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Posted 2010-June-05, 04:57

Hey! You guys are 5th in the WWBC.

I've always wondered why isn't this tournament more popular... Cost maybe?

View Postwyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2010-June-05, 11:23

FIRST IN USA... lol

I was tilted because I messed up one hand at the end but we were really far out of 2nd and even farther out of first so it didn't matter.

There is another one today, goin for the 75 obv :(

edit: I will say it's pretty fun to play a session where you're shooting for 75. My general MP style is very much to go for Ave+ when playing with good players, so it's fun to just go all out.
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Posted 2010-June-05, 16:14

It was also the first 70% game I've ever had.
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Posted 2010-June-05, 16:17

Hi:

I lost with a 72%.

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Posted 2010-June-05, 16:18

Grats to both of you and best of luck in the next session

hopefully there will be some good hands to post
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Posted 2010-June-05, 16:19

hrothgar, on Jun 5 2010, 05:18 PM, said:

Grats to both of you and best of luck in the next session

hopefully there will be some good hands to post

Cliffs: I play like an animal every hand and I pu**y out on 2 boards and both times it was wrong LOL. FML
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Posted 2010-June-05, 18:56

w/w MPs obv

Axx K9x AQxx AQx.

(P) P (1♠) ?

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Posted 2010-June-05, 19:25

Well, you guys beat me both sessions (both of mine at 59 or 60.)

Anything in particular you did differently from normal / places you disagree strongly with the advice in the booklet that you'd like to share?

On the posted overcall hand:
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Posted 2010-June-05, 19:28

You think a 3343 hand with Axx in their suit is worth more than the 19 you have? I didn't even have good spots...

I could easily be convinced my bid was an underbid, but that I should think this hand is worth more than face value is a bit much to me. Sometimes partner has only one entry and all the honors in our 5-3 fit are offside!
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Posted 2010-June-05, 20:34

I bid 2NT over 2♦ (Multi) with that one.

View Postwyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


View Postrbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2010-June-05, 20:44

I don't like 1NT because I will sometimes wrongside NT with it, it looks like a normal 19 count to me, Axx in their suit is a + for double, not a -. We are comparing this hand with other balanced 19 counts with spade stops, not other 19 counts. Surely this hand makes game more likely than KJx Kxx AQxx AQx or KTx KJx AQxx AQxx, this is because we have good support for hearts. The fact that you are apparently thinking of superaccepting with a 4333 hand shows why 1NT was maybe not a good choice. Well I guess it's not the only hand we should be talking about, of course sometimes 2NT will be too high and other cases.
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Posted 2010-June-06, 09:50

I wouldn't bid 1NT with that hand, too much positional strength for those AQ tenaces after the opening bid. Even the ♠A and K♥ rate to be worth their full potential after the opening bid.
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Posted 2010-June-07, 02:26

what is wwbc?
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Posted 2010-June-07, 08:13

georgeac, on Jun 7 2010, 02:26 AM, said:

what is wwbc?

http://www.ecatsbrid...wbc/default.asp
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Posted 2010-June-07, 08:15

jjbrr, on Jun 7 2010, 09:13 AM, said:

georgeac, on Jun 7 2010, 02:26 AM, said:

what is wwbc?

http://www.ecatsbrid...wbc/default.asp

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Posted 2010-June-07, 11:46

jjbrr, on Jun 5 2010, 07:56 PM, said:

w/w MPs obv

Axx K9x AQxx AQx.

(P) P (1♠) ?

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I got 2S on my right and then was faced with the same bid one level higher from partner. Still not sure how I should have handled this one....
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Posted 2010-June-07, 12:32

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Posted 2010-June-07, 13:33

I love 1NT and I'd bid 3♥ not 2NT, I wanna be able to reach partner's hand as much as possible.
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Posted 2010-June-07, 18:41

Well done! IMO at LA MPs with ♠ Axx ♥ K9x ♦ AQxx ♣ AQx.
  • (_P) _P (1♠) ?? IMO _X = 10, 1N = 6.
  • (_P) _P (1♠) _X (_P) 2♥ (_P) ?? 2♠ = 10, 2N = 9, _P = 5.

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