My hand: ♠ 9 8 6 4 3 ♥ J 9 5 3 ♦ A 4 ♣ J 7
I pass, West opens 1NT and partner bids 2C. A sneaky glance at my convention card says we play natural defense of no trump. Looks like I should edit the card after this hand, but for now I guess he has a club overcall? East bids 3H, which is apparently 8-10 with 6+ hearts. I pass again. West accepts and bids 4H, and everyone passes.
I'm on lead and have no good reason to lead anything else so I lead partners suit. J of clubs away!
West ♠ K J 7 2 ♥ A K 2 ♦ K T ♣ K 9 8 6 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ 9 8 6 4 3 ♥ J 9 5 3 ♦ A 4 ♣ J 7 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | |||
| 1 NT | 2 ♣ | 3 ♥ | Pass |
| 4 ♥ | Pass | Pass | Pass |
I led the J of clubs and it went 6-4-5. I guess partner must have AQ over dummy's K? I continue clubs and it goes 8-T-4 of hearts.
East leads the 6 of hearts. Partner should be void, so East has QT8764. I have one trump trick unless I get finessed out of my J. If I cover with the 9 he'll win the A, discover the split, and be able to repeat the finesse if he has a hand entry. If I duck I'm good if he still hops but I lose my trick if he finesses on the first round. If I took this long at a table he'd be able to find that play but I don't think he will now so I duck. He plays the K off board and partner follows with the 7. That's unexpected since they promised me his bid showed 6 hearts... Good!
Dummy leads the 2 of hearts and partner shows out this time, pitching the 3 of diamonds. Declarer wins the Q and stops drawing trump. He shifts to the 5 of spades, presumably needing to lead spades from his hand to finesse. I duck. He plays the J off board and partner wins the A. Guess declarer has the Q after all.
Partner leads the 6 of diamonds, declarer plays the 7 and I win my A. This gives us 3 tricks in and I have a trump trick still, so they're down. I can't see a compelling reason to lead a spade, so I return my last diamond. K-8-2.
Declarer draws another round of trump with partner pitching the 2 of clubs. Declarer plays the 2 of spades and partner pitches the 3 of clubs. Declarer wins the Q, cashes the T in his hand, his high diamond, and puts me in with my J of trump to lead into dummy's high spade. Down 1.
| NORTH ♠ A ♥ 7 ♦ J 9 8 6 3 ♣ A Q T 4 3 2 | ||
| WEST ♠ K J 7 2 ♥ A K 2 ♦ K T ♣ K 9 8 6 | EAST ♠ Q T 5 ♥ Q T 8 6 4 ♦ Q 7 5 2 ♣ 5 | |
| SOUTH ♠ 9 8 6 4 3 ♥ J 9 5 3 ♦ A 4 ♣ J 7 |
On the replay they have the same auction. The play goes a little differently but ultimately it works out exactly the same with their NS taking the same 4 tricks we did, for also down 1.
Nick: +100
Jack: +100
IMPs: +0 (1 total)
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