On B1, on the same auction, I played low on the spade switch and E ducked it to my 9. I was now able to get out for down 1. On B4 I also took the spade finesse and cashed all 4 spades. I played my spades in a different order from you, and W pitched two diamonds, so I could cash diamonds and exit with ace other club and they had to give me a heart trick. Board 8 I bid 3S over 2H. What do you think of that bid? It matches the GIB description. Partner raised to 4S. East did switch to QC but W never played another one. That was the same for all the people who made 4S.
On board 1, I rebid 4H over 2S. I knew 3H showed a good hand, but wasn't sure if it was forcing. Partner then went into RKC for hearts and stuck me in 5H over my 5C response.....
I thought hand 4 was interesting. I also made 8 tricks in 1NT, but 9 is cold. Have to resist immediate DA then S finesse; that can wait. Win DQ (not DK), duck a club and hope east wins to continue D, assuming their partner started with something like D:KJ103 (although if so, the J might have been led). If they do that you can win DK, then CA, club and now you score dummy's long club as the 9th, even if east now pushes a heart. Kind of risky I suppose, they might attack hearts at trick 3 instead, and now you may get into trouble if SK is offside.
Board 1: I did open 2C, then bid 2H and then bid and rebid my clubs. I was raised to 6C. Down 1 for 57%. Board 2: Same. Board 3: Same. Board 4: Same contract. Same initial line but like some others I also saw two Ds discarded while cashing the Ss and so chose to duck a club after cashing the Ds. They returned a club, and after I lose 1 more club they then give me a H. If E wins and leads Hs I can duck because of the 10 in dummy. Or if he leads H I can cover for the same reason (which is what happened). 85% Board 5: Same. Board 6: Same. Board 7: I stopped in 4S because of my club wastage, so poor hand evaluation/visualization on my part. Made +2 for 35%. (But, while I tested the Cs, I didn’t think to test for KJ9 in Ds, so I was lucky that the HA was onside for my 2nd overtrick.) Board 8: I overcalled 3S rather than doubling, was raised to 4 and then made luckily when W played a D rather than a C for a ruff. A kind 78% 64% overall.
B1 Been here before with the robots, the hearts are not really up to 'rebiddable hearts' So I passed 3N, N probably has some softs in spades, there was only a single raise. 11 tricks when I returned SJ after capturing SQ with the King. A clear 4H bid with a human partner and at IMPs. B2 This is odd. Same auction, same lead but E stuck in the D9 so had to work harder. HT pushed out, not covered so up with HK, then a diamond off dummy to the closed hand, preparing for possible elimination or a mis defence. Sure enough E flew up with the ace fearing KJ tight in hand and now had a discard for the clubs. 10 tricks. B3 Same. 4C bid is unhelpful, 3NT now lost. B4 Again odd. Same auction same play to first 5 tricks but I got 2 diam discards not 2 hearts. Cashed DK and DQ and exited a club won with CJ. I won next club and exited a club but now W has an extra heart and I make the last trick with H9 for 9 tricks. B5 Same B6 Same auction, same play, same score B7 Same auction, same lead (no heart lead so HA looking better now). First though try to get the hearts away, CK didn't come down but ruffed the diamonds good for 3 discards but the HA was onside all along. 78% B8 I doubled and rebid 4S, didn't seem unreasonable d1, can't make on best defence. PS If E has HAK and sing CQ then it's a mandatory falsecard of the HA by E at trick one, (with a doubleton club, win normally with HK). I'm sure the robots would have found that play ;). 67.5% for the set.
Haha "poky garbage" made me chuckle. I chose a 3S overcall on board 8 which oddly got me to 4S-1. Otherwise very similar.
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On B1, on the same auction, I played low on the spade switch and E ducked it to my 9. I was now able to get out for down 1. On B4 I also took the spade finesse and cashed all 4 spades. I played my spades in a different order from you, and W pitched two diamonds, so I could cash diamonds and exit with ace other club and they had to give me a heart trick. Board 8 I bid 3S over 2H. What do you think of that bid? It matches the GIB description. Partner raised to 4S. East did switch to QC but W never played another one. That was the same for all the people who made 4S.
lots of 1NT openers scoring well, I also opened 1NT on brd 6, allowed to play there for down1 and a top.
I had the exact same feeling on 7. :) Fun hand, though! (I took the same line)
On board 1, I rebid 4H over 2S. I knew 3H showed a good hand, but wasn't sure if it was forcing. Partner then went into RKC for hearts and stuck me in 5H over my 5C response.....
I bid 4 hearts and look what happened:
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I thought hand 4 was interesting. I also made 8 tricks in 1NT, but 9 is cold. Have to resist immediate DA then S finesse; that can wait. Win DQ (not DK), duck a club and hope east wins to continue D, assuming their partner started with something like D:KJ103 (although if so, the J might have been led). If they do that you can win DK, then CA, club and now you score dummy's long club as the 9th, even if east now pushes a heart. Kind of risky I suppose, they might attack hearts at trick 3 instead, and now you may get into trouble if SK is offside.
Board 1: I did open 2C, then bid 2H and then bid and rebid my clubs. I was raised to 6C. Down 1 for 57%.
Board 2: Same.
Board 3: Same.
Board 4: Same contract. Same initial line but like some others I also saw two Ds discarded while cashing the Ss and so chose to duck a club after cashing the Ds. They returned a club, and after I lose 1 more club they then give me a H. If E wins and leads Hs I can duck because of the 10 in dummy. Or if he leads H I can cover for the same reason (which is what happened). 85%
Board 5: Same.
Board 6: Same.
Board 7: I stopped in 4S because of my club wastage, so poor hand evaluation/visualization on my part. Made +2 for 35%. (But, while I tested the Cs, I didn’t think to test for KJ9 in Ds, so I was lucky that the HA was onside for my 2nd overtrick.)
Board 8: I overcalled 3S rather than doubling, was raised to 4 and then made luckily when W played a D rather than a C for a ruff. A kind 78%
64% overall.
B1 Been here before with the robots, the hearts are not really up to 'rebiddable hearts' So I passed 3N, N probably has some softs in spades, there was only a single raise. 11 tricks when I returned SJ after capturing SQ with the King. A clear 4H bid with a human partner and at IMPs.
B2 This is odd. Same auction, same lead but E stuck in the D9 so had to work harder. HT pushed out, not covered so up with HK, then a diamond off dummy to the closed hand, preparing for possible elimination or a mis defence. Sure enough E flew up with the ace fearing KJ tight in hand and now had a discard for the clubs. 10 tricks.
B3 Same. 4C bid is unhelpful, 3NT now lost.
B4 Again odd. Same auction same play to first 5 tricks but I got 2 diam discards not 2 hearts. Cashed DK and DQ and exited a club won with CJ. I won next club and exited a club but now W has an extra heart and I make the last trick with H9 for 9 tricks.
B5 Same
B6 Same auction, same play, same score
B7 Same auction, same lead (no heart lead so HA looking better now). First though try to get the hearts away, CK didn't come down but ruffed the diamonds good for 3 discards but the HA was onside all along. 78%
B8 I doubled and rebid 4S, didn't seem unreasonable d1, can't make on best defence.
PS If E has HAK and sing CQ then it's a mandatory falsecard of the HA by E at trick one, (with a doubleton club, win normally with HK). I'm sure the robots would have found that play ;). 67.5% for the set.
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