On the first hand, I was surprised that bidding either 2N or 3N was not even considered.
bobbywolffJuly 28th, 2024 at 2:25 am
Hi Jim2,
Shades of the memory of Red Skelton, “My turn to bid, I’m considering 2NT, but if I do, I get a whipping”, “I doed it!” Didn’t wait to find the result, but yes it was considered.
Iain ClimieJuly 28th, 2024 at 2:06 pm
Hi Bobby,
Imagine you’re playing KQ8x in dummy opposite 10xxx in hand in NT for 3 tricks with plentiful entries. You lead up to the King and if it loses hope the J drops. If it holds though, back to hand for another lead. Now suppose LHO playfully puts in the C9 from A9x on thr first round, giving you a losing option of taking the C finesse on the 2nd round. Chance to nothing and a possible Grosvener coup?
Regards,
Iain
bobbywolffJuly 28th, 2024 at 11:02 pm
Hi Iain,
Yes, at least to me, you suggested a tantalizing psychological problem, which, I suspect, can be possibly correctly guessed, depending on whom the defensive player was that played last.
The key factor, at least to me, is, if that player was the gambling type then he might duck from Ax (2nd lead), but instead if he was the type player that indeed waited for
aces and cinches then the ace is not with the first player. That could slightly be amended, if it was difficult to impossible to tell his type then back to square one and play the other honor, depending on the knowledge already available to lefty as to whether the hand has
already been settled by the whole table. Yes, it takes sophistication by the first defender
to double duck and would, of course, be contra-indicated to do so, depending on whether the correct play of taking the ace still had chances to defeat the contract.
from dummy.
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On the first hand, I was surprised that bidding either 2N or 3N was not even considered.
Hi Jim2,
Shades of the memory of Red Skelton, “My turn to bid, I’m considering 2NT, but if I do, I get a whipping”, “I doed it!” Didn’t wait to find the result, but yes it was considered.
Hi Bobby,
Imagine you’re playing KQ8x in dummy opposite 10xxx in hand in NT for 3 tricks with plentiful entries. You lead up to the King and if it loses hope the J drops. If it holds though, back to hand for another lead. Now suppose LHO playfully puts in the C9 from A9x on thr first round, giving you a losing option of taking the C finesse on the 2nd round. Chance to nothing and a possible Grosvener coup?
Regards,
Iain
Hi Iain,
Yes, at least to me, you suggested a tantalizing psychological problem, which, I suspect, can be possibly correctly guessed, depending on whom the defensive player was that played last.
The key factor, at least to me, is, if that player was the gambling type then he might duck from Ax (2nd lead), but instead if he was the type player that indeed waited for
aces and cinches then the ace is not with the first player. That could slightly be amended, if it was difficult to impossible to tell his type then back to square one and play the other honor, depending on the knowledge already available to lefty as to whether the hand has
already been settled by the whole table. Yes, it takes sophistication by the first defender
to double duck and would, of course, be contra-indicated to do so, depending on whether the correct play of taking the ace still had chances to defeat the contract.
from dummy.