Paul Cronin

Plays the experts haven’t found yet!

Watched an ACBL silver life master work some magic on BBO the other night – experts take note!

 
N
North
A10x
 
W
West
9xx
 
E
East
Q2
 
S
South
KJ8xx
 

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? 

 

 


1 Comment

Judy Kay-WolffNovember 11th, 2013 at 3:42 am

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.

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