Started out in the NYC area, moved to DC burbs in 1990. Enjoy the challenge of playing different systems with different partners though getting old and forgetting sucks! I am a bidding problem junkie (MSC, It's Your Call, etc.) though I sometimes realize my action at the table and the action I choose for the contest aren't necessarily the same!
I enjoy tournaments and play in them more than in club games. Go to occasional nationals and hope to do more of those in the future.
Did manage my highest ever finish in an open National event by coming in 2nd in the Fast Pairs at the 2018 Spring tournament in Philadelphia.
Read more »In a team match, you find yourself in 3NT instead of the much-preferred 4♥ (the less said about the auction that got you to 3NT, the better). No opposing bidding, competent opponents. You get the lead of the ♠4 (4th best), plan the play. Without using Deep Finesse or other similar software, and ignoring the "obvious" possibilities of either opponent having a stiff ♥A or ♣K, specify what layout(s), if any, would give you (at least) 9 tricks against best defense and be specific about your line of play for them.
