Got beaten pretty badly by a bad team today - didn't play very well either. I know basically no one from here is in DC but I want to play some games the next few days so send me a pm or something if you're in town and need a partner.

I know its little consolation, but the one time I tried GNT C I didn't even make it past the districts qualifying swiss. Making it to DC is a legit achievement and I wish I was down there to play.

I find this incredible and would need explanation of your system to agree with it.

The correct way to handle this spot is to have an agreement that bidding 2NT shows the values and possibly, but not necessarily the stopper. Seems a fine agreement, since 1NT has already been bid and we cannot choose anymore who will play it. If partner has game going values, he will now describe his hand, there is plenty of room to investigate whether the stopper is available, whether he has secondary spade support (Honor-x) or we have a minor suit fit. You cannot play 2NT as natural with stopper, that would be too limited. I could imagine 2NT being some transfer convention, which is fine. Lacking that, 2NT will be my answer.

The problem with "and you still have time to look for a stopper" is that the times you have a stopper, as well as some of the times you don't (but partner has some length), our best spot is almost certainly 2Hx.

https://live.acbl.org/event/NABC162/LM/5/results

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3, 2, 1

re 1S-P-1NT-(2H):

2NT would be Good/Bad in all my partnerships where the sequence has been discussed at all. (None of my p's have gotten into 2nd round transfers.)

We didn't explicitly discuss the double, but to me the double sounds like balanced extras (most the hands that would raise to 2NT without the overcall, plus a few 16s).

And in those partnerships where we've never discussed GB2NT, the ancient rule that all doubles are penalty-oriented after somebody bids notrump would still be in force.

Someone help out my fantasy Spingold bracket. Which Chinese team is going to go on a tear?

lol I came in here to ask the same thing

I just filled out my bracket

Was disappointed to see somewhat fewer 4-handed teams in the lineup than in the last year or two (though still more than I saw 5 or 10 years ago.) I didn't expect the new entry fees to scare any sponsors away, but I am surprised to see the trend moving back to how it was.

FN and FS expelled from ACBL.... are BZ next?

why ?

What's the best way to proceed? 11 tricks as long as I use all 3 entries for spade finesses. Then I need to find another trick from either getting East to throw a spade, getting East to lead away a round suit or getting East to unguard a round suit (unlikely but possible West has < C9xx.

How does this differ if you swap the 2s for the 3s?

Welcome to 21st century bridge, courtesy the Diamond/Wolfson match:

4th seat R/W, you hold

AKT
AK
KTxx
AJxx

Auction is of course 1D-1H-1NT to you. Have fun.

Three pointer at the buzzer!

Take Ad, duck a club in trick 2. Halleluja if West has Qc.

Now you take a diamond return in dummy, Js, covered, for As. Cash AKc.
Heart to A, 8s, covered, for Qs. Now cash diamonds and squeeze RHO in spades and his presumed Kh.

haha yeah how would you feel to learn you are down 1 with 1 board to go and you make the wrong decision to bid 5d down 1 rather than double 4s...

ship the win 3! I make tomorrow's match 50/50 though so let's run good!

I start with dbl. feels like 9-8-1-22 HCP. Opps playing precision I presume?

Yes they are



I could feel the eventual despairing jump to 3NT coming a round before it happened. You could almost hear the sigh when it popped up on vugraph.

Would be interested in how this played out. Could easily be a 6N or 6H hand. Kind of hoping I get to bid 3D over 2h after the dbl. I don't have heartburn about pushing to 4H here, but ultimately it does seem like it's going to be a guess and idk if we can have an auction to 6-any that we'll feel good about.

The auction went:

1D-1H-1NT-X
P-2C-P-2D
P-2H-P-3NT
P-4H-All Pass

Making 5 at this table; it made 6 at the other table (on a different auction) on what looked like a pretty nifty endplay.

Partner of this hand was Jxx QJxxxx - Kxxx.

3rd, all non. BBO MPs.

QJT964
QJ863
4
7

P-P-1N-2D
2N-3H-P-4D
X-P-?

Bonus q: When should partner double and when should he pass?

I'm confused. We opened 1NT?

Yeah obviously didn't you know psyching 1n was automatic when you only have 5 HCP in 3rd seat regardless of vulnerability or who owns the majors? How could it go wrong?

Eta: sorry 6 HCP, so the opps must DEFINITELY have game...

I mean, if that's not a typo, pass, hope partner beats it, and apologize for being a moron when you usually don't.

Any hint of blaming partner for this result for one second is absolutely moronic.