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#1 User is offline   MickyB 

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Posted 2008-December-24, 08:01

Scoring: IMP

1♣-1♥-X-P
2♥-P-4NT-P
5♣-P-6NT-AP

Declarer meant 4NT as natural. Partner leads the ♦T. Solution hidden below


Whole hand:
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Posted 2008-December-24, 11:47

I though our best chance was to find partner with ♦K109, but seems I was wrong, LHO was junior opponent?
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Posted 2008-December-24, 11:59

Fluffy, on Dec 24 2008, 11:47 AM, said:

I though our best chance was to find partner with ♦K109, but seems I was wrong, LHO was junior opponent?

I gather we didn't have a junior partner.
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Posted 2008-December-24, 12:33

cherdano, on Dec 24 2008, 05:59 PM, said:

Fluffy, on Dec 24 2008, 11:47 AM, said:

I though our best chance was to find partner with ♦K109, but seems I was wrong, LHO was junior opponent?

I gather we didn't have a junior partner.

Four juniors at the table, actually ;) This was on international duty. +700 = good bridge
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Posted 2008-December-24, 13:33

Any reason not to be in 6♣
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Posted 2008-December-24, 14:19

it scores less!!
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Posted 2008-December-24, 17:39

MickyB, on Dec 24 2008, 12:33 PM, said:

cherdano, on Dec 24 2008, 05:59 PM, said:

Fluffy, on Dec 24 2008, 11:47 AM, said:

I though our best chance was to find partner with ♦K109, but seems I was wrong, LHO was junior opponent?

I gather we didn't have a junior partner.

Four juniors at the table, actually :rolleyes: This was on international duty. +700 = good bridge

Partner may be junior by age, but he is not a junior in the bridge sense. Bridge juniors don't pass with ♦QT98-8th.
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Posted 2008-December-25, 02:40

hmm..looks familiar...

Really thought they were joking when they said -700 LOL
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Posted 2008-December-25, 03:59

cherdano, on Dec 24 2008, 11:39 PM, said:

MickyB, on Dec 24 2008, 12:33 PM, said:

cherdano, on Dec 24 2008, 05:59 PM, said:

Fluffy, on Dec 24 2008, 11:47 AM, said:

I though our best chance was to find partner with ♦K109, but seems I was wrong, LHO was junior opponent?

I gather we didn't have a junior partner.

Four juniors at the table, actually :) This was on international duty. +700 = good bridge

Partner may be junior by age, but he is not a junior in the bridge sense. Bridge juniors don't pass with ♦QT98-8th.

Well, in fairness, there aren't many bids he can make that just show diamonds...and 2♦ seems rather inadequate. Maybe his plan was to preempt next round!
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Posted 2008-December-25, 04:39

yeah, our 1♥bid preempted partner from preempting, its our fault!
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Posted 2008-December-25, 08:12

I would take it and return a low ♦... Much to my suprise, we would take the first 8 tricks :D
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Posted 2008-December-25, 10:32

I would go up with the A and return J...would be much to my amusement of course.
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