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#1 User is offline   oldem 

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Posted 2016-October-09, 01:52

Few hours ago, I happened to play the following hand as East.
With 3NTXX made for 12.5 IMPs, I thought we were the top. But, to my surprise, after checking other tables, I found that we were only second top, for there was a 4HxS-5 for 14.2 IMPs for another EW pair!

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Posted 2016-October-09, 05:05

I suppose the bidding at the other table went something like this:


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Posted 2016-October-11, 02:38

Deleted nonsense.
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Posted 2016-October-12, 12:57

I suppose, that simply shows the price of being non-vul against vul. That -5x penalty was bigger than your redoubled game. Simple arithmetic.

I don't know what S was doubling on, mind you. Expecting to run the hearts?
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