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Hi all, This was a hand by one of my teammates a few years back in a regional tournament. He was sitting East. Would like to know any of your thoughts on the decisions by the director as well as the appeal committee. Here is his sypnosis below: In the youth round robin, we had a few disasters and were quite far behind based on our scoresheets. In order to fightback to get a respectable score, we needed the points badly within the remaining boards. The break appeared to have come on this hand when an innocent level two contract by the opposition were doubled and went down five, nonvulnerable. However, things were not what it seemed to be... Hand Record and Bidding Sequence [hv=d=s&v=n&n=s9864hj765daj54c3&w=sqhaqt42d972cat87&e=skjt52hk93dq6c942&s=sa73h8dkt83ckqj65]399|300|Scoring: IMP 1♣-1♥-X*-2♥ X**-P-2♠-P P-X-AP[/hv] * : exactly 4 card spades ** : exactly 3 card spade support Line of Play Contract: 2SX Lead: small Heart Tricks: 1. (0-1) East leads a small heart to West's Ace, all following. 2. (1-1) West returns his singleton Queen of trumps, taken by dummy's Ace. 3. (1-2) Declarer plays a small diamond to his Jack and East's Queen. 4. (1-3) East cashes King of trumps. 5. (1-4) East cashes Jack of trumps. 6. (1-5) East cashes 10 of trumps. 7. (1-6) East cashes King of Hearts. 8. (1-7) East plays a small heart to West's Queen. 9. (1-8) West plays a small heart to declarer's Jack, ruffed by East. 10. (1-9) East plays a small club to dummy's King and West's Ace. 11. (1-10) West cashes his last remaining Heart. 12. (3-10) Last 2 tricks conceded to declarer. Result: 2SX-5, +1100 points to us. Director! At this point, the director was called by the declarer who claims he was misled by the West's double and therefore played West for having a strong hand with long spades. When East came up with the long spades and the Queen of Diamonds, the entire line of play fell apart and resulted in the catastrophy. In our defence, both sides of the screen unanimously explained the double as being penalty oriented and my partner had doubled based on his judgement of the bidding: I responded 2H, showing a minimal but constructive hand with useful points, I hold 5 card spades (north shows exactly 4 cards with his negative X and south exactly 3 cards with his support X based on their explanation), His two aces and my trump length + constructive hand should be sufficient to down the contract. After a discussion with his assistants, the tournament director ruled that my partner's double was a Maximum Overcall Double that was misexplained and was not present in our convention card. As such, we have violated convention disruption and were penalized with a procedural penalty of -0.5 VP. On top of that, as the declarer was misinformed about the bidding, he was awarded with the maximum tricks he can take on the hand and the score was adjusted to 2SX-1. An interesting fact about the judgement is that the only reason why we do not have "Maximum Overcall Double" on our convention card is because we do not play it (duh!). In any case, with only a 12 point hand, my partner's overcall of 1H can hardly be considered a maximum overcall (16-17 points). Naturally, we appealed. The result of the appeal was not very much in our favour either. The procedural penalty of -0.5 VP cannot be lifted as it was dealt out by the tournament director. Also, the appeal committee ruled that the double of a level two contract cannot be for penalty and must be optional, with takeout elements. Thus, we have misexplained the double and the director was correct in adjusting the score in the declarer's favour. However, as it would take a massive misdefence for the declarer to go down only one and the score was corrected to 2SX-2 instead. To this day, I still don't understand what was wrong with our penalty double bid in that bidding sequence. Any comments?

Thanks all for the response.. think Pass is the general consensus.. Now the bidding continues.. [hv=d=s&v=e&s=sk85hk876d64c9842]133|100|Scoring: IMP P-(1♠)-1NT-(2♥)- P-(2♠)-P-(P)- ?[/hv] Double or Pass now? B) Or any other actions?

[hv=d=s&v=e&s=sk85hk876d64c9842]133|100|Scoring: IMP Teams game P-(1♠)-1NT-(2♥)- ?[/hv] Double or Pass or any other actions? There will be follow-up auctions after this ;)

Hi, The league I play in will give walkover scores based on the highest of the following: a. The average VPs for all matches played by the non-offending team to the end of the round robin. b. The complement of the average VPs of the offending team for all matches played up to the end of the round robin. 5 VPs will be used for match scores below 5 VPs in this calculation. c. 18 VPs. I think the above quite fair for the non-offending team.. the offending team should of coz get 0 VPs

Playing 2/1 GF, [hv=d=n&v=n&n=s76hq97dakjt2c743&s=sakj942hak83dqcat]133|200|Scoring: IMP Opponents silent P-1♠-2♦-3♥-4♥-4NT-5♦-6♥[/hv] 6♠ or 6NT obviously the better contract here.. Any problems with the bidding? How best to show a strong 6-4 hand? :P

This is the whole hand.. [hv=d=n&v=n&n=s82ht872daj983c98&w=sqt653hk4dt7ckj32&e=sk7hqjd65caqt7654&s=saj94ha9653dkq42c]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] I was South, doubled the 1st time but passed 5♣.. Turns out that 5♦ and 5♥ cold for our side.. but even if we did not reach them.. we also let 5♣ go undoubled.. it went down 2.. Any comments? :P

[hv=d=n&v=n&s=saj94ha9653dkq42c]133|100|Scoring: IMP P-(3♣)-X-(5♣) P-P-?[/hv] Agree with first X? What do you bid now?

IMO Agree 1♦ = 10, _X =3, 1N = 2. Now, _P = 10, 5♦ = 8. LHO announced the majors but RHO was not enthused, so I agree with Halo that partner may be short in ♣. Hence the decision may be closer than most think. I wrote the above before simpleboi's revelation of partner's hand :( Did you run ♦Q to make 11 tricks? Yup, I actually ran the ♦Q.. However, even with a trump loser, its still possible to use the 5th ♠ for the 11th trick.. and still the possibility of ♥A onside.. So seems like a game that should be in for IMPs What do ya think? :)

Thanks all for the response.. think everybody would pass which was what I did... I played in 4♦.. anyway heres the full hand [hv=d=e&v=n&n=sj6543ht75dqt932c&w=sq987ha986djcjt53&e=st2hj43dk8cakq976&s=sakhkq2da7654c842]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Made 5.. and lost imps.. Any comments?

[hv=d=e&v=n&s=sakhkq2da7654c842]133|100|Scoring: IMP (1♣)-1♦-(X)-4♦-(P)-?[/hv] Agree with 1♦ overcall? 4♦ is a weak preemptive bid Do you go on to 5♦? Or any other bids? Or Pass ;)

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I suck due to Not consistent enough Unable to concentrate or focus fully when needed to Unable to analyse deeply into the hand while playing.. usually at the end or post mortem will realise mistake Bad habits like following too fast sometimes without giving further thought and many more i guess :)

Ok.. thanks all for the help, I guess shld be illegal to change card, especially even when realised misplayed :P

I guess its unanimous pass ;) Anyway holding [hv=d=e&v=n&s=sq752hkt5dt762ca9]133|100|Scoring: IMP (P)-P-(1H)-P-(P)-?[/hv] Come in now? :P

[hv=d=w&v=n&s=sa9h982daqj5ckqt6]133|100|Scoring: IMP (P)-P-(1♥)-?[/hv] Do you bid? If so what bid to come in with? Thanks in advance :)

During the middle of the play of a hand, Declarer is in dummy, he plays a card.. RHO then starts to think for some time without playing yet.. Can declarer change a card that he played from dummy when RHO hasnt followed to the trick yet? Does he need to ask opps whether he can change the card? Also if immediately after asking opps RHO follows is it right to do so? Also, is there any difference with/without screens? Thanks for help :)

I guess its obvious to Pass.. Anyway indeed it was passed out.. The full hands are as follows: [hv=d=w&v=n&n=sh842da632cajt876&w=sakqjt832h53dkt9c&e=s764haj96d54cq543&s=s95hkqt7dqj87ck92]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] EW has a cold 4♠, However NS has 5♣ on a gd guess in ♣, or will be a gd sac against 4♠ Any comments or 4♠ here just a normal contract :P

[hv=d=w&v=n&s=s95hkqt7dqj87ck92]133|100|Scoring: IMP (4♠)-P-(P)-?[/hv] You are in 4th seat. Do you come in? :P

Thanks all for the reply :) Esp Justin who gave a detailed analysis on the suit, learned a lot too :) So based on theory, its even as to whether to play the A or the J, however in practice, playing the A is likely to succeed more of the time right? Really interesting :P

IMO _X = 10, 3N = 8, 3♣ = 6, 2N = 5. If partner has a strong hand with ♦, with any luck, he'll bid 3♥. Then you can bid a firm 3N, place your hand face-down on the table, and start entering the contract in your score-card. Hi, If partner showed a strong hand, wouldnt you bid slam with your 3-loser hand? Or at least go for it instead of a 3NT? :)

Low to the jack and then the ace picks up all 2-2 splits, and KQx/KQT onside. That is about 52.5%. You can subtract a negligible amount for random trick 1 ruffs, but it's still over 50 which is fine. Correct me if I am wrong :P After W follows with the small ♣, the chances of E having a singleton K or Q is higher than the singleton T right? So playing the A♣ now has a higher chance than playing the J♣?

[hv=d=w&v=b&n=sak2hkt64dcaj9863&w=sj753hqj7d654ckq4&e=s984h9853dq9873ct&s=sqt6ha2dakjt2c752]399|300|Scoring: IMP Team game Bidding by NS without interference: 1♣-1♦ 1♥-1♠ (4sf Inv+) 3♣-3NT 4♠-6♣ AP[/hv] After a 9♠ lead by E, declarer won in dummy, played small ♣ and when W followed with the 4♣, he played A♣, and have to lose 2 ♣ tricks for -1. The other table is in 3NT easily making. Is 6♣ considered a good slam? Anybody to blame here?

Thanks to all for the answers and suggestions :) Anyway, on the table the S hand ventured 4♠ figuring it shld have a play after the 3♥ raise by E and N then bidded 6♠.. easily doubled by E and went down 3. The bidding: 2♥ - X - 3♥ - 4♠ P - 6♠ - X - AP The other table played in 4♥X-4 so it was a double big swing :) Here are the 4 hands: [hv=d=w&v=n&n=skq5hkq97dcakjt85&w=s6haj8654dt42c963&e=saj432ht32dq98cq2&s=st987hdakj7653c74]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv]