Where do you leak the most points?

[Cyberyeti]

 

(Edit) There is another definition of dummy-putting, where I sometimes leak points: putting down a Dummy which doesn't look like the hand I held on the auction.

 

I gain points at least as often as I leak them on the frequent occasions I do this :)

[akhare]

You certainly can leak points as dummy, a lesson I learned early the hard way is never to put down dummy in NT in such a way that a plausible trump suit is where it would be if you were playing in a suit contract. Partner tried to ruff Ax opposite x for the overtrick in 6N :(

 

Dummies that aren't diligent about preventing declarer revokes can leak points too (rarely yes, but when it happens at a national level KO where every IMP counts)...

[aguahombre]

I gain points at least as often as I leak them on the frequent occasions I do this :)

I have the disadvange of a partner who believes my bidding.

[GreenMan]

"Sorry, partner, my fault, I assumed you had your bid."

[Cyberyeti]

I have the disadvange of a partner who believes my bidding.

 

My partner believes mine, but occasionally so do the opponents.

[jogs]

I think most players leak more points on defense than any other area of the game.

Even with a post mortem most players do not find errors in their defense.

 

Today with online play, it is possible to study how boards were defended

at other tables. Players breaking contracts often produce a line which

never occurred to you.

[GreenMan]

Today with online play, it is possible to study how boards were defended

at other tables. Players breaking contracts often produce a line which

never occurred to you.

 

Or, alternatively, you see that declarers who failed all took different lines, and no one broke the contract on their own, suggesting that your own defense wasn't in error. It's a weakish negative inference, but it's not worthless.

[mikeh]

Players breaking contracts often produce a line which

never occurred to you.

I strongly suspect that most of these players, on BBO, are declarer.