NBB - Dutch Bridge Federation

South Limburg District Class 1 Title Match

Sittard 8-Sittard 9

Sittard, De Baandert Community Center

December 05, 2000

Boards 25-28

Players

S81

Michel Franssen

-

Scott Smith

Sittard 8

S82

Nico van Beek

-

Willem Meyer

Sittard 8

S91

Jan Timmer

-

Joost Bloemen

Sittard 9

S92

Henk vd Heyden

-

Jef Dautzenberg*

Sittard 9
* In regular competition designated MVP of Sittard 8,
but in this match substitute for Hans van Dijk in Sittard 9
Board 25
N/EW


WEST		 NORTH
ª A T 9 5
© - - -
¨ K Q 7 2
§ J 8 6 3 2



EAST
ª 6 3
© A K T 9 5
¨ A 9 8 4 3
§ Q


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

NS

EW

Contract

by

NS score

mp NS

S81

S92

4©

W

-620

5

S91

S82

5¨*

N

-800

Totals

Sittard 8

55

Sittard 9

63

Recommended bidding sequence:

West North East South
--- pass pass pass
1© pass 2ª1 pass
3§2 pass 3¨3 pass
4§4 pass 4©!5 pass
pass pass.

1 = Garozzo-splinter, i.e. 4+ © support, some singleton or void, and either 8-11, or 16+ hcp.
2 = Asking for East's short suit.
3 = Singleton or void in ¨.
4 = §-control, denying ª-control.
5 = No reason for further action, since 6© requires North to have ªK to start with, so it's a 50% slam at best. Minor suit slams can be taken a little lighter, for several reasons, see boards 10 and 11.

Board 26
E/All


WEST		 NORTH
ª J 7 5
© J T 7
¨ Q 7 3
§ Q 9 4 2



EAST
ª 9 8 3
© 8 3
¨ 9 8 6 5 2
§ J 7 3


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

NS

EW

Contract

by

NS score

mp NS

S81

S92

3ª

W

-170

12

S91

S82

4ª*

W

-790

Totals

Sittard 8

67

Sittard 9

63

Recommended bidding sequence:

West North East South
--- --- 2§1 pass
2¨2 pass 2ª3 pass
2NT4 pass 3©5 pass
3ª6 pass 4ª7 pass
pass pass.

1 = In our system either a 2-suited semiforcing hand with a 5+ major, a NT-hand with 22-25 hcp, or any gameforcing type of hand.
2 = Automatic relay, unless responder has a good 5-card suit (at least KQxxx or AJTxx), and 8+ hcp.
3 = Semiforcing or gameforcing 2-suiter with ª as first suit. East must keep the auction going for at least one round.
4 = Second negative.
5 = Semiforcing 2-suiter with © as second suit. The semiforcing range is 20-22 hcp or 8-9 playing tricks. Trickwise, East is on the top of this range.
6 = At his previous turn of bidding, West was far too weak to raise to 3ª (would have been a slamtry), or even to sign off at 4ª. Now he is not trying for slam, but telling he likes ª better than ©.
7 = If West has ª-preference, East more than likely will be able to ruff at least one ©, and that's all he needs.

Game fails when North shows up with 2 trumps and less than 3©, but that unfavorable scenario comes up in less than 2% of time.

Board 27
S/None


WEST		 NORTH
ª Q T 8
© J 9 8 7
¨ A T 9 5
§ 9 3



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


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

NS

EW

Contract

by

NS score

mp NS

S81

S92

3©

S

-50

S91

S82

2©

S

110

4

Totals

Sittard 8

67

Sittard 9

67

Recommended bidding sequence:

West North East South
--- --- --- 1©
pass 3§1 pass 3©2
pass pass pass.

1 = Bergen type of raise, 4+ ©-support, balanced, and 7-9 hcp.
3 = No reason to even reach for game.

A ©-lead, and ª-shift from East would even deny South his +140. Even Bergen players pay a price now and then.

Board 28
W/NS


WEST		 NORTH
ª A 6 5
© 8 4 3
¨ A 5 3
§ A Q J 2



EAST
ª K Q J 4 2
© T 7
¨ K Q T 7 2
§ 7


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

NS

EW

Contract

by

NS score

mp NS

S81

S92

4ª

W

50

11

S91

S82

4ª

W

-450

Totals

Sittard 8

78

Sittard 9

67

Recommended bidding sequence:

West North East South
1ª1 1NT2 dbl3 rdb4
2¨5 pass6 3ª7 pass
4ª8 pass pass pass.

28. Discussion to follow.

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