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How to lose 19 IMPs

#1 User is offline   Coelacanth 

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Posted 2012-July-06, 11:25



The auction and play above were at my table; I was East. You may or may not agree with our auction or my line of play.

Anyway, the play proceeded as shown above. Diamond lead won by the ace; club to the king and ace; diamond ruffed; club queen; club ruff; diamond ruff.

I decided I may as well ruff the last club, so I led it and called for dummy's spade king, prepared to concede down one. North underruffed with the ♠Q! Obviously a miss-pulled card; I think she was trying to overruff. I had figured on picking up some IMPs opposite 4♥ making at the other table, but obviously +590 was going to be a big win.

I don't know the auction at the other table, but I suspect EW were silent. The contract was SIX hearts by North. Declarer won the spade lead in hand, ruffed a spade in the dummy, and led a high diamond. (With no opposing bidding she had no reason to suspect a 5-1 split, but I think she should have drawn a round of trump first anyway.)

West won the ♦A and continued diamonds. For reasons known only to him, instead of ruffing in with the setting trick, East discarded.

Instead of -100 and -100, we were +590 and +1430. Amazing.
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Posted 2012-July-06, 11:31

:D

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Posted 2012-July-06, 11:51

Instead of losing 5 you won 19? That's more like 24 imp's swing.

View Postwyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


View Postrbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2012-July-06, 21:02

must be fun to play against idiots
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