Sambolino

Thanks, that's a very sensible way to do it.

Hi all, I never made a tourney on BBO and I'm thinking about possibilities of organizing Serbian national championships online. One of our main events in a year is a tournament where (up to) 16 pairs play long IMP matches (say 14 boards) in a round-robin. Would it be possible to make a tournament where a pair would play only against single pair in one long round? Cheers, Veljko

[hv=d=w&v=n&s=saq10xxxhkxxxdaxca]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] LHO starts the auction. 1♥-1♠-pass-2♥- 3♣-3♦-5♣-? 1♥ is 11-15 2♥ from your p would be michaels, weak or FG

i like the heat in here!

exactly

right, this makes much sense, on the way to 6hx

despite major posture, i'd never think of an invite with this hand at mp's or bam

i'd bid 2s but i guess that's too dull

i don't understand opening 4h unless you know your opps well at the other table and deliberately want to imitate or differ

no way its 44+ in blacks. it is t/o but with long diamonds knowing p got shortness and few hcps; tolerates hearts too

what about plain 1h-1s-3d-6h

probably depends on style whether 2s is courtesy or extras. but what's the difference, i'd bid 2s in both cases

i hoped to get some honest answers and to expose the trickiness of the deal immediately. as for playing K or not - my 2¢: one should judge if it's realistic that pard continues hearts after a card that looks discouraging, and therefore take a risk or not (and in tempo)

auction went, say 1c strong - 1d neg 1nt 19-22 bal - 2h xfer 2s - 3h nat invite 4s

3c and 4c for me

poor spots, 1N

[hv=d=w&v=n&n=s43ha965d5432caq2&w=sa52hj4dakqj6ck109&e=sk109876h10872d10cj4&s=sqjhkq3d987c87653]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] a recent hand from a big mp tourney (300 tables). LHO opened strong club and then showed 19-22 bal, RHO transfered to spades and invited (showing also 4 card ♥) so LHO accepts and they end up in 4♠. and, yes, pard leads ♥ ace! why would you drop ♥K (if you want to make a case about lo-enc then imagine you got ♥9 instead of ♥3) and why would you return a ♣

sry ofcourse instead of all 2c's i meant dbl

so you're telling this is the situation "if i ask for attitude and it's obviously irrelevant, show even number of cards only if you're doubleton"?

what would you play doubles here assuming 2♣ shows 5+m 4M: 1) (1NT)-dbl- (2♥)*-dbl *nat 2) (1NT)-dbl- (2♥)*-dbl *transfer 3) (1NT)-dbl- (pass)*-pass- (rdbl)**-pass- (2♥)***-dbl *forces xx **forced ***nat

i don't have a problem with 5 spades or lack of hcps but with 4 card heart suit. we're pushing pard into wrong sacrifice over 4h

i don't play udca, but talking about std i drop 3rd then 4th best to signal count + clubs

i'd pass

for me pass is the best action, but i also think 2hx will make more often than one would expect

4nt created confusion. if W didn't bid 5c, E would know that signaling diamond is superior than club so he'd throw a high heart.