Glenfield Bridge Club

Slam Bidding

Last Updated 2^nd August 2010

Typically there are two distinct phases to an auction leading to a slam.
Board 11 Dealer S Love All	North ª KJT7542 © KT83 ¨ 3 § 3		Firstly, the partnership discovers whether there is enough combined strength in the two hands to allow the possibility of making twelve or thirteen tricks. If so, the second phase of the auction determines the risk of the opponent’s being able to take more than one trick before our twelve tricks can be developed. Bidding techniques during the first phase of the auction include the jump response in a new suit and various conventional responses of two and three no trumps. There are many methods of determining the number of losers including Blackwood, Gerber, and Roman Key Card Blackwood DOPI and ROPI to determine the quantity of aces held by the partnership, bids such as five of the agreed suit or the Grand Slam Force to determine the quality of the trump suit held by the partnership, bids such as the Acol four no trump opening and cue-bids that allow the partnership to determine the specific aces and kings they possess, splinter bids that show a shortage in a specific suit, and asking bids that show two or more losers in a specific suit and ask partner for help. None of the above proved necessary in order to bid seven no trumps on this hand from the Buckby Cup. Tim Glover opened three diamonds, North bid four spades and Peter Neville could count thirteen tricks and had a clear cut seven no trumps. This would have been less easy if South had been able to open a weak two hearts (as occurred at several tables) or if Tim and Peter were playing a style that permitted three diamonds to be opened on a five card suit.
West ª Q © 42 ¨ QJT9852 § 942		East ª A9 © A ¨ AK74 § AKQJ65
	South ª 863 © QJ9765 ¨ 6 § T87

MP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	MPs	Top	%	Small Slam Against	MPs	Top	%
Gimson Final	Peter Neville	3	39	20	65.00	3	35	20	58.33
Notts Green Pairs	Harry Gordon	1	42	72	58.33	1	31	72	43.06
Total for 2006		4	81	61.36	23	4	66		50.00
Glenfield Heat of the Gimson	Peter Neville					2	9	12	37.50
Gimson Final	Peter Neville	3	22	18/20	38.60	2	7	18/20	18.42
Jones Handicap Pairs	Peter Neville	1	8	8	100.00
Total for 2007		4	30		46.15	4	16		25.81
Buckby Cup	Peter Neville					1	4.6	16	28.75
Leicestershire Green Point Swiss Pairs	Peter Neville	2	100	56	89.29	3	77	56	45.83
Gimson Semi Final	Peter Neville	1 (9)	22	24	91.67 (64.56)	2 (13)	48	24	100 (47.18)
Gimson Final - Session 2	Peter Neville	2 (11)	38	20	95.00 (70.09)
Corwen	Peter Neville	3 (14)	138.3	102	45.2 (64.76)	2 (15)	40.8	102	20.00 (43.56)
Otto & Edith	Ann Wright	3	49	24	68.06
Total for 2008		11	347.3		81.06	6	129.6		55.86
Buckby Cup	Peter Neville	3 (17)	24	16	50.00 (62.16)
National Pairs - County Heat	Peter Neville	1 (18)	4	4	100.00 (64.26)	1 (16)	0	4	0.00 (40.84)
Gimson - Open Heat	Peter Neville					4 (20)	17	8	53.13 (43.30)
Leicestershire Green Point Swiss Pairs	Robert Northage	1	21	46	45.65	4	120	46	65.22
National Pairs - Regional Heat	Peter Neville	1 (19)	23.15	40	57.88 (63.92)	1 (21)	37.16	40	92.9 (45.61)
Gimson Semi Final	Peter Neville	2 (21)	21	22	47.73 (62.38)
National Pairs - Final	Peter Neville	2 (23)	5	48	5.21 (57.41)	2 (23)	42	48	43.75 (45.45)
Total for 2009		10	98.15		45.94	10	174.16		56.63
Total		29	556.45		61.42	25	426.56		45.47

MP Statistics	Partner	Grand Slam For	MPs	Top	%	Grand Slam Against	MPs	Top	%
2006 Buckby Cup	Peter Neville	1	11	16	68.75	1	14	16	87.5
Notts Green Pairs	Harry Gordon					1	58	72	80.56
Total for 2006		1	11		68.75	2	72		81.82
Glenfield Heat of the Gimson	Peter Neville					2	17	12	70.83
Total for 2007						2	17		70.83
Gimson Semi Final	Peter Neville	1	22	24	91.67
Total for 2008		1	22		91.67
Leicestershire Green Point Swiss Pairs	Robert Northage	1	27	46	58.70
National Pairs - Regional Heat	Peter Neville	2 (4)	46.45 (79.45)	20	58.06 (69.14)
Gimson Semi Final	Peter Neville	1 (5)	7 (86.45)	22	31.82 (61.68)
Total for 2009		4	80.45		51.66
Total		6	113.45		61.18	4	89		79.46

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Glenfield A 5 Barkby A 7	Baerbel Sandhu	4	13	3.25	2	11	5.5
Total		4	13	3.25	2	11	5.5

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Leicestershire C 2 Oxfordshire C 18	Bharat	5	-22	-4.4
Total		5	-22	-4.4

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
StanleyTrophy	Harry Gordon	1	-2	-2
Derbyshire Green Teams	Harry Gordon	2	-12	-8	1	0	0
Total for 2006		3	-14	-4.67	1	0	0
Porter – Leicestershire 7 Lincolnshire 13	Harry Gordon	3	16	5.33	2	2	1.00
Total for 2007		3	16	5.33	2	2	1.00
Total		6	2	0.33	3	2	0.67

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Stanley Trophy 2006/7 - Heat 1	John Glover	4	-11	-2.75
Total		4	-11	-2.75

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Grantham A 12 Glenfield A 0	Judith Taylor	1	-2	-2	3	23	7.67
Barkby B 0 Glenfield A 12	Judith Taylor	1	0	0	1	16	16
Glenfield A 6 Grantham A 6	Judith Taylor	1	0	0
Stanley Trophy 2006/7 - Heat 3	Judith Taylor	1	-10	-10
Total for 2006		4	-12	-3	4	39	9.75
Glenfield A 4 Melton 8	Judith Taylor				2	3	1.50
Total for 2007					2	3	1.50
Total		4	-12	-3	6	42	7.00

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Leicestershire Green Point Swiss Teams	Ken Smith				2	4	2
Total					2	4	2

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Leicestershire Green Point Swiss Teams	Margaret Glover	3	-3	-1.00	3	7	2.33
Total		3	-3	-1.00	3	7	2.33

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Glenfield A 5 Barkby A 7	Peter Neville	4	20	5	0	0	0
Markham – Derbyshire 0 Leicestershire 20	Peter Neville	1	-9	-9	1	9	9
Glenfield A 2 Castle Donington 10	Peter Neville				1	11	11
Stanley Trophy 2005/6 - Heat 6	Peter Neville	2	18	9	1	20	20
Stanley Trophy 2005/6 - Heat 7	Peter Neville	1	12	12
Porter – Leicestershire 20 Staffs & Shrops 0	Peter Neville	3	-23	-7.67	2	6	3
Porter – Lincolnshire 0 Leicestershire 20	Peter Neville	1	10	10	1	15	15
Josephe Bowl – Barkby Heat	Peter Neville	1	12	12
Glenfield A 6 Clarendon 6	Peter Neville				2	-1	-1
Markham – Leicestershire 20 – Gloucestershire 0	Peter Neville	2	-9	-4.5
Stanley Trophy 2006/7 - Heat 2	Peter Neville				3	3	1
Melton 4 Glenfield A 8	Peter Neville				2	-11	-5.5
Porter – Leicestershire 16 Nottinghamshire 4	Peter Neville	3	24	8.00	2	-16	-9
Josephe Bowl – Round 2 - Won by 12 Imps	Peter Neville	2	0	0.0
2006 Total		20	55	2.75	15	38	2.53
Glenfield A 4 County A 8	Peter Neville	2	-2	-1.00	1	-12	-12.00
Clarendon 7 Glenfield A 5	Peter Neville	2	0	0.00	1	17	17.00
Josephe Bowl – Round 4 - Won by 66 Imps	Peter Neville	3	34	11.33
Glenfield A 6 Phoenix A 6	Peter Neville	1	0	0.00
Silver Plate Round II – Won by 26 Imps	Peter Neville	1	0	0.00	3	14	4.67
Hinckley A 7 Glenfield A 5	Peter Neville	1	11	11.00	1	-13	-13.00
Josephe Bowl – Semi-Final - Won by 20 Imps	Peter Neville	1	2	2.00
Spencefield 1 Glenfield A 11	Peter Neville	1	-9	-9.00
Gimson Semi-Final (North)	Peter Neville	1	0	0.00	1	9	9.00
Josephs Bowl Final - Lost by 11 Imps	Peter Neville	1	11	11.00
Porter – Warwickshire 6 Leicestershire 14	Peter Neville	2	-14	-12.00	2	23	11.50
Glenfield A 9 Loughborough A 3	Peter Neville	1	0	0.00	2	-6	-3.00
Stanley Trophy 2006/7 - Heat 6	Peter Neville	2	-7	-3.50	1	-13	-13.00
Silver Plate - Round III	Peter Neville	1	-1	-1.00
Stanley Trophy 2006/7 - Heat 7	Peter Neville	1	-13	-13.00	1	0	0.00
Garden Cities Trophy	Peter Neville				1	0	0.00
Silver Plate - Round IV	Peter Neville	2	0	0.00	1	12	12.00
Loughborough A 7 Glenfield A 5	Peter Neville	1	-15	-15.00	1	-10	-10.00
Phoenix A 11 Glenfield A 1	Peter Neville				1	-8	-8.00
Melton A 5 Glenfield A 7	Peter Neville	2	-5	-2.50
Clarendon 7 Glenfield A 5	Peter Neville	2	-24	-12.00
Porter – Leicestershire 5 Oxfordshire 15	Peter Neville				2	-13	-6.50
Josephs Bowl - Round III	Peter Neville	1	-5	-5.00
Loughborough University A 7 Glenfield A 5	Peter Neville	1	-13	-13	1	0	0.00
2007 Total		30	-50	-1.40	20	0	0.00
Loughborough A 9 Glenfield A 3	Peter Neville	2	1	0.50	2	7	3.50
Porter – Derbyshire 7 Leicestershire 13	Peter Neville	1	3	3.00
Blaby A 8 Glenfield A 4	Peter Neville	2	-22	-11.00
Josephs Bowl - Quarter Final	Peter Neville	1	0	0.00	1	6	6.00
Glenfield A 6 Phoenix 6	Peter Neville	1	0	0.00	2	-6	-3.00
Glenfield A 8 Melton 4	Peter Neville				1	-8	-8.00
Glenfield A 0 Clarendon 12	Peter Neville	1	-3	-3.00	2	0	0.00
Josephs Bowl - Semi Final	Peter Neville				3	-43	-14.33
Porter – Leicestershire 13 Gloucestershire 7	Peter Neville	1	-11	-11.00
Stanley Trophy 2008/9 - Heat 1	Peter Neville	1	13	13.00
Porter – Worcestershire 4 Leicestershire 16	Peter Neville	3	10	3.33	2	-6	-3.00
Josephs Bowl - County Club Heat	Peter Neville	2	2	1.00
Glenfield A 7 Ashby 5	Peter Neville				1	-7	-7.00
Glenfield A 10 Grantham A 2	Peter Neville				1	17	17.00
Porter – Leicestershire 3 Derbyshire 17	Peter Neville	1	13	13.00	1	-5	-5.00
2008 Total		16	6	0.38	16	-45	-2.81
Glenfield A 10 Westcotes A 2	Peter Neville	1	12	12.00
County B 6 Glenfield A 6	Peter Neville	1	13	13.00	2	-10	-0.50
Stanley Trophy 2008/9 - Heat 4	Peter Neville				1	8	8.00
Ashby 6 Glenfield A 6	Peter Neville	1	15	15
Josephs Bowl - Semi-Final	Peter Neville	1	10	10
Stanley Trophy 2008/9 - Heat 5	Peter Neville	2	-7	-3.50	1	8	8.00
Hinckley B 2 Glenfield A 10	Peter Neville	2	20	10.00
Stanley Trophy 2008/9 - Heat 6	Peter Neville	1	10	10.00	2	-4	-2.00
Josephs Bowl - Final	Peter Neville	2	11	5.50
Dawes – Gloucestershire 6 Leicestershire 14	Peter Neville				1	0	0.00
Stanley Trophy 2008/9 - Heat 7	Peter Neville	2	-18	-9.00
2009 Total		13	69	5.31	7	2	0.29
Total		86	93	1.08	59	-3	-0.05

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Porter – Gloucestershire 20 Leicestershire 0	Robert Northage	2	7	3.50	2	-11	-5.50
Total for 2007		2	7	3.50	2	-11	-5.50
Porter – Staffs & Shropshire 13 Leicestershire 7	Rober Northage				1	-3	-3.00
Total for 2008					1	-3	-3.00
Porter – Lincolnshire 3 - Leicestershire 17	Robert Northage				2	20	10.00
Grantham A 1 Glenfield A 11	Robert Northage				1	0	0.00
Total for 2009					3	20	6.67
Total		2	7	3.50	6	6	1.00

IMP Statistics	Partner	Small Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Small Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Joseph’s Bowl Semi Final	Tony Kitson	2	0	0
Total		2	0	0

IMP Statistics	Partner	Grand Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Grand Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Leicestershire C 2 Oxfordshire C 18	Bharat	1	-9	-9
Total		1	-9	-9

IMP Statistics	Partner	Grand Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Grand Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Stanley Trophy	Harry Gordon				1	7	7
Derbyshire Green Teams	Harry Gordon	2	-25	-12.5	2	2	1
Total		2	-25	-12.5	3	9	3

IMP Statistics	Partner	Grand Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Grand Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Barkby B 0 Glenfield A 12	Judith Taylor	1	15	15
Total		1	15	15

IMP Statistics	Partner	Grand Slam For	IMPs	Imps/Bd	Grand Slam Against	IMPs	Imps/Bd
Glenfield A 5 Barkby A 7	Peter Neville				2	0	0
Stanley Trophy – Heat 7	Peter Neville	1	0	0.00
Markham – Leicestershire 20 – Gloucestershire 0	Peter Neville				1	-11	-11
Stanley Trophy 2006/7 - Heat 2	Peter Neville	1	-7	-7	1	-6	-6
Total for 2006		2	-7	-3.5	4	-17	-4.25
Glenfield A 4 County A 8	Peter Neville	1	11	11.00
Loughborough A 10 Glenfield A 2	Peter Neville	1	6	6.00
Stanley Trophy 2006/7 - Heat 6	Peter Neville				1	-10	-10.00
Stanley Trophy 2006/7 - Heat 7	Peter Neville	2	-11	-5.50
Garden Cities Trophy	Peter Neville				1	1	1.00
Porter – Leicestershire 10 Worcestershire 10	Peter Neville				1	9	9
Phoenix A 11 Glenfield A 1	Peter Neville	1	-1	-1.00	1	-6	-6.00
Clarendon 7 Glenfield A 5	Peter Neville				1	-12	-12.00
Total for 2007		5	5	1.00	5	-18	-3.60
Porter – Derbyshire 7 Leicestershire 13	Peter Neville	1	12	12.00
Loughborough University A 5 Glenfield A 7	Peter Neville	1	6	6.00
Porter – Leicestershire 3 Derbyshire 17	Peter Neville				1	-2	-2.00
Total for 2008		2	18	9.00	1	-2	-2.00
Stanley Trophy 2008/9 – Heat 4	Peter Neville	1	13