DFOWrites

Was: Lawyer, Journalist, Comic
Is: #LSAT guru, #chess expert (2100+ USCF), #bridge GLM (ACBL 2600 MP), magician, vegan, hack guitar/piano player. BA, MA, JD

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Figured out what I like (and don't like) about Twitter - now reincarnated. Here to talk movies, music, MLB/NFL/Boxing, sports betting, chess, bridge, Go, LSAT, Magic.

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@JustChessMini Jaffe was no joke. Beat Capablanca, Marshall, Levenfish, Spielman, Fine, Janowski.

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@Edu_Agular @PplsCityCouncil Maybe they should exercise the choice to transfer to a university more aligned with their core political values.

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@slarjy @doncatt If that's the distribution, 200 is a nice enough number. I don't want to play that trump suit opposite a singleton.

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@slarjy @doncatt Something like make a top honor in one of the minors the JT of spades, for instance (and take away a minor suit x), and the hand has just as much offense, but less defense.

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@slarjy @doncatt partner will be involved in the decision (especially if LHO re-raises himself in hearts).

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@slarjy @doncatt Partner will have 5 or more hearts 19% of the time. 62% of the time, it's a 4-3 split; half of the remaining 38%, it's LHO who was the long hearts.

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@doncatt @slarjy @ACBLbridge One thing we haven't discussed is the form of scoring. At matchpoints, picking up 500 instead of 620 can be very bad, but the risk/reward is better here at IMPS, where we might get something like 200 or 500 instead of a minus score when 4S doesn't make.

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@slarjy @doncatt Maybe no fear of 2Hx means they think it's extremely unlikely partner will leave it in?

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@gabbott03 @notgaetti @shegone03 @mikepiazza31 @mikecameron @CalRipkenJr @MLBNetwork Because baseball is frickin' awesome.

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@EHPlimsoll1 Issue aside, I must admit to a non-negligible degree of admiration for "pernicious fuckwad."

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@eaner0919

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@Super70sSports People make fun of Uncle Rico, but even a couple of decades after graduation, he could hit a moving target with a steak from 20 yards.

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@doncatt @ActSysTraining @ACBLbridge I was asked about a 3❤️ bid. The point about Leaping Michaels is that whether or not you play it is related to what (2❤️) - 3❤️ means. If you play Leaping Michaels, then (2❤️) - 3❤️ isn't Michaels (at least, it shouldn't be).

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@KevinAprileCT Murray (Elliott Gould) comes to dinner, American History X.

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@slarjy @doncatt @ACBLbridge LHO will most likely raise hearts to the 3 or 4 level, after which I'm happy to take further action if partner passes.

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@apurv_anand @crazyclipsonly Throw him into an f'in' well.

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@slarjy @doncatt @ACBLbridge Partner with the long hearts should know whether to defend (with good hearts) or compete (with bad ones that can just be ruffed).

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@slarjy @doncatt @ACBLbridge If there is a double fit on a slam ha d, it's probably best fir the Trump suit to be a minor, for the same reason you want the 4-4 to be trump when you have a 4-4 and a 5-3. Opposite a doubleton spade, you may have unavoidable losers if spades are trump, but ruffing 1 ♠️ (1/2)