A busy evening, and a bidding problem
Henry Lockwood
without a doubt the busiest evening I have had as a director:
- 4 established revokes, though none involving a judgment to restore
equity
- 2 contested claims, both trivially resolved
- 2 minor penalty cards and one major penalty card
- a pair saying "We can't move down two, we just came from there!".
It turns out they had previously moved in the correct direction,
thinking it was "up", and then tried to move "down" back the way they
came.
All this in 23 boards!
There was, however, an interesting bidding problem:
x
Jxxxx
xxxx
KQx
KJxx
AKQxxx
void
Axx
North deals and passes, and East opens 1D.
P - (1D) - X - (P)
1H - (2S) - ?
What do you call with the South hand, and if EW are now silent, do you
find 6H?
HenryL
Gordon Rainsford
> I was directing last night's multiple teams at the club. It was
> without a doubt the busiest evening I have had as a director:
>
> - 4 established revokes, though none involving a judgment to restore
> equity
> - 2 contested claims, both trivially resolved
> - 2 minor penalty cards and one major penalty card
> - a pair saying "We can't move down two, we just came from there!".
> It turns out they had previously moved in the correct direction,
> thinking it was "up", and then tried to move "down" back the way they
> came.
>
> All this in 23 boards!
23?!!!
>
> There was, however, an interesting bidding problem:
> x
> Jxxxx
> xxxx
> KQx
>
> KJxx
> AKQxxx
> void
> Axx
>
> North deals and passes, and East opens 1D.
>
> P - (1D) - X - (P)
> 1H - (2S) - ?
>
> What do you call with the South hand, and if EW are now silent, do you
> find 6H?
I'd have bid 2H with the North hand, but I still don't think it's easy.
Henry Lockwood
Yes, 23. 10 teams, all-play-all, and 24 is the absolute maximum.
People would complain if we ran an 18-board movement!
The movement is a 2-section American Whist movement: label teams red
1-5 and white 1-5. In the first half, EW pairs move to the
corresponding table in the other section (red 1 to white 1, etc.).
The move is red _teams_ down 2, boards down 1. After this half, you
can have a scoring break, then play the second half, which is two
parallel American Whist movements (5 teams in each). To achieve 23
boards, play 5 rounds of 3 and 4 rounds of 2.
HenryL
Nick France
I'd only get to 4H and I would also have bid 2H rather than double.
Nick France
castigamatti
Pass - ( 1D ) - Dbl - ( Pass )
1H - ( 2S ) - 4D - ( Pass )
4N - (Pass)- 6D!- ( Pass )
6H All pass
6D! = void, three keycards
BR
Andrew
My next call would be 4D. After 4D, advancer has a huge hand for
opener. Unfortunately, this is an awkward hand for slambidding.
Advancer has a huge hand on the auction but its not safe for a hand
with zero keycards to bid RKC and so slam may be missed. One possible
auction:
P - (1D) - X - (P)
1H - (2S) - 4D - (P)
5C - (P) - 5D! - (P)
5H - (P) - ?
5D = exclusion RKC
5H = 0 KC
doubler will have to take a small leap of faith to bid the slam, since
he does not know for sure that his 3rd round club loser is covered.
Andrew
castigamatti
Or..
Pass - ( 1D ) - Dbl - ( Pass )
1H - ( 2S ) - 4D - ( 5D! )
6H! All pass
5D! = brave
6H! = probably right, the hand has improved a lot and was very good in
the first place for a 1H response, presumably showing a poor hand.
BR
Derek Broughton
> Henry Lockwood <henry.l...@cantab.net> wrote:
>
>> I was directing last night's multiple teams at the club. It was
>> without a doubt the busiest evening I have had as a director:
>>
>> - 4 established revokes, though none involving a judgment to restore
>> equity
>> - 2 contested claims, both trivially resolved
>> - 2 minor penalty cards and one major penalty card
>> - a pair saying "We can't move down two, we just came from there!".
>> It turns out they had previously moved in the correct direction,
>> thinking it was "up", and then tried to move "down" back the way they
>> came.
>>
>> All this in 23 boards!
>
> 23?!!!
LOL. That was the first thing that jumped out to me too. I thought it must
have been an English thing, but I guess not.
>> There was, however, an interesting bidding problem:
>> x
>> Jxxxx
>> xxxx
>> KQx
>>
>> KJxx
>> AKQxxx
>> void
>> Axx
>>
>> North deals and passes, and East opens 1D.
>>
>> P - (1D) - X - (P)
>> 1H - (2S) - ?
>>
>> What do you call with the South hand, and if EW are now silent, do you
>> find 6H?
>
> I'd have bid 2H with the North hand, but I still don't think it's easy.
I'd double, and then I think 3D (clearly forcing, certainly showing heart
support in my partnerships, but not clearly showing a void), but I'm
probably only hearing 3H from partner. If I'm really lucky, he'll bid 4H
showing his extra length and points but I can't see getting beyond 4H, when
partner is as likely to have his pointy suits interchanged.
--
derek
Will in New Haven
I bid 3D with the South hand here but I would have bid 2H as
advancer.
Our auction:
(1D) X (P) 2H
(2S) 3D (P) 3H
(P) 4D (P) 6H Partner's Club fillers and Spade shortness have to be
great opposite the massive fit and black-suit length I am showing. If
partner had only advanced 1H in the first place, he would bid 4H, to
show some values, over 3D and I would have to summon up another push.
And I don't think I would.
--
Will in New Haven
Eric Leong
Pass 1D Dble Pass
1H 2S 3D Pass
4C Pass 6H All Pass
Eric Leong
Lorne
news:cf3bce5f-3013-4bf3...@j31g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
3D. You need to know if partner has clubs covered and this is the best way
to find out. You should get 4C in return but now you need to work out if
that is Kx or KQ to length and that will not be easy. The good news is that
partners 1H showed nothing and he has an 8 loser hand with 5 trumps so
should be willing to bid his socks off from now on.
Michael Angelo Ravera
What would have been wrong with 27?
Kieran Dyke
"Henry Lockwood" <henry.l...@cantab.net> wrote in message
news:cf3bce5f-3013-4bf3...@j31g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
4D.
North should, at some point, start to appreciate his hand. 1H was a
significant underbid (I'd bid 2H and feel comfortable). Either 4S or 5C will
get us to 6H.
Tiggrr
Frances
>
> - Show quoted text -
Well, that depends on the club.
I used to play at a club where the burglar alarm automatically armed
itself at 11pm sharp, so we had to be completely finished, scored,
tidied up, tables and chairs put away and done the washing up and out
of the club by then. Starting at 7.30, that made 27 boards a little
tricky given the rate they tended to play at.
Henry Lockwood
> On 10 Feb, 18:40, Michael Angelo Ravera <marav...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> > What would have been wrong with 27?
>
> I used to play at a club where the burglar alarm automatically armed
> itself at 11pm sharp, so we had to be completely finished, scored,
> tidied up, tables and chairs put away and done the washing up and out
> of the club by then. Starting at 7.30, that made 27 boards a little
> tricky given the rate they tended to play at.
Frances has the gist of it; the club has certain members who do not,
can not or will not play any faster than they do. It's not glacial,
but fitting 27 boards in with a 7:30 start is not really practical. I
would prefer 27, but I'm one of the youngest and newest members of the
club and not really willing to push that particular issue.
HenryL