What level ?

[jdonn]

LOL I really thought about it for my big ending, but I think the self control was good since I never even got to the point of typing it then deleting it.

[pooltuna]

LOL I really thought about it for my big ending, but I think the self control was good since I never even got to the point of typing it then deleting it.

The truth is there is probably a coin toss difference between 1♠ and 2♠. I just think you need to be variable to keep the opponents off balance.

[hanp]

Or your hands could vary, that would do as well.

[dellache]

Hi again, this is the postmortem of the board, which took place in the french national division. Actually, it was a cardplay problem.

 

[hv=d=n&v=n&n=sqhxxdajxxcakjxxx&s=sjhkqxdqt9xxxcqxx]133|200|Scoring: IMP

1♣ P 1♦ 2♠

DBL 3♠ 4♦ P

5♦[/hv]

 

The play went ♠K, ♥8 to the Ace, ♥J to your King. You then play the Q♦, do you finesse or play for the drop ?

 

One of my teammates figured out that probably most of the players would not bid 2♠ holding the actual west hand. Moreover, they had 11 spades, and East didnot bid more than 3♠. Why ? Bare ♦K ? Backing his judgement, he went for the drop instead of the "normal" finesse. And down he was.

 

At my table, my P bid 1♠, I bid 4♠ and they made 5♦.

 

Any blame ? (we didnot have any :rolleyes: )

[gwnn]

If it was the national division I assume most people know one another so declarer should have a better idea on what their opps preempt on generally. It's difficult to say if he can be blamed - maybe this particular West would never ever bid 2S except when he's feeling crazy or maybe he didn't see the ♦K when he bid 2s. But I would say he probably projected his own style on his LHO and that's an error. Btw they only bid to the 3 level despite the 11 trumps that might be an indication that this EW pair play random preempts that is to say they may have a 5 card

suit or (and/or??? or xor? Depends on opps) outside strength. So I blame declarer unless he has serious serious reason to know his LHO style.

[gnasher]

Did East really pass in second seat with 109xxx AJ10xx xx x, and then bid only 3♠?

[Jlall]

Tough one. You can probably rule out LHO ever having Kxx since that would give righty a void and surely they would have bid 4S with that. That leaves Kx or xx with LHO so you're only making a 2:1 anti percentage play.

 

You could argue that RHO's failure to bid 4S is an indication that he has stiff K rather than stiff small, and you could also argue that LHO is at least 2:1 to bid 1S rather than 2S with AKxxxx and Kx. Given this poll and given my general bridge knowledge I would agree with that.

 

The only mark against this is what gwnn said, you might just infer they bid randomly because no matter what RHO has not bidding 4S is ludicrous, so it's tough to say with any confidence that LHO is at least 2:1 to bid 1S rather than 2S with his actual hand when he might be bidding randomly.

 

Overall it's a tough decision. TBH I think in real life it would depend on which spot LHO played. If he played the highest spot I would hook, and if he played the lowest spot I would play for the drop.

 

I use this "trick" a lot in real life, maybe it seems absurd but _most_ players are not falsecarding and playing the highest spot card from xx very often.

[JLOGIC]

!H jdonn

[lalldonn]

He needs to learn to control his temper!