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#1 User is offline   dburn 

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Posted 2012-June-07, 14:02

Rubber bridge (almost no conventions allowed)

3 was fourth-suit forcing, one of the few conventions that are allowed. 5 was a general invitation - "bid six if you think you have a suitable hand".

[1] Criticise the bidding, bearing in mind that if South's king of diamonds was the king of hearts the slam would be very good, but also bearing in mind that the poor fellow probably thought his K was a good card anyway given his partner's 2 response.

[2] More importantly, plan the play on the opening lead of K.

[3] If you complete [2] successfully, you will make the contract. Conjecture why this might have been very unlucky.
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Posted 2012-June-07, 15:08

Off-topic, editorial aside:

If you are really a beginner or novice, you shouldn't be playing rubber bridge for anything more valuable than peanut shells. You'll be living in a cardboard box within a week.
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Posted 2012-June-07, 15:49

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Posted 2012-June-07, 16:05

One chance I see is W holding:
xx
KQ
xxxxx
xxxx

In which case we can collect 12 tricks by eliminating diamonds, playing trumps two times and throwing him in with a heart.
I don't see other chances but knowing you I wouldn't be surprised there is one luring somewhere :)

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Conjecture why this might have been very unlucky.


You were actually the defender ?
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Posted 2012-June-07, 16:23

I find it hard to criticize the bidding outside of North inviting in spades when his hand is much more suitable for NT. Perhaps 4NT is better than 5S - South would pass 4NT, notching up an overtrick.

Valuing the DK highly is perfectly fine. Imagine North had AQxxx (not totally unreasonable, he did bid them :)).

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Bluecalm - good spot, but you forgot to mention eliminating clubs.
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Posted 2012-June-07, 16:51

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Bluecalm - good spot, but you forgot to mention eliminating clubs.


Yep and we need to do that before ruffing 4th diamond.
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