What a Luck

N KJT874S A9H K8D AQ6C
E AQ653S K63H QT7D 54C
S T75H A64D KJT8732C
W 92S QJ842H J9532D 9C
I got 2C+5. Another enraged moment.
Bidding:
N1S Enb S2C Wnb Nnb Enb

Play:
West leads Queen of Hearts. Guess what happens. Okay, it’s pretty obvious that I wash the trumps.
After Trick 5,
N KJT874S 9H 6C
E AQ653S K6H QD
S T7H 6D KJT87C
W 92S J84H J95D
Trick 6-7:
KS 3S 7H 2S
JS 6S TH 9S
Note how East misplays here by allowing my King and Jack to score. (Has East took either, I would only score around 11 tricks, missing on my hearts.) It’s also a luck that both Ace and Queen of Spades are in East. That basically secures the grand slam.

Moral: Luck plays like 10% in a Bridge game.

Problem: Given perfect knowledge of the hands as above to everyone playing, but everyone plays perfectly, determine whether the contract is met or not. Additionally, determine the game play.

Ce Pe

Hokkian of one hundred, also the title of some card game that some friend teaches to me. Which is “very fun” according to my (other) friends.

Written on 6.35 AM, so don’t expect me to post the rules now. Go to school in like ten minutes…

Oh hey I remembered to update this post. Rules below…

Achievement Replenished

Well, so my second forum game with a co-mod is almost ready. Thanks to Yoshi aka Yoshiap aka [real name redacted], the game is well prepared. Hopefully. The nth achievement game in AoPS, also the mth (I cannot use the same variable to represent different numbers right?) forum game that is based on another forum game.

So…I think I haven’t got to know good things to post, so here’s a bridge hand. A bad one, I would say, since I got 2D+5. 😦 I’m south. See if you can get a grand slam yourself.
South: 9653S AKQ7H KJ3D A7C
West: K84S 9643H T65D 843C
North: AQT7S J2H A98742D QC
East: J2S T85H QD KJT9652C

Oh, in case you’re one of the few that reads this entry, here’s a hint: I have a secret in one of my AoPS blog entries. A recent one.