From: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (R. Bharat Rao)
Subject: 6D dbld: Hilarious story.. assign the blame:-)
Reply-To: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:39:04 GMT


No really this is not an assign the blame hand:-) Contrary to what the
bidding may indicate the rest of the players at the table were very
good -- this was just a late 2am impromptu IMP game played after our
weekly club game.  Anyway, I am glad it worked out the way it did,
because (a) I now have a REAL story to tell that is straight out of
one of Mollo's books and (b) we did manage to come back and win the
match by 1 imp:-)

Anyway, holding 
               ATxx,xxx,AJxx,Qx 
would you double 6D after hearing the auction go as below.  

SOUTH Dealer, EW red, IMPs

E	S	W	N
-	1D	P	2C(1)
P	2H	P	2S
P	3D	P	4N(2)
P	5S(3)	P	6D(4)
Dbl(5)	P	P	P

1. 2/1 GF
2. Its late, I will RKC for diamonds, should be OK opposite anything
   but a 5S response
3. 2KC with the trump Q
4. Arrrgh
5. Heh Heh Heh -- this should be juicy

A comment, N is an  excellent player, but at 2am, playing in an
unfamiliar partnership, stranger things have happened (by an AMAZING
coincidence this was on Halloween!!).  I have filled in the dramatis
persona in the deal for you all to enjoy..


            KQJ9
            A
            972
            KJT542
            _____
             HH
 Papa              Secretary Bird
87652                AT43
JT542                983
_                    AJ54
653                  Q8
             RR
            ----
            2
            KQ76
            KQT863
            A9
 
Since, this was striaght out of Mollo, I might as well tell you that I
was West whom fate conspired to make Papa, East was Secretary Bird and
South was the Rueful Rabbit who was in yet another unmakable contract.

Well, sitting West holding xxxxx,JTxxx,_,xxx what would you LEAD on
the above auction????

I should perhaps have taken into account the mumbled "oh shit" by
North, but applying Papa-like logic to the problem (a VERY dangerous
thing to do at 2am in the morning) I reasoned the double must be
Lightner, and emerged with a club.

At this point the slam is ICE cold. RR (errr. thats Toby Strite -- the
resemblence to RR is restricted to this deal only -- a very fine
player) proceeded to make the contract.
 
The line is simple -- play 6 rounds of clubs without touching
trumps...

The club was covered by the J Q and Ace, a club back to the CK, and
the CT.  Secretary Bird ruffed with the 4 overruffed with the 6, and a
heart to the Ace. Another club, ruffed by Secretary Bird with the the
5, overruffed by by the 8.  RR then ruffed a heart in dummy, lead
another club, Secretary Bird ruffed with the Jack, over-ruffed by the
Queen.  A last heart, ruffed in dummy and Secretary Bird had to
follow.  Now the 6th club was lead, Secretary Bird ruffed with the
Ace, but RR tossed his losing club and claimed.

And, HH sitting North just guffawed and rubbed it in...

A pretty amazing scenario...

Bharat

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