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#21 User is offline   Mbodell 

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Posted 2015-February-03, 22:02

View Postgszes, on 2015-February-03, 14:25, said:

We have some highly talented programmers here but I have a question ==
what kind of calculations and why would you use to solve this problem ----
at the table ? If you can do these types of calculations in your head that is
great or else it seems to more of a case of trivial pursuit rather than any sort
of useful technique..
I realize there is genius out there but our game is supposed to be mental not
based on the ability to use a calculator or type programs faster than anyone else.
Localizing the problem down to determining if the club finesse or depending on 33
spades or the Q falling doubleton is mental try doing the rest that way its sort of
fun though frustrating at times.


I think you can get better at doing these mentally if you practice them offline. You obviously can take shortcuts much of the time rounding things off a lot since many lines aren't that close.
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Posted 2015-April-14, 11:54

I don't know how much is it good but i have quickly thinked that if spade are 3-3 with Q offside (2 points) ruffing third round and after running club (K offside 3 points than 5 in E) with A of diamond we could have 12 tricks.
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Posted 2015-April-21, 19:08

At the table I will ruff, cash ace club, play queen club. finesse the spade queen, draw trump and claim 12 tricks.

caters for king club singleton offside + any break.
caters for Qxx, Qx spade onside. + any trump 3-2 or better.

The alternative of trying to finesse clubs only works with 4-2 spades q spade dropping or Kx club doubleton onside. I'm not doing any calculations at the table but intuitively this seems like a worse line. What's the verdict?
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