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I missed the schedule, just read too fast I suppose, my apologies to anyone I screwed up by doing so. stoppiello 27 = Elyk25 24 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:77576fc0.01e1.11e7.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1488745353&u=stoppiello

both results in gwnn 49 - stoppiello 15 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:1fee9b4e.01fe.11e7.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1488757662&u=stoppiello heart76 23 - stoppiello 10 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:c8426108.0297.11e7.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1488823658&u=stoppiello

first result in stoppiello 12 - icycookie 16 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:0996a191.01ac.11e7.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1488722406&u=stoppiello

I would like to play also.

I confirm conditions 5 and 6. I'm in (assuming that I am allowed :)

Reversing with 2!s just seems pointless. The only hand I have ever seen that bid 1N forcing over 1!h and had 4 spades in it was a 4333 shape 6 count that went through 1N to end in 2!h. Even that was debatable. I would think that even in precision, bidding 1N over 1!h denies 4 spades, so there isn't a fit there. If the hearts were a touch better (AKQTx or AKQ98 something in that range) I would treat them as a 6 carder and rebid 2!h. As the hand is posted, 2!c is the least lie. At worst you're in a 4-2 trump fit opposite a stiff heart so you have 4-5 tricks to contribute and if you're in magical christmas land, you get to ruff a diamond in your hand.

Assuming clubs aren't 4-0 seems like you have an easy line to set up the 5th spade and test for 3/3 hearts and if neither of those work you still have the diamond finesse. club lead won in S A!s and spade ruff, club to dummy, spade ruff (with high trump if E is the one with 3 trumps if they don't split) now, either they have both followed 3 times in the spade suit and you have the heart and diamond entries to set it up, or someone shows out and now you test the hearts. If you have to draw a third trump, can throw spade if it won't set up, heart if it does. in 6N I'm simple minded.....win the club in hand, heart to the K, heart back to the Q. If W wins this and leads back the 10H I know where I stand there. Assuming they're not 3/3 here comes the clubs and see what happens. When I lead the last club, will have AQ AQ left in hand, and will take the finesse in whichever one I believe E to be longer in.

Good luck in the finals Samuel I picked the wrong time to have a bad round :) http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:a3068972.f7b5.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1487627017&u=stoppiello stoppiello 1.5 - sleong 6.5

set 4 stoppiello 8.5 - sieong 7.5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:5b91797b.f70f.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1487555601&u=stoppiello I think that leaves us in a tie....what's the tiebreaker?

segment 3 stoppiello 8 - sieong 8 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:bf7315e6.f65f.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1487480177&u=stoppiello should be finished by monday evening/tuesday morning one way or the other

set 4 stoppiello 10- toast1 6 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:b49fdda9.f404.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1487221172&u=stoppiello very good match Bert, other than the one set where we defended 15 hands each :)

Well, with 5 spades to the Q and the AD p is bidding 4 spades, or should be. With the blacks reversed, he only bids 3 spades because it doesn't warrant the jump the problem comes in when p has Qxxx xx Ax xxxxx but with that, 3 spades is probably enough the fifth trump means alot

well, lets examine what we do know. P is a passed hand, our LHO is not. The pre-empt is 2nd seat, red/red, so it should be really good KQJxxxx and an outside card (Kxx or QJxx in another suit which is probably diamonds) given that hypothetical, we have 18hcp, preempter has 9 that leaves 13 to split between p and LHO. We know P is short in hearts (maybe 1 maybe 2) so has length somewhere. About the only plausible hand for partner I want to be in 3N instead of a suit contract is when they have the AD and QJTxx of clubs, and you can't ever expect a perfect hand opposite. If I double, it is somewhere around 99% getting taken out by partner, and I won't be shocked if we're -200 on a bad trump split in 3S or 4C. 2nd choice is pass, would not even consider 3N

round of 8 stoppiello 8.5 toast1 7.5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:e9491b8b.f189.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1486948530&u=stoppiello

i doubt that. We all just have our good days and our bad days. Next time, you'll probably win by just as much.

4th set for round of 16 stoppiello 10.5 - tonywuhk 4.5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:16e9d618.ee12.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1486567214&u=stoppiello feels kind of odd to push a board at -530 :) thank you for the match tony, good luck in the next one

round of 16 set 3 stoppiello 10 - tonywuhk 6 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:08b0951f.ecde.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1486434905&u=stoppiello challenge is sent for the last one, will probably finish today or tomorrow

Round of 16 set 2 stoppiello 11.5 - tonywuhk 4.5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:48f67e1c.ebe6.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1486328498&u=stoppiello

it seems that when you have the strong hand, where you're going to be taking most of the tricks yourself, counting winners is usually easier. When you're pre-empting, you're not expecting to make the contract, so you count losers to make sure that the punishment you take is comparable to the result you're trying to stop. (i.e. going down -500 against their vulnerable game)

round of 16 set 1 stoppiello 10 - tonywuhk 6 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:7b0fc5ed.eb9a.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1486295940&u=stoppiello

4th set stoppiello 9 - stephen tu 7 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:5548c30a.e74d.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1485823001&u=stoppiello I believe that finishes it up, 34.5 - 29.5 in my favor Thank you for the match stephen

set 3 stoppiello 9 - stephen tu 7 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:40cd42a3.e6a5.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1485750811&u=stoppiello or me at 56.25%

part 2/4 stoppiello 7.5 - stephen tu 8.5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:c0049849.e683.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1485736421&u=stoppiello showed me at 46.88% if that helps any

stoppiello 9 - stephen tu 7 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:4c5dc08e.e648.11e6.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1485710887&u=stoppiello I think it showed me at 56.25%

believe this is my last also stoppiello 5 - veryfy 5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:56da8734.e0ad.11e6.90ac.0cc47a39aeb4-1485094577&u=Stoppiello