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Posted 2012-January-06, 07:50



There is a website titled Poor Bridge http://www.poorbridge.com/ This auction came up today for another strong candidate for the Poor Bridge website.

7 North’s overcalled the 2♠ bid ending in 3♠X or 4♠X. Needless to say they all got hammered. There was only 1 disciplined North who allowed the 2♠ bid to stand which went down 3 for a top score for N/S. The rest of the tables played in a ♥ contract by East.
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Posted 2012-January-06, 07:56

An unnamed person playing with a pickup partner on BBO tried for slam with 4-card fit and a singleton after (1♠)-2♠ made by some absurd beginner from Netherlands/Iceland/Romania. Turns out the 2♠ bid was made on a void in spades! Also quite poor I would say.
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Posted 2012-January-06, 07:58

View Post32519, on 2012-January-06, 07:50, said:

There is a website titled Poor Bridge http://www.poorbridge.com/ This auction came up today for another strong candidate for the Poor Bridge website.

7 North’s overcalled the 2♠ bid ending in 3♠X or 4♠X. Needless to say they all got hammered. There was only 1 disciplined North who allowed the 2♠ bid to stand which went down 3 for a top score for N/S. The rest of the tables played in a ♥ contract by East.


That's pretty poor. How is south ever going to know that 3 spades is natural, and why does north want to play against a known 5 or 6-0 spade break? The best part is that 7 Norths did it! Seven! I should play in your club game...
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Posted 2012-January-06, 08:13

hmm, so you are saying that all 8 wests opened 2♠? That is interesting by itself. And in this same environment, 7 norths then bid spades directly? I am not sure what to think.
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Posted 2012-January-06, 09:26

I got a minus vote this thread :(
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Posted 2012-January-06, 17:25

View Postgwnn, on 2012-January-06, 09:26, said:

I got a minus vote this thread :(


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