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Summer Cup This was Solomons' team bidding. Any thoughts? reply: natasha.romaine@btinternet.com 
Very difficult to bid 7S. Might be possible if you are playing Roman Blackwood (Not Keycard) Bidding up to 4S seems ok then South Bids 4NT North replies 5C showing 0 or 3 aces. South then bids 5NT asking for kings and North bids 6H showing 2 Kings OF THE SAME COLOUR! This is all South need to know to bid 7S -ok he doesn't know about the spade Q but would expect this to drop if missing. If you want a full explanation of Roman Blackwood please send a cheque for £100 to runnerjohn and full details will be supplied. I know somewhere cheaper Anon |
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After my 1D opening Andrew jumped to 2S and David explained that 2S was weak but not all that weak, in this case, because of the vulnerablity and Adrie, then, bid 3H. Should Adrie have doubled? Should I, now, have mention my clubs? We were past 3NT, and I chose 4D ending in 4H by Adrie. Do you think we "was" robbed? Any other interesting hands? Answers to: natasha.romaine@btinternet.com The explanation that 2S was" weak but not all that weak because of the vulnerability" obviously doesn't match up with Andrew's hand. However maybe that was their agreement and Andrew had chosen to throw a spanner in the works.David isn't going to bid with his hand so on this occasion the bid worked well and made it difficult for you to reach the cold 6NT. I am afraid that you have to accept you were "fixed". If a regular partnership continually make bids which are not part of their agreement according to their convention card e.g. often opening 1NT with a 10 count when its 12-14 on the card then its a different matter and needs some action taking.Maybe someone with knowledge of this will enlighten us ?.....runnerjohn |
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Eight teams competed in the Teams of Four - The Slam Bams, Ray,Ian,Phil & Tony winning out.
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| NAME | AGGREGATE | IMPS | POSITION |
| TEAM4 | SLAM BAMS | 3150 | 50 | 1 |
| TEAM3 | SCOTS NA HAE | 2780 | 38 | 2 |
| TEAM6 | THE MACKS | 1120 | 30 | 3 |
| TEAM8 | RANDOM HEARTS | 1480 | 29 | 4 |
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| TEAM1 | GOLDEN GIRLS[2] | -1690 | -35 | 5
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| TEAM2 | LETS DO IT[3] | -2930 | -39 | 6
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| TEAM5 | COURAGEOUS MEERKATS | -2790 | -45 | 7
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| TEAM7 | 3 GIRLS AND A BOY | -2690 | -58 | 8
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Most folk seemed to find the slam here. Linda and Roger didn't - I like to think my 3S interefered. What happened at your table? How do you get to the grand? phil@thompsonsonline.net Similar bidding to yours: 1D - 2C - 2S from N - 3D - (long thought) 6NT. If 6NT is going to make, so in all probability is 7NT - as you will need both minor suits to run. So 7NT is the better bid.
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I took a real punt on this hand ending up in 6H which can make.
A spade lead to dummy's Q. A little heart reveals bare Q covered and taken by South's ace. A diamond return taken in Dummy. Cross with a club ruff to hand Trump the low spade in dummy. Trump a diamond and take the remaining trumps out.
I am not sure it should have been bid though especially at teams.
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A really difficult hand and one of quite a few interesting hands which came up. We bid 1D-1H , 2C-2S , 3D-3NT . I shouldn't bid 3NT at teams, 4H being more normal, don't ask me why I bid it! 3NT actually made +3 after the club lead by leading KH from hand.(!) I didn't go for slam as it sounds like partner could easily have singleton/void heart on the bidding which makes 2 trump losers certain. Slam looks about 50/50 on the actual hand as it depends on the position of the trump Q. If anyone bid and made this one well done. runnerjohn |
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21st July saw a keypoint in the Summer Cup Competition.
The Semi-Finalists are now known.
Congratulations The Scillies,Treasures,Maldives and Solomons.
The Solomons just scraped through beating the Azores by one point in the final 4 boards.
The Scillies as winners pick their opponents for the semi-final.
The Teams who did not qualify start their new competition on the same night.
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Well at least the computer didn't crash. Hand 16 on 6th August. 6S is cold for E/W, but nobody managed to bid it - I suppose it is difficult to get any response from E, and the W hand is not quite good enough to force strongly. In fact only about half the field reached game. Interestingly, if E/W do reach 6S, N/S can sacrifice in 7H which should make 7 tricks costing 1400 doubled - just better than 6S making for 1430. Comments to: iankayes@talktalk.net |
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| HAND OF THE WEEK 13 AUGUST |
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CONGRATULATIONS THE SCILLIES & THE TREASURES
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How to get to makeable 5C ? Reply: natasha.romaine@btinternet.com ************* How do you get to the also makeable 3NT? (I've no idea). Ian ************* You will never get to 5C unless North opens strong. Should he open strong? - probably not. Okay 21 points but not ideal for 2NT with singleton spade - even Benji it doesn't look like a good 2C especially as a 1C bid can be made giving maximum chance for South to bid.
5C seems pretty difficult to get to!
Phil ************* i have spent ages looking for this hand. i thought it was hand of the week. a scotsman rang me this morning, saying it was similar to one he played on thursday. it was not similar, it was exactly the same. to come back to the question, perhaps i am in a minority but,as i said to the afore mentioned scot, i have no problem in opening it strong. jeff ************* And then what?
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