Re: Missed winning a two-session money game by 0.04 MATCH point :-)


Reef Fish wrote:
> Just got back from Lost Wages (aka Las Vegas), having attended
> one day of "Bridge University" featuring speakers Fred Hamilton,
> Bernie Chasen, and Alan Sontag. Included in the one-day fee
> (a hotel suite, all meals, lectures, and playing session) was
> an evening session of "money bridge".
>
> Because there were only about 13 tables, an Individual Game was
> run, with each player playing with a different partner on each
> hand, using Standard American. The players range from non-LMs
> to LMs with four-digit master points.
>
> Needless to say, the level of the game is not exactly that of
> the Bermuda Bowl. :-) In the 1st session, thanks to a partner
> who opened 1st seat VUL vs NON with a suit head by a 9, and 6
> bad points outside ... if we scored average on that board, I
> would have been first, overall. That half a board dropped me
> to 4th.
>
> The next session was just as high variance and turkey shoot. :-)
> But there is ONE interesting hand in bid, play, and defense that
> I'll present here -- as the result of which, I lost first place
> in the two-session overall by 0.04 of one master point. I think
> that's the closest margin I had ever lost any two-session event
> (I DESERVED to lose, BTW). <G>
>
> I'll start with the bidding problem. The play and defense will
> be much more interesting (whatever the final contract is). Given
> the background you know what to expect, one unknown partner and
> two unknown opponents:
>
> Dealer W; Vul: BOTH
>
> W N E S (you)
>
> P P 1H X
> P 2C 2H ?
>
> Your hand: S AJ109 H KJ109 D KQ2 C AQ
>
> What do you bid?

Well the sanest(free shot alert) choices seem to be pass, double, 2NT,
and 3NT. For some reason I think 2NT describes this hand altho the
intermediates make it almost a 3NT bid. Pass is high probability of a
plus score but risks missing a game. Double tells partner we have
Gibraltar in our possession but do I just want to hear 3C. Not sure
what 3H would show but IMO not this.

>
> -- Bob.

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