BWTA is a maddening case where the old fashioned approach (e.g. hitting 3 of a major for penalties, 3 of a minor for TO) could pay off. I accept that TO doubles of 3m/3M are generally a better option but the frustration in cases like this is considerable!
regards,
Iain
Patrick CheuSeptember 10th, 2024 at 4:07 pm
Hi Iain,Re yesterday’s hand think you meant Txxxxxx n not Txxxxx…in spades. Cheers Patrick
Iain ClimieSeptember 10th, 2024 at 4:55 pm
HI Patrick,
Yes, good point – a 1-1 break with declarer and dummy having 0 trumps means someone has eaten a spade (one of Mollo’s stories) or it is on the floor. There is also a story about a Mr. Kremelkopf in the Bridge Player’s bedside companion involving a missing card…
Tricky to track down but I can summarise it for you if you want.
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Hi Bobby,
BWTA is a maddening case where the old fashioned approach (e.g. hitting 3 of a major for penalties, 3 of a minor for TO) could pay off. I accept that TO doubles of 3m/3M are generally a better option but the frustration in cases like this is considerable!
regards,
Iain
Hi Iain,Re yesterday’s hand think you meant Txxxxxx n not Txxxxx…in spades. Cheers Patrick
HI Patrick,
Yes, good point – a 1-1 break with declarer and dummy having 0 trumps means someone has eaten a spade (one of Mollo’s stories) or it is on the floor. There is also a story about a Mr. Kremelkopf in the Bridge Player’s bedside companion involving a missing card…
Tricky to track down but I can summarise it for you if you want.
Regards,
Iain
Hi Patrick, Bobby, Folks,
The story I mentioned above is summarised here:
https://aces.bridgeblogging.com/2021/06/15/the-aces-on-bridge-tuesday-june-1st-2021/
Enjoy!
Regards,
Iain
Hi Iain, Thanks for the story. Regards Patrick 🙂