cue of 3ª would bypass 3©.
West needs to play against the odds, and finesse spades over North to make 12 tricks.
Allthough the play for the drop for the queen with 4 trumps missing is tought in any
beginner's course*, quite a lot of Wests
would start "thinking" for a substantial amount of time, when North follows low
on the second round of trumps, in order to wait until the defender with the queen gets
nervous. This is considered highly illegal under WBF Law 74C.
* Unless there are sound technical
reasons to assume that South is short in trumps, for example, when South has shown up with
a 7-card ©-suit.
Board 8
W/None
WEST |
NORTH
ª 9 2
© Q T 3
¨ 9 7 3 2
§ K 9 7 3 |
EAST |
ª A Q J T 5 3
© J 9 2
¨ K 6
§ A 6 |
SOUTH |
ª K 8 4
© 8 6
¨ J T 4
§ J T 8 5 4 |
|
ª 7 6
© A K 7 5 4
¨ A Q 8 5
§ Q 2 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
Imps NS |
Imps EW |
420 |
1 |
11 |
-11 |
100 |
1 |
5 |
-5 |
50 |
4 |
4 |
-4 |
-100 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
-140 |
15 |
-1 |
1 |
-170 |
1 |
-2 |
2 |
-420 |
2 |
-7 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
Mean |
NS score |
|
-110 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| 1ª |
pass |
2ª |
pass |
| 2NT |
pass |
3ª |
pass |
| pass |
pass |
pass. |
|
|
2NT = Initiating a help suit game try
in hearts. We use help suit game tries, when we have 3
losers in a certain suit, and an otherwise balanced hand with clearly
above-minimum strength. A 3ª-call by West,
instead of 2NT would be a preemptive
re-raise, often called 1-2-3 stop. All of these gadgets need to
be alerted.
3ª = Signoff.
East does not want to hear the suit West needs help in, and certainly does not want the
wake up the enemy.
The train holds just in time. West wins the trump lead in hand, leads a heart to North,
gets another spade to his hand, leads another ©,
and defense has run out of trumps. West just has to ruff a heart in dummy, and lead a ¨ to his king for 9 tricks.
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Boards 09-12
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