Submitted by Vil Gravis on Fri, 26/02/2021 - 13:16
This week there were a number of interesting deals but I want to revisit last week’s deal because there were a number of responses to my request for bidding suggestions. Let’s take a look at the East-West hands again.
Board 17 Dealer N Nil Vul
A5
T32
AKT6
AJ86
KQT872
A4
4
K432
The bidding should start the same way every time. But after that, the possibilities are numerous.
Submitted by Vil Gravis on Tue, 23/02/2021 - 05:14
Another very good reason for having a TRUMP suit is that there are invariably more options in the declarer play, giving you ways of improving your score without taking risks that you would not be able to take if you were playing in No Trumps.
Board 17 from Wednesday 17/02/2021
Dealer N Nil Vul
Submitted by Vil Gravis on Fri, 05/02/2021 - 06:56
Board 21 from Wednesday 3/02/2021
Dealer N NS Vul
T965
Q5
KT9
A864
AQJ4
AJ76
Q
KQJ3
K832
K82
A7543
7
7
T943
J862
T952
Despite the fact that I intend to focus on play in this series, the bidding on this board is worth addressing because it should be easy if you follow basic ‘rules’: West opens 1C, the lowest four card suit. East bids 1D. No other option. West bids 1H, next four card suit ‘up the line’. East bids 1S. West now has heard enough to bid 4S. A trump fit has been found and even opposite East’s minimum six points, West has the POINTS and TRUMP SUPPORT for GAME. Simple. Yet only four out of 12 EW pairs were in 4S.
Submitted by Vil Gravis on Mon, 21/12/2020 - 18:58
Thanks for your input to the tricky questions and answers. Maybe we will do this again next year if there are any interesting ones, maybe you will have some to add from your own experiences, please do send me anything of interest. In the meantime, here is the result, in Tricky Answers No.5
Submitted by Vil Gravis on Wed, 09/12/2020 - 06:53
1. Teams
Dealer E All Vul
9873
A972
3
QT74
The bidding has been:
South
West
North
East
-
-
-
1
Pass
1
Pass
2
Pass
2
Pass
3
Pass
3
Pass
4
Pass
4
Pass
5
Pass
Pass
Pass
Your lead?
Good to get a near unanimous verdict here. Even I, despite my abhorrence of singleton trump leads, would lead my singleton diamond, trying to protect what club tricks I have, since they are in danger of getting ruffed in dummy, which will almost certainly have three diamonds and a singleton club, as in fact was the case.
A5
T32
AKT6
AJ86
