el mister Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Played this hand recently where Gib lashed a certain winner into the bin - After A trumps has gone Gib holds Qx trumps over KJxx and puts the Q under the king. [hv=pc=n&s=sak4h864dkqjcjt74&w=s2hkjt952dat983c9&n=st853hq73d64ck863&e=sqj976had752caq52&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=1n(15-17)2hp2np3dp3np4hppp&p=s3sqsks2djdad6d7h5h3hah4d2dqd3d4sah2s5s6hkhqc2]399|300[/hv] No words for this doubleplusungoodantibridge - until I realised why it had happened (spoilered if you want to try and figure it out) Opening 1N with 14 and opps playing a wrong-sided contract, when KH is played partner gib can see enough cards to 100% place me with JH if I opened with 15+ Are the Q and the 7 basically the same card then from Gib's point of view, so it is literally 50/50 which it chooses to play? Or is it attempting some sort of crass signal? Thought it was a painful reminder on how Gib uses the range of your bids to determine play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerriman Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 If you look more carefully you'll actually notice that playing the queen does not cost a trick (double dummy at least). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el mister Posted October 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 If you look more carefully you'll actually notice that playing the queen does not cost a trick (double dummy at least).I was wondering if there was an endplay situation as I know Gib can take some actions that seem strange, but are logical to avoid an endplay. Here, though, if they win QH correctly they are endplayed in spades - but can't they just exit a club?There's no way to get three diamond discards so they must concede KD to go with the QH = down one. May well be missing something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfi Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 May well be missing something...You are. Take the club hook and ruff the spades good. Now throw North in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el mister Posted October 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 You are. Take the club hook and ruff the spades good. Now throw North in...Oh right I see - club before heart. Thks both, looks like I erred with AS and needed to cash KD earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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