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Scoring: MP
The auction:
(Pass)-1♥-(4♠)-5♥;
(5♠)-Pass-(Pass)-Dbl
1) Agree with your bidding?
2) What do you lead?
Rik
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Posted 2008-May-15, 20:22
You are South and pick up:
The auction:
(Pass)-1♥-(4♠)-5♥;
(5♠)-Pass-(Pass)-Dbl
1) Agree with your bidding?
2) What do you lead?
Rik
The auction:
(Pass)-1♥-(4♠)-5♥;
(5♠)-Pass-(Pass)-Dbl
1) Agree with your bidding?
2) What do you lead?
Rik
I want my opponents to leave my table with a smile on their face and without matchpoints on their score card - in that order.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
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Posted 2008-May-16, 00:15
The bidding is fine.
I'm leading the ace of hearts. If it survives, I'll take a look at the dummy and punch it out from there.
I'm leading the ace of hearts. If it survives, I'll take a look at the dummy and punch it out from there.
Chris Gibson
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Posted 2008-May-16, 00:56
Ace of Spades
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
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Posted 2008-May-16, 02:22
I am leading the ace of Spades, if this survives, I take a look at dummy before I lead my second trump.
The bidding was fine.
The bidding was fine.
Kind Regards
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
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Posted 2008-May-16, 08:37
Codo, on May 16 2008, 03:22 AM, said:
I am leading the ace of Spades, if this survives, I take a look at dummy before I lead my second trump.
The bidding was fine.
The bidding was fine.
ditto
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Posted 2008-May-16, 09:05
It is considered normal to lead trump when the opps are saving.... this is not as clear as it is when the opps have long trump in each hand... but it is difficult to see how the trump A can be seriously wrong
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Posted 2008-May-16, 09:57
I'll cut a new path here. Was 4♥ making? I don't know, but I'd like to try to get +800 out of this.
We have trump control, and the heart probably isn't going anywhere. I don't want to blow a tempo with the ♠A, crash an honor in pard's hand, or take away a guess.
I'm leading a club. If I catch Hx in declarer's hand opposite HHxx, I'll apologize.
Agree with the bidding.
We have trump control, and the heart probably isn't going anywhere. I don't want to blow a tempo with the ♠A, crash an honor in pard's hand, or take away a guess.
I'm leading a club. If I catch Hx in declarer's hand opposite HHxx, I'll apologize.
Agree with the bidding.
"Phil" on BBO
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Posted 2008-May-16, 10:50
Here is the full deal. (Apologies that I didn't remember the South hand entirely correct.)
I was South and thought (and still think) that the lead of the ♠A was more or less automatic. We got a dead bottom, so the other South players had a different auction or were just much smarter than I.
Thus: Phil was right in leading a club. He would have scored 87.5% for getting it down 1. (But this also means that he was wrong in hoping that they would go for 800.)
Rik
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I was South and thought (and still think) that the lead of the ♠A was more or less automatic. We got a dead bottom, so the other South players had a different auction or were just much smarter than I.
Thus: Phil was right in leading a club. He would have scored 87.5% for getting it down 1. (But this also means that he was wrong in hoping that they would go for 800.)
Rik
I want my opponents to leave my table with a smile on their face and without matchpoints on their score card - in that order.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
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