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Bid 2♠ (five-plus spades, forcing for
now) with:
♠K J 10 x x ♥A x ♦x x x ♣A x x.
Bid 2NT, "artificial," with:
♠J x x x ♥Q x x ♦Q J x ♣x x x.
This is the cheaper of fourth suit or
2NT, and you can pass partner's next
bid. Bid 3♣ with:
♠A x x x ♥x x x ♦x x ♣A K x x,
natural and forcing. Bid 3♦, a forcing
raise, with:
♠K Q x x ♥A x ♦K x x ♣x x x x .
Bid 3♥, forcing, promising four,
with:

Howard Epley and Karen Epley

♠K J x x x ♥A 10 x x ♦K x ♣x x.
Bid 3♠, forcing with a good six-plus
card suit, with:
♠K Q J 10 x x ♥A x ♦x x ♣x x x.
Bid 3NT, natural, with:
♠Q J 10 x ♥Q x x ♦J x ♣Q J 10 x.
Writing about this reminds me of
what my friend Marty Bergen says:
"You should pray that when you play or
teach bridge, reverses don't come up."

Bidding Basics Quiz on pg. 57

Junior Fund Game winners

A Seattle-area pair had the highest score in the ACBL-wide Junior
Fund Game held Jan. 24. Howard Epley and Karen Epley scored 73.08%
playing at the Des Moines (WA) Bridge Club. With 596 tables of play, the
game raised $2384 for Junior programs in North America.
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Howard Epley - Karen Epley, Kent WA
Joseph Rice, Winchester KY; Charles Seelbach, Lexington KY
Stephen Mancino - David Owens, Tulsa OK
J. Bolton - Ellen Davis, Danville VA
Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA; Elizabeth Wood, Arlington MA
Anna Childs, Belleville ON; Terry Hartley, Frankford ON
Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ
Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA; Pat Leary, Livermore CA
Douglas Miller - F. Winston Samuel, Dartmouth NS
Steve Valencic, Land O' Lakes FL; Tsing-Hai Wann, Tampa FL

Top scores by district
1 Douglas Miller - F. Winston Samuel, Dartmouth NS
2 Anna Childs, Belleville ON; Terry Hartley, Frankford ON
3 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ
4 John Chadderdon - Donald Hill, Rehoboth Beach DE
6 J. Bolton - Ellen Davis, Danville VA
7 Ronald Boggs, Atlanta GA; Virginia Michelich, Decatur GA
8 Alex Balestrieri, Crystal Lake IL; Charles McDonough, Carol Stream IL
9 Steve Valencic, Land O'Lakes FL; Tsing-Hai Wann, Tampa FL
10 Dot Blue, Nashville TN; Kevin Clark, Franklin TN
11 Joseph Rice, Winchester KY; Charles Seelbach, Lexington KY
12 Melvin Bowers - Cheryl Perna, Highland MI
13 Ann Nordeng - Richard Nordeng, Waunakee WI
15 Stephen Mancino - David Owens, Tulsa OK
16 Pam LaShelle, Georgetown TX; Paul Tobias, Austin TX
19 Howard Epley - Karen Epley, Kent WA
20 Eileen Boal, Albany OR; Carol Harms, Corvallis OR
21 Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA; Pat Leary, Livermore CA
22 George Bessinger, La Mesa CA; Alan Rowen, Coronado CA
23 J. Ross Bengel, Playa Del Rey CA; Robert Johann, Redondo Beach CA
24 Peggy Blumenfeld, Dix Hills NY; Gary Levine, Huntington NY
25 Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA; Elizabeth Wood, Arlington MA

46 Bridge Bulletin May 2020

73.08%
72.25%
71.88%
71.38%
70.73%
70.24%
69.56%
68.53%
68.15%
67.42%
68.15%
70.24%
69.56%
61.31%
71.38%
66.64%
59.50%
67.42%
65.51%
72.25%
60.42%
65.07%
71.88%
66.62%
73.08%
62.19%
68.53%
65.24%
65.22%
65.18%
70.73%
May 2020

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