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#1 User is offline   han 

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Posted 2008-May-01, 20:40

We just lost 1 IMP when the other table bid and made 3NT exactly. Ever happened to you?
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-May-01, 20:44

han, on May 1 2008, 09:40 PM, said:

We just lost 1 IMP when the other table bid and made 3NT exactly. Ever happened to you?

yes (and not talking about the one that just happened).
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Posted 2008-May-01, 20:48

OK I guess it was way more common than I realised.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-May-01, 21:00

IMP scores can sometimes be mind-boggling.

My favorite "win 1" was my when my partner played 4♣X, down one, NV, for -100, to win one against the +140 3♠ contract by our partners at the other table. Sounds boring, except that 4♣ was cold for 12 tricks unless the opponents made the lead that they made, where it now was cold for all 13 tricks.

My favorite push, undoubtedly repeated by many folks here, is -700 against +690.
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Posted 2008-May-01, 21:23

I went for 700 recently

Auction was something like:

1NT (11-14) - (3♣) - 4♦ (One under Texas, shows ♠)
4♠ (I want to declare) - 5♣ (Bid slam with a club control??)
6♠

-700, when trumps broke 6-2. Also a candidate for "worst trump suit I've ever played slam in": 6432 vs stiff 5. Partner had a little system forget :D

Partner's interpreation was something like:


1NT (11-14) - (3♣) - 4♦ (♥!)
4♠ (Must be kickback for ♥) - 5♣ (1 or 4)
6♠ (Crap!)
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Posted 2008-May-01, 22:49

Our auction was:

p - p - 1C - p
2C - Dbl - all pass.

2C was inverted all cards were onside. +580 for lose one.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-May-02, 02:00

1NTx +2 is 580 (V) or 380 (NV), so this is not uncommon...
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Posted 2008-May-02, 04:17

My favorite wash was during last years BB when someone passed a splinter. -600. The teammates bid and made a vulnerable 3NT.
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Posted 2008-May-02, 08:55

That shows the old rule "only pass a splinter when favorable" still holds.
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