Bridge

IMPs daylong robot tournament, this one cost be a fair few, third seat r/w

AKQT8
AQJ
92
Q72

1c - 1s - 1n - 2d (nmf) - 2n - 3n - end (opps silent throughout)

Where exactly did I underbid my hand hugely given half the people playing got to a relatively simple 6NT making?

With that good spade suit I would treat the hand as a 19 HCP hand. Thus I think it is worth a 4NT bid over 2NT which would invite 6NT.

But then again IMPs daylong tournament...

If you want to score well on an 8 board IMPs tournament you can't afford to miss any slam. I might just bid 6NT over 2NT given format.

Qxx of clubs is pretty huge here -- doesn't opener basically have to be 2335?

That is a good point. I’d also note that the ten of spades is huge as well, opposite partners doubleton.

This

This is a long shot, but would any 2+2 bridge-ers in the DC area be up for playing with me in the WBL sectional swiss teams this Sunday? My partner is sick and likely unavailable, so trying to find a fourth. You can email me at [email]danielfaldrich@gmail.com[/email].

Maybe the most egregious director call I have ever had

999er game

East and West have played a long time, but they are the bad intermediate ACBL older range who is never getting better

https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/c...

Auction goes

3S-X-4S-X-P

West "So you are going to make me bid"
East "No I'm not"

So I was also playing in the mentor/mentee game in the other room so I without looking at the hand said, "West pretend you didn't hear anything, and continue the auction like you didn't hear anything, N/S if you feel you were damaged call me back." But naturally west passes.

North/South doesn't call me back after the hand.

N/S and E/W were bottom two of the event so it didn't really matter...

So I look more closely at the hand after the game.

Man. If I had been called back...I think I give EW 5DX-3 and a procedural penalty. I almost wanted to give them one just for show.

Yes

Which makes everything happened afterward so much worse.

If you forced me to X 3S with the west hand, I would feel I would have to pull East's double of 4S

FMK elected to the ACBL bridge hall of fame

https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/t...

RIP

Justin FMK Lall memorial bump

It's 4 years ago already

RIP

So PBAL in the World Bridge Games in Argentina

http://db.worldbridge.org/Repository/tou...

On team Canada

Can't seem to navigate their site to find a link but board 14 of Hungary/Italy had quite a few imps

I would love to see the bidding for that board, but the site won't show it, despite telling how to do it.

I think it's on one of Pete's recap videos

I did VuGraph for the second set, USA vs Netherlands today. Great set of hands.

Anyone coming to Vegas? I’d like to meet some of the other poker/bridge players