July 16th, 2013 ~ bobmunson ~ 2 Comments 
I have been traveling a lot lately, so we haven’t had our 2-table game in quite some time. Finally, Monday, July 15th we played. There were some swings from the usual nonsense of unfamiliar partnerships floundering around in the bidding where both partners are not sure what the other partner is doing – actually, there seemed to be more of that than usual this time. There were 7 double digit swings and several more hands of interest.
Virtually every swing was determined by bidding. Bidding judgment, bidding understandings, bidding misunderstandings, bidding styles.
Board 3
Two different auctions resulted in very different results. It is standard to double 1♠ with spade values, but I thought I needed a stronger hand to expose a psych and I didn’t think Ed would be psyching, so I tried 2♦ to show some values. I think everyone at the table expected Manfred to pull 3NTX to 4♣, but he held his ground in 3NTX vs. the more normal -450 in the other room when they were playing 4♥. It was all in the bidding, little to the play. The ♥J, fourth from longest and strongest, proved to be an effective lead against 3NTX. +1100, win 12 IMPs.
Board 5
Not a double digit swing, but interesting. I have been harping on regular partner Dan that the ‘3 level belongs to the opponents’ when you hold only 8 trumps. Clearly there are times to compete higher, but that is a useful rule that I think has been proposed/supported by Larry Cohen’s Law. However, in this case, Mike decided to open 1♣ (I guess intended as a lead directing, sub minimum opener) and not 1♠, even though he held 5 spades. Later in the bidding, Mike didn’t compete further and Dan followed ‘the rule’ not realizing pard held 5 spades. Double part score swing +110 and +140, win 7 IMPs. The choice of opening bid came back to bite Mike unless he balanced with 3♠. When he sold out, both partscores made.
Board 7
The play was over at trick one. The bidding was problematic. Over 3NT, Jack knew he had extras but wasn’t sure how to proceed. Is 4♣ Gerber, Minorwood, natural or what? Finally he decided on 6NT and pard didn’t know there were 13 easy tricks. The bidding was MUCH slower at the other table with very long pauses. Mike decided to rebid 4NT. Is that quantitative, RKCB, or, (due to no agreed trump suit) Easely Blackwood (my discussed agreement with many of my partners, where replies are 0-4, 1, 2, 3 and only aces count, the way Easley always intended it? Dan gave a 1430 reply of 5♣ and decided, over 5♥, he just had too much over a 2♣ opener to not carry on. Not having a clue what was going on, he raised to 6♥ and Mike immediately bid 7NT. While floundering along the way, you cannot argue with the final contract. So, since many of us play who play in this game play regularly with multiple other players in the game, sometimes you are with a ‘regular’ partner and sometimes you are playing with one you never play with except in this game. This hand came up where both pairs with the critical hands were never regular partners and they had to figure out how to negotiate the bidding. Some of us at the table thought Mike’s 5♥ bid was to play. But Mike correctly argued that he had to bid 3♥ over 3♣ in order to establish hearts as trumps, not jump to 4NT if he was always intending to play hearts. Lose 13 IMPs.
I would like to point out (since 3♣ showed 2 of the top 3) that this is one of the key reasons why I believe 4NT should be Easley Blackwood (when no trump suit has been agreed) with a trump K not counting as an ace as in RKCB. If pard holds ♣KQ, it will not cover a singleton club loser in the 2♣ opener’s hand, but ♣AQ does cover a singleton and you need to know the ace, not key cards. Of course you can still use 1430 replies if you choose, even if there are only 4 aces. But I think it is very important to have an agreement that certain 4NT bids are ace asking (no trump K), not RKCB.
Board 11
At my table, I was passing throughout. Both pairs (me/my partner as well as my opponents) were regular partners who “play” XYZ. However, merely saying you play XYZ leaves, as always, MANY things that must be discussed among which are: What if the opponents bid, what if pard is a passed hand? This pair has agreed it is always on, even by a passed hand, thus the auction produced above. My partner and I had discussed that XYZ is off by passed hand. So we watched in amazement and amusement as the auction progressed. At the other table, 4th hand decided to open 1NT. Our group plays “15-17” but, as anyone who watches the team trials or Vanderbilt or Spingold vugraphs knows, players find reasons to “upgrade” and turn hands that are below the announced range into a hand suitable for a NT opener. I count 5 card suits as “1 point” so those are the only 14 HCP hands that I open 1NT. Here, Mark decided (and Bruce, at my table almost decided) to open 1NT. Mark and partner quickly arrived at a challenging 3NT contract, making 2 overtricks! It turned out the defense to defeat 3NT wasn’t that easy to find. On top of that, it is cold with the right view in clubs (first round finesse of the Q). An initial diamond lead puts declarer under pressure. But, taking the right view in clubs will see the way home to 9 tricks. But when spades were led at trick 1 and later, when the defenders got in with a heart, clubs were tried, there were lots of tricks. After the XYZ auction at our table, Bruce almost bounced to 3NT (since the 2♣ bid showed invitational values), but because of the auction, I think we would have found the diamond lead and now nothing brings home 9 tricks. So, I won 8 IMPs due to teammates making +460.
Board 12
I have mentioned before that we allow significant table talk/questioning of partner about ‘what do we play?’ as the auction proceeds. Here, strangely, the question was asked (Minor Suit Stayman? – yes), but the auction still crumbled. Most play 3♦ as end of auction, but Manfred decided to continue on to 3NT. Mark pulled to 4♦ which was quickly doubled for -500. Thankfully, at my table, Mike raised gently to 3♥ which I was able to make, +140. Lose 8 IMPs.
Board 13
The same bidding resulted in 3NT at both tables. However, the play resulted in a swing when declarer took a first round spade finesse, losing to the ♠J, losing 5 tricks, instead of reserving the spade decision for later (and playing the opening bidder for the spade A). Seems strange, but that is what happened. -600, -100 lose 12 IMPs
Board 15
More examples of unfamiliar partnerships floundering in the bidding for spectacular results. I have seen some pretty extreme slams (very low likelihood of success) come home before, but this one ranks right up there. First, the auctions. At least one player considered the rebid over 2♠ as automatic. 4♠, no question about it. He claimed opener rarely has a 5 card suit, usually 6-7, so the doubleton is perfectly adequate support. I thought the fast arrival jump was standard as showing 3-4 trump, showing no A, no K, and no singleton or void. Based on that, I fail a couple of the benchmark requirements. What do you think?
In any case, more unfamiliar partnership floundering. At my table, I considered 4♦ as forcing, an offer of a strain, but not minorwood. I usually play that the minor has to be supported below the 4 level before 4m can be minorwood. Of course when you start with 2♣, it is not possible to get in support for a minor below the 4 level, and I could have held a variety of hands where 6♦ or 7♦ would be cold. I didn’t. I intended 4♠ as an offer to play. Actually, on this hand, 4♠ is probably the desired end contract. You can handle 4-2 trumps and 3-2 diamonds or singleton ♦J and have good play for 10 tricks. However, Jack took my 4♠ bid as a ‘0’ reply to minorwood and he decided I must have good clubs to bid 3♦ without a top diamond, so 4NT must be a good place to play. I retreated to 5♦ which was not such a great place to play. But at least I had play for 11 tricks and managed to bring home 5♦. Lose 11 IMPs. The incredible 6♠ contract came home at the other table. I use
http://www.automaton.gr/tt/en/OddsTbl.htm
a lot to determine the odds of making a contract. It is a great web site for bridge nuts who love analysis of odds. Assuming I have both figured out the parlay correctly and did the odds right, I came up with the odds of success of the 6♠ slam at 2.797%. What do you need? 3-3 trumps (35.528) plus diamonds coming home (84.782) plus only 1 heart loser (1.615 x 5) – hearts had to be JT doubleton in either hand (2 chances) or Ax on side (3 chances). With AH onside, you get to guess whether it was an Ax case (continue with a low heart) or a JT case (continue with a high heart) which I think leaves you the same odds. Corrections to the computations welcome.
I have received input on a correction to the odds. There are other lines of play, defense, and lie of the cards that come into play. Assume a trump lead. Now, no heart ruff is possible, but you no longer need 3-3 spades since you have not been tapped. So, the computation above is revised, on that defensive start to trumps 3-3 or 4-2 plus diamonds coming home plus 1 heart loser which improves to 6.611%. But, assume the more normal club tap at trick 1. Now a heart ruff (assuming 3-3 hearts) is possible. At trick 2, lead the ♥K (which is what Mike did). The defense grabbed the ♥A which cannot be right to give declarer the maximum problem. If you duck the ♥A, declarer is at a cross road. The slam now comes home when hearts are 3-3 by simply leading/losing a heart, win the lead, ruff a heart, establishing them, draw trump, claim. No need for anything special in diamonds (except avoiding a ruff with a 5-0 split). Everyone in this game plays upside down count, but who gives true count when defending a slam to help declarer? When the ♥K wins and the ♥10 appears, is that count (3-3 hearts) or count (♥J10 doubleton) or…? The declarer at this point must choose. The parlay of 3-3 hearts and doubleton J10 are not both in play. It is either/or and must decide. If you decide 3-3 hearts and you are right, you make whenever spades are 3-3 (they tap again in clubs upon winning the heart) and hearts are 3-3. This improves to 12.622% chance.
But, assuming best defense (which is always lead trump when hearts are 3-3), the slam has no play on 3-3 hearts. Best defense is to always lead clubs when hearts are 4-2 and you are left with no heart ruff possible (dummy’s trumps are too small unless the 3-3 split includes ♠987-♠542 and the hand with the doubleton heart cannot beat the ♠6. This is a 1.776% parlay, so ruffing a heart when hearts are 4-2 is probably not the line you want to try.
If my analysis and assumptions (best defense) are correct, I believe the initial number of 2.797% is still correct. Best defense is (quite often) not attained. But the opponents heard the bidding. They know how their spades and hearts are distributed. And they have a good idea about the opponents lengths, so they might get it right. Without best defense, the odds change around a lot as noted above. If a club is led when hearts are 3-3, the odds improve to 12.622%. If a trump is led when hearts are 4-2, the odds improve to 6.611%.
More on the bidding. The first issue is what to bid over 2♠ . This is clearly not a double negative hand, so 3♣ is out. Bruce and I chose 3♦, and that still seems right to me. The next problem is what to bid over 3♥. I felt my choice was between 4♠ (fast arrival) and 3NT. I chose 3NT, still not ready to force a 5-2 spade contract, thinking 9 tricks might be easier than 10, in spite of my soft club ‘stopper’. Then we floundered as noted above. Bruce chose 3♠ . Based on further discussion and further thinking, I believe that is the right call (and, fast arrival should no longer apply – it was only relevant over the 2♠ bid). Pard will expect better clubs than Jxxx for the 3NT call. He could sit when that is wrong. If you bid 3♠, it leaves him maximum room to further clarify his hand. He is free to bid 3NT, or support diamonds or go where he wants. In any case, Mike thought that the hand should offer decent play for slam and, in case of false preference (Bruce holding 2=3 in the majors, Mike jumped to 6♥ as a pass/correct slam. Bruce corrected to 6♠ making, lose 11 IMPs.
Board 18
This was a bidding problem. 3NT was a suitable final contract. Our auction was simple (2NT-3NT). Hearts were never introduced. Sorry, but I don’t know the auction or the play at the other table, but they arrived in hearts and were only able to manage 9 tricks. Win 10 IMPs.
In my initial post, I failed to discuss the play and defense (and lead). The ♠K was led by Mike, Mark winning the ♠A. After cashing the K (all small), Mark led the ♣J which held. He followed with the ♣Q which also held, per force. Winning the second club lead is clearly fatal with the ♠Q entry established in dummy. Declarer will easily have 2+2+?+5 for 9 tricks. Somewhat counterintuitive, winning the first club with the ♣A can never be wrong. If declarer has ♣QJx, holding up will not prevent 2+2+?+5 because the entry is there. However, grabbing the first club lead and immediately playing spades kills the dummy entry while the clubs are blocked. Declarer’s only hope is a doubleton ♣10, and since you are holding the ♣10, you know that parlay will not be successful. So, with an entryless dummy, declarer will be forced to crash the ♣K on the ♣Q and when the ♣10 doesn’t fall, declarer will likely take a heart finesse and score only 2+4+1+1 for 8 tricks. Clearly, finding the heart Q doubleton offside will see declarer home, but that play is unlikely.
Board 23
Identical start to the auction took a wild diversion. Bruce wanted to show values with no direction and made a responsive double. Ed, hoping for one 4 card major, tried 4♦ and partner played 4♥, down 3. Jack simply passed the preemptive jump to 3♦ and, in the passout seat, Dan (North) passed it out. At the other table, Ed (North) said he would have reopened with a double, given the opportunity. If so, that would have worked well if south passes. In any case, -200 at my table (playing 3♦ not doubled) and -300 by teammates resulted in lose 11 IMPs.
Board 24
Very interesting hand, but quite a bit different from hand 3, reported earlier. Neither board was an opening ‘gambling’ 3NT, but both times 3NT was bid in a rather gambling fashion. The very big hand over the 3NT bid has to make a choice (both here and board 3). Pass and take the plus. Or double and hope they sit. Or bid. On hand 3, double was win-win. If they sit, +1100. If they run, 4H is still available for +450. Here, not so much. You can pass and collect +150. You can double. If they sit, you get rich, +500. If they run, you have to decide whether to double 4♦ or bid 4♠. As you can see from the bidding, one table (Manfred, who earlier unsuccessfully sat for 3NTX) ran to 4♦ and Jack decided to try 4♠. He bought a reasonable dummy for zero points, but still was one light. The other table sat and lost -500. Since I was the 3♦ bidder that got to defend 4♠, I won 11 IMPs.
Board 27
Normally, I play Drury on after P-P-1♥ -1♠ but here, forgetting that 2♣ was still available to me for Drury, I used a ‘tool’ that I have often found effective – make a negative double with a 3 card limit raise and then support later (saving cue bids for promising 4 card support). When pard freely bid 3♦, I happily jumped to the easy game and pard was +450. The auction was brief at the other table. Even if you don’t play LTC, it seems like a 5 loser hand is worth an opening 1 bid, even if partner is a passed hand. +450 vs. -230, Win 6 IMPs.
April 30th, 2013 ~ bobmunson ~ 1 Comment
The hands for this Monday seemed to have lots of swings from small differences. Open, or not. Overcall, or not. Invite, or not. Boarder line actions that changed the result substantially. I guess that is usually the case, but not always. Anyway, here we go.
Board 3 – little to the play…except get it right.
I, South, opened 1♣, Dan (West) came in with 1♥ (but the other table passed with West’s hand). Soon we were in 4♠ with nothing to do but find a doubleton ♣A. At the other table, declarer misguessed and went -1, 10 IMPs for us. Perhaps declarer at the other table needed to play more red cards to see what they could learn about possible short clubs, but clearly, in this case, the 1♥ overcall made it much easier for Bruce to land the contract, finding 5 presumed hearts as well as at least 3 diamonds and 2 spades with West. It was not possible for East to hold ♣Ax.
Board 6 – a Drury variation
Over my Drury, Jack simply bounced to game. Over Dan’s Drury, Bruce bid 2♦, Dan, with almost an opener, bounced to game. Bruce tried RKCB and when trump broke 2-2 with short diamonds in dummy, 6♠ was no problem. Lose 11 IMPs.
Board 8 – a common, but certainly not an easy problem (pass or bid in the passout seat). I would be very interested in knowing statistics about winning actions, but both Dan (3NT) and I (2NT) balanced with NT and played it there. Pass was a winner, but we couldn’t find it with the hand we held. With a heart lead, Dan was down 4 (in 3NT), with a spade lead I was down 1 (in 2NT), win 4 IMPs. This seems like a fairly normal 1st seat all white 3♠ bid, I’m not sure why Manfred chose 2♠?
Board 11 – both tables led their singleton club, but we were in 4, they were in 5.
Jack Scott was in 5 and didn’t bother to draw trump!? He pitched a heart on the ♣A and pitched another heart on the ♣K. So, when the second club was ruffed, the result was down 2, (but it seems like a diamond discard and a diamond up towards the king should have held the loses to down 1, since 1 diamond can go on the last good club and just lose the ruff and 2 diamonds). My partner (Jack Beers) played 2 trumps before continuing clubs and was able to pitch both hearts and a diamond, losing just 2 diamond tricks. Pushing them to 5♠ was a definite advantage for the defense. The bidding was certainly awkward. I had the club hand with a lot of tricks but fast heart losers, so slam seemed like quite a stretch. It was hard to pass 4♠, but I did. The other table had a 5♥ bid to contend with. Win 11 IMPs.
Board 16 – an ‘opening bid’ made it impossible for declarer.
At the other table, Dan (East) opened ‘standard’ 3rd seat light with 1♠, and when the opponents got to 3♥, the top spades, a ruff, the trump A and the ♣K resulted in -1 in 3♥. My partner (Ed, South, in 4th seat) opened 1NT (15-17) including a point for the 5th heart. As long time readers will know, I heartily approve of Dan’s opening bid, as well as Ed counting a point for the 5th heart and upgrading to a 15-17 HCP 1NT. After Stayman, I invited in hearts, Ed accepted. The ♦Q won trick 1 and Ed needed to get to hand to lead hearts up. The club finesse lost, but Mike, seeing the club count and having the trump A, decided to go for the setting trick by continuing clubs, then winning the ♥A and continuing clubs for ‘the ruff’. Didn’t happen. Pard was already out of trump and as a result, failed to score both the ♠AK since one spade went on the good ♣Q after drawing trump. I think a club ruff is a reasonable attempt by the defense, but the defense for 5 defensive tricks became automatic after Dan opened 1♠. Win 10 IMPs.
Board 22 – bidding and competitive decisions made the difference here.
Ed (North) had more values than one might expect for a preemptive 3♣ bid, one less club than one might expect, plus a four card heart suit on the side. Pretty amazing 3♣ bid! But, very effective. I (East) competed with 3♠, but Manfred (South) found it easy to compete further to 4♣, and bought it. The diamond situation made 10 tricks easy, just as the heart situation made 10 tricks easy in spades. Our opponents bought the hand for 3♠ at the other table and made 4♠ when the ♥J came down for 2 diamond discards, losing just AKA in the reds. I thought my 3♠ bid was pretty easy, but I never considered bidding 4♠, nor opening 2♠ in 1st seat vul. -170 and -130 lost 7 IMPs.
Board 27 – Dan (and Ed) perpetrated a swindle.
I am close to 99%+ with holding a 6 card suit when I open 1st/2nd seat weak 2 bids. So, as West I passed and later bought it for 3♠, just making +140. Ed opened 2♠ and Dan decided 3NT could work (I’m not sure what the 3♥ bid was in response to Ogust!?). 3NT did work when Dan played the ♥J at trick 1, convincing Jack Beers to continue hearts (rather than the fatal club shift) even though partner led the ♥9 at trick 1. With diamonds behaving, the rest was easy. Lose 8 IMPs.
April 2nd, 2013 ~ bobmunson ~ No Comments
We had plans to use BBO ‘create team match’ 7 times in order to get the correct (balanced/uniform/ACBL) individual movement. When I had problems, I gave up and had a 7 round individual with random partners resulting in everyone partnering some more than once, some not at all. Oh well, that is the current state of the art of BBO and probably will stay that way. We had a record number (low) of double digit swings (1) with many pushes, but that doesn’t mean there were no interesting hands.
Starting out, board 1.
Luckily, I won 5 IMPs but was slated to lose 13 (18 IMP differential!). I think Mike forgot the bidding in the course of the play – playing the 5♣ preempt for holding ♥Qxx and the NT overcall for a singleton. If he gets hearts right and spades right, he is slated to bring home 5X for +650 to go with his teammates +120. My table started the same 1♠ – 1NT. That seems normal enough (I was North, the 1♠ bidder at the other table). But it went all pass. After the heart lead, we cashed our 5 hearts but failed to score any aces after partner switched to a club and declarer, smartly saving 8 clubs in dummy, took the rest. If clubs are not running, declarer might possibly have discarded some clubs on the run of the hearts. On the last heart, I discouraged in spades. We not only have to get a diamond shift to my ace, but I must shift to a spade to defeat 1NT. Small consolation for a heart game that we could have made, but…
Board 2 provided a push in 4♥ -1, but 2 very different auctions.
Obviously a small heart to the J allows the 4♥ to come home, and that only pays off to a doubleton ♥Q with West followed by a spade ruff with the last trump by East. I didn’t find the low heart play and neither did Mike. If one of us got it right, win 12 IMPs. We also had huge chances in the auction to not face the declarer play problem in 4♥. I could have (and should have) passed Jack’s 3NT (where the small heart to the ♥J has no risk, big reward) and Mike could have passed 4♣X to score a plus and not worry about declarer play.
Board 7 presented me with a 12 IMP opportunity.
The auction began the same in both rooms, but my RHO (Bill) rebid hearts and was raised to game, where the other table (Jack) rebid the 6 card spade suit and was raised to game. The better contract (at least as these cards were dealt) is the 6-2 fit. Jack played it well and scored +620. Against 4♥, I failed to play diamonds at trick 1 (always goes down) and failed to play diamonds later upon winning the ♥A. I think I was afraid of setting up diamonds for a spade discard and didn’t want to break diamonds, but that was not right on this hand and probably not right in general.
Board 12 saw the same auction at both tables with the same opening lead.
Slated for down 2, I was delighted when we only went down 1. Returning the ♣8 at trick 2 would seem to ask for the heart return. That provides a second ruff along with the ♥K for down 2. But instead of leading the ♣8, the ♣2 was returned, Jack ruffed and returned a trump, allowing us to escape for down 1 and lose 12 IMPs. The ♣10 lead was ducked in the other room. Declarer drew trump and lost the 3 obvious tricks.
Board 17 I put up one of the sorriest defenses on record. And, I didn’t play a wrong card until trick 5!
The trump lead helped not give anything away and reduced the chance of a spade ruff by declarer. After cashing top clubs, declarer needs to then play the ♠Q (to hold it to down 1), but when Mark led the ♠3, I ducked, pard won the ♠J and returned a spade. How hard can it be to cash two more spade tricks? Down 2. +300. It was too hard for me. I shifted to a heart and both of dummy’s spade losers went away on red kings to score -180. Back to the bidding, it seems standard after a penalty double of 1NT (or an overcalled 1NT) to use XX as a relay to 2♣. Our teammates used 2♠ as a transfer to 3♣ and when they ‘made 2’ also, they were -50 to go with my -180 to lose 6 IMPs. Declarer did score a spade ruff with the ♣A that was key to holding the losses to -1.
The last hand of the day was very well judged by Mike and Bruce.
But all to no avail. Why? BBO timed out the round, so it was only played at our table, an enforced ‘push’ scored at the other table. But it was still a cool hand. I opened 1♥ and over the double, Jack raised to 2♥. I bounced to 4♥ both as a blocking bid and a possible make. Mike had a comfortable double of that (able to pull 5♣ to 5♦ or, provide some defense if pard decides to defend). Bruce made the well judged bid of 4♠ and made 5. If I bid 5♥ over Bruce’s 4♠, would Mike bid 5♠? And then would I bid 6♥? I doubt it. What are the initial merits of Jack’s 2♥ vs. pass or 3♥? He doesn’t have much shape, much offense or much defense! But, he might have persuaded me to keep bidding rather than defending had he bounced to 3♥?
March 26th, 2013 ~ bobmunson ~ No Comments
It is a lot easier to capture interesting hands on BBO, but yesterday was shuffle and play. We did not have as many spectacular hands, but there were still a number with interest. The first one came on board 4 with a very interesting 3NT, cold on any defense.
I think both tables arrived in 3NT via the same auction. 3NT is cold as the cards lie, yet the board was pushed with both tables -1.
I was South going down in 3NT. After the ♣A wins trick 1, you have 8 easy top tricks (1+2+3+2). 3-3 diamonds, of course make 9, but that never happens, so how do you get a heart or a spade trick with those spots? Easy, I see after the fact. Win trick 2 with the ♣K (although there are SO many routes to 9 tricks I lost count – it makes no difference where you win the trick!). Not only that, after winning the ♣K, it makes no difference what card you play to trick 3, including an unthinkable club!?! Anyway, more realistically, assume you lead a spade at trick 3 and LHO wins the ♠J and clears clubs. RHO must discard on the club and amazingly, he is caught in a 3 suit squeeze. In reality, both tables discarded a low spade. Both Easts later realized how declarer could have easily made it (by simply leading spades and ducking when the ♠K comes up). They felt they could/should have beaten it legitimately by discarding the ♠K, but they cannot beat it, even if they do discard the ♠K. With the low spade discard, after winning the ♣Q, simply lead a spade and, when the ♠K pops up, duck and there are your 9 tricks (because the 13th spade becomes trick #9 with plenty of transportation). Neither declarer did that. Instead, we started playing diamonds, looking for the easy 9 tricks. I ducked the 3rd diamond (wrong – my heart spots were not quite good enough for this play) as LHO struggled and arrived at a heart discard (West can’t throw a club without eliminating the club threat, and they can’t throw a spade without setting up spades). If, instead of losing my diamond now, I simply win the 3rd round of diamonds, cash ♠A, ♥A, ♥K and then lead a diamond off dummy, RHO will only be able to cash their ♥Q and give me trick 13 with the ♥10. All-in-all not that hard of a hand. If diamonds are not 3-3, hope that spades are. As minor suit cards are played, both LHO and RHO come under pressure in the majors such that no line of defense can touch the contract.
Next up board 11
With the club lead, declarer took his 7 tricks and the rest were ours, -2. I decided in 3rd seat that the preempt was likely to be more effective than 1♣, so I opened 3♣. At the other table, North opened 1♣ and after the 1NT overcall was soon defending 3♥X, +530 for our teammates. That and our +100 gave our side 12 IMPs. One hand doesn’t prove a thing. Is this a more effective 1♣ or 3♣ opener? 3♣ worked this time.
Board 18 was a bit amazing.
The only thing I can say about the bidding is that it really happened. I was East.
Partner’s 1♥ overcall was creative. It created 10 IMPs our way. I simply raised to 2♥ and all of a sudden we were defending game. Without the overcall, our teammates auction was a simple 1♣-1♥-1NT all pass, +150 when they made 3. That went well with our +300 when they went down 3 with less than optimal bidding and play.
I was East and succumbed to temptation in this next hand and paid dearly.
Normally, unlike most competitive bridge, we have table talk to discuss systems/conventions since it is an individual and we are only playing to have fun. Our teammates had a similar start, but the interference over 1NT was Hamilton 2♣, over which most people play systems on. Here, South bid 2♥ (transfer) and played 2♥. It didn’t play too well on the 7-0 split, down 3.
I thought I had a little extra playing strength resulting in my 3♥ bid. If I worked out North was 2=3=2=6 I could have held it to down 1 by playing ♥AQ in the middle of the hand. Instead I played ♥A2, playing North for 3=2=2=6 to lose an extra heart trick, so my -500 paired with teammates -150 to lose 12 IMPs. I simply need to pass 3♣ and collect +100.
We won 12 IMPs on this next hand after I finally decided on a reopening double and pard passed for +500!
This isn’t exactly my idea of a 1st seat red vs. white 3♣ bid, but …
As West, I had to decide whether to reopen or not. Then partner had to decide to defend or not. Doubling worked well, defense worked well…on another hand both bids could be wrong. Our teammates collected +110 playing 2♥ and with our +500, win 12 IMPs.
Now comes the hand of the day. I have kibitzed some of the national and world championships and seen this bid work before, but I never had it work against me. That is, don’t check on the trump Q, bid grand and get the hoped for trump lead to pick up the Q and score the grand. I was West…
I assume this was the auction at the other table. This was our auction up through 5♦ showing 3 key cards. As noted above, the grand made with ease on the heart lead with 10 red tricks and AKA outside. Rather than ask for the heart Q with 5♠, my partner “showed” the ♥Q with 5NT. I showed the spade king with 6♠, and all of a sudden we were in a precarious 6NT which also made 7 with 2 finesses, saving an IMP vs the more normal 6♥ contract. Lose 12.
Next up, an interesting declarer play that I got wrong.
I believe they had the same auction at the other table. After the singleton club lead (at the other table), the contract can never be made and, in fact, was down 2. However, I got the ♦Q lead. I ducked, won the diamond continuation, unblocked the ♥K and ruffed a diamond. Then a small spade from dummy, ♠9, ___? I played what seemed normal to me, the ♠J. Manfred politely pointed out that had I played the ♠K, and followed with another spade, that I make the hand. Initially I just thought ‘right, with this deal, but on another deal…’ But Manfred was right. The ♠K is the right play. If spades are 3-2 with the ace onside, I am home. Playing the ♠J with spades 3-2 and the ♠Q onside, I am not home. There are many issues involving ruffs, trump promotions, upper cuts and possibly losing a diamond (that I lost at trick 1) plus a club and 2 spades or 3 spade tricks. With some very good fortune, I can survive the ♠K losing to the ace, but I essentially needed that same good fortune when the ♠J lost to the ♠Q and good fortune was not in play today. So down 1, win 2 IMPs against down 2 at the other table, but win 11 if I made the right play. Darn.
Last hand was a stunner. Woolsey, Meckwell and Hamilton are all played depending on who your partner is for a given round. On this hand, the player holding my hand used a rare Hamilton bid – Double.
As South, double for me would not have been penalty, but I wouldn’t have used a penalty double if it were available. No attractive lead. No source of tricks. Only 15 HCP. Enough complaining. Our table was 1NT-P-P-P and I led the ♠Q. A good enough lead. Declarer is up to 6 tricks at trick 1. When I pitched wrong, I endplayed myself and let him score a king for -90 at our table. Our teammates got the same automatic 6 tricks in 2♦X, but poor defense was not happening with the exposed kings and shape in dummy, so -300, lose 9 IMPs.
February 28th, 2013 ~ bobmunson ~ 1 Comment
On Monday, we had a home game (thanks for hosting Chris) with the regular movement (everyone is your partner (only) once during 7 rounds of 4 boards each). It is disappointing that BBO cannot do that – partners for each round are random with sometimes the same partner 3 times out of 7 while never playing with (or even seeing at your table) some other players. There was the usual collection of large swing boards – let’s see if we can learn anything. Three times there were 8 card suits and all three delivered double digit swings. Since we were not on BBO, I don’t have movies for this blog.
The first round of the auction was the same at both tables. With a perfect hand (that pard almost had) I thought 4♥ might make, or might be a good save. Wrong! 9 tricks was the limit. 3NT was ‘only’ down 2, so -200 at both tables, lose 9 IMPs. I admit 4♥ was pushing for a miracle that never came. Nothing to the play of 4♥ and I should have bid only 3♥.
Here I was East. Very interesting first bid by North. Dan chose to walk the dog (and duly suckered me in), treating his hand as weak with long clubs. My teammate with the same cards decided it was worth 2/1 game force. Our teammates arrived in 4♥ undoubled, -200. So, I was slated to lose 8 IMPs, but if you heard the tempo and saw the bids at my table (3♥ bidder VERY disappointed to hear 3♣, 3♣ bidder very disappointed to hear 3♥ ), you might have slightly more sympathy for my double. When Dan played A♣, then a small ♣, 10 tricks were there and 14 IMPs away (-710 and -200).
This is the first of the 8 card suit double digit swings. On the auction (no spade raise by partner), I thought it quite possible that 3 spades were cashing and that partner might contribute a club and/or diamond trick or 2. Dream on.
The next 8 card suit came on the very next hand. The auction began the same at both tables. It seems quite likely there are 12 pointed suit tricks, but there might be (and were) fast losers. At my table, South passed, -420. Our teammate tried 5♦ and then settled for 5♠. But, with the ♥10 lead, 3 tricks are quickly cashed, -50 at the other table and 10 IMPs away.
Nothing to the play. 10 tricks are easy, 11 tricks aren’t going to happen on a heart lead.
Since partner was a passed hand, I took some liberty with a ‘weak’ jump overcall. The auction died in 3♥, which easily goes down if E-W can figure out how to get a club on the table. We didn’t. I won the spade and returned my singleton diamond, scoring a ruff with my natural trump trick and setting up the diamonds in the process for club discards. But…win 10 IMPs when our teammates bid the game and scored it up!
When declarer correctly played partner for the ♦J when it was returned for the ruff, 10 tricks became easy. I don’t know the play at the other table, but they brought in the diamond suit for club discards and won the same 10 tricks.
I think this one is very close. Pard could Texas me into game, or invite. I could accept or not. I have good trumps and some 10s but poor shape and very weak spades, so I settled for 3.
With the ♥Q coming down and partner’s ♠10, the game was riding on the ♦Q. When it proved to be offside, 9 tricks was the limit. We were patting ourselves on the back for staying out of game. Lose 8 IMPs! Our teammates tried 2♣ (DONT) over 1NT and after South heard a Texas transfer of 4♦, wanted to present them a problem and bid 5♣. When that was doubled, E-W problems were over and N-S problems had just begun. -500
I think the auction and the play of this hand was extremely interesting. This is the third 8 card suit of the day. I was South, and with 5 losers outside of diamonds and 2 more in the trump suit, I felt 4♦ was more than enough to bid. My opponent holding these cards at equal vulnerability tried 5♦. My reasoning on 4♦ was if partner can produce a trick, I can payoff -500 against +420/450/480 and if partner has no trick, perhaps he has no defense either and they can make 7. I didn’t want to explain -1100 to the teammates.
If the ♥6 is the likely singleton, there is work to do to bring home 12 tricks in spades. Draw a couple of trump, unblock dummy’s last heart, diamond ruff (noting the fall of the ♦A), ruff your last heart and try to cash the established ♦K. But, as expected, north ruffs, you overruff and play your hearts. In the process, South is known to be precisely 2=1=8=2. So, there is no squeeze. North is down to 5 clubs, South with the 2 he started with. The only issue is the play of the club suit. And your spots are sufficiently strong that you have 12 tricks on any lie of the cards, you just have to know WHAT lie of the cards. If south has ♣J10 or ♣Kx, ♣A and another will see you to 12 tricks. With any other holding, starting with a small club and covering what south plays arrives at 12 tricks because north will be end played upon winning his club trick. In fact, you can start with a small club even if south holds the 2 death holdings. With ♣Kx he might go up, although he shouldn’t. With either ♣ Kx or ♣J10 you can succeed by next playing the ♣A. But, the basic strategy of starting with a small club, cover South’s card to end play North, ducking the club return seems best, even though ♣A on the first or second round of the suit works against the 2 noted cases. Small club and duck the return is what Bill Heid did, down 1. 5♦ at the other table was doubled +500, win 11 IMPs. What bad luck for Bill and his teammates.
I think Jack Scott and Manfred had an outstanding auction here. Our teammates got to game, lose 11 IMPs.
With 2 weak 4 card majors, Manfred was content to rebid 1NT. When he heard 2♥, he expressed the value of his hand with 4♥. Jack decided he had the controls and tricks for 6♥. He was right! He drew 2 trump, cashed black winners and cross ruffed for 12 tricks. Even if I had ruffed the second diamond as it was led from dummy, I would have ruffed air. 12 tricks. Great contract.
I think the same auction was produced at both tables on board 19.
Our teammates received the opening lead of the ♣3 and were able to bring home +620. My partner found the excellent start of the ♥A and declarer had to lose a heart, 2 diamonds and a club, +100, win 12 IMPs.
I will never understand this auction as long as I live. Partner made not one but 2 takeout doubles of spades holding 6 spades. The auction at the other table was 1♠ all pass. When a revoke was figured in, -3, -300, to go with my -3, -150 lose 10 IMPs.
I suppose I was somewhat aggressive to bounce to game, but I might catch them taking a phantom sacrifice and I have found that it never pays to miss a vulnerable game. So I bid it and made it. Our teammates were allowed to play in 3♦ making 4 for +130 to go with our +650, win 13 IMPs.
I could have been held to 4, but the cards were friendly and they were not beating 4♥.
The preempt propelled us into 4♠ and that was that, +620. The other table opened 1♦ and N-S eventually landed in 4♣ making 5. Win 10 IMPs.
I didn’t especially like double with 5 hearts and only 3 spades, but the heart suit certainly wasn’t great for a 3 level overcall, so double it was.
February 7th, 2013 ~ bobmunson ~ 2 Comments
“Finished in the top 5” was a report that I frequently gave to a very friendly gentleman who played in my 5 Table Mitchell game on a cruise – he knew it meant he finished last, but he enjoyed the humor. On Monday, I “finished in the top 8 (last)” in our 8 player individual game. And, the way the scoring obviously works, 3 others players scored poor results with my poor bidding/play while 4 others benefited quite nicely. There were only 3 double digit swings this time, but several other hands of interest. Here we go…
This hand is one of my few successes of the day, although not entirely my fault. Bidding is the key to the result on this hand. North has an obvious pass and East has to decide how to open. Pass, 1♣ and 3♣ are all within reason. Preempts don’t always work, but the effect can be devastating. In the movie shown, you see the effect of opening 1♣. The opponents are quickly in the auction and eventually bought it for 3♠, which makes (but in practice made 5). My partner opened 3♣ and after a 3♦ overcall, I raised to 4♣ which ended the auction. A heart or spade lead could have beaten 4♣ but the actual ♦Q lead allowed 4♣ to come home. Part scores making at both tables +130 +200 brought home 8 IMPs. Opening 3♣ could miss 3NT – here the defense to beat 3NT is not too easy to find. A spade must be played early by North. This means if East declares 3NT, South must lead a heart (♥2 or ♥A and then a heart to the ♥K) and then after that start, North must shift to a spade. But, my majors were so weak, I didn’t give 3NT much consideration.
I hate to include this next hand, but truth in reporting…
With 2 strong suits and 5=6 distribution, both tables jump shifted at their second response in spite holding only 14 HCP and a void in partner’s response. The other table subsided quietly in 4♠ while I bid a crazy 6♠ – sorry teammates. If I wanted to get to slam, I should have tried 4♥ and then given up when partner returned to 4♠. I expected more for the jump shift, but even with AKQ AKQ partner still needs a decent spade split plus the A onside. So, this one was 100% my fault. Very poor bridge.
Next hand was a sad loss
Both tables bid to contracts that are hopeless on perfect defense. But, we all know defense is not always perfect. 4♥ requires a non-trump lead (easy) and later score the ♥8. When the defender went second hand high with the ♥8 on the initial trump lead, the ♥8 was lost, declarer losing 3 hearts but nothing else (did the defender think declarer led the ♥7 from ♥QJT97?). 4♠ requires a trump lead and when the normal ♦A was led, declarer simply needed to cross ruff his way to 10 tricks while guessing the ♣K. He did guess the ♣K, but when he didn’t ruff the first trick, the defender accurately shifted to a trump and 9 tricks was the limit. Lose 10 IMPs.
I had hopes a swing might be coming our way on the next hand, but…
Identical bidding at both tables to arrive at the cold (as the cards lie) 5♦. Is it double dummy play to make it? Perhaps, but I don’t think so. The spade suit is the key, since you must assume the ♣K is on side to have any chance to make the contract. The odds, a priori, for the ♠A on side is 50%, the ♠JT onside is 25%, so clearly assume the ♠A is onside…or not. If the opening lead ♥2 (low from odd) is honest, hearts are 5-5. After drawing 2 rounds of trump, you know South held 2 diamonds to North’s one. Did South open the bidding in first seat with Jxxx AKQxx xx xx? Certainly possible. It doesn’t satisfy the ‘rule of 20’ but neither does the actual South hand. However, 3 quick tricks are usually an opening bid in anyone’s book. That argues for South holding the ♠A. But, assume for a minute that South does not have the ♠A. How do we reconstruct the hand that bid 4♥? Axx xxxxx x Kxxx. With 1st/2nd round control of every side suit and 5 trumps, most players would fear missing slam with a preemptive bid. Partner could never expect this much. If you conclude that not only must South have the ♠A for their opening bid, but that North must not have the ♠A for their preempt, then there is only one way to play the spade suit that can succeed – small to the 9. On this hand it works. Both declarer’s played to the K and my teammate didn’t bother with the club finesse, resulting in down 2 and losing 2 IMPs.
I didn’t contribute to our loss on the next one
Dan and Jack had an excellent auction to 5♣. Only a spade lead holds it to 5♣, all other leads make 6♣ and, sure enough, Dan made 12 tricks. I like Manfred’s 2♥ bid, but I don’t know if his bid contributed to finding the club fit. At the other table, his hand did not intervene with 2♥ and the jump to 3♦ ended the auction. Perhaps North should have introduced clubs? Perhaps South should raise to 4/5♦? N/S need to find game, be it 5♣ or 5♦. But, disaster awaits any South, thinking that their heart bid will preclude a heart lead and tries 3NT over 3♦!! Truth in reporting – I’m embarrassed to say that I had an undo on this hand. For some reason, the auction seemed/felt like 1♥ (P) 1NT (2♥) instead of the actual auction. So, when I heard 2♥, I took it as Michaels and bounced to 4♠. But, then I looked again before the next player bid, saw that 2♥ was natural, asked for (and was granted) an undo, reverting to pass. My hand was really soft opposite a natural 2♥ bid and I had no where to go.
Last hand, another embarrassment for me.
First the bidding – same at both tables up through 2♠. My partner bounced to 4♠. I like that. The other table bid only 3♠, and that is OK too, but then I think my hand warrants continuation to game. Anyway, they bid 3♠, made 3♠. I bid 4♠, made 3♠. If I can score 5+0+3+2 I am up to 10 tricks, losing only 1 heart and 2 clubs. By the time I reached trick 3, I was pretty sure of 2 club losers and no diamond losers. The key to the hand is, once again, the spade suit missing the JT. I need to play spades for no losers. Many textbooks cover these trump holdings: ATxx – KQ9xx and Axxx – KQ9xx. In the first case, play the K or Q first (not the A) and if one hand shows out, you have the spot cards and transportation to finesse the J, losing no trump tricks. On the second hand, play the A first (not the K or Q), since a 4-0 split can only be handled against one opponent. I fear I was blinded by this ‘lesson’ when, in fact, there is a whole different setting for the hand in question with 8 combined trumps. True, if I play the A first and South shows out, I can lead twice towards the KQ and make progress against North’s JT732. In fact, on a good day, I could escape with no losers if a trump coup position developed. Interesting, but that is not this hand. If trump are 5-0, I am going down. So, assume they are not. If trump are 3-2, I am making, no problem. So assume they are not 3-2. What can I do about 4-1 trumps? Well, if North has ♠JTxx and I peak for a second round finesse, I can escape with no loser. That isn’t very helpful, since there is no peaking on BBO. So, the 4-1 splits that I can handle are where there is a singleton J or T. And, I have the beauty of the strength and spots to go either way. Assuming restricted choice (if a first round J or T falls, assume it is a singleton), all I need to do is play the K or Q from dummy, note that North played the ♠J, assume it is singleton and lead the ♠9 from dummy, finessing against the ♠Txx remaining in the South hand. Easy Peasy. I started with the ♠A and then had no play. Instead of losing 6 IMPs, I win 10 IMPs if I play spades right.
Bad day at Black Rock. Again, apologize to my teammates.
January 31st, 2013 ~ bobmunson ~ 2 Comments
I am creating a series of posts analyzing the hands played in a local (San Francisco area) 2-table individual IMP game. The posts are likely only of interest to the participants and/or the regulars who were unable to play that day. However, I certainly welcome comments from anyone who has insight regarding bridge lessons to be learned from the hands presented. Sometimes we play on BBO (14-21 hands) and sometimes we play in homes or a local bridge club (28 hands). Everyone knows everyone and many partnerships during the course of the individual game are regular partners in local and/or national tournaments. There is no money, no points, just playing for the enjoyment of the game.
For all hands, I include the bridge movie from one table with some comments about the other table. I thought it would clutter the post too much to have both movies presented. With some effort, you could actually find the hands on BBO and see both movies of both tables if that is of interest.
Monday of this week we played 21 boards on BBO. Out of 21 boards there were 8 double digit swings (I’m counting the one 9 IMP swing as double digit, both because it should have been and because it felt that way). Amazing. I’m hoping I haven’t offended any of the players. It is certainly not my intention. Most of these 8 swings seemed to be based on failed judgment rather than some unexpected brilliance. Slogging through the list of 8 swing boards…
Bidding – Manfred decided against a NMF checkback and simply bid 3NT. 3NT is unassailable. On the run of the spades, partner pitched a heart and surrendered an uptrick. At the other table, the NMF sequence after 2NT found the 5-3 spade fit and landed them in 4S, also unassailable. However, it requires a guess as to where the ♥Q is. When the ♥10 was led and covered with the ♥J (in the middle of the hand), the contract could no longer be made because making it was dependent upon achieving an end play to the ♥Q late in the hand. Lose 11 IMPs
The next big swing came on the next hand
Mike decided to try a passed hand double in a 2/1 game forcing auction. I bounced to 3♥ which should ‘only’ go for -500 and I guess Manfred remained fearful of spades and decided to pass. Mark was fearful of hearts. The next thing you knew, 5♣ was down 2, win 13 IMPs due to teammates arriving in an uncontested 3NT at the other table. I don’t think the double would have occurred to me, but as the auction unfolded, it worked rather well.
Next came board 4.
3NT cannot be beaten (3+2+2+2), but our teammate at the other table apparently lost track of the spade spots and failed to bring in 9 tricks. Lose 12 IMPs.
Next up board 7
Interesting auction. Same start at both tables. Bruce simply RKCB’d over the 2♠ raise and arrived in the ill-fated 6♠, suffering from the 5-1 trump split. Jack tried 3♣ and when I raised to 4♣ we were soon in 6♣ . The play might have been slightly easier, once the club position is identified, to ruff a heart high and then finesse the ♣10. But a diamond ruff in dummy still scored the 12th trick. Win 16 IMPs due to the spade slam failing. 6♣ is better, but not 16 IMPs better. Spades will score 2 extra IMPs on most layouts of the cards, but not this one.
Then came board 9.
This hand was covered in my earlier post (http://bobmunson.bridgeblogging.com/2013/01/30/nt-opener/). The heart spots certainly look like 4th best, so it appears the best play for the 3NT when played at the other table is to cover the ♥J hoping RHO held AKJ or AJ9. Not likely, but possible. Win 11 IMPs.
Then board 10.
I don’t particularly like my responsive double – normally I would expect only 3 spades shown by my bid. But I didn’t really want to choose between 3♠ or 4♠ so compromised with a double and partner happily passed. We took our tricks. +500. At the other table, 3NT failed by 3 tricks (after a Stayman mixup), win 13 IMPs. 4♠ fails trivially by starting with diamonds and getting a diamond ruff when in with the ♠A. But, even if West is on lead, a diamond is unlikely and certainly East would not lead one. Without the diamond lead and ruff 10 tricks are easy (4+2+1+3)
Board 17 was next.
At my table, Manfred simply bid 4♠ over my 3♦. But, as you can see, at this table Mike decided to cue bid diamonds. Bruce thought the T/O doubler was looking for another suit and he had one to offer: 5♣. Mike took that as a cue bid and bid the hopeless slam. Lose 11 IMPs.
Board 20
At my table, West opened 2♥ and played it when we are cold for 7♣!!?! Should I respond to 2♥ or should the hand open 1? Beats me, but we obviously failed to play in clubs. The other table, shown here, played clubs making only 5.
Recapping the swings of the day
11 IMPs Board 1 – failure to bid 3NT or failure to make 4♠
13 IMPs Board 2 – Failure to bid 3NT
12 IMPs Board 4 – Failure to make 3NT
16 IMPs Board 7 – Failure to reach 6♣ or bad luck on the spade split
11 IMPs Board 9 – Failure to bid 4♠ or make 3NT
13 IMPs Board 10 – Failure to bid 4♠
11 IMPs Board 17 – Bid too high off 2 cashing clubs
9 IMPs Board 20 – Either the curve ball caused by opening 2♥ or failure to respond to 2♥
January 30th, 2013 ~ bobmunson ~ 1 Comment
For people who also frequent bridgewinners.com, this is a total repeat. I am using this to learn my way with bridgeblogging.com.
For almost 40 years, I have enjoyed a 2-table individual game (IMPs) with some of the strongest players in the area where I lived. Often we played in homes or local bridge clubs, but recently we have expanded to BBO. We play 4 boards per round, 28 boards, everyone is your partner once (but reduced to 14 or 21 boards when playing on BBO with random partners each round). We play once or twice per month. Two hands came up recently that seemed worth blogging for comments/reactions.
White vs. red in 3rd seat after 2 passes, what do you open with
Or, all white, 2nd seat after 1 pass, what do you open with
As luck would have it, I held both of these hands and, both times, the same player (one of our stronger players) held these hands at the other table. For many years many/most players have been opening NT with 6 card minors. I have not yet noticed the trend with 6 card majors, but…
On the first hand, I opened a pedestrian 1S:
With the diamond K onside, no problem. When the club A was ducked, I actually made 5, but at the other table, they had this auction:
My counterpart decided to try a 1NT opener with the solid 6 card spade suit. When he elected to duck the heart J return at trick 2 (not best), he was soon down 2.
On the second hand, I opened a pedestrian 1H:
As the auction developed, 3NT seemed right.
My counterpart, fearful of the club position, had this auction:
While 4H can be made with squeeze/endplay positions, in practice it failed. 4H actually can be beaten with a very unlikely small spade lead, but all other leads allow you to arrive at a winning position.
So, you be the judge. Keep trying (opening NT with 6 card majors), work on declarer play, or stick to 6 card minors for your NT openers?
January 30th, 2013 ~ bobmunson ~ No Comments
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