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Whatever S meant, and I'm not versed enough in EBU rules to...rule. I want to at least draw and quarter them though. Perhaps hang them first. I think the W double is SEWoG. I mean, he has, what, If you're charitable, 2.25 defensive tricks?

Pass, in tempo, without giving the game away

Now the actual hands are posted, I think at the very least NS get to keep the -1100. 3♥ is totally SEWoG. Ruling for EW will depend on thorough investigation of their actual agreements.

You have the auction wrong. It's [hv=d=n&v=0&b=1&a=1ndp2s(%22transfer%20to%20clubs%22)3hdppp]133|100[/hv]

The problem with this, as I see it, is that's it's impossible. You either are simulating whole shoes, and thus might see an effect, or you're constraining the hands. I don't think you can do both.

I might actually have a go at this later. I suspect 1,000 trials isn't near enough for a low edge game like Blackjack though. 1 million is probably more like it. Just to make sure I understand the conditions... Player 6 is last to act? How deep is shoe penetration? Rules in play? Doubling down allowed? Players 1-5 assumed to play standard basic strategy? Dealer hits soft 17?

"What I beleive I can make" is NOT "undefined".

Above average players don't play Gerber over suit contracts.

No, never ever ever try for -2 on this. Slam -1 is NEVER a bad MP result. It may occasionally be only average, but never bad.

100% beatable. Lead A!D !C to the K !D ruff A!C -1

Win spade, pull trump, run off the rest of the ♠ pitching the 2 hearts in your hand. 9 tricks won. Cash A♣, 10 tricks Ruff dummy's last heart 11 tricks Ruff a club in dummy Making 6.

7NT making, and SB has to buy a round for the table to apologize for wasting everyone's time with this prattle.

42A2: Dummy may keep count of tricks won and lost in accordance with Law 65B. 43A1c: Dummy must not participate in the play, nor may he communicate anything about the play to declarer So, no, declarer may not ask, and dummy may not answer, but dummy is allowed (and indeed should) keep a properly ordered/turned arrangement of the played tricks, and declarer is allowed to count them.

Stratified - Field broken into, typically, A/B/C strats. All play all, masterpoints awarded by strat. Flighted - Field broken into separate divisions, play with in division only. Like a KO event at Regional/National. For the sake of completeness: Strataflighted - Both stratified and flighted. Common in regional swisses. Typically there is an "A/X" flight and a "B/C/D" flight. Stratified within the flight.

Passing is obviously right, because this wouldn't be posted if either 2H or X worked.

Oh I agree. web BBO is well past the point of 'but no simpler'.

The old Einstein mis-quote applies: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Looks normal to me. Rather unlucky as most will probably open 2♥ which won't see a 2♠ bid from W.

Since no one else said it, I will: You wouldn't have this problem if W had opened 1NT. If ♠AKxx ♥Ax ♦Jx ♣ QJT9x is a routine 1NT opener, and I think for most thinking players it should be, ♠AKx ♥Ax ♦Jx ♣ QJT9xx is too.

Yes. You are 100% not entitled to any information from partner's alerts. You have to stay dumb, and bid as if partner thinks you have ♦, and he has ♠.

I don't think so. DNS has nothing to do with _maintaining_ a connection.

This 10000% has to be majors.

I would suggest not looking like as ass by getting snippy when someone makes assumptions in the face of you providing no system details.

GIB, despite any lies, claims, or allegations to the contrary, does NOT PLAY balancing doubles.

If 5♥ is natural, what would 4♥ have shown?