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The Mixed Pairs was held as usual at Toowong Bridge Club, and the

organisers were buoyed by the slight increase in numbers compared to previ-ous years, as well as the good response to the new event; a one-day Swiss Pairs for Novices.The usual suspects made it to the 8-table final and quite a few of the pairs took a turn in the lead at some stage throughout the day but in the end Rosa Lachman and Bill Hunt emerged from the pack to win narrowly. I was playing with Therese Tully and sat North. East picked a good time to open with the weaker minor when she intended to rebid 1NT, and West preferred the known minimum 4-3 fit to 1NT when his red suits were wide open.

THE QBA BullETinPublished by the Queensland Bridge Association July-August 2006 Volume 32 No4www.qldbridge.com Email: manager@qldbridge.com

Q 1 ♠AJ10 Bd 1 ♥9875 Dlr N ♦J542

Vul None ♣64 ♠K9532 ♠86 ♥J102 ♥Q63 ♦9 ♦AKQ3 ♣KJ85 ♣Q932 ♠Q74 ♥AK4 ♦10876 ♣A107

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CoNgRATuLATIoNS to Toowong and QCBC, and all involved, for wonder-

ful jobs in hosting the Mixed Pairs and graded Pairs respectively. These two clubs will be hosting the Teams Cham-pionship and the Mixed Teams in August and September. Bill hunt and Rosa Lach-man won the Mixed Pairs, Allan Currie and greg Lee the Life and grand grade. Congratulations to these players and gary Wardrop, Peter Lang (below Life Master) and David Temple, Patricia Thomson (below 100 masterpoints). The below 100 masterpoint ranks are our lifeblood and we need to encourage more players to “have a go”.The 11th Barrier Reef Congress at the Hotel Sofitel was a triumph for the Cairns Bridge Club and helen Thompson.Queensland will have a number of players at the Territory gold Bridge Festival. It is not too late to visit the Territory! The State events and all other Congress events are attracting players. however we are clearly requiring more Congress Directors. Jan Peach is currently marking Club Directors exam papers and hopefully some of these Directors plus others will aspire to become accredited Congress Directors. Details of activity in the Directing area are available on the web site or from Jan at jpgss@uq.net. auThe Australian National Championships will be concluding as you read this Newsletter. The open and Women’s Butler starts Friday 21 July and the ANC Teams Monday 31 July. Al l Queenslanders carry the total support and best wishes of the QBA. I know the teams will perform well and with a small amount of luck (yes, we all need a little luck in this game) will return

with the Championship cups. There are Congress events during the Teams including the “Last Ditch Pairs”. Anyone joining me for the last ditch?? n

From the President

Queensland Mixed Pairs

It must be unusual to have such a fine suit as AKQx and yet never mention it, but it was the winning action on this hand when 2C was cold and 1NT and 2S were both going off.Therese led the ♥A and switched to a spade, but all we could take were 2 spades, 2 hearts and a club for –90.1NT looks easy, but declarer has only 6 tricks in the minors and too much to do on a diamond lead to set up the heart trick. Obviously when East opens 1C and rebids 1NT the diamond lead is easier to find, but what if East opened 1D and rebid 1NT? Now it is likely that 1NT will make.Another paradox is that to defeat 1NT South has to lead declarer’s best suit.

Keith McDonald

Richard Wallis

ContentsFrom the President .......................................................................................... �Queensland Mixed Pairs by Richard Wallis ................................................. �Cuppaidge’s Column by George Cuppaidge .............................................. 425 Years Ago by Richard Ward ....................................................................... 5Gold Coast Teams by Kathy Johnson ........................................................... 6Barrier Reef Congress by Kim Ellaway ........................................................ 7Toowoomba Swiss Teams by Richard Wallis ............................................... 7Book Review by Denise Dodd ...................................................................... 8Teacher’s Corner by Joan Butts .................................................................. �0From the Manager’s Desk ............................................................................. �0Club News ....................................................................................................... �0Results ............................................................................................................... ��Director’s Corner by Jan Peach .................................................................. �2

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Q 1 ♠AKJ43 Bd 16 ♥A3 Dlr W ♦KQJ762

Vul eW ♣— ♠1096 ♠8752 ♥KQ62 ♥954 ♦A ♦104 ♣86432 ♣K1097 ♠Q ♥J1087 ♦9853 ♣AQJ5

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QCBCQBA BUTLER PAIRS

OPEN & RESTRICTED (<150MP)Incorporating Men’s & Women’s Pairs

Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 August - $44 per player

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If ever there was a case for cashing the ace of dummy’s known long suit to decide what to lead next, this board would provide evidence for it. especially when the lead chosen was from Jxxx, and into declarer’s second suit to boot!My bid of 2C was 4th suit, and Therese’s 2NT rebid showing a club stopper, hinted at a singleton heart. My 3C rebid was intended to show my 6-5 distribution, but Therese only thought I was confirming a club suit, not shown by 4th suit. The 3NT rebid definitely showed a singleton heart, as Therese could have bid 3h with a doubleton.having seemingly shown my distribution I passed 3NT, albeit with some reluctance, and West led the ♠ 4. Therese won in hand and led to the ♣J, which held. Now it was time to run for home and rely on the clubs coming in since another finesse could be taken if need be. Nine black suit winners was +600 and a good score, but the same as in a successful 5C.Look at what happens if West leads the ♥A to look at dummy! South is known to have a singleton, thus West can lead the ♥8 at trick 2 for East to return a diamond, and EW make 6 tricks for –200.

I was tempted by my good club pips and 2 aces into opening the bidding, and when I raised Therese’s 1h response on the next round she momentarily made me doubt the wisdom of the opening bid when she launched into Blackwood.My 2 aces and heart support were all she needed, and when the trumps were friendly it was an easy 12 tricks and +1430. If the trumps did not break, it is only necessary to ruff a diamond before drawing trumps.After my 5h response Therese could have offered me the choice of slams, in case I only had 3-card heart support, but this would not have been a good time to choose 6C unless South was declarer as a spade lead from East skittles the contract.6NT by South is also cold if declarer reads the position, as West is squeezed on the run of the clubs and hearts, and must come down to a singleton ♠A and Kx in diamonds, where a spade exit endplays West for the 12th trick.

I decided not to risk 1D being passed out by opening with a forcing 2C! Normally I do not open 2C with 2 suits unless I am very strong, as it can be difficult to show both suits at a convenient level, but since my second suit was spades, I thought I could handle most situations.Therese’s initial 2D response was negative or waiting, prescribed by the system when you do not hold at least one ace and king or better, but her 4D raise when I showed my first suit showed something after all.We do not play exclusion Blackwood, and I did not want to bid 4NT with a void, so I just bid 6D, hoping Therese had at least one useful card, and so it proved.She won the opening lead of the ♥K in dummy and returned to hand with the ♠Q to lead the ♣A to discard the ♥3, and then could claim 12 tricks. n

The complete article is available on the QBA website.

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Vul NS ♣AJ10982 ♠AQ102 ♠J8743 ♥64 ♥1082 ♦KJ10632 ♦874 ♣4 ♣75 ♠K9 ♥KQ73 ♦AQ9 ♣KQ63

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Vul NS ♣AJ1082 ♠J742 ♠865 ♥AK8 ♥Q95 ♦A75 ♦QJ1032 ♣Q76 ♣93 ♠AQ109 ♥2 ♦K9864 ♣K54

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QBA Senior Pairs

November 18-19QCBC

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George Cuppaidge

Cuppaidge’s Column

X-ray machine

The internet is a wonderful medium for watching bridge. BridgeBaseonline

provides viewgraph coverage of a huge range of bridge events of world significance, including the QBA’s Gold Coast Congress.It can also serve as an X-ray machine. Too frequently it shows up flaws in the thinking processes of the protagonist, not just mistakes but flawed thinking. Witness these two.In the first exhibit the contract was an amazing one, 6H on a combined twenty count. All declarer had to do was play it thoughtfully.

1 In first or second seat this is a 1H opener but you are in third. The open-ing lead may be important as it is by no means clear that the hand belongs to you.

2 What an enormous hand this thirteen count has become.

3 Nice bid! South is a passed hand and his partner has made a slam try. he has so much more than he might have, in particular, a great suit.

either opponent might well have bid, but this was one of those times when silence proved golden.The opening lead of the ♠2 looked a normal one; a low card in an unbid suit. Declarer almost automatically played low.

The AJ10 in dummy looked proof against a spade continuation and in due course, the diamond suit would be established for discards. WRoNg!East won and had no difficulty in diag-nosing the position. even if his partner could not ruff the spade return, dummy’s diamonds would surely take care of any remaining spade loser. The spade return quickly took the contract one down.To make the contract the diamond finesse must work and if it does it will provide discards for two of declarer’s small spades, given a break no worse than 4-2. Declarer must rise with the ace, draw trumps and take a diamond finesse, re-entering hand with a high trump to repeat it. If the diamond finesse loses and the defenders can cash two spades, unlucky. One potential extra undertrick is a small insurance premium to pay to give yourself the best chance of making this wonderful contract whatever the form of scoring.The next hand should have served, yet again, to demonstrate the danger of tipping your hand with a penalty double. Alas the X-ray machine detected another serious flaw.

As North I opened my usual filth 1C (I refuse to pass with two aces), South bid 2NT and I duly raised to three. I’m not sure that I like South’s bid although 3NT is a marginally better contract when played by the South hand. As a general principle, it is bad bridge to waste bidding space

with good hands.1D would be my choice. After 1D, West will overcall 1h, North will either pass or make a support double and South, only now, will bid no-trumps. Looking at 15 points, West doubled (ugh) and led the ♥J.Declarer won and began well with a low diamond. A skilled West might smoothly duck this but no, he rose with the ♦K and continued with the ♥K and another one when declarer ducked. Declarer perforce won, entered dummy with the ♣A, successfully finessed in diamonds and ran the suit. he reached this relatively transparent (on the bidding) end position, as he played out his last diamond. Why, declarer should ask himself, did West throw away a heart winner? AJ4 — — 96 KQ 986 10 — — — K9 J8 103 — 5 Q3West, in fact, threw a club as did declarer, from dummy, thereby squandering yet another cold one. He must keep that club for re-entry to his queen which will become a winner now, when declarer plays a low one. If West instead throws his heart, declarer can pitch a club from dummy and safely duck a spade. This is a spectacular play but not one beyond anyone who plays bridge seriously; as long as they think carefully. n

Dlr S ♠AJ10 ♥J8732 ♦AQJ102

♣— ♠2 ♠KQ643 ♥65 ♥Q ♦K953 ♦76 ♣AQ7632 ♣KJ854 ♠9875 ♥AK1094 ♦84 ♣109

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Dlr N ♠AJ4 ♥532 ♦1076

♣A1064 ♠KQ7 ♠98652 ♥KJ1076 ♥84 ♦K4 ♦Q32 ♣K97 ♣J85 ♠103 ♥AQ9 ♦AJ985 ♣Q32

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QCBCBRISBANE FESTIVAL PAIRS

Saturday 9 September

BRISBANE FESTIVAL TEAMSSunday 10 September$22 per player per event

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DiD You Know?A double or redouble out of rotation may be accepted by the next opponent in rotation unless the double or redouble is inadmissible.

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The Northern Territory Bridge Association presents

Territory Gold Bridge Festivalat the

Alice Springs Convention CentreAugust 31st –September 3rd 2006

For details, visit the NTBA web-site at www.ntba.com.au

25 Years Ago

to be held at The Brisbane Bridge CentreWed Dec 27 – Sun Dec 31 2006

• A QBA approved Red Masterpoint Event • Paul Lavings, Guest Lecturer • 7 sessions of walk-in pairs • Sunday teams event for novice players • Cash and other prizes

Convenor: Denise Dodd (07) 3359 1285Enquiries: denisedodd@optusnet.com.auDirector: Trevor Strickland (07) 3820 6104 trevcoochie@hotmail.com

An Invitation toTHE FIFTH BRISBANE FESTIVAL OF BRIDGE

Mount Isa DiaryWednesday April 15Airline hosties flex their muscles and ground all aircraft. Travellers from Cairns, Townsville, Dalby, Mackay, Darwin and Brisbane investigate alternative routes to Mount Isa. Check school atlas and discover that Mount Isa is almost in the Northern Territory. good grief!Thursday April 16up at 5 am to catch Bush Pilots amusing little coastal tour - hopping gracefully from town to town. 6 am News: Hosties back to work, Richard back to bed. Mount Isa flight only an hour late; leaves at 11 pm. Brisbane airport doing a re-enactment of the Darwin airlift after cyclone Tracy - millions of people everywhere clamouring at ticket counters. We arrive at Mount Isa at 1.30 am; met by Rennie Blair and Kim Cooke (Club President and Secretary) who say they like being up at this revolting hour of the morning. Mount Isa people are confirmed as definitely strange when others turn out to meet the flight from Cairns at 3 am!! (And what does this say about the Cairns people? one may well ask …) The things Northerners will go through for a good game of bridge.Friday April 17up at 7 am to go down the mine. Donning protective gear, respirator, helmet with torch we join the lads on the good Friday morning shift. Into the cage, not unlike a cattle truck, we plummet into the depths of the mine - over 2000 feet down at breakneck speed, Then follows what seems like several ages of stomping up and down endless tunnels bombarded with a cacophony of drilling and heavy machinery, not to mention dust and water. Our guide has many jokes to quell the uneasy. As we lose all sense of direction he quips, ‘I Never know where I am; only where I’m going.’ I know where I’m going too - home for lunch and a sleep.Entering the Barkley Hotel playing area we are met by a glittering array of trophies. The club is providing about $3000 worth in an effort to overcome players’ reluctance to travel. This year, however, numbers are down and Mount Isa may be forced to convert their congress into a biannual event - a great pity, since this must be one of the best value-for-money events in Queensland.Saturday April 18Mount Isa players make a clean sweep of the Pairs Championship taking out 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th places. Mother-daughter combination, Marion and Kim Cooke are the winners from Rennie Blair

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and Alister hefford, and Alison Doyle and Peter Wickham. The Easter Bunny award for the most attempted grand slams goes to Mr and Mrs Robertson of Mount Isa. Wyn and Alan Henry of Mackay score an easy win in the Plate from Cairns pair Mrs, Shedden and Mrs Turner and the Robertsons.A Saturday night social event, instead of the normal bridge session, is greeted with much enthusiasm and the ‘Oh! Hell’ players make a determined effort to see the sunrise.Sunday April 19 The qualifying rounds of the teams abound with lively hands. The ‘I-didn’t-come-all-the-way-to-Mount Isa-to-say-no-bid’ syndrome is in evidence and the locals show that they can bid them up as well as anyone.

For instance, Bjorg and gunner Risla had no difficulty bidding to 4H N/S on a combined 13 hCP, getting doubled for their enterprise and then finding it to be a most attractive spot when West led his ♠A.At the other table, their team-mates, the famous ‘grand slam’ Robertsons, made 5C E/W for a double game swing.The Mount Isa club will almost certainly make a loss on this congress. They deserve a better fate for their outstanding efforts but will no doubt be fund-raising again in the near future for their next event. Queenslanders, and Northerners in particular, will not need to look far next year when choosing which congress to attend.

n Richard Ward

Dlr S ♠KJ9853 Vul NS ♥96543 ♦7

♣Q ♠AQ1072 ♠64 ♥A ♥Q ♦95432 ♦AK108 ♣J9 ♣AK7643 ♠— ♥KJ10872 ♦QJ7 ♣10852

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oN June 24th & 25th, the Gold Coast Bridge Club held their annual 2-day teams congress

directed by Alan gibson. In spite of there being only 18 teams, it was an enjoyable weekend at our ‘boutique club’. There was a mixed bag of players including Queensland representatives in the open, Women’s and Senior teams for this year’s ANC. As expected, the first two places went to those representatives but there were also prizes for the Plate & Consolation. An encouragement award was forthcoming as well, so important to the future of our game and new players.The most dramatic hand for our team and indeed many other teams, was the last board of the day. No names will be mentioned to protect the innocent (my partner and me) and the guilty (others).

I was sitting North and my partner and I happily wrote +2000 on our sheet, 8 down not vulnerable. “That was for general takeout partner,” claimed West. east said, “No, it’s for minors.” When our team-mates returned to score up, the bidding was initially the same at the other table but East panicked over partner’s 5h and bid 6C, doubled for –1100. It spite of the pickup, we still lost the match.

Dlr W ♠AK1098632 Vul NS ♥943 ♦3

♣3 ♠J754 ♠Q ♥AQ876 ♥5 ♦87 ♦KJ10962 ♣K6 ♣J10987 ♠— ♥KJ103 ♦AQ54 ♣AQ542

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It’s amazing how long standing established partnerships, playing for years, can get it so wrong. In fact, my partner said, “That would be for minors with us, right?” I have to admit I had to consult our card surreptitiously which read general takeout. We were saved the embarrassment - this time.Coward that I am, opposite a passed hand, I would pass with east’s hand. South hasn’t bid, North’s hand is preemptive, South must have good values. It looks dangerous, right or wrong.Another difficult place to reach is minor suit slams. our bidding on this next hand was less than scientific but we did man-age to reach the small slam but not a grand slam. The team we played was less experienced and missed the slam, so risk-ing a grand slam would have been silly.I was North playing Acol.

I was a bit confused by partner’s 4h but I started cue-bidding and we finished in 6D.4C from partner might have been better, then 4D (Crow response from me showing 0 or 3 aces) and settle in 6D. We have decided that a 4C or 4D by either of us in a non-competitive auction will be Minorwood, for better or for worse. We’ll see how we go with it.It was a nice relaxing weekend with good food, interesting hands and nice friends with whom to share it all.

n Kathy Johnson

Gold Coast

Dlr N ♠AJ64 Vul eW ♥A975 ♦A7

♣Q65 ♠Q852 ♠K10973 ♥QJ10632 ♥4 ♦J6 ♦985 ♣3 ♣J984 ♠— ♥K8 ♦KQ10432 ♣AK1072

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Barrier Reef Congress Toowoomba Swiss Teams

TheRe were no dramas getting to the event this year as I decided to go up earlier and have a few days

off. I was persuaded to go to green Island for the day and I knew I was doomed when I was shown a chart before I got on the boat explaining the rough conditions and perhaps sea-sick tablets would be required. It was too late to back out and as I was there with my three nephews and two children I had to be strong, but someone forget to tell my stomach and the kids, and we all suffered with sea-sickness. So did nearly everyone else on the trip but once recuperated green Island was very nice and the trip home to Cairns was uneventful and smooth.

The bridge was held in the magnificent premises of the Cairns Sofitel hotel and came under the direction of Sean Mullamphy, Trevor Strickland and Helen Thompson. helen was also convening and did a marvellous job. First prize for the pairs went to an ex North Queensland pair, Richard Ward and Lindy Vincent, and was a very popular win. The teams went to a New Zealand team and was also a popular win with Lindy and Richard coming second with Therese Tully and Sue Lusk. Results are published on page 11 of the bulletin and the QBA website. WeLL DoNe! CAIRNS BRIDge CLuB.

n Kim Ellaway

The first congress in Australia is still going well in Toowoomba, even if

the attendance does not equal some of the other congresses in Se Queensland. Sadly, this was the first congress without Ivy Dahler, who passed away in March.The old adage that balanced hands belong in notrumps was proven true once again.

I (South) was playing with Therese Tully and unfortunately I succumbed to the temptation to look for a major suit fit, and when Therese showed a 5-card spade suit I raised to game.even if the defence gets off to the best lead of a low diamond, 3NT only requires a good guess in spades for 9 tricks, and with the actual layout it is not possible to guess wrong!In 4S east led the ♥9, and of course Therese tried to get rid of a losing diamond by playing 3 rounds of clubs, and when West ruffed the second round, the only entry to dummy was gone, and worse still, east got a heart ruff with her singleton trump.Two off was a flat board, but I should have just raised 2NT to 3NT and forgot about a possible major suit fit. 3NT is very easy since the spade honours are all on side.

M 1 ♠KJ964 Bd 13 ♥AKQ Dlr N ♦A43

Vul Both ♣K7 ♠AQ103 ♠8 ♥76542 ♥9 ♦KQ9 ♦10876 ♣5 ♣J1098432 ♠752 ♥J1083 ♦J52 ♣AQ6

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QCBCBRISBANE FESTIVAL PAIRS

Saturday 9 September

BRISBANE FESTIVAL TEAMSSunday 10 September$22 per player per event

Enquiries to Toni Bardon - 3391 3241 qcbc@powerup.com.au Entry forms on QCBC website: www.qcbc.org.au

Dorothy Wood presents the prizes to the winners of the Pairs, Lindy Vincent and Richard Ward

Richard Wallis

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December 17th - QCBC

Q B A I n d i v i d u a l

25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer

Barbara Seagram & David Bird

The proliferation of bridge books means it’s increasingly difficult for the

average player to know what to buy for their personal reference. Most clubs these days stock a fair library; however one wonders on what basis they are obliged to make their choices.When I first started playing bridge many years ago, I read everything I could and ordered books in bulk. Now I am much more discerning. What is the print size and typeface? (I prefer a larger print and a readable font.) Is the page layout uncluttered? Are there summaries at the end of the chapter? Questions and answers? - almost obligatory. Size is important. Can I read it in bed and not sustain an injury should I fall asleep whilst attempting to lift my game?I’m pleased to say that the latest edition in the “25” series by Seagram and Bird meets the above criteria and more. There are 25 chapters (of course) with an average of around 7 pages each. From The Simple Finesse, one can progress to hold-up Plays, Safety Plays, Avoiding Ruffs, elimination Plays, Keeping The Danger hand off Lead – the contents reads like a racy detective novel, which in a way it is.At the beginning of each chapter there is a quote by a “W. Dalton. Practical Bridge. 1908” which seems to be as relevant today as it was nearly 100 years ago! When googled, Mr Dalton seems to have been a prolific and well respected auction bridge writer of his time. At each chapter’s end there is a summary plus three hands relevant to the lesson with full and comprehensible answers. At the right hand edge of each page there is a large shaded “bookmark” strip with bold printing, making it easy to find the chapters of interest. In addition, there are strategic hints during each chapter entitled “By the Way” which I found particularly helpful. under “Finessing into the Safe hand” this is the B.T.W. hint. Contract 3NT and the lead the ♠6 by West.

This was a double game swing when we were allowed to play in 5C at our table and Meta Goodman and Tony Jackman made 5D at the other table when NS slipped a trick in the defence.While we do play negative doubles, a double of the 1D overcall shows either both or neither major, so the 1S response by Therese only promised a 4-card suit.I bid 3C with the intention of showing 3-card spade support on the next round if it seemed prudent, but when Therese raised, I bid game in our best fit.At the vulnerability, I was surprised when neither opponent chose to bid an obvious 5D, presumably because they had hopes of defeating 5C.As it was, even the opening lead of the ♥Q could not defeat 5C, due to the lucky position of the heart honours, and we gained 14 IMPs. n

The complete article is available on the QBA website

Book Review

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M 2 ♠QJ107 Bd 18 ♥1042 Dlr e ♦102

Vul NS ♣K762 ♠A642 ♠85 ♥QJ ♥A9753 ♦K98765 ♦AQJ43 ♣3 ♣10 ♠K93 ♥K86 ♦— ♣AQJ9854

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Against notrumps, defender’s first spot card, unless it is essential to give count, should indicate attitude to the opening leader’s suit.

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Directors’ Corner

QCBCMINI-BRIDGE

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Fridays - 10.30am to 12.30 August 4 & 11

Ph: Toni 3391 3241

Sessions: Mon 10.30 am 7.30 pm Tue 10.00 am 7.30 pm Wed 10.30 am 7.30 pm Thur 10.30 am *7.30 pm (see below) Fri 10.00 am 7.30 pm Sat 1.00 pmSupervised: Mon 7.30 pm Fri 9.30 am*1st Thur of each month 7.30 pm - Novice/Expert Prs*3rd Thur of each month 7.30 pm - Teams

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♠73 ♠A10862 ♠J94 ♠KQ5“West leads the six to East’s jack. Does it make any difference whether you win with the king or the queen? It sure does! If you win with the queen, West will know that you also hold the king (because otherwise East would have played the king). If instead you win with the king, West will have no idea who holds the queen. When he gains the lead he may be tempted to play another spade in the hope that east holds the card. As declarer, it is nearly always right to win with the higher of two touching cards”.under the heading “Safety Plays Within one Suit”, how do you give yourself the best chance of three spade tricks? North ♠AJ74 South ♠K52And the answer… “You start by cashing the ace and the king, picking up a possible Qx with East. If the queen does not fall, lead towards the jack on the third round. You make the required three tricks if West holds the queen, if East holds a singleton or doubleton queen, of if the suit breaks 3-3.”My beginners will love this one as they often refuse to finesse, telling me their finesses never work. They would make this play automatically!I wholeheartedly recommend this book as one to be added to your personal library. Attractively priced at $29.95 this, as well as the other four in the “25” series, may be ordered from Paul Lavings Postfree Bridge Books, email: postfree @bigpond.net.au or by telephoning (02) 9388 8861. n

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DiD You Know?Dummy is given the job of turning over or otherwise concealing the bidding slip once third hand has played to the first trick.

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Teacher’s Corner

Cue-bidding to Slam

BLACKWooD tells how many aces the partnership holds, not which

aces. Finding specific controls requires a different approach. Suppose West has the following hand:

WeST NoRTh eAST SouTh1S Pass 3S Pass?

East’s jump shows 10/12 pts and at least four spades. Partner could easily hold the right cards to make a slam. But, you don’t want to jump to 6S and watch the defenders take the first two tricks with the ♥A and the ♦A, or the ♥A and the ♥K. Blackwood won’t help. You need to know which ace it is. Cue-bidding shows partner an ace. Partner can then show another specific ace, and so on. When is the bid a cue-bid and when it is simply a new suit?

When the partnership is already committed to a game contract, the bid of a suit in which the partnership can’t want to play is a cuebid, showing interest in reaching a slam contract.With a choice of cuebids, it’s usual to make the cheapest available cuebid firstDon’t cue bid controls in the trump suit. That’s the way to get out of the cueing sequence. To find out what trump suit controls there are, use Blackwood

Cuebidding a Void In a trump contract, a void can be as effective as an ace since it controls the first round of a suit. The opponents can’t take the first trick in a suit in which declarer has either the ace or a void. Cuebid a void as though it were an ace. either player may cuebid a void.

WeST NoRTh eAST SouTh1S Pass 3S Pass4C Pass 4h Pass6S All pass

east holds only 6 hCP but counts the heart void as 5 extra points, making the hand strong enough for a limit raise. With slam aspirations, West cuebids 4C, and east co-operates by cuebidding 4h, showing first-round control of hearts. West assumes that east holds the ♥A but not the ♦A and determines that slam should be a reasonable gamble.

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• Teachers’ Manual chapter -by-chapter guide to effective teaching methods, student-centred approach, plus hand records, and disc for dealing machines. ($14.95)

• Summary of the Basics for students at the table. “A guide by Your Side” by Joan Butts & Kathy Johnson, covers basic bidding and card play tips. ($9.95)

• “Help with Play” – 32 hands with analysis prepared for supervised sessions after the beginners’ course ($14.95)

up to 50% discount teachers and bridge clubs. Free copies of “Play Bridge”for school students. Buy all four items in the kit (valued at $59.80) for SPeCIAL price of $45.00Order through Joan Butts. Tel: 07 3357 4824. Mobile: 0413 772 650email: joaneb@uq.net.au Website: www.joanbuttsbridge.com

Cuebidding 2nd Round ControlsKings and singletons are second round controls. Show aces and/or voids first. Then if there are still some questions as to the best contract, continue by showing kings or singletons.Cuebidding will often reveal an over-abundance of values in one suit and a lack of control in another. n

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Club News

NoosaWe have run two charity days this year which raised $461 for the ‘Bridge for Brain Challenge’ and $1150.00 for ‘Mission Mexico’ in the city of Tapachula. This group cares for badly damaged children in a refuge. A Noosa couple, Alan and Pam Skuse, have decided to dedicate their lives to this cause, and Colin Regan worked very hard to make this such a successfull day at our club.

ToowoombagReAT NeWS - $214,965.00 has been re-ceived from the Department of Sport to go towards the cost of the new club house.$30,000 was also received for the installation of air-conditioning. Much more money is needed so lots of fundraising is being/will be conducted within the club. A recent Trash and Treasure raised $3,100.

News from the Manager’s Desk

The QBA Squad Development Day held in May 2006 was extremely successful. greg Lee, winner of the graded Pairs, paid tribute to the day. The QBA Tournament and Management Committee will now discuss future days. June 23/24 2007 have been pencilled in just in case approval is given for this to be a yearly event.Good Luck to all ANC Teams - hopefully we will be able to announce good news in the next Bulletin. Youth team members are Paul gosney, Ryan Touton, Geoff Martin, Nick Moore and Pranjal Chakradeo with Richard Touton the non-playing captain.The ‘Bridge for Brain Day’ held by clubs in early May was extremely successful - results will be published shortly.Directors’ Courses held in Toowoomba and Surfers Paradise were well attended.

Joan Butts

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Results

Arana Congress June 3-4

Pairs Championship

1 A Pryde N Francis 2 R Busch J Mcpheat 3 R Parker J Mills

Plate1 M Stoneman V Roland 2 J Steele J Steele 3 B Carroll g Mccarthy

TeamsChampionship

1 A Pryde N Francis M Robson B Lee

2 R Wallis I halford R Parker John Mills

3 B hunt R Lachman D osmund L osmund

Plate1 D Krosch L Litzow

P Tink C Jeha 2 B Carroll g McCarthy

J Power A Smith 3 J Stacey B Stuthe

J Steele J Steele

Queensland Mixed Pairs C’ship May 20-2�

Championship1 B hunt R Lachman2 T Berger e Berger3 R Moraweicki P Fancis

Plate1 J Butts K Vohandu2 B Macleod T o’Dempsey3 K Moschner S Sender

Consolation1 R Clayton A Smith2=B Ashman J Perl2=G Olsen Y Kilvert

Inaugural Toowong Novice Mixed Pairs

1 B Crowd S King2 R Kelley N Kelley3 P van Eden P Whittaker

Redlands Novice Pairs June 6

1 D giles R Khaled2 M Perrin J Brook3 M Elkington B O’Connell

Plate1 J Carpenter g Phegan2 A Murphy T Treloar

QCBC Open Swiss Pairs June ��

Championship1 R Wallis P hainsworth2 P Hooykaas D Maggs3 A Pryde R Parker

B Section1 K Moschner M KcKennariey2 L Carr B o’Connell3 M Stoneman V Roland

Restricted1 S King B Crowd2 D o’gorman M McLeigh3 N Moore g Martin

Sunshine Coast Congress June �7-�8

PairsChampionship

1 R Busch J Mcpheat2 R Perry M Dakin3 M Jakes P Barnett

Plate1 K Steffensen C Miller2 B horan e Miller3 J Swanson D Wells

Consolation1 T Potter D Potter 2 P Borchardt A Boland

Teams1 R Clayton A Smith

I Luck J Luck2 J Leung L Vincent

J Mills K Mcdonald3 P Buch M Lamont

V Laws C MastersPlate

1 K early S Regan L Smith P Tall

2 P Hawkins J Roughley B geary C Reed

3 g hart D harris g King S Andrew

Consolation1 P Busch A Sinclair

F Killiner h Killiner

Bowen Pairs June 24-25

1 D & M Orr2 B gage A Pini3 F Blower N Massey

Best Under NationalJ Christensen S Collyer

BBC Novice Pairs June 24

1=B Frazer B Pouflis1=F Atkinson A Robertson3 R Brilliant I Jesser

Plate1 M Perrin J Brook

Gold Coast Swiss Teams June 24-25

1 P evans J Solomon P Hooykaaf D Maggs

2 R Milward h Milward S Kamalarasa B hunt

3 R Weathered B Weathered K Johnson L Steinwedel

Plate1 P Schoen e Meldrum

M Fox P Wells2 h Reid L DeNett D o’hara

R Slobom e hennigConsolation

1 J Swanson M Williamson K Homik S Arnott

2 K Donaldson J Palm B Wilson B Duncan

Barrier Reef Congress Cairns June �-�2

Pairs1 L Vincent R Ward2 P Collins I Afflick3 e Josey V McClement

Teams1 R & E Hurley

I & C Clayton2 L Vincent R Ward

S Lusk T Tully3 J & I Luck

I Afflick P Collins

QCBCMoRe gReAT NeWS - QCBC will not be resumed. The Hurricane Larry raffle raised over $500. A graded pairs saw the club celebrate its 40th birthday (Deputy Mayor in attendance) with a large chocolate cake - 50 tables in attendance at this event. Statistics on dealing machine hands printed - available to all clubs upon request.

Hervey Bay$24,000 has been received from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund for refurbishment of the kitchen.

CabooltureOur oldest member, Albert Greenfield, celebrated his 96th birthday with a huge cake at the club. Albert learnt bridge at the young age of 92. $6,500 has been received from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund for the purchase of a dealing machine.

Gold CoastMany write ups about hands from the gold Coast and achievements of members.

Sunshine Coast $25,000 has been received from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund for the purpose of replacing the roof.

AranaA 4-way club competition is being held between, Arana, Redcliffe, Caboolutre and Bribie Island. The results will appear in the next bulletin.

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QBA Accredited Congress Directors’ Course and Exam

The next exam is set for 21st october. A short email course is starting soon. Please email me at jpgss@uq.net.au if you would like to take part.

Director’s CornerSEP 11 (noon)

Contributions to: 33 Royal Pde

Ashgrove 4060Ph: 07 3366 1292

Email: bulletin@acenet.net.au

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I SuSPeCT i t ’s hard to love a badger. A grey-coated strong-jawed nocturnal hibernating plantigrade

quadruped between weasels and bears. our new word for the day is “plantigrade” – walks on its soles. Recently I led the ♠Q against a 3NT contract. Partner was immediately asked about our leads from sequences. “overlead all,” he replied. “Can she have the king?” asks declarer. It was very difficult not to snap, “What part of ‘overlead all’ don’t you understand?”on the next board Lho is told that my bid showed 5/4 or 4/5 in hearts and spades, 8+ points. Sure enough, “Can it be 4/4?” and later from RHO, “Can it be 6/4?” etc etc. I was feeling quite rattled by the end of the set.Asking questions for the purpose of discomforting an opponent is a breach of Law 74A. It is unfortunate that the need to ask more questions because an explanation is incomplete might be seen as badgering. here the fault lies with the explainer. opponents are entitled to be told everything partner’s call means to you. Note that your system is not only th e things that you and your partner have agreed to play but also the things you have come to know through partnership experience. There’s no requirement to guess or deduce. “Not discussed” is a legitimate answer if that’s the case. even, “I’ve forgotten”, is better than making a guess and getting it wrong. If you have “agreed” that a bid shows 5/5 yet is often used with 5/4 or 4/4 then opponents are entitled to know this as well. 5/5 is no longer your system.

occasionally both defenders have a major penalty card when one is to lead. The lead penalty options for declarer because of the partner’s major penalty card take precedence over the requirement for the player on lead to play his major penalty card at the first legal opportunity. See Law 50D1.

After the opening lead is faced, dummy is required under Law 41D to spread his hand in front of him on the table, face up, sorted into suits, the cards in order of rank, in columns pointing lengthwise towards declarer, with trumps to dummy’s right. Defenders have no obligation to check that thirteen cards are visible. This is dum-my’s responsibility alone and an adjusted score may ensue if the defenders are damaged. Note that penalties under Law

64 are not applied if there is an estab-lished revoke from the dummy because of a hidden or missing card. The director shall restore equity under Law 64C.

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QBA DIRECTING WORKSHOP

with DR LAURIE KELSOChief Director, gold Coast Congress SATURDAY 15th JULY 2006

at QCBC 67 Ipswich Road Woolloongabba for National, State, Congress & Club Directors

QBA Appeals Committee Club Appeals Committees QBA Team Captains, QBA Teams & QBA Squad

Intending Directors & Interested Players(NB The Colin Stone Teams will be played at QCBC on 15th July)

PROGRAMMEPlease advise Jan Peach of any matters you would like discussed.

9 am to 12.30 pm Presenting Appeals - hearing Appeals ABF Systems Regulations - Interpreting the Laws

1 pm to 6 pm Interpreting the Laws contd. BYO Lunch – Morning & Afternoon Tea Provided

Enquiries to: Jan Peach jpgss@uq.net.au 3352 6929

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