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THE QBA BULLETINPublished by the Queensland Bridge Association April-June 2017 Volume 43 No2www.qldbridge.com Email: [email protected]

From the President

ContentsFrom the President..............................................................................................1Barrier Reef Congress by Richard Ward .......................................................1GCC Open Team Trials by Richard Wallis ...................................................2 by Nikolas Moore ..................................................4Cuppaidge's Column by George Cuppaidge ..................................................4Manager's Travels by Kim Ellaway ...................................................................5BBC Graded Butler Pairs by Richard Wallis .................................................6Killarney Congress by Richard Ward .............................................................8 Novices by Helen Blair .......................................................................................8Teachers' Corner by Joan Butts ..................................................................... 10High-level Bidding by Nikolas Moore ............................................................ 1125 Years Ago by Denise Dodd and Khokan Bagchi ................................... 11Arana Swiss Teams by Richard Wallis .......................................................... 12Klinger's Column ............................................................................................... 13Directors' Corner by Jan Peach ..................................................................... 16

WELL, the circle has fully turned! In March 1985 I assumed the

Presidency of the QBA, only to relin-quish it later in the year when busi-ness interests prompted me to move to WA for a couple of years. Keith Mc-Donald took over and after 31 years at the helm, stood down this March and here I am again. He also held the Presidency of the ABF for about 16 years during this time, standing down a couple of years ago and be-ing replaced by Bruce Neill, originally a Queenslander.Keith did a great job during the 31 years of his Presidency, and in ap-preciation of this, the QBA made him a QBA life member at our AGM in March. The full impact of his depar-ture has yet to hit as yet, as our next Council Meeting is not until late June, and our first Management Committee Meeting is scheduled for June 1.

On May 7 the QBA had a second Club Presidents' meeting, and this time all Queensland Club Presidents were in-vited and most accepted. The meet-ing was convened in Brisbane, at the QCBC premises in Wooloongabba, and thus far has received only positive feedback, both at the meeting and in subsequent correspondence.The Commonwealth Games are being held on the Gold Coast in 2018 and, following usual practice, a Common-wealth Nations Bridge Congress is being organised by the QBA to be run as a lead-in to the 2019 Gold Coast Congress. The full details including participants are not finalised at the time of writing, and any Queensland participation will depend upon interna-tional and ABF responses.The Barrier Reef Congress has previously been confined to Mackay, Townsville and Cairns on a rotation basis, but Yeppoon has joined the group to make a quartet, and this year was their first congress. Unfortunately for me the only premises available at Yepppon could accommodate just 70 tables, and the Congress filled up in January/February while I was on a cruise, so I was not able to play. However, all who did attend said that it was a very

well presented event, with nothing left out.Next year's BRC is being held in Townsville, from May 15-18, and the high cost of a suitable venue has forced the organisers to ask the QBA to play the event from Monday to Friday. ■

THE host club for the Gold Point Barrier Reef Congress has

for many years rotated between Cairns, Townsville and Mackay so it was a courageous decision to trial the BRC at Yeppoon which is on the Queensland coast 40 km north-east of Rockhampton. The Yeppoon Bridge Club was affiliated in 2013 and has a membership of only 57 so it was a daunting task for their sub-committee (Campbell McRae, Dick Metcalf, Alan Archer, Lesley Heap, Denise O’Regan, Joan Tucker and Chi Chi Murray) to put together the infrastructure required for the event. With the support and advice of the northern clubs - Rockhampton, Cairns, Mackay and Townsville, plus the QBA Manager Kim Ellaway - they dealt with matters such as: finding 70 bridge tables; arranging transport to Yeppoon for 40 visiting players thus saving them the $100 taxi fare; liaising with St Ursula’s College for the playing area and much of the catering; and rostering club members who cooked hundreds of biscuits and cakes and also acted as caddies. To their

Barrier Reef Congress

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Richard Ward

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delighted surprise, the congress was over-subscribed weeks in advance and, despite managing to find some additional space, there was still a number of players who missed out. And to top it all off, Cyclone Debbie chose this month to move down the Queensland coast so that, with only a few weeks to go, the Rockhampton floods closed their airport. But, undaunted, the Yeppoon Club stuck with the motto: ‘the difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes just a bit longer'.And the verdict? - a resounding success in every respect. Congrat-ulations to all involved, including directors Laurie Kelso and Peter Busch, and a reminder to enter early for 2021 when next the BRC goes to Yeppoon.In our losing match against the winning team the biggest swing was 16 IMPs on this board when our opponents excelled in the bidding and play.Tony Hutton (East) and Malcolm Carter (West) bid as follows using their Fantunes system:

1 Balanced 10+ or natural unbalanced 10+ or forcing raise

2 14+ HCP with diamonds3 Minorwood4 0 or 3 key cards in diamonds5 Trump queen ask6 Yes + ♠K

After an opening spade lead from South declarer deduced that this was from length and with trumps 2-2 it was more likely that North had longer hearts and so finessed the

Dlr W ♠ AQ10 Vul Both ♥ Q962 ♦ 98

♣ 10842 ♠ K6 ♠ J ♥ AJ1075 ♥ K83 ♦ AKQ6 ♦ J7543 ♣ 53 ♣ AKJ7 ♠ 9875432 ♥ 4 ♦ 102 ♣ Q96

NW E S

W N E S 1H P 2C1 P 2S2 P 4D3 P 4S4 P 4NT5 P 5S6 P 6D All pass

right way. Alternatively, he simply relied on the old adage that the queen always lies over the jack! Our team mates also reached slam, but in hearts which sadly had no play. All the results are on the website.The next Barrier Reef Congress will be held in Townsville in 2018 from Monday to Friday starting on May 14. ■

Qld Open Teams Trials

THIS year's ANC is in Canberra, and the trials for the Open Teams

ended on April 1, but there were no April Fools present!The trials were beset with setbacks from the start, 17 pairs being reduced to just 16 due to illness on the Friday before, and then another withdrawal due to illness after just 9 of the 15 matches, and finally a 3rd withdrawal on the final day due to being flood-bound following the torrential and widespread rain from ex-Cyclone Debbie.The first withdrawal eliminated the sit-out and reduced the trials down to just 5 days, so no problem, but the second withdrawal was before 2/3 of the matches had been completed, and thus according to the current regulations, the director had to re-score all of the previous matches with the withdrawn pair replaced by a sit-out. This was good news for those that lost to the pair, but bad news to those that had beaten them, which included Tim Runting and myself, when we lost our best win to that time.Tim and I were never in contention, being on the wrong side of 3 slam swings in the first match did not help, but too many lapses of concentration by both of us were very costly, and we could not get above halfway at any time. Sometimes it seemed like I was playing in the Seniors, such were my mindless bids and plays.

Before the final match 3 pairs had forged ahead, and at the end of the last match Therese Tully and Pele Rankin were first, Jill Magee and Terry Strong were second and Paul Hooykaas and Ralph Parker were third, with all other pairs over a full match away. This is success at the first attempt for Jill and Terry, and the team will go to Canberra with the potential to succeed.This board was a harbinger of things to come when I got it completely wrong after a favourable lead.

The bidding was natural and I took a chance with 3NT when Tim showed his clubs, and at least with the ♥A I can hold up as long as I want.In 3NT on a heart lead, win the 3rd round and take the club finesse into the safe hand and claim 9 tricks safely by way of 3 aces and 6 clubs.I got the lead of the ♠8, and now I can take the ♣A as a safety play and in fact make 12 tricks, but I woodenly still took the club finesse and was devastated when I cashed the ♣A next and found out the safety play would have paid off.I was so devastated that I mis-counted the clubs and thought I needed the second ‘marked’ spade finesse to succeed and thus went 3 off to lose 11 IMPs instead of gaining 8 for +690.

M 1 ♠ 102 Bd 12 ♥ ─ Dlr W ♦ AQ83

Vul NS ♣ AQJ6542 ♠ J84 ♠ K7653 ♥ KJ10942 ♥ Q86 ♦ 10 ♦ K642 ♣ 1083 ♣ K ♠ AQ9 ♥ A753 ♦ J975 ♣ 97

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W N E S 2H 3C 3H 3NT All pass

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finesse saw the roof cave in and I finished 3 off for ‒300 and ‒12 IMPs. 1 off was not much better.

This was a surprisingly good result from a simple contract, especially when the 4H opening looked to be perfectly normal.I had an easy 4S bid after the opening 4H by West was passed around to me, and Tim respected that my bid was under pressure and did not get excited by his great support; 2 aces and an outside singleton.West led the ♥A and switched to the ♦7, which was probably a singleton, but even if it was from K Q 7, I could afford to lose an unnecessary diamond, so I flew up with the ♦A and led a top trump, making 10 tricks for +620.A gain of 9 IMPs for such a simple contract prompted me to look up the results of the other matches, and thus the mystery was solved!Only 3 pairs played in 4S, 3 others playing in 5S and even 1 in 6S, none of which were successful.

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East took advantage of the vul-nerability by opening 4H, which gave Tim a huge problem in the pass-out seat!Of course there was action at all tables with the East hand, but the normal 3H opening allowed NS to stop in 5S.The winning action for me was to pass 4HX, which will go for a large penalty, and West will get into even more trouble if he rescues with 4NT for the minors.Tim was blinded by his 23 HCPs, and oblivious to the opening pre-empt, tried for slam by raising to 5S, which I should have passed as I thought he was asking for second-round heart control, but I foolishly cued with 6D.West led the ♣K, and when dummy went down I could see my chances were not good, and thought of cashing out for 1 off, or making if by chance East had the singleton ♠K.The ♦J to get to hand for the trump

M 1 ♠ AJ976 Bd 18 ♥ AKQ Dlr E ♦ KJ

Vul NS ♣ AJ10 ♠ 4 ♠ K853 ♥ ─ ♥ J10987632 ♦ Q109653 ♦ ─ ♣ KQ7653 ♣ 8 ♠ Q102 ♥ 54 ♦ A8742 ♣ 942

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W N E S 4H P P X P 4S P 5S P 6D P 6S All pass

M 2 ♠ AJ87 Bd 12 ♥ Q107 Dlr W ♦ AJ1098

Vul NS ♣ 5 ♠ 3 ♠ 5 ♥ AKJ98632 ♥ 4 ♦ 7 ♦ KQ654 ♣ Q72 ♣ AJ10986 ♠ KQ109642 ♥ 5 ♦ 32 ♣ K43

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W N E S 4H P P 4S All pass

M 3 ♠ 54 Bd 13 ♥ A2 Dlr N ♦ KJ76

Vul Both ♣ AK854 ♠ AQJ1096 ♠ 732 ♥ Q986 ♥ J754 ♦ AQ ♦ 3 ♣ Q ♣ J9762 ♠ K8 ♥ K103 ♦ 1098542 ♣ 103

NW E S

W N E S 1C P 1D 1S 3D P P X P 3S 4D 4S 5D P P X All pass

On this board it was not clear how high we should go, nor how high EW could safely go!My ♠K looked precariously placed, and I knew by Tim's 3D jump raise that we had at most 1 diamond trick, so I bid 5D when 4S came around to me, hoping for 1 off at most, and for 4S to be making.West had the good hand, and hoping for the ♦K on her right, or partner to have the ♠K or ♣A, she doubled and led the ♠A!The sight of the ♦K on her left was bad news, and partner's discouraging spade more bad news, but still West might have the ♠K and give her a club ruff, so she switched to the ♣Q at trick 2.All hope for the defence disappeared when I won the ♠K at trick 3 and led a diamond towards dummy. That was 11 tricks for +750 and 13 IMPs.In 4S Tim would lead the ♣A, then he can next cash the ♥A, and after I encourage, lead the ♥2 so I can give him a heart ruff and thus 1 off. Nothing else would look promising, so 5D was a phantom and my going off in 5D would have been a bad result. ■

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Good Habits, Bad Habits

NO one, surely, would disagree that the best habit to develop in

bridge is always to make a plan as soon as dummy comes down and not touch a card until you have. No one can possibly feel aggrieved as there is new information for everyone involved to digest.The worst habit is not so clear but I put up my top contenders.To make a highly descriptive bids with little prospect of playing the hand, the unusual NT is just one example. The reason is obvious; declarer will find winning plays that would not otherwise have entered his head. Yet constant disasters fail to quell the unthinking player’s desire merely to have his voice heard. (Doubling a conventional bid with Jxxxxx in an otherwise barren hand falls into a similar category, futility.)To pass, with a view to coming in later. What logic can support the proposition that a hand is worth an overcall but not an opening bid? If a hand is worth an overcall, it is worth opening. It is a corollary that if a hand is not worth an opening bid, it is not worth an overcall. Can you seriously expect your partner to stay out of game if you make a simple overcall and he holds 13 points? If follows most players would do well to loosen up a little with the requirements to open the bidding and tighten up what is needed for a simple overcall. They should be the same. An immediate benefit, you are playing one system instead of two. To back in when both partners have previously passed, in my estimation, is a losing gambit about 90% of the time.The hand demonstrates the good and the bad habits in action.

Cuppaidge’s Column

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his remaining spade winner for +50, gaining us 7 IMPs.I noticed much later that Deep Finesse says that this game can make, double dummy; if declarer runs all of his trumps, East gets squeezed in the black suits. If East keeps all of his clubs and a spade winner, it means discarding his remaining diamonds, allowing declarer to throw him in with a spade to lead away from the queen of clubs.Here is a very streaky slam from the same day.

I sat East and decided to jump to slam, which is risky, as partner may have as little as 15 points, and, while my hand is powerful, I am void in his suit. Indeed, the hands fit poorly and it is a bad slam. South led a club to dummy’s ace. On seeing dummy, I decided that my best shot was to try setting up the spades, so I led dummy’s queen, throwing a diamond when the king did not appear. I then discarded a club on the ♠A and trumped a spade. I trumped a club and received more good luck when North’s king appeared. Now I only had to worry about the trump suit. I played a heart to the king, which looked like it would work against most layouts - but not when South has the bare ace. Another club from South would have forced me to ruff with dummy’s jack and promote North’s ♥10 into a winner, but South played a diamond instead allowing me to ruff in hand, and draw the remaining trumps, for +980 and a gain of 12 IMPs. ■

EACH year in March and April, Queensland Contract Bridge

Club hosts the state trials, where partnerships compete in an attempt to qualify for the Queensland team. It is quite a demanding schedule, typically spanning three full weekends of bridge. On the flip side, it gives you an opportunity to play against some of Qld’s best pairs and is great for improving one’s bridge. The scoring is by IMP Pairs and the top three pairs at the end of the competition qualify to represent their state at the Australian National Championships which this year is in Canberra. There is a similar event to determine the Womens’ and Seniors’ teams.I partnered Larry Moses and after a slow start we finished well to finish fourth, one place away from making the team. Here is one hand from the trials that can only be made double dummy through the combination of a squeeze and endplay.

South ended up as declarer in 4H after Larry, sitting East, had over-called spades, getting me off to the best lead. Declarer correctly ducked the first round of spades and won the second round, cutting com-munications between our hands. Declarer then played on trumps. I won the second round and, with no spade left to play, switched to the ♦K. Declarer won in dummy, trumped a diamond back to hand and drew trumps, but went one off when the club finesse lost, as East could now cash

Dlr W ♠ A62 Vul EW ♥ 76 ♦ A976

♣ KJ42 ♠ 73 ♠ KQJ95 ♥ A852 ♥ 4 ♦ KQ82 ♦ J1053 ♣ 987 ♣ Q105 ♠ 1084 ♥ KQJ1093 ♦ 4 ♣ A63

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Dlr S ♠ K9743 Vul None ♥ 1063 ♦ 986

♣ K2 ♠ AQJ102 ♠ ─ ♥ J85 ♥ KQ9742 ♦ QJ102 ♦ A4 ♣ A ♣ QJ987 ♠ 865 ♥ A ♦ K753 ♣ 106543

NW E S

W N E S P 1S P 2H P 4H P 6H All pass

Nikolas Moore


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It is always a good idea to make only six when you've missed a grand slam. The opponents don't know how good a result they have.

1 AK, A is far too good for pre-emptive action and not nearly strong enough for 2C, only 1D is left.

2 Obviously intended to show a heart-club two-suiter, but isn’t this whistling in the wind?

3 Nothing so far has suggested to South that this is a game hand. East’s 2D could be natural, so it is important to involve partner by making it clear that it is not*.

4 North is not listening and for all the wrong reasons pushes South into the game which can be defeated.

5 The best bid in the auction so far. On a good day, East-West will get to defend 4H, South has a clear preference for hearts.

West leads the ♥J.Now is the time for everyone to stop and think.From declarer’s point of view, the hand looks relatively simple. Two hearts must be lost but the now-marked spade finesse will provide a discard for the losing club. The outcome of the hand appears to depend upon the ♦Q coming down. But he may have missed something. What?Declarer made the “normal” play in hearts, covering the ♥J with the ♥K and, in tempo, dropping the ♥3 from hand. The presence of the ♥10 in dummy, he hoped, would deter East from continuing with this suit. As long as he looks, East will see it as likely that West’s hearts are ♥J 2.When East passively continued with ♦Q it was all over. Declarer drew trumps and played another heart.

It is a tough one for East, he must note the ♥3, and read it for the false card that it is. By continuing with the ♥Q and continuing with hearts, the ♦9 is promoted. That second heart trick must be cashed first.Is declarer blameless here? East’s task is made even harder if declarer does not cover the ♥J while still dropping the ♥3 from hand. East must overtake, ignore the ♥3 and continue with ace and another. Thanks to East’s bid, declarer knows the lead is a singleton, East does not. *The need for definitive rules for online bridge play in its many forms, involving, as it does, both ephemeral and long-term partnerships is starkly shown here. Quite possibly West does not know the meaning of 2D, but must be allowed to enquire, or be told, if the game is to proceed sensibly. It is one for the urgent attention of the lawmakers. A brief statement to the table of the convention employed, whenever a conventional bid is made, to be seen as permissible, is a simple solution. It does not account for such questions as, is 4NT Blackwood, or is a double intended as penalty or something else. I am not sure that the law makers, alone, are the people to resolve such questions but they must be resolved. I avoid the anguish opposite a bridge-illiterate partner. If I see my double as unequivocally penalty, in a particular situation, I annoy some by announcing to the table, “Penalty.” Here are two examples. The double of intervention following a two-over-one reply to an opening bid. A redoubler doubles an opposition bid, any bid, following his redouble. These doubles are for penalty, full stop. In both cases, the pass, unless it is last in hand, is forcing. ■

Dlr S ♠ AQ743 Vul None ♥ K10865 ♦ J

♣ Q3 ♠ KJ965 ♠ 102 ♥ J ♥ AQ974 ♦ 943 ♦ Q ♣ J1095 ♣ K8742 ♠ 8 ♥ 32 ♦ AK1087652 ♣ A6

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W N E S 1D1

P 1S 2D2 3D3

P 4H4 P5 5D All pass

KEITH McDonald was honoured with life membership at the QBA

AGM. Richard Wallis is now in charge and we welcome Richard Ward back on the Management Committee. Fortunately, Cyclone Debbie didn’t do the damage that it could have. QCBC probably suffered the most but I am told that they will be back on their feet shortly.Yeppoon Bridge Club hosted its first Barrier Reef Congress and they did a fabulous job. We drove up on the Wednesday as our car was full of furniture for the event and drove back the following Tuesday. Yeppoon put on good weather and great hospitality. Congratulations to Campbell and his team. My only complaint was we struggled to find a bar which served food on the Sunday night let alone the public holiday Monday night.My daughter is in her sixth month of being cancer free. The doctors won't be happy until we get 12 months clear and we all cross our fingers, arms, legs etc for her. I am going on sick leave from July 9 however do not despair; I am leaving you in Ray's good hands. Also Ray and I are going on what we believe is a well-deserved break. We are going to the UK for 6 weeks. I am calling it our second honeymoon however I notice Ray has booked 10 soccer games to watch whilst we are there. We, of course, will play a bit of bridge and catch up with bridge friends over there. The December issue will be full of what we did over there. We are flying Emirates, my favourite airline and, of course, we are travelling at the front of the plane. This is a hand from the BRC, playing the top team. Ray and I were sitting NS and Neville Francis and Kevin Steffenson were our team mates.

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A DISAPPOINTING entry of 54 pairs contested this event this

year, down from 56 pairs last year, but the competition was fierce, with the lead constantly changing, especially in A grade.At the end of the day Neville Francis and Murray Perrin emerged victorious in A grade, with Chuan Qin/Charlie Lu second and Phil Hale/Pam Shoen third.B grade winners were Alan Boyce and Ian Barfoot from Janet Price/Richard Spelman in second and Ross Murtagh/Annette Hyland in third. Twins Pat and Peter Burke won the C grade, from Unis Suliman/Steven Parkes in second and

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Nanette Hinsch/Jill O'Malley Jones in third place.I played with Tim Runting, and we could never get out of second gear, small wins and small losses, leaving us mid-field. Even two matches that seemed like a win for us turned out to be a small loss.

In second seat I had no serious call to make, but wanted to suggest a lead if West became declarer, so I over-called the 1C opening bid with the robust 4-card spade suit! West doubled to show the hearts, but Tim's 2S raise silenced the opposition bidding.West dutifully led the ♣2, and I ruffed the third club to lead a diamond off the table. The hearts in dummy daunted West, so after winning the ♦A, he led another diamond. East won with the ♦K and she returned a spade, which I won in dummy and cashed the spades and the top diamonds and hearts for 9 tricks and +140.

This was worth a modest 5 IMPs, but the defence could have been a lot harder, putting 2S in serious jeopardy.A trump lead or at the very least a trump switch after East wins the ♣K would have been very awkward.

East made a normal 3D pre-empt at favourable vulnerability and West took a chance on 3NT. Only 16 HCPs, but Kxx in the long suit is golden, so worth a shot at game.

The spotlight then fell on Tim, who had to lead in the dark and obviously after my take-out double, chose to lead a major suit!Fourth highest of your longest and strongest is an old stand-by, and Tim fell back on it by leading the ♥5!Technically I think the ♥10 is better than 4th highest if you lead hearts, but that is immaterial since a heart lead gives declarer her 9th trick, or 10 if I win the ♥A at trick 1.While the 5-card suit offers the

Both Wests opened 1NT with a pass from North. At our table, the bidding went 4D which was a transfer to hearts. At the other table only 2D diamonds which allowed South to get in the action. I did not think my hand was good enough to bid 4S or 5C just out of the blue but perhaps I should have as I felt robbed at the time. In the same match Ray and I had a disastrous result with me going for ‒1700. However, with this board costing us 15 IMPs and board 8 costing us 8 IMPs we still managed to win the match by 27 IMPs. ■

Dlr W ♠ 9732 Vul None ♥ A103 ♦ 1043

♣ AJ2 ♠ QJ86 ♠ ─ ♥ QJ5 ♥ K98762 ♦ AKQ8 ♦ J9652 ♣ Q10 ♣ 84 ♠ AK1054 ♥ 4 ♦ 7 ♣ K97653

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M 1 ♠ A103 Bd 6 ♥ AK9842 Dlr E ♦ 42

Vul EW ♣ 76 ♠ 65 ♠ 9874 ♥ QJ106 ♥ 5 ♦ A765 ♦ K98 ♣ Q102 ♣ AKJ95 ♠ KQJ2 ♥ 73 ♦ QJ103 ♣ 843

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W N E S 1C 1S! X 2S All pass

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M 3 ♠ QJ4 Bd 21 ♥ 109753 Dlr N ♦ 8

Vul NS ♣ Q532 ♠ A972 ♠ 53 ♥ KQ62 ♥ ─ ♦ K43 ♦ AJ109762 ♣ KJ ♣ 10964 ♠ K1086 ♥ AJ84 ♦ Q5 ♣ A87

NW E S

W N E S P 3D X 3NT All pass

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chance for the most tricks, the spade suit is where North can help, so that is the best chance to set up 5 tricks, and I would have led the ♠Q, which leads to a 1 trick set and 10 IMPs to us.

I was tempted to open the South hand 1D (at least a 4-card suit), but I did not have a convenient rebid so meekly passed.

When East made a Stayman inquiry, I was again tempted to bid 2D to suggest a lead, but meekness won again and I passed.When 2NT was passed out, to my surprise, Tim led the ♦10! Even if declarer had the ♦A it is still what I wanted, so I encouraged and when declarer ducked, Tim continued with the ♦Q to unblock the suit, so declarer ducked again, discarding 2 hearts from dummy.The third diamond set up my suit, so declarer was on wood unless the diamonds broke 6-3 and the ♥A was not with the diamonds.Declarer cashed the top spades, and focussing on the clubs, led the ♣J. This was covered by Tim, and he won the club return and exited with a diamond.Declarer was squeezed on the diamonds and discarded her club and a heart, and when I cashed the ♥A for 1 off, declarer mis-guessed the next heart and went 2 off for +200 and 5 IMPs.On this board (next column) I ignored my spade suit and supported Tim's hearts by cue-bidding 4D.

West bid 5C over this and when it came back to me I made a classical mistake when I doubled for penalties instead of bidding the obvious 5H!If I had left East to his own deliberations, he is likely to lead the ♦A as most of the field did, and then 5H can make an overtrick.However, when West pulled my double of 5C, he showed his true colours by bidding 5D, and now East reconsidered his opening lead and ignored his great diamond suit to lead a club, leading to a painless 1 off, ‒100 and 12 IMPs away.West knows from East's jump that there is at most one diamond trick so it was important that East lead a club, hence the lead-directing bid.Two tables played in 5HX on the diamond lead for 12 tricks to NS, so the average was ‒710. (See next column) Tim and I were on different pages of the system notes, and Tim ended up in 4S on a reasonable 4-2 fit, but against a 6-1 break.

M 6 ♠ AJ3 Bd 20 ♥ AQ1063 Dlr W ♦ 94

Vul Both ♣ Q53 ♠ 1075 ♠ 96 ♥ 7 ♥ J85 ♦ J8632 ♦ AKQ1075 ♣ AK42 ♣ 86 ♠ KQ842 ♥ K942 ♦ ─ ♣ J1097

NW E S

W N E S P 1H 3D 4D 5C! P P X 5D P P 5H All pass

M 6 ♠ QJ74 Bd 22 ♥ AK63 Dlr E ♦ 7

Vul EW ♣ Q1087 ♠ A109832 ♠ 6 ♥ 10954 ♥ 8 ♦ J9 ♦ K85432 ♣ 9 ♣ KJ652 ♠ K5 ♥ QJ72 ♦ AQ106 ♣ A43

NW E S

W N E S 2D 2NT P 3C X 3H P 4S! All pass

M 3 ♠ 1084 Bd 22 ♥ 1083 Dlr E ♦ Q1093

Vul EW ♣ KQ8 ♠ KQJ ♠ A976 ♥ KJ76 ♥ 542 ♦ A65 ♦ 2 ♣ J64 ♣ A10953 ♠ 532 ♥ AQ9 ♦ KJ874 ♣ 72

NW E S

W N E S P P 1NT P 2D P 2H P 2NT All pass

My 2NT over the weak 2D was natural, and Tim's 3C was asking for a major suit. East's double of 3C showed another suit and my 3H was a 4-card suit.Tim is doing me the favour of playing my system, and he mixed up some of our complicated responses, bidding 4S thinking that I had denied hearts and showed spades. West was so content that he did not double for fear of steering us into a better contract!East led the ♥8, and Tim won in hand to lead a spade to dummy, won by West who returned a heart. The cat was out of the bag when East discarded, but now Tim was able to cash 4 hearts, 2 diamonds (via the finesse) and 1 club. He now led a di-amond off the table and caught West in a trump coup with this position. QJ7 ─ ─ Q10 109832 ─ Irrelevant ─ ─ 5 ─ 106 43If West ruffs the diamond high, Tim discards and wins the high spade return to exit with a club which West has to ruff. Now declarer has J7 over West's 83 and therefore makes 10 tricks for +420 and a flat board.


Barrier Reef

CongressTownsville

May 14-18 2018See website http://www.qld-bridge.com/brc/townsville/

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1 Better than 1S2 4th suit game force3 Shows 1-5-4-3 shape4 Shows extras, encouraging5 Denies 1st or 2nd round control in diamonds

6 Diamond control - would sign off without it.

7 Roman keycard8 2 with ♣Q

And another one.

1 4-card Acol - a rarity!2 Extended Jacoby3 17+ hcp4 1st or 2nd round club control - no spade control

5 1st or 2nd round control in diamonds and spade control as East would have signed off without it.

6 Roman keycard.7 2 with ♥Q

A good looking slam, yes? But now is not the time to take your eye off the ball. You can handle all 2-2 and 3-1 splits with ease but the safety play in trumps is to start with low to the ♥Q. If North holds all four trumps you cannot avoid defeat. But when South holds ♥A1093, which cruelly occurred at the table, you can emerge triumphant. ■

SADLY, I am no longer eligible to play in any future Novice events.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Novices and also the experience of meeting all of you - not sure if I am ready for the next move but the hardest step was moving from supervised play into the big wide world of open club play - my partner and I survived that so I guess we may still survive the next step. Playing in Novice competitions is a lot easier than playing in open club games, everybody you are playing with are Novices and you get to know other Novices. All of you who have done this would have to agree and I hope you encourage others to attend any Novice events on offer.I will be handing over my Novice Co-ordinator role to Chris and Shelley Farr. They started playing bridge in 2013 in Stanthorpe. This year the Toowong Bridge Club became their home club. Chris and Shelley will update you in the next Bulletin. A large number of you will know Chris and Shelley from the numerous QBA Novice competitions they have played in the last few years.

There have been six QBA Novice events since the Gold Coast Congress.March 12 TOOWONG BRIDGE CLUB Novice Pairs was run with 18 tables. The prizes for the ‘Championship’ went to: 1st Carmel Caton (Darling Downs) and

Shelley and Chris Farr

Novices

THE Killarney Congress has attracted travelling Australian

bridge players for a number of years and this time it was three Queenslanders, Connie Schoutrop, Therese Tully and me who turned up to play. The venue was the luxurious heritage Lake Hotel situated alongside the picturesque Lakes of Killarney. Whilst it is not a large congress, a number of UK and Irish internationals play in it which meant that it was unwise to assume that unfamiliar faces were inexperienced. We chose to play in two events which had only night play as this gave us time to go sightseeing during the day. The sessions finished around 11.30pm and those with strong constitutions were then able to retire to the bar for refreshments and singing to the early hours of the morning.Slam bidding is often the key to winning matches - getting to those that make and staying out of those that don’t - sounds simple enough doesn’t it? For us, just getting more than half of these decisions right can be a challenge. These two hands illustrated similar themes regarding cue bidding. Common practice nowadays is to cue bid 1st or 2nd round controls after trump agreement to ensure there is not a missing and cashable ace and king of a side suit. Then Roman keycard is used to check the rest of the hand, sometimes looking for a grand slam.

Killarney Congress

♠ K ♠ AQ976 ♥ AKQ102 ♥ 7 ♦ Q854 ♦ 3 ♣ AJ9 ♣ KQ7432

♠ 1096 ♠ AK ♥ KJ842 ♥ Q765 ♦ ─ ♦ AK83 ♣ AKQ54 ♣ J72

W N E S 1H P 2C1 P 2D P 2S2 P 3C3 P 4C4 P 4H5 P 4S6 P 4NT7 P 5S8 P 6C All pass

W N E S 1H1 P 2NT2 P 3H3 P 4C4 P 4D5 P 4NT6 P 5S7 P 6H All pass

2018Gold Coast Congress

February 16-24

Richard Ward

Helen Blair


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Trevor Henderson (Toowomba); 2nd Shelley Farr and Chris Farr (Toowong); 3rd Moira Smith and Drew Campi (Sunshine Coast). The ‘Plate’ winners were: 1st Wendy Casey and Barbara Moni (Northern Suburbs) and 2nd Peter and Heather Andrews (Toowong). Lesley Hoyling (Kenmore) and Annette Rutledge (Toowong) won the ‘Consolation’ prize.

April 1 SURFERS PARADISE BRIDGE CLUB Novice Pairs competition comprised of 15 tables with the winners being: 1st Rachael Langdon and Ryan Stevens (QCBC); 2nd John Wilson and Geoff Willson (Surfers Paradise) and 3rd George Till and Kim Reeder (Surfers Paradise).April 9 REDLANDS BRIDGE CLUB Novice Teams. With 12 teams competing the winners were: 1st Kathy Males, Jenny Iliescu, Warren Males and Leanne Nugent (Kenmore) with 2nd Dennis Kennedy, Trevor Rayfield, Joy Pulford and Greg Nolan (Redlands).

May 13 TOWNSVILLE BRIDGE CLUB Novice Pairs. The winners of the 6 table event were 1st Kelly Walker and Russell Woolley (Townsville) with Illanne Dillon and Albert Beric (Townsville) in 2nd place.May 12 TOOWONG BRIDGE CLUB Novice Pairs. From the 17 tables of entrants, the prizes for the A section were awarded to: 1st Richard Spelman and Loretta Lovett (Sunnybank) and 2nd Mary Simon (Beenleigh/Logan) and Jennifer Finigan (QCBC). Prizes were also awarded in the B section to Sue Ziegenfuss & Jill Dunning (Kenmore) who actually came 3rd overall and to Andrew Refshauge and Michael Choueifate (Sydney Bridge) for the C section.

Wendy Casey and Barbara Moni

Richard Spelman and Loretta Lovett

June 4 DARLING DOWNS BRIDGE CLUB Novice Pairs. With 17 tables in play. The ‘Championship’ prizes went to: 1st Carmel Caton (Darling Downs) and Trevor Henderson (Toowoomba); 2nd David Le good and Keith Cohen (Ipswich) and 3rd Gail Blencoe & Elizabeth Cavanagh (Toowoomba). The ‘Plate’ winners were Micheal Mumford and Alison Banks (Toowoomba) with Shelley and Chris Farr (Toowong) coming 2nd. ‘Consolation’ went to 1st Pam Davey and Peter Bryce (Toowoomba) and 2nd to Colleen Wildman and Judy King (Toowoomba).

AUSTRALIA-WIDE NOVICE PAIRS.The Australia-Wide (under 50 masterpoint) Novice Pairs event is organised by The Australian Bridge Magazine and is held each May. This year there were 91 clubs Australia wide that registered to play the competition with 21 (23%) clubs from Queensland. The Queensland (and Australian) winning pair was Bob McCathie and Eddie Heinemeyer from Tamborine Mountain Bridge Club.

Carmel Caton and Trevor Henderson

Surfers: George Till, Surfers president Peter Lloyd, Kim Reeder and Michael Hare of Vision Optometrists who sponsored the event. Bob McCathie and Eddie Heinemeyer


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Go for it or not? THE question of pre-empting is one that stimulates healthy (and lengthy) discussion, and you need to move with the times if you’re going to succeed in this area. This hand came up in the teams of Melbourne’s VCC (June this year)You’re West, in first position, and vul vs not.

What do you do? If you follow the books you would pass, because of the features which are supposedly wrong for an opening preempt:

• another 4-card major • the spade suit is not good

enough, and • you have a void

I decided to pass, my LHO opened 1C, partner passed and next hand bid 1D. What should I do now? I chose a mild 2S, the next hand bid 3S (strong enquiry) and my partner doubled. To me this meant lead spades, as I have honour doubleton.

Teacher's Corner

♠ A1098643 ♥ J1042 ♦ 62 ♣ ─

Dlr W ♠ 7 Vul EW ♥ 864 ♦ AQJ8

♣ AKQ98 ♠ A1098653 ♠ KQ2 ♥ J1072 ♥ AQ5 ♦ 62 ♦ 54 ♣ ─ ♣ 75432 ♠ J4 ♥ K93 ♦ K10973 ♣ J106

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W N E S P 1C P 1D 2S 3S X 4D All pass

The opponents reached 4D and that was it. I led the ♥2, partner won and returned a club. I ruffed and underled my ♠A to partner’s ♠K. Another club allowed me to ruff that, and the result was one off.I decided to ask some of the players at the VCC how they had bid this hand, and what were their views of pre-empts in general. There was a good representation of top players at the event, both old and young, so I thought I’d get a good sample. Should you get in there early and open 3S? Or is the hand not suitable for a vul vs not pre-empt? Here are the results.Nathan Van Jole - Open 3S (he feels it’s close to a 4S opening)Peter Hollands - Open 3SPaul Gosney - Open 3S Margaret Bourke - Open 3S Jimmy Wallis - Open 4S (because of the 7-4 shape) Michael Ware (NZ International) - Open 3SIn the Pass campGeo Tislevol - Pass, “will hit the jackpot if partner opens 1H” Johnno Newman - Pass first and come back in with 2SPaul Lavings - Pass first and come back in with 3SRon Klinger - Pass first and come back in with 2SJoan Butts - Pass first and come back in with 2SThe school for opening immediately say don’t be concerned about a possible heart fit, and no one worried about having a void. Get in there and take the opponents’ space away. The passers remembered other hands when they opened 3S only to find partner with one spade and a lot of hearts. They preferred to pass at first and then come in with 2/3S over the opposition’s 1C P 1D. They said they now knew there was no worry about missing a heart fit, and a good partner would deduce you had hearts because you passed at first. Isn’t it interesting that there are different views on this? As indeed there are on pre-empts in general? It seems the requirements for

both opening and overcalling pre-emptively are relaxing, and in the dynamic world of bidding things are changing. Teachers should definitely stay with the text book’s definition of pre-empts ie. a good suit (two of the top three, or three of the top five honours, of AKQJ10), and you need to be within two tricks of your contract when vul, and can be a bit more daring when non vul.But… keep in mind something I read the other day.An advanced player knows the rules, but an expert knows when to break them! The ABF Education page (http://www.abf.com.au/education/) has been automated for easy access to all things to do with Accreditation. You can now:

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In Queensland for 2017, I will be offering the following: Continuing Professional Develop-ment Day (3) Introduction to Two-over-One Game Force (Teaching and Learning) Red-lands Bridge Club: Sunday July 30Teacher Training Program QCBC Saturday November 18Continuing Professional Develop-ment Day (2)QCBC Sunday November 19

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There may be another teaching weekend at Surfers Paradise Bridge Club, but dates and details to be announced.For further information, and for flyers advertising the events, go to my website, joanbuttsbridge.com or the QBA website. ■

HOW often does it pay to sacrifice at the 7-level? Here is an

example from the Autumn Nationals, a 5-day event in Adelaide in early May.

I was partnering Bastian Bolt and held the powerful South hand. After West’s pre-empt, Bastian judged correctly to bid the best slam, and aided by the favourable vulnerability, West found a good sacrifice. In theory, we could have collected +1400 from forcing declarer by leading the minors, but Bastian not unreasonably cashed his spade winners and we had to be content with +1100, less than the +1440 we would have gained from slam. This was a loss of 7 IMPs when 6C made in the other room. 6C is beatable

High-level Bidding

Dlr E ♠ AKQ Vul NS ♥ K84 ♦ J83

♣ 8532 ♠ J10975 ♠ 8643 ♥ AQJ6532 ♥ 109 ♦ 4 ♦ 1095 ♣ ─ ♣ K1074 ♠ 2 ♥ 7 ♦ AKQ762 ♣ AQJ96

NW E S

W N E S P 2C 3H 6NT P P 7H P P X All pass

due to the 4-0 club break. Our team-mates, after taking their ♥A, continued the suit at trick 2, which provided declarer with a third entry to the table to finesse East’s clubs a third time.This hand from the Mixed Pairs is probably the strongest I’ve ever held.

North opened a multi and, with the East cards, I was far from the only one to overcall at the 6-level. Unfortunately, Paul Collins who sat South was one of the very few to find an excellent sacrifice, which I should have doubled instead of bidding on, as it was Match Points and the odds were that neither 6H nor 7C were making. I had visions that the other hands were as shapely as mine, and was very disappointed that nobody else even had a singleton. Even doubling for +500 would have been below average, and ‒50 was worse than any other score bar one. ■

Dlr N ♠ 972 Vul None ♥ AQJ1084 ♦ Q2

♣ 84 ♠ 10853 ♠ 6 ♥ K32 ♥ ─ ♦ 9865 ♦ AK743 ♣ 76 ♣ AKQJ1032 ♠ AKQJ4 ♥ 9765 ♦ J10 ♣ 95

NW E S

W N E S 2D 6C 6H P P 7C All pass

25 Years Ago

Queensland Mixed Pairsby Denise Dodd and Khokan BagchiTHE Queensland Mixed Pairs Championship was played at the Toowong Club on the weekend of 18-19 May.The field was small (28 tables) but strong. Even so, the vagaries of mixed pairs abounded. Some well known faces missed the finals (two pairs topped their section in the afternoon and completely reversed their score in the evening!). Looking at the faces in the Plate and

Consolation, it was obvious winning there wasn't going to be a pushover either!In an exciting finish between the three leaders in the Championship section, Margaret Millar and Arnold Remedios won by 1 matchpoint from Denise Dodd and Khokan Bagchi, with Ivy Dahler and Adrian Mayers a close third. A local wit suggested to Dodd - Bagchi that this was the second robbery at Toowong! Not so - Millar-Remedios had a comfortable lead to hold out against a late charge. (The club had recently suffered an armed robbery. Ed.)In the match between the leading pairs, Margaret and Arnold reached a superior 4H:

The play to the first few tricks was straightforward: club to the ace, heart to the jack, king of hearts, diamond to the king, ace of hearts, diamond to the ace. Now comes the key trick: diamond ruffed and if S overruffs, declarer makes 11 tricks. But S (Dodd) held off and declarer had to lose two spades and a club.All this at 9 am on a Sunday morning no less! Ironically, Millar-Remedios won this match by 1 matchpoint, presaging the final outcome.

Dlr E ♠ QJ98 Vul NS ♥ 62 ♦ J103

♣ KQ72 ♠ A106 ♠ K542 ♥ KJ ♥ A9853 ♦ A98742 ♦ K5 ♣ 63 ♣ A4 ♠ 73 ♥ Q1074 ♦ Q6 ♣ J10985

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Dlr S ♠ 1094 Vul Both ♥ Q1096 ♦ J87

♣ AJ7 ♠ KJ862 ♠ AQ ♥ J2 ♥ AK743 ♦ A10965 ♦ K3 ♣ 3 ♣ 8654 ♠ 753 ♥ 85 ♦ Q42 ♣ KQ1092

NW E S

W N E S P 2S P 2NT P 3S P 4S All pass

W N E S 1NT All pass

Dodd - Bagchi, using RCOs, found the best contract of 4S - a minor triumph for 2-suited openings!The 2S was 'O' (for other) showing 5-5 in spades/diamonds or hearts/clubs; 2NT an enquiry, and 3S a maximum in S/D pairs. Many pairs played 3NT for 8/9 tricks.The weekend saw many light-hearted moments. Here is one of them.

North, thinking the hand had been passed in, tabled his hand saying "Sorry, partner, I could have opened - I had ten points."Declarer, with 13 penalty cards on view, proceeded to make an impossible contract, with many overtricks. South, in a state of shock, revoked, increasing the hilarity. A well-known declarer, playing the hand in 1NTX in the finals, made four tricks! Obviously, the defence wasn't so obliging!Director Richard Ward ran a superbly conducted congress, resulting in a weekend of quality, enjoyable bridge. Toowong Club maintained its high standards of refreshments and service. Until next year and that vexing matchpoint!Editor: too modest by far. Here's one from Khokan in the final round.

What would you lead from the North seat?Khokan led the ♥K and followed with a small one! Declarer went up with the queen, only to see North cash the fourth heart later. Know the feeling? ■

IAN Halford and I have been playing in the Arana Teams on the first

Sunday in June with Ralph Parker and John Mills for many years now without success, until this year! We hit the front early on and finished without a loss, to win comfortably. The most unusual hand was board 31 in the last match where I had a solid 9-card club suit (A to 9) and both red-suit doubletons, ready to get into the action, but there was no action and I was left out on a limb by 3 passes to me!Second place went to Sue O'Brien, Paul Collins, Carmel Martin and Toni Bardon, with Paul Roberts, Bruce Carroll, Elizabeth and Neil Gibson in third place, comfortably ahead of fourth place.John and Ralph also finished on top

in the Pairs Datums, with Nik Moore and Abby Wanigaratne a close second.This event continues to be popular, with 30 teams on Sunday at around the capacity of the room, and as the Arana BC treat us all to the copious amounts of fruit, biscuits and cakes throughout the day, who needs to also bring lunch?

North made a simple overcall of 1H instead of a jump to 2H, probably influenced by the vulnerability, and our auction was able to proceed naturally to a logical conclusion.North led the ♥6 and Ian won the trick in dummy with the ♥Q, and attacked diamonds, our best fit. North ducked the ♦Q possibly looking for a signal, and was eventually forced to win the ♦A and switched to the ♣9, probably as a result of South's signal.South has something in clubs, but surely a signal for a spade switch makes more sense considering the bidding.3NT is never going to be defeated, even with a passive spade lead at trick 1, but the club switch increased the trick tally to 11, and when South in-advisably played the ♣K, there were 12 tricks for +690.I did not get the bidding at the other table, but it stopped inexplicably in just 3D, which made just 10 tricks for ‒130 and 11 IMPs.

M 1 ♠ 98 Bd 4 ♥ K107643 Dlr W ♦ A976

Vul Both ♣ 9 ♠ 105 ♠ AKJ3 ♥ AJ5 ♥ Q8 ♦ Q5 ♦ KJ10843 ♣ AQJ853 ♣ 4 ♠ Q7642 ♥ 92 ♦ 2 ♣ K10762

NW E S

W N E S 1C 1H 2D P 2NT P 3S P 3NT All pass

Richard Wallis

Arana Swiss Teams

Dlr S ♠ A76 Vul Both ♥ KJ84 ♦ 962

♣ 752 ♠ K103 ♠ J85 ♥ 32 ♥ Q965 ♦ AJ874 ♦ K3 ♣ 1098 ♣ AKJ4 ♠ Q942 ♥ A107 ♦ Q105 ♣ Q63

NW E S

W N E S P P P 1C P 1D P 1H P 1NT All pass

Learn from the mistakes of oth-ers. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Somebody said down one is good bridge. Making is perhaps better.

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Kingaroyhas had to disaffiliate due to insuf-ficient table numbers.

Rockhamptonhas received $12,675 from the latest round of govt. funding.

QCBChas received $2764 from the latest round of govt. funding.

Noosahas a new logo.

I had a very unusual hand, a solid 9-card suit.Expecting fireworks in the bidding culminating in my bidding 5C, I was very surprised when there were three passes to me!Obviously I could have passed as well, and commonsense suggested this, but how many times are you dealt a solid 9-card suit?Opening 3C with 9 tricks is unthinkable and 4C a bit wimpy, and I could not bring myself to pass, so I opened 5C and everyone passed.At the other table the contract was 5CEX, which also went 1 off, so we gained 2 IMPs. If I had passed, we would have gained 3 IMPs, so an inexpensive whim.Game in spades can be made, but only one NS declared and that was in hearts, going off, and others were all in clubs, mostly 5C, 2 making.


M 7 ♠ AK1085 Bd 31 ♥ 10874 Dlr S ♦ 6542

Vul NS ♣ ─ ♠ Q432 ♠ ─ ♥ KQ96 ♥ J5 ♦ Q10983 ♦ J7 ♣ ─ ♣ AKQJ109643 ♠ J976 ♥ A32 ♦ AK ♣ 8732

NW E S

W N E S P P P 5C All pass

New Player Problems

1 Jacoby, game-force, 4+ spades2 Extra strength, no short suit, exactly

5 spades.What would you lead as West from:1

2

3

Answers.1. Lead the ♥J. With no singleton, top of sequence or an A-K suit are the most attractive leads.2. Lead the ♥J. The 3-card sequence in hearts is safer than the stronger but only 2-card sequence in diamonds.3. Lead the ♦4. A singleton is a highly attractive lead, especially from a very weak hand, because partner is likely to have entries. The singleton lead appeals more than the sequence in hearts. Change the hand and give South the same holdings in the red suits, but 12 HCP or more and then the ♥Q is better, since partner cannot much in the way of strength.

Courtesy of ronklingebridge.com

W N E S 1S P 2NT1 P 3NT2

P 4S All pass

Klinger’s Column

♠ 42♥ J10976♦ Q108♣ 9863

♠ 42♥ QJ108♦ 4♣ J86432

♠ 42♥ J10976♦ QJ85♣ 9863

Club News

QBA Teams of 3Saturday July 1 (12 noon)

For Novice players <50MPs at 31/3/17

ENTRY FEE: $15 per playerCONVENOR: Cheryl Stone 0407 172 287 or [email protected]

QLD BUTLER PAIRS

Saturday & SundayJuly 8 & 9

START: 9.30 am both daysENTRY FEE: $120 per pairThis event incorporates: Qld Butler Pairs, Qld Women's Pairs and Qld Men's Pairs

GNOT HEATSMonday July 3Saturday Aug 5

Both 1-day eventsSTART: 9.30 am both daysENTRY FEE: $100 per team

QLD GRADED PAIRS

Saturday Sept 2ENTRY FEE: $60 per pairAll enquires and entries to QCBC: 3391 3241 - [email protected] Details on the website: www.qcbc.org.au

Stanthorpe

Winners of the Stanthorpe Pairs: Lyn Tracey and Mick Fawcett

Ron Klinger



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Therese Tully, Terry Strong, Pele Rankin, Paul Hooykaas, Jill Magee and Ralph Parker

ToowoombaOUR Butler Pairs was a very suc-cessful congress held on April 2 under the direction of Chris Snook.There were many very experienced players within the 92 players com-peting throughout the day. It was wonderful to see the support provid-ed by other clubs with half the com-petitors coming from other clubs.As a relative newcomer to bridge I am amazed by the standard of bridge played by our more experienced players. Fortunately the director organised the field into three categories giving the less experienced players like myself a chance to be competitive within their category.The winners for the day were Barbara Kent and Ross Murtagh from Toowong.

The last board of the day proved challenging. Most of the tables bid to 4HN, but only one table managed to make the contract. The most common lead was the ♣A.

According to the analysis 4HN was achievable, but most only managed 9 tricks.It might be a good hand to study, for planning the play.

Dave Roberts

Dlr W ♠ K10 Vul NS ♥ AK983 ♦ K863

♣ 93 ♠ J72 ♠ A864 ♥ 2 ♥ QJ75 ♦ 102 ♦ J95 ♣ Q1086542 ♣ A7 ♠ Q953 ♥ 1064 ♦ AQ74 ♣ KJ

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State Team Members Open Team – Therese Tully, Pele Rankin, Terry Strong, Jill Magee, Ralph Parker, Paul Hooykaas – npc Richard Ward.Womens Team - Margaret Millar, Sue O’Brien, Maureen Jakes, Alison Dawson, Rosemary Glastonbury and Betty Hobdell - npc, Neville Francis.Seniors Team - Tony Hutton, Malcolm Carter, Paul Collins, Ian Afflick, Paul Wyer and Carolyn Miller - npc Neville Francis.Youth - Andrew Gosney, Jack Luke-Paredi, Ben Leung, Angus Gray, Darren Brake and Jasmine Skeate - npc Paul Brake.

President Denise Hartwig, Ross Murtagh and Barbara Kent

Congratulations to Steven Verity, Carolanne Verity, Lesley Wilson and Ron Organ who will be the Queensland Representatives at the Sydney National Festival of Bridge.Congratulations to Andrew Gosney, Jack Luke-Paredi and Ross Currin and Tilli Thillainathan in being the representatives for the Restricted Pairs at the ANC.

WelcomeIngham has recently

affiliated with the QBA and is our newest member

Surfers

Club champions: Margaret Pisko, Carole Cooke, Liz Jones and Nimal Weerasinghe

Qld Open Team

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Coming EventsJul 1 QBA Teams of 3 (QCBC)Jul 2 Noosa TeamsJul 2 Lockyer Swiss PairsJul 2 GNOT Final - Wide BayJul 8-9 Bowen CongressJul 8-9 Bundaberg Imp Pairs and TeamsJul 8-9 QBA Butler Pairs - QCBCJul 15-27 ANC CanberraJul 16 Northern Suburbs Imp PairsJul 16 Redland Novice Pairs and Restricted PairsJul 21-22 Cairns Show CongressJul 22-23 Surfers Paradise Imp Pairs & TeamsJul 22 Mackay Novice PairsJul 23 BBC Graded TeamsJul 29-30 Maryborough Imp Pairs and TeamsJul 30 Darling Downs Swiss PairsAug 5-6 Proserpine TeamsAug 6 Sunshine Coast TeamsAug 6 Toowoomba Novice TeamsAug 6 Sunnybank TeamsAug 8-13 Coffs Harbour Bridge Gold CongressAug 11-13 Cassowary Congress (formerly Tully Congress,

hosted by Cairns)Aug 19-20 Surfers Swiss Matchpoint Pairs and TeamsAug 20 Cairns Novice PairsAug 20 Hervey Bay Novice PairsAug 20 Redcliffe PairsAug 20 GNOT Finals - Darling DownsAug 26-27 QBA Open Teams - ToowongAug 27 Noosa Novice PairsAug 27 Cleveland Bay TeamsSep 2-3 GNOT Final - Sunshine CoastSep 2 QBA Graded Pairs - QCBCSep 2-3 Yeppoon Imp Pairs and TeamsSep 3 GNOT Final - Far North QueenslandSep 6-10 Territory Gold Alice SpringsSep 9 GNOT Final - Gold CoastSep 9-10 Mackay Barometer PairsSep 10 Dalby Swiss PairsSep 10 Kenmore Novice (Rookie) Pairs (<50mps)Sep 10 Noosa TeamsSep 15-17 Magnetic Teams TownsvilleSep 17 Sanctuary Cove Novice and Restricted PairsSep 17 Sunshine Coast Graded Matchpoint PairsSep 24 Redland Graded PairsSep 29-Oct 2 Cairns Pairs and TeamsSep 30-Oct 2 Mackay Pairs and Teams

50 Years of Bridge at RedcliffeON March 10 Redcliffe Bridge Club celebrated its fiftieth year of bridge which was exactly the day 50 years ago that the club was inaugurated by founding member Edna Hodgen.A special thank you to the Queens-land Bridge Association Manager Kim Ellaway and her husband, Ray, for celebrating the day with us. At afternoon tea, our anniversary cake was cut by founding member Edna Hodgen’s niece Kay Strachan along with Jill Hanley.

Kay Strachan and President, Jill Hanley

Our secretary, Fay Jeppesen, read out the club history, which was compiled by club members Sandra Routley and Judy Clifford.At finish of play all our members and visitors, including Cr. James Houghton, enjoyed celebratory refreshments. A great day was had by all and I would like to thank my committee and our providore, Magdeline Wong, for their hard work in putting it all together, as I was incapacitated leading up to this day.

BowenFAMILY, friends and Bowen Bridge Club members gathered in May to celebrate the 100th birthday of Maggie Valentine.In 2000 Maggie was made a Life Member of the club, having served on the committee and as Club Treasurer in past years. Some club members recall that Maggie played with their mothers in the early days of the club.As well as playing bridge and other card games, Maggie has led a very active life, including playing tennis, swimming and sailing.Due to failing eyesight, Maggie reluctantly gave up playing bridge a couple of years ago.

Bowen Bridge Club President Val Cummins, Maggie Valentine and

Vice-President Ellie Sheffield


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AUSTRALIA starts to use the 2017 Laws on August 1.

Players need to be aware that from that date, when they make a claim or concession, they will be required to face their hand. Some other laws that affect player obligations are:Law 40B4(a). If a player realises during the auction that his own explanation was erroneous or incomplete, he must summon the Director before the end of the Clarification Period and correct the mis-explanation. He may elect to call the Director sooner, but he is under no obligation to do so. (For a correction during the play period, see Law 75B2.)Suppose a player realises during the auction that he has given a wrong explanation. He will no longer have to call the director immediately but may wait until the auction is over. His obligation is to call the director before the opening lead is faced. Bear in mind that the obligation to call the director when partner has made a mistaken explanation has not changed. It must be done and the director must be called. For defenders, when partner has given a wrong explanation, call after play of the hand is complete. For the declaring side, call after the auction has ended and before the opening lead is faced.

Law 62A. A player must correct his revoke if attention is drawn to the irregularity before it becomes established.A player who realises he has revoked has no obligation to draw attention to his revoke before it becomes established. Should attention be drawn to a non-established revoke then it must be corrected.

Law 68D. After any claim or concession, play is suspended. 1. If the claim or concession is agreed, Law 69 applies. 2. If it is doubted by any player (dummy included), either(a) the Director may immediately be summoned and no action should be taken pending his arrival, Law 70 applies; or(b) upon the request of the non-claiming or non-conceding side, play may continue subject to the following:(i) all four players must concur; otherwise the Director is summoned, who then proceeds as in (a) above. (ii) the prior claim or concession is void and not subject to adjudication. Laws 16 and 50 do not apply, and the score subsequently obtained shall stand.If all players, dummy included, agree to play on then the result is final. No information is unauthorised and no cards become penalty cards. There is no going back for a score adjustment.

Law 75D2. It is a condition of any partnership agreement that both players possess the same mutual understanding, and it is an infraction to describe an agreement where the same mutual understanding does not exist. If the Director determines that the misleading explanation was not based upon a partnership agreement, he applies Law 21B.If a player is not sure that there is an agreement or mutual understanding then he should say, “Undiscussed” or “No agreement”. If the player is sure there is an agreement, but he has forgotten it, he calls the director. He is not required to guess.

There are many changes to the laws that will affect the way directors make rulings. Lead restrictions, calls out of rotation and insufficient bids have major changes and involve the new concept of a comparable call, Law 23.Law 23 – Comparable CallA. DefinitionA call that replaces a withdrawn call is a comparable call, if it:

1. has the same or similar meaning as that attributable to the withdrawn call, or2. defines a subset of the possible meanings attributable to the with-drawn call, or3. has the same purpose (e.g. an asking bid or a relay) as that attributable to the withdrawn call. B. No RectificationWhen a call is cancelled (as per Law 29B) and the offender chooses at his proper turn to replace the irregularity with a comparable call, then both the auction and play continue without further rectification. Law 16C2 does not apply, but see C following.C. Non-Offending Side DamagedIf following the substitution of a comparable call [see Laws 27B1(b), 30B1(b)(ii), 31A2(a) and 32A2(a)] the Director judges at the end of the play that without the assistance gained through the infraction the outcome of the board could well have been different, and in consequence the non-offending side is damaged, he shall award an adjusted score [see Law 12C1(b)]. ■

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