[nikos59]

I have been collecting bridge record deals for a long
time, so it is all the more satisfying when I find
new record deals in BBO. There was one deal in
the semifinal of last year's BBO Premier League,
where they bid 7S at one table and they passed
it at 1S at the other table (Kwiecien-Bizon, no less).
I wrote about it elsewhere. Tonight I had the
experience to make 3NT on a board that was
passed out at several tables.

Scoring: IMP

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West North East South

 -     -     -     1♣
 1♥    Dbl   2♥    3♣
 Pass  3♥    Pass  3NT
 Pass  Pass  Pass  

EW were star-experts, internationals I guess. 3NT is not exactly
cold, but perhaps we bid it very confidently, so a heart was
led, club to the ace, claim 9 tricks.

The traveller reveals a passout at three tables (also some
620s their way).

ns

[inquiry]

I am not sure if we should encourage putting BBO disasters here...as they could serioulsy injury people from laughing too hard. But if something can go wrong, it probably will.. here is a recent bbo hand....

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Scoring: IMP

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Bidding at one table was... 7NT is of course, laydown....
West North East South

 -     -     Pass  Pass
 2♣    Pass  2♠    Pass
 7NT   Pass  Pass  Pass
 

At the other table, the bidding...
West North East South

 -     -     -     Pass
 2♦    Pass  Pass   Pass
 Pass  

2♦ was multi and EAST decided a clever pass instead of bidding a major would be a good strategy.  

Ben

[jahol]

When expert opponents bid a very lucky game, there is everytime a sort of "intuition" in the evaluation of the board. Too bad, if the opponents are just very intermediate players, that hurts much more.... Like in this board from yesterday, which was the very last one in 28 boards IMP competition. In the previous two boards, we, together with my pard, lost eleven IMP points in each...

Scoring: IMP

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Our opponents were about eighty years old each. In such age, people normally tend to be a bit careful bidders, not like in their twenties...However, not in my country, where bridge auction is typical with extreme aggressivity....

Nord opened bidding with one heart call (how many experts would recommend it?). Looking at these old guys, I decided to make final act, which would stop them from any experiments, and bid 3 spades (non-vulnerable against vulnerable). South was thinking for a long time, then with an act of resignation doubled. North, after more minutes, with another act of resignation, bid 3NT! Then, I spend four more minutes in attempt to find the best killing lead..no chance, 3NT cold.. and made +1 after the lead of 10S.

[mila85]

[jahol]

We were playing different opponents, playing me, you would have had more difficult time (I bid THREE spades, as you know) .

Anyway, this small collection of two tables can show bridge players all over the world, what sort of bidding is typical in Czech Republic.