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- From: sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (Steve Myerson)
- Subject: Problems from Portland
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.230024.2100@rayssd.ssd.ray.com>
- Keywords: Just two fewer mistakes...
- Sender: news@rayssd.ssd.ray.com (Administrator)
- Organization: Raytheon Company
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 23:00:24 GMT
- Lines: 61
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- These hands are from the Flight B Open Pairs in Portland, Maine (Nov 14).
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- Get any two correct and you win the event.
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- 1. None vul. East dealer. You are West: AJ9542, T, Q7, AT32
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- West North East South
- pass pass
- 1S-1 1N-2 pass 2D 1. 11-15 HCP, at least 4 spades
- pass 2H (all pass) 2. 15-17
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- After West passed, South announced that there had been
- a failure to alert, and that 2D was a transfer to 2H.
- The director then permitted West to take back his final
- pass if he wished. What do you do?
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- 2. Both vul. South dealer. You are East: T74, KJ52, K7, Q975
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- West North East South
- 1D-1 1. Shows at least 4
- dbl 1S dbl-2 1N 2. Responsive, 6-9 HCP
- pass 5D ?
-
- Your call.
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- 3. NS vul. West dealer. You are West: Q863, J63, 632, AQ6
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- West North East South
- pass 1C 2N-1 3H 1. 6-12 HCP, at least 4 spades and 4 diamonds
- 3S 4H pass pass with at least 9 cards total in the 2 suits
- ?
-
- Your call.
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- 4. Both vul. South dealer. You are North: QJ95, T97, AKT762, void
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- West North East South
- 1S-1 1. 11-15 HCP, at least 4 spades
- pass 2C-2 2H pass-* 2. artificial, forcing to game
- 3H ? opener may not pass short of game
- 2C bidder may pass short of game on misfit
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- * - To help with the bidding system:
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- double - would be for penalties
- 2S - would show 5
- 2N - would show a heart stopper
- 3m - better than minimum opening plus a suit
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- so the pass says only 4 spades, no heart suit or decent stopper,
- not a distributional hand, and on the low end of the HCP range (11-13).
- In other words, your basic garbage balanced opener with 4 spades.
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- 5. NS vul. East dealer. You are South: 9, J4, AK7654, JT94
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- West North East South
- pass ?
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- Do you preempt or not?
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- Steve Myerson (sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com)
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