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02-02-2011 , 07:58 PM
So, POG team for the Open Swiss in Louisville?
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02-02-2011 , 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Wyman
So, POG team for the Open Swiss in Louisville?
I plan to still be in the Vanderbilt
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02-02-2011 , 08:04 PM
when people feel like playing with a noob, hit me up
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02-02-2011 , 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckleslovakian
I plan to still be in the Vanderbilt
Hopefully you can KO my partner for the Red Ribbons or Open Pairs then.
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02-02-2011 , 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Wyman
Hopefully you can KO my partner for the Red Ribbons or Open Pairs then.
haha, but really I would be up for a POG team
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02-02-2011 , 08:52 PM
you play on bbo wahoo?
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02-02-2011 , 08:57 PM
not yet...

Last edited by wahoopride; 02-02-2011 at 08:58 PM. Reason: signing up
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02-02-2011 , 09:00 PM
reg'd as wahoopride
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02-02-2011 , 09:07 PM
now come play ffs
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02-02-2011 , 11:00 PM
all POGers apparently are also nasty at bridge. wahoo is the man.
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02-02-2011 , 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by brrrrr
all POGers apparently are also nasty at bridge. wahoo is the man.
He did play very well for a beginner.
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02-02-2011 , 11:19 PM
thought i was doing pretty badly

the bridge thing i have on my phone that i play while on the metro tells me what the bids mean
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02-02-2011 , 11:38 PM
given that we never discussed any defense or bidding, we had few misunderstandings, wahoo. i misdefended a few hands and didnt guess right in a 4S hand, and otherwise everything was perfectly fine.
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02-03-2011 , 01:24 AM
if you hadnt said you misplayed something i certainly wouldnt have noticed


i think i need to be less aggressive with my bidding in competitive auctions until i learn to play better.
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02-03-2011 , 09:28 AM
Bah think of overly aggressive bidding as an opportunity to improve your card play.
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02-03-2011 , 09:30 AM
Wahoo, I will play with you when I am around.
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02-03-2011 , 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by wahoopride
if you hadnt said you misplayed something i certainly wouldnt have noticed


i think i need to be less aggressive with my bidding in competitive auctions until i learn to play better.
something about 2 wrongs don't make a right...
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02-03-2011 , 12:37 PM
Interesting hand from today's times:

you're first seat with:

s: k73
h: a652
d: q
c: kj632

bidding:

1c - 3s - 4h - 4s
5h - p - 6h - p
p - X - p - p
6nt - end

double is known to be lightner. lho leads 9d and dummy flips

s: t
h: kt98743
d: aj3
c: a7

plan the play
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02-03-2011 , 01:01 PM
Cool hand.
Spoiler:
You win the diamond ace and run off 7 rounds of hearts. All of the clubs are to your right, and we'll assume that so is the diamond K. So after the 7th heart is played, we'll have pitched down to:

10
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J3
A7



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KJ632

Righty has saved 5 cards. If he has saved only 3 clubs, we play the ace of clubs and finesse for 13 tricks. So assume he's saved 4. If he's pitched the diamond king, we cash the diamond jack and win 3 clubs (ace, finesse) for 12 tricks.

So he must be down to the diamond king and 4 clubs. So now we play a low diamond to throw him in. We win the club return in dummy with the ace, cash the jack of diamonds and finesse back in clubs for 12 tricks.
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02-03-2011 , 01:20 PM
Nice, wyman.
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02-03-2011 , 02:59 PM
wyman on the money obv
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02-03-2011 , 03:12 PM
Would be a pretty sicko lead from K9xx(x) or K109x(x) though.
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02-03-2011 , 03:54 PM
True... and also pretty dumb against 6NT, because with that holding either declarer is cashing 12+ tricks (lots of hearts and clubs, plus the ace of diamonds) on any lead but the ace of spades, or the contract is going down unless you do something ridiculous.
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02-03-2011 , 03:57 PM
Meh. I guess it could make sense if you anticipate being thrown in with the spade ace. But that requires partner not to have the spade queen (he doesn't have the king), nor the diamond queen or a round-suit winner.
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02-03-2011 , 04:01 PM
A9xxxxx Q K98xx —, I suppose. I'd probably lead the heart anyway, though.

But playing for

Q AJxxxx AQ Txxx

opposite

Kx Kxxx xx AKJxx.

Last edited by atakdog; 02-03-2011 at 04:09 PM.
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