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BBO No fears pairs
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
Live No fears pairs
Carlton
Director: Derek Sanders
Scorer: Derek Sanders
BBO No fears pairs
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
Live No fears pairs
Carlton
Director: Derek Sanders
Scorer: Derek Sanders
BBO Sunday evening pairs tournament at the Carlton 7:00

Hazel runs the Carlton BBO Sunday pairs tournament. Its great fun and very friendly $4:00 per person entry fee, 24 boards. Everybody welcome and you can bring along a friend to play. For more info see the Carlton website.

Release 2.19q
Relaxed and friendly Bridge
Please contact me if you fancy playing the online BBO No Fears or join classes.
Please contact  me if you fancy playing the online BBO No Fears or join classes.
Edinburgh No fears help line phone 07930144819,
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The Live 6:45 Thursday No Fears!
The Live 6:45 Thursday No Fears!

The 'live' Thursday No Fears pairs is a relaxed tourney held weekly in room 1, Carlton Bridge club. Jane Mawdsley our hostess, is keeping things going at the club and provides excellent catering. Please note its the usual 6:45 start time. If you are running late, just phone and i will reserve a table. Everybody welcome, please come along and let me know if you need a partner its, great fun!! 

Meanwhile if you fancy some online bridge its on BBO every Tuesday 7.00! See below for more details.

Guidelines and rules for the Edinburgh No Fears Bridge club Tuesday 7:00 BBO tourney.

This relaxed tourney is twenty-four boards of 8 three board matches with an estimated run time of about 2 hours and 30 minutes. Everybody who have attended council classes, private classes and all SBU Bronze players are welcome to join in the fun ($4:00 buy in).

1) Please announce your system, for example '12-14 NT, five card spade suit, 3 weak 2's, rev attitude and standard count' is fine.

2) a) If you make a misclick in bidding or play no probs..its easily done and it is 'right and proper' to correct your bid or play. Just request an undo. Note: You are not allowed an undo if you change your mind about an action or lose concentration. When your opponents ask for an undo, you should generally accept. If you are not sure, please call mesmiley and i will give a ruling. It keeps everybody happy. 

b) If you feel an opponent is slow, please be patient. Should the clock start running down, just call me and request extra time.

This is not an SBU event, and Edinburgh No Fears bridge club rules apply. 

3) Please alert and explain conventional bids. You explain your own bids, partner cannot see the explanation.  For example, transfers, the Landy convention and Stayman. 

4) Edinburgh No Fears bridge club system limitations: 

 a) The Multi 2D is not permitted.

 b) If you open 1C you must have at least 3 clubs. 

c) Apart from strong 2C and Benji Acol all two-level opening bids must be natural and single suited.

5) Please, as a courtesy to your opponents display your name on personal details. Its nice to know whom you are playing! 

6) The main thing is to have fun and be kind to your opponentssmiley

Note: Sometimes we get a half table so you will need to wait a minute or two. This allows me to substitute in No fears late comers, a player on standby or friends that fancy playing a few boards. Sorry if you start off against a pair of 'Pesky Robots' crying but it gives me flexibility to add players who would normally miss outsmiley

Also, if you get disconnected from BBO and can't get back for a while to keep things going i may ‘sub in a robot’. Anyway, if you are subbed by a robot, don't worry, just hang in there and on your return, you will be reseated to the table for the next dealwink.

 

Tuesday 28th March BBO results summary!

 Seven tables and the winners were Sandra and Mairin, runners up Jim and Irene with third spot going to Dowell and Slammer Stu, Tom and Nick fourth! A very well done them!

Meanwhile the live No Fears is on every Thursday 6:45 at the Carltonsmiley. Anybody who does the doublecool, that is... winning the Tuesday BBO No Fears and then the Thursday live No Fears in the same week will receive a 'jackot' prize🍾🍾🥂! 

BBO master points are awarded to those finishing in the top places. You get a number next to your username which goes up as you pick up more points. Please let me know if you would like a couple of No Fears pens, they have conductive nozzles great to use on touch screens📱. smiley

A strong jump response shift would do the job.

Board eleven was an excellent slam but only two pairs bid to the six level. The general rule i advise, is that a strong hand opposite a strong hand is a suggestion that there is a slam and this hand was a good example.

The key to finding it, is east's initial response to west's 1 opener. With seven likely heart tricks and K outside the hand may prove hard to describe, so i quite like an initial jump shift response of 2  to get across the playing strengthenlightened. West also has a strong hand and now slam should become apparent.

In the illustrated auction Andy D elected to show the strong heart suit by a direct leap to 4. John S accurately read the action and proceeded to ask for aces with 4NT.  Andy showed one and 6 reached. Meanwhile Jackie and David were the only other pair to bid slam when Jackie upgraded the west hand with a jump rebid of 2NT (18-19pts), after south overcalled 1♠. No stopping David now and he too bid 6. Nicely done those two pairsyes.

Although 4 gets the nature of the hand across east can describe the hand more efficiently by a strong jump shift to 2 which allows more room for investigation. 

Bogey board 23 strikes again!

For the second week in a row board 23 set an awkward problem indecision. At most tables south opened a sound weak two in in hearts and west with the extreme 6-5 in the minors had a decision as to what action to take. A couple made a take out double and one ended playing 4♠, not a success in the seven card fit. Meanwhile a couple even passed to await further developments. Unfortunately for them none was forth coming and 2 became the final contractsurprise. In fact no E/W pairs found their way to the good 5♣ contract with many defending heart part scores, a comfortable make for N/S.

It was only third placed John P who was on the right track and he overcalled 2NT (thinking this was the unusual variety showing the minors). Andy correctly interpreted the bid as a strong and natural,  indicating 15-18 points with a stop in hearts. Andy now showed his five card spade suit and too ended  in 4S. 

The solution is for John P is to overcall 4NT. This is not asking east how many aces but a variant of the unusual 2NT overcall and indicates extreme distribution and length in both minors. East with longer clubs can convert to 5♣. Eleven tricks are there provided declarer ruffs the third round of diamonds, thereby establishing the suit before drawing trumpsenlightened.

 Note: John would have been correct in his action had south opened at the one level but after a two level pre-empt the bid becomes natural.

 

The 4NT overcall is not asking partner for aces but an extension of the unusual 2NT overcall. It shows extreme shape with length in both minors, asking partner to choose their longestenlightened.

Calendar
30th Mar 2023
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
4th Apr 2023
BBO No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
6th Apr 2023
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
11th Apr 2023
BBO No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders