NAME | BW-SCORE | RANK | MPs |
JCreech | 700 | 1 | 30 |
Masse24 | 690 | 2 | 25 |
Peuco | 680 | 3 | 20 |
WackoJack | 680 | 3 | 20 |
CCR3 | 680 | 3 | 20 |
Also participating this month were: BabsG, BluBayou, KenBerg, VeredK, YleeXotee. Congratulations to all! |
SOUTH | WEST | NORTH | EAST |
--- | --- | Pass | Pass |
1 !H | 3 !S | Dbl | Pass |
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RE: the problem C hint (and a handful of others similarly)...I wish they would say "not forcing beyond 2 of opener's opening suit" or something like that. That's what these hints MEAN, but it isn't what they SOUND LIKE :) Does anyone other than me get off the target after reading one of these style of footnotes?
Now, onto problem D: i read ALL the comments in support of the "whatever-it-means" double and was really unimpressed. Most of them are really 5 spade bidders, "out there picking daisies" Maybe I will pull a bunch of quotes when vacation starts to support this grumble. And while I'm at it i really object to director Kokish statemen that a "co-operative Takeout double" her denies three spades!!!! Frankly, even as Sammy K voted to double, i say "amen" to his closing words "whatever co-operative takeout means" ;D
Finally we come to the problem for which some several people other than me should have typed something indisputable in boldface..CAPS..OVERSIZED FONT...This rant applies only to the folks pondering a 4D versus a 5Drebid: IMAGINE THAT INSTEAD OF 17 POINTS SHAPED 1=5=3=4 INCLUDING KJxx IN CLUBS, YOU HAD ONLY 12 OR 13.... LIKE X AKJxx, xxx,KJxx ! How would you feel if your partner felt the Coyotee-rule were in effect, huhh? I say those considering 4C rebid after 1 !H , (3 !S ), double, (pass); ___? as "stronger than five clubs" cannot bid 4 clubs here which is absolutely nuts. (And Coyote-Joe agrees with this, somewhat regretfully--look it up upthread) I am not proud of my choice of 3NT, and like all of us, am totally stunned that half the experts went for 4 !H but it is mandatory to stomp on the idea many discussed that 4 !C is forward-going -- too easy frankly