How to play a NT-contract (5)
Chat log of Bridge Base Online session for xx1943 starting at: Tue Dec 05 07:53:26 2006
kino (Lobby): hi Al
hope: !H:)!H:)!H:)!H:)
->kino: hi Ann
->hope: hi Nada
->SillyBily: hi Billy
SillyBily: hi :))
mausie: hellOo Al :)) !H
->mausie: !H
xx1943: we start in 5 minutes brb need a coffee
hope: mausie and I would like to play
->hope: you are the first pair
Miksa->Kibitzers: hello, good morning etc... :)
xx1943: first pair to play Noi - Nada
kino: hi all
xx1943: good morning Mihailo
mausie->Kibitzers: hellOo all :)))
Miksa: fine, we can chat to the table :). I am sorry I am late, was not sleeping well (dreaming of setting opp's 3NT)
kino: lol
Miksa: :) and failed, of course :)
kino: we say chasing rainbows
Miksa: ha, good, will remember that
mausie->Kibitzers: singing=== I'mmmmmm always chasing rainbows...seeing clouds drifting bye === lol
mcpomlady: hallo ellen
xx1943: here we go
xx1943: #1
bilmanager (Lobby): => Club: !H!H!H!H!H!H!H!H!H!H
Good morning everybody.
xx1943 (al) just opened a teaching table in the BIL.
"How to play a NT-contract"
He prepared 8 nice hands for you to play.
!H!H!H!H!H!H!H!H!H!H
xx1943: hope you kids focused on declarer and na't see all the hands
aiyer: can i join pl.
->aiyer: after 2 hands
aiyer: ty
ellen22: guten Morgen!
xx1943: hi Renate
hope: I do not see righ play for this hand at all sorry
xx1943: nada please let me play
xx1943: the hand
xx1943: I prefer to lead small from KJ10xx
xx1943: 2S+2h+1d+2c=7
xx1943: you need 2 more tricks
xx1943: look at all these nice !C intermediates
xx1943: if WEST takes his Q and most people would, Ibet, you have 4 !C tricks
hope: and how do you get to dummy??
xx1943: now no trick is won, but you have an second entry to table
xx1943: and so on you got your additional tricks from !Ds
xx1943: difficult hand
xx1943: Nada pls take your seat
bwd1: please claim Al
bwd1: ty :)
xx1943: you'll find the movie later this day at my site
xx1943:
xx1943->Kibitzers: mausie is overbidding, what Nada is underbidding
moonlitnit: very well said !
hope: glMausie
KamalK (Lobby): hi Al
xx1943: Nada you should X 1!S
mausie: ty p
bwd1: take A?
hope: x is 4!H and something more:)
->bwd1: sure
gerd123: A!s in 1st trick
xx1943: I know from pds signal (low) he has 3
->gerd123: yep
xx1943: how to reach these lovely !Hs????????????????????????????????????
xx1943: mistake in trick #1
gerd123: A!s in 1st trick
xx1943: DONT be the "frugal housewife"
xx1943: bravo
xx1943: first establish !Hs
xx1943: then use your just created entry
xx1943: despearte try hoping pd has !CA
xx1943: desperate
mcpomlady: what if they don t take !sK ?
mcpomlady: ah ok
xx1943: same procedure
aiyer: what if u duck the 2nd !H
aiyer: what if u duck the 2nd !H
mausie->Club: lol..i was trying for 1 more trick
xx1943: if I hold up 2. heart mausie continues the suit
mausie: thx Al
xx1943: someone to play North now?
aiyer: she has doubleton
gerd123: hi all
->aiyer: she plays from table, establishes and has the !S entry
xx1943: 17 HCP ????????????
xx1943: 2!D shows 12-14 HCP
xx1943: bid a brave 3NT
xx1943: 3!D is conservative and ok
aiyer: she has only 1entry. how will she go back pl.
xx1943: 3Nt shows a long minor
->aiyer: she need only 1 entry, if !Hs are established
gerd123: gl p
xx1943: Lavintahl for !Hs
xx1943: !C8 is for !HK signal
ruby46: whai is Lavintahl?
cardpotato->Club: need 2 please
aiyer: sorry i dont understand. on a !S lead she plays 2!H and enter hand in !S and plays the 3rd !H to the A AND HOW WILL SHE GO TO THE HAND to play the !H pl.
xx1943: can someone look up the link for Lavinthal discard with BridgeGuys pls?
->aiyer: I#ll explain later
aiyer: ok ty
aiyer: i got it now ty
Miksa:
xx1943: ty Mihailo
xx1943: -3
Miksa: yw
ruby46: THX
hope:
xx1943: the contract was gambled, but after the lead you had a chance, if you assumed West has !SQ and EAST !DK
xx1943: not a good contract, but I won many of such things
gerd123: K!s on A!s in 1st?
xx1943: it is the first trick, which is decisive once more
->gerd123: yep
xx1943: nope
gerd123: they are too weak players for this kind of thinking Al
->lwhite2: please let me in
lwhite2: ok how?
->lwhite2: free your seat for the moment pls
SillyBily: K goes on Ace
xx1943: the only hope
Miksa: great, I haven't seen this
lwhite2->Club: ok
xx1943->Club: sry I crashed the table
talla888 (Lobby): TY - was great to watch great player ...
xx1943: #4 is coming
->talla888: wc
lwhite2: great to let the king fall on the ace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xx1943->Kibitzers: Cappaletti 2!H is a possibility, but I'M lacking the intermediates in !C
xx1943: 2NT is 8-9 HCP
xx1943: just bid 3NT
hope->Club: AL y coming back
->isabable: hi Kerri ty for your christmas card
isabable: hi al
xx1943: good not to hold up,you are afraid of a !S switch
xx1943: clap clap clap
bwd1: bravo
gerd123: thx
xx1943: but If West had Q singleton you were down
Miksa: Tomek did it excellent, again :)
gerd123: yes
bethmarea->Club: 1 needed @cardpotato
xx1943: the safety play here is 1) the K and 2) small against Jx that caters for all 4/1 situations
xx1943: ok wd Tomek #5
xx1943: South please let another player in
->lwhite2: pls free your seat
gerd123: gl p
xx1943: first trick again
xx1943: You know for sure West has )x in !Hs
xx1943: 9x
xx1943: LOL
xx1943: now East is the dangerous opponent with all his !hs
xx1943: correct finessed against East
xx1943: but alas !Cs are 4/1
xx1943: you are 1 trick short
ellen22: hmm
xx1943: how can you manage to guard agaisnt Qxxx with EAST? and finesse twice?
ellen22: as I know the lady in !C is on east, I find myself hopeless
hope: have two entries
xx1943: is rite, take the Q
xx1943: !Cs are high
xx1943: nope !S3 is high you performed a simple squeeze against WEST
xx1943: count count count lol
ellen22: !!!!
xx1943: nice isn't it?
lwhite2: wow
ellen22: good feeling lol
bwd1: Thank you v much Al must dash ..late for Mancester :))
Miksa: does someone has good tips on how to count well (make tracks etc)?
xx1943: that is not the strength for 3!C3!C shows 17+HCP, very good clubs
ellen22: ja, was so overwhelmed by long ones
xx1943->Kibitzers: did you ever hear pd open holding 25HCp and 12 playing tricks?
xx1943: btw this was RKCB on basis of !CS
xx1943: !Cs are confirmed by interference
xx1943->Kibitzers: I put in this hand for joke only. I like it so
GuybrushT->Kibitzers: killing lead
xx1943: nasty lead
xx1943: I'm a nasty boy lol
Miksa: :)
ellen22: didn't know that before, Al...
gerd123: lol no chances
Miksa: and nasty hands dealer
xx1943: you have a sure way against any distribution
hope: 7!C makes:(
xx1943: 7NT too
isabable: i see it disc the akq c
ellen22: yes, why not !C?
lwhite2: more points
Miksa: wow!!!!!
ellen22: my goodness, just great!!
khalid1968->Club: excellent
gerd123->Club: lol
xx1943: clap clap clap Tomek
Miksa: brilliant! I am so glad for seeing this live!
mausie->Kibitzers: this is a 2die for hand :)
gerd123: thx all
xx1943: you executed a quadruple jettison
xx1943: look up jettison with BridgeGuys
ellen22: must turn on a new light in my brain
Miksa:
xx1943: please take a picture of that Renate
Miksa:
xx1943: lats 2 hands
xx1943: last 2
jkj: Dec 4 SAVE GREAT Discaeding
gerd123: may i let to sit another player?
gerd123: gl Renate and thx
xx1943: if someone wants to play the last hand, ask Tomek to free his seat
ellen22: dz
xx1943: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
ellen22: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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xx1943: 33 is only 35%
xx1943: the distribution was bad, but
xx1943: let me take your seat Ellen
xx1943: ty
ellen22: thankyou
xx1943: normally take first trick in the short hand and I planned to duck the first !D around
xx1943: but grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
xx1943: now count:
xx1943: 1S+2H(duplication of values gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)
xx1943: +2D+1C=6
xx1943: you need 3 more tricks
xx1943: only source is !C
xx1943: you'll make 4 tricks if they are 33
xx1943: you cannot make if EAST has Kxxx, bexuase you lack all the ice intermediates
xx1943: but besides 33 you win, if West has Kx
xx1943: and he is helpless
xx1943: you know he has the K from the first round, so hope to catchbthe K on the second
ellen22: how do I know??
ellen22: aah, ja, east didn't
xx1943: similar situation is when you hold Q5432 - K76. The only hope to lose only 1 trick is to find one opponent holding Ax
xx1943: which one is another question.
xx1943: You must play small against one of the honours and play low from both hands in the second round
xx1943: there are many situations where you must hope or guard for doubleton honours
xx1943: Another example is: AJ10x - Qxx and you need 4 tricks
xx1943: 1) play low to the 10 2) come back 3) low to the J ...
xx1943: ok last hand for today
xx1943: whoplays?
lwhite2: tks
->lwhite2: 3NT
xx1943: 3!D is weak and can be passed
gerd123: lol
lwhite2: tks
xx1943->Kibitzers: 8 looks never like 4th-best therfore I make a lie with the 7
xx1943: I must leave very fast after this hand
xx1943: I#ll post the hands later on my site
Miksa: ok, thanks, Al
kino: ty Al..bye dinner time here
lwhite2: tks
Miksa: Bravo!
xx1943: clap clap clap
gerd123: thx all thx Al for great lesson as always
xx1943: Tomek, please tell us, why didn'T you finesse the !D
Miksa: please claim
bankasor: thanks for lesson
gerd123: because i worried that W will lead !s
hope: !H:)!H:) Thank you all and all Very nice and instructive as usual !H:)!H:)!H
hope: THANKS Al clap clap
xx1943: WHY did you refuse the finesse, was that the "Coup de giraffe"???
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gerd123: only W was dangerous for my 3nt
xx1943: yes you are afrid WEst leading !S if the finesse is on you are home anyway and you ook the extra chance that WEST had QX
nzakosek: giraffe?
nzakosek: lol
xx1943: You know what "Coup de giraffe" means? no? Looking in opps cards LOL
xx1943: Bye
gerd123: bye
hope: !H:)!H:)!H:)!H:)
lwhite2: greattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
Miksa: bye
Campus61: tks Al this great the way you teach this
xx1943: What is the english word for 2Giraffe"?
nzakosek: need long neck
boeh: thanks
onoway: thank you Al great :-)) I liked the "special" hand was fun
xx1943: it is giraffe
xx1943: by all