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- From: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (R. Bharat Rao)
- Subject: Re: Problems from Portland
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.152444.22537@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
- Keywords: Just two fewer mistakes...
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- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <1992Nov16.230024.2100@rayssd.ssd.ray.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:24:44 GMT
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- sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (Steve Myerson) writes:
-
- >These hands are from the Flight B Open Pairs in Portland, Maine (Nov 14).
- >Get any two correct and you win the event.
- pressure :-)
- >1. None vul. East dealer. You are West: AJ9542, T, Q7, AT32
-
- >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
-
- >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?
-
- My impulse is to pass, but you have been end-played by your own
- system. The wolrd will probably be competing at least to 2 spades
- with 6 spades, so I will bid 2S -- and only because I would have done
- so anyway -- however, AFTER the pass, I could well be smacked -- a
- tough one, but I will bid 2S, as I expect the field to be doing the
- same (after all I have 2 more cards than partner expects).
-
- >2. Both vul. South dealer. You are East: T74, KJ52, K7, Q975
-
- >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.
-
- Pass seems clear. True 5D is likely to go down, but why risk a board
- you may already have won -- looks the the opponents should be in NT,
- and you won;t win much for sacrificing at the 5 level. So pass it is.
-
- >3. NS vul. West dealer. You are West: Q863, J63, 632, AQ6
-
- >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.
-
- Ugh.. a pass is clear. A 4S bid here is dead wrong; if you were going
- to bid 4S you should have done so right away -- now N has communicated
- the heart fit to South and can pass and X freely over 4S. Not that I
- would have bid 4S as this hand could easily go for 1100 without much
- sweat.. PASS and hope either that they go down or the field is there.
-
- >4. Both vul. South dealer. You are North: QJ95, T97, AKT762, void
-
- >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
-
- >* - To help with the bidding system:
-
- > double - would be for penalties
- > 2S - would show 5
- > 2N - would show a heart stopper
- > 3m - better than minimum opening plus a suit
-
- >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.
-
- I would like to bid a non-forcing 3S here but I can't... Does 2C
- PROMISE a fit in spades? If so, a lead director of 4C would be OK..
-
- Else as I am forced to game, I will bid 3S and who knows partner may
- have AKxx,x,QJxx,Jxxx and be able to find a 4D call:-)
-
- Seriously, I think 4S making should be excellent -- so I will bid it
- and hope they sac in 5H...
-
- >5. NS vul. East dealer. You are South: 9, J4, AK7654, JT94
-
- >West North East South
- > pass ?
-
- >Do you preempt or not?
-
- Not a chance -- a 2nd hand red versus white ppreempt needs to be as
- close to perfect before I consider it -- something like
- xx,x,KQJTxxx,xxx would be perfect (good suit, ZERO defense, no other
- fit likely).
-
- This isn;t even close...
-
- >Steve Myerson (sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com)
-
- Bharat
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