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Posted 2017-March-26, 01:17

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I often spot patterns in contracts in an arena challenge, but it never went this far before (and this wasn't contrived at all). Made 12 tricks in 5 of them too.
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Posted 2017-March-26, 08:23

At least now I see why I frequently lose 8 finesses (or more) in a row and spades is far less than a 50% shot.
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Posted 2017-March-27, 10:10

Amusing indeed!
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Posted 2017-March-27, 15:10

View Postsmerriman, on 2017-March-26, 01:17, said:

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I often spot patterns in contracts in an arena challenge, but it never went this far before (and this wasn't contrived at all). Made 12 tricks in 5 of them too.

Missed slams can often be very costly :unsure:
"It is not enough to be a good player, you must also play well"
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Posted 2017-March-27, 15:54

View PostPhilG007, on 2017-March-27, 15:10, said:

Missed slams can often be very costly :unsure:



The Duck of spades is running,
And like poker, if you're all-in and stuck with ducks,
You might want to run it twice. He is.
And like another card game, the spades are...?
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Posted 2017-March-28, 10:34

In one Undergrad Varsity match (think it was the same one I referenced in another thread where we lost on the last board) our card for the first quarter had eight out of eight contracts all in spades. We started off with a gift to opps when partner thought 3041 RKCB meant 5C = 3, 5D = 0, 5H = 4, 5S = 1... but then opps gave us one back by playing in their spade secondary fit just to continue the pattern, rather than opting for a more sensible contract in their primary fit. :)

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