Plays the experts haven’t found yet!
by paul cronin on
November 10th, 2013
Watched an ACBL silver life master work some magic on BBO the other night – experts take note!
N
North
♠
A10x
♥
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♦
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♣
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W
West
♠
9xx
♥
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♣
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E
East
♠
Q2
♥
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♦
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♣
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S
South
♠
KJ8xx
♥
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♦
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South is in 4♠ , and apparently has no spade losers. But……starts with a small spade to the ace, and then returns to hand with an off suit. Now a small spade toward the 10, losing to the stiff Q. Comes off dummy later in the hand with an off suit, could ruff successfully with either the K or J but ruffs instead with the 8, and gets over-ruffed by the 9. Down one, rather than making five. These kinds of advanced plays deserve names – any suggestions?
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Hi Paul:
As to the nomenclature of the above technique .. take your choice: An ‘unsafety play’ or employing the ‘nullo’ method (trying to lose as many tricks as possible).
However, since most of our blogs relate to serious, controversial, argumentative issues, I find yours a comic relief and all bridge players can use that once in a while. Sometimes, a ‘break in tempo’ is a welcome departure from the norm.