I hope we all realise that with Jim2 as West, South would have upgraded the following and opened K10x KJ QJ10xx A10x with a strong 1NT…. Alternatively, he might have miscounted his points and done the same thing. I once fell foul of something hilarious playing a 2S contract after I’d opened 1S in 4th holding SAQJ9xx and dummy held Sxx. After taking a ruff in each hand I reached an end position where RHO had shown an 11 count so I led a spade towards the AQJ. RHO played small so I played the SA (just in case LHO had an unlikely SK alone) then SQ. This ran round to RHO’s SKx (! – he’d miscounted his points and passed a 14 count in 3rd) and he now played a plain suit through to promote his partner’s S10xx into an extra trick. Mrs Guggenheim would have taken the S finesse and bashed down the Ace for 10 tricks. I made 8 at Matchpoints.
Regards,
Iain
bobbywolffJanuary 15th, 2024 at 7:21 pm
Hi Iain,
If the truth be told. there is no end, even with very accomplished players, for two
players to take different lines of play as declarer or two separate directions in he bidding, causing those partnerships to arrive at decidedly different final contracts.
While improving, or at least attempting to, it is IMO an important concept to figure out (usually not difficult), after examining the specifics, to immediately find the correct answer, and by doing so, it also is a step forward in one’s judgment at the table, in generally noticing
how other bridge enthusiasts, go about their business.
To say that examining these escapades help, is a decided understatement in, if nothing else, and more often than first realized, there are many different thought processes to which we
can learn tricks of the trade from other high level players.
,
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Hi Bobby,
I hope we all realise that with Jim2 as West, South would have upgraded the following and opened K10x KJ QJ10xx A10x with a strong 1NT…. Alternatively, he might have miscounted his points and done the same thing. I once fell foul of something hilarious playing a 2S contract after I’d opened 1S in 4th holding SAQJ9xx and dummy held Sxx. After taking a ruff in each hand I reached an end position where RHO had shown an 11 count so I led a spade towards the AQJ. RHO played small so I played the SA (just in case LHO had an unlikely SK alone) then SQ. This ran round to RHO’s SKx (! – he’d miscounted his points and passed a 14 count in 3rd) and he now played a plain suit through to promote his partner’s S10xx into an extra trick. Mrs Guggenheim would have taken the S finesse and bashed down the Ace for 10 tricks. I made 8 at Matchpoints.
Regards,
Iain
Hi Iain,
If the truth be told. there is no end, even with very accomplished players, for two
players to take different lines of play as declarer or two separate directions in he bidding, causing those partnerships to arrive at decidedly different final contracts.
While improving, or at least attempting to, it is IMO an important concept to figure out (usually not difficult), after examining the specifics, to immediately find the correct answer, and by doing so, it also is a step forward in one’s judgment at the table, in generally noticing
how other bridge enthusiasts, go about their business.
To say that examining these escapades help, is a decided understatement in, if nothing else, and more often than first realized, there are many different thought processes to which we
can learn tricks of the trade from other high level players.
,