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amusing yes, instructive, well, maybe
« on: December 21, 2020, 02:49:57 PM »
First, the auction (copy and paste the entire link):


https://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?lin=st||pn|kenberg,~Mwest,~Mnorth,~Meast|md|2S6HAK83DKQCAKJ853,,SKJ75HQ52DAJ84C97, |sv|b|rh||ah|Board%204|mb|P|mb|P|mb|P|mb|1C|an|Minor%20suit%20opening%20--%203+%20!C;%2011-21%20HCP;%2012-22%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|1S|an|One%20over%20one%20--%204+%20!S;%2011-%20HCP;%206-12%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|2H|an|Opener%20reverse%20--%205+%20!C;%204+%20!H;%203-%20!S;%2021-%20HCP;%2018-22%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|4N|an|Quantitative%20invite%20to%206NT%20--%2011-12%20HCP|mb|P|mb|6N|an|5+%20!C;%204+%20!H;%203-%20!S;%2021%20HCP;%2022%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|P|mb|P|pc|

Note that 4NT is a natural invit. I assume that this os because the bots play Leb over a reverse, so that if N wanted to launch rkc in hearts he could first bid 3H to set trump. If he could have set hearts (or clubs)  as trump but didn't, then 4NT is natural.


Should I accept? Well, maybe not. But I have a sixth club and a 20 count, that seems like extras, so I accepted.


Now I have to play it (The software shifts me to the N slot).


T1: !D 6,K34
T2: !C A, 2,7,Q

Uh huh. Well, not hopeless. Actually not at all hopeless.  I'll insert a few blanks spades before inserting the play at T3.










!C K.4,9,6

Clever little bot!
Q from Q6, not from stiff Q.
Play the card you are known to hold, or soon will be known to hold.
I am editing this in mid-March and can no longer recall whether his ploy worked.

« Last Edit: March 17, 2021, 03:04:22 PM by kenberg »
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