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#1
07-28-2007, 02:02 AM
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Silliness at the House of Gittelman
CB was having a pleasant set despite his... partner, if you call him that.
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Hand 12; N/S Vul; Dlr: W; Conditions: ACBL game, IMPs
A4
J4
AT93
AQJ82
9632 KQJ875
T972 AQ653
Q73 2
94 5
T
K8
KJ864
KT763
 planning a light reverse#, East bid 2 ostensibly showing majors, good or bad. CB had a delicate problem, which he reasonably solved with 2 *. West now underbid 2 . I mean, he's favorable and has a 4th trump.  Now, what is probably right, but I paid entry fees (which entitles me to bid more), and went to 5, hoping to avoid a heart lead through sheer chutzpah. East, sensing that his  Q might be wasted, sac'ed at 5. Partner recognized the post-mortem tactical benefits of being dummy, and converted back to 6 clubs, against which East again sacrificed, this time merely doubled.Code:
West North East South Pass 1C 2C 2D 2S 5D 5S 6C Pass Pass 6S pass Dbl. 1. How should north bid over the 2 bid?2. What would a real player do at North's second bid? 3. What should North do in 6 on the lead -- say -- of A and another? Of course E/W are idiots, but that's a side issue. Perhaps.# are you OK with this, CB? *Playing my favorite version of U/U, he'd bid 2 , but we aren't.Hand 11, none vul; Dlr: S Code:
76
J62
T2
KQJT74
K9 AQ54
AK9873 T54
KQ5 9763
A8 65
JT832
Q
AJ84
932
1 - 1 (a systemic violation)3NT - 4 .Your problem is to figure out how West lost four tricks on the lead of the club king. It wasn't easy. Spoiler:
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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begun upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time. Last edited by E. Blackadder; 07-28-2007 at 10:57 AM.. Reason: It's not a good idea to type these up at 2AM, is it? 
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#2
07-29-2007, 01:44 AM
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c'mon EB always a pleasure to play with you! Don't see any problem reversing that hand, but I've never really bought into the don't bid 1NT with two doubletons idea.
Instead of leaping to 5D with your hand I'm wondering if 3S would be a diamond raise or not. It's too late for me to really think about this though, pls others are more qualified to answer.
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Last edited by Klaymen; 07-29-2007 at 01:51 AM..
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#3
07-29-2007, 02:42 AM
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. It requires some partnership discussion, but I beleive that after East's 2-suited overcall, 3 or 3 here are best used as stopper showing, and urging partner to consider 3NT if he has the other major stopped. So I'd bid 3 as North, expecting to make 3NT by running diamonds if South has a stopper. 3NT admittedly is not the par contract on the given hand, but on some days South will hold QTxx instead of Kx, and then you will be much happier in 3NT than in 6 of a minor.Quote:
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at favorable vul with 5-4 in the majors? It's admittedly difficult to conceive that he did so with the given hand.) When you draw trumps and find East with a singleton club, finessing West for the Q becomes strongly indicated. "Eight Ever, Nine Never" is for your grandmother. Quote:
T, South encouraging as Declarer wins an honor. Declarer can now lose an early trump trick in a variety of ways. Simplest is by ducking a trump from both hands, allowing West to win his singleton Q. More elegant is to lead a to dummy, blocking the spade suit, leading the T to the Q and A, and then ducking a trump to North while he still holds a small one. Either way, the defense now cashes the A and gives North a ruff.Note that if you played this hand before the previous one, you may reasonably infer that West is under the influence of hallucinogens, which may affect your assumption as to whether or not he could hold 5 spades and raise his partner to only 2 after Michaels. In which case, the play of the suit in a hypothetical 6 contract becomes less clear. Fortunately, I trust that the issue did not arise.
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#4
01-24-2008, 10:43 PM
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More silliness!
A certain somebody -- who shall remain anonymous -- was at the table when this was perpetrated.
Board 10; All vul; Dlr: E Code:
J865
T5
K9
Q7653
KT43 AQ7
J2 AKQ76
Q73 A62
AKT8 J4
92
9843
JT854
92
At the other table, E/W got to 6NT and duly went down... but watch this. 1 (why aren't we playing puppet stayman, as they are at the other table?)... 1 (good thing we aren't playing 2NT natural here.)4 (extra playing strength should compensate for the missing trump. I'll claim I had a club mixed in with my spades)... 4NT (I have seven more points than I promised!) 5 3 key cards... (Hey, what happened to my 4th spade?!)... 6 RKC did its job again.by first principles (4-3 fit, 4-2 break, unavoidable trump loser), you might think 6NT is better than 6 You might be wrong. T, 6, 3, J 3, 8, A, 2 Q, 9, 4, 5 7, 4, K, 6 2, 5, A, 8 K, 9, 3, 3. Hey, why didn't north ruff?! Why indeed... Q, 2, 7 (an error, taking North off the endplay), 5 (also an error) 7, 4, 8, 6 continuing, indeed compounding the error. J, 9, K, 7. Now West (dummy), is frigid, as there's one club out.and I won't bore you with the rest. (north took trick 13) Still. the threat of the endplay seemed to negate some of the effect of the high trump.
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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begun upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time. Last edited by E. Blackadder; 01-25-2008 at 10:46 AM..
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#5
06-23-2009, 04:22 PM
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Looks like 33HCP to me, and 6NT is surely an excellent contract, perhaps better than 6S. The only reason 6NT goes down single dummy is because all 3 threats lie over dummy's threats, so "U" (Upper Threat) doesn't exist and no triple squeeze without mirrors. And the only reason 6S would make (with mirrors) is because the other opponent cannot lead the revealing (and automatic) diamond jack. Clearly you can make 6NT by playing RHO for specific doubleton diamond king, but this seems very anti-percentage to finessing clubs after 2-4 spade break is revealed. A great player might work this out against mediocre defenders. For a similar layout, look at the 3rd deal in Ron Klinger's "The Last Board" from Bridge World, December, 1971!
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#7
01-28-2008, 12:07 AM
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Falco and The Zone of Silliness.
Playing IMPs, you're dealt
KQ3QJT6J8QT53in 2nd position, red on white. Pass to you, you pass of course. (2 ), natural and weak, partner doubles, RHO bumps to (4) and you...? Spoiler: Of course, things got sillier as the match progressed. 1st seat, red vs. white, the uncontested auction with... Code:
T6 AK752 QT5432 - AJ86 K542 4 AQ86 - 1NT (presumably forcing) - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 , even if it makes, with three high side-cards and a total cross-ruff. IMO, with a three-suited hand, opener should not rebid the lowest of his suits.Code:
9843
AJ97
Q73
T2
T6 AK752
QT5432 -
AJ86 K542
4 AQ86
QJ
K86
T9
KJ9753
Spoiler: The Zone of Silliness is an unreliable weapon. Consider this exhibit from the end of the match, when Falco's innate defenses had worn down... Two passes and 1NT (15 to 17) to you. You hold, white on white K8632 Q 952 Q952.A clear DONT 2 bid at matchpoints, anything else, It looks like a pass. Indeed Falco passed. LHO transferred to hearts, RHO accepted and now Falco backed in with a standard 2 bid, turning +50/-110 (It's late, and I'm not going to put a lot of effort into this), into -300, holding his margin of victory to 2 IMPs. All's well that ends well.
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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begun upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time. Last edited by E. Blackadder; 01-28-2008 at 12:21 AM..
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#8
08-02-2010, 07:04 PM
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With a five card major and two four card minors, bid the major first. For rebids, a) with a weak hand, bid diamonds at the two level; b) with a strong hand, bid clubs at the three level.
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#9
10-04-2008, 09:32 PM
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I was kibbitzing at the table of an AO regular who shall remain... late, and saw this.
IMP Pairs All Vul 3rd seat Expert Holding 32AT752AQJ876RHO, in 2nd seat opens one heart, you overcall two clubs, doubled by LHO, and raised by partner. RHO bids three hearts, and LHO bids four hearts. Your lead. Spoiler:
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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begun upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time.
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#10
10-04-2008, 09:56 PM
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I was east.
) but I think an expert would have found the diamond continuation... Marked. At this point, it's too late to set the contract, but it would have saved an overtrick. Oh, well.
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