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06-23-2015 , 10:50 AM

#13676

Gabethebabe

Malware Jedi

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27,594

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myrmidon7328

What if you switch the heart and diamond suits? 2N then yolo 6H?

That would be tough and without agreement I prolly blast 6h over 1c

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07-03-2015 , 12:57 AM

#13677

dc-ohio

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,497

MP, W/W

1S-(3D)-3H-(P)
4C-(4D)-4S-(5D)
?

AJT8754
J
Void
AJ986

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07-03-2015 , 02:37 AM

#13678

stripsqueez

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,757

6S

I am not sure this will make but I am sure the next guy wants to bid 7D

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07-03-2015 , 09:16 AM

#13679

DWetzel

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 42,349

5S. Lot of handling problems in six.

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07-03-2015 , 05:10 PM

#13680

Gabethebabe

Malware Jedi

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27,594

What would you have if you pass now and pull a double? Would that be an invite?

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07-03-2015 , 05:13 PM

#13681

DWetzel

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that's also a decent to excellent option I didn't consider earlier

and yes pass should be forcing here

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07-03-2015 , 09:56 PM

#13682

dc-ohio

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DWetzel

that's also a decent to excellent option I didn't consider earlier

and yes pass should be forcing here

Sure, it should be. But this was a mentor/mentee game and my partner has 1.35 master points.

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07-10-2015 , 02:24 PM

#13683

Gabethebabe

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Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27,594

RIP Omar Sharif

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07-10-2015 , 07:46 PM

#13684

becky88

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 289

just found this site but yes RIP Sir Omar. was without doubt one of the best actors and bridge player of all time

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07-11-2015 , 12:54 AM

#13685

dc-ohio

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Welcome Becky

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07-11-2015 , 02:06 PM

#13686

Wyman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dc-ohio

Welcome Becky

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07-11-2015 , 07:47 PM

#13687

Shrike

adept

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,163

Hi Becky.

Omar Sharif is one of the players I most wished I could have played with or against. By all accounts he was quite a character, and a good guy. Darned good bridge player, too.

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07-14-2015 , 07:30 AM

#13688

dc-ohio

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3 weeks til Chicago and GNTs.... who's meeting me for drinks?

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07-19-2015 , 08:59 AM

#13689

stripsqueez

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,757

AJ54
KJ73
J92
42

KQ93
A2
A1075
K53

both red you get to 4S - declarer dealt and opened 1D and after they dont bid is known to be very likely 4-2-4-3 15-16 - dummy is known to have 4+ hearts and probably just 4 spades

6 of spades lead ? - if you win on the deck and run a diamond it loses and a trump comes back ?

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07-20-2015 , 10:42 AM

#13690

Gabethebabe

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Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27,594

Spade for dummy Jd runs, next trump take in hand cross to dummy in trump and run the 9d

I'm not too sure if grabbing the second round in dummy is better or worse, since you can afford them to make a trump trick if diamonds provide 3 winners

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07-20-2015 , 10:55 AM

#13691

DWetzel

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I think it might be better to win in hand, play heart A/K/ruff (anything good happen?), finish drawing trumps in dummy, then run the D9 around?

May be terrible, I'm halfway distracted at work.

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07-20-2015 , 03:19 PM

#13692

Gabethebabe

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Hearts just give you one extra trick, diamonds might give you two

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07-20-2015 , 03:48 PM

#13693

DWetzel

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Well I was counting on a partial endplay to give me the second one. That trump lead looks ominous.

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07-20-2015 , 08:50 PM

#13694

Myrmidon7328

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Another option is to hook the heart J. If RHO has the Qh, you almost certainly have 4 minor losers anyways. How about something like:

1. Win in hand
2. Ah
3. Hook Jh
4. Assuming this wins, run 9d

Plan is to ruff the baby heart before taking the Kh. You might get some endplays when LHO is short in hearts if they have to ruff the Kh.

Last edited by Myrmidon7328; 07-20-2015 at 08:56 PM.

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07-21-2015 , 05:19 AM

#13695

stripsqueez

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Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,757

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gabethebabe

seems to be the straight forward line - given its a problem predictably after drawing trumps the second diamond loses to the other honour and a diamond comes back and they were 3/3 - now I think it is accurate to say it is pretty much a guess to either hook a heart or play a club to the ace - I suppose best might be to cash the top hearts ending in dummy and lead a club down catching an unlikely Qx of hearts for 10 as well as the chance of the club ace onside

LHO has a 2-4-3-4 with all the missing values except QJ of clubs so this line is 1 down

meh - I cant fathom a better line so might just be that the best line goes down and there is nothing to see

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07-21-2015 , 05:32 AM

#13696

stripsqueez

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Myrmidon7328

as mentioned the heart hook works and from there you can't sensibly go off so this line works - in fact might make an overtrick - I don't see the heart finesse being better than going after the diamond suit though - perhaps given a good defender was on lead and was likely to find a passive lead you can argue that he might of led a heart rather than a trump if he had the likely holding of 3-4 small ? - there is certainly some endplay opportunites to this line and getting 3 diamond tricks is not particularly likely so I don't think it is a bad line just can't get it to be the best line...

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07-21-2015 , 06:16 AM

#13697

Gabethebabe

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If both diamond honors are wrong I 100% play on clubs
Opps didn't bid and with KQd and Ac you are quite close to something

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07-21-2015 , 02:30 PM

#13698

PlzBeALevel

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auction from last night, im in 4th seat, i dont remember the vulnerability

I have

9xxx
Qx
Kxx
AKxx

p-1D-(1S)-?

My partner's one diamond opening promises four.

After 1S I'm somewhat stuck for a bid so I bid two clubs. Is everyone okay with this?

After two clubs my partner bids 2NT and I bid three. Partner has Axx of spades, opponent has KQJTx and the ace of diamonds and we go down one.

Is it bad to think about ways we could just play 3D with a 5-3 fit instead of a 3NT we might feel like is going down?

I don't really know what my question is but I just want to know if anyone has thoughts on the auction or has any suggestions for any kind of treatments.