Lone Wolf

[the hog]

http://www.bridgeguy...convention.html and

http://www.bridgeguy..._1_notrump.html

give a similar defence to 1NT. In the case of Meckwell, 2C shows clubs and a major, whereas with Gawrys it shows clubs and another. In both cases, the double shows a minor or both majors, slightly different to our method. As PhilKing states, Meckwell still play the defence, so I would bow to their superior knowledge.

 

At Brighton, in a side game, Gold and Cope were playing a similar method against a weak NT!

 

Not SLIGHTLY different at all - significantly different. I suggest you re read my post and think about how bad the method you are playing actually is.

[rhm]

I would also not be surprised finding Jx opposite Qxx, Jxx opposite Qx or xx opposite QJx. On all of those I want to lead a small spade.

Sorry, but in this case I can not accept how you shortened my comment.

 

I myself said that choosing to lead a high spade has a price.

I am well aware that a low spade might be needed to beat the contract, but it puts all your eggs in one basket, that is spades.

I only wanted to point out that even if spades is right a top spade could be right.

Your spade layouts may be more numerous.

But for a low spade to be successful also requires that declarer must loose the lead before he has 9 tricks.

 

Rainer Herrmann

[Finch]

I would also not be surprised finding Jx opposite Qxx, Jxx opposite Qx or xx opposite QJx. On all of those I want to lead a small spade.

 

Would you be surprised if declarer had 4 spades, partner had one, dummy had two and partner had the queen of hearts and a minor suit entry?

The one thing you know for certain from the auction is that partner doesn't have a spade honour.

[rhm]

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[PhilKing]

I just came across a recent board where Meckstroth held:

 

♠A96

♥J

♦AKJT73

♣J75

 

And righty opened a 15-17 NT at game all. It did not end well - -800 versus on a partscore.

 

No biggie - it wasn't as if it was in the 2009 Bermuda Bowl Final. To be fair, they still won comfortably.

 

http://www.bridgetoernooi.com/index.php/home/search2

 

Clicky

[rhm]

I just came across a recent board where Meckstroth held:

 

♠A96

♥J

♦AKJT73

♣J75

 

And righty opened a 15-17 NT at game all. It did not end well - -800 versus on a partscore.

 

No biggie - it wasn't as if it was in the 2009 Bermuda Bowl Final. To be fair, they still won comfortably.

 

http://www.bridgetoernooi.com/index.php/home/search2

 

Clicky

 

Clicky does not work

 

Rainer Herrmann

[lamford]

Would you be surprised if declarer had 4 spades, partner had one, dummy had two and partner had the queen of hearts and a minor suit entry?

The one thing you know for certain from the auction is that partner doesn't have a spade honour.

In the 24 hands I dealt, the nearest to that was x Qxxx J10xxx Qxx, but Deep Finesse made five clubs, three diamonds and a heart on any lead; on that hand partner should bid 4H as well. None of the seven hands in the simulation where partner had a singleton spade were beatable. In none of the 12 hands where it could be beaten did partner have a spade honour, and the absence of one makes it much more likely he has two spades than three, making the low spade a big winner. The "dealing program" has five spades to distribute between three hands, making partner's share 1.67.

[PhilKing]

Clicky does not work

 

Rainer Herrmann

 

Does it get you to the site? If so, type AKJT73 J75 in the search box.

[lamford]

Does it get you to the site? If so, type AKJT73 J75 in the search box.

I get six results for that. A96 J AKJT73 gets two. The second is the 3DX-3. And Rodwell's 2H looks to be to blame.

[PhilKing]

I get six results for that. A96 J AKJT73 gets two. The second is the 3DX-3. And Rodwell's 2H looks to be to blame.

 

Yeah, that turned -200 into -800, but double turned -90 into -200. I just don't see the attraction of coming in with these hands except when the opponents are NV and it is matchpoints.