Hanoi5

Well, maybe the robot is Italian...

The interesting thing about the challenge is the comments you can read from the experts. They explain why they prefer certain action, and usually more than one expert will point at details you might have not even thought about. Last month, for example, there was: ♠A8xx ♥QJx ♦AKx ♣753 And the auction had been: 2♠ - 3♥ - 3♠ - ??? Most experts chose to bid only game. Yes, partner intervened over a weak bid, but most of the 4♥ bidders claimed that the 5 level was not safe. This is not a beginner's concept and I bet many people knew about it from reading it in their comments. If an éxpert' chooses the low road, then you can feel represented when you underbid. If most experts decide to bid higher thn you, pay attention to their reasons. And I don't think results always dictate the scores in the challenge. Sometimes the experts will be very optimistic and the real hand proves to be a disappointment. Just as in real life ;) You can check the comments by Marc and me on YouTube before deciding what to bid:

Language is very important to bridge. And Bridge is a social game, not a globalization tool. If you don't like your government or country just put 'other'.

Is that a good idea?

I would certainly open as North. Many people would. Even 4th hand can open citing the rule of 15 :)

I played against Agustin Madala once he partnered the (at the moment) future president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri.

Hi, this Sunday I couldn't the BBF MPs tournament, what happened to it?

[hv=pc=n&s=s3hd9865432cqt542&w=sajhkj8dqj7cakj87&n=skt74hqt973daktc3&e=sq98652ha6542dc96&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=1h2s(weak)d3npp4d4spp5cd5dppdppp]399|300[/hv] Director was called when South bid 5♣ as North had taken some time to pass after 4♠. The bidding continued and after consulting the Director rolled the result back to 4♠ making, instead of the 2 downs doubled the contract reached at the table went. Do you agree with the ruling?

Unfortunately a lot of work is involved in analyzing bridge data. And it is even more difficult to find reliable data on the internet. Can you trust vugraph archives 100%? I don't think so. I had some archives from Hamman and he appeared as B Hamman, R Hamman, Bob Hamman, Robert Hamman and a couple more I don't remember and that's just the name, how can one trust the spots played to each trick?

Moscow

Hello. A fellow player is travelling to Russia and wants to know where to play in those two cities, any clue?

hanoi5 vs gszes 7,5 8,5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:d54b96fc.e98e.11e7.a200.0cc47a39aeb4-1514218533&u=hanoi5 hanoi5 vs cathcol 9.5 6.5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:cfdb7ebb.e72d.11e7.a200.0cc47a39aeb4-1513956960&u=hanoi5 hanoi5 vs Artk78 9.5 6.5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:e31a9cef.e72d.11e7.a200.0cc47a39aeb4-1513956992&u=hanoi5 hanoi5 vs Wackojack 10 6 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:f34a5b4c.e72d.11e7.a200.0cc47a39aeb4-1513957019&u=hanoi5 hanoi5 vs Zzmiy 9.5 6.5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:d7f6367d.e72d.11e7.a200.0cc47a39aeb4-1513956974&u=hanoi5

Nice!

hanoi5 55 mkgnao 45 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:4b73b3c0.df80.11e7.a200.0cc47a39aeb4-1513112777&u=hanoi5

Hanoi5 60 Wackojack 40 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:cd78dc5b.de91.11e7.a200.0cc47a39aeb4-1513010345&u=hanoi5 Hanoi5 55 42krunner 45 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:67169d42.df80.11e7.a200.0cc47a39aeb4-1513112823&u=hanoi5