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Sunday, April 11, 2004
Hilton Head Island, SC
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The first annual Stakeholder Game is on Sunday, April 25th. The party starts at 12:00 noon and the game starts at 1:00 pm. This is a Club Championship rated game and will be set up in advance to balance the game. With thirty-seven partnerships having already made playing reservations, a 2 section game is anticipated. You can sign up for the game at the Bridge Club or send an email to fred@onent.com ... be sure to tell us who your partner will be for the game. Reservations will be accepted through Friday, April 23rd and seating assignments will be posted on the web by late Saturday, April 24th. After the game has been posted additional partnerships will be assigned open positions.
Club Manager Lee Sturm says that the HHI Bridge Association will furnish all plastic ware and a variety of drinks from soft drinks to wine. Members are requested to bring finger food. A sign-up sheet for food will be posted at the club this week. If you have questions about the arrangements contact Lee Sturm at ljsturm@adelphia.net .
Photos From the April 2003 Stakeholder game. [Click on photo to see expanded view.]
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Double Knock-Out Team Championship
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The Hilton Head Island Bridge Association is inaugurating the First Annual Low Country Double Knock-Out Team Bridge Championship. This event is similar to a highly successful championship conducted by the New York City Bridge Association. Just like the NY event, matches can be played at any bridge club—on the island or at Okatie. We will have 3 brackets—0 to 50, 0 to 300 and unlimited. This will enable all levels of players to have some success. In fact, any team that loses a match will only play other teams with a loss, right up until the finals. So everyone has a chance.
Each match will use IMP scoring which many players enjoy as a break from matchpoint scoring. And everyone likes long matches against one team as it enables a team to strategize what works against the other team. Something that cannot be done in a 6 or 8 board match.
The Association is encouraging all first round matches to be played on May 2nd, but that is not a requirement. Teams can consist of 4, 5 or 6 players. If you have a pair but would like help finding another pair at the same level as you, Gary Donner will help. You can e-mail him at gdonner@earthlink.net.
We hope you join in this fun event. Gary Donner
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As you know the HHIBA awards the Craig Gibbons Memorial Award each year. I am looking for some good photos of Craig to include in a web page on Craig and the award. If you have some neat photos of Craig, either in electronic or print format, please loan them to me. I promise to take care of them and get them back to you in good condition. Fred Ferguson 843.363.6416 or fred@onent.com
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Don forget Frank’s last game at the club will be Tuesday, April 27th at 1:00 pm. Many of Frank’s friends and students are planning a party for Frank’s last game. I am breaking out my last bottle of PIMM’s No 1 and we going to party. HHIBA will be presenting a certificate to Frank on the 27th. A number of us are chipping in to get Frank a little going away present … if you have an interest in contributing, see Kathie Walsh.
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Play of the Hand - Taking Your Tricks
| Lead Q♠ | 3Nt | How would you play this hand? | ||
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Dummy A5 QJ3 KJ764 942 . |
8 Winners
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In this 3Nt contract, you have 8 (quick) winners: 2 spade winners, 1 heart winner, no immediate diamond winners and 5 club winners. You only need to develop 1 one trick to make your contract (9 tricks). With the ♦KJ764 in Dummy and ♦1098 in your hand it looks very promising that you can finesse against the ♦Q. All it takes is for the ♦Q to be on-side (50%) and you can probably take 12 tricks putting Declarer's 2♠ and 7♥ on Dummy 4th and 5th diamond regardless of where the ♦A sits. However, if the ♦Q is off-side (50%) and your RHO returns his partner's spade lead the opponents can knockout your last spade control and possibly win the ♦AQ, a heart trick (either the ♥K or ♥J) and some number of spades setting your contract.
If however, you win the ♥A and lead to the ♥QJ you can promote one of your heart honors for your 9th trick and make your contract 100% of the time. Do you risk a 100% certainty of making your contract for a 50% possibility of making significant up-tricks or going down in your contract. What do you think? Send your comments to fred@onent.com |
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Declarer K62 A7 1098 AKQJ10 . |
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Winners 2 1 0 5 . |
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Beginning June 2nd a new intermediate bridge class on Two‑over‑One “2/1” Game Force Bridge – will be taught on Wednesdays from 9:30 – 11:30 am. This class will run for 9 classes beginning Wednesday, June 2nd and ending Wednesday, July 28th and will cost $90.00. The text for this course is the 1st book in the series by Max Hardy ‘Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century’.
The class is designed for the new and intermediate 2/1 bridge player. The classes will be taught by Fred Ferguson with guest lectures by many of the area’s top players including:
Marvin Shatz, Ginny Bednar, Roni Keisler, Ron Perry and Mary Alice Shenefeil. |
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Remember Bridge should be fun!
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Fred E. Ferguson, Editor
843.363.6416
Hilton Head Island, SC
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