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From an Express tournament... I have no idea what West was thinking... Why is GIB underleading his ace?
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Please cash your ace, pard
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Posted 2011-June-25, 21:16
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Posted 2011-June-29, 15:46
Same thing from a robodup. Love the alerts. Note that North-GIB owes x a beer. :-)
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Posted 2011-June-29, 16:40
Regarding the alert of X, I guess it just means "I have an Ace" (and maybe it would also double with KQ), which translates to "4+ HCP".
Not cashing the Ace in the second hand looks like greed. It thinks it has a 50/50 chance of scoring the Queen as well.
Not cashing the Ace in the second hand looks like greed. It thinks it has a 50/50 chance of scoring the Queen as well.
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Posted 2011-June-30, 01:11
barmar, on 2011-June-29, 16:40, said:
Not cashing the Ace in the second hand looks like greed. It thinks it has a 50/50 chance of scoring the Queen as well.
Yeah. Interestingly, out of 32 tables in 6NT, GIB led the ♠A 3 times, costing those declarers a lot of matchpoints.
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Posted 2011-June-30, 20:26
Here's another variation on this theme, from a Robot Rebate tourney:
When the spade is led at trick 8, how can it be wrong to take the ace, the setting trick? If partner has the stiff king, he has to have a third heart, so you can give him a ruff for down 2. But if the layout is as it actually is, which is more likely from the auction, it can see that dummy's good club will provide a discard.
The strange thing is that those of us who stopped in 3 only made 3 (West shifted to a spade when it got in with the club) , but half the players who went to 4 were allowed to make it.
When the spade is led at trick 8, how can it be wrong to take the ace, the setting trick? If partner has the stiff king, he has to have a third heart, so you can give him a ruff for down 2. But if the layout is as it actually is, which is more likely from the auction, it can see that dummy's good club will provide a discard.
The strange thing is that those of us who stopped in 3 only made 3 (West shifted to a spade when it got in with the club) , but half the players who went to 4 were allowed to make it.
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Posted 2011-August-02, 17:32
On the subject of not leading aces, there's a reference to it in Man vs Machine, when GIB was on lead against a small slam holding a cashing AK, and didn't lead it.
It would appear this bug has yet to be fixed...
It would appear this bug has yet to be fixed...
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