Know you're asking a card play question but what is redouble meant to show here?

I think Justin would tell you it's automatic. Good players see this coming at trick 1 and go ok if partner has 4 hearts, I need to win the Q and if he has 3 I need to duck it.

Why would RHO pitch the CK from Kx? Doesn't he have to hold KQx?
Would Zia pitch down to stiff diamond honor when holding H: xxx? Kind of sick, I think he would maybe pitch one of his garbage clubs instead? I think you'd need to parlay the duck with either RHO having Qxxx/Qx/KQxx/KQx or RHO having Qxxx/Qx/Hxxx/KQx and Zia pitching down to --/xx/H/xxx for some reason instead of --/xx/Hx/xx

I think its correct to hook again.

Finesse again. If they ducked the Qx of hearts, power to them.

If you play a strong pair and see monsters under the bed and play safe in a pairs game, you're losing valuable match points. Just play your game.

Also Zia doesn't have 5 of a minor, because he didn't bid over rdbl, so with 2 spades he must be fav to have 4 hearts

Also, what is wrong with 1S over dbl? You don't really have a hand to defend red Vs white. You want NT to be in partners hand 100% and 1S will help accomplish that

I agree with myself.

Remembering Justin. Today 3 years ago that he died.

I rooted for him in his epic 2011 Bermuda Bowl run, until he played the finals vs The Netherlands, then I rooted against him

Bidding question here, on Intobridge ranked so basically board a match, w/w, partner deals, passes, RHO bids 1C, your bid with this please

A
93
J97
AKQJ964

3NT

I don't expect opponents to lead clubs here if I bid 3nt. But I think there is a good chance they lead my shortest suit. Which also leads me to bidding 3nt

Just play bridge and don't overthink. You have 9 tricks. Partner having QJ of hearts and Qd means 3NT is unbeatable.

They might lead or defend incorrectly. It's not your problem. This hand is now your opponents problem.

In this week's weekly free on BBO there is someone making 1S+6 completely legitimately

Seems like you want to end up in 3N and make your opponents figure out how to beat it. I think given your hand its probably fine to blast.


I think if you have 3 suits covered, there may be some value in psyching the fourth suit to make it tougher on the opponents, but I think it also depends on how much variance you want to introduce. But this this case, I think it's pretty likely partner has some help in the reds. Additionally, if the hearts are 5-4 or something, 3N might be a fine sacrifice since looks like 3-4H is making.

of course vugraph crashes with four boards to go in the bermuda bowl semi with the teams separated by a part score swing, how is this still the best system bridge has

It’s not the best system we have. Lovebridge and RealBridge are better. It’s the one we are using.

Don’t get me started on tablets vs cards for high level matches…

♠QJ97 ♥J42 ♦A9865 ♣5

♠T2 ♥75 ♦KQ7 ♣QT7643 ♠864 ♥AQT98 ♦T32 ♣A2

♠AK53 ♥K63 ♦J4 ♣KJ98

So was directing a 999er club game at the club today. Guy had to sit out last two rounds. I took over the east hand. It went 1NT by south all pass. I was tempted to bid hearts and might have, but I have learned for some reason 999ers assume capp or whatever they have learned instead of natural without conversation. Yet, if I emergency play with a 4999er without conversation we do know to just play natural.

But anyways, partner led the 6c. I won with the ace and smoothly switched to the Qh. LHO won the K!h, ran 4 clubs, played the ace of diamonds and played a small diamond.

I know it is a 999er game that I am subbing in for, but it's been a while I have been more disappointed in partner playing a club at this point.

Story incomplete alert. I assume partner threw away his heart on the spades (not clubs, as stated in your post) and had to play clubs into the fork?

Sorry meant spades. It went club, Qh, spade, spade, spade, spade, Ad, small diamond.

It actually wasn't even the worst play in the 6 hands I partnered with him. But just hurt me a little to not get a heart return on this hand

I’m disappointed declarer didn’t duck the heart.

Agree would have been a great play. Don't think I have ever been put in that situation but learned something at the same time if opp suddenly smashes a queen in that spot

On a side anecdote. LHO and "partner" had partnered before. LHO comes to me before a game and says "partner" suggested playing 2 way NMF. Well at least LHO said he didn't mind ****ing it up because I promised it would happen especially playing with "partner"

IMPs daylong robot tournament, this one cost be a fair few, third seat r/w

AKQT8
AQJ
92
Q72

1c - 1s - 1n - 2d (nmf) - 2n - 3n - end (opps silent throughout)

Where exactly did I underbid my hand hugely given half the people playing got to a relatively simple 6NT making?

With that good spade suit I would treat the hand as a 19 HCP hand. Thus I think it is worth a 4NT bid over 2NT which would invite 6NT.

But then again IMPs daylong tournament...

If you want to score well on an 8 board IMPs tournament you can't afford to miss any slam. I might just bid 6NT over 2NT given format.

Qxx of clubs is pretty huge here -- doesn't opener basically have to be 2335?

That is a good point. I’d also note that the ten of spades is huge as well, opposite partners doubleton.

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This is a long shot, but would any 2+2 bridge-ers in the DC area be up for playing with me in the WBL sectional swiss teams this Sunday? My partner is sick and likely unavailable, so trying to find a fourth. You can email me at [email protected].