Extraordinary card play by the robots

[pilowsky]

In a substantively supercilious slew of senselessness, Pilowsky rolls out a misclick on the way back from collecting his Lebanese takeaway.

Instead of bidding 2♣ he misclicks and bids 2♦.

His smug self-satisfied amanuensis sitting North temples his palps momentarily then bids 3♦.

Pilowsky bids 6♠ "1-4♣; 6+ ♦; 3 ♠; 10- HCP; 7+ total points; likely stop in ♠"

Will this get the November award for the silliest slam.

and the ♦4 is led.[hv=pc=n&s=sakq852h876dkcak9&w=s943hjdq8742cq873&n=s6hakq95dt96cj652&e=sjt7ht432daj53ct4&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=p2d(oops%20misclick)p3d(The%20Law%20-%209%20Trump%20-%3E...)p6s(%3A%5D)pp(simulates)p]399|300[/hv]

Completely undeserved.

4 people made 4S+2. They got a ♥J lead.

Funnily enough, I also bought a copy of Bird & Anthias' books on leads on the way home, and this are exactly the leads that they advise (4♠ vs 6♠).

Which is good to know, since it's also the substrate for GIB's lead choices according to the system notes.

[pilowsky]

Here is something you don't see every day.

You know that thing you do when you have a lot of one suit and then play them out one-by-one hoping your opponents will forget which card to hang onto till trick 13.

Meanwhile, your opponents are looking at you sadly until one of them says "You know, we can all count."

It seems the West robot has had a bit too much of the sauce.

Matchpoints, you bid 4♥.

Plan the play after a lead of ♠K

[hv=pc=n&s=sq3hqj87643dk7caq&n=s865hak2dj942c975&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=4hppp]266|200[/hv]

[pilowsky]

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Like most people, I ended up in 3NT-3 for 42.42%

The person who came top found an ingenious squeeze play at trick 8.

Mind-blowing in its subtlety.

Not something you see every day.

Clearly outplaying the hapless West robot.

[/hv]

[nullve]

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Like most people, I ended up in 3NT-3 for 42.42%

The person who came top found an ingenious squeeze play at trick 8.

Mind-blowing in its subtlety.

Not something you see every day.

Clearly outplaying the hapless West robot.

[/hv]

The defence was less spectacular at my table despite GiB(W)'s decisions at tricks 5 and 6 costing no less than four tricks:

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Ineresting decision to double 2♥, though.

[cherdano]

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Like most people, I ended up in 3NT-3 for 42.42%

The person who came top found an ingenious squeeze play at trick 8.

Mind-blowing in its subtlety.

Not something you see every day.

Clearly outplaying the hapless West robot.

[/hv]

 

Quite logical. South must have ♥A to get to 15 hcp, hence can't have ♦Q. So West made the necessary unblock in case South's remaining cards are ♥A87 ♦2.

[johnu]

Quite logical. South must have ♥A to get to 15 hcp, hence can't have ♦Q.

 

Based on trick 1, East can't have ♦Q because they would have played it. So either South doesn't have ♥A and opened 1NT on 14 HCP and a 5 card spade suit, or opened 1NT with 18 HCP with a 5 card spade suit.