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[hv=d=n&v=n&n=sakjxhxdxckqt9xxx&s=sxxxha98xdkqxxxcx]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Playing Acol, North opens 1♣, South responds ♦ North rebids 1♠ South responds 1NT What is your bid over 1NT and why? For those who bid 3♣, or assume that N did, what is South's bid over 3♣? IF you did not bid 3♣ can you clarify why?

i, naturally, voted no.... But, i must say, i always found those sort of questions a pain in the ass

My wife, then fiancee, used latex to convince me to marry her

That's what happens when you live in the South Of England Frances :) Seems kinda forcing to me

I dont see any logic at all in that statement Fred :) PS i am only saying GITELMAN, GITELMAN in order to increase my chances of getting my post mentioned in the lobby :D For what it is worth, i have recently had a 3-way protracted discussion with 2 of my regular pards as to the meaning and intention of both of these auctions (or similar set), simply because we lost a lot of imps in an important match when the 2nd was misinterpreted. Playing an Acol approach in contrast to a 2/1 one however maybe emphasis is different.

The view from Waynes (Sceptic) front window Waynes Front Window :rolleyes:

You know me too well JoAnne...<all the forum members nod (vertically) in passive agreement>

I played 12 1/2 successive boards without my p running away (1/2 board coz she had to get off to go to Mushroom Ikebana class) .... Thats a record aint it?

And who is Adam :) Happy birthday nonetheless

As Christmas is on the blurred horizon, and i want to write something before my liver starts decomposing those alcohol molecules, can i just make one suggestion :- Who really, really gives a lump of faeces as to HOW we rank ourselves? Who really, really gives a lump of faeces as to WHY we rank ourselves the way we do. If someone self-indulgently judges himself as a World Class / Expert player, does it affect you? If someone self-effacingly judges herself as a beginner or an intermediate and is really better, does it affect you? If someone decides NOT to rank himself at all [eg private], do we need to read any ulterior motive into why she decided to do so, and make a judgement ourselves on that basis? I come on here to enjoy myself and play the best bridge i can, at the same time hopefully making the experience more than just a (virtual) bridge game. I certainly dont judge the experience by looking at their profile before, during or after the game. Maybe it is about time we all did the same. On that note MERRY CHRISTMAS Alex ps not apologising for mixing up my pronouns in 3rd list item

With this hand you suggesting that he cashes A♦ and then plays a small one, ducking in dummy (cant finesse 10 - interediates are such that there are always losers)? so you playing E for EXACTLY kx D and a posteriori Ax ♣. Seems similar percentages as A stiff and Kxx :) (table percentages anyway slight favour for Kx Ax) At least my way is slicker :) whether it right or wrong. I suppose your line also gains if stiff K ♦ and Axx ♣ :) so better

It seems that this is only gonna make if opener can be endplayed in ♦ He has already shown up with 5 ♠ and 4 ♥. With just 6 points in the majors he most likely has the A ♣. If he hasnt got this key card and has KJ ♦ and Q♣, the Q must be stiff to have a chance. This being the case the only way i can see is if declarer plays opener for A stiff in ♣ and thus 3D, KJx♦ most likely (dummy and declarer pips not strong enough). So cash all my non ♦ tricks and exit with small ♣ West will be endplayed irrespective of whether he holds Kxx or KJx ♦, losing 1 ♠, 2♥ and a ♣ An alternative, as stated in first paragraph, is to play opener for Q ♣ stiff by cashing K but would he have opened with that *****? Txxxx, AQxx Kxx Q ???? I go for first scenario

When i was in Bangkok, the (really) naked dancing girls rotated in a clock-wise direction @ first. With every pop of the ping-pong ball there was an uncanny change in direction....

The picture from my window Sorry to all the rest of you who posted but this view from my front window will have you in awe as to its beauty My front Window View

some songs echo in our consciousness because they have a melody that we cant shrug off. Some songs inspire us coz of their lyrics and even though the melody (or voice) is forgettable the lyrics themselves outshine the 'song'. So the lyrics of which song have made you say 'wowwwwww'? For me it was listening to Bob Dylan's 'Every Grain of Sand'. It was the second time around when i really listened to the lyrics that i realised that this was an amazing song, lyrically-speaking In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere, Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair. Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake, Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break. In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand. Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay. I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I always hear my name. Then onward in my journey I come to understand That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand. I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light, In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space, In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face. I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me. I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand. would be nice if maybe you include a link or lyrics themselves so rest of us can judge The Lyrics

hee hee only by a few centuries Frances :rolleyes: well maybe not in Sergei's case

Isnt it' Yesterday' by Macca?

From what i gather, she ain't partial.... N.B. no she doesn't read these forums <_<

Her name by the way is Najia. She is of British Asian heritage and she is looking for a bloke she can bicker with and make his life a misery ( please come forward someone, i am sick of being a substitute [at least on weekdays and during office hours] until someone fills the above mentioned niche in her life) if you are (quote) 'intelligent, sensitive, rich, funny, give-no-*****, like/love (my [said with inflexion]) kids (ie to paraphrase : dont selfishly think you gonna be using my body to have your own [ed.]) ' .... you meet one quarter of her criteria You can only have sex on bank holidays and birthdays Her motto is 'till dawn do us part' Alex applications in writing to my office :)

Damn hussy, she wins all these arguments :unsure:

I'm discussing whether to play in the national swiss teams in January at the moment. I am discussing with my colleague which one of us has to go back down to the kitchen to put sugar in my coffee since she went to make me one and brought it up sugarless :unsure:

lol

This issue seems to be one that crops up over and over again...seems it will never sleep. At the expense of mixing my metaphors to the point that not even i can extract any meaning from the melée.... There will always be some people who are convinced that others shouldn't be given the privilege to over-rank themselves (e.g. self-assessment) as it gives other people a distorted idea of the level of players they are playing against : even though they leave the table 10 boards later (or 1 in some extreme cases :0 ), realising that the person opposite wasn't the level he had (self-)assessed himself to be.... There will always be some people who are convinced that all players should be given the privilege to rank themselves as/so they continue to believe that they are at the level they have (self-)assessed themselves to be, even though people opposite (too often for it to be random occurrence) leave the table 10 boards later (or 1 in some extreme cases :0 ) and believe that they left because the person opposite hadn't stayed long enough to recognise the true haloed genius in front of him.

This also shows that the bidder in 2nd pos made an insufficient bid :unsure:

LOL non sembra strano che un americano e un francese scrivano qui pero troviamo solo un italiano , (v)? Uno: sono inglese :) Due: Sarebbe pui strano se noi parliamo in inglese ?? presuppongo che tu sia francese :) come mai qui nessuna parla di bridge in italia? Ehhhhh devi sapere che l'italiano é la lingua d'amore, non del bridge :) é peccato che le donne italiane non mi hanno ascoltato :) immagino che gli italiani hanno meglie cose a fare che leggono e scrivono qui :) Sono in Inghilterra