broze

Also, just a note to those in the other semi: I will have probably have to wait until next week to play the final.

Final set. broze 10.5 - ArtK78 5.5 Thanks for the game Art. Every set had a lot of tough hands imo

Board 5 was very annoying. I was trying to get GIB to cue CA if he had it so I could go 7. Probably should have known better...

You might still have got it on a Grosvenor (if GIB was familiar with the concept) if you had not exited with the HJ. If you started with 9xxxx and GIB played this way it might go down in a cold contract so actually a good player might play for you to have done this and still get the endgame wrong. EDIT: Sorry this analysis is only relevant if North had K9 hearts on the actual hand

Ha! Amazing. I like that they patched the bot to always cash an ace against 7NT and GIB is all "lol good try".

Thanks for the game Gordon.

broze 9 - gordontd 7

Yes, double. Being NV makes this clear imo.

And finally 65% vs gerardo. Thanks all.

60% vs chuck11 65% vs maximusg

40% vs spyrosm 75% vs phil Was unlucky in one, lucky in the other.

50% vs ovncylmz 60% vs gordontd

60% vs stopiello

70% v JJ_ 75% v barmar 50% v impfdich

Hello - have been away for a few days but I'm now back. I've accepted all challenges in my hub and will finish them all by the deadline. Unfortunately some got auto-accepted while I was away. I like the auto-accept friend feature but it would be useful to turn it off temporarily to avoid people wasting time by playing boards that are not going to be completed by the other player.

http://tinyurl.com/lry9jek At trick 7 GIB knows it can cash out and make the contract. It cashed a trump but then pointlessly plays a diamond and goes down.

Yes all good. I'm in

Yes 2NT is Michael's for me. Worth adding that we can double with 1=4=2=6 as well and then 2NT by responder asks. Minors is fairly rare so as wank says 3S will do for that.

Absolutely not

Hijunny +19 in 3rd set. Well played.

This is a Michael Rosenberg classic

I've been meaning to post about this and I've been experiencing the same problem. On this hand I kept wanting to bi Blackwood but 4NT was never defined as such. Eventually when I got the bot to bid Blackwood my responses weren't defined as Blackwood responses so I decided to pass! Big bug.

broze 12 - nige1 13 in the final set. Thanks for the tight match Nigel. 10 pushes in that last one.

Thanks Nigel - should be able to play the last set this eve.

3NT coming from a passed hand is only going to broadcast your hand to any semi-competent opposition. Occasionally 3S can be a real winner on these hands but I prefer to just bid 4S and then keep saccing up to 7S.