Table Talks - Episode 3 with John McAllister
In this episode of Table Talks, Steve chats to John McAllister on BBO+. John's a...
Hanoi5 is Hanoi Rondón, professor of bridge and Academic Director of the Chilean Bridge Federation. He brings us his weekly showdown with the robots in the Weekly Free Instant Tournament.
A very delicate play for nine tricks, NT bids with ate least 4 HCP's less than expected and two defensive tricks with Q5 in the trump suit are part of the things we had to do in order to get to 100%.
Board.5: This was my favorite route to 100% in the entire tournament. Pass partner's 1C opening and W re-opens with a double which E eagerly passes.
I bid 1D which gets doubled. Then, I run to 1N which also gets doubled. 1NT doubled isn't quite enough, so I redouble.
W leads a H, we duck a S to W who returns a S. Two overtricks for +1560 and a clear 100%