Bridge 07/15/2008

Wayne

Nick was not able to attend tonight. Fortunately, he was nice enough to set up a Renkoo invite so that others could still join. And three did. I did learn afterward that you can indeed raise your previous bid if everyone else passed.

The date is 07/15/2008

The players are:

North East South West
Wayne Dummy JohnH MarkH
A Q 6 4 3
A 9 8 7 2
A Q
3
10 5

N

W         E

S

J
10 6 K Q 3
K 9 7 6 4 2 J 10 8
Q J 7 10 9 6 5 4 2
K 9 8 7 2
J 5 4
5 3
A K 8

Bidding was as follows:

North East South West
pass pass 1♠ 2
2 pass 2♠ 3
pass pass 3♠ pass

A 10 was then led.

The score turned out to be 5

Dummy paired with JohnH

J
A 9 7 6
A K Q 8 6
Q 9 6
A K Q 9 8 7 3

N

W         E

S

6 4
Q J 3 K 8 5 4
2 5 4 3
K 4 10 8 5 2
10 5 2
10 2
J 10 9 7
A J 7 3

Bidding was as follows:

South West North East
pass 1♠ 2 pass
pass 2♠ 3 pass
pass 3♠ 4 pass
pass 4♠ pass pass

A Q was then led.

The score turned out to be -1

Dummy paired with MarkH

J 10 3 2
10 9 8 5 2
8 6 4
K
A 8 6

N

W         E

S

K Q 7 5
A J 3 Q 7 6
Q J 5 2 K 9
A J 8 Q 10 6 5
9 4
K 4
A 10 7 3
9 7 4 3 2

Bidding was as follows:

West North East South
1♠ pass pass 2♣
2nt 3 pass pass
3nt pass pass pass

A 8 was then led.

The score turned out to be 5

Dummy paired with MarkH

Q 4 2
2
Q J 9 8 6 5 2
10 6
A 8

N

W         E

S

K J 10 7 5 3
A 8 7 6 4 J 10 5 3
K 4 A
A Q J 5 8 2
9 6
K Q 9
10 7 3
K 9 7 4 3

Bidding was as follows:

North East South West
2 pass 2 2nt
3 pass 3 4
pass pass pass pass

A 6♣ was then led.

The score turned out to be 5

Dummy paired with MarkH. How odd, could not reraise myself?

K 7 6 3
J 10 4
A 8
Q J 8 2
A 4 2

N

W         E

S

9 8 5
Q 7 6 K 3 2
Q J 4 2 K 7 5
10 9 5 A K 7 3
Q J 10
A 9 8 5
10 9 6 3
6 4

Bidding was as follows:

South West North East
1 2 3♣ pass
3 3nt 4♣ pass
pass pass pass pass

An A was then led.

The score turned out to be -1

Dummy paired with Wayne. It is amusing when you bid a higer suit and then, when
we reveal the dummy’s next card, that it is in the suit.

J 6
K 10 8 5 3
7 5 4
10 5 4
9 8 7 4

N

W         E

S

A 5 3
J 4 2 A Q 9 7
10 6 3 K 8 2
A Q 7 J 9 2
K Q 10 2
6
A Q J 9
K 8 6 3

Bidding was as follows:

West North East South
1♣ 1 pass 2♣
pass 2nt pass 3♣
pass pass pass pass

A 2 was then led.

The score turned out to be 3

Dummy paired with JohnH.