August 11, 2003 12:10 PM
Red Deer Tournament
PITBULLS:
Some
interesting hands in Red Deer that were disasters for myself and partner in Red
Deer. This hand brings up splinter theory and it was very expensive.
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Partner
opened 1♥ and I responded 2♣ . This brought a splinter to 3♦ by partner. I wanted to slow partner down and tell
him that there was terrible wastage in diamonds so I bid 3NT . In restrospect
there is another bid that shows terrible wastage in diamonds and that is 5♣ . Which bid do you use ? Length
in partners first suit should be your guide. If you are short in that suit bid
3NT . If you are short in the unbid suit bid 5♣ . Partner passed 3NT with J98x AKJxx void Axxx and I went down in 3NT
cold for 6♣ . If partner pulls 3NT to 4♣ , I would Q bid 4♠ as I did my duty to show the duplication of value in
diamonds . 24 IMP swing Ouch !
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Equal non vul
and RHO opens a heart . I overcall 2♦ and LHO bids 2♥ .
Partner who Is a passed hand bids 3♣ and RHO bids 4♥ . Now the poker game begins . You know 5♣/♦ goes for
300 but they do not . They might
even think it is your hand. You should bid 5♣ and see what develops. You might
buy it undoubled for –100 or push them to a psuedo sac. I passed 4♥ which made and lost IMPS as others were in 5♦.
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Lost 16 IMPS on this
hand where partner did not shine on the play
of the hand. We got to a “momentum” 6♠ slam after LHO ( Dan Kramer ) overcalled 2♦ and then
backed in 4NT vul ostensibly to show clubs along with long diamonds .
Probably a 7-5 or 7-4 in the minors can be expected with his auction.
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A diamond lead
and you ruff and finesse the spade which wins and LHO sluffs a diamond. Now
what ? The bidding is your clue. The 4NT bid gives the club position away. You lead
the club Q and it gets covered and up Ace . You hook the spade again and draw the last trump. Cash the diamond
Ace and sluff a heart and lead the
9 of clubs. If they take it , they
must put you on the board with a sluff and a ruff or lead a club or heart. If they duck the club , overtake
and drive out the club. Anyway 5 spades , 3♣ , 2♦ and 2 hearts add up to 980 .
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The opponents open
1♦ in 4th seat and your vul partner
overcalls 1♠
. They pass and the diamond bidder ( Nick G ) re-opens with a double which gets
converted for penalty. Your call ? Partner did not open a weak 2♠ vul but came in vul ( Bob C ) so partner is not
suicidal . You know the spades are 5-1 so passing looks like –500 . This is a
hand for the S.O.S. redouble . You have 2 excellent
unbid suits and the opponents might be hard pressed to double. Partners hand is
KJ10xx KQ10x xx xx . They will not
double 2♥ and more importantly they will realize they do not
have a heart stopper and it might keep them out of their cold 3NT. Partner fell
from grace and we lost 7 IMPS in 1♠X for –500.