Neat story Jeff, thanks for sharing! Looks like you showed that us citizens were very appreciative of Justice Stevens service to our country.
I did not know that I was only two degrees of separation from a Supreme Court Justice!
Thank you Fred! I got a chance to play vs. you once in a Vanderbilt about 10 years ago(?), after the match I think I verbally told you how much I appreciate BBO, or at least I hope so.
I love watching Vugraph of nationals and world championships!
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Partner had ♠AQ ♥A3 ♦Q973 ♣AKJ85. On this hand, the winning contracts are 4♥ or 3NT. See Board #5 of http://thecommongame.com/NitePDF/190516NiteHandRecord.pdf for the entire layout.
Like 88/100 people so far, I chose to show my 5-5 game-only hand by bidding 3♥ and ...
There are a lot of incomplete brackets and some brackets that did not get the full 64 points for the Round of 64. Something is out of whack.
For now, a known manual workaround is to do what Michael and Alan suggests above.
Partner had xx A53 AKJx QJxx. Declarer was 6-6 in the majors with a stiff diamond. The winning defense was HQ to HA, heart ruff, diamond to the K, another heart ruff.
I unfortunately led a diamond and Declarer made 4H. Everybody on the poll did better than me on ...
Probably seemed like a boring problem, I thought a diamond lead was called for also. Survey has ♦T(25), ♦5(1), and ♠2(3). The layout is Board #8 at http://clubresults.acbl.org/Results/139386/2019/01/190124E.HTM.
On this hand, the ♥A lead is needed. Poll seems ...
Thanks all, got lots of replies to this post, some relevant and some on a tangent.
Declarer had ♠Jx ♥KQT9x ♦x ♣AKTxx and was cold after winning the ♠A, cashing ♣Q, and leading to her ♥T. Partner had ♠KQ9xx ♥A ♦AQxx ♣Jxx, won his ♥A, and then underled in spades ...
As of now there are 25 passers and 9 1NT bidders.
LHO opened light with ♠xx ♥KTx ♦KJxx ♣Axxx, RHO stole from us by bidding 1♠ with ♠JTxxx ♥Jxx ♦Txxx ♣x. The Opponents bid uncontested 1♦-1♠-1NT-2♣!-2♦ (2♣ is an invite or a diamond ...