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Rate a Slam #8
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Posted 2010-January-31, 11:50
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Posted 2010-January-31, 12:29
I think our only chance is to win the first trick, pull trumps and strip clubs, and try AK and a diamond, pitching a spade. This wins when LHO is 1-6 in the pointed, or has only top honors (QJT third, QJT9 fourth, QJT97), or when they are not actually blocked but forget to unblock.
Ducking trick 1 and hoping for a squeeze is not really an option, since if we had a spade/diamond squeeze on RHO he likely would have bid over the transfer.
We could play for the 9 to tricky from H9xx or whatever, but that would be a weird lead into a 1N opener, and it might be costly to waste the 9.
Assuming my first line is correct I guess I'd say this is a 4.5 (
Ducking trick 1 and hoping for a squeeze is not really an option, since if we had a spade/diamond squeeze on RHO he likely would have bid over the transfer.
We could play for the 9 to tricky from H9xx or whatever, but that would be a weird lead into a 1N opener, and it might be costly to waste the 9.
Assuming my first line is correct I guess I'd say this is a 4.5 (
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Posted 2010-January-31, 13:19
Just got the winning llne (hand shown below). I started to have EAST overcall 2♠ to make the winning line the only choice, but as justin points out, assuming the ♠9 is honest, no squeeze can exist. So the question becomes how to rate this hand.
I think 4.5 is a little inflated just because Justin got it right...
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I think 4.5 is a little inflated just because Justin got it right...
.... All of the hands I will be showing in these rate a slam thing came from online play at the BBO. Many, but not all, are from ACBL tournaments.
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Posted 2010-January-31, 13:44
inquiry, on Jan 31 2010, 02:19 PM, said:
I think 4.5 is a little inflated just because Justin got it right... ....
....Ouch!
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Posted 2010-January-31, 13:52
Jlall, on Jan 31 2010, 02:44 PM, said:
inquiry, on Jan 31 2010, 02:19 PM, said:
I think 4.5 is a little inflated just because Justin got it right... ....
....Ouch!
lol... you understand that the smiley face was there.....
No one seems to be voting. Now that the solution is here, I hope people will express an opinion without undo influence by your stated value (btw, you didn't vote yourself or you short-changed it).
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Posted 2010-January-31, 14:00
inquiry, on Jan 31 2010, 02:52 PM, said:
Jlall, on Jan 31 2010, 02:44 PM, said:
inquiry, on Jan 31 2010, 02:19 PM, said:
I think 4.5 is a little inflated just because Justin got it right... ....
....Ouch!
lol... you understand that the smiley face was there.....
No one seems to be voting. Now that the solution is here, I hope people will express an opinion without undo influence by your stated value (btw, you didn't vote yourself or you short-changed it).
Yeah I never vote in polls, I always just post. Though that has the flaw that you just said, hmm.
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1NT (P) 2♦ (P)
3♥ (P) 6♥ all Pass
Openign lead ♠9