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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2021 January - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: December 10, 2020, 06:19:50 PM »
Nice one Blu, arcu and pat!

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2021 January - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: December 09, 2020, 11:47:59 PM »
I went 5H on the first problem. I decided 6h was too one sided, not letting my p really show what he has.

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2021 January - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: December 09, 2020, 11:43:49 PM »
My thoughts so far:
A 6H - and hoping its partner that is void in spade and not the op

I'm trying to allow my better angels to win me over and not go to 6H. I hate to make a bid I might make with zero points if all I had is hearts. I would be more comfortable with 5H if I truly knew if that meant I had something. Maybe if going low is 5c or 5d ,then 5H is ok.....I'm not going to know what I'm submitting until I do it. 5h or 6h
B 1S - Starting there, don't feel comfortable reversing with this, although my gut says that's the way the panel will call it. so considering 1h

Someone quoted a BWS item that makes my 1S the correct system bid. However, I suspect the panel will do their own thing and 1h. I'm sticking with 1s
C 2H - What else?
D 3S - BUT, can someone confirm that in BWS they would bypass 4 spades and bid 2 clubs to show the GF hand?

going low with 3s, and allowing for our possible 8 card spade fit, or at least half stopper showing so we can get to 3nt. we are in GF so I don't have to decide our strain yet
E 6S - not enough methods for anything else. will p take 6D as pick your major slam, I'm not sure.
F 2S WJS or 1nt (forcing for 2h followup). I think I am going 1nt forcing.
going 1nt, because that's what I would do in real life. but I strongly suspect system and panel will go 1s
G 10H - This one is fun, I first wrote down the 10 of hearts, but I can also see that we might set this hand if p has king of diamonds. so maybe its 10 of diamonds, but I haven't worked out yet if that works for op having AQ of diamonds. think I don't have enough time to set up the diamond. At the table, I would play 10 of hearts, I know in real life I wouldn't have the focus to figure out how the diamonds would play out in tempo.
F 10 of S



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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2021 January - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: December 09, 2020, 06:43:08 PM »
Can anyone confirm that BWS uses the 1nt FORCING, then 2h bid as way to show low point fit hand?  I am wondering if they are only semi forcing

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2021 January - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: December 01, 2020, 05:59:18 PM »
My thoughts so far:
A 6H - and hoping its partner that is void in spade and not the op
B 1S - Starting there, don't feel comfortable reversing with this, although my gut says that's the way the panel will call it. so considering 1h
C 2H - What else?
D 3S - BUT, can someone confirm that in BWS they would bypass 4 spades and bid 2 clubs to show the GF hand?
E 6S - not enough methods for anything else. will p take 6D as pick your major slam, I'm not sure.
F 2S WJS or 1nt (forcing for 2h followup). I think I am going 1nt forcing.
G 10H - This one is fun, I first wrote down the 10 of hearts, but I can also see that we might set this hand if p has king of diamonds. so maybe its 10 of diamonds, but I haven't worked out yet if that works for op having AQ of diamonds. think I don't have enough time to set up the diamond. At the table, I would play 10 of hearts, I know in real life I wouldn't have the focus to figure out how the diamonds would play out in tempo.
F 10 of S

(and yes, I see that Blu and I appear to be playing different hands!)

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 November - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: October 23, 2020, 02:20:55 AM »
I claim that I would have bid 3s, getting to the level of the trump (thinking they wont let us play 2s anyway). I believe that makes my score a 690, but I see that it is a 100 score so that seems pretty self serving!  How about I get 50 an average score?

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 November - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: October 10, 2020, 08:30:45 PM »
I forgot to submit! missed it.

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 November - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: September 26, 2020, 06:04:18 PM »
I had a chance to look at these ahead of my usual last second answering. Here are my current thoughts on these:


A. 2nt - Considering pass also. spade and a club stopper, hopefully p isn't counting on my diamond stopper too much.
B. 3H - this is trying to avoid too much of a disaster
C. 2S - I just need something forcing, and I don't mind if this is interpreted as club support. I will likely end up bidding m diamonds again but we basically a Game going hand, possibly in a 5-4 club fit.
D. 6S -This is a problem hand as I feel I need some agreement or system help to really explore. I'm not giving up this 1 loser hand for less than slam when p is showing something more than a minimum.
E. 4H - 3H might be the right bid, but I would be too disappointed not to be in game.
F. This is a problem hand for me as I don't know what 2S is. Is it a transfer to clubs, is it to play like a lebensohl but over 2c interference instead of systems on. why would p trans to club. I think I need some BWS info here.
G. 2nt - I've already denied a 4 card major so hopefully p won't make that mistake, I'm considering bumping this to 3nt.
H. 4S - not much appeals to me at this time.

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 October - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: September 10, 2020, 06:40:36 AM »
Not enough time to think about these as its approaching midnight. As usual, I bid them like I'm at the table - trying not to analyze beyond what I would do in real life when playing.
A. 3D - I don't usually go low, but I don't favor my chances of finding partner with 5 straight tricks to make 3nt.
B. 4H - Moysian and staying away from 5 level games
C. 2C - Its technically a GF hand and I should take the hint of 3C invitational, but I'm not going to pretend I didn't see that Intermediate jump shifts are on.
D. (c) 3nt against trying to keep us from going to 5D when 3nt is the right choice
E. 2S. not enough to pass, doesn't meet rule of 9
F. 6D I wouldn't clearly know all the meanings of other possible cue bidding or what not to find a slightly better 6nt.
G. X  !, I know that this is what I would do at the table. I suspect this won't be a popular answer.
H. Q of clubs. tried to talk myself into the King of H to get count from p, but they won't have any trump so it wouldn't matter.

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 October - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: August 17, 2020, 09:05:29 PM »
Todd, where are our 3 and 6 month rolling averages for the challenge!

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 October - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: August 17, 2020, 09:04:57 PM »
You all weren't joking about those tough hands. I'm going to think about these for once, though I doubt that will help.

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 SEPTEMBER - MASTER SOLVER'S CLUB
« on: August 17, 2020, 08:26:33 PM »
Nice Jim! I hadn't noticed the scores were up. I believe my bids were all the 1st or 2nd choice of the participants, and yet I was relegated to the bottom of the heap with a 680!

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 SEPTEMBER - MASTER SOLVER'S CLUB
« on: August 10, 2020, 05:33:21 AM »
Thanks for the last second reminder, Todd. and in a panic, I choose the following bids (and really wouldn't this be just like the table in BBO when I rush back from a snack break):
A: 3nt -  If I ask if he has a heart stopper with 3H, and partner doesn't have one, he will bid the dreaded 4 of a minor,which would be death. And when the hand comes down my p will throw their cards at me since I'm the one with the heart stopper.
B: 2nt - X could be right since p has likely spades and we are going to be in a crummy contract, but its too late. I submitted already
C: X - What else? show my spade holding
D: 2nt - hoping to right side this, if p has the min, she can pass and we will get the dreaded spade lead. NO TRUMP is the theme of the contest this week!
E: 4H - I had a hard time with this one. I first wanted 3h, but I can't imagine bidding that with 10 pts when I would bid it with zero. 3d, same issue. I'll take my chances
F: 2nt - I'll take the BWS hint given - but honestly, where else am I going to land but 6H, so....
G: 2nt - because I want to be consistent with my other bids! I have made a 2H bid on this hand in real life, and it hasn't led to very good results, as we tend not to find the right strain. I have tried 2H in this contest, and it also has scored poorly. AND yet, it calls to me. but I'm going to resist, showing my well known discipline at the table and try 2nt.
H: Spades are out, I don't do doubleton leads with no trump control, although this is not likely to be the opps side suit, so maybe there is less danger here
     3h is out, likely to finesse p if she has any heart honors. I would hit my own hand with a ruler if I led from AQ, so....a club lead it is. I think BWS is 2nd best. so 6C
H:6C

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 SEPTEMBER - MASTER SOLVER'S CLUB
« on: July 19, 2020, 05:45:36 PM »
I just have a complaint!  Why am I working on September MSC and I'm not really finished with the month of July yet!  Hello MSC, time to catch up with the digital age of publishing.

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 August - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: July 07, 2020, 05:26:13 PM »
A. Pass
B. 2H - My first thought, its a bit ambiguous but I won't make a bid that could be construed as zero points like 1s,2c,2d). I have a half stopper so if p does too, this even leaves 3nt in the game.
C.  2c inv minor - this is the kind of hand that IM solves our problems
D. 4S - aggressive bidding pays off in this competition
E. 2S !  Todd will hate this, I'm faking the reverse. This has worked for me, and its not worked for me on occasion. Ce la Bridge. However, I'm not bidding 2nt off shape and with a major wide open. 3C feels like an underbid. This is likely wrong because I have a hole here in my ranges for reverses, and jump raises of my own suit etc.
F. Very difficult for me because I think BWS is differing from my understandings. Wishing I bid 2nt in the first place. 1nt and 2nt now seem to imply spade stoppers and they will wrong side NT when p has one, so those are out for me. 1s doesn't make sense to me unless pard has exactly 4441 hand that I'm fishing for - so p bids 1nt over my 1s and s/he is baffled why I didnt bid 1nt and is thinking maybe I was trying to do 4th suit forcing. Plus I will probably bid 2c over 1nt, so why don't I do it now. Anwer, my hand is too good for that...So, 3C for me. my hand rates a little better than its 11HCP. and if p does indeed have a spade stopper we might be on for 3nt. aggressive bidding wins out in this competition again for me. 3C
G.  3C
H. Kh - I hate these leads that seem obvious. it means its not the ideal. I feel it's like we have the ace of hearts, so what other trick can we set up. this might make JC a better score. but I'm going to stick with the obvious (and how the heck is 6D 2nd round heart control)

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