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BBO hand of the Week -- Week Six October 24 though October 30, 2004
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Posted 2004-October-22, 08:47
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Posted 2004-October-31, 01:01
So far there hasn't been a suggested hand of the week in defense. This has to be changed!
Here is a nice defense by star player toniemme (South) and pally.
Abalucy Saturday Night Hand 4
(How do I get the play extracted from BBO? Or is there anyway to directly convert a .lin-file into the format here?)
Anyway, after spade lead won in dummy, heart king to Ace, two rounds of spades (2nd ruffed), declarer finds out about the trump break when he plays the queen of hearts.
So Diamond to Ace, low diamond ruffed low, shortening his trumps and trying to score his remaining ♥J9 in an endplay; he exits with a club won by South.
This is left:
Defense must now set up a trump coup, shortening North's trump first:
♠Q, with club discards from W and N. ♦T, ruffed with the ♥6 (another club discard from W), club back to the Ace, and ♦ K from South for the trump coup.
Other routes also lead to down 3 from the 2nd diagram, but for most South has to assume ♣K with N, or North has to assume ♣A with South -- both very likely, but not entirely certain maybe. +500 won them 5.5 IMPs.
Here is a nice defense by star player toniemme (South) and pally.
Abalucy Saturday Night Hand 4
(How do I get the play extracted from BBO? Or is there anyway to directly convert a .lin-file into the format here?)
Anyway, after spade lead won in dummy, heart king to Ace, two rounds of spades (2nd ruffed), declarer finds out about the trump break when he plays the queen of hearts.
So Diamond to Ace, low diamond ruffed low, shortening his trumps and trying to score his remaining ♥J9 in an endplay; he exits with a club won by South.
This is left:
Scoring: IMP
P-P-1♦-1♠-
P-2♦-P-2♠-
3♥-X-AP
P-P-1♦-1♠-
P-2♦-P-2♠-
3♥-X-AP
Defense must now set up a trump coup, shortening North's trump first:
♠Q, with club discards from W and N. ♦T, ruffed with the ♥6 (another club discard from W), club back to the Ace, and ♦ K from South for the trump coup.
Other routes also lead to down 3 from the 2nd diagram, but for most South has to assume ♣K with N, or North has to assume ♣A with South -- both very likely, but not entirely certain maybe. +500 won them 5.5 IMPs.
The easiest way to count losers is to line up the people who talk about loser count, and count them. -Kieran Dyke
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Posted 2004-October-31, 10:21
cherdano, on Oct 31 2004, 03:01 AM, said:
(How do I get the play extracted from BBO? Or is there anyway to directly convert a .lin-file into the format here?)
Use Cascade's excellent LINCONVERTER.EXE which has an option to include play (shows all tricks)...
To do this, find hand on myhands, save it to your computer, then open it with lin converter and check the various options you want... one hand, NS hands, EW hands, left dummy, right dummy, full hands, and of course the option to show play (or not). You can also rotate the hands so that any hand can be south (it alsw rotates the bulnerability conditions, the dealer, etc).
Ben
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Posted 2004-October-31, 11:22
http://bridgebase.lunarpages.com/cgi-bin/h...etchlin=8126264
A nice 6D auction by lambda_ and ppilot, a very similar auction by wesely2 and sztetke, but here i nominate ppilot for his insightful 4♠ cue-bid and good choice to pass 6♦. This auction seems more accurate to me than that of wesely2 and sztetke.
H4 H6 D4 H2
SK SA S5 S9
DA DQ D2 D6
DK S6
A nice 6D auction by lambda_ and ppilot, a very similar auction by wesely2 and sztetke, but here i nominate ppilot for his insightful 4♠ cue-bid and good choice to pass 6♦. This auction seems more accurate to me than that of wesely2 and sztetke.
Scoring: IMP
West North East South
- - - Pass
2♦! 2♥ 3♠ 4♠
Pass 6♦ Pass Pass
Dbl Pass Pass Pass
West North East South
- - - Pass
2♦! 2♥ 3♠ 4♠
Pass 6♦ Pass Pass
Dbl Pass Pass Pass
H4 H6 D4 H2
SK SA S5 S9
DA DQ D2 D6
DK S6
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Posted 2004-October-31, 11:47
http://bridgebase.lunarpages.com/cgi-bin/h...etchlin=8072351
BJDE 1NT overcall and play in 3NT (sadly against me)... and they won 9.87 imps
S8 S2 S9 SJ
C4 C8 CK C3
H2 HK HA H8
D4 D3 DQ DA
D6 DK D2 D5
H5 HT HJ S6
S4 SA S5 S3
D9 DJ DT H6
D8 CT C5 D7
HQ H4 C6 C7
SK H9 ST S7
C2 CA C9 CJ
H7 CQ SQ H3
BJDE 1NT overcall and play in 3NT (sadly against me)... and they won 9.87 imps
Scoring: IMP
West North East South
- - 1♠ 1NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
West North East South
- - 1♠ 1NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
S8 S2 S9 SJ
C4 C8 CK C3
H2 HK HA H8
D4 D3 DQ DA
D6 DK D2 D5
H5 HT HJ S6
S4 SA S5 S3
D9 DJ DT H6
D8 CT C5 D7
HQ H4 C6 C7
SK H9 ST S7
C2 CA C9 CJ
H7 CQ SQ H3
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Posted 2004-October-31, 14:06
http://bridgebase.lunarpages.com/cgi-bin/h...etchlin=7678463
A 40 table event, granguru and ximo bid to a great 6♦ contract.
H4 H2 HK HQ
HA D6 H5 H3
DA D4 D3 D2
DK DQ D5 DT
SA S2 S6 S3
SK S8 C2 S5
SQ ST CQ S9
S4 SJ D8 C4
CA C5 CT C3
H6 H8 D7 H9
CJ C6 D9 C7
H7 HJ DJ C9
S7 CK HT C8
A 40 table event, granguru and ximo bid to a great 6♦ contract.
Scoring: IMP
West North East South
- - Pass 2♣
Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠
Pass 2NT Pass 3♦
Pass 3NT Pass 4♦
Pass 6♦ Pass Pass
Pass
West North East South
- - Pass 2♣
Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠
Pass 2NT Pass 3♦
Pass 3NT Pass 4♦
Pass 6♦ Pass Pass
Pass
H4 H2 HK HQ
HA D6 H5 H3
DA D4 D3 D2
DK DQ D5 DT
SA S2 S6 S3
SK S8 C2 S5
SQ ST CQ S9
S4 SJ D8 C4
CA C5 CT C3
H6 H8 D7 H9
CJ C6 D9 C7
H7 HJ DJ C9
S7 CK HT C8
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Posted 2004-October-31, 17:03
http://bridgebase.lunarpages.com/cgi-bin/h...etchlin=7859498
A nice little 7NT contract by 1Valeria, who I think is a graduate of the beginner/intermediate lounge.... who found the best chance.
C6 CA C5 C4
SA SJ S3 S2
SQ H2 S4 S8
ST H3 SK S5
D9 D2 D8 D6
Claim
A nice little 7NT contract by 1Valeria, who I think is a graduate of the beginner/intermediate lounge.... who found the best chance.
Scoring: IMP
West North East South
- - - Pass
1♣ 3♥ 3♠ 3NT
4NT Pass 5♥ Pass
7♠ Pass 7NT Pass
Pass Pass
West North East South
- - - Pass
1♣ 3♥ 3♠ 3NT
4NT Pass 5♥ Pass
7♠ Pass 7NT Pass
Pass Pass
C6 CA C5 C4
SA SJ S3 S2
SQ H2 S4 S8
ST H3 SK S5
D9 D2 D8 D6
Claim
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P-P-1♦-1♠-
P-2♦-P-2♠-
3♥-X-AP