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I didn't cash a single spade!

#1 User is offline   oryctolagi 

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Posted 2015-November-20, 05:41

Amusing hand, maybe this happens quite a lot:

Of course, as soon as I realised partner was void in spades, I bemoaned my ill-luck in not having South as declarer in no trumps! Nonetheless it worked out quite well, seeing as partner had a stack of clubs to run. Two down gave us almost a 'top' :) . And no-one who was left in spades made their contract...
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Posted 2015-November-20, 06:13

hehe cool, I think you're a bit strong for a 2s opening by the way :)
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Posted 2015-November-20, 08:15

Heh, weird things happen.

And agree that 2♠ is wimpy. 1♠ is ok in my book, or if preempting I would bid 4♠. But never 2♠.
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Posted 2015-November-20, 10:08

Is that so? I thought weak 2's were 6-9 points and a 6-card suit. OK this was a 7-card suit, and with distribution points to add on, I might have gone 1♠. Or 3♠.

Looking at the other tables, I note that three Wests opened 1♠, six opened 2♠, and seven opened 3♠. So the odds between the options are fairly even. Another curiosity about this hand, is that not one contract was made - every single one went down, whether by N-S or E-W. How often does that happen? :lol:
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Posted 2015-November-20, 10:29

Boards where the entire field goes down in a contract isn't that rare (more common than beating 3NT never taking a trick with the AKQ), but there is a variation of it where no-one can even make anything at the one level is very rare. Look up par zero deals if you're interested (where the optimal thing double dummy for both sides is just to pass the board out)
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Posted 2015-November-20, 17:05

View Postoryctolagi, on 2015-November-20, 10:08, said:

Is that so? I thought weak 2's were 6-9 points and a 6-card suit. OK this was a 7-card suit, and with distribution points to add on, I might have gone 1♠. Or 3♠.

Don't let whatever randoms at BBO do influence your criterium, opening 2♠ with 7 solid tricks is very bad. You open 2♠ with ♠KQJxxx, you can't have 2 trick difference on a preemptive opening.
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Posted 2015-November-22, 03:08

1♠ is as bad as 2♠, if not worse.

The fact that we all open with a good 9 hcp does not mean it is ok to open this 1♠. This is a perfect hand to preempt to your desired level.

AJTxxx x Axxx xx is a good example of opening 1♠ with 9. OP hand is not.
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Posted 2015-November-23, 00:47

Open 3♠ WTP? It is nicely preemptive.
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