[blml] Detroit NABC+ Case 1 -- What do you bid and why?

[Adam Wildavsky]

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:00 PM, David Burn <dalburn at btopenworld.com> wrote:
> [AW]
>
> My goal was to learn whether the UI made balancing more or less attractive.
>
> [DALB]
>
> Not quite sure I've understood this. Presumably some of the time when we
> balance, even when we can make 3C partner will bid 3NT and go down in it.
> Has this been factored into the simulation?

It has not, but you are welcome to do so! First you'll have to decide
how likely North is to sit it out. I didn't ask DM Pro to calculate
how many tricks South would take at NT, but I can do another run if
you like. 9 tricks at NT seem improbable. Note that on some of the
hands where South would bid 3NT NS will be able to collect 200 from
2H, so North may have already lost the board by balancing. I suppose
North also has some protection since his partner knows that he didn't
open 3C at favorable.

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Adam Wildavsky <adam at tameware.com> www.tameware.com