Friday, June 19, 2009

When misguessing was better than guessing right!



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MATCHPOINTS. After my misguess in hearts, losing two of them, four winners were ripe and ready in dummy. Not seeing the urgency of cashing the club trick, my LHO instead was still on the track of stopping ruffs in dummy. Spade KING collected the outstanding trumps, and the overtrick was had because the misguess lulled the opponents into a false sense of security. To his credit my LHO was the first to apologize to his partner on the defence. 96.49%

I like the paradoxical situations in bridge where the one who makes the most tricks is not exactly the one who has placed the most defensive honor cards.

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  1. Ramesh AbhiramanJune 19, 2009 at 8:18 PM

    I might add that LHO on lead with the Queen of hearts, could lead a third round of hearts that his partner would be able to ruff with his trump queen. With the club Ace still to come for down one.

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