On May 2, 8:40 pm, henrysun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On May 2, 10:55 am, Histriadogsilver <andjelka.rich...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> [hand diagram altered to form a hand diagram]
>
> North
> S:K952
> H:J
> D:T9
> C:QJ8642
> West East
> S:AJT6 S:Q8743
> H:T6 H:A87
> D:KQ6542 D:AJ73
> C:7 C:T
>
> South
> S:----
> H:KQ96432
> D:8
> C:AK953
>
> West North East South
> ----- ------ 1S Dbl*
> 4S* Dbl** P 6C
> Dbl*** All pass
>
> Dealer: East
> Vul.: None
>
> 4S* = EW playing Precision
> Dbl* = 13 RP or approximately like holding 18-19 hcps
> Dbl** = I thought it was Responsive but it obviously wasn't
> Dbl*** = Penalty
>
> West leading : SA
> First trick: SA/S2/SQ/C9*
> The spade queen by East was suit preference, hearts are less likely to
> be ruffed from his point of view and is stronger as a wake-up signal.
> Well, to tell you the truth it was a friendly rubber game with not
> much at stake and I thought partner's double was responsive but it is
> still a beauty in my opinion.
>
> *****************
>
> Well, like they say - bad bridge has a beauty all its own...
>
> It isn't clear, from the author's narrative how the RP point count
> really helps here, since the jump to 6c was based on a
> misunderstanding, but it is better to be lucky (lead of AS when the
> lead of any other suit will beat the hand) than good.
>
> The more interesting question to me is, assuming that the double of 4s
> is for penalty, how many would double and how many bid 5c.
>
> Henrysun909
Thank you Henry for putting those hands together, since I can't thank
you for anything else:-)
Boris
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