lamford Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 [hv=pc=n&s=saj654ha8dakq32cq&w=s8h753dt64ct76432&n=skt2hkq962d5ca985&e=sq973hjt4dj987ckj&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=p1cp1hp1sp3cp6np7sppp]399|300[/hv]I watched precisely one hand on Vugraph today. It was in the third match of the teams in Pula. North-South were Michael Botur and Alexander Budaev and North corrected the cold 6NT to the no-play 7S, but what happened next would make Question of Sport. West, Jon Vaage, led a club and Budaev played the ace and led the king of spades, but Tor Helness false-carded with the seven. When his partner played the singleton eight he had to dash to the mens' room but when he returned his queen of spades was picked up for -2210. The most expensive false-card ever? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Badger Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 Thanks for posting. It's reassuring to know that even great players make expensive errors sometimes. Btw, what's the point of trying to false card here? East can see ♥s are breaking, and two of dummy's entries, the ♣A and ♠K have disappeared. And partner can't have anything to help on the bidding. I can only assume it was a total lapse in concentration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 I've seen true count cards cost like this frequently usually high from doubleton disposing of partner's stop. The most spectacularly unfortunate costly card I've ever seen was declaring 4♥ I got the lead of 10♥ and saw QJ743 on the table, A52 in hand, thought for a while, small KA and picked the suit up without loss. For that to cost from 10986 is really unlucky, althought a high one never gains if declarer reads correctly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamford Posted September 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 One spectacularly (un)successful one of mine was declarer playing 97xxx opposite AJ8xx playing the nine from hand, and the next hand with KT doubleton playing the king! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 One spectacularly (un)successful one of mine was declarer playing 97xxx opposite AJ8xx playing the nine from hand, and the next hand with KT doubleton playing the king! I played a set of 8 boards where the opps managed to crash ♠AK 3 times in defence in 8 boards, 2 were idiotic, one I have a lot of sympathy with. Worst bit of idiocy: 3♠-X-4♠-X you decide to lead a trump from Kx, which one do you lead ? obviously you lead the x, stiff A or Q must be plausible, but did it deserve partner overtaking and shooting a small one back ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo1201 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Worst bit of idiocy: 3♠-X-4♠-X you decide to lead a trump from Kx, which one do you lead ? obviously you lead the x, stiff A or Q must be plausible, but did it deserve partner overtaking and shooting a small one back ? Funny story that reminds me of a doomed 4S made despite having Txx in dummy facing xx on the suit led, plus two other losers. Lead of K overtaken by the A, continuation of J for the Q, then small to dummy's 10 and RHO follows with a small pip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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