[xx1943]

The following hand was played 4.25 tricks. East called me to adjust. He wanted to adjust to 3NT-1.

Scoring: IMP

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W....N....E....S
.............p....1♥
1♠..1N..p....3♣
3♦..3N..p....p
p

East leads ♦4

1. ♦4 ♣3 ♦A 3 won by W
2. ♦K 5 6 ♣5 won by W
3. ♦2 9 Q ♣6 won by E
4. ♦8 ♣8 ♦7 10 won by N
5. ♥Q


Only 4.25 tricks are played, but 9 tricks are sure, maybe 10 if East feels squeezed and North guesses the situation rite.

My decision: 3NT made.

I would like to hear the opinions of our experts.

Thanks all.

Al

[inquiry]

First, if possible, i would issue a friviolous director call to EAST. On what is his basing his call to you? Sure his partner played horrid, but that is bridge. Second, I would rule making 3NT, at imps it matters not much.

This is a silly call and a silly request for a ruling.

[mink]

It is always ok with me if somebody request to adjust an unfinished board. I do not pay much attention to what score is requested, as I always look at the movie and decide on my own (sometimes wrong and players correct me then - sometimes right but still players try to correct me . I would think here that the request to adjust to -1 simply was an error by the requester.

Deep Finesse says that there are only 9 tricks available. However, discarding is a bit tricky for E/W. Therefore I would adjust in favor of the fast players, if I have time to find out who was fast and who was slow. If I cannot, I shall stick to 9 tricks.

Karl

not an expert - sorry

[xx1943]

inquiry, on Jun 15 2004, 05:56 PM, said:

Second, I would rule making 3NT, at imps it matters not much.

Sorry my mistake it was MP-scoring.

Al