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37 imps swing at risk on a finesse
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Posted 2013-August-10, 20:44
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Posted 2013-August-10, 23:20
Its a good & really scary hand.
I remember a similar auction of V.Demuy & G.Wolpert where Demuy bid 4M in a 3 card suit instead of bidding 5m in case partner had a 5M this style mean however that you cannot bypass 2S if you want to show 4S. G.Wolpert wasnt on the same wavelength and it backfired.
I remember a similar auction of V.Demuy & G.Wolpert where Demuy bid 4M in a 3 card suit instead of bidding 5m in case partner had a 5M this style mean however that you cannot bypass 2S if you want to show 4S. G.Wolpert wasnt on the same wavelength and it backfired.
From Psych "I mean, Gus and I never see eye-to-eye on work stuff.
For instance, he doesn't like being used as a human shield when we're being shot at.
I happen to think it's a very noble way to meet one's maker, especially for a guy like him.
Bottom line is we never let that difference of opinion interfere with anything."
For instance, he doesn't like being used as a human shield when we're being shot at.
I happen to think it's a very noble way to meet one's maker, especially for a guy like him.
Bottom line is we never let that difference of opinion interfere with anything."
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Posted 2013-August-11, 02:08
I remember a hand where I was playing 5Nx where opps had a major each and we had both minors. W's choice of lead (lead his own suit I get 11 tricks, lead his partner's they get 11) is the biggest swing on one decision I've seen in terms of tricks. They led the wrong one and got the discards wrong so I made 12.
The other is a lead problem. Get the right lead you gain 14, get the wrong lead you lose 20.
The other is a lead problem. Get the right lead you gain 14, get the wrong lead you lose 20.
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Posted 2013-August-11, 03:04
Cyberyeti, what happened to the
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Posted 2013-August-11, 05:22
Antrax, on 2013-August-11, 03:04, said:
Cyberyeti, what happened to the
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?It was the stiff in dummy, might as well have been an x, will correct.
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Posted 2013-August-13, 01:11
Trick 2 ♠T FTW?
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In six spades doubled, the defense starts with the ♥A and continues hearts. There is a small trick to the play no one should miss, and if spades prove to be 4-1, your slam is on a club hook and a 2-1 club split (or do you play to drop the stiff king?). And even a 3-2 spade split, you are down quite a few if you lose a club (seven maybe?). A three-oh split even onside dooms the contract. If it makes, you are plus 1660, if you hook and the finesse loses you will go down eight vulnerable (-2300). Our team-mates were one away in six diamonds (undoubled). On the other hand, if I had bid 6♣ they might have bid 6♦ leading me back to deciding if to play 6♠ or not.
Since your team-mates are -100, you win 17 imps if you make this and lose 20 if you go down eight (or 19 if you hold it to down seven!!!). This is the largest potential imp swing on the play of a single card I can remember at any table where I was playing.