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Duplicate pairs match point anomaly


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And the game gets better as the game gets better too. It's yet another reason to play in the strongest fields you can; horrible luck from those "out of your control" hands is lessened, and good luck from them is increased.

 

There was a hand this weekend; 13 tops, but the hearts were AJx opposite a singleton, and the suit was clubs. Not the trickiest grand in the world to find, but not the easiest, either.

 

In the side game, there was a 1520, a 1020 and a 1440.

In the B game, +940 was worth 3/8; one pair only bid a grand (and it was NT). The rest bid 6NT.

In the A game, +940 was worth 0.5/8; and even 7 got you a below-average score.

 

Pity the pair in the B game whose opponents can bid well enough to find 7. The pairs in the A game who couldn't deserved what they got. The opponents of the ones that could could take comfort that they were going to get a reasonable score - but do the opponents of the ones that couldn't "deserve" their top?

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