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Yeah i know, i was thinking that the falsecards, when declarer's intention is for the max, had influence on how many times 9x would appear. Line a) attemps the max, line b) doesn't. But Siegmund's reasoning seems right and simpler.

AT82 K43 For 3 tricks. a) K, finesse T, A b) K, finesse 8, finesse T My math tells me that both lines are equal. However, from suitplay: SUITPLAY - needing 3 tricks: b) best (Gets 3 tricks more often on average) MP's a) best. IMPS 3NT White, No doubles a) b) same 3NT VUL, No doubles b) best 3NT White/VUL Doubled/Redoubled a) best What happens when either 9 or H appears on RHO on the 1st trick: a) finesse 8 b) A I think i suspect why B is better but its just too complicated and i'm really not sure... maybe i'm missing something and the reason is simple?

Hi Ed. Do use the link (http://webzoom.freewebs.com/fpbridge/Flyer_Festival_Acores_2011.pdf) to contact Ana. This is one of the oldest Portuguese Festivals, and many rising young stars from all over the world are coming. Dont miss it :)

Thanks Free.

I'm looking for a follow up structure for this.. 2NT shows an unbalanced 4Major(responder's Major) 17+ OR 6+minor 17+ no 3card Major(responder's Major). I'd like to be able to sign-off in the minor, and to GF relay knowing a) if it's the long minor it's shortness and b) if it's the strong fit hand, it's shape ( some kind of GAR structure), ideally distinguishing between 4M and 5+M from responder's relay's . Any ideias? Thanks.

Any thoughts on how to proceed if west had discarded a ♣ and a ♥ ? Is it even right to cash the ♥A then?

[hv=pc=n&s=skq7ha2dajt98c432&n=s32hkj43dk32caq65&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=1np2c2sppdp3nppp]266|200[/hv] T1: ♠4 , 2 , A , 7 T2: ♠5, K , ♣ 7 , ♠3 T3:♦J, Q, K ,4 T4:♦2, 5, A, ♣8 T5:♥ A , 7,3,6 Please feel free to offer a different line up to this point. Right hand is 7♠ 4♦.From here, for 12 tricks, you will allways get them if both round honors are inside. What about if either of them is stiff with East now? is this a 50-50 guess?

Hi Nick. How is it in England? Here(Portugal) it's spread all over the year, which i find awfull. Any other countries out there?

LOL! is the writing completly wrong? will definitly get some views :P

I've been wondering how the calendar models of competition are around the world. Is the USA model , to condense the main federative competitions for a couple of weeks popular? Or disperse all over the year? How is it in your country?

My partner and i were discussing this, and maybe the suit wasn't strong enough to lead the king. With KQT9x would be the same problem though. One thing came to mind, that maybe if declarer is balanced and dummy hits a singleton , and partner is likely to have some lenght in the suit led we should att on the strong lead? pfff...

simple enough for me, tks. (sry if this was too obvious)

[hv=d=e&v=n&n=sj96542h96da53c94&w=sqt73hat32d2cjt63&e=sakhqj7dj976cakq5&s=s8hk854dkqt84c872]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] 2NT - 3♣ - 3♦ - 3NT The lead was the ♦ King, which is our strong lead, ( unblock /count). Count and attitude are upside down. What actually happened was north covering with the ace and continuing the suit. Any sugestions on this? tks [edit] auction

tks all

We're playing 2/1. I'd apreciate some thoughts on this one. Who's to blame?

[hv=d=s&v=n&n=sajtxhxxxdakjxxcj&s=sqxxxhakqxxxxdxxc]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Hi 1♥ - (p) - 2♦ - (4♣) 4♥ - (5♣) - 5♥ - ALL P

[hv=d=s&v=n&s=sakt98hxdak9865cx]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Hi all. We open 1 ♦ , 2NT from LHO showing ♥ and ♣ , X from partner, 5♣ from RHO. Tks

what a game !

Portugal is playing sooooooooooo gooood :huh: I only see Portugal, Spain or Germany winning this one. France and Italy are allways serious contenders but they dont have a good calendar, and they are not as strong as previous years.

I would lead a [D] .... i think the auction suggestes a safe lead and it would be the most atractive safeste one. With a double though i would lead a major, probably, [H] K.

If you duck a ♦ then a ♠ , a ♦ will allow W to discard a ♣ anyway i think(but in that scenario, you would obviously not play on ♣)... unless E has overcalled with a 3-2-5-3...( otherwise W would have 8 ♥ ) My line would be to win immediately the ♦ , and finess the ♥. If it looses , play ♠ , with restricted choice if a big one appears on the overcaller... Another option would be to cash 3 ♣ after ducking the lead. I dont really know about this one...

-----N--------E--------S---------W -----1♠--2♦----2♠-----pass ----4♠----all pass [hv=d=n&v=b&n=sat9876hk3d73cakq&s=sk32h54da65ct9876]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Lead : K ♦

I balance too. only problem is 2-5-3-3 and even if that's the case, my hand is not that bad.

[hv=n=sj9ht32dqj432ckq2&s=sakq2haj987datc43]133|200|[/hv] MP's I played this hand recently, in 4♥. I got a ♥ lead, to the Q and my ace. I played the ♥ jack , small, small , K . Now my RHO played a ♠ and i thought about my options. After thinking for a while i played the ♠ Ace . When the hand was over , my rho said that i must play the queen after thinking. What do you think? Thanks.

It wasnt a strong one..i want to go back and pass :)