May 2019 - 50

♠3 ♥K 3 2 ♦A Q 7 6 5 4 ♣A 3 2.

International Fund
Game winners

After 1♦-3NT
Assuming this shows 13-15 balanced, opener will usually pass. However, don't think of 3NT as a "closeout
bid." If opener has 19, he shouldn't
pass. Raise to 6NT with:
♠A 2 ♥A Q 2 ♦A J 8 7 6 ♣K J 2.
Invite slam with 4NT holding:
♠Q J 8 ♥K Q 2 ♦A 10 8 7 ♣A K 3.

BIDDING BASICS QUIZ
What is your call after partner responds 2♣ to your 1♦ opening?
1. ♠K Q J 8 ♥5 2 ♦A 4 3 2 ♣Q 10 7
2. ♠K J 7 ♥K Q 7 ♦A 10 8 7 ♣4 3 2
What is your call after partner raises
your 1♦ opening to 2♦?
3. ♠A Q J 2 ♥10 5 4 3 ♦A Q 7 ♣3 2
What is your call after partner responds 2♠ (weak) to your 1♦ opening?
4. ♠A ♥K 2 ♦K Q 7 6 5 3 ♣J 6 5 2
What is your call after partner responds 2NT to your 1♦ opening?
5. ♠K Q J 7 ♥K Q J 7 ♦8 3 2 ♣7 2
6. ♠4 3 ♥3 ♦A Q 10 8 7 5 ♣A K J 7
What is your call after partner responds 3♦ to your 1♦ opening?
7. ♠K Q J 7 ♥K Q J 7 ♦8 3 2 ♣7 2
8. ♠- ♥5 4 3 2 ♦A Q J 6 5 4 ♣A 6 5
QUIZ ANSWERS
1. 2♠. Bid where you live for now (no
rush to bid notrump with two low
hearts).
2. 2NT. Showing a notrump hand not
in the 15-17 range.
3. Pass. No reason to get higher.
4. Pass. No reason to assume diamonds (a level higher) is any better.
5. Pass. Not enough to go higher.
6. 3♣. See what partner thinks opposite your minor-suit hand.
7. Pass. Same as No. 5 (same hand,
same answer).
8. 5♦. You could get scientific, but
this seems practical.

50 Bridge Bulletin May 2019

Jay Lucas and Frank Swan

A Little Rock AR pair won
the ACBL-wide International
Fund Game held Feb. 2, 2019.
Playing at the Little Rock DBC,
Jay Lucas and Frank Swan
scored a 69.96%. With 814.5
tables of play, the game raised
$5172.08 to support teams from
ACBL countries in international
competition.

Top 10 ACBL-wide
1. Jay Lucas - Frank Swan, Little Rock AR
2. Judy Weiner - Lee Weiner, Savannah GA
3. Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Jill Fouad, New Canaan CT
4. Ennis Dyess, Tyler TX; Mike Graham, Ore City TX
5. Judith Gushner - Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL
6. Larry Rich, Cumming GA; Jill Riddle, Alpharetta GA
7. John Sinclair - Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY
8. Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA
9. Bobby Henderson - Gary Watson, Montgomery AL
10. John Coone, Vernon BC; Aline Vance, Kelowna BC

69.96%
69.40%
68.33%
68.00%
67.77%
67.56%
67.36%
67.04%
66.96%
66.54%

Top scores by district
2 Fan Yang, Richmond Hill ON; David Zhang, Markham ON
3 Dave DuBois, Westfield NJ; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ
4 Julie Chu, Moorestown NJ; George Subt, Southampton NJ
5 John Sinclair - Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY
6 Richard DePaulo, Chesapeake VA; Howard Miller, Virginia Beach VA
7 Judy Weiner - Lee Weiner, Savannah GA
8 Cindy Moore - Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL
9 Judith Gushner - Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL
10 Jay Lucas - Frank Swan, Little Rock AR
11 David Britt, Glendale OH; John Meinking, Maineville OH
12 Martin Hirschman, Ann Arbor MI; Linda Perlman, Milan MI
13 Susan Finkelman, Glenview IL; Rosanne Schabinger, Mount Prospect IL
14 Brian Crossley, Burnsville MN; Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN
16 Ennis Dyess, Tyler TX; Mike Graham, Ore City TX
17 Ben Blacik - Harvinder Sidhu, Phoenix AZ
18 William Braun - Uri Loewenstein, Salt Lake City UT
19 John Coone, Vernon BC; Aline Vance, Kelowna BC
20 Lorinda Pearson - Mary Jo Rode, Ontario OR
21 Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA
22 James Turlo, Ramona CA; Alexander Walker, Poway CA
23 Betsey Amador - Frances Israel, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA
Arlene Greengard - Stanley Greengard, Torrance CA
25 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Jill Fouad, New Canaan CT

65.66%
65.97%
65.83%
67.36%
65.28%
69.40%
57.04%
67.77%
69.96%
63.14%
65.73%
63.89%
62.69%
68.00%
65.12%
65.63%
66.54%
63.00%
67.04%
63.69%
59.82%
59.82%
68.33%

International Fund Game update

Two pairs who participated in the International Fund Game on Feb. 2 had great scores that
did not make it onto the official list above. Eddie Rose and Ann Gillespie of Laguna Niguel
CA scored 74.17% (good enough for first overall) and Harrison Luba of Lynnfield MA and
Haven Sharaf of Danvers MA scored 67.86% (sixth overall).
Why weren't their scores included? Because the clubs where they played did not submit
their results in time - as specified in the conditions of contest - therefore invalidating all of
the results played at those locations.
Club managers and directors are reminded that they have an obligation to their players to
report these contests in a timely fashion.
May 2019

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