Re: A Brilliant Play?

Sandy E. Barnes wrote:
> "Edward Mitchell" <EELMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:PpGdnRDF4sexoVneRVn-hw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I was playing in the Knockouts last week and we had these hands. I was
> > sitting south.
> >
> > AQTxxx
> > KJT8
> > Ax
> > x
> >
> > KJxxx
> > A632
> > Kx
> > A

> Playing against Barry Crane in a Sacramento Regional Swiss Teams (clearly
> some years back), my partner (Richard Meffley, of Fresno) made the same play
> against Barry with the same result. Barry was nobody's fool, but I was
> surprised to see him fall for that play. Barry simply may have judged
> Richard poorly since we met in an early round.

Or he could have been merely following his superstition, that the queen
was over the jack in the minors and under it in the majors. See
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/crane1.htm for a very funny story about
this.

-- Adam

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