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I'm guessing Forrester was counting winners instead of getting rid of losers.
If three rounds of hearts live, you have three hearts, two diamonds, and two clubs, for seven winners outside of trump. Then the AK of spades and three minor suit ruffs in hand makes five trump winners, for a total of twelve.
I personally would have played the same failing line as Henry, ruff the third heart with the 8 then ace of spades and spade finesse.
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3♦ is non forcing, right? So why would he jump to game after you bid 3♠? His hand must have improved after you bid spades instead of hearts. Still, he would need a perfecto for slam. I'm passing.
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I like pass here. Partner will strive to double back in, which I can pass or bid something. If East bids 2♥ and it comes back around to me, I can double.
I don't see how you can make a negative double here without the explicit agreement that it shows two places to play and not both majors.
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Playing 1430 I can't bid 4NT. Partner could have ♠Kx ♥KQ10xxx ♦QX ♣10xx. A 4♦ bid might encourage a lead directing double by the opening bidder holding ♠A and ♦AQ. Therefore I bid 4♠, which should be highly forward going. Partner with ♠xxx ♥AKQxx ♦Ax ♣10xx can now RKCB.
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The auction might go: 1NT-2♦-2♥-4♥(mild slam try)-4NT-1Keycard-5NT(so long as this guarantees all key cards)-7NT
But if you ask for the queen (playing 1430 this is possible), you may not get to 7.
If you think that the North hand is too strong for a mild slam try, the actual auction (Texas followed by 4♠) looks good, because you are missing the ♦AK. Now South can RKCB.
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This hand was actually quite screwy.
South had ♠QJ1086 ♥K98 ♦J92 ♣Q4
Across a full reverse (chosen by more than 90% in this poll) responder will force to game and no game makes legitimately. Especially since some Easts threw in a lead director with ♠K532 ♥7 ♦AQ1087 ♣J76.
On the other hand, if North opens 1NT (the tiny minority), South can invite game. N/S should make 2NT.
At the table, with no information about North's distribution, most Wests didn't lead a diamond from Kx against 3NT. So some pairs were +430.
In this poll I wanted to see what percentage of people would open 1NT with the stiff ace.
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Cool problem. Win the trump in hand and play the king of clubs. West plays the ace and you discard a diamond. West is now endplayed into giving you a trick. Then you play for a simple squeeze against West depending on what trick he gives you.
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Yes, silver points started in 1990 and platinum started in 1999. Everyone was given a credit for (IIRC) 1/6 of their points they had as of 1-1-90. Gary Ansok is correct. The purpose of the silver point requirement was to increase attendance at sectional tournaments.
You can do a database query at acbl.org and it will show you what points you won and what color they were, going all the way back to 1989.
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Or an event where the sum of the two players' age is less than 110 (or 100, or 90, etc). In Debbie's tournament I would have to play with a teenager or an elder statesman.
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Personally, I like your 6NT by West result. On a diamond lead it is 95%+ cold. 7♣, on the other hand, will fail if South has ♣J1072 (4.78%) or if hearts split 5-1 or 6-0. (16.04%). It will also fail when North has all the clubs and hearts are not 3-3. (3.08%). Lastly, it will fail when you can't ruff out the hearts. The probability of 4-2 hearts is 48.44% and 3-1 clubs is 49.74%. Overall odds of success are much less than Jim's 70% figure.
Don't be a result merchant just because clubs were 2-2 and hearts 3-3 on this hand. You did well to get to 6NT.
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If three rounds of hearts live, you have three hearts, two diamonds, and two clubs, for seven winners outside of trump. Then the AK of spades and three minor suit ruffs in hand makes five trump winners, for a total of twelve.
I personally would have played the same failing line as Henry, ruff the third heart with the 8 then ace of spades and spade finesse.
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I don't see how you can make a negative double here without the explicit agreement that it shows two places to play and not both majors.
Daniel Jackson
Daniel Jackson
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1NT-2♦-2♥-4♥(mild slam try)-4NT-1Keycard-5NT(so long as this guarantees all key cards)-7NT
But if you ask for the queen (playing 1430 this is possible), you may not get to 7.
If you think that the North hand is too strong for a mild slam try, the actual auction (Texas followed by 4♠) looks good, because you are missing the ♦AK. Now South can RKCB.
South gets 100% of the blame here.
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South had ♠QJ1086 ♥K98 ♦J92 ♣Q4
Across a full reverse (chosen by more than 90% in this poll) responder will force to game and no game makes legitimately. Especially since some Easts threw in a lead director with ♠K532 ♥7 ♦AQ1087 ♣J76.
On the other hand, if North opens 1NT (the tiny minority), South can invite game. N/S should make 2NT.
At the table, with no information about North's distribution, most Wests didn't lead a diamond from Kx against 3NT. So some pairs were +430.
In this poll I wanted to see what percentage of people would open 1NT with the stiff ace.
Daniel Jackson
Daniel Jackson
Daniel Jackson
You can do a database query at acbl.org and it will show you what points you won and what color they were, going all the way back to 1989.
Daniel Jackson
Daniel Jackson
Daniel Jackson
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Don't be a result merchant just because clubs were 2-2 and hearts 3-3 on this hand. You did well to get to 6NT.