Bridge Winners comments by Christopher Monsour

Christopher Monsour

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I don't understand. Getting rid of the WBF would be relatively easy. But it's hard to see how a new world organization could credibly exclude Poland, any more than a world baseball organization could credibly exclude Japan.

Oct. 26, 2015

will you bid over supper accept with these cards?

Christopher Monsour

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I guess your planet has hippogriffs and they rank between hearts and spades….

Oct. 25, 2015

Grade this bid.

Christopher Monsour

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I think the meaning will be clear to partner. Unfortunately, it may well also be clear to partner that he'd rather be defending.

Oct. 25, 2015

will you bid over supper accept with these cards?

Christopher Monsour

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Why does she have a heart control? She can't safely cue that suit because it wrong-sides the game.

Oct. 25, 2015

Ruffing with honor

Christopher Monsour

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*If* I want partner to know, I play the lower. But usually I want declarer not to know, so random.

Oct. 25, 2015

Is it time for ACBL Amateur NABC Championship?

Christopher Monsour

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Linda, if you want an event with no flight A players, that isn't an amateur event, but the good news is it already exists….the Red Ribbon Pairs.

Oct. 25, 2015

will you bid over supper accept with these cards?

Christopher Monsour

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If responder called ♦QJx second round control, how will opener be maing a fully-informed decision?

Oct. 25, 2015

will you bid over supper accept with these cards?

Christopher Monsour

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Moved comment to right location

Oct. 25, 2015

weirdest Conventions and Treatments

Christopher Monsour

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Perhaps the most anachronistic convention I have ever played is Kickback DI.

Oct. 25, 2015

weirdest Conventions and Treatments

Christopher Monsour

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Even worse are conventional 3NT responses to 2NT, where you have to respond with 3♠ if you want to play 3NT and have no major. Even if no one ever has a system forget, it's interesting how they so often lead hearts from weak hands when 3♠ isn't doubled.

Oct. 25, 2015

weirdest Conventions and Treatments

Christopher Monsour

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Well, it's “Precision” spelled backwards, but it sounds more like a compromise between Precision and Romex….

Oct. 25, 2015

Best line in slam?

Christopher Monsour

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Yes, I had a bad formula in my spreadsheet. Fixed that now and can confirm your numbers are right.

I assume you meant to type “is dropping” at the end of your post. (If the ♥Q drops it doesn't matter where the ♠10 is.)

Oct. 25, 2015

will you bid over supper accept with these cards?

Christopher Monsour

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Not if he's an amateur… (or did you mean “super”?)

Oct. 25, 2015

Best line in slam?

Christopher Monsour

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I had accidentally used 10/17 instead of 9/15 previously, forgetting when analyzing line 2 what I had taken into account in analyzing line 1…namely that spades are not 3-0. (And, for what it's worth, that the ♠10 was not singleton…though I don't think that matters in this case, such things often do matter.)

Oct. 25, 2015

Best line in slam?

Christopher Monsour

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If diamonds are known to be 6=3, the ruffing line is 0.641, not 0.659. We both miscalculated the finessing line, which is 0.604 when diamonds are 6=3. (Precisely 0.6 for the queen to be onside…9/15 after all…plus 0.004 for dropping the stiff queen offside.) You are right that the finessing line is 0.505 in a vacuum.

Oct. 25, 2015

Rules question: Can you open this 2!C strong?

Christopher Monsour

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If you're really not allowed to open a strong 2♣ with this in the ACBL, then the ACBL needs to stop prohibiting my opponents from doing dumb things.

Oct. 25, 2015

Franck Guerrero's bidding problem: T QJT964 654 K72

Christopher Monsour

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Half my HCP are not working. Whatever little partner was hoping from me to make 12 tricks, I likely don't have it.

Oct. 25, 2015

Neil Silverman's bidding problem: A83 Q AKJ765 A9x

Christopher Monsour

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I voted for 3♦ but this is close enough to a 3NT bid that I am surprised it is 9-0 in favor of 3♦ at this point.

Oct. 25, 2015

Leo Lasota's bidding problem: Q82 Q965 753 QJ6

Christopher Monsour

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If partner has a strong 4306, I would expect him to bid (something, anything) rather than double 3♦.

Oct. 25, 2015

Howard Sandler's bidding problem: A73 KQT93 Q42 T3

Christopher Monsour

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With all due respect, Gregory, I expect a partner competent enough to understand that if he needs such a specific hand for a takeout double that I can practically call out his cards, then that double can't be for takeout (on frequency grounds).

Oct. 25, 2015

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