A beautiful set, Ken! NOT fair to sneak in that LEAVE-IN of the support double, though, without giving us some of your poetry on this subject. STAY STRONG, though! Last month Todd was the only one to even sniff at the 4S double-jump cue bid as exclusion RKC [which scored 100 with an overwhelming 3-24 plurality :D \] ....and i see a little upthread that he alone of all of us appears to have considered the leave-in.
A good omen. I predict a lock on the honor roll for ya.
PROBLEM C: 1 !S. We have the values for game, so the kneejerk 3NT seems reasonable. But I would like to know more about who has what. Though non-forcing, this “temporizing” bid is the only way to get the information I need to make a more informed decision.
H: I said DT, but now I think maybe a small !C
I am sad nobody saw the glass half-full or more on the responsive double deal. on the downside, we are aceless, and the club jack can hardly be 'an eleventh point'. I guess those two items plus the known 4-3 fit have made all of us gutless. Probably the panel will go the low road also, but if we are wrong and a big bid wins the voe, I will salute any one of us that joined that paradeKnR on it is 9.05.
NAME | BW-SCORE | RANK | MPs |
KenBerg | 790 | 1 | 30 |
Masse24 | 750 | 2 | 25 |
YleeXotee | 750 | 2 | 25 |
CCR3 | 730 | 4 | 20 |
BTW, Duffer66 just missed the honor roll with a 720. Also participating this month were: BabsG, BluBayou, DrAcula, Duffer66, Hoki, JCreech, Peuco, VeredK. Congratulations to all! |
Boo-hoo. Jim covered everything that any solver could have thought of along with supporting comments from panelists and us. There's almost nothing left to bring to the after-party :( .
HOWEVER....The decent score for leaving in the support double on problem G does set my hair on fire. Like..where is it written that south can EXPECT a balanced hand for that bid? .....<more soon>...
HOWEVER....The decent score for leaving in the support double on problem G does set my hair on fire. Like..where is it written that south can EXPECT a balanced hand for that bid? .....<more soon>...