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- From: lsimonse@vipunen.hut.fi (Kenneth Simonsen)
- Subject: Re: Which inference is better, WAS - "finesse or play for the drop"
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- References: <1992Nov16.143024.5460@athena.mit.edu> <lgfm84INNk2u@cypress.cs.utexas.edu> <1992Nov16.131237.19210@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 14:50:12 GMT
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- In <1992Nov16.131237.19210@ms.uky.edu> taddiken@ms.uky.edu (scott taddiken) writes:
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- >In article <lgfm84INNk2u@cypress.cs.utexas.edu> varvel@cs.utexas.edu (Donald A. Varvel) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >This brings up a point which has bothered me from time to time. I find it
- >relatively easy to figure out how "strong" distributional info is: i.e.
- >"lefty seems to have 5 or 6 hearts, which leaves righty 3 or 4, which makes
- >the odds 6-3 or 5-4 that lefty holds the queen." But what if righty is assumed
- >to hold, say, 11 of the missing 15 points? What are the odds like now?
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- >The reason I did not state the problem precisely is that I'd like to pose it
- >as a general question, hoping to get general answers. I suppose I could
- >carry out a simulation or calculation, but are there shortcuts?
-
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- Easly Blackwood (I think) came with the following rule: If your shortest suit
- is divided 3-1 or worse (I mean 3-1, 4-0, 2-1, 2-0, 1-1 or 1-0) then finesse.
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- In all other situations play for the drop.
-
- This of course when there are no other indications. It was tested on many
- givs, and with a remarcable result.
-
- My opinion is that you should not rely too much on the assumed information.
- Good players can have you think that the queen of their partners is where-ever.
- (i.e. falsemarking, queer lead-doubles etc.)
-
- Kenneth Simonsen
- lsimonse@vipunen.hut.fi
-