Opponents convention card: Bridge World Standard
Opponents playing strength: Fair
My hand: ♠ A J 2 ♥ T 8 7 ♦ A 5 3 2 ♣ 9 8 4
Partner opens 1 heart in 3rd seat. My super flat 9 count is only worth a 2 heart bid. Everyone passes.
East leads the 6 of diamonds
NORTH ♠ Q 6 ♥ Q J 5 4 3 ♦ K J 7 ♣ A Q T | ||
| EAST ♦ 6 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ A J 2 ♥ T 8 7 ♦ A 5 3 2 ♣ 9 8 4 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | |||
| Pass | 1♥ | Pass | 2♥ |
| Pass | Pass | Pass |
Well, I have 2 hearts, 2 diamonds, 1 spade, and 1 club. I need to find 2 more tricks. An extra heart will come if they split 3-2. A spade can be obtained by brute force. I can finesse clubs twice to try for an extra trick. Oh, and I can get a third diamond if East leads a diamond like he just did. I should have enough tricks. Do I have too many losers? I have 2 heart losers for sure and maybe a third. I could lose a spade and two clubs. But as long as I play spades before clubs I can get rid of a club loser even if the finesse fails. So that shouldn't be a problem either.
Lets see if things play out well. 6-2-Q-K. I need to draw trump. 3-6-T-K. West switches to a club. Very sneaky, West. Very sneaky. 3-T-J-4. East comes back with another club. Woo! 5-8-7-Q. I draw another round of trump. Q-A-7-2. East draws trump too. 9-8-9 of spades-J. I now have 3 tricks in and 6 more tricks for sure. I can get the last trick either by setting up the last diamond or by finessing a spade. Might as well see how diamonds play out first... They split 3-3. I'm up. Making 4.
| NORTH ♠ Q 6 ♥ Q J 5 4 3 ♦ K J 7 ♣ A Q T | ||
| WEST ♠ K 9 8 4 3 ♥ K 2 ♦ Q T 9 ♣ 7 3 2 | EAST ♠ T 7 5 ♥ A 9 6 ♦ 8 6 4 ♣ K J 6 5 | |
| SOUTH ♠ A J 2 ♥ T 8 7 ♦ A 5 3 2 ♣ 9 8 4 |
There were 7 different results this time around. 3NT making, 3 hearts making 4, 2 hearts making 4, 2 hearts down 1, 2NT making 3, 2NT making 2 (twice), and 3NT down 3. Our result is good for 11 of the 14MPs.
Professor Jack agrees with me all the way!
Ranking after board 23/60: 6/16 with 53.42%.
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