BRIDGE News:
In the May 27 handicap pair game, Allyn Pratt and Bobby Haynes were 1st in Flights A and B, Ann-Marie Graves and Mary Courtright were 2nd is Flight A, and Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 3rd in A. Jerry Morzinski and Tom Alexander were 2nd in Flight B, Bev Cooper and Randy Baker were 3rd in B, and Linda Lambert and Harry Dewey were 4th in B.
In the May 27 Grass Roots Fund game, Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 1st in Flight A, Tom Alexander and Jerry Morzinski were 2nd in A, 1st in B, Jerry Fleming and Cliff Rudy were 3rd in A, and John Ruminer and Earle Marie Hanson were 4th in A. Bobby Haynes and Norm Worth were 2nd in B, Randy Baker and Bev Cooper were 3rd in B, and Spook Kellum and Al Pratt were 4th in B.
Here is a wildly distributional hand that should generate a lot of bidding! As is often the case, hands such as this usually create many more tricks than the point count for each pair would indicate.
This is Board #13 from our May 26 game. North was the dealer, and both sides were vulnerable.
After North Passes, East should open with 1♥. South will overcall 1♠, and West will likely jump to 4♥. North has an easy 4♠ response to partner’s overcall. Now it gets interesting!
In all likelihood, East will bid 5♥, having no defense against a N/S spade contract. South can double, bid 5♠, or pass. This is a hard decision, because there might be enough defense to beat 5♥, but not enough offense to make 5♠. Most likely is a 5♠ call.
As it turns out, 5♥ cannot be beaten, nor can 5♠. And 5♠ will make six only unless West underleads his/her heart Ace and gets a diamond ruff in return. Pretty far-fetched! When this hand was played locally, one pair played in 6NT/S making 7 (West obviously led something other than a heart at trick 1), two pairs played in 5♠/S making 5, and a 4th pair played in 4♠/S making 4.
Hello, fellow “game enthusiast”. Are you interested in a game that will test both your mental acuity and your communication skills as you and a partner enter the field of intellectual combat? Then perhaps you’ve seen the historical card game “Bridge“ mentioned in a book or seen it being played in an old black-and-white movie on the Orient Express or by Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Boulevard.” Bridge is not a game of the past, though, but is still played worldwide and by millions of Americans at least once a week, in venues ranging from competitive in-person tournaments with hundreds of players to casual play at home or on the internet.
Interested in Learning how to, RESUMING or playing Beginner Bridge? Contact Neill Goltz—641.236.1170, neill.goltz2@gmail.com—for further info, schedule, location confirmation, or any other questions! The Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club games are held at the Betty Ehart Senior Activity Center (BESAC) at 12:45 p.m., Wednesdays, and at the White Rock Senior Activity Center (WRSAC) at 12:45 p.m., Mondays. We will continue to meet regularly on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon at the Mesa Top game store (next to Booomerang) on Central here in Los Alamos.
Here in Los Alamos and White Rock, our local club is ready to bring you on board with nighttime, after work or weekend FREE lessons and playing opportunities with other newcomers, resumers, and beginners.