What are you the best at?

[jack spade23]

seriously, its at 18 pages. awesome

[jackdaniels]

only one other thread has more posts on OOT. this one

And it can be beat with 18 more posts!!

[NoPeak]

Super tecmo bowl.

Okoye will be more than happier to show whoever disagrees.

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Hunting
Shooting

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I`ll take a challenge here. Especially if it`s standard rifle and ISSF rules.

[diddle]

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Have you ever pitched a 6 IP perfect game not allowing any hitter to even touch the ball? Didn't think so? My sinker = untouchable

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no it's not. Are you playing against babies?

[Skipbidder]

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Wow, that's a tough set.

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Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that. They list the scores of the top 50 entrants in a future magazine. The cutoff was 720 points. 23 solvers scored 750 or higher.

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A) X. I can't bring myself to pass, I done like to bid my "four-card" heart suit and 1NT just doesn't seem right with that hand (no intermediate cards)

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Well, this was the question that I thought I had the silly answer on. I picked double. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Only one other panelist chose double and he (Carl Hudecek) was planning to bid 2H over 2C, under the mistaken impression that it was systemically a "minimum-equal-level-conversion" bid. 40 points for us, and I think that was generous. I wrote "I'll pass partner's two-club advance. I'm less worried about the short clubs than I would be about the weak and short hearts for a two-heart overcall or the short stopper and lack of a trick source for one notrump."

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B) 5C. Yes 4S could be the last making contract but slam could also be just around the corner. Not strong enough for 6C myself though

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You get 80 points for 5C. Nine panelists chose this bid. I chose Pass, along with 14 other panelists (100 points). My answer: "I found this the hardest problem of the set. As North's is a 'cards' double, his distribution is less well-defined as compared to a lower-level negative double. If I were sure that I would get to the right spot, I would bid on. Our best contract might be game or slam in clubs or spades (or even diamonds). The only way to get to four spades is to bid it now, but that seems like a pure gamble."

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C) 4H. No mention of Walsh so partner almost always have five hearts. My spades (and hearts and diamonds) does certainly not look NT'ish

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Six other panelists and I also tried 4H. We get 80 points. Top score goes to Redouble, chosen by 17 panelists. My answer "Best to ensure that we know what the trump suit is rather than to conduct an experiment to see if we agree about the meanings of follow-ups to pass or redouble." Cohen and Berkowitz reply "By publishing this problem, we can hope that you and your partner won't have to experiment in the future. It would be a good idea to discuss meanings over doubles of below-three-notrump cue-bids." They also said that "although there were quite a few 4H bidders, none seemed to make a good case." I think that the panel's answers justify my position, however. There were varied ideas about the meaning of redouble, including 1) ace of spades, 2) ace or king of spades, 3) ace or king of spades but no second stopper, 4) partial spade stopper, and 5) extra strength and heart support.

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D) e) 3D. The only easy problem. I can accept 2C but people who bid 1S are just looking for trouble. 2D is a gross underbid and 2NT is meaningless. If 3NT is the right contract, we'll get there

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We concur on this one as well. 100 points for us. "I've never rebid a three card major; I guess I never will. This seems like an easy three-diamond rebid. Even though ten other panelists agreed with us, there were 16 votes for other actions. Eight people tried 2C next, with 2NT, 2S, and 3D follow-ups. Three people bid the fake 1S call, with 2NT or 3D follow up. Three people actually thought that they had a minimum and rebid 2D (Carl Hudecek-who is protecting against busy-bidding partners; Danny Kleinman-who would bid 3D if he had the nine of diamonds instead of the eight; and Paul Trent--who is an advocate of very sound Roth-Stone opening bids. Roth himself retired from the panel this very month, so we don't get to see his answer, but I suspect it would have been 2C.)

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E) 5H. I assume partners 4H is weak'ish? X is obviously out of the question and pass is too passive knowing partners club shortness. We could even have a laydown slam (partner just need KQd) but there's no way I can bid that without gambling too much

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You join 18 panelists by bidding 5H, 100 points. I passed and led the spade ace (along with six other panelists), 60 points. "Partner needed to cue-bid (or the equivalent) if he wanted to set up a forcing situation, he is short in clubs, yet chose not to splinter. He is likely to be light in high cards. There is no reason to think that this is our deal. I lead the spade ace with the idea of underleading hearts to get my ruff. This might not be good enough to beat the contract, but it is a better chance than starting with a top heart."
Quoth Berkowitz/Cohen: "If pass happens to be right, a trick two shift to a low heart will be the quickest way into the literature." Maybe it would be when they did it. I'd be lucky to make it into the unit newsletter, because I'd be doing it at some suburban Chicago sectional.

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F) Yes+4S. I considered 5S. 4S shows a hand with a lot of spades too strong for an overcall, but my hand is extremely strong in terms of playing strenght. I do take the low road though but I'm aware of the likely chance of partner passing and us missing a laydown slam

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I like making at least a slam try over 4H. 5S is a pretty good choice in my mind. Actually, after reading Danny Kleinman's answer, I think that the correct call is to bid 5S directly over 1D. You get 100 points for the combination of "yes" and 4S.
I didn't like the double, preferring (at the time) an initial 4S bid over 1D. "I would bid 4S, trading on partner's passed hand status. I suspect that I would have opened partner's hand with some number of hearts." The panelists who bid four spades tend to think that partner has a red two-suiter for the combination of failure to open the bidding followed by the leap to 4H.

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G) 3NT. Hamman's rule

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3NT was the plurality answer, earning 100 points. I passed, "When I am the three-spade overcaller, I love it when the opponents overbid with hands like this. I don't want my opponents to love me. Glad this is matchpoints." B/C say "We are passers and readily agree that our action could turn out wrong. However, there is a long-term gain to be known as one who plays for penalties. Gaining such a reputation will reduce the number of wild preemptors in your future."

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H) Ten of diamonds. Are you kidding? I know some will advocate an active lead because of the singleton club but why couldn't they be 4-4-4-1 with partners clubs causing declarer trouble?

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Another 100 for you. 15 panelists agree. Nine of us tried the heart three, getting 80 points. Eric Rodwell: "I am combining attack with safety...There was a Team-Trial deal from 10-15 years ago where Hamman (a teammate) led a heart from king-fourth instead of a minor from ten-nine-eight-low; he caught pard with queen-ten-fourth of hearts and two aces. he said afterward, 'why not queen-ten-fifth of hearts and one ace?'"
B/C:"So that is the answer: Play with Hamman; he always knows what to do. Unfortunately, David was playing with Larry when Problem H arose; Larry led a low heart into South's ace-queen, and declarer had exactly (and only) seven other top tricks. While one deal proves nothing, perhaps L.C. shouldn't get depressed by the following answer: Skipbidder "Heart three. I am awful at opening leads. Those who share this choice with me should be worried." B/C "Maybe [in the future] we will get more Law deals and fewer opening leads."

Nice job. Your perfect score on the last five problems leads you to 700 on the set, crushing my pathetic 620.
I guess this ends the first and last annual 2+2 OOT bidding challenge.

[Paragon]

Ever heard of http://www.the-elite.net ? People there would gladly challenge you to PD/GE [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] It's a nice site for some competitive console gaming and some inside jokes. I used to play 3-4 years ago as did captZEEbo (who posted earlier in this thread). You can find videos of all the world records pretty much. Although they might be harder to find, there's also a few of me playing 8 dark sims one-hit kill pistols on a variety of maps.

Here's one of 0:57 in the fabled Facility 00 Agent.

[Phoenix1010]

I submit. Paragon and captZEEbo own me in Perfect Dark. Thanks for the cool site though.

[nyholdem]

I'm certainly the best fastpitch STICKBALL player on this site. Maybe the best youth soccer coach too (State Champs)

[Riskwise]

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i can lay down a carve on a snowboard better than anyone here.

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ISHKABIBBLE.

oh that reminds me, im the best snowboarder here. (riding, not that gay alpine [censored])