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Plus, dont do it with weak NT:) I think it's safer to super-accept with weak NT. After all, if the opponents had points, they'd have said them by now. :P So everytime opps dont bid after a weak 1nt u bid game?

Hi. i think we have some good unwritthen rules about that on bbo: We dont replace subs!!!! We are TOTALLY depended of our subs, and i think we whould loose many of them if we start to let diconected players back in after inviting a sub. So i think its best not to let the disconected player inn again, but whait as loong as possible before inviting a sub. kenneth

And its a big difference between Godzilla and a normal novise/beginner whos trying to learn this game. Godzilla is pepole like ben`s mom:)

Or maybe "recreational player". I'm not so puzzled .... At most clubs, the schedule is 30 minutes for 4 boards including the time needed to duplicate, score and get drinks. This may be reasonable at a higher level where rutine descions are carried out in less than two seconds, but the average age of the BF's members is 62, and many people need more than 30 seconds to sort their cards and 10 seconds to respond to Stayman. So there is no time for evaluation afterwards, and often not even constructive bidding or planning the play. The consequence being that you can play 24 boards a week, year after year, litterally without building up any experience at all. What I find strange is that most players are happy that way. Part of the problem is, I think, that people will rather win by bad play than loose by good play. The correlation between good play and good results is too weak to motivate people to play to learn, especially when you're partnering Godzilla. And even when your bad decisions lead to a disaster you can usually convince yourself that it was your partner's fault. Offcourse its partners foult. you were doomd the minnut u sat down whit him, you just have to try something,bad luck. lol ;)

What is occam`s razor?

I whould play like this too,not becouse i think he have a singelton ♦, but becouse he want me to think he have a singel ♦ and play ace king of ♥. i think he have something like: Kxx.Q10xx.xxx.AQx

I think jimmy is right about spades. Your partner lead the spade TWO. South did not blast to 3NT on QJT of spades (three times), and partner did not lead the spade 2 from T2, J2, Q2, or Jx2, Tx2, or xx2. No the spade 2 must be a singleton (in 1955 they didn't lead low from doubletons). But its normal to lead low from Jxx or 10xx like i think he have. And south dint Blast to nt whit QJx 3 times. hi just bid 1 nt and 3 nt, whouldnt you whit his hand?

well i almoust had declerers hand to the last spot(only he had QJx not Q10x). and i dint see the key in the defence,i played a small ♠after ace. kenneth

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Yes just duck the ♥King,and u are home

Hi im interesset to find out how you behave in a bbo-indy when you face a beginner partner, pls be honest in your answers. Let me give you ZIAs tips on how to get the best results in a rubber/indy game: PARNERING THE BEST PLAYER, (THE KING): 1.Never gloat over good results.inevitably the better your parnership,the more u will win. 2.Give hime the opportunity to put his skills to work,i.e let him play the hand. 3.Bid soundly so that he can rely on you. 4.Follow his defence when u are in any doubt. 5.Double the opps more often-you can rely on getting the best defence. 6.Overbid in close situasjons when he play the cand. 7.Dont be intiminated by him, his your best friend. 8."pass" the crutial dissitons to him,especially at high levels,unless u know what to do. 9.dont argu whit him-chances are his right. 10.WATHC HIM AND LEARN PARTNERING WHIT A BAD PLAYER, (GODZILLA) 1.Dont give him lessions.if he wanted them he`d go to a bridge school. 2.Avoid the possibillyty of accsidents,a small pe\rofit is better than a big loss. dont go for the best possible result,the best result possible should be your target. 3.Get an ide of his style,compensating for an under or overbidder. are his pennalty doubles sound?if so leave them in 4.Bid simply: and go out of your way to indicate the right lead. 5.Take control:make the key dissitions for him,even when technically this isnt the best aproath.HOG THE HAND 6.Give very loud singnals in defence: give him signposts to follow. 7.false-card whit the low cards to fool a good player,your partner isnt watching anyway. 8.protect him from tough opps, building a fence-even a trap-around him. 9.if u must loose,do it gracefully. 10.try harder:dont give up just becouse you are the underdog. PLAYING AGANINS THE BAD PLAYER(GODZILLA) 1.GIve him leeway on revokes,bids out of turne,exposed cards.you want to beat him not murder him-and you have enough advantages allready. 2.Never forget his going to be your partner in the next robber. 3.Bad players expects to go down and give up easily,so penalty double at the sligthest excuse when his playing the hand 4.Allow him to do misstakes:dont get in his way 5:Understand his style and use it against him.for example,compete more if he dosent double 6.Give him high level dissisons.you know hi have poor judgement,let him use it 7.singnal as mutch as you like when his declearer,he wont be watching 8.play honour cards through him,hill always cover if he can. 9.Keep him on lead,hill find the wrong one 10.push him around at partscore level. I think this is great tips in a rubbergame:)) but maybe not in a bbo indy. what do you think? how do you behave? pls vote and explane:)) kenneth :) ps let me finnish whit a godzilla hand:) [hv=d=s&v=b&n=sjxxhkq10xxxdxxcxx&w=saxxha98xd10xxc98x&e=sq10xxxxhjxdxc10xxx&s=skhxdakqj98xcakqj]399|300|Scoring: IMP Bidding whent 2cl-pass-2di-pass-4nt-pass-5he-pass-7nt-x-all pass[/hv] South ment 4 nt as blackwood.but north tought -corectly-as there had been no suit agreement -it was natural showing a balanced hand of 28-30 pts, and hi bid his suit. south thinking that his p have shown 2 aces bid a rapid 7nt!! Godzilla finnaly saw a contact he knew he could beat and doubled. Godzilla is well read,nearly every authority tell you to lead fourh highest from ur longest and strongest suit so he followed instruktions and led....the 2 of harts!!! south played dummys king and ran all his minor winners, at trick 11,godzilla had to choose between discarding hi ace of spades ao his ace of harts. He looked arownd vainly for inspiration,he looked for the answer at the ceiling,he searched for it om all the walls,even on the carpet and under the table. but finnaly he guessed wrongly and trew the ace of spades. 7nt doubled and made! no wounder we call him Godzilla:)))

3♦:))

HEHE well i got the reactions i wonted from this pull( was gonna post all hands now but someone beat me too it:( As you all know i was the "jerk" who tryed to create a good result whit this hand. and i got the score of a lifetime. opps were in 4♣XX whit atleast 4 down and i had so little trust in my p that i bid 4♥:)( blæhhh one down and -3 imp instead of +25 imp or someting. SO is there some lessions to learn from this? Well i sertenly learned one LOL Ill never undrestimate my parners again, i whill bid my hand as normal and easy as possible whit a beginner ofcourse. but never try to take charge. bridge is a partnership game:)) cant play whit 3 opponments. I think one of the reasons i did it was a habbit i have earned playing robber games for money. when u face the weakest player at the table you want to play as many of the hands as possible, couse he is bound to missplay and missbid the easyest hands. like the "dreaded godzilla" as zia calls him, you want to save as moth money as possible playing whit him. and we all know how terrible and mindblowing it can be to be the defenceless dummy at the table, watching ur novise p go 4 down in a game where the feald have bid and made slam:)))) kenneth

what if p dont open 2♠ just becouse he have 4♥ too? :)

I think the voulnability whould help here,(so we know what p bid 2♥on) but i dont think p have a stiff ♠, declerer have to have a ♥ stopp too(or he would bid 3 ♥i hope)so p bid 2♥ on almoust nothing,so i think he have jxx or xxx in♠, so we have a nut 3 nt? or declerer have a hand like: ♣Qxxx,♦Kxx,♥Kxx♠Q10x. so I whould use ace of♠ and play a small♠

Free explaned that in the first post, this was a turney whit only one psyke alowed so thats why opps reported it.

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Yes i know we can all agree that the auction is terrible, but thats is not the issue, what whould u do over 4 ♣XX?

Yes totally agree, 2 ♥ is a bad bid, but this is a indy and whit a beginner p i desided to open this hand. would never do it in a normal pair turn.

Playing a "all play same bridge indy(sayc)" you first deal is whit a beginner partner and 1 exp/1 adv opps,(self assinged) u pick up this hand: [hv=d=s&v=e&s=s109xh10987xdakqxcx]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] opps are voulnrable and you are not so u start whit a weak 2 ♥ bid, now bidding continu: 2♥-2nt-x-3♣-3♦-pass-3♥-4♣-x-xx-pass-pass-??? what now??? pls vote and explane:)) thx ps. please Dont look at the bidding, its horrible but thats not the cestion.

Hi, yes i whould say they are, if south pass he shows good cards and encour to bid 5 ♥ rateher than dubble:)

is it imp or mp? i could pass in imp, in mp a clear 2 ♠

Hi, i was woundering if it was possible to chance the softwear so it is possible to host a turney and teams at the same time. now this is not possible,if u arrange a turney say next monday and sett it up today its not possible to host any team matches in this period. (u get the message that u cant host more than one event at the time). kenneth

Im used to play it a bit different. when u lead say ♠ace vs 4 ♥as in my exampel obove, partner give suit preference whit his singnals. if he play a high spade he want the highest ranking suit,(tromp and spades are not possible plays now) so in this case its ♦. and if he play a low ♠,he signal for a ♣shift kenneth That's not obvious shift, that's something like Lavinthal, but it also works from time to time ;) Sorry think i missunderstud the cuestion, i tought he was asking when a shift was obvius, dint know there was a "obvius shift system"

Im used to play it a bit different. when u lead say ♠ace vs 4 ♥as in my exampel obove, partner give suit preference whit his singnals. if he play a high spade he want the highest ranking suit,(tromp and spades are not possible plays now) so in this case its ♦. and if he play a low ♠,he signal for a ♣shift kenneth