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I was awake in the early morning watching bridge from Orlando, and listening to the cricket from Australia, when I there to witness this: http://www.bridgebas...ch.php?id=16128, board 55 in the closed room.
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Reward for insomnia Hamman wins first round of trumps with the five
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Posted 2010-November-29, 12:43
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Posted 2010-November-29, 13:11
Hahah, that should be named Hamman Coup. Though I guess Hamman was as surprised winning the trick as others.
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Posted 2010-November-30, 03:34
lol too greedy
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Posted 2010-November-30, 09:27
I've had the five of trumps finessed on me, too. The five was led from the table, and I had the K3 (the A was not in dummy). I thought "surely partner can cover the five, so I played low. Declarer added the four, and partner played his stiff deuce. A second trump dropped my king.
Needless to say, it was a poor board for us.
Needless to say, it was a poor board for us.
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Posted 2010-November-30, 10:16
W Kovacs, on 2010-November-30, 09:27, said:
I've had the five of trumps finessed on me, too. The five was led from the table, and I had the K3 (the A was not in dummy). I thought "surely partner can cover the five, so I played low. Declarer added the four, and partner played his stiff deuce. A second trump dropped my king.
Needless to say, it was a poor board for us.
Needless to say, it was a poor board for us.
Can beat that, have successfully finessed the 4 on the first round of trumps, and it was technically the right play.
In a very thin 6♣, trump suit Q1072 opposite A98654. Only problem was 2 trump losers, 2, 3, 4, discards.
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Posted 2010-November-30, 12:05
Cyberyeti, on 2010-November-30, 10:16, said:
Can beat that, have successfully finessed the 4 on the first round of trumps, and it was technically the right play.
In a very thin 6♣, trump suit Q1072 opposite A98654. Only problem was 2 trump losers, 2, 3, 4, discards.
In a very thin 6♣, trump suit Q1072 opposite A98654. Only problem was 2 trump losers, 2, 3, 4, discards.
Technically the right play? Are you sure running the Q is not better?
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Posted 2010-November-30, 12:07
A team mate of mine once played 3NT after LHO opened 1♥ showing 5+.
He had eight top tricks and seemingly no way to a ninth.
He had a 7-card heart suit concealed in hand and at trick two lead the duce to the trey from LHO and the singleton four in dummy winning the trick and the contract.
He had eight top tricks and seemingly no way to a ninth.
He had a 7-card heart suit concealed in hand and at trick two lead the duce to the trey from LHO and the singleton four in dummy winning the trick and the contract.
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Posted 2010-November-30, 13:45
mgoetze, on 2010-November-30, 12:05, said:
Technically the right play? Are you sure running the Q is not better?
Running the Q doesn't look so hot when RHO shows out.
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Posted 2010-November-30, 15:11
Phil, on 2010-November-30, 13:45, said:
Running the Q doesn't look so hot when RHO shows out.
I'm sure you mean LHO but I see my mistake now, there are actually only 13 clubs in the deck, not 14... so nevermind
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Posted 2010-November-30, 15:14
mgoetze, on 2010-November-30, 15:11, said:
I'm sure you mean LHO but I see my mistake now, there are actually only 13 clubs in the deck, not 14... so nevermind
Its unclear to me which hand had A98xxx.
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