---At the 5. and the last match we are playing against a team that played for Turkish Schools team and Junior team in European Youth Bridge Championship held in Jesolo, Italy, this summer. This time opponents are better compared to the others. I really could have done better in this match. If I have done what I thought we would have won this match. Anyway, here is the best board of the match for me.
What would you bid with these cards at West over your partners 2♥ rebid?
W------N------E------S----------Dealer:E
-----------------1♥-----P----------Vul:None
1♠------P-----2♥-----P
?
♠AQ876
♥95
♦763
♣K65
I was kind of stunned and passed. After a fast play my partner claimed making +3!
♠AQ876------N-------♠K43
♥95--------W----E----♥AJT762
♦763----------S--------♦T
♣K65-------------------♣AJ4
If you think East should bid 3♥ over 1♠ it is not the correct bid with these few values. However, East he can bid 2♠ over 1♠. This hand is suitable for 4-3 ♠ fit so 2♠ should be an option. Anyway at the table I should raise 2♥ because I have 2 good cards and a fit so this is enough for a simple raise. Other room played 2♥ so we didn't lose imp but if I had bid 3♥, we would have qualified with this board.
2.important board from this match:
Would you overcall with this hand?
♠8
♥T7
♦KT97642
♣Q76
W------N------E------S-----------Dealer:E
-----------------P-----2♥*----------Vul:None
?
2♥: weak majors
I did not overcall with this hand and opponents bid 6♠ at last. I do not know if they bid slam after my overcall but I should have done something to make them away from their slam. If I had this hand again, I would bid
surely. Other room made 5♦ dbl -3 so this caused a 10 imp loss.
Opponents cards:
♠AJT53
♥KQ986
♦-
♣T95
---N----
---
---S
♠KQ9
♥A53
♦J3
♣AK432
Other room correct bidding should be like below. However, they dbl ed 5♦ after a misunderstanding in the bidding.
W------N------E------S---------Dealer:E
-----------------P-----1♠--------Vul:None
3♦-----4♣----5♦-----5♠
P------6♠
We have lost this match 19-11 vp and couldn't qualify for the finals. If I had overcalled may be would have qualified who knows!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday, November 9, 2007
Chaos
-----At 4. match we play against experienced players and this time me and my partner Eymen are not playing. Again our team mates had a poor play so we could hardly win the match 16-14 vp. After the match one of my team mates told me that if the opponents played normally we could have get 0 vp from this match. Lets look at the adventures of the match.
Our 1. pair played 6♥, 2 aces missing with these cards below:
♠2-----------------------♠QT85
♥AKQ9876-----------♥T4
♦8542------------------♦KQ3
♣4-----------------------♣AKQ7
This costs us -11 imp, opps making 5♥=
On another board we see our 2. pair at work by playing 3NT with these cards below:
♠64--------------------♠J983
♥AQ53------N-------♥76
♦AKJT---W---E----♦643
♣873--------S--------♣9642
No, they are not in defence against 3NT. Believe it or not, I have the score sheet in front of me and this crime was committed in these sequence:
Dealer-: S
Vul:----:All
W-------N-------E-------S
----------------------------2♦*
dbl*----rdbl*----P------2♠
dbl*-----P-----2NT*--P
3NT*---All Pass
2♦: multi weak major
1.dbl:opening value with 4c M
rdbl: asks partner's suit
2.dbl: Partner I swear I have 13 cards
2NT: leave me alone !
3NT: You can run, but can not hide!
This funny board ended down 3. -300. However, we gained 7 imp beacause our 2. pair made miracle 3NT with N-S cards with a nice play. +600.
When I checked the results of this board of other tables I have seen that one pair played 3♣ dbl resulted -1700 from West!
Now let's see the appropriate bidding
W-------N-------E------S
---------------------------2♠
dbl------rdbl-----P------P
3♦------dbl------All Pass
If East bid 2NT as a lebensohl South should dbl because of his high values. However, East should pass after North's rdbl, meaning "partner find somewhere to hide".
Disasters from this match hasnt finished yet. Our first pair played 7♦ dbl thinking that they are making a save against 6♠.Result: 7♦ dbl -2. -500. All hands:
Vul----:None
Dealer-:W-----♠Q
--------------------♥7
--------------------♦JT985
--------------------♣KQJT84
♠AK8432-----------N-------------♠9765
♥Q642-----------W---E-----------♥KJ9853
♦32-------------------S-------------♦A
♣6-----------------------------------♣75
-------------------♠JT
-------------------♥AT
-------------------♦KQ764
-------------------♣A932
However, we didnt lose any imp because, 2. pair doubled 6♦ -2. +500 .
Appropritate bidding should be like this:
W------N-------E-----S
2♠------3♣-----4♠----dbl
P-------5♣-----5♥----dbl
All Pass
Our 1. pair played 6♥, 2 aces missing with these cards below:
♠2-----------------------♠QT85
♥AKQ9876-----------♥T4
♦8542------------------♦KQ3
♣4-----------------------♣AKQ7
This costs us -11 imp, opps making 5♥=
On another board we see our 2. pair at work by playing 3NT with these cards below:
♠64--------------------♠J983
♥AQ53------N-------♥76
♦AKJT---W---E----♦643
♣873--------S--------♣9642
No, they are not in defence against 3NT. Believe it or not, I have the score sheet in front of me and this crime was committed in these sequence:
Dealer-: S
Vul:----:All
W-------N-------E-------S
----------------------------2♦*
dbl*----rdbl*----P------2♠
dbl*-----P-----2NT*--P
3NT*---All Pass
2♦: multi weak major
1.dbl:opening value with 4c M
rdbl: asks partner's suit
2.dbl: Partner I swear I have 13 cards
2NT: leave me alone !
3NT: You can run, but can not hide!
This funny board ended down 3. -300. However, we gained 7 imp beacause our 2. pair made miracle 3NT with N-S cards with a nice play. +600.
When I checked the results of this board of other tables I have seen that one pair played 3♣ dbl resulted -1700 from West!
Now let's see the appropriate bidding
W-------N-------E------S
---------------------------2♠
dbl------rdbl-----P------P
3♦------dbl------All Pass
If East bid 2NT as a lebensohl South should dbl because of his high values. However, East should pass after North's rdbl, meaning "partner find somewhere to hide".
Disasters from this match hasnt finished yet. Our first pair played 7♦ dbl thinking that they are making a save against 6♠.Result: 7♦ dbl -2. -500. All hands:
Vul----:None
Dealer-:W-----♠Q
--------------------♥7
--------------------♦JT985
--------------------♣KQJT84
♠AK8432-----------N-------------♠9765
♥Q642-----------W---E-----------♥KJ9853
♦32-------------------S-------------♦A
♣6-----------------------------------♣75
-------------------♠JT
-------------------♥AT
-------------------♦KQ764
-------------------♣A932
However, we didnt lose any imp because, 2. pair doubled 6♦ -2. +500 .
Appropritate bidding should be like this:
W------N-------E-----S
2♠------3♣-----4♠----dbl
P-------5♣-----5♥----dbl
All Pass
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Cold slam
-----We were bye at the 2. match and got 18 vp. At 3. match we played against another not experienced opponents and we got 25 vp. Our scores were better than our team mates and the most important board was this 6♥ board which was only bid by 2 pairs in the championship.
I had this hand at the first seat and opened 1NT.
♠A8------------Vul-------:None
♥AJ85---------Dealer---:West
♦Q852
♣AT2
bidding went:
W------N------E-----S
1NT----P-----2♣----2♦
dbl-----P------3♦-----P
3♥------P-----4♦
4♠------P-----5♥
6♥----All Pass
lead 6 ♦.
♠A8------------------♠K754
♥AJ85------N------♥KQT63
♦Q852---W--E----♦-
♣AT2-------S-------♣K875
I ruffed it and played A of ♠, ruffed ♦ again. Now I played K of ♥, K of ♣ and another ♣ South ruffed it and played A of ♦. Here is the position
-----------♠QT9
-----------♥9
-----------♦-
-----------♣QJ9
♠8-----------N--------♠K75
♥AJ8-- -W---E-----♥QT
♦Q8---------S--------♦-
♣A---------------------♣87
------------♠J6
------------♥-
------------♦AKJT9
------------♣-
I ruffed it, North pitch a ♣, and only chance was returning hand with A of ♣ in order to ruff a ♦. So I played ♣ and seeing that South can not ruff I claimed all making 6♥= +1460 .
If you look at the diagram after ruffing ♦ when I cash all of ♥ North is squeezed in black suits.
Now lets see the appropriate bidding and play.
♠A8-----------N-------♠K754
♥AJ85----W---E----♥KQT63
♦Q852-------S-------♦-
♣AT2------------------♣K875
W------N------E-----S
1NT----P-----2♣----2♦
P-------P------3♠-----P
4♦------P------5♦-----P
6♥----All Pass
West should pass if you play non-forcing stayman, East's 3♠ bid shows 4c ♠ and 5c ♥ with short ♦ because he can double 2♦ with long ♦. Now West has a wonderful hand against a stiff ♦ so cue-bid with 4♦, and the story ends.
If South bid 2♦ or 3♦ I should have played it in this line:
1.ruff ♦
2.K of ♣, and a ♣
---If you A of ♣ wins at the 3. trick you make the contract with cross-ruffs. However, South ruff your small ♣ at the 3. trick and now you have enough entries.
after ruffing 2 more ♦ you reach the position:
♠8------------------♠K7
♥AJ-------N-------♥Q
♦Q------W--E----♦
♣2---------S-------♣75
When you cash ♥'s opponents are caught double squeeze. North is forced to keep ♠ and ♣ and south ♠ and ♦. Nice slam board that should be easily bid and made.
I had this hand at the first seat and opened 1NT.
♠A8------------Vul-------:None
♥AJ85---------Dealer---:West
♦Q852
♣AT2
bidding went:
W------N------E-----S
1NT----P-----2♣----2♦
dbl-----P------3♦-----P
3♥------P-----4♦
4♠------P-----5♥
6♥----All Pass
lead 6 ♦.
♠A8------------------♠K754
♥AJ85------N------♥KQT63
♦Q852---W--E----♦-
♣AT2-------S-------♣K875
I ruffed it and played A of ♠, ruffed ♦ again. Now I played K of ♥, K of ♣ and another ♣ South ruffed it and played A of ♦. Here is the position
-----------♠QT9
-----------♥9
-----------♦-
-----------♣QJ9
♠8-----------N--------♠K75
♥AJ8-- -W---E-----♥QT
♦Q8---------S--------♦-
♣A---------------------♣87
------------♠J6
------------♥-
------------♦AKJT9
------------♣-
I ruffed it, North pitch a ♣, and only chance was returning hand with A of ♣ in order to ruff a ♦. So I played ♣ and seeing that South can not ruff I claimed all making 6♥= +1460 .
If you look at the diagram after ruffing ♦ when I cash all of ♥ North is squeezed in black suits.
Now lets see the appropriate bidding and play.
♠A8-----------N-------♠K754
♥AJ85----W---E----♥KQT63
♦Q852-------S-------♦-
♣AT2------------------♣K875
W------N------E-----S
1NT----P-----2♣----2♦
P-------P------3♠-----P
4♦------P------5♦-----P
6♥----All Pass
West should pass if you play non-forcing stayman, East's 3♠ bid shows 4c ♠ and 5c ♥ with short ♦ because he can double 2♦ with long ♦. Now West has a wonderful hand against a stiff ♦ so cue-bid with 4♦, and the story ends.
If South bid 2♦ or 3♦ I should have played it in this line:
1.ruff ♦
2.K of ♣, and a ♣
---If you A of ♣ wins at the 3. trick you make the contract with cross-ruffs. However, South ruff your small ♣ at the 3. trick and now you have enough entries.
after ruffing 2 more ♦ you reach the position:
♠8------------------♠K7
♥AJ-------N-------♥Q
♦Q------W--E----♦
♣2---------S-------♣75
When you cash ♥'s opponents are caught double squeeze. North is forced to keep ♠ and ♣ and south ♠ and ♦. Nice slam board that should be easily bid and made.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Love of 3NT
-----Last week on 26-29 October 2007 Turkish Bridge federation succeed one of the most important events for Turkish Juniors by organising Turkish Youth Bridge Championship for the first time. I hope this championship will be held every year with a rising success and be better and better.
In the MP pairs me and my partner Eymen scored 58,17 _ 53,11_ 55,00 and became 4. which was a failure for us. At the Team Matches we had one of the strongest teams (UZUM) however, we couldn't even qualify for the knock-outs. This was really a disappointing thing for us. When I look back I can find many boards that could change our results and will try to talk about them in every match.
There were 2 groups and first 2 teams of the groups played K.O. Yucel team beat us in the first match so we couldn't qualify for the K.O
Rank----A-GR----------VP------AVR
1-------GUNDOGDU---91------18,2
2-------YUCEL-----------84------16,8
3-------UZUM-------------84------16,8
4-------OCAK-------------80------16
5-------OZGUR-----------43------8,6
1. Match Yucel vs Uzum
----Eymen Bedir, my partner was late for the first match so I played with Huseyin Bakan against not an experienced team at all.
This hand was one of the most annoying deals of this match. I had these cards sitting West at the 3. seat:
♠6-----------------Vul-------:-All
♥AKT52---------Dealer--:East
♦AQT64
♣A7
Bidding went:
W------N------E-----S
------------------P-----P
1♥------P-----1♠-----P
3♦------P-----3♠-----P
3NT---All Pass
after ♣ lead both hands:
♠6-----------------♠A9752
♥AKT52---------♥J7
♦AQT64---------♦J975
♣A7---------------♣85
---As you see 5♦ is the best contract and it is hard to bid 6♦ because we have few points. Anyway I won the second ♣ and finessed ♦ but it didn't work so we could take 5 tricks means -400.Other room: 3♦+1. -11 imp
However the appropriate bidding should be like this:
W------N------E-----S
1♥-----P-------1♠----P
3♦-----P-------3♥----P
3NT---P-------4♦----P
4♠-----P-------5♦-- All Pass
On another board our team mates bid 3NT with these cards below and result -400 again!
♠AKJ86------------♠52
♥8-------------------♥QT652
♦75-----------------♦Q9
♣J7432------------♣AKT8
After first match we proved that we have a deep for love 3NT. However, it was an unrequited love. This ended for a 16-14 vp loss.
In the MP pairs me and my partner Eymen scored 58,17 _ 53,11_ 55,00 and became 4. which was a failure for us. At the Team Matches we had one of the strongest teams (UZUM) however, we couldn't even qualify for the knock-outs. This was really a disappointing thing for us. When I look back I can find many boards that could change our results and will try to talk about them in every match.
There were 2 groups and first 2 teams of the groups played K.O. Yucel team beat us in the first match so we couldn't qualify for the K.O
Rank----A-GR----------VP------AVR
1-------GUNDOGDU---91------18,2
2-------YUCEL-----------84------16,8
3-------UZUM-------------84------16,8
4-------OCAK-------------80------16
5-------OZGUR-----------43------8,6
1. Match Yucel vs Uzum
----Eymen Bedir, my partner was late for the first match so I played with Huseyin Bakan against not an experienced team at all.
This hand was one of the most annoying deals of this match. I had these cards sitting West at the 3. seat:
♠6-----------------Vul-------:-All
♥AKT52---------Dealer--:East
♦AQT64
♣A7
Bidding went:
W------N------E-----S
------------------P-----P
1♥------P-----1♠-----P
3♦------P-----3♠-----P
3NT---All Pass
after ♣ lead both hands:
♠6-----------------♠A9752
♥AKT52---------♥J7
♦AQT64---------♦J975
♣A7---------------♣85
---As you see 5♦ is the best contract and it is hard to bid 6♦ because we have few points. Anyway I won the second ♣ and finessed ♦ but it didn't work so we could take 5 tricks means -400.Other room: 3♦+1. -11 imp
However the appropriate bidding should be like this:
W------N------E-----S
1♥-----P-------1♠----P
3♦-----P-------3♥----P
3NT---P-------4♦----P
4♠-----P-------5♦-- All Pass
On another board our team mates bid 3NT with these cards below and result -400 again!
♠AKJ86------------♠52
♥8-------------------♥QT652
♦75-----------------♦Q9
♣J7432------------♣AKT8
After first match we proved that we have a deep for love 3NT. However, it was an unrequited love. This ended for a 16-14 vp loss.
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