• Wonderous elite ACBL online tournament quarter-final session

    From Douglas@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 10 15:52:57 2021
    I recently read a self-congratulatory Bridge Winners posting from a well-known bridge player saying he felt confident his recent elite ACBL on-line tournament was without any cheating.

    Here is some food for thought: The following are the condensed results from a quarter-final session in that tournament. They are declarer groupings, followed by contracts, and over-under tricks for each declarer.

    Open room:
    N
    3N 3
    4S 0
    2N 1
    3N 2
    5H 0
    S
    4S 0
    3N 0
    6S 0
    E
    3N 3
    3N 0
    5H 0
    4S 2
    W
    2H 2
    3N 2

    Closed room:
    N
    6D 0
    6D 0
    4S 0
    1D 1
    5H 0
    S
    4S 0
    3N 0
    4S 1
    E
    3N 2
    3N 1
    4H 0
    4S 2
    W
    5D -1
    3N 1

    I never before have seen 13 of 14 consecutive bridge deals being par game or slam possibilities. And I certainly have never considered the possibility of of there being every contract, except one, being bid and made, or over, for all 28 boards; all in
    perfect grouping symmetry between the open and closed rooms. It is breath-taking to observe in full.

    Douglas

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