[MFA]

Two that come to mind. Both are from serious international events, but back from the junior days... (of course...)


1. A psyche that worked

♠xxx, ♥xxx, ♦xxxx, ♣xxx, none vul

My friend opened 1♥! Well, you don't get a balanced yarborough every day so it's just too hard to stay quiet, I guess. Partner responded 2♣ (10+ acol style).
Not willing to expose the whole thing already, he then decided to follow up with 3♣!! Don't be a wimp. Partner said 4♥, and he watched nervously as it went all pass!

Down 5, -250 only, with opponents cold for 3NT and 4♠. They had 13 bal each - partner had 14 bal. A hard way to earn the imps.

It was at the time when doping tests were being introduced. It came as no surprise to the Danish team that our friend here was picked for testing as the very first player at all in the event.


2. A psyche that didn't work so well.

♠xx, ♥xxx, ♦xxx, ♣QTxxx, nv vs vul

1♠ on his right, and the vulnerability made it all too tempting: 2♣! A pretty skinny one, but unfortunately, it turned out, not only was it a skinny overcall, but RHO had in fact opened 1N - not 1♠! So now the 2♣ mini-bluff was suddenly not showing clubs but both majors...

6N from LHO and ... 7♠!! from partner. Ugh. I think it was -2300.

[Tomi2]

Scoring: MP

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after partners pass rho took some time to pass, so I tried 1NT
bidding went:
p - p - 1NT - 2♣* |clubs and other
x* - 2♦ - p - 2♠ | points
x - 3♦ - p - p.. |penalty
X!

parner went for 200 but actually he turned 170 into 1270

anyway some bid the slam so it was kinda 20%

[MFA]

In some mid-night rubber I was playing with a friend against two other good friends, and we were killing them completely. Mostly because of getting good cards, but still. RHO was looking less than pleased at this point.

But then LHO opened 1♣ precision, and RHO sat up and suddenly again seemed to be interested in the game. They bid:

1♣ - 1N
2♣ - 3♣
Pass!

2♣ was an asking relay, 3♣ showed a 5332 type with five clubs, and pass exposed the psyche.

RHO frowned, but it was nothing compared to what he did, when this happened to him:

We overtook the auction, 3N-4N-6N!

It was a decent contract, but partner had to solve ♣AJ9x to ♣Kxx for 4 tricks. Guided by the informative bidding, he knew that clubs had to be 5-1, so he cashed the king and played small to the 9!

Nasty setback for LHO, opening a 0-count with a strong club and proceeding to relay for RHO's shape, only to see his opponents use just that information to help them land 6N seconds later. +1440.

It was all too much for RHO, and let's just say that this board became the last one of the rubber... :-)

[3for3]

Can I put stupidest falsecard in?

I was on lead against 4 of a major with AKTx. Dummy and partner had xxx and declarer had QJx. I cashed ace, and declarer played queen. I cashed King, and declarer was right there with the Jack. My ten won the 3d round of the suit, and the 13er enabled partner to uppercut declarer.

Down 1.

[cloa513]

inquiry, on Aug 29 2010, 03:27 PM, said:

This one is from yesterday....

Scoring: IMP


This was in a BBO ghoulash event. South, in 2nd seat opened 2♠ and when bidding got back to EAST he bid 4♣ and for some odd reason, West let him play in 4♣ (even i would have been able to figure out 2♠ as a psyche with WEST hand.

This was a 15 imp swing for NS

For the curious, I am 100% certain NS where not cheating, and that this was just a flyer (last hand, and they were getting killed, including a -17 imp on the hand before. In a short 6 board event WITH this +15, they were still nearly -20 imps net.

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Maybe West considered only bidding 4S but realised it would be confusing for partner.

[CSGibson]

partner psyches first seat at equal vul 1♠ on a 4-3-3-3 yarb, and does it in a swiss game where we are clearly better than the opponents. It worked (auction went a perfect (X)-XX-(2♣), P-bit(P), 2♠-bit(P)-P-bit(P) (where bit = break in tempo), but it also put me on tilt almost immediately.

[ggwhiz]

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it also put me on tilt almost immediately

If it was a poll, this gets my vote for REALLY dumb! Whadya mean "almost"?

[jkdood]

Stupidest psyche-related comment?

Dear sweet Beverly Bluth (since departed) playing her weekly matchpoint club game with the quiet soft-spoken highly-focused psychiatrist, Dr. Al Green (also departed.)

They play K-S (12-14) and at none vul Beverly picks up xxx xxx xxx Jxxx.

In first seat the good Doctor opens 1NT (12-14), and after RHO passes, the innocent looking Bev tries 3NT... not the newest tactical call of all times, but new for her.

All pass, opening lead is made, and dummy is tabled. The good Doctor peruses dummy a few times then sincerely says, in his best couch-consulting soft and serious but obviously disappointed voice:

"Aw, cmon Beverly, you cannot be serious?!"

PS, yeh, was a TOP!