[paulg]

The International Bridge Press Association annually recognizes outstanding declarer play, defence and bidding.

Richard Freeman Junior Deal of the Year
Winner: Roger Lee (USA)
(Phillip Alder, journalist; from IBPA Bulletin 560.16)

Congratulations!

Full write up on page 8 of the Lille bulletin (PDF).

[Phil]

Cleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[diana_eva]

Congrats Clee

[lalldonn]

He has been telling me about this hand for, well, a year lol. Finally I get to see it. Woot!

[diana_eva]

All awards here

http://www.ibpa.com/...s%20Summary.pdf

[Cyberyeti]

diana_eva, on 2012-August-16, 15:35, said:

All awards here

http://www.ibpa.com/...s%20Summary.pdf

Am I missing something, the best bid hand of the year is given to a 30% grand if the right suit is led. Admittedly state of the match might suggest you want to bid this but ...

And gratz to Clee

[Mbodell]

Cyberyeti, on 2012-August-17, 05:18, said:

Am I missing something, the best bid hand of the year is given to a 30% grand if the right suit is led. Admittedly state of the match might suggest you want to bid this but ...

And gratz to Clee

Agree on the grats to Clee, but the grand slam seems quite a bit better than 30%, especially when you consider the lack of bidding by the opponents (which increases slightly the chance of "normal" suit splits).

[Cyberyeti]

Mbodell, on 2012-August-18, 18:05, said:

Agree on the grats to Clee, but the grand slam seems quite a bit better than 30%, especially when you consider the lack of bidding by the opponents (which increases slightly the chance of "normal" suit splits).

So a diamond lead takes out the side entry to the heart suit, now aren't you screwed unless you can take at least 3 hearts and the spades behave ?

So this is hearts 3-2 with Q onside, hearts 4-1 with south, stiff Q with south and spades 3-2 or stiff J and clubs no worse than 5-3 (Ignoring the fact that the short club hand needs J or 9 of trumps).

72% x(34 + 16.8) so about 36 or 37% x 83% (assuming if it was worse than 6-2 somebody would bid) so around 30%.

[Mbodell]

Cyberyeti, on 2012-August-18, 18:36, said:

So a diamond lead takes out the side entry to the heart suit, now aren't you screwed unless you can take at least 3 hearts and the spades behave ?

So this is hearts 3-2 with Q onside, hearts 4-1 with south, stiff Q with south and spades 3-2 or stiff J and clubs no worse than 5-3 (Ignoring the fact that the short club hand needs J or 9 of trumps).

72% x(34 + 16.8) so about 36 or 37% x 83% (assuming if it was worse than 6-2 somebody would bid) so around 30%.

Ah, I misread your earlier post as needing the right lead for declarer, and after the defense made the right lead ("I.e., the wrong one") it was still only 30%. But the hand as a whole, taken over all the possible leads is, obviously, better than 30%. The auction doesn't scream lead a diamond, and a trump lead seems quite likely.

[Cyberyeti]

Mbodell, on 2012-August-18, 18:50, said:

Ah, I misread your earlier post as needing the right lead for declarer, and after the defense made the right lead ("I.e., the wrong one") it was still only 30%. But the hand as a whole, taken over all the possible leads is, obviously, better than 30%. The auction doesn't scream lead a diamond, and a trump lead seems quite likely.

Well yes, experts do seem to lead trumps too often against grands, remember a very important deal where the trump suit was something like KJ opposite A10xxxx ?

I meant it was 30% if the defence find their optimum lead.