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Newer Players
With J, jump to 2NT (double and
then 1NT is up to about 20, maybe a
bad 21; doubling and then jumping
in notrump is a decent 21 to about 24
and invitational).
With K, cuebid 2k. This is forcing
and says nothing about hearts
(partner will likely bid notrump with
hearts stopped).
QUIZ
What is your call after RHO opens
1' and you hold:
1 K Q 10 kA Q 10 2 lK J 'Q 10 8 7
2 A K 10 kA Q 10 2 lK J 'Q 10 8 7
3 A Q 8 7 6 k10 4 2 lA K 5 4 '3
4 K J 8 7 6 2 kA lA Q 2 'A J 2
What is your call after RHO opens
2 and you hold:
5 8 7 kA K Q 10 lA K J 2 'Q 8 7
6 K 8 2 kK 2 lK Q 10 8 'A Q 7 6
What is your call after RHO opens
3k and you hold:
7 A K 10 8 7 6 k2 lA 6 5 'K 6 5
8 A K Q J 10 k3 2 lA K Q 10 '5 4
ANSWERS
1 1NT. You have a hand that would
have opened 1NT and you have their
suit stopped; overcall 1NT.
2 Double. Too strong for 1NT. Double
and then bid notrump.
3 1. A simple overcall. Not strong
enough to double and then bid again.
4 Double. Too strong for a 1 overcall.
Double and then bid spades.
5 Double. You have both 18-plus and
support for all three unbid suits.
6 2NT. This shows the high end of a
1NT opening with their suit stopped.
7 3. Not strong enough to double
and then bid spades.
8 Double. Too strong for a simple
overcall of 3.
52 | Bridge Bulletin | March 2022
BridgeWhiz's
First Tournament Was Magical!
You can see it in your mind's eye:
Almost 200 online BridgeWhiz students
across North America holding
their breath, fingers poised over keyboards,
excitedly awaiting the start of
their first BridgeWhiz tournament,
held Jan. 22.
And then, these young people,
seated at 48 different tables using
the Shark Bridge platform, were off
and running, tackling 12 boards
over the next two hours. The top five
North-South and East-West pairs
each received an Amazon gift card
for their efforts.
" There was a constant stream of
online chats at the tables, the kids
encouraging each other with 'GG'
(good game) and 'WD' (well done), "
said coach Diana Lack, the director of
BridgeWhiz's first contest. " They all
appeared to have had fun. "
" We believe this was the largest
online North American youth tournament
ever held, " added Al Bender,
project director of BridgeWhiz, a
program of the ACBL Educational
Foundation. The tournament marks
the halfway point in the online
BridgeWhiz program with an upcoming
end-of-semester tournament to
be held on Saturday, April 23.
The first-and second-place pairs
for each direction:
North-South 1st Place (84%): Siblings
Honjar
Xing (Grade 9)
and Honwell
Xing (Grade
6) of Markham
ON. Their
coach is Dian
Petrov.
North-South 2nd Place (74%):
Jocelyn Zhang (Grade
6) of Burlington ON. Her
father, Hang Zhang, is a
former ACBL member.
Her coaches are Beth
Carlson and Denise
Donovan.
Eleazar McNeal
(Grade 9) of Owasso
OK. His grandmother,
Patricia Cunningham, is
a former ACBL member.
His coach is Dian
Petrov.
East-West 1st Place (74%):
Lily Steck (Grade 7)
of Bethlehem PA. Her
grandmother, Grace
Sutherland, is an active
ACBL member. Her
coach is Bernie Simkin.
Max Sullivan
(Grade 6) of Olathe KS.
His grandmother, Myrna
Sullivan, is an active
ACBL member. His
coachers are Douglas
Jordan and Mojo Jones.
East-West 2nd Place (73%):
Andrew C. (Grade 9) and Madilyn
C. (Grade 6) of West Orange NJ.
(Photo not available.) Their father is
a former ACBL member, and their
coach is Margi Redden.
Did you notice all the ACBL grandmothers?
Kudos to them for the subtle
magic they worked to entice their
grandchildren to play! We know there
are more grandparent and parent
" influencers " out there, so please help
us continue this wonderful game for
generations to come.
2022 BridgeWhiz classes start in
October and registration opens
Aug. 1. You can let us know to " ping "
you when registration opens by
visiting ACBLEF.org/BridgeWhiz.
You have a whole summer to polish
up your Whizardry. Donations to support
BridgeWhiz can be made there,
too!
http://www.ACBLEF.org/BridgeWhiz
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