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Both would have had to alert. Screens were being used.

4♥X went three down. And I guess you're joking about giving N/S 4DX=, right? N was very angry and told me I was being unfair, that I was covering for East(/West) and that nowhere in the world would that result stand (for I let the result stand). They have appealed.

Here's the new topic with the complete hand and a plot twist (or two): http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?act...t=0#entry286721

[hv=d=w&v=n&n=s102hj7543dq10cj983&w=sa54h2d9752c76542&e=sk863hk96dak864cq&s=sqj97haq108dj3cak10]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South Pass Pass 1♦ X 2♦ 2♥ 3♣ 3♥ Pass Pass 4♦ X Pass 4♥ X Pass Pass Pass No bid was alerted during the auction. Screens were in use, North and East sharing the same side. After the lead of the ♣Q hits the table and declarer sees AK10 of clubs in dummy, she asks East what the 3♣ bid was. East, a beginner, explains that it was a cue-bid. Neither South nor North were alerted to this during the bidding, so they thought it was natural. (And so did West, East is in fact the only person at the table, or at the tournament, who thinks 3♣ is a cue-bid, for it is not among their agreements). North claims that had she known that 3♣ was a cue-bid she would have passed 4♦X, which might go down if declarer plays sloppily. N/S are very good players (World class), E/W have been learning to play for a year. How would you rule?

Nobody so far has thought (or said) that some people might be lying (or making a mistake). How does the club bid by opener influence your bid over the second double? I'll post the complete hand in a new topic after getting some more answers.

Excellent rant, man. Publish it!

The food in Lima is great. And the tournament will be a bust to your confidence, for you probably won't find many competition at your level. Good luck.

Hm, what about not letting Jesus be crucified? That would certainly change history.

Actually I have many questions regarding this hand, but I'm just gonna make three in this topic. Your North and this is your hand: [hv=d=w&v=n&s=s102hj7543dq10cj983]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] The bidding so far: Ps Ps 1♦ X 2♦ 2♥ 3♣ 3♥ Ps Ps 4♦ X Ps ??? There are two questions in the poll, feel free to add any comment after answering the poll. I'd also like to know whether you would have bid 2♥ after 2♦. If it matters, you are a good player against newbies in a team tournament. For the complete story: http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?act...t=0#entry286721

Shouldn't these probabilities be based on cards? I don't quite understand the purpose of these calculators.

I got it working and found it very useful. Creating cnstrains for semi-specific hands (which means writing a file stating the constrains) is not easy though. I was able to create some hands to see if 6NT was better than 6C in the hands I had recently made polls about (KQxx AKJ9 A8xx A against Ax x Jx KQ1098632). I think 1C is better than any barrage and 6C is better than 6NT. It'd be interesting to check for the number of tricks (double dummy option?) in each case but I'm no sure (and I don't know how) this can be done.

I extracted the folder to C: but whenever I try to run the program I only get a black DOS window which disappears very quickly and doesn't allow me to see anything. What am I missing?

Pass and hope partner doesn't expect much from you...

Just read the important ones before the manual for director's comes out.

Pass or 2♦.

[hv=d=e&v=b&s=skqxxhakj9da7xxca]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Opponents have not intervened and so far it has gone: 1♣ - 1♦ 2♣ - ??? If you say 2H or 2S your partner repeats clubs at the 3 level, if you ask for KC your partner gives 2 with the trump queen. Where do you head?

Clubs 3-0, you mean.

I'm thinking about the possible club ruff. I'm up for the slam anyway.

I think the slam is slightly better than 50%. And I think South is to blame, for he suffers from that problem of people who open light hands and then are afraid to bid them.

[hv=d=e&v=b&s=sa7h2dj2ckq1098643]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] You're winning this match by 8 imp's with 7 boards to go.

I remember I had to hand out the system and then the sitting arrangement for my team before the match started, and I had to do this blindly. This was a junior event so I don't know how it works, but I guess you have to say what system you play beforehand.

No way, it can't be made.

I usually visited two forums, this and bridgetalk from the EBU. What happened to it?

I believe a terrorist attack will occur before the elections and McCain will win. Whatever happens next beats me.

Wow, you really got me with this one. Apparently it means twice a year, while biennial happens once every two years.