OK. Sorry, sense of humor seems to have deserted me today.


Edit: totp @5000!

Have we changed this from a bridge thread to a bridge thread?

Yes, we have. My contribution:

kill it with fire omg

Brooklynbridge.jpg

Playing on BBO. My partner just led against 3NTx and then requested an undo.

I smiled.

3N MP, opps silent:

Dummy:
AJ7x
10x
96x
9876

Hand:
Qx
AJx
AQ10x
AK10x

Lead is the 10 of spades. Ostensibly standard leads and carding, but you've never seen LHO before, and righty has signs of cognitive function but is pretty bad from what you've seen.

You duck the lead to your queen and cash a top club, LHO following with the Q. Your next move?

The spade 9 got played twice, once on opening lead and once in your spoiler.

Thanks, corrected.

This is a complex hand, but I think I'll

Ah, that actually changes things — now the lead may actually be normal; may rethink my line.

<redact>

OK, given that I instead:

The full deal:

LHO:


RHO:

I saw your redacted post.

I don't know. I posted the hands, so you can take your best guess.

At the table, I played on the line in my first spoiler, deciding I'd double-hook diamonds for 9. But this is kind of silly. In hindsight, I think I should hook the spade after winning the ace of hearts to combine chances.

Against good opponents, I'll always finesse the SJ on this line, because there's no reason for RHO to create me a board entry if diamonds are on.

I've got a handful from last night, the above being just one I got wrong.

Good opps, r/w, MP:

KJTxx/A/KJ9xx/Ax

(P)-1C-(P)-1S;
(2H)-2S-(5H)-?

Playing support doubles?

Also, multi 2D is allowed at our club, provided a defense is provided.

LHO opens 2D r/r, alerted. P asks. RHO says a weak 2 in either H or S, and they have an ACBL-prepared defense for us if we'd like. P says "no" and doubles.

WTFFFFFFFFFFF?

Kxx/Kxxx/AQx/Qxx

"no support doubles or any of that crap. keep it simple and just play bridge."

*shrug* 6S, I guess. If I'm down, I'm down. My second choice would be 5NT (pick a slam) just in case 6D is somehow the magical spot.

Throw stop card at partner, then bid 3NT seems like the play.

Assuming yes (and probably even if not), 5NT is grand slam force here — you should be able to find out whether pard has the spade AQ (assuming you're playing a robust version). If he does, the grand needs him to have the diamond ace and something else — diamond queen (or a hook) may be enough, good clubs with the king may be enough. There are 18 HCP outstanding (outside of hearts, which pard does not have most of the time). After you account for the spade honors there are twelve. If pard has the right six, seven is there — unfortunately it's tough to pin down the diamond ace.

I think I bid 7S if pard shows two trump honors. If it turns out I don't have the methods to find that out, I subside in 6, as there are too many hands pard can have that don't make the grand.

dude atak, we're not playing support doubles. Do you think we're playing some intelligent version of GSF?

5NT should not be pick a slam after major suit agreement and no indication there's another strain in play, imo.

And it doesn't ask for heart control, as 6H does that. that's who I concluded it should be GSF.

Without support doubles it's less clear, I guess — so if I'm not playing them, and with the knowledge that pard wants to "keep it simple", I bid 6S.