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Interesting Play Hands / Re: To Moysian or not to Moysian, that is the question...
« on: June 20, 2017, 02:54:39 AM »
Thanks Oliver very instructive. Also thanks on explaining Ash's squeeze question.
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Interesting Play Hands / Re: Love "all indications E has Heart guard"
« on: June 19, 2017, 04:52:50 AM »
Hi Ash,
Oliver hit the hammer on the nail in his OCP sequence with a 2
Gamma
My first thought after Opener's {North} straight forward 1
Opening was to bid 1 as Responder and see whether we could get into some Three-Suited Lebensohl situation for slam exploration and if Opener rebid diamonds [jump to 4 as a backup plan] or if Opener showed a balanced 13-15 NT hand [my backup plan was to invite slam with a big jump to 5 ]. Alpha did not really occur to me at the start and I am not sure why because obviously it is a superior bid especially since I had slam intentions on the mind from the get-go with thoughts about 3-Suited Leb. Anyway 2 Alpha is the bid of choice and it gets you where you wanted to be without much fuss after hearing Opener's stepped Beta response showing seven controls.
Going back to the play of the hand. I assume you are looking at squeezes for a possible 13 trick (overtrick). I see only one loser in Declarer's hand (club trick) and I really can't see how you can squeeze East since the squeeze card is coming from South's hand but I might be missing something there. I readily admit my Declarer strength is intermediate.
IMO, if a squeeze could work here, it needs to be against West. Either of Dummy's 4-card suits could be potential threats. You will also need an entry to Dummy hand if the squeeze works and one of the threat cards becomes developed into a winner [no good if you can't reach it] -- for that reason, I would take the first Club trick in hand [play the 3 from Dummy - at least that's how I voted]. But that's just my opinion. I readily admit I could be out in left field here.
Also what's up with your opponent's not giving count signals? What kind of signals do they use when Declarer's leads from hand or Dummy? Hard to imagine they simply chuck cards. Maybe they should be invited to Oliver's class this Saturday? Eh!?
I was trying to follow the play of the hand - I think there might be a typo (unless there were two Spade Aces in the deck)
Thanks for posting, Ash. Your postings are always thought provoking and we have many new OCP players -- thanks in part to your leadership and efforts.
Brother John
Oliver hit the hammer on the nail in his OCP sequence with a 2
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South {Responder}A
K74
My first thought after Opener's {North} straight forward 1
Opening was to bid 1 as Responder and see whether we could get into some Three-Suited Lebensohl situation for slam exploration and if Opener rebid diamonds [jump to 4 as a backup plan] or if Opener showed a balanced 13-15 NT hand [my backup plan was to invite slam with a big jump to 5 ]. Alpha did not really occur to me at the start and I am not sure why because obviously it is a superior bid especially since I had slam intentions on the mind from the get-go with thoughts about 3-Suited Leb. Anyway 2 Alpha is the bid of choice and it gets you where you wanted to be without much fuss after hearing Opener's stepped Beta response showing seven controls.Going back to the play of the hand. I assume you are looking at squeezes for a possible 13 trick (overtrick). I see only one loser in Declarer's hand (club trick) and I really can't see how you can squeeze East since the squeeze card is coming from South's hand but I might be missing something there. I readily admit my Declarer strength is intermediate.
IMO, if a squeeze could work here, it needs to be against West. Either of Dummy's 4-card suits could be potential threats. You will also need an entry to Dummy hand if the squeeze works and one of the threat cards becomes developed into a winner [no good if you can't reach it] -- for that reason, I would take the first Club trick in hand [play the 3 from Dummy - at least that's how I voted]. But that's just my opinion. I readily admit I could be out in left field here.
Also what's up with your opponent's not giving count signals? What kind of signals do they use when Declarer's leads from hand or Dummy? Hard to imagine they simply chuck cards. Maybe they should be invited to Oliver's class this Saturday? Eh!?
I was trying to follow the play of the hand - I think there might be a typo (unless there were two Spade Aces in the deck)
Thanks for posting, Ash. Your postings are always thought provoking and we have many new OCP players -- thanks in part to your leadership and efforts.
Brother John
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Interesting Play Hands / Re: Defensive Errors!
« on: March 28, 2017, 10:20:13 PM »
Thanks for sharing these hands, Oliver.
Although Defense is not really part of OCP, it is an area that most of us can benefit (speaking for the intermediate and advanced players). Sometimes I feel like one of those bodybuilders with huge arms and a massive chest but with pencil sticks for legs. Great bidding system knowledge but average to mediocre declarer and defensive play
It is nice to receive some advice in the other areas of playing bridge so we can round themselves out proportionately.
Although Defense is not really part of OCP, it is an area that most of us can benefit (speaking for the intermediate and advanced players). Sometimes I feel like one of those bodybuilders with huge arms and a massive chest but with pencil sticks for legs. Great bidding system knowledge but average to mediocre declarer and defensive play
It is nice to receive some advice in the other areas of playing bridge so we can round themselves out proportionately.
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Bidding Challenges / Re: Bidding Challenge #12. LC#5. Intermediate to Advanced.
« on: March 21, 2017, 05:27:59 PM »
Would be interesting to see some folks post their sequences here and any postmortems associated with them.
There is usually more than one good way to bid a sequence and it would be interesting [and enlightening] to see the candidate bids of others. If you are shy that is OK, too - you are still OCP family.
There is usually more than one good way to bid a sequence and it would be interesting [and enlightening] to see the candidate bids of others. If you are shy that is OK, too - you are still OCP family.