mike777 Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 I found this hand interesting, hopefully other lower level players will find it fun. 4 SPADESTRICK ONE=K OF SPADES AND ALL FOLLOWTRICK TWO=K OF HEARTS.....YOUR PLAY PLAN TO MAKE 4 SPADES? DUMMY 102 2 AKQJ4 AQ543 DECLARER QJ9843 A987 32 6 YOUR PLAY PLAN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Is this for real? Just duck ♥K and you're in. If they continue ♥ you ruff in dummy and keep control in that suit. If they take your trump away, you get control of trumps, or you're on trick which keeps control over ♥s since you still have the Ace... Pure safety play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helium Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Yes just duck the ♥King,and u are home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted September 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Yes, I guess this one was too easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Its Occam not Occum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helium Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 What is occam`s razor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted September 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 I show it spelled 4 different ways in different countries. Principle that often the simplest or most direct solution to a problem is the best. In science many competing theories on any problem, often the simplest, least complicated is the correct, or at least one may say most nearly correct solution. Another way of putting is "one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 I seem to remember this hand (or something similar) being in "Bridge with the Blue Team". It may be "easy", but there are a lot of people who have been playing for years who would get it wrong. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 This is named after William of Occam. William of Ockham, born in the village of Ockham in Surrey (England) about 1285, was the most influential philosopher of the 14th century and a controversial theologian. The medieval rule of parsimony, or principle of economy, frequently used by Ockham came to be known as Occam's razor. The rule, which said that plurality should not be assumed without necessity was used to eliminate many pseudo-explanatory entities. It is believed that he died in a convent in Munich in 1349, a victim of the Black Death. His name, spelled Occam, lives on in the names of streets in Munich ... and in the world of high-performance safety-critical parallel computing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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