The only lead that causes any problems for me is a ♦, so I have to assume that's what W will lead when he finishes spades.
If I throw two ♦ from dummy, then E-W can force me to use my A♦ before I have the clubs unblocked ...
Robert, midweek I see the D21 regionals have "Open Pairs 5000/+", "Midflight Pairs 1500/3000" and "Gold Rush Pairs 300/750". I don't know how successful they are, but I like the idea too.
Is a C pair scoring 49% in an open game less of an accomplishment than winning the 299er (or Gold Rush, or 99er) game? Why shouldn't the pair in the open game get points?
To my mind, we should be encouraging pairs to get exposure to better (or at ...
I ended up passing, not being sure what XX would show and thinking that since we did not appear to have a fit and the points were evenly split, bidding might help the opponents more than our side.
As it turned out, we can make (DD) only 2♣ or ...
I think bidding 3♣ is questionable, but possibly allowed (if partner had read 2♦ as a transfer, would passing deny 3-card support?)
Correcting partner's 3♦ to 3♥ seems right out to me, though. You have to assume partner already knows you have 5 hearts, and ...
From http://www.acbl.org/tournaments_page/general-information/explanation-of-events/pair-games-explained/
STRATIFLIGHTED PAIRS
The Stratiflighted Pairs is almost identical to a Stratified Pairs with one major difference — the pairs in the top flight compete in a separate event, totally apart from the other strata. The top flight can be divided into two ...