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- From: sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (Steven G. Myerson)
- Subject: Re: Assess the blame
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.175103.22673@rayssd.ssd.ray.com>
- Sender: news@rayssd.ssd.ray.com (Administrator)
- Organization: Raytheon Submarine Signal Division
- References: <C16n12.LE8@ais.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:51:03 GMT
- Lines: 48
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- In article <C16n12.LE8@ais.org> Kevin Podsiadlik writes:
-
- * This seems to be more a "What *didn't* go wrong?" than a "What went wrong?"
- * sort of sequence. I've a hunch the word "sick" will be used somewhere in
- * the followups.
- *
- * Pairs
- * E-W vul (naturally)
- * South dealer
- *
- *
- * West East
- * AQ94 3
- * AQT9 62
- * K QT9865
- * A642 9853
- *
- * (P) P
- * (1H) X (2H) 3D
- * 3NT 4D
- * 4S 5C
- * P (X)*
- *
- * *Who wouldn't!
- *
- * Clubs were 3-2, diamonds were 3-3, the heart hook was on, and South failed
- * to lead a trump. So declarer only went down 800.
- *
- * Assess the blame.
-
- If South is dealer, then West is sitting in second seat.
- And yet the auction starts with two passes!
- I'll assume that North is dealer, since that's the only
- way the bidding makes sense.
-
- I think the first bad bid was 3D,
- unless there was an agreement that this bid showed weakness.
- East just doesn't have enough to bid, freely, at the three level.
-
- 3N was certainly reasonable given East's encouraging response.
-
- If 4D was a bailout, then West should have passed.
-
- I'd say that East should get 80% of the blame for the 3D call,
- and West gets the other 20% for bidding over 4D,
- unless 4D showed extra values, in which case East gets the full 100%.
-
- Steve Myerson (sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com)
-