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This gem came from my F2F partner at our local club. I was declarer in 3NT. When dummy hit the table, after a brief pause I claimed 11 tricks, surrendering the two red aces to the opponents. I had a flat hand opposite a flat hand in dummy. Then the gem: "Don't claim so quickly. Maybe they misdefend the hand." :P

How about another hand from a club game: Final contracts were; 1/13 in 5♦X, 7/13 in 5♦, 2/13 in 4♥, 2/13 in 4♠ From the traveller, it would appear that at 8/13 tables the auction must have gone something along these lines – 1♥-(2NT)-P-(3♦) 3♥-(5♦)-P-(P) How about this auction from the last table? [hv=pc=n&s=sq9874ht64dq52c42&w=st2hj53dakj76c965&n=skj53hak9872dcqt8&e=sa6hqdt9843cakj73&d=n&v=n&b=5&a=2d(Lee%202D)3cp4cppp]399|300[/hv] As the cards lie, 6♦ is there to be made.

One disadvantage I can think of is - Pre-empting in 2♥ with a weak 7-card suit allows the opponents to bid 2♠. They may find a 5-3 fit on level-2 which may not be the case if you pre-empted 3♥ from the start.

Read this also on BitPay. It is unavoidable that those working on the LHC will get paid in BitCoin.

American atheists currently has 2,200 members, not a hellava lot considering it was founded in 1963. How may of you guys belong to this organisation?

How about you mikeh? You have a hotline to the LHC command centre. Have these guys started receiving their monthly salaries in Bitcoin yet? The fact that gwnn failed to reply, leads me to conclude that the answer is 'yes.'

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AHAH! The mystery is solved regarding Masterpoints. Quote: In some cases, the point awarding scheme is an important means of raising revenue for the bridge organisation insofar as they charge entry fees for each tournament where points are awarded and their availability acts as an incentive to participation; the more prestigious the points, the higher the entry fees.

My 2♦ opening needs to be adjusted with some of the ideas posted here to reach the grand legitimately. I have now done that as follows – [hv=pc=n&s=sa764hadkqj9ckj95&w=sq532hkt742d74c73&n=s8hq8da8632caq864&e=skjt9hj9653dt5ct2&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=2d(Lee%202D)p2n(%5Bsee%20note%201%5D)p4d(%5Bsee%20note%202%5D)p5c(%5Bsee%20note%203%5D)p5h(%5Bsee%20note%204%5D)p5s(1st%20or%202nd%20round%20control)p5n(%5Bsee%20note%205%5D)p7d(%5Bsee%20note%206%5D)ppp]399|300[/hv] Notes on the bidding: 1. 2NT by North = 10-13 HCP, suit length and HCP concentrated in the minor suits 2. 4♦ by South = Sets the trump suit, initiating a 6-card RKCB sequence at the same time 3. 5♣ by North = 2-keycards with the lower queen 4. 5♥ by South = We have all the keycards, cue-bid searching for the grand 5. 5NT by South after North's 5♠ = We have 12 top tricks, can you supply 1 more for the grand? 6. 7♦ by North = Yes, I have a ♠ singleton plus an extra ♦. This should be easy! So I borrowed some of the ideas in this thread to get to the grand legitimately.

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Exactly how many colour coded events are there and what do all the colours mean? I have read about green points and gold points? In my own country bridge isn't nearly as big as in other countries. Here we have - Blue Points - for club games Red Points - for regional and national events, tournaments stretching over more than one session.

A question for gwnn: Have you and your buddies at the LHC started receiving your monthly salaries in Bitcoin yet?

Wow, this has the hint of the sinister, maybe even the start of conspiracy theories.

This has got to be the most interesting post on BitCoin so far.

This doesn't help. The OP says the basic system is 2/1 (not Precision).

Paraphrasing is mine: 1. This is precisely my dilemma, how to bid the grand legitimately? See the reply to Ahydra. The 5♠ cue gets me to 12 legitimately. I want 13 without blasting. What would 5NT be over 5♠? 2. See the reply to SteveMoe. This isn't 2/1. The OP says basic system is 2/1. This doesn't help. I want to bid the grand legitimately without guessing.

Not sure if this will get me to the grand legitimately? The Pocket Guide says this about the 2♣ response - RESPONSES TO A 1♦ OPENING 2♣ = 100% game forcing, 4+♣, 12+ HCP. May have 4-card major if longer ♣. How must South know if 4♠ is a singleton or a 4-card ♠ suit? On the South bidding, the hand can just as well be 4♠/1♥/4♦/4♣? If that is what South actually held, how does South differentiate between a minor suit game/slam in ♣ or a major suit game/slam in ♠?

We are playing off Paul Thurston's "The Pocket Guide to 2/1." According to this - RESPONSES TO A 1♦ OPENING: 3♥/3♠/4♣ = Splinter raises of diamonds with shortness in bid suit, 5+♦ and 12+ HCP. The North hand only has 10 HCP, falling short by 2 HCP for the splinter raise. The other issue here is, by bidding this way a cross-ruff will probably be needed without knowing enough about the North hand. Shorten North's ♣ suit and add them to his ♥ suit, if the opponents lead trumps, they pull two which may prove to be vital to make a grand via a cross-ruff.

South does not know that North is 5/5 in the minors. How does South know if 5♠ shows a singleton or a guarded king? A guarded king still only gets me to 12. I want 13. From South's point of view there are now 12 guaranteed tricks, 9 in the minor suits, the ♠AK (if North is showing a guarded king), and the ♥A. Give me a legitimate auction to bid the grand without blasting.

A good thing? What gives anyone the right to "maximize pleasure" at the pain and suffering of the women in these numbers?

Basic system is 2/1: [hv=pc=n&s=sa764hadkqj9ckj95&w=sq532hkt742d74c73&n=s8hq8da8632caq864&e=skjt9hj9653dt5ct2&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1dp2c(Game%20force)p3c(Club%20fit)p3d(Double%20fit)p4d(6-card%20RKCB)p5c(2%20with%20lower%20queen)p]399|300[/hv] What now? South has 3 ♠ losers to get rid of. How must the bidding continue now to find the grand? North's bidding has shown 5 clubs and 4 diamonds. That leaves 4-cards in the majors, 2 are taken care of by South's two aces. What about the other two?

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Wow! Your posts are steadily getting worse and worse. On what basis are you making this outrageous statement? I’ll give you this to read while you formulate your answer, Was Paul married? The people upvoting posts like this of yours are equally clueless!

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Major report reveals extensive abuse of women in EU What do you think is the underlying reason for this? These are supposed to be intelligent, sophisticated, modern free thinking Europeans who have progressed via evolution to the top of the food chain? This is the region where the LHC was built to take us to the "next level of science." We are talking here about (mostly) highly educated Europeans, not the uneducated from Africa. So what's going on here?