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Sorry, I'm late to this thread. Is this a basic bot? I can't recall a premium bot making this kind of play, but obviously my memory may be faulty. I remember screwing around with "Just Play Bridge" and GIB was declaring 3NT with a suit combo of KQJx opposite AT8. It ran the 8, losing. It was literally the only way the bot could have lost a trick in the suit. I laughed a lot.

Diana you are the worst person on this forum and the worst moderator I have ever seen ughhhh I cannot stand you. Also, where do you want to go to eat?

Will probably try to learn this starting next year:

I would have game forced and probably slam the brakes and end in 5C-1. Or 2. Or 3.

Too bad.

gwnn handing out upvotes in this thread doesn't preclude me handing out upvotes right?

Wow, precision 1D opening standards have dropped. edit: oh just saw the subtitle, hah. did he really psych in first seat?

I guess it's only fair to bump this.

I would bid 1S first, planning to bid and rebid diamonds. It's normal to bid your suits out of order this way after a takeout double. If you had 5 spades, you would just insist on those, so when you go spades diamonds diamonds, partner won't correct with 3. I would have overcalled 1H with your partner's hand but I am a giant chicken. Having doubled, I think a 2H rebid should be natural.

omg I missed this the first time around! I remember when I made my own similar topic and gwnn commented something to that extent!

gwnn you are a legend

I'm also glad that Boye's original screenshots/implied hypothesis actually wound up being the nail in the coffin. I did see in a thread that Kit was testing Ovunc to read Balicki's entire shape from fingers and taps, and that Ovunc was very very successful. But it feels nice to have the original document/hypothesis sent to the WBF to be the one to seal the deal.

Sounds like your leaving is the harbinger of doom, Ken!

hahahaha GIB

I'm glad that the whole thing is now (probably) over with regard to searching for evidence. I tuned out once Ish uploaded the screenshots of Balicki signaling his entire shape while groping dummy, lol. I know scientific process and all that but omg that violates my common sense threshold WAAAAAY too hard.

it is

I'm really good at bridge :P

1N 2C 2D? edit: oh S dealt. well, I guess what I provided is still possible

Hey, it reminds me of my thread. Now it goes 7S by the opps, and your partner will double with 0 aces, pass to show 1, or bid 7N with both :)

I was right!

I've taken the "restricted choice" hook against weak opponents who look very bored. I'm 1/1 so far.

[hv=pc=n&s=sak75ha97dq98cj95&n=s2hkj6daj52ckt762&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1cp3s(0%20or%201)p3nppp]266|200[/hv] SQ lead, RHO follows 3.

I also hate conflict, but one possible non-sadistic interpretation is that the handling of this was so bad, that if Poland just lost outright, there would be no outcry to fix how the WBF actually handled it.

Thanks to eagles123's bump. I enjoyed rereading this and am not so terrified by PhilKing's examples anymore.

I always just bid game with 10 trumps and prime cards, so E I guess.