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Made 4, losing 2 Aces and a S.
They left the table and I said to partner, "We should be playing these guys at rubber bridge."
Edited to correct for there being 5 Aces in the deck.
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Not interesting in the traditional meaning +1430 the hard way
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Posted 2015-February-13, 21:49
They left the table and I said to partner, "We should be playing these guys at rubber bridge."
Edited to correct for there being 5 Aces in the deck.
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Posted 2015-February-14, 06:34
I suppose East thought West's pass is for penalties whereas West though his pass showed equal length in the majors...
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Posted 2015-February-14, 08:26
I believe the average player doesn't have a good understanding of what to do after the take-out double, either from the perspective of the responder or advancer.
I like to play the redouble to show a 10+ HCP's hand that will likely double them for penalties. And if that's the meaning of the redouble, then advancer wants to make sure his/her side gets to their best fit and then Pass usually means 'you pick your best suit'; I used to play that the Pass showed some cards in the redoubled suit and no particular or interesting suit to show then partner could pass knowing they didn't have a good fit (usually opener would bid again, though) or partner did take it out to his/her best suit in case he was 'scared'.
In any case, it is a good idea to have a discussion on these matters with regular partners for they can lead to abnormal results, like the one shown here.
I like to play the redouble to show a 10+ HCP's hand that will likely double them for penalties. And if that's the meaning of the redouble, then advancer wants to make sure his/her side gets to their best fit and then Pass usually means 'you pick your best suit'; I used to play that the Pass showed some cards in the redoubled suit and no particular or interesting suit to show then partner could pass knowing they didn't have a good fit (usually opener would bid again, though) or partner did take it out to his/her best suit in case he was 'scared'.
In any case, it is a good idea to have a discussion on these matters with regular partners for they can lead to abnormal results, like the one shown here.
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:
Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win
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Posted 2015-February-18, 07:25
This is definitely an interesting hand - apparently there are five aces in the pack.
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Posted 2015-February-18, 07:34
ahydra, on 2015-February-18, 07:25, said:
This is definitely an interesting hand - apparently there are five aces in the pack.
...and 6 key cards. If we found the double fit it would be kind of cool to use 7KCB, even though it sadly means going down.
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Posted 2015-February-21, 10:21
ahydra, on 2015-February-18, 07:25, said:
This is definitely an interesting hand - apparently there are five aces in the pack.
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Thank you. Edited to correct.
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