President-Bernetha Henry
October 2007
Vol. XXIV No.10
Editor – Patrick Lauterbach
All the news that fits, we print
TRICKS AND TREATS
For Members of the
(On-line at www.cbcbridge.com)
Our September Birthday party was hosted by a host of Webbs including birthday girl Lee.
The hosts did almost as well as the Gamecocks, coming in 2nd
and 3rd overall. But the top
spot went to Marj Edens and Sue Harrington - a 63.67% effort. Must have been that Gamecock spirit that
helped USC beat
N/S 14 ½ tables Club Championship E/W ____
1) Bob and Pat Webb 193.49 1) Marj Edens/Sue Harrington 198.65
2) Chris and Lee Webb 191.10 2) Harriet Blasetti/Rosa Shaw 182.33
3) Joyce Lauterbach/George Nichols 188.27 3) Luanne Edwards/Annie Hawkins 177.63
4) Ellie Hack/Jack Wilkinson 180.41 4) Bernetha Henry/Lil
5) Jan Harrison/Carolyn Floyd 167.61 5) Dot Cole/Lou Riddle 164.08
6) George Trotter/Mary T 158.69 6) Madalyn
Dybvik/Irma
We continue with
some more defensive help from Eddie
Kantar. #27: When returning the suit partner has led,
with two cards remaining return the higher; with three cards remaining, return the lowest. Say partner leads
low and dummy has low cards. If you have
A-10-5, win the Ace and return the 10.
If you have A-10-6-5, win the Ace and return the 5. (Ed.
note: Sometimes referred to as ‘present
count’)
#28 When
partner leads low from length and Dummy comes down with an honor; if you have a
higher and a lower honor, insert the lower honor if Dummy plays low. Say dummy has Q-5-4 or the J-5-4 and you have
K-10-6(x). If Dummy plays low, play the
10. Say Dummy has the K-7-6 or Q-7-6 and
you have A-J-4(x). If Dummy plays low,
play the Jack.
NOT just a game. Here’s one that cost a pair big time that
never has to happen. At trick 5,
defender revoked. Immediately after they
lead to trick 6, dummy pointed this out.
Dummy does not have the right to
first call attention to any unusual lead or play by defenders DURING THE PLAY
OF THE HAND. Dummy can do so after
the hand is over. By doing so during the
play, dummy forfeits the right to
penalize the infraction. So just
wait a minute. Further discussion: In the past I played against a declarer
notorious for missing critical plays by defenders. His dummy knew this and would inquire of opponents
“No (Hearts)?” I got tired of it and
called the director who saw it as I did: an attempt to direct the play of the
hand from the dummy rather than a gesture of sportsmanship. Dummy’s
rights to prevent irregularities extend only to the play of his declarer/
partner-not to the play of the defense.
October is Charity Month. These are all for worthy causes-and a few extra points. It’s much better to be the purveyor of charity than a recipient. We’re lucky-be glad and let’s pass a little of it around.
Our apologies go to Phil Knox whom we left
off the phone list. Reach him at
843-655-0860
Friday night games: beginning in October we will hold Friday night games ONLY on the first and third Fridays of the month. The first Friday will be over/under pairs (750 points). For the over/under games we will draw names for the partnerships. So, all you A players, please encourage the C players to come on out. Offer some encouragement and mentoring.
Wanted-folks interested in the history of the bridge club….the Board would like a historical committee formed to complete an accurate history of the bridge club over the past years and keep an ongoing scrap book of sorts with pictures and memorabilia etc. If you are interested in helping with this endeavor, please let Janice Ripley know.
For the record: Just to have four walls and a roof we spend $14,999 on utilities, insurance, maintenance/repairs telephone and cleanup. This doesn’t include any expense of having an actual game (director, bridge supplies, coffee, paper products, paperclips, printer/computer, ACBL fees…)
I made the mistake recently of agreeing to play a 2NT response to a 1 NT opener as invitational. Folks, this is a terrible sequence. There is no prize for getting into exactly 2NT making. There is a lot of danger of going down one where you were going to make 1NT. And there is always what happened here. I got dealt a good looking 15 and opened 1 NT. My partner bid 2 NT. I thought since we were playing 15-17, that partner might have a good looking 9 that I could skate past a shaky defense so I bid 3NT. Imagine the expletives that went through my mind when partner tables Jxx, Jx, AQxxx, xxx. Well, I was right about the defense-an advantageous opening lead, a good guess on the distribution and a gross defensive blunder let me get out for down one. (Others were down 1 to 3 at 2NT. Top was +90) A few things to remember-1) You can make 3NT on 23 to 25 points but usually when the points are split between the hands 12-12 or 13-11. As the disparity between hands widens, the playability decreases. 16-8 has a lot less chance. 2) Jacks aren’t worth 1 point. They aren’t worth the cardboard they are printed on. Queens aren’t worth much more. If you’re going to do this, do it with points in long suits (KQxxx or AQxxx) with an outside ace or king. 3) If you insist, do it with 9-why do it with 8 when you know that leaves partner with 23-25 points max in a very lopsided distribution between the hands? 4) There are a lot better uses for the 2NT bid. But you are very welcome to play it invitational at my table-just not with me as your partner.
N/S ACBL-wide Instant match point (gold point)
event 9 ½ tables E/W_____________
1)
2) Bob and Pat Webb 1529.00 Ellie Hack/Harriet Blasetti 1501.88
1C) Chris Webb/Jim Chianellli 1484.00 BJ Cornelia/Ardis Dalrymple 1384.88
2C) Bernetha Henry/Sylvia White 1353.00 Greg Winkler/Sue Harrington 1365.75
Centurion Cup- 1) Lib Odom (19.08) 2) Jim Willrodt (16.67) 3) Zan Edmunds (14.35) 4) George Davey (7.84) 5) Dozier Shaw (5.18) 6) Faye Levinson 5.05) 7) Irene Fields (4.61) 8) Sam Robison (4.46) 9) Francis Robinson (4.32), 10) Teri Kuhs (3.31) Lois Ball (3.31)
Sol
Lourie Open Henry Mills
0-2000 Coleman Farrell NLM
1) Ken Fasching 61.61 Lil Hopkins 50.75 Tom Gabriel 32.25
2) Patrick Lauterbach 60.98 Bernetha Henry 36.07 Sue Harrington 30.95
3) Brian Lipscomb 58.51 Tom Gabriel 32.25 Jan Ripley 27.91 4) Joyce Lauterbach 57.31 Brent Holcomb 31.92 Susan Mcfadden 27.19
5) Bob Webb 54.96 Mary Townhill 31.46
7) Pat Webb 45.99 Jim Chianelli 30.40 Lib Odom 19.08 8) Ellie Hack 36.34 Henry Momand 30.33 Jim Willrodt 16.67
9) Bernetha Henry 36.07 Gwen Beckman 28.33 Elaine Wade 16.48
10) Hap Neuffer 34.46 Jan Ripley 27.91 Ed Young 16.44
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