PANEL BY: MARINA PILIPOVIĆ

1. problem

Teams, All N E S W - - - 1* 2** pass 3 ? * could be 2 cards ** weak two

A AK87 1074 KJ1042

pass: 10 dble: 5 3 : 2

Bato: pass - 100%. Board misfitova, iako je moja karta prilično zanimljiva. N i moj partner imaju recimo 11 pikova, karona N ima najmanje i neka se oni muče. Da imam tref Q umjesto ili sa J bih kontrirao (dogovoriti da li su to 4 herca) iako nisam siguran da bi i onda bilo što imali na nivou 3 odnosno 4. Partner nema 6/7 poena i kao što rekoh najduži je u piku te najbalansiraniji za stolom.

Brk: pass - 100%. Za sve drugo list bi ipak trebao biti jači (pik as nije osobito dobra karta).

Dražen: pass - 100%. Ovdje moram priznati da mi nije jasno što bih trebao drugo licirati.

Dubo: dble - 100%. T/O.

Eddie Kantar: pass - 100%. I don't have a good enough hand to get in the middle of what appears to be a forcing auction.

Ivica: dble - 100%. Važno je znati da li je 3D forcing, jer ako jest, mogu mirno pasirati, ali sada kad nisam siguran, odlučujem se za kontru.

Jerry: 3 - 100%.

Marina: pass - 100%.

Max: pass - 80%. 3 - 20%.

Mike Lawrence: dble - 80%. pass - 10%. 3 - 10%. This is not a good problem because you did not state if 3D is forcing, constructive, or signoff. Double is takeout of spades and should imply some length in diamonds.

Nikica: pass - 100%.

Paul: dble - 100%. OK, it could be wrong but I'm not getting fixed on this one. Double is clearly showing Hearts and Clubs.

Todi: pass - 100%. Ako je 3 karo F1, onda je to jednostavno. Ako nije još uvijek pass.

2. problem

Teams, All N E S W - 1 pass 1 pass 3 pass 3 pass 3NT pass ?

AQJ63 AJ1043 106 5

4 : 10 4 : 3 4 : 1

Bato: 4 - 100%. Karta vrijedna bar 4 štiha. 3 karo je rever, tu nema šale. Minimum partnera je recimo: Kx, xx, AKQxxxx, AJ ili xx, Kx, AKJxxxx, AQ a može biti i bolji, kao klasični otvor na visini 2 s time da je slab u jednom majoru (dubl). 5 karo na timu nije strašno a šlem je uvijek dobar. 4 trefa nije trobojan list, to mora biti CB i ostavlja partneru mjesta za 4 herca, 4 pika, te jasno i sve drugo do 6 karo. Po mojoj ocjeni svakako vrijedi pokušati.

Brk: 4 - 100%. 4C bih licitirao sa 5431.

Dražen: 4 - 100%. Prijedlog slama. 4nt mogu izdržati.

Dubo: 4 - 100%. F1!

Eddie Kantar: 4 - 100%. My hand is slammish.

Ivica: 4 - 100%. Imamo karo fit, na 4H reći ću 5H. Moram pokušati slem, iako ne znam točno koji. Partner uvijek može reći 4NT koji ću pasirati, ako ima šuplji karo i dobar tref.

Jerry: 4 - 100%.

Marina: 4 - 100%.

Max: 4 - 100%.

Mike Lawrence: 4 - 100%. Given we may have a grand slam (probably on a finesse) bidding 4D is necessary. The problem rates to come on the next round.

Nikica: 4 - 60%. pass - 40%.

Paul: 4 - 100%. Must make some sort of a slam try and this is the most economical. If partner now bids 4NT I will Pass as I think that is a sign-off.

Todi: 4 - 100%. Previše za 4H i pass.

3. problem

Teams, NS Vul N E S W - 2* pass 4 4 pass pass ? * 5 & 5m, could be very weak

Q7 AK76 KQ107 K75

pass: 10 5 : 4 4 NT: 4 5 : 2 dble: 1

Bato: pass - 100%. Koliko pikova imaju i kako su im raspoređeni herčevi? 4 herca se može licitirati i sa puno slabijom kartom, pogotovo u prvoj, što znači, da N ne mora biti strašno jak, te da možda ima kartu da mora reći 4 pik (npr. AJ109xx, xxx, AJ9, K). U drugoj se u pravilu ne bi smjeli nastavljati za 1100, iako ima podjela gdje nešto jednostavno moraš reći makar “poginuo” (ne važi za Tesline odluke). Da je znati za partnerov singl i njihovu herc podjelu bi bilo puno lakše. Ako very weak može biti x, J10xxx, xx, Qxxxx onda možda treba braniti. Čime? S 5 karo ili s 5 herc. 5 karo je informacija partneru da eventualno dobro atakira, a njima da se pravilno odluče (njihova odluka ovisi o njihovoj podjeli herčeva) za visinu 5 (a poena im sigurno fali ali podjela može biti prava) ili kontru. Vjerojatno imamo 3 sigurna štiha. Bez obzira na manše ipak pass. Opcije su sigurno 5 karo i 5 herc, za mlađe kontra. Nije laka odluka i ako ispadne slabo je krivac uvijek W. Po mome je 4 herc slaba licitacija koja skoro povlači za sobom odluku kao u danom primjeru. Sa šikenom pik pravim asom i herc Q možemo imati slem, a sada smo pred dilemom što učiniti na visini 4. Uopće nije evidentno, da će na neki forsing Westa North licitirati 4 pika. Obzirom na manjak poena bi nas sigurno kontrirali na visini 5.

Brk: pass - 100%. Sa 14 karata možda bih i kontrirao.

Dražen: pass - 100%. Vrlo lako se može napraviti 4pik. Ali neću se braniti.10 karo je važna karta.

Dubo: 4 NT - 100%.

Eddie Kantar: pass - 100%. Thank goodness this hand has 14 cards because I didn't know what to bid. With the "real" hand I would pass and hope to beat it.

Ivica: 5 - 100%. Važno je pokazati partneru gdje su poeni, ako kažu 5S.

Jerry: 5 - 50%. 4 NT - 50%.

Marina: pass - 100%.

Max: 5 - 100%.

Mike Lawrence: 5 - 100%. Seems clear. We will make five hearts much of the time and on defense I do not see a huge set. This is especially true if my partner's second suit is diamonds.

Nikica: 4 NT - 100%.

Paul: dble - 60%. pass - 40%. Ugh. A guess. It all depends what partner's minor is - if it is Diamonds I have done the wrong thing in not bidding. 4S could be cold, of course, which is why I think it 60-40 between Pass and Double.

Todi: pass - 90%. dble - 10%. 10% za onih 20% 4 pik, kojih ćemo srušiti.

4. problem

teams, EW Vul N E S W - pass 2* dble 3** dble*** pass ? * weak two in one M ** pass/correct *** no special agreement

AK87 J AJ86 AK62

4 : 10 pass: 3

Bato: pass - 100%. Kada nisam dogovoren što mi znači prva licitacija (takvih primjera molim što manje, zašto uopće onda sistem) obično pasiram. Možda smo popili minorski slem, možda ih srušimo za 800 a možda nam i naprave. Pik fit nemamo, to je jedino jasno poslije 3 herca. Opcije? Ima ih puno od 4 herca do 5 NT kao ponuda za minorski slem. Nisam tako dobar da znam što ima na boardu. Ako to ustanovim na 50% bordova sam zadovoljan. Volim imati bar malo informacija, cijeli život sam u informatici pa sam navikao.

Brk: 4 - 100%. Mislim da bismo mogli imati svašta. Kontra, skoro sigurno, pokazuje generalne vrijednosti i nikako nije strogo kazneno orijentirana.

Dražen: pass - 100%. Meni je to čista kaznena kontra.

Dubo: pass - 100%.

Eddie Kantar: 4 - 100%. To me the bidding has gone: 2H Dbl. 3H Dbl in which case the double simply shows cards with likely length in one of the minors; North figures to have hearts and spades.

Ivica: 4 - 100%. Neka bira, na 4S ću reći pass, zna da sam jači i da imam trikolor.

Jerry: 4 - 100%.

Marina: 4 - 100%.

Max: 4 - 100%.

Mike Lawrence: 4 - 100%. How can this double not be defined? I do not have much experience against Multi but I do know that this sequence would have a definition. My guess is that double is takeout and in that context, I have a great hand.

Nikica: 4 - 100%.

Paul: 4 - 90%. pass - 10%. Oh, thank-you! No special agreement, eh? Anyway, a sensible North will have at least 3 Hearts so Partner has only three. That gives us a fit somewhere or other so 4H will locate it. 3H Doubled should produce an effortless 500 so it isn't wrong to Pass but I prefer the certain(?) Game.

Todi: 4 - 100%. Pa responsive kontra - ako ima kaznenu pasira i čeka kontru.

5. problem

Pairs, All N E S W - 3 dble rdble pass pass 3 ?

AK87 43 AQ8 KQ76

pass: 10 3 : 9 4 : 6 dble: 5 5 : 1

Bato: 5 - 40%. 4 - 20%. pass - 20%. 3 - 20%. Idem opet na prosjek (isplati se a i realno je), board poznajem i to je ostovremeno hendikep i prednost. Poanta je rasčistiti da li je pass Westa forsing, odnosno što je rekontra. Nisam siguran da svi parovi imaju to dogovoreno, dobri bi morali imati. Sada je prilika za perspektivne da se dogovore. Na timu nema problema. Partner ne može imati samo KJxxxxx u kari i herc štoper je vjerojatan što je na boardu i bio slučaj. 5 karo je nula jer iamo 10 štihova, a na tref ataku 12. Što ima kontrer? QJxx(x), K(Q)J10x, x, AJ10x mu je minimum a i maksimum obzirom da mi nismo loši, što on ne može znati ako nije vidovit. N je stvarno sirotinja.

Brk: pass - 100%. Iskoristit ću pass za dobivanje dodatnih informacija.

Dražen: dble - 50%. 4 - 50%. Sad moraju biti vani dva herca i tref, jer je zanepovjerovati da informativna kontra može biti bez AK herc i Asa tref. Magičnih 200 je izazovno,ali 3herc u kontri se može napraviti ako je partner i kratak u piku, jer na četvrti pik može otići tref.

Dubo: 4 - 100%.

Eddie Kantar: dble - 100%. I'll take a chance for plus 200. 5D is unlikely to make unless partner has the CA. Besides, North's pass denies much of anything-unless they are playing it as a penalty pass which hardly seems likely.

Ivica: pass - 100%. Neka partner da kontru ili licitria 3NT.

Jerry: 3 - 100%.

Marina: pass - 100%.

Max: 4 - 100%.

Mike Lawrence: pass - 100%. This had better be forcing. If it is not forcing, then my redouble was just a noise without a meaning. I expect my partner to double if he has three hearts. Otherwise he should bid 4D with a weak hand and cue-bid a high card if he can. Perhaps he can bid 3NT.

Nikica: 3 - 100%.

Paul: 3 - 40%. dble - 40%. 5 - 20%. Difficult. A vulnerable partner should have more than K J to seven Diamonds but, even so, we may be off three top tricks. If partner has the KH then he can try 3NT over 3S; however, with a heart guard 3H must be going lots off. A bit of a guess, this one.

Todi: 3 - 100%. Neka kaže 3NT sa herc štoperom, barem igramo 3NT iz prave strane. Pass bi bio poziv na kaznenu kontru.

CONTESTANT	PROBLEM 1	PROBLEM 2	PROBLEM 3	PROBLEM 4	PROBLEM 5	TOTAL
Miro Tesla	pass = 10	4 = 10	pass = 10	4 = 10	4 = 6	46
Ivo Zoričić	pass = 10	4 = 10	5 = 4	4 = 10	dble = 5	39
Boris Bursać	pass = 10	4 = 3	pass = 10	4 = 10	4 = 6	39
Mario Zeljko	pass = 10	4 = 10	pass = 10	3 = 0	3 = 9	39
Maximilian Buchmayr	dble = 5	4 = 10	5 = 4	4 = 10	pass = 10	39
Zoran Šantek	pass = 10	4 = 10	5 = 4	4 = 10	dble = 5	39
Nenad Poštić	dble = 5	4 = 10	5 = 4	4 = 10	3 = 9	38
Vesna Dacić	pass = 10	4 = 1	pass = 10	4 = 10	4 = 6	37
Željka Karaman-Martinović	pass = 10	4 = 10	dble = 1	4 = 10	dble = 5	36
Tolja Orač	pass = 10	4 = 1	5 = 4	4 = 10	3 = 9	34
Srđan Katušić	pass = 10	5 = 0	5 = 4	4 = 10	pass = 10	34
Adriano Voscilla	3 = 2	4 = 10	5 = 4	4 = 10	4 = 6	32
Guy Soffer	dble = 5	4 = 10	5 = 4	pass = 3	3 = 9	31
Zoran Bohaček	pass = 10	4 = 1	5 = 4	4 = 10	dble = 5	30
Dragan Petrina	dble = 5	pass = 0	5 = 4	4 = 10	3 = 9	28
Miro Novak	pass = 10	4 = 3	5 = 2	pass = 3	pass = 10	28
Karlo Brguljan	pass = 10	4 = 1	dble = 1	4 = 10	4 = 6	28
Ljubica Bajakić	pass = 10	4 NT = 0	pass = 10	3 NT = 0	4 = 6	26
Dominik Mokni	pass = 10	pass = 0	dble = 1	4 = 10	dble = 5	26
Alen Perković	pass = 10	4 = 3	dble = 1	4 = 10	5 = 1	25
Dario Filjar	pass = 10	4 = 10	dble = 1	pass = 3	5 = 1	25
Pero Stojančević	pass = 10	4 = 1	4 NT = 4	3 NT = 0	3 = 9	24
Frano Jančić	3 = 2	4 = 1	pass = 10	4 = 10	5 = 1	24
Igor Mandalinic	3 = 2	4 = 3	5 = 4	4 = 10	dble = 5	24
Vedran Zorić	pass = 10	pass = 0	pass = 10	pass = 3	5 = 1	24
Gjivo Tikvica	pass = 10	pass = 0	5 = 4	4 = 0	3 = 9	23
Igor Novosel	3 = 2	4 = 1	dble = 1	4 = 10	3 = 9	23
Alan Arhanić	pass = 10	pass = 0	5 = 4	pass = 3	4 = 6	23
Aljoša Čakić	dble = 5	4 = 3	5 = 4	3 NT = 0	pass = 10	22
Dino Rašić	3 = 2	pass = 0	5 = 4	4 = 10	4 = 6	22
Branimir Zauner	pass = 10	4 = 1	5 = 4	3 NT = 0	4 = 6	21
Nilly Mass	3 = 2	4 = 3	pass = 10	3 = 0	4 = 6	21
Duško Obradović	pass = 10	4 = 1	dble = 1	3 = 0	3 = 9	21
Aleksandar Carević	pass = 10	4 = 1	dble = 1	3 = 0	3 = 9	21
Damir Franulović	3 = 2	4 = 3	5 = 4	3 = 0	3 = 9	18
Buga Mikšić	pass = 10	4 = 1	dble = 1	3 NT = 0	4 = 6	18
Milan Žmak	3 = 2	4 = 3	dble = 1	4 = 10	5 = 1	17
Dean Pokorny	dble = 5	4 = 3	dble = 1	4 NT = 0	4 = 6	15
Boris Hajduković	pass = 10	pass = 0	5 = 4	3 NT = 0	5 = 1	15
Dragan Visekrunić	pass = 10	pass = 0	dble = 1	3 NT = 0	5 = 1	12
Larry Singer	5 = 0	pass = 0	dble = 1	pass = 3	4 = 0	4