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$1,000 to the Winner
Today's hand has nothing of interest in the play and little in the bidding. I wouldn't open three hearts third-seat with East's hand at any vulnerability, but I suppose I can understand the rationale. It helps to shut out the spades, and since par on the hand is four spades or five clubs down one, you can't argue with the results. I wouldn't raise to game with West's hand either, but I guess that's what you do if you know your partner bids that way. There is, however, the post mortem. "Rumpler" and "gustav" appear from the gallery to engage Gee in what the diplomats call "a frank exchange of opinions." G: he could have made 11 tricks $100? I'll go one better than that. Hell, I'll go nine better. I'm offering $1,000, to Gerard or anyone else, for a line that produces 11 tricks. (I will not accept cooperative lines, such as North and South both tossing all of their spades.) Hey, I promised a contest. I didn't promise a winner. Comments
something Gee said deserves repeating....."typical case of bad players who make strong
statements about what they don't know" ...LOL - I couldn't have stated it better in a million years!
Rumpler is a man after my own heart; couldn't have said it better myself. Gee comments on an
opponent's play, not to compliment, but to denigrate; and for not making an invisible overtrick
yet. Then, when challenged to justify his ludicrous drivel, the great Geewillie finally finds
the perfect kernel of truth, albeit in retrospect: when he mentioned "...bad players who make
strong statements about what they don't know and become insulting to prove they are right..." he
was describing himself perfectly.
Gee's line was incomplete. Declarer ruffs one of the defense's top clubs -- and then ruffs
one of the defense's top spades.
I've got it. After drawing trumps, gee leads a club to the jack. North wins and grabs the club K,
as gee sheds a spade. Thinking gee must be out of trumps, he tries another club, allowing gee to discard
his other spade as he ruffs in dummy. Making 11 tricks. You can't criticize gee for a defensive line he
himself might find on a good day.
Nice try Ira, but if he draws trump, which are 3-1, what's he gonna use to ruff the third club? I
suppose you could argue for two rounds and a club exit, but that's a little too much defensive cooperation
to get the cookie.
What's with this one hand per week crap??? I want my money back!
And your last column was — when, exactly?
Our Hero never ceases to amaze me. He wants to find a trick in the J7 opposite 2 suit or a trick in
the 7432 opposite T6 suit. I will wager that The Enyclopedia of Bridge does not cover how to get
one trick out of a 7432 opposite a T6 suit combination nor does it cover how to get one trick out of a
J7 opposite 2 suit combination. These cases are nonsensical and therefore represent a conundrum. I feel
in "Conundrum Hell" 90+% of the time when Gerard's world and mine ever so slightly overlap.
Thanks Aaron for another glimpse into the Twilight Zone.
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