Upcoming Events

• ***STAC*** Week, March 8 thru 14

• 3 Sessions offerring Tripple Points - Check the schedule

• March 17, ACBL-Wide Stratified Open Pairs Charity Game

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Central Ohio Bridge Association

Tuesday-Thursday Daytime Games

If you've wanted to play in the Tuesday/Thursday daytime limited games and found that you have too many masterpoints, we are increasing the number of points eligible to play in these games to 1000 master points.

Many of you have commented that you prefer a choice of games with various partners, or a slower paced game, or even some new opponents. The limited games each Tues/Thurs at 11:30 am. offer you a new opportunity and we are willing to please! Effective immediatly, as long as there are at least three tables of interested players with < 1000 MPs, there will be a separate game on these days. There may be one or two life masters per pair, subject to the director's permission. If you have a friend who stopped playing because of the 750 masterpoint limit on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, please invite them to return! If you are a life master and have a friend who is frightened of duplicate bridge, invite them to play in one of these games.

The Spade Bid Which is IMPOSSIBLE ♠♥♦♣

Players using the Forcing NT convention deny 4 spades when they respond 1NT to partner's opening 1♥ bid. If responder then bids spades, later in the auction, it cannot possibly mean a natural spade bid. What does it show? Some sort of strong hand, which wasn't good enough for a 2/1 game force call, but is stronger than raising opener's second suit or bidding at the 3-level at responder's second turn to bid. Here is an example, with no interfering bidding:

Responder Hand:   ♠K62   ♥8  ♦ KQ97642  ♣ K4

The hand above has strength which is too good merely to raise opener's diamonds. With the same bidding, over 2NT, holding: ♠1062 ♥8 ♦KQ97642 ♣K4, responder will merely raise diamonds, instead of initiating the impossible spade sequence.

In contrast, had openter rebid clubs, responder will simply rebid 2♦ with the above hand that has no fit whatsoever, with hearts or clubs.

Notice opening bidder's "artificial" and alertable 2NT bid. After an impossible spade bid by responder, opening bidder should "relay" to 2NT, barring a very unusual hand, so that responder can define the reason that he intiated the 2♠ sequence in the first place.

Confusing? Perhaps, but definately a useful tool in the Forcing NT armamentarium.

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