tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37770764971400617202024-03-14T00:58:28.339-07:00Acol Bridge LessonsWayne Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867732073103853278noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777076497140061720.post-40767180579350562382007-01-11T22:28:00.000-08:002007-01-11T22:30:36.556-08:0007/01/07 Hand Six<table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 6 ♠ Q9<br />East <font color="red">♥</font> AKJ873<br />EW <font color="red">♦</font> AK8<br /> ♣ 76<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa</font><br />♠ JT642 ♠ 853<br /><font color="red">♥</font> 95 <font color="red">♥</font> 642<br /><font color="red">♦</font> T5 <font color="red">♦</font> QJ76<br />♣ KQ98 ♣ AT2<br /><font color="blue"> sergiop56 dblqueen</font><br /> ♠ AK7<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> QT<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> 9432<br /> ♣ J543<br /><font color="blue"> g0rd0n</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2NT</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>3<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: Board Six <br />cascade: Like I have done for the past couple of weeks or so <br />cascade: i will be publishing the hands and discussion from this lesson on a blog<br />cascade: www.acolbridgelessons.blogspot.com<br />slothy: ah nice<br />cascade: Has anyone looked at these<br />Geofspa: I am enjoying taking the time to re read them there ... thanks wayne<br />dblqueen: yes i did the other day tks wayne<br />cyber: yes good sevice thx Wayne<br />cascade: you should be able to make comments there if you like<br />slothy: you need a shave Wayne hee hee<br />wackojack: do you teach this as natural?<br />slothy->Kibitzers: ummmm<br />->wackojack: I don't usually play 2NT as natural on this auction but i let players play whatever they are used to for these sessions<br />jandrew: do you mind if i put a link to the blog on the Acol Club website ?<br />Geofspa: ty p<br />->jandrew: not at all<br />Old York->Kibitzers: 11 top trix<br />jandrew: will do then<br />Aacol: excellent website Wayne<br />wackojack: thx<br />->jandrew: thanks<br />->wackojack: i just require 4-card majors and weak 1NT for the lessons and the players can sort out the rest for themselves<br />->wackojack: I prefer weak twos<br />wackojack: thx<br />cascade: I am very interested in any feedback about the hands that are published - so feel free to leave a comment on the blog or to email me<br />cascade: any questions?<br />Geofspa: yes 100's <br />cascade: lol<br />Zelandakh: the same ones as over the earlier 2nt bid lol<br />Geofspa: 2nt is a max passed hand ?<br />rq4mulae: also #5: no low level NS contracts were set, and top board for them was 1NT+3! good scores for EW were 3/4♠W, setting 4<font color="red">♦</font> or 2<font color="red">♥</font> with o/t. so, good defense of 1NT; weak bidding. ...<br />rq4mulae: :-)<br />cascade: after these 2NT bids you definitely need agreements about what is forcing<br />V A: No! We played a couple of hands in the class!<br />cascade: I normally prefer to play 2NT as a heart raise (Jacoby or similar)<br />Geofspa: even as passed ?<br />cascade: but natural is fine - around 10-12 hcp<br />shintaro: personally i would merely rebid 4<font color="red">♥</font> with geof's hand on this auction<br />g0rd0n: with 17pts 6<font color="red">♥</font> he knows i have 2 h and 10 or 11pts he shd bid game<br />cascade: that would be safe if you were not sure<br />dblqueen: me too i think<br />Geofspa: I was tempted ... but it seems too final to bid 4<font color="red">♥</font><br />cascade: well you have 17 fairly balanced <br />g0rd0n: i cannot have 12 here since i passed<br />cascade: and partner should have two hearts for 2NT<br />cascade: so slam is not that likely<br />cascade: and you have a weak suit so I would not consider 3NT<br />Old York: As soon as you know the right contract.....bid it. :o)<br />sergiop56: tks wayne<br />cascade: 2NT is very difficult to bid accurately over<br />cascade: as the opener has such a wide range of hands <br />Geofspa: I was thinking it is possible that slam is on ... 4<font color="red">♥</font> shuts out the bidding .... so I should "pretend" with a new suit ?<br />cascade: he could be weak and distributional<br />shintaro: is it when holding a good 6 card suit ???<br />cascade: strong and distributional<br />cascade: weak with a five-card major<br />cascade: or strong with a five-card major (balanced 15-19 or semibalanced)<br />cascade: you will find that you cannot show all of these hands<br />g0rd0n: sry all gtg tx p ,ops and all<br />g0rd0n: bye<br />sergiop56: bye<br />1eyedjack: Geof, try to construct a balanced passed hand that makes slam, and see how difficult is the task. You are allowed to take your time in the bidding<br />cascade: with a strong six-card major you can just bid game <br />cascade: but that doesnt make the general principle that it is hard over 2NT wrong<br />Geofspa: Lol<br />cascade: in any serious or semi-serious partnership you need to discuss which bids are forcing and which are NF <br />cascade: lets finish here<br />cascade: thanks everyone <br />cascade: especially the players<br />Geofspa: thanks Wayne <br />cascade: and Diana for organizing us - i think she has gone already<br />sergiop56: tks wayne<br />dblqueen: thanks very much wayne<br />cascade: my pleasure everyone<br />amms3: yes . starts every sunday at 6.30<br />cascade: I will be back next week then away for two weeks<br />Old York: Coventry next weekend<br />Geofspa: The UK F2F meeting is bext week ... <br />cascade: oh should i cancel next week<br />Geofspa: So it might be a bit light Wayne<br />cascade: enjoy everyone in Coventry<br />Geofspa: No ... I;ll try to get on from hotel<br />cascade: I will come and if there are not many here i will go away ;-)<br />Geofspa: thanks Wayne<br />cyber: your NZ fans are still interested lol<br />stretchit: are you guys going to paly a few more hands now?<br />dblqueen: not on this teaching table no<br />Old York: Anzacs in Coventry too<br />dblqueen: byee everyone<br /></div>Wayne Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867732073103853278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777076497140061720.post-67175469908417887122007-01-11T22:26:00.000-08:002007-01-11T22:27:57.143-08:0007/01/07 Hand Five<table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 5 ♠ KQ954<br />North <font color="red">♥</font> AQ93<br />NS <font color="red">♦</font> KT<br /> ♣ 32<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa</font><br />♠ A876 ♠ T3<br /><font color="red">♥</font> T864 <font color="red">♥</font> K752<br /><font color="red">♦</font> J93 <font color="red">♦</font> Q52<br />♣ A5 ♣ QT86<br /><font color="blue"> sergiop56 dblqueen</font><br /> ♠ J2<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> J<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> A8764<br /> ♣ KJ974<br /><font color="blue"> g0rd0n</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>1♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2<font color="red">♦</font></b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2NT</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>3NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: Board Five<br />g0rd0n: no need to shout lol<br />Zealand....Don<br />Geofspa: gl G<br />g0rd0n: typ<br />slothy->Kibitzers: should make<br />slothy: wd<br />Geofspa: wd P<br />dblqueen: ...<br />dblqueen: there seems to be lots of bootings<br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br />cascade: the bidding looks perfect<br />krzychu56: is 2NT correct?<br />dblqueen: my cards are playing slowly<br />cascade: North has spades and hearts <br />cascade: and south diamonds and a club stopper<br />cascade: and North goes on to game with a little extra<br />slothy: its synchronised to your brain Janee...<br />cascade: 2NT is fine<br />cascade: it shows a clubs stopper and no fit for partner's spades or hearts<br />krzychu56: ok<br />Zelandakh: noone likes 1nt rather than 2!D?<br />cascade: any more questions?<br />Aacol: what is the best lead?<br />shintaro: evening 'Campers' hi di hi<br />cascade: 10 points and two five-card suits i think 1NT is not enough<br />Old York: 1NT = 6-9 in Acol<br />slothy: 2!D nice<br />DWnstnly: hi ]<br />Zelandakh: I wasn't counting the <font color="red">♥</font>J<br />cascade: it does not look like there is a good lead<br />cascade: the unbid suit is a fair shot<br />cascade: otherwise i would try a heart<br />cascade: neither works well<br />dblqueen: i thought my p must have king<br />cascade: i get dealt so many bad hands I have to count every jack<br />dblqueen: soon realised otherwise<br />Old York: East did well not to waste the ♣Q<br />sergiop56: tried to give you an entry p<br />cascade: maybe Janee should not play the ♣10 at trick one<br />dblqueen: didnt play q cos knew it was with s<br />dblqueen: no i did think that<br />cascade: the she can play the ♣Q at trick two safely<br />dblqueen: but often get told i am not signalling high enough<br />slothy: :)<br />cascade: the ♣A is a funny lead<br />cascade: it looks like it is from ♣ Ax or ♣ AKx<br />cascade: so you need to think that the ♣10 could be costly<br />Old York: ...or Ace for attitude<br />cascade: if it was from ♣ AKxx then you must play the Queen next<br />dblqueen: if he had AKx wouldnt my 10 say i have the q?<br />cascade: there are hands with lots of clubs where you might want to encourage<br />dblqueen: play q to unblock?<br />cascade: next hand ...<br /></div>Wayne Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867732073103853278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777076497140061720.post-52198684684794991012007-01-11T22:23:00.000-08:002007-01-11T22:26:15.613-08:0007/01/07 Hand Four<table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 4 ♠ T73<br />West <font color="red">♥</font> KQ72<br />All <font color="red">♦</font> T63<br /> ♣ Q32<br /><font color="blue"> Aacol</font><br />♠ AK86 ♠ QJ5<br /><font color="red">♥</font> 94 <font color="red">♥</font> JT8653<br /><font color="red">♦</font> AKQ5 <font color="red">♦</font> 982<br />♣ T64 ♣ 8<br /><font color="blue"> amms3 slothy</font><br /> ♠ 942<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> A<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> J74<br /> ♣ AKJ975<br /><font color="blue"> AngieBB</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>2♣</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>2NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>3<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: Board Four<br />slothy: i'm watching you Angie..<br />AngieBB: :)<br />Old York: 37 kibs now<br />slothy->Kibitzers: yuk!<br />slothy: gl :)<br />wackojack: anyone play weak jump shifts?<br />slothy->Kibitzers: would love to bid 3<font color="red">♥</font> :)<br />slothy->Kibitzers: are we playing WJS Wayne?<br />slothy: wdp<br />Old York: super play Anne<br />AngieBB: mmm<br />Aacol: wd<br />cascade: Weak Jump Shifts are not standard ...<br />amms3: thx<br />slothy->Kibitzers: just happy i didnt pass 2NT :)<br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br />Aacol: is 2NT correct?<br />cascade: it is pushy <br />Old York: would 3<font color="red">♥</font> be non-forcing?<br />sergiop56: or is better to double?<br />cascade: probably you should not bid 2NT with no club stopper<br />cascade: dbl is ok if it shows a strong balanced hand <br />amms3: what should i have bid?<br />cyber: what does a bid of 1<font color="red">♥</font> promise points wise<br />wackojack: do you open 1<font color="red">♦</font> or 1♠ in Acol?<br />cascade: that cannot bid NTs and cannot raise partner<br />Zelandakh: depends upon agreements Jack :-)<br />cascade: I open 1<font color="red">♦</font> normally<br />wackojack: that is why i am asking<br />cascade: but 1♠ is ok<br />wackojack: when do you not bid up-the line?<br />sergiop56: and over 1<font color="red">♥</font> do you bid 1NT or 1♠?<br />Aacol: what about playing a <font color="red">♦</font> at trick 2?<br />cascade: I open 1<font color="red">♦</font> and then rebid 1NT over 1<font color="red">♥</font><br />sycade: bonjour<br />peerke1950: hi all<br />cascade: we miss our spade fit only if responder cannot try for game<br />Zelandakh: The official EBU line is to bid the major<br />wackojack: ok you are playing check back?<br />slothy: the official EBU line is also that you cant wear bright pink at a congress :)<br />sycade: je suis 4 promo et vous<br />Zelandakh: even the ladies?<br />cascade: yes i play 2♣ as checkback (even when the opening is 1♣)<br />slothy: thats half my wardrobe excluded :(<br />wackojack: thx<br />Old York: 4432 anything goes...your choice. :o)<br />slothy: apparently distracts opposition<br />slothy: its the transparency that distracts me not the vcolour<br />wackojack: how do you play double after the 2♣ intervention?<br />peerke1950: will whe play <br />cascade: over 2NT ...<br />peerke1950: ?<br />cascade: you need an agreement about what is forcing ...<br />slothy: i presume 3<font color="red">♥</font> is NF here?<br />peerke1950: will whe play <br />Aacol: p, this is a teaching table<br />cascade: and if you are going to respond light ...<br />cascade: then you might need a way to get out at the three-level<br />slothy: yeswell i do have<br />slothy: 3 card support for p<br />cyber: Wayne can you discuss the 1<font color="red">♥</font> bid.....is there an argument for passing and showing it later so p knows it is weak with length?<br />cascade: you need to be able to make a forcing bid in hearts too<br />slothy: without 3 !Ds wouldnt have bid 1<font color="red">♥</font><br />wackojack: support double or 4 spades?<br />slothy: ty Ann was a pleasure :)<br />cascade: I would respond 1<font color="red">♥</font><br />slothy: but pls next time dont wear those fuscia hot-pants ty....<br />smileydave->Club: 2 players needed please<br />cascade: this discussion is very difficult to follow<br />slothy: we to go?<br />antonette: can anybody play hehere<br />slothy: sorry :(<br />Aacol: ty Wayne<br />cascade: there are methods over 2NT ...<br />cascade: and in an established partnership you would need to discuss exactly what is forcing<br />cascade: There are other options too ...it is possible to play checkback over 2NT <br />cascade: there is also a method called Wolff sign-off which helps with very weak hands like this one<br />cascade: or you can play a more style <br />cascade: lets move on <br />cascade: to the last two boards<br />cascade: thanks for playing<br />slothy: ty<br />cascade: can the next players sit please<br /></div>Wayne Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867732073103853278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777076497140061720.post-50706847288630015592007-01-11T22:21:00.000-08:002007-01-11T22:23:43.715-08:0007/01/07 Hand Three<table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 3 ♠ Q5<br />South <font color="red">♥</font> K42<br />EW <font color="red">♦</font> Q654<br /> ♣ T432<br /><font color="blue"> Aacol</font><br />♠ 963 ♠ K72<br /><font color="red">♥</font> AQ <font color="red">♥</font> JT953<br /><font color="red">♦</font> KJT987 <font color="red">♦</font> A32<br />♣ 65 ♣ Q7<br /><font color="blue"> amms3 slothy</font><br /> ♠ AJT84<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> 876<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> ---<br /> ♣ AKJ98<br /><font color="blue"> AngieBB</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>1♠</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>2<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>3<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">Old York: Many experts suggest passing in 4th seat with flat 12, any ideas?<br />Patrianh: was tempted Tony<br />amms3: hi p hi opps<br />Aacol: hi all<br />amms3: hi wayne<br />cascade: Good luck and have fun<br />AngieBB: hi all<br />sergiop56: hi all HNY<br />slothy: hi all :)<br />Aacol: is my card ok p?<br />AngieBB: y<br />slothy: rare that i have good luck AND fun :(<br />slothy: glp<br />slothy: you will make a trick p dont worry :)<br />slothy->Kibitzers: well i certainly aint passing 2!D :)<br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br />slothy: nice try p :)<br />Aacol: is 2<font color="red">♦</font> ok?<br />Old York: the bidding looked ok, the outcome was unkind<br />cascade: its very minimum for an overcall<br />slothy: they got 6♣ on?<br />cascade: and there is a risk vulnerable<br />cascade: 6♣ needs three suits behaving <br />slothy: nearly bid 2<font color="red">♥</font> instead...<br />cascade: so i am not sure you want to be there<br />slothy: :)<br />Patrianh: should N bid 1NT over 2!D<br />Aacol: can angie safely X 3<font color="red">♦</font>?<br />cascade: even 5♣ needs hearts behaving and one of the others so isn't such a great contract<br />Patrianh: disregard pls<br />cascade: 1NT would be perfect over 2<font color="red">♦</font> ;-)<br />Patrianh: lol<br />slothy: kept clicking 1NT Pat ..... but it did nuttin :(<br />cascade: nothing is safe at the three-level<br />Aacol: lol<br />cascade: She could double but there are lots of risks<br />Aacol: y<br />cascade: nothing to play at that level<br />cascade: or partner passing with nowhere to go<br />Aacol: perhaps it's better to just leave it as it is<br />cascade: maybe i would double<br />slothy: well all suits are exactly how you dont want them :)<br />cascade: but i would not have a strong conviction about it<br />slothy: mirrored in the blacks<br />cascade: i would prefer four hearts to double or at least better hearts than xxx<br />Patrianh: dble not too much risk non vul <br />cascade: unless partner passes and 3<font color="red">♦</font> X makes<br />Aacol: a X wd leave me with an awkward choice<br />cascade: the opponents did make a vulnerable overcall and raise<br />slothy: thats OK :)<br />Aacol: I think I'd be inclined to bid rather than pass<br />cascade: they probably have something<br />Old York: Is ♠ the recommended opening bid, I prefer 1♣ --- old fashioned again<br />slothy: playing with a reg p iw ould bid 2♠<br />cascade: I liked your previous old fashioned idea - intermediate jumps - but i prefer to open 1♠ with 5/5 in the blacks<br />Patrianh: ♠/♣ ♣/♠ could run for ever<br />cascade: occasionally a hand will come along where I will open 1♣<br />slothy: you gotta modernise Tony :)<br />Old York: :o)<br />cascade: for me bridge is about Majors and NTs<br />cascade: when you have a minimum 5/5 in the blacks ...<br />slothy: Kindergardens and clowns are for minors<br />Zelandakh: U don't use the olde rule of opening 1♠ when strong enough to rebid 3♣ and 1♣ when weaker?<br />cascade: even an auction like 1♣ 1NT can cause you to miss a spade fit<br />cascade: i hate that<br />Old York: But 1♣ can be more "descriptive" if you get the opportunity to rebid! lol<br />cascade: definitely not it is the weak hands i am worried about <br />cascade: that is true<br />cascade: but there is an *if* in there<br />slothy: i wouldnt be ashamed bidding 3♣ over 2!D :)<br />cascade: i have given one auction where there is a problem<br />slothy: with this hand<br />cascade: there are also many auctions when the opponents interfere that are problems<br />wackojack: i would have doubled 3<font color="red">♦</font><br />cascade: I might have but it is close<br />cascade: lots of offense suggests bidding on<br />Old York: 34 Kibbys, thx all! <font color="red">♥</font><br />slothy: 33 ;)<br />cascade: bidding 4♣ is to precipitous when you might belong in 3♠ if partner has not much<br />cascade: but the diamond void is bad - in case partner passes<br />cascade: and only having three hearts is also bad<br />slothy: is there a plea for 2<font color="red">♥</font> by me?<br />cascade: incidentally if partner does have four hearts they rate to be very poor since they did not make a negative double of their own<br />Old York: These 20-20 hands can be the hardest<br />cascade: you might bid 2<font color="red">♥</font><br />slothy: hindsight is 20-20 too Tony<br />cascade: you have 10 points so some game potential over a vulnerable overcall<br />cascade: I would not just raise to 3<font color="red">♦</font> - too strong<br />slothy: yes<br />slothy: would generally bid 2♠<br />cascade: i would cue-raise to show an invitational hand or bid 2<font color="red">♥</font> as you suggest<br />cascade: next hand ...<br /></div>Wayne Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867732073103853278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777076497140061720.post-70085897793490945362007-01-11T22:19:00.000-08:002007-01-11T22:21:44.422-08:0007/01/07 Hand Two<table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 2 ♠ K86<br />East <font color="red">♥</font> KJ93<br />NS <font color="red">♦</font> KQT<br /> ♣ 874<br /><font color="blue"> Patrianh</font><br />♠ Q973 ♠ AJT4<br /><font color="red">♥</font> AQ4 <font color="red">♥</font> 6<br /><font color="red">♦</font> 96542 <font color="red">♦</font> AJ3<br />♣ K ♣ J9632<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa Old York</font><br /> ♠ 52<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> T8752<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> 87<br /> ♣ AQT5<br /><font color="blue"> V A</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2<font color="red">♦</font></b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Dbl</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>3♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: Board Two <br />cascade: ==========<br />Old York: glp<br />Geofspa: ty p<br />Old York: wpp<br />V A: wdo<br />DWnstnly: then<br />Patrianh: wd<br />Old York: :o)<br />Geofspa: I was close to opening .. and I guess you were too p<br />cascade: any questions<br />Old York: I was taking advantage of Vuln. lol<br />cascade: I would open the East hand <br />Geofspa: I think I should open but I really didn;t like points in short suits<br />cascade: 11 points is enough for me with a five-card suit<br />cascade: and a bit of distribution<br />cascade: especially at this vulnerability<br />cascade: you cannot do much damage and you might find a good fit early<br />cascade: The West hand is less clear<br />cascade: in third seat some might open<br />cascade: but the long suit is so poor<br />cascade: after you both passed the auction is normal to 2<font color="red">♥</font><br />kcinulek: I have lost my bottm line on my working page the one that says undo, game, table, etc. can you help.<br />cascade: then Dbl is a very good call<br />cascade: I might only bid 2♠ since partner is a passed hand<br />Geofspa: it was considered ... but I was so close to an opening hand .... I wanted to XX ;-)<br />cascade: a few good things happened in the play <br />cascade: its a complex hand so its not clear how good 4♠ is<br />cascade: any more questions?<br />Zelandakh: should N consider 3<font color="red">♥</font> over 2♠? lott suggetss yes but shape suggests no<br />V A: nty<br />Patrianh: nty Wayne<br />cascade: with four trumps - yes<br />cascade: lets move on<br />cascade: thanks for playing<br />cascade: can the next players sit please<br />Geofspa: thnaks Wayne <br /></div>Wayne Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867732073103853278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777076497140061720.post-35639546023833832342007-01-11T22:09:00.000-08:002007-01-11T22:18:21.336-08:0007/01/07 Hand One<table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />email wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 1 ♠ AQJ4<br />North <font color="red">♥</font> A72<br />None <font color="red">♦</font> 4<br /> ♣ A9843<br /><font color="blue"> Patrianh</font><br />♠ K832 ♠ T75<br /><font color="red">♥</font> J8 <font color="red">♥</font> 96<br /><font color="red">♦</font> JT6 <font color="red">♦</font> AKQ852<br />♣ KQJ2 ♣ 75<br /><font color="blue"> Old York</font><br /> ♠ 96<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> KQT543<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> 973<br /> ♣ T6<br /><font color="blue"> V A</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>1♣</b></td><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♥</font></b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>1♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>2♣</b></td><td align="center"><b>2♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: Welcome everyone<br />cascade: Good Luck <br />cascade: We will change players every two boards<br />cascade: and discuss each board after we play <br />DWnstnly: ann can you play two boards??<br />Old York: glp<br />V A: gto/wpp<br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: 1♣, 1<font color="red">♦</font> and 1<font color="red">♥</font> are fine<br />Patrianh: we miss 4<font color="red">♥</font>?<br />Old York: I hoped West had better Spades...sorry<br />cascade: I would want five spades to bid 1♠<br />Zelandakh: 1!D rather than 2!D?<br />cascade: it I want to bid with four spades I can double <br />cascade: Similarly I would want six clubs to bid 2♣<br />Old York: I play intermediate jump overcalls(11-15) Yes I know it's old-fashioned lol<br />cascade: ♣ A9xxx is not the sort of suit that I would like to emphasise<br />cascade: With the North hand you can pass or raise to 2<font color="red">♥</font><br />cascade: i prefer the raise ...<br />cascade: even though partner might only have four hearts<br />Old York: Does Vic play Neg. Doubles?<br />Patrianh: I should know p has 5<font color="red">♥</font><br />V A: yes<br />Zelandakh: wouldn't dbl show either support (3<font color="red">♥</font>s) or strong NT hand without stop depending oin sgreement?<br />cascade: after 1♣ (1<font color="red">♦</font>) ...<br />cascade: 1Major only shows four cards<br />cascade: as to make a negative double you need both majors<br />cascade: If North raises hearts then South is in a much better position to compete<br />cascade: some double as to show three-card support (Support Double)<br />Mario_LT: hi all<br />cascade: its not my favourite convention but some like it<br />cascade: 2♠ is ok Tony as you might think that your partner has five spades<br />Zelandakh: what do U play dbl here as - I only know of support and 'strong NT dbl' in this spot really<br />cascade: this is a unique auction in that all of the suits have been bid<br />Mario_LT: sorry<br />cascade: and the bidding is low<br />luke5540: would love to join you Tony but am excluded <br />Old York: If Vic does play negative double...does 1<font color="red">♥</font> guarantee 5+ card <font color="red">♥</font> suit?<br />cascade: you almost don't need a double<br />Old York: Hi Geof, thx<br />cascade: i can bid 1NT with a strong NT hand<br />cascade: or jump with strength<br />cascade: we would double with a strong NT type hand or similar with no spade stopper<br />cascade: next hand ...<br /></div>Wayne Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867732073103853278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777076497140061720.post-17017721984845162242007-01-02T02:10:00.000-08:002007-01-02T15:46:46.991-08:00Acol Lesson 1/1/2007 (31/12/2006 Northern Hemisphere)<table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />email wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-7697272689888926";<br />google_ad_width = 728;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />google_ad_format = "728x90_as";<br />google_ad_type = "text_image";<br />google_ad_channel = "";<br />//--></script><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 1 ♠ 92<br />North <font color="red">♥</font> 532<br />None <font color="red">♦</font> J8642<br /> ♣ AK3<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa</font><br />♠ AK43 ♠ T7<br /><font color="red">♥</font> J <font color="red">♥</font> QT9<br /><font color="red">♦</font> AT95 <font color="red">♦</font> Q73<br />♣ J986 ♣ QT754<br /><font color="blue"> Old York joyken</font><br /> ♠ QJ865<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> AK8764<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> K<br /> ♣ 2<br /><font color="blue"></font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1♠</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>4<font color="red">♥</font></b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: Hi Everyone<br />cascade: and Happy New Year<br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br /><br />tamer3554: he must bid 3<font color="red">♥</font><br />jimbd: open 1<font color="red">♥</font> not 1♠ ?<br />Geofspa: should i PREFER ♠ HERE ?<br />tamer3554: yes<br />cascade: what do you mean he must bid 3<font color="red">♥</font>?<br />tamer3554: or 2 <font color="red">♥</font><br />cascade: I think passing 4<font color="red">♥</font> is right Geof<br />cascade: your partner will have at least five hearts to bid this way<br />Geofspa: ok<br />CardBear: 4<font color="red">♥</font> seems high<br />cascade: I don't think opening 1♠ and rebidding 4<font color="red">♥</font> is right<br />mgk: agree<br />cascade: if you are going to bid that strongly then you may as well open 1<font color="red">♥</font> and reverse into spades ...<br />cascade: then at least you will get your shape right<br />cascade: if you open 1♠ then rebid 2<font color="red">♥</font> then partner might give you a preference with 2♠<br />cascade: i suppose you can then make a game try with 3<font color="red">♥</font><br />subhash: Is 1<font color="red">♥</font>-P-1NT-P-3♠-P-4<font color="red">♥</font> the correct sequence ?<br />Old York: Did anybody use the GIB button.....think 4<font color="red">♥</font> can make?<br />cascade: no<br />shekel: 2 spades and D at start...then still a trump<br />cascade: if you are going to reverse then you only need to bid 2♠ not jump to 3♠<br />cascade: yes it certainly can't make from the beginning<br />cascade: but it can after a trump lead i think<br />shekel: never lead a stiff trump :-) can spoil partners chances in that suit lol<br />cascade: but you have to guess to run the third round of spades<br />joyken: 1h p 1nt p 2h p<br />cascade: East can ruff but it is with his natural trump trick<br />cascade: and then you still have a trump in the dummy to ruff out the last spade<br />cascade: 1♠ 1NT; 2<font color="red">♥</font> 2♠; 3<font color="red">♥</font> ... is an ok sequence<br />mgk: 1H P 2H P 3 H and play it at 3 you have found a fit<br />cascade: opening 1<font color="red">♥</font> is ok too<br />cascade: but you might never get to mention your spades <br />cascade: unless you are willing to reverse<br />cascade: 1<font color="red">♥</font> 2<font color="red">♥</font>; 3<font color="red">♥</font> ... North will go on he has 8 points and a doubleton and might have had only six points<br />Old York: 1<font color="red">♥</font> - x - ?<br />cascade: i think there is a good chance you will get to game here<br />mgk: no N won't if he counts pts.. pd has minimum raise<br />cascade: 1<font color="red">♥</font> X yes and then you know how to play the spades<br />subhash: Against 4<font color="red">♥</font>, should not the lead be A,Kx ♠ ?<br />cascade: North is near maximum <br />cascade: not if spades have been bid<br />Old York: I might even overcall 1♠ after partner's pass lol<br />cascade: you are just setting up dummy's suit<br />mgk: with xtra H yes, but not there yet<br />cascade: if you know declarer is 6-5 there is a case for the <font color="red">♦</font>A lead<br />subhash: But then either N or E will be short <br />cascade: it might work<br />V A: I must have forgotten! ty!<br />Old York->Kibitzers: 2<font color="red">♦</font> is forcing.....is 3<font color="red">♦</font> natural?<br /></div><br /><table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-7697272689888926";<br />google_ad_width = 200;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />google_ad_format = "728x90_as";<br />google_ad_type = "text_image";<br />google_ad_channel = "";<br />//--></script><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 2 ♠ K872<br />East <font color="red">♥</font> KQ95<br />NS <font color="red">♦</font> Q982<br /> ♣ T<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa</font><br />♠ J95 ♠ A64<br /><font color="red">♥</font> AJT84 <font color="red">♥</font> ---<br /><font color="red">♦</font> 7543 <font color="red">♦</font> AKT6<br />♣ 8 ♣ KQJ732<br /><font color="blue"> Old York joyken</font><br /> ♠ QT3<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> 7632<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> J<br /> ♣ A9654<br /><font color="blue"> safder</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>1♣</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>3<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>3♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>4NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>5<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>5NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>6♣</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: === Board Two ===<br /><br />cascade: please do not chat to the table during the play of the hand<br />->Old York: i guess she is asking for kings<br />->Old York: 6♣ should be none<br />Old York: glp<br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br />cascade: Geof you end-played your partner at the end ...<br />cascade: cashing your <font color="red">♦</font>Q is better<br />Geofspa: none here ... was only too please to see opps bidding<br />Geofspa: ok<br />cascade: Joyce you bid a bit much ...<br />Geofspa: sorry for ending you P ;-)<br />cascade: but I guess you realize that now<br />jimbd: think the 3<font color="red">♦</font> 3♠ put bidding off course<br />joyken: thought you had 4s<br />Old York: I was v tempted to pass 4NT. blackwood would only make sense after 2♣ opening<br />joyken: unlucky with split in clubs<br />cascade: definitely I wouldn't bid 3♠ unless i knew partner would understand<br />cascade: (or maybe if i had a very strong hand and was looking for a forcing bid)<br />joyken: 2d is weak<br />cascade: but Joyce you bid very strongly ...<br />cascade: and didn't find a fit ...<br />cascade: and then kept going <br />ReginaldF: 2D is rev<br />cascade: this happens quite a lot <br />Old York: 2<font color="red">♦</font> is a strong forcing reverse<br />cascade: that players over-value their strong hands<br />joyken: yes<br />Old York: You had a great hand with only 4 losers, but I only had 1 "cover card"<br />cascade: they make one strong bid and then make another strong bid (just in case partner or someone else has forgotten they are strong)<br />joyken: what would you bid over 2d<br />cascade: 1♣ 1<font color="red">♥</font>; 2<font color="red">♦</font> is enough ...<br />cascade: and then you have a little in reserve Joyce <br />Old York: Obviously, I prefer <font color="red">♦</font>, but had no wish to go beyond 3NT.<br />cascade: 2<font color="red">♦</font> is natural and strong and forcing <br />cascade: so that is all you need to do<br />joyken: ok<br />cascade: and it leaves more bidding space for you and partner to describe your hands<br />cascade: after a reverse standard is all simple bids show a minimum<br />cascade: except 4th suit forcing ...<br />cascade: some players have more complicated developments<br />cascade: With my partner we are not adverse to complicated developments <br />cascade: but over a reverse we play a very simple style<br />cascade: so simple bids are not forcing ...<br />cascade: except we play that repeating our suit at the two level shows five and is forcing<br />cascade: so 2NT/3♣/3<font color="red">♦</font> are all non-forcing<br />Old York: After 1♣ 1<font color="red">♥</font> 2<font color="red">♦</font>, should I bid 3<font color="red">♦</font> or 2♠<br />cascade: I would raise diamonds with Tony's hand<br />cascade: Joyce will bid at least game<br />cascade: and try for slam on the way<br />cascade: unfortunately there is no play for even game<br />cascade: since the opponents cards are not nice<br />Old York: 5NT should show no missing key cards<br />cascade: i bid 3<font color="red">♦</font> Tony<br />cascade: but some play 4th suit or 2NT shows a weak hand<br />cascade: if you have that agreement then 3<font color="red">♦</font> would be stronger and forcing<br />cascade: yes<br />cascade: my partner's learn that quickly after I jump to seven rather than telling them what kings i have <br />Old York: with rkcb there are many ways to show kings<br />cascade: yes you need to agree with your partner Tony<br />cascade: without agreement i guess you just assume 0...1...2...3...4<br /></div><br /><br /><table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 3 ♠ KQ875<br />South <font color="red">♥</font> K7<br />EW <font color="red">♦</font> KQ<br /> ♣ AQT6<br /><font color="blue"> Heatherkay</font><br />♠ 943 ♠ AJT<br /><font color="red">♥</font> A95 <font color="red">♥</font> QJ84<br /><font color="red">♦</font> AT8532 <font color="red">♦</font> 964<br />♣ K ♣ J95<br /><font color="blue"> jimbd shekel</font><br /> ♠ 62<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> T632<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> J7<br /> ♣ 87432<br /><font color="blue"> V A</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>2<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>3♣</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: === Board Three ===<br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br /><br />V A: wpp<br />shekel: no :-)#<br />cascade: I would consider opening the West hand ...<br />cascade: I would definitely open if I was not vulnerable<br />Old York: Difficult to bid 3<font color="red">♦</font> at adverse vuln<br />jimbd: i discounted K♣<br />shekel: i dont know west has 6 lol<br />cascade: it is after passing ...<br />cascade: Sheila has to raise to three with 4-3-3-3 hand with no trump honours<br />cascade: and reasonably soft cards<br />cascade: many discount a singleton king ...<br />V A: I missed playing with you this afternoon!<br />cascade: but it is still worth something<br />cascade: there are few hands with Ace Ace King that I will not open<br />shekel: takes a junior to open 3Dwith the west hand lol<br />cascade: definitely I would not open 3<font color="red">♦</font> at these colours<br />cascade: but 1<font color="red">♦</font> i might<br />shekel: you not a jnr wayne?<br />cascade: here your singleton King is bad<br />cascade: but you have aces which are good<br />cascade: and a sixth diamond<br />cascade: does Junior = madman?<br />shekel: no = young<br />cascade: = foolish ;-)<br />joyken: yes<br />cascade: you need to be very careful with your pre-empts at adverse vulnerability<br />cascade: lots of -200 against nothing are very costly <br />cascade: and that is before they learn to double you !!!<br />cascade: otherwise this is fine<br />cascade: Hearther's 3♣ is something you want to try and avoid ...<br />cascade: going to the three-level without much distribution opposite a passing partnr<br />cascade: but with 19 points you want do to something <br />cascade: So 3♣ is ok<br />Heatherkay: and non vulnerable<br />Old York: A weakish 2<font color="red">♦</font> opening would work best<br />DWnstnly: hi would you like to play two boards on the teaching table<br />V A: Pity I didn't have something!<br />Heatherkay: i knew you had nothing<br />cascade: Double is a possible alternative to 3♣<br />cascade: and then when partner thinks you have hearts you correct back to spades<br />Heatherkay: ok would that be telling pd i had hearts too<br />cascade: next hand ...<br /></div><br /><br /><table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 4 ♠ AKQT32<br />West <font color="red">♥</font> 2<br />All <font color="red">♦</font> T654<br /> ♣ K2<br /><font color="blue"> Heatherkay</font><br />♠ 984 ♠ 76<br /><font color="red">♥</font> AT87 <font color="red">♥</font> K9654<br /><font color="red">♦</font> 97 <font color="red">♦</font> AK32<br />♣ T876 ♣ A4<br /><font color="blue"> jimbd shekel</font><br /> ♠ J5<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> QJ3<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> QJ8<br /> ♣ QJ953<br /><font color="blue"> V A</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2♣</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>3♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>4♠</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: === Board Four ===<br /><br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br /><br />cascade: 3♠ is a bit much here<br />shekel: 1 off then making then 1off<br />Heatherkay: yes<br />cascade: only 12 points <br />Heatherkay: i counted my losers and thought my hand was stronger than it was<br />cascade: i would just bid 1♠ 2♣; 2♠ Pass!<br />Heatherkay: yes i agree<br />shekel: i wld dble 2S assuming part didnt take it as pens :-0<br />cascade: your partner doesn't have such a nice hand<br />shekel: cant be pens really can it wayne?<br />cascade: i think a lot of partnerships would take it as penalties<br />jimbd: no - takeout<br />shekel: good i think it is always to too<br />cascade: 1♠ (P) 1NT (P); 2♠ (X)<br />cascade: I would certainly take this as penalties<br />shekel: yes<br />cascade: the logic is ...<br />shekel: hope my parts wouldnt though i know some do]<br />cascade: if you can't make a takeout double over 1♠ how can you over 2♠<br />cascade: after 1♠ 2♣; 2♠ it is slightly different<br />shekel: because they bid clubs now...so you must have good red 2 suiter now<br />cascade: as you might have a hand with hearts and diamonds<br />shekel: 5 d and 4 H is fine#<br />cascade: but against that they have both shown strength<br />shekel: but not the other way?<br />cascade: so it is dubious whether you would want to come in<br />cascade: I would overcall immediately with your 14 points<br />cascade: your hearts are not so good<br />shekel: if i have spades , part wont...then it will go pass, pass back to part...then he can make a take out dble which i can leave in...<br />cascade: but you have a good hand<br /><br />cascade: any more questions?<br /><br />cascade: I have posted last week's hands and discussion in a blog ...<br />cascade: www.acolbridgelessons.blogspot.com<br />cascade: take a look<br />cascade: i will try and put each weeks lessons there <br />cascade: so you can review the hands and discussion later<br /><br />Old York: Would 3NT be better, by South?<br />Heatherkay: Happy New Year and ty<br />cascade: that is an option over 3♠<br /></div><br /><br /><table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 5 ♠ AT74<br />North <font color="red">♥</font> QJ85<br />NS <font color="red">♦</font> J<br /> ♣ AKT7<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa</font><br />♠ 85 ♠ K963<br /><font color="red">♥</font> 64 <font color="red">♥</font> AT97<br /><font color="red">♦</font> KQ742 <font color="red">♦</font> T65<br />♣ J983 ♣ Q6<br /><font color="blue"> jimbd endam</font><br /> ♠ QJ2<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> K32<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> A983<br /> ♣ 542<br /><font color="blue"> mmelek</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>1♣</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♦</font></b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1NT</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>3NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: === Board Five ===<br /><br />Old York->Kibitzers: 1♣ - 1NT - 3NT ( 1NT = 8-10 balanced, no 4 card major)<br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br /><br />Geofspa: is 2nt enough from me ?<br />cascade: 3NT is a bit much Geof <br />cascade: I might pass 1NT !!!<br />cascade: 15 opposite a partner who is 6-9(10)<br />cascade: if you bid 2NT then Michele will go on with 10<br />Geofspa: Ok<br />mmelek: what should I have bid?<br />cascade: what you did is fine<br />cascade: 1♣ 1<font color="red">♦</font>; 1<font color="red">♥</font> 1NT looks like a normal auction to me<br />Geofspa: I got too adventerous <br /></div><br /><br /><table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 6 ♠ A<br />East <font color="red">♥</font> 643<br />EW <font color="red">♦</font> K97642<br /> ♣ A82<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa</font><br />♠ Q9863 ♠ KJT7<br /><font color="red">♥</font> QJT2 <font color="red">♥</font> 75<br /><font color="red">♦</font> J <font color="red">♦</font> AQ3<br />♣ Q43 ♣ JT76<br /><font color="blue"> jimbd endam</font><br /> ♠ 542<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> AK98<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> T85<br /> ♣ K95<br /><font color="blue"> mmelek</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: === Board Six ===<br /><br />mmelek: could 3nt be made?<br />cascade: optimistic - optimism is often rewarded in bridge but perhaps you went a bit far that time<br />Geofspa: this is teaching :)<br />cascade: i didn't look closely but it is normal for 3NT to go off i think<br />Old York: Ducking the ♣ lead would have been fun! lol<br />cascade: that would work better<br />Geofspa: Q ... I normally open 2A and a K ... should I here or should I use casino for guidance ?<br />cascade: NS have 3<font color="red">♦</font> here and EW 2♠<br />cascade: i think i would open with a six-card suit<br />DWnstnly->Club: happy new year every one and please register for next months pairs league as soon as you can to go this and read all about it go to www.acolatbbo.org.uk<br />cascade: 1-3-5-4 i might not open<br />Old York: Rule of 15 says to pass<br />cascade: but with a six-card suit i will often be able to push them to 3♠ if they have a spade fit<br />cascade: if they can make 3♠ then good luck to them<br />cascade: this is a reasonable example ...<br />cascade: partner has worse than the average number of spades <br />cascade: but nice cards i suppose to compensate<br />cascade: and it is a NS hand in 3<font color="red">♦</font><br />cascade: it is not even clear whether EW will bid spade<br />cascade: spades*<br />Old York: After 3 passes, you can expect partner to hold 9-10 hcp<br />cascade: 1<font color="red">♦</font> P 1H P ... looks a normal start<br />cascade: maybe West would balance with 2♠ ...<br />cascade: 1<font color="red">♦</font> P 1<font color="red">♥</font> P; 2<font color="red">♦</font> P P 2♠?<br />cascade: perhaps South will raise to 3<font color="red">♦</font> with 10 points<br />Old York: might be tempted to pass 1<font color="red">♥</font> as North<br />cascade: lets play one more ...<br /></div><br /><br /><table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 7 ♠ J763<br />South <font color="red">♥</font> 92<br />All <font color="red">♦</font> AJ43<br /> ♣ K97<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa</font><br />♠ K42 ♠ AQT8<br /><font color="red">♥</font> T865 <font color="red">♥</font> A43<br /><font color="red">♦</font> QT9 <font color="red">♦</font> 862<br />♣ T83 ♣ 654<br /><font color="blue"> jimbd endam</font><br /> ♠ 95<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> KQJ7<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> K75<br /> ♣ AQJ2<br /><font color="blue"> mmelek</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>1NT</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: === Board Seven ===<br /><br />Geofspa: thanks Wayne ... 2006 bonus board ;-) .... or and early bonus 2007 for you ;-)<br />cascade: i opened because i had six diamonds i think i will rebid them to tell partner <br />Old York: 12-14 no trump!!!!<br />cascade: yes this is the first lesson for 2007 for me and the last for 2006 for you <br />Geofspa: ouch <br />Old York: please undo<br />Geofspa: I was expecting 12- 14<br />jimbd: i thought u were ahead of us :-)<br />->mmelek: this is an Acol session - 1NT is 12-14<br />cascade: lets just play please<br />cascade: I notice that none of the other kiwis have made it here this morning - must have been a hard night ;-)<br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br /><br />cascade: 1NT should be 12-14 in Acol<br />Geofspa: if I know strong NT i bid<br />cascade: then maybe NS will get to 3NT<br />cascade: and then we have to defend well to beat 3NT<br />cascade: heart to the Ace<br />cascade: and a low spade back<br />cascade: I would hope that I would find the low spade at trick two<br />cascade: you just have to hope for partner to have the ♠K<br />endam: Ihpped he had k of hearts<br />Old York: If South opens 1<font color="red">♥</font>.....1<font color="red">♥</font>-1♠-1N .......what lead?<br />cascade: invite from north<br />cascade: 1♣/<font color="red">♥</font> 1♠; 1NT 2NT; 3NT<br />cascade: depends exactly on the 1NT rebid range - i play 15-17<br />Old York: yes.....but no heart lead<br />cascade: ok good point <br />cascade: but declarer still needs heart tricks<br />cascade: so you can still defeat 3NT<br />endam: np always willing to learn<br />Old York: only 1 <font color="red">♥</font> trick<br />cascade: y<br />cascade: so if you can steal one then you will make<br /></div><br />cascade: Happy New Year everyone<br /><br />cascade: thanks especially to all of the players in 2006<br />cascade: see you back next week<br /><br /><table bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><td align="center"><font color="blue"><b>Private Bridge Lessons<br />wjburrows@gmail.com</b></font></td></table>Wayne Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867732073103853278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777076497140061720.post-14036675285545974282006-12-26T23:39:00.000-08:002006-12-28T10:50:22.217-08:00General Hands (Christmas Morning) - 25/12/2006<style type="text/css"><!--div.scroll { height: 150px; width: 390px; overflow: auto; border: 1px solid #666; background-color: #ccc; padding: 8px;}--></style><br /><br />=== Board One ===<br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 1 ♠ QJT<br />North <font color="red">♥</font> T4<br />None <font color="red">♦</font> JT932<br /> ♣ Q72<br /><font color="blue"> boris3161</font><br />♠ A93 ♠ K7642<br /><font color="red">♥</font> K6532 <font color="red">♥</font> AQJ98<br /><font color="red">♦</font> A76 <font color="red">♦</font> 54<br />♣ T8 ♣ A<br /><font color="blue"> Old York stan101</font><br /> ♠ 85<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> 7<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> KQ8<br /> ♣ KJ96543<br /><font color="blue"> Aacol</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>3♣</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>3<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>4<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">DWnstnly: hey wayne happy christmas<br />->DWnstnly: Hi Happy Christmas to you too<br />->helene_t: Happy Christmas Helene :-)<br />DWnstnly: you want to do your class ? i dont think many will be atrround<br />->DWnstnly: I will try and see who turns up<br />boris3161->Kibitzers: Happy Xmas, Wayne :)<br />DWnstnly: ok<br />cascade: Thanks Happy Christmas<br />DWnstnly->Club: cascades acol class about to begin in the club on the teaching table<br />->Aacol: Hi Lawrence <br />Aacol: merry Xmas :)<br />Aacol: hi Chris<br />boris3161: hi Lawrence<br />cascade: Welcome everyone<br />Old York: hi all<br />cascade: and Happy Christmas<br />Dianne0516->Kibitzers: Hi Wayne<br />Aacol: and to you too Wayne :)<br />cascade: We will see how many people we get on this Christmas Eve/Christmas morning<br />boris3161: weak?<br />->boris3161: yes<br />boris3161: ta :)<br />Aacol: just after 6.30pm here in London wayne<br />Geofspa->Kibitzers: And here in Loughborough<br />Old York: typ<br />cascade: 730am Christmas Morning here<br />tigeramy (Lobby): Happy Xmas, Wayne!<br />Geofspa: did you mean a teaching table ?<br />->Geofspa: yes :-(<br />luke5540: nice Tony<br />Aacol: wdo<br />cascade: Sorry everyone I forgot to make this a teaching table<br />cascade: can we close and rejoin me at a teaching table<br />Geofspa->Kibitzers: I have the board saved <br />boris3161: let's all move :)<br />cascade: thanks<br />Geofspa: do you need the boards ?<br />Aacol: a tic<br />boris3161: I've seen these before! :)<br />cascade: Sam and Tony are in opposite seats but that doesnt matter<br />cascade: please rebid and then we will claim and discuss<br />Aacol: I have the same hand :)<br />Aacol: oh, ok<br />->stan101: 1♠ please<br />->Old York: Pass<br />->stan101: 3<font color="red">♥</font><br />->Old York: 4<font color="red">♥</font> next time<br />Old York: glp<br />boris3161: lol<br />Aacol: well, what to lead? :)<br />boris3161: <font color="red">♦</font>K :)<br />Aacol: stan can claim +1<br />Dianne0516: Everyone seems merry :)<br />DWnstnly->Kibitzers: ok 1 more name please for boards 3 and 4<br />cascade: claim now and we will discuss<br />cascade: any questions?<br />Aacol: is 3♣ ok?<br />666mihkel: 4c<br />Dianne0516: Why doesn't west bid first time?<br />DWnstnly: im putting luke in next 4 its christmas<br />luke5540: non-vulnerable i'd bid 5 clubs lol<br />DWnstnly: haha<br />cascade: 3♣ is fine <br />luke5540: Dianne - Ditto??<br />cascade: so long as you have agreed weak jump overcalls<br />Aacol: I had an idea chris might know what it meant<br />loubel: what does it take for west to bid after 3♣?<br />boris3161: wasn't certain.....<br />Dianne0516: 3 spades<br />cascade: I would bid with this West hand<br />cascade: it is a stretch to bid but you can't sit around and let the opponents bully you out of the auction with a decent hand<br />Cullinan: 3H or DbL?<br />Old York: Because of spade support, I would bid 3<font color="red">♥</font><br />cascade: With AAK - I would always open<br />cascade: here we have a five-card suit<br />cascade: and some support for partner ♠ Axx <br />cascade: East will have five spades most of the time<br />cascade: the choices are <br />cascade: 1. 3♠ - I think you are too strong<br />cascade: 2. 4♠ - but it might only be a 4-3 fit<br />cascade: 3. 3<font color="red">♥</font> - this is forcing so you will end in game<br />cascade: or 4. Dbl - but this shows only four hearts<br />cascade: I would bid 3<font color="red">♥</font><br />cascade: and at least have a good chance of getting to the right fit<br />cascade: double is not too bad<br />luke5540: it's easier when West opens no??<br />cascade: but I think if I double and partner rebids spades I will feel obliged to raise<br />666mihkel: is there any website about acol<br />cascade: so if I am going to game anyway I may as well show my five-card heart suit<br />Aacol: say chris had known what my 3♣ meant ...<br />Cullinan: unfortunately West not dealer tho <br />->666mihkel: I am not sure of a good one<br />Aacol: wd it be right for him to bid 5♣?<br />666mihkel: usual will do<br />->666mihkel: but there is bound to be if you do a search<br />boris3161: I tht about it<br />cascade: I wouldnt be that keen to raise with the North hand<br />boris3161: but I tht my hand was essentially useless<br />Aacol: partic cos non VUL<br />cascade: balanced and very weak<br />cascade: 5♣ will be -3 i think which is too much at these colours<br />Aacol: k<br />cascade: and you have good fitting cards ...<br />cascade: without the <font color="red">♦</font>J there would be a risk of -4<br />Old York: If Boris bids 4♣ after West passes......??<br />cascade: 4♣ after west passes puts more pressure on<br />boris3161: y - true<br />cascade: and might have some merit<br />cascade: since he is weak and he knows his partner is weak<br />cascade: and therefore there must be a good chance that EW have a game<br />cascade: and 4♣ will make it a little more difficult for them to bid game<br />Aacol: good thinking<br />cascade: That is a good reason for West to bid first !!!<br />cascade: When we reloaded the board ... <br />Dianne0516: Wouldn't west's ptnr take him for more hcp at the 3 level than at the two level--he didn't have to bid<br />cascade: Stan you bid 1<font color="red">♥</font> ...<br />cascade: with 5/5 it is correct to open the higher ranking suit<br />cascade: except occasionally with spades and clubs<br />Old York: As East, I found it hard to justify my 3<font color="red">♥</font> bid....but much better than passing 3♣<br />cascade: 3<font color="red">♥</font> is forcing to game<br />cascade: so normally will be around 13+<br />cascade: but i think it is the least of evils here<br />cascade: when the opponents pre-empt<br />cascade: sometimes you have to stretch a little<br />cascade: fortunately for West I think East has an easy 3<font color="red">♥</font> bid<br />cascade: again you have to take some risks in these sorts of auctions<br />Old York: What would Boris have led, had west been declarer in 4<font color="red">♥</font>?<br />cascade: something as little as ♠ xx <font color="red">♥</font> 10xxx <font color="red">♦</font> Axxx ♣ xxx would have a reasonable play for game<br />Cullinan: is it not better to presume bidding still at 2 level and ignore the pre-empt and say I would have at 2 level<br />boris3161: <font color="red">♦</font>J<br />cascade: I would lead a low club - partner's suit<br />boris3161: of course, sorry<br />cascade: that is probably not too bad as a rule of thumb Roger<br />cascade: there will be some hands where you would have bid at the two level but three level is too high<br />cascade: but mostly if you can imagine there might still be a game opposite a partner who passed then you need to bid<br />Old York: It is easy to discard <font color="red">♦</font> losers on a club lead. lol<br />DWnstnly->Kibitzers: BOARDS 3 AND 4 players are geof , 666mihkel ,, luke,, and cullinan when theses asked to leave please grab a seat<br />cascade: that is unlucky Tony (or lucky) <br />Cullinan: yes as in only having 4H's and 3S with similar points <br />cascade: the normal lead is not always the best<br />cascade: next hand ...<br /></div><br /><br />=== Board Two ===<br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 2 ♠ KT42<br />East <font color="red">♥</font> QT<br />NS <font color="red">♦</font> 84<br /> ♣ AQJ98<br /><font color="blue"> boris3161</font><br />♠ AQ6 ♠ J973<br /><font color="red">♥</font> AK9 <font color="red">♥</font> 865<br /><font color="red">♦</font> JT97 <font color="red">♦</font> KQ5<br />♣ KT2 ♣ 753<br /><font color="blue"> Old York stan101</font><br /> ♠ 85<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> J7432<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> A632<br /> ♣ 64<br /><font color="blue"> Aacol</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>2♣</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: With my BIL lessons I have begun publishing the text and hands from the lessons in a blog ...<br />DWnstnly: ok next 4 ready scroll back for names<br />Old York: are these hands random?<br />cascade: look here www.bridgelessons.blogspot.com<br />cascade: I will do the same for these Acol lessons<br />boris3161: thanks, Wayne<br />cascade: but you need to be warned that your comments will appear there<br />cascade: if you have any objection to that then you can do one of two things<br />cascade: 1. keep quiet in the lessons ;-)<br />cascade: 2. let me know and I can change your name in the txt<br />cascade: but I would prefer not to do 2. as it will make more work for me<br />cascade: Yes Tony they are random hands <br />cascade: just dealt by BBO<br />->DWnstnly: thanks<br />Old York->Kibitzers: Is Stan playing neg x ?<br />Aacol: ...<br />Old York->Kibitzers: If Stan x, then 2NT<br />Le Roro: Stan is just telling you ha can not support your bid<br />boris3161: ty p<br />Aacol: gl<br />Geofspa: let it snow, let it snow, let it snow, <br />Aacol: wd Chris<br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br /><br />Dianne0516: Why not west 1nt<br />Aacol: nty<br />Cullinan: Why not 1NT by West?<br />luke5540: I think I double with W's hand and hope my P understands??<br />cascade: Because we are playing Acol which has a weak 1NT 12-14<br />Le Roro: cos west is a moron<br />luke5540: it is hard to bid 1nt over 2 clubs<br />->Le Roro: that comment is not helpful<br />Dianne0516: :)<br />666mihkel: sry i cant play these hands<br />Cullinan: meant as a rebid to show a normal rebid of 2NT <br />Cullinan: true <br />Dianne0516: Does that need to be alerted?<br />Le Roro: well i am sorry<br />tigeramy: thought E should bid<br />cascade: just before I talk about the bidding<br />cascade: in the play EW could have defeated 2♣<br />luke5540: me too but STan may not play Sputnik/negative doubles<br />luke5540: I agree boss ace of spadea at trick10<br />Old York: <font color="red">♦</font>5 lead was impossible to judge<br />cascade: Tony even at the end you can defeat this contract with a third spade<br />Le Roro: why all tgis disection<br />Le Roro: it is a hand that just went pOUF<br />luke5540: Rory this is a teaching session<br />Le Roro: THERE I AM AGAIN, MY FOOT IN MY MOUTH<br />DWnstnly: 666 has had to leave badderzboy taking his place<br />Old York: I read <font color="red">♦</font>5 as denying KQx<br />cascade: you need to force Chris to play clubs from his hand<br />cascade: ...<br />cascade: and as someone pointed out you are in this position because you played low on the first spade<br />Old York: Therefore partners points are elsewhere!<br />Le Roro: i am old school<br />Le Roro: when do you have these learining lessons<br />Old York: ....because Boris did not double!!!!<br />cascade: so go in with your first spade and return a spade<br />cascade: in fact it is even better if you lead a low spade earlier instead of the heart<br />Cullinan: probaly a H discard from East boss D may better play then return forces dec or ruff by east <br />cascade: in the bidding ...<br />badderzboy: this is a teaching session for ACOL players pls allow us to learn rather than dilute chat pls its extremely rude!<br />cascade: I would bid with the East hand<br />stan101: sorry have 2 go<br />cascade: East has <font color="red">♦</font>KQ which are in partner's suit<br />cascade: this alone would encourage me to bid<br />Old York: I played that way because declarer did not lead a spade from dummy @ trick 2<br />cascade: its not clear what the best bid is with East<br />cascade: i think it is close between Dbl (negative) but that should really promise both majors<br />cascade: and raising diamonds which should really promise four diamonds<br />cascade: I suppose since neither is ideal pass is ok too - but I would want to bid<br />luke5540: I'd go for X can stand bything p says <br />luke5540: *anything<br />cascade: Dbl might not work out so well if partner bids hearts since it will most likely be a 4-3 fit and you have no shortage in the short trump hand<br />Cullinan: should a dbl at 2 level not promise 8+ points now West would be looking at game ?<br />badderzboy: with Dbl I promise values and a 4333 shape with 6 pts in pretty thin - hard for West not to bid 3NT over dbl?<br />cascade: P P 1<font color="red">♦</font> 2♣; P P ?<br />Old York: Win <font color="red">♦</font> lead, lead a Spade intending to ruff losers....Q.E.D.<br />luke5540: congrat's Tony<br />cascade: I think i might double in last seat with the West cards ...<br />cascade: how many values do you promise<br />cascade: at this level I don't promise anything more than something I would bid 1NT on<br />luke5540: and now poor East is in the "stew" again lol<br />cascade: sure but he is allowed to have a five-card suit so I think it is worth West doubling<br />Old York: No winning options realy. :o) Story of my life<br />cascade: although its close enough that it is not a big deal<br />cascade: thanks for playing <br />cascade: lets change players<br />Old York: ty<br />cascade: you need to talk to DWnstnly if you want to play<br />Old York: EVERYBODY should be made very welcome<br />DWnstnly: ok they all play acol<br />Geofspa: Please be aware this is ACOL ... weak NT with 4 card majors <br /></div><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 3 ♠ 4<br />South <font color="red">♥</font> A9754<br />EW <font color="red">♦</font> AKT6<br /> ♣ KT6<br /><font color="blue"> santababy1</font><br />♠ AJ85 ♠ K32<br /><font color="red">♥</font> KT6 <font color="red">♥</font> J832<br /><font color="red">♦</font> 983 <font color="red">♦</font> J42<br />♣ 983 ♣ Q75<br /><font color="blue"> elcie4 Cullinan</font><br /> ♠ QT976<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> Q<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> Q75<br /> ♣ AJ42<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1♠</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2<font color="red">♦</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2♠</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">santababy1: gl<br />Geofspa: ty p<br />->tigeramy: Hi <br />tigeramy: Nice treat 4 Xmas, :-) ty Wayne.<br />DWnstnly: i would say students havibg a go<br />->tigeramy: my pleasure <br />DWnstnly: you want more or is this the last<br />->DWnstnly: I will do two more<br />DWnstnly: ok<br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br /><br />DWnstnly->Kibitzers: ok names for last two boards please<br />santababy1: pass 2D?<br />tigeramy: 2C by geof?<br />luke5540: no way either<br />1eyedjack: somehow I would like to be in 3N, and I think the 2S bid is the culprit<br />cascade: with 11 points I would rebid 2NT with Geof's hand<br />Cullinan: would you bid 2NT with South hand?<br />cascade: yes then I would raise with the North cards<br />cascade: 2♠ should be a six-card suit<br />cascade: and a weaker hand<br />Aacol: why raise 2NT with the N cards?<br />luke5540: 14 + 11/12 is enough<br />cascade: yum i have had breakfast delivered - this has never happened to me before :-))<br />Aacol: :)<br />Geofspa: Ham and egg ?<br />cascade: 2NT shows around 11 hcp<br />cascade: and North has 14 which is getting close enough to game<br />cascade: ham and cheese croissant ;-))<br />cascade: any more questions?<br />Geofspa: Nty<br /></div><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 4 ♠ AT86<br />West <font color="red">♥</font> KJ854<br />All <font color="red">♦</font> 7<br /> ♣ A98<br /><font color="blue"> santababy1</font><br />♠ Q9543 ♠ K72<br /><font color="red">♥</font> 7 <font color="red">♥</font> A93<br /><font color="red">♦</font> 652 <font color="red">♦</font> AKQJT<br />♣ Q742 ♣ J3<br /><font color="blue"> boris3161 Cullinan</font><br /> ♠ J<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> QT62<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> 9843<br /> ♣ KT65<br /><font color="blue"> Geofspa</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>1NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>2<font color="red">♥</font></b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Dbl</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>2♠</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">Cullinan: we need a 4th<br />Cullinan: thx Boris <br />Geofspa->Kibitzers: I was expecting ♠ bid at some point ,,, normally opening by partner<br />Cullinan: yes <br />dkgrab (Lobby): Happy Holidays :)<br />boris3161: ty p<br />DWnstnly->Kibitzers: names for last two boards please<br />->dkgrab: Hi thanks best wishes for you too <br />DWnstnly->Kibitzers: even if you played befor<br />Cullinan: point too many ideally for 1NT overcall but considered it better than dbl<br />boris3161: no argument from me, p :)<br />Cullinan: I normally play 15-17<br />DWnstnly: i only have 1 change over tiny crabs will take miss chefs seat please tell her when to leave<br />boris3161: sp<br />Cullinan: npp<br />Geofspa: nt <br />Cullinan: g try<br />santababy1: hard luck<br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br /><br />Old York: good defence<br />cascade: 1NT is fine <br />luke5540: excellent north<br />cascade: I usually play a 1NT overcall is 15-18<br />Cullinan: do you agree with dbl tho <br />cascade: not really<br />cascade: i would rather bid with the West hand than the East hand after 2<font color="red">♥</font><br />DWnstnly: and tigeramy<br />cascade: West should be thinking after the 1NT overcall ...<br />treddls->Club: any takers for a new table ?<br />cascade: that "OUR side has around half the points - so I should be competing on suitable hands"<br />cascade: and a five-card major is enough to compete<br />cascade: so I would bid 2♠ over 2<font color="red">♥</font><br />boris3161: y - being too timid again :)<br />Cullinan: think I might dbl for take out in West seat <br />cascade: that is ok<br />cascade: i would prefer to bid my five-card major though<br />Cullinan: uif not bidding 2S <br />cascade: East on the other hand has the wrong distribution for double<br />DWnstnly: so north south tiny carabs and tigeramy<br />cascade: although I suppose he can correct 3♣ to 3<font color="red">♦</font> if it comes to that<br />Cullinan: yes but didn't think I could leave 2 knowing opps had 8 or 9 H's between them <br />Old York: I would probably compete to 3<font color="red">♥</font>, but don't like vuln<br />cascade: its funny in the play the dummy with 18 points ran out of entries<br />cascade: I might compete with the South hand ...<br />dblqueen: merry xmas to u wayne<br />cascade: four trumps and a singleton<br />->dblqueen: thanks and Happy Christmas to you too<br />Cullinan: looks like thers a play for 4H <br />santababy1: and east leads ace and another trump:-)<br />cascade: 4<font color="red">♥</font> will come close<br />santababy1: never..<br />cascade: lets move on<br />cascade: thanks for playing<br />Old York: lol<br />santababy1: ty<br />Geofspa: thanks Wayne ... enjoy your christmas <br />cascade: please vacate the seats for the next players<br />cascade: will do Geof you too<br />boris3161: I think I'm in for the next 2 as well :)<br />->boris3161: popular guy ;-)<br />Geofspa: Still waiting for santa to smash the roof tiles :):)<br />boris3161: sorry!<br />Cullinan: good evening all <br />boris3161: hi :)<br />->DWnstnly: did we have someone else for South?<br />treddls: hi - ok if i come in here?<br />->treddls: no sorry - we have arranged for someone else<br /></div><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 5 ♠ AKQT<br />North <font color="red">♥</font> J965<br />NS <font color="red">♦</font> AT5<br /> ♣ QJ<br /><font color="blue"> tigeramy</font><br />♠ J8765 ♠ 32<br /><font color="red">♥</font> T <font color="red">♥</font> A842<br /><font color="red">♦</font> QJ87 <font color="red">♦</font> 963<br />♣ K92 ♣ A843<br /><font color="blue"> boris3161 Cullinan</font><br /> ♠ 94<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> KQ73<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> K42<br /> ♣ T765<br /><font color="blue"> tinycrab6</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2<font color="red">♥</font></b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>3♣</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>4<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">cascade: Good luck<br />tinycrab6: hi p your card fine<br />T/ 22. Pm UK /23.France/ 24 TR time <br />tinycrab6: Merry xmas all :-)<br />Cullinan: merry xmas<br />tigeramy: typ<br />tinycrab6: glp<br />DWnstnly->Club: we would like to thank you wayne for giving up your christmass morning to do our class<br />cascade: its my please Diana<br />cascade: We have a lovely summer's day in NZ ...<br />cascade: low cloud and pouring rain ;-)<br />tinycrab6: is cloudy in gisborne but warm<br />cascade: i meant pleasure*<br />Geofspa->Kibitzers: so there is no cricket today then! <br />DWnstnly: haha well sounds familure to our english summers<br />cascade: i'm not sure that what NZ have been playing should be called cricket ;-)<br />hermman: i was wondering which part of nz you were from, hahahaha<br />cascade: Yes that is one of my favourite quotes ...<br />cascade: "last summer which occured on a Wednesday in England" ;-)<br />DWnstnly: borris leaving after this hand treddis sitting in his seat<br />->DWnstnly: ok thanks<br />->hermman: Palmerston North <br />tinycrab6: wpp<br />DWnstnly->Kibitzers: ok treddis waynes knows you going to sit in boris seat<br /><br />cascade: any questions?<br />cascade: ===========<br /><br />tigeramy: ty John<br />->boris3161: are you going then ?<br />tinycrab6: should i bid 3 c or 3nt<br />luke5540: 2 spades not 2nt's??<br />cascade: I would bid 4<font color="red">♥</font><br />hermman: wellington, has tourney night of 27,28,29<br />cascade: with four hearts and a potentially useful doubleton<br />tinycrab6: ok txs<br />cascade: most of your points are in hearts so you don't really have a no trump hand when you know you have a fit<br />tigeramy: indeed, ty<br />Old York: <font color="red">♥</font> fit may be 4-3<br />tinycrab6: no my p must have 4<br />cascade: South suspects it is not 4-3<br />Cullinan: hi Treddls<br />Old York: To be fair , I think 2NT was perfect<br />luke5540: north opened 1 heart<br />treddls: hello p<br />cascade: 1<font color="red">♥</font> 2<font color="red">♥</font>; 2NT is good<br />tinycrab6: yes my ps bidding fine :-)<br />cascade: it warns partner of a possible 4-3 fit and offers NTs<br />cascade: then as south i would accept the game try and choose hearts<br /></div><br /><br /><font face="Courier"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="lightgreen"><td rowspan="15"><b>Brd 6 ♠ T74<br />East <font color="red">♥</font> A3<br />EW <font color="red">♦</font> KJT6<br /> ♣ J984<br /><font color="blue"> tigeramy</font><br />♠ K5 ♠ A93<br /><font color="red">♥</font> KQT654 <font color="red">♥</font> 972<br /><font color="red">♦</font> Q9 <font color="red">♦</font> 87543<br />♣ T52 ♣ AK<br /><font color="blue"> treddls Cullinan</font><br /> ♠ QJ862<br /> <font color="red">♥</font> J8<br /> <font color="red">♦</font> A2<br /> ♣ Q763<br /><font color="blue"> tinycrab6</font></b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" colspan="1"><b>West</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>North</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>East</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow" align="center" ><b>South</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>1<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>2NT</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b>3<font color="red">♥</font></b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td><td align="center"><b>Pass</b></td></tr><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr bgcolor="lightblue"><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><td align="center"><b></b></td><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table></font><div class="scroll">raja4->Club: players welcome<br />treddls: Roger do you want to play my ard or yours ? my acol is not benjified yet!<br />cascade: This will be the last board for today<br />cascade: have a good Christmas everyone<br />Cullinan: your card fine thx <br />tinycrab6: txs Wayne you too <br />cascade: I will have to edit these comments a little <br />Cullinan: thx Cascade <br />cascade: but my intention is to publish the content of this lesson in a blog<br />cascade: let me know if you have any problems<br />Dianne0516: Thanks, Wayne. Merry Christmas<br />cascade: it will look like these ones from the BIL (SAYC lessons)<br />cascade: www.bridgelessons.blogspot.com<br />Cullinan: glp<br />treddls: ta p<br />treddls: opened with rule of 19 assumed you had 17/18 for your 2NT so rebid hearts - let me know if that was rubbish please.........<br />Cullinan: I couldn't have 17/18 as passed initially 2NT now shows max pass and balanced <br />cascade: 17/18 what?<br />luke5540: loser??? lol<br />Cullinan: I presume Paul thought 17/18 points <br />Old York: East does not have Jacoby 2NT on his card, even if he had not passed, sorryPaul<br />cascade: interesting hand<br />tigeramy: srry p bad lead<br />luke5540: I open with East's hand<br />cascade: the lead was fine<br />tinycrab6: npp<br />luke5540: lead is immaterial<br />DWnstnly: are you here next week or you taking a day off<br />Cullinan: If I open 1D what rebid is there with poor D<br />cascade: 11 hcp opposite 10 hcp <br />luke5540: why waste trumps ruffing in hand<br />cascade: and the <font color="red">♦</font>Q is useless<br />treddls: yes i was not concentrating - you did pass 1st time so i shouls have got sorted - sorry<br />cascade: and we can make game<br />Cullinan: yes a fotunate game tho <br />cascade: I am going to need to finish up quickly sorry<br />cascade: but it is interesting to see that these hands make games<br />cascade: you only need hearts 2-2 or a stiff jack<br />tinycrab6: txs Wayne<br />cascade: the only way you can get there is if both players upgrade<br />Cullinan: works as H's are 2-2 but 3-1 wrong way , game has problems<br />cascade: i said earlier today already that I would open with AK A everytime<br />cascade: but if you dont do that it is hard<br />luke5540: joyeux noel - felix navidid - frohes weinachten<br />Old York: much easier hhen A + AK are in long suits<br />cascade: yes indeed<br />Cullinan: I suppose I should raise 3H to 4 on basis of 6 card suit <br />cascade: AK A are good for suit contracts<br />Old York: but a sound principle<br />cascade: so I think i would try and raise hearts with the East hand<br />cascade: 1<font color="red">♥</font> 2<font color="red">♦</font> (yuk); 2<font color="red">♥</font> 3<font color="red">♥</font><br />cascade: and see if partner likes that<br />cascade: must go <br />cascade: thanks everyone<br />cascade: thanks Diana<br />Geofspa: Fasten your seat belt, Kansas is going bye bye bucko!<br />Cullinan: thx Cascade <br />treddls: was tempted to go straight to four<br />cascade: happy christmas everyone<br />Cullinan: thx all <br />Geofspa: thanks Wayne ,,, have a good un<br />cascade: its a bit hard to bid 4<font color="red">♥</font> with no singletons<br />Old York: thx Wayne<br />DWnstnly: and you wayne enjoy the rest of your day<br />tinycrab6: txs for games p<br />tigeramy: tyvm Wayne & Diana<br />tigeramy: ty John, anytime<br />cascade: thanks especially to Diana<br />cascade: and to Lawrence and others for the enthusiasm in this club<br />->DWnstnly: thanks<br />sobell5: happy christmas and new year to you<br />->sobell5: thanks and the same to you<br />cascade: bye all closing<br /></div>Wayne Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867732073103853278noreply@blogger.com0