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From:  (martino@courier6.aero.org(Nick Martino))
Subject: Re: Striped-tail doubles
Followup-To: rec.games.bridge
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:12:09 GMT

In article <9211111532.aa27705@Paris.ics.uci.edu>,
kibler@turing.ICS.UCI.EDU (Dennis Kibler) wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> As dealer you pick up  Axx,AQ10x,xx,Qxxx and open 1 club.
> The bidding goes:
> 
> 
>   1c   1nt  2s   3d*    Alert transfer to hearts
>   p    3h   p    3nt
>   X**  p    p    4d
>   p    p    p
> 
> 
> ** I believed 3nt as asking for a choice between 3nt and 4hearts
> and felt I could beat either contract.
>     Not - 3nt makes with an overtrick as 1nt bidder held KJXX of hearts.
> 
> Does the double call for any particular suit to be lead?

Yes, a spade.  Ewen's book on opening leads deals with lead-directing
penalty doubles. 

As an aside, there's something strange about the opponents' bidding?  Isn't
KJxx enough to prefer 4H to either 3NTx or 4D.  Sounds like another
questionable alert.  If asked what the alert meant, did LHO reply "transfer
to Hearts" or did he say "according to our agreements, it's a transfer but
it hasn't come up in three years so your guess is good as mine"?  
            
 
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Subject: A spectacular hand from the Israeli Round Robin Team Championship
From: avir@chen.bgu.ac.il (Avi Roy Shapira)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 03:10:39 GMT
Organization: Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

Here are a few problem hands from round 6 of the Israeli team championship.
All hands are Imps, and the opponnents are fairly strong players.

You are South.

 N dealer all red.
   p 2H ?
   AKT9xxx, -, AQx, AQx

   What do you call, and how do you plan the rest of the auction?.

Avi





Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
From: ttllarsa@eua.ericsson.se (Lars Andersson)
Subject: Jehoudi, a weird system
Reply-To: ttllarsa@eua.ericsson.se
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:50:24 GMT

I`d like to post a short summary of Jehoudi, a HUM system played in Sweden.
This is the system that was used in one of my earlier posts about laws.

Opening bids Non vulnerable;
----------------------------

Pass = 14+ hcp (not 14 BAL)

1C =   8-13 hcp, 0-4 S, 3-5 H, 12-14 if BAL, possibly 4S and 6H

1D =   0-7 hcp

1H =   8-13 hcp, 0-2 or 6+ H (not 4S 6H)

1S =   8-13 hcp, 5+S (!)

1N =   9-11 hcp, BAL, not 4S

2C =   a. 8-13 hcp, 5+C, not 3+MAJ (possibly 3S)
       b. 0-7 hcp, 5+H

2D =   a. 8-13 hcp, 5+D, not 3+MAJ (possibly 3S)
       b. 0-7 hcp, 5+S

2H =   a. 8-13 hcp, 55+ in hearts and clubs
       b. 8-13 hcp, 4S and 6+D

2S =   a. 8-13 hcp, 55+ in hearts and diamonds
       b. 8-13 hcp, 4S and 6+C

2N =   8-13 hcp, 55+ in the minors

3C =   Weak preempt in a minor

3D =   Weak preempt in a major

Opening Bids Vulnerable
-----------------------
Pass = 0-10

1D   = 18+

All other bids as above but strength is 10-17 hcp.

There are no natural responses to any opening bid below 3D...


Well, do you think this would be allowed in the ACBL?

--lars


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From: altus@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steve Altus)
Subject: Re: A question of Tactics
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 21:59:29 GMT

In article <6233@tivoli.UUCP> taylor@foraker.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Eric Taylor) writes:
>In article <83916@ut-emx.uucp>, shamrake@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Danil Suits) writes:
>|> You hold:
>|> 
>|> K98xxxx
>|> AKQxx
>|> --
>|> x
>|> 
>|> You    RHO     Pard   LHO
>|> 1S     P       2S     X
>|> ??
>|> 
>|> How do you plan the rest of the auction?
>|> 
>|> More specifically, if you plan to shoot out 6S,
>|> is there a good way to encourage a diamond lead?
>
>
>Exactly who are you playing against?
>I thinks it makes a difference.


on your right is the infamous steve altus, and on your
left is his leggy blonde girlfriend who YOU (the 1S 
opener/danil) often play with.


--steve altus
From: grabiner@math.harvard.edu (David Grabiner)
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
Subject: Don't bid this slam
Date: 18 Nov 92 18:51:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: germain.GRABINER.92Nov18134925
Organization: /etc/organization


North dealer, N-S vulnerable, IMPs.

AKQ52
4
A95
T765

7
Q73
KQJT843
KQ

We were playing K-S, and our auction was not a success:

N   S
1S  2D
2S  3H
4D  4NT
5H  6D

Obviously, I shouldn't have bid 4NT as South; how should the bidding
go, given that we weren't playing kickback?

(The 6D contract did make; West led a club to East's ace, East returned
a club, and all three hearts went away when spades broke 4-3.)

--
David Grabiner, grabiner@zariski.harvard.edu
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"Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again."
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From: geppo@spot.wustl.edu (Giuseppe Bianchi)
Subject: Re: IMP play problem
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:58:03 GMT

In article <1ecidtINNhgo@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> doug@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Douglas Newlands) writes:
>:>North:K x x
>:>	Q x
>:>	A K Q x x x
>:>	10 x
>:>
>:>South:A Q J x
>:>	A x x
>:>	x
>:>	A x x x x
>:>	
>:>Opening lead 10 of diamonds (not journalist)
>
>: [line based on small diamond ruffed and heart to the Q]
>
>This seems unnecessary, why not lead the QH at trick 2 and duck. You will be
>able to ruff a heart when they are 4-4 or 5-3 and half the 6-2 which is about
>88%. Then you also need trumps 3-3 or 4-2 which is about 84% making a total of
>74%. You may also need to exert a little care with diamonds but if the JD
>doesn't fall a trick 1 this is simple.
>
>doug.

I don't see ten tricks with this line: HA, heart ruff, 4 spades, 2 diamonds
(I suppose that after the heart ruff you cash the DK) and the CA makes a 
total of 9.

In order to get the tenth trick you must find clubs 3-3 or *a priori*
decide for diamonds 3-3 (that seem unlikely), or for a defensive error
that gives you the entrance in dummy for cashing the third diamond honor,
and this reduces by much the chances of this line.

Furthermore you need to play this line very carefully in order to avoid the
danger of going out of controls of the trumps. Suppose infact this play:
lead D->A, HQ ducked and, say, diamond return. Now if you play H->A,
H ruff and two round of spades you can lose also with a 3-3 club and spades
split (small club, heart return ruffed with the last trump, CA and clubs
and you are down if the opponent with 5H takes the third club trick).

Also considering alternatives to the previous line, I don't see immediately a 
reasonable satisfactory line of play based on heart (and/or club) ruffing.

Giuseppe.
From: adam@irvine.com (Adam Beneschan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
Subject: Re: bidding question
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:31:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: irvine.BxtKoH.Dxw
Organization: Irvine Compiler Corp., Irvine, California, USA

In article <1e6gnlINNnh7@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> doug@cm.deakin.OZ.AU 
(Douglas Newlands) writes:

> Playing 2/1:
>      
>      QJ2       KT73               W        E
>      AKJ5      T6                1D        1S
>      A985      J                 2N        3C
>      AT        KQ9874            3S        3N
>
> . . . how should I continue here. Bid more clubs? How does partner
> know my clubs are longer?  Why should 4C not be a cue since we might
> have agreed spades?
>

4C shouldn't be a cue bid since you haven't agreed on a suit
(partner's delayed raise of spades does not set the trump suit).  A 4H
bid in this sequence (on a different hand, naturally) might be a
cue-bid, since you haven't bid hearts before.  In this case, though,
4C should just be showing a long club suit.

                                -- Adam
From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson)
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
Subject: Re: Which inference is better, WAS - "finesse or play for the drop"
Date: 17 Nov 92 22:13:21 GMT
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates

In article <1992Nov17.175850.18797@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> reha@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (reha.gur) writes:
...
>
>Easley also analyzed lots of computer and hand dealt deals and
>his conclusions are worth paying attention to. He concluded that you should
>play for the finesse on hand dealt hands when you have no other information and
>that on computer dealt hands you should do whatever was right. This is from
>the the book "Expert Bridge" by Milt Steinberg(sp?).

The analysis so far assumes that the phrase "the finesse" is well-defined.
Usually, you hold both the jack and the ten, so there is a two-way finesse.
Now, you have to first decide whether to play for the drop, and if not,
then you have to decide which way to finesse.

What do the experts say about this?

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From: altus@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steve Altus)
Subject: Re: Problems from Portland
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 00:04:42 GMT

In article <32651@olympus.wustl.edu> geppo@dworkin.wustl.edu (Giuseppe Bianchi) writes:
>
>In article <1992Nov17.213628.11446@leland.Stanford.EDU> altus@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steve Altus) writes:
>>More than one person has written something to the effect of:
>>>>> 1. None vul. East dealer. You are West: AJ9542, T, Q7, AT32
>>>>>
>>>I would have opened 2S and avoided much of this mess.
>>>
>>
>>you people are all either the worst bunch of result merchants i've
>>ever seen or the worst bunch of bidders i've ever seen.  hell, the
>>ACBL Club Series tells people who haven't played a hand in their
>>life to open this hand ONE spade!  i mean, if you want to play in
>>2S cold for six clubs, i suppose that's your right...
>
>Those are the observation of one of the worst bidder you've (n)ever seen
>(I don't say result merchant because results are not known in this
>hand. Of course if you give me also the results, maybe I'd open this 
>hand 4S...)

thank you.



FIRST...  i apologize, i didn't see you were in third seat.
i now agree that 2S is reasonable, and would probably actually
open three or four myself.


>
>
>2) The ACBL Club series tells to open 1H with Kx, AQJTx, QTx, KJx. 
>   What does Steve Altus do with this hand? I don't think he follows 
>   the Club series rules ... or, as usual, am I wrong? 
>

for the record, the ACBL Club series opens this hand 1NT.  is it
right or wrong?  i dunno.  here i think opinions are quite valid
for more than one call.



--the worst bidder you've ever seen
From: tnh@sw.stratus.com (Tim Hill)
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
Subject: Cohen on Total Tricks (was Re: Reopening decision)
Date: 17 Nov 92 13:58:14 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigbootay.sw.stratus.com

In article <9211161347.aa27259@Paris.ics.uci.edu>, kibler@turing.ICS.UCI.EDU (Dennis Kibler) writes:
> ... I have just read Cohen's book on the Law of Total
> Tricks (To Bid or not to Bid). ...

I saw a couple rave reviews of this book.  Do you concur?


                                    Tim
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
From: hampton@ais.org (Kevin Podsiadlik)
Subject: Another slam not to bid
Organization: UMCC
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:50:17 GMT

At a sectional last weekend:

West           East
QJ9743         KT852
K732           AQJ4
T63            A52
-              T

At pairs, E-W vul, South dealt and opened 3C.  Many pairs, including
us, could not stop short of 6S, and worse, North at our table doubled on
Ax T9x KQxx Kxxx, for a quick 500.

Should West overcall 3S?  In any case, how should the bidding proceed?
(Assume North, for some unknown reason, chooses not to interefere.)

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Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
From: geppo@spot.wustl.edu (Giuseppe Bianchi)
Subject: what does this double mean?
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:56:56 GMT


A friend of mine, who cannot post, gave me a problem.

   > you hold QJx, QJT9x, x, KTxx. Both red, matchpoints. 
   > You pass. Lefty opens 1C.
   > Partner bids 1D. Righty bids 1S. What do you do? 


And followed with a much more (IMHO) interesting question:

   > What would a double show in this position? [of course without
     specific agreements]

I submited this apparently simple question to a few local experts and I had 
a surprisingly wide spectrum of different answers (also excluding players 
with specific agreements)

What is the opinion of the netters?

Giuseppe.

Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
From: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (R. Bharat Rao)
Subject: Re: Problems from Portland
Reply-To: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:29:38 GMT

altus@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steve Altus) writes:

>More than one person has written something to the effect of:
>>>> 1. None vul. East dealer. You are West: AJ9542, T, Q7, AT32
>>I would have opened 2S and avoided much of this mess.

>you people are all either the worst bunch of result merchants i've
>ever seen or the worst bunch of bidders i've ever seen.  hell, the
>ACBL Club Series tells people who haven't played a hand in their
>life to open this hand ONE spade!  i mean, if you want to play in
>2S cold for six clubs, i suppose that's your right...

Ummm Steve, I usually agree with your posts but not this time.  In
third seat this seems a reasonable 2S opener at MPs.  At IMPs there is
a chance of missing game opposite something like Kxx,xxxx,Kxx,Kx so 1S
is right, but at MATCHPOINTS 2S seems to be a decent choice.

That said, I would probably open it 1S anyway; just don;t think 2S is
result merchanting at all.....

>--steve altus


Bharat

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From: bs@gauss.mitre.org (Robert D. Silverman)
Subject: Re: bidding problem
Organization: Research Computer Facility, MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:29:30 GMT

In article <1e9h4iINNcvh@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> doug@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Douglas Newlands) writes:
:In article <1e8q0vINN835@transfer.stratus.com: tnh@sw.stratus.com (Tim Hill) writes:
::In article <9211160837.aa19948@Paris.ics.uci.edu>, kibler@turing.ICS.UCI.EDU (Dennis Kibler) writes:
::> Playing 2/1 GF and no opposition how do you
::> recommend bidding the following hands.
::> 
::> Opener:  KQxx,A,AQxxx,109x
::> Responder: Ax,Qxx,10xx,AKQJ8
::
::     1D   2C (1)
::     2S   3C (2)
::     4C   4S
::     6C   P
:
:It seems to me that opener is not strong enough to reverse and you are also in
:murky water saying 3C is still gf. I would have thought that it should start
 
You are way off base.

(1) 2S is not a reverse, playing 2/1 GF.
(2) Even if it were, the hand is more than strong enough, in support of
    clubs, to reverse. It is worth at least 18 points in support of clubs.
    You have 15 HCP all working, and excellent shape.

You propose  1D-2C; 2D-2NT.
 
(3) 2NT by responder over 2D (in 2/1 GF) shows either 12-14 HCP, or 18+ HCP.
    With 15-17 HCP, responder bids 3NT over 2D. Indeed, it means the same thing
    over any 2 level suit rebid by opener.

The auction should go:

1D	2C
2S	3NT (15-17) balanced
4C

 
This is an easy hand to bid. I don't understand why everyone is making such
a big deal over it.  The problem is that there are many variations to 2/1 GF
and not everyone has the same agreements. But it is still an easy hand to bid.
 
And it still isn't the greatest 6C contract. It is a little over 50%.
--
Bob Silverman
These are my opinions and not MITRE's.
Mitre Corporation, Bedford, MA 01730
"You can lead a horse's ass to knowledge, but you can't make him think"
From: taylor@foraker.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Eric Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
Subject: Re: Freak hand. YBTJ
Date: 19 Nov 92 20:46:01 GMT

|> 
|> Personally, I prefer a simple auction for these hands:
|> 
|>      5C	    6C, as suggested by (I think) Eric Taylor. 

Not me.  I don't like simple auctions. :-)
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From: lsimonse@vipunen.hut.fi (Kenneth Simonsen)
Subject: Re: Which inference is better, WAS - "finesse or play for the drop"
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: 17 Nov 92 14:50:12 GMT

In <1992Nov16.131237.19210@ms.uky.edu> taddiken@ms.uky.edu (scott taddiken) writes:

>In article <lgfm84INNk2u@cypress.cs.utexas.edu> varvel@cs.utexas.edu (Donald A. Varvel) writes:
>>
>>
>This brings up a point which has bothered me from time to time.  I find it
>relatively easy to figure out how "strong" distributional info is: i.e.
>"lefty seems to have 5 or 6 hearts, which leaves righty 3 or 4, which makes
>the odds 6-3 or 5-4 that lefty holds the queen."  But what if righty is assumed
>to hold, say, 11 of the missing 15 points?  What are the odds like now?

>The reason I did not state the problem precisely is that I'd like to pose it
>as a general question, hoping to get general answers.  I suppose I could
>carry out a simulation or calculation, but are there shortcuts?


Easly Blackwood (I think) came with the following rule: If your shortest suit
is divided 3-1 or worse (I mean 3-1, 4-0, 2-1, 2-0, 1-1 or 1-0) then finesse.

In all other situations play for the drop. 

This of course when there are no other indications. It was tested on many 
givs, and with a remarcable result.

My opinion is that you should not rely too much on the assumed information.
Good players can have you think that the queen of their partners is where-ever.
(i.e. falsemarking, queer lead-doubles etc.)

Kenneth Simonsen
lsimonse@vipunen.hut.fi
From: tnh@sw.stratus.com (Tim Hill)
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
Subject: Re: bidding problem
Date: 23 Nov 92 15:46:54 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigbootay.sw.stratus.com

In article <By5n70.7ny@irvine.com>, adam@irvine.com (Adam Beneschan) writes:
> In article <1992Nov19.172930.11072@linus.mitre.org> bs@gauss.mitre.org 
> (Robert D. Silverman) writes:

     KQxx
     A
     AQxxx
     T9x

     Ax
     Qxx
     Txx
     AKQJ8

> >And it still isn't the greatest 6C contract. It is a little over 50%.

> Say they lead a trump.  Win it, ace of hearts, ace of spades, ruff a
> heart, trump to hand, heart ruff,

Oops.  Dummy's out of trump.

> queen of spades discarding a
> diamond, ace of diamonds, concede a diamond and now claim with your
> high trumps.

I assume Adam means CA, HA, SA, H ruff, SK, SQ pitching a D, S ruff, H ruff,
DA, Dx.

> If spades break 5-2 and they ruff your queen, you can
> fall back on the diamond finesse.

Well, if RHO ruffs the SQ, you can overruff, DQ, DA, crossruff high, and
concede a diamond at the end.  But if LHO started with two spades and
three clubs, he'll ruff the SQ and lead another trump, depriving you of
your second diamond ruff.

Another line is CA, HA, SA, H ruff, SK, S ruff, H ruff, S ruff, C, C, DA, SQ.
This needs 3-2 clubs but can tolerate a spade doubleton on either side.

Both lines are over 70% (assuming LHO would be much less likely to lead a
trump from one or four than from two or three).

As Adam noted, if LHO doesn't lead a trump, you have the needed third
entry to ruff two hearts and draw trump, so only 6-1 spades, 5-0 clubs, or
a diamond ruff at trick one will set you.

> So this appears to be a lot better than a 50% slam.

ayup.


                                    Tim
From: adam@irvine.com (Adam Beneschan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
Subject: Re: bidding problem
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:11:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: calvin.9211161806.AA16520
             <9211160837.aa19948@Paris.ics.uci.edu>


> Playing 2/1 GF and no opposition how do you
> recommend bidding the following hands.
>
> Opener:  KQxx,A,AQxxx,109x
>
>
> Responder: Ax,Qxx,10xx,AKQJ8
>
> dennis

This is tough.  How about:

        1D     2C
        2S     3C
        4C     4S
        6C

The first three bids are clear.  3C is better than 3D, I think.  3C
should really show 6, but with a suit this good you can often get away
with a little lie.  I think 3C describes the hand better than 3D.  (By
the way, the way I play, 1D/2C is absolutely game forcing, and partner
isn't allowed to pass 3C.)  Opener's best bid is 4C here---I don't
like 3NT with a stiff ace of hearts.  4S is a cue-bid.  Now opener can
pretty much count 12 tricks---three spades, one heart, one diamond,
hopefully at least 5 club tricks (partner could have something like
AQJxxx, which is either 5 or 6 club tricks);  plus there should be one
or two heart ruffs in dummy, and if everything else fails, perhaps
partner has the king of diamonds or the diamond finesse is on.  So 12
tricks should be there.

                                -- Adam
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
From: m36150p@kaira.hut.fi (Janne Veikko Petteri Kallunki)
Subject: Re: Some problems from the Finnish Pair Championships (answers)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 10:07:10 GMT

Problem 1A
N/NS
        A542
        T
        873
        KQT63
KJ8		-
KQJ8		A5432
AJ4		T652
J85		A742
	QT9763
	976
	KQ9
	9
Auction:
N	E	S(me)	W(problem hand)
p	p	2S	2NT
3S	4H	4S	D
p	p	p
It was two down because I played after two hearts the Ace of spades.
We took 3 points (top=50).

Problem 1B
E/ALL
	T82
	K93
	J9853
	T8
J		Q97643
J865		AT
AQ7		K42
KJ753		94
	AK5
	Q742
	T6
	AQ62
In the problem board auction was:
N	E	S	W
	2S	2NT	p
p	p
And it's two down (200 and 10/50).
If it's 2 spades it's 9 tricks and it's also below the average.
We got 43 points with:
N	E	S(me)	W
	1S(1)	1NT	p
p	p
(1)=they played Carrotti
It was one down.

Problem 2
E/EW
	AK754
	-
	96
	AQ7653
J862		QT
J86		A9532
AQ7		KJ5
T98		KJ4
	93
	KQT74
	T8432
	2

N	E	S	W(me)
	1H	2D(?)	D(take out)
2S	p	p	D
3C	p	p	D
p	p	3H	D
p	p	3S	D
p	p	p

My partner lead the Ace of hearts and then it was ten tricks and no points
for us.

Problem 3
We play Fert and opponents decided to play without defense against 
our 1 Spade opening.
E/-
	KQ5
	AKQJ
	5
	Q8643
T963		J87
T92		7654
A43		QJT72
AJ5		T
	A42
	83
	K986
	K972

N	E	S	W(me)
	1S	p	p
D	2D	D	p
p	p

It was one down and 40 points for us.
I think it's important to decide defense system (like Anti non-sense)
against Fert 1 spade even in pair competitions.

Problem 4
E/EW
	Q9854
	AK53
	AK85
	-
JT6		A
QT742		J6
92		J73
J84		AKQT963
	K732
	98
	QT64
	752

N	E	S(me)	W
	1C	p	p
D	3NT	p	p
D	p	p	p
I lead spades and then it's one down and 15 points for us.
With diamond lead it's two down.

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Janne 'Jake' Kallunki m36150p@kaira.hut.fi jkallunk@otax.hut.fi
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	-Dee-Dee Ramone