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- From: zilch@planb.Eng.Sun.COM (John Hoffman)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: Problems from Portland - results and summary
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 21:27:36 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems
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- References: <1992Nov20.151557.27043@rayssd.ssd.ray.com>
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- So you made a light shapely takeout double when vulnerable
- then failed to show your double fit over 1N after partner's responsive
- double... you deserved what you got. If you had bid 2C over
- 1N, partner would have had a much less attractive double.
- Partner was right to double 5D.
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- > * 2. Both vul. South dealer. You are East: T74, KJ52, K7, Q975
- > *
- > * West North East South
- > * 1D-1 1. Shows at least 4
- > * dbl 1S dbl-2 1N 2. Responsive, 6-9 HCP
- > * pass 5D ?
- >
- > Correct answer: PASS.
- > net.experts: 5 pass
- > 2 double
- >
- > My partner doubled. Declarer can always make 7D,
- > due to 2 finesses working, but only 2 pairs bid 6D.
- > This declarer managed to take 12 tricks, losing a heart trick.
- > West (me) had a distributional take-out double: KJ2, QT98, 2, AT843.
- >
- > North had AQxxx, xx, QJxxxx, void and South was xx, Axx, ATxx, KJxx.
- > With spades splitting 3-3 and both the spade and diamond kings onside,
- > 13 tricks were easy. NS scores were +1390, +800, +640, +630 and +600,
- > (the last two scores presumably as a result of playing in NT),
- > so had this declarer managed only 12 tricks (playing 5D undoubled),
- > our -620 would have been a very good score.
- > In fact, our -950 beat only those defending 6D (striped tail ape double?).
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