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#1 User is offline   Lord Molyb 

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Posted 2013-June-10, 10:06

I was playing in a robot IMPs duplicate tournament and 5 boards in I was somehow down 15 IMPs, so I needed stuff to happen. Unfortunately, I could not muster a comeback, maybe you could have.

Board 6:


Board 7:


Board 8:

Since I got both decisions on the previous boards wrong, I took one last shot without knowing if there was a target. Most people were probably in 3NT +2.
West leads the 3 of ♠ -Q-K-A. You lead the jack of clubs and west plays the king. What do you do after winning the ace?
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PS I ended up losing with a score of negative 26.2 IMPs
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Posted 2013-June-10, 11:05

How come your board 7 is not a 1NT opener?
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Posted 2013-June-10, 11:30

I miscounted and thought I had 14 points.
I actually didn't notice until you pointed it out.
PS: the people in this tournament are sometimes pretty awful, one guy got 6 IMPs for opening 1NT on 22 balanced (the field was in 4♠-1 and 1NT was passed out for 10 tricks)
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Posted 2013-June-11, 03:15

B6: 3♦ wtp? I have a club fit, 2 hearts and a diamond control.
B7: 3♥. We have a double fit but no reason to bid partner's cards for them.
B8: We have to lose a heart and it is probably better to do it sooner rather than later. If the standard is as bad as you say, perhaps we could run the ♦Q and have East duck it!
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Posted 2013-June-11, 03:17

View PostZelandakh, on 2013-June-11, 03:15, said:

B6: 3♦ wtp? I have a club fit, 2 hearts and a diamond control.
B7: 3♥. We have a double fit but no reason to bid partner's cards for them.
B8: We have to lose a heart and it is probably better to do it sooner rather than later. If the standard is as bad as you say, perhaps we could run the ♦Q and have East duck it!

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Posted 2013-June-11, 03:52

Not never - they duck if they have enough length so that you can't finesse enough to drop the honor.
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Posted 2013-June-11, 04:17

so they would duck with Kxxx? :o
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Posted 2013-June-11, 06:46

No they wouldn't.
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Posted 2013-June-11, 11:13

On the last one, I'd play a heart to the queen.

If it holds, I just need East to have ♦K - cash the spades and the clubs, diamond to the jack, then endplay him with a heart to lead from his ♦K.

If ♥Q loses, I could play East for ♦K10, taking a deep finesse. Alternatively I could pay him for ♦K and four spades, by cashing the spades, taking a diamond finesse, then running the clubs.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2013-June-23, 19:47


Lord Molyb writes "I was playing in a robot IMPs duplicate tournament and 5 boards in I was somehow down 15 IMPs, so I needed stuff to happen. Unfortunately, I could not muster a comeback, maybe you could have.
Board 6:"
IMO 3♦ = 10, 4♣ = 7. You seem to have a good hand in context but take the safety play of checking what your robot partner means by 3♣ :)


"Board 7:"
IMO 4♦ (You choose) = 10, Double (Responsive) = 9, 3♠ = 8, 3♥ = 7. At imps, game is worth a shot but check that you and your Robot partner are on the same wavelength.
"Board 8: Since I got both decisions on the previous boards wrong, I took one last shot without knowing if there was a target. Most people were probably in 3NT +2. West leads the 3 of ♠ -Q-K-A. You lead the jack of clubs and west plays the king. What do you do after winning the ace? Playing 3 rounds of spades drops the 9 from west but not the 8. PS I ended up losing with a score of negative 26.2 IMPs."
Gnasher's line seems best
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