Foxx Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I met an aspiring young person who introduced herself as "Mandy" last night on BBO. She was a good player, smart and fun to be around. We had a promising start to our first session and I started to think that I could be on to something good. Then, on Board 15, this hand came up: [hv=pc=n&s=sa8543hakda875caj&w=sk96hjt87dj963cq4&n=sqjth9653dqct8762&e=s72hq42dkt42ck953&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=1sp2sp4sppp]399|300[/hv] I led the ♥J, which seemed to me at the time to be a perfectly reasonable and natural lead. Then, before I could even blink, the play went ♥A, ♦A, diamond ruff, ♥K, diamond ruff, ♣A, diamond ruff, heart ruff, ♠A, spade. We got two trump tricks and a club. Well, all OK, right? . . . . . That's when it got going. Mandy began to go off on a tirade, saying that any bridge player who was any good at all and in his right mind would have led the ♠K. I tried frantically to reason with Mandy and explain that the ♠K lead would be bananas without so much as being able to see dummy but she wouldn't listen. After remarking that it was "clear as day" to lead the ♠K and a little more ranting she left the table and since then hasn't said to me another word. Despite this, I know that the fun and bright person who is Mandy is still there, and the thought of losing her for good is as much as I can bear... :( ..... Help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 If she thinks it's even an option to lead the ♠K you don't want to play bridge with her. Perhaps there might be a case for a low trump lead, but even that is resulting quite a bit. Personally I'd want nothing to do with someone if they went off on me for a lead like that. Nobody could find that lead unless they have X-Ray glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschafer Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Adam, I believe you just walked right into it :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Adam, I believe you just walked right into it :Plol I like to play along sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted April 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 APRIL FOOLSThe hand was inspired by a couple of deals from Pavlicek's defensive play contests. The theme was inspired by this song: BTW, here's Mandy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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