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Normally, there are very few truly humerous articles in the Daily Bulletin at our local regional. However, this tidbit, which is attributed to Pattayabridge.com, appeared in the Saturday, June 21, District 4 Philadelphia Regional Daily Bulletin:
THE INVOKE
Know your ACBL Laws! An "invoke" is the irregularity of following suit when you are unable to do so. Unlike its counterpart, the revoke, there are as yet no prescribed penalties.
A well-timed invoke is most effective against declarers who count the cards. Imagine their frustration as the 14th or 15th spade appears!
Therefore, until the authorities wise up, keep this tactic in mind. The next time you are out of a suit, consider following instead. It works!
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Posted 2008-June-22, 16:09
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Posted 2008-June-22, 18:14
Once upon a time, long, long ago, my opponent was in a not cold 6C and mid hand went into the tank. I had nothing and wasn't sure what declarer was thinking about. I put the remaining cards from my hand on the table, fiddled with the quitted tricks, checked my score card, looked at the clock, etc. until declarer came out of the tank. I picked up my hand and played to the trick, and the next one... trouble was that I had picked up the wrong pile of cards and was replaying the cards that I had already played to tricks 1 through 5 or 6. I don't remember how the director sorted things out, but I do know that the end result was declarer made his contract.
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Posted 2008-June-23, 14:16
And they didn't give any credit to the original author of this??
I don't know who wrote the original story, but I have heard/read the story about the invoke a long time ago (at least before June 21st, 2008
).
Rik
I don't know who wrote the original story, but I have heard/read the story about the invoke a long time ago (at least before June 21st, 2008
).Rik
I want my opponents to leave my table with a smile on their face and without matchpoints on their score card - in that order.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
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Posted 2008-June-23, 14:39
Trinidad, on Jun 23 2008, 03:16 PM, said:
And they didn't give any credit to the original author of this??
I don't know who wrote the original story, but I have heard/read the story about the invoke a long time ago (at least before June 21st, 2008 ).
Rik
I don't know who wrote the original story, but I have heard/read the story about the invoke a long time ago (at least before June 21st, 2008
).Rik
I checked the website. The story about the Invoke is not attributed.
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