How To Tell If The Double Is Takeout Or Penalty - Weekly Free

[@jyutzler]

Note regarding #3: for the bots, the sequence 1NT;2C-2S;2NT-3S gives partner choice of games, allowing you to play in the 5-3 fit if it is there. The 3S bid is not marked as forcing but in my experience the bots will not pass it.

[@jonthomson5764]

Some interesting "open 1NT or not" decisions in this set. Also hit 100% on board 6 in 3NT+1 - three rounds of diamonds, Qs up covered, spade back, then fortunate Ac and another club where they crash their honours and give me an entry to dummy

[@stevefeak5696]

Boards 6 and 7 *chefs kiss*

[@YCLP]

Clever 4 spade bid on board 6 and well played! I went down in 3NT.

[@jyutzler]

I would like to hear more from our host on this topic. I am used to looking for 5-2 fits when the short hand has a side doubleton but the orthodoxy for balanced hands (4-4-3-2 or 4-3-3-3) is to play in NT. Let's say the SJ was a 10, we opened 1NT, got transferred into spades, and partner continued with 2NT or 3NT. Are we really looking for spades here? Put it this way, if I made this bid at the table, I would expect to be questioned by my partner in the postmortem.

[@oliverhoffmann3186]

@@jyutzler Until Pete played the hand I scored 100% for 2S making ten tricks.

[@ScoutrunnerTopic]

Hey Pete what do you do for work?

[@BridgeWithPete]

Play/Teach bridge.

[@ontheballcity71]

Does that site set things up so the human gets the most points? (You seemed to declare quite a lot!)

[@BridgeWithPete]

Just this tournament on the site.

[@oliverhoffmann3186]

How can one view the play online at the time of the play?

[@BridgeWithPete]

at www.twitch.tv/peterhollands I do them Tuesday and Thursday Australian Eastern Time (Daylight)