Sunday, December 08, 2013

Bridge Match 2 - Board 30

Board 30 – Dealer East – None Vul

Opponents convention card: Dutch Doubleton
Opponents playing strength: Fair

My hand: ♠ 6 8 5 K Q J 9 7 2 J 9 5 2

East opens 1 heart. I'm feeling frisky so I jump to 3 diamonds. West makes a crazy 4 clubs bid alerted as being a mixed cuebid with support whatever that means. Clicking on it shows he should have at least 17 points and 3 hearts. East settles for 4 hearts. West cuebids 4 spades. East bids Blackwood, West shows 2 aces and the Q of trump and they settle into 6 hearts.

I'm on lead. Diamonds feels safe but I don't know that this is the time for safe. Though maybe partner can just ruff it? Eh, safe it is. I lead the Q of diamonds.
WEST
A Q J 8 7 4
Q J T 3

A 6 4



SOUTH
6
8 5
K Q J 9 7 2
J 9 5 2


West North East South
1 31
42 Pass 4 Pass
43 Pass 4NT4
55 Pass 6 All Pass
1Weak
1Mixed cue with support
1Control in spades for hearts
1Ace asking for hearts
12 aces and queen of trumps

Q-3 of hearts-8-4. Looks like partner has the A of diamonds and that void is really well placed for the opponents. Declarer decides to play clubs. 4-3-K-5. Now he draws trump. 2-5-T-4. J-6-7-8. A club to the Q. A spade back, finessing into partner's K. Partner cashes a diamond but it gets ruffed on board. Dummy is way up, except declarer has trump so he's up too. Making 6.

There was a chance to set them if I'd gone with my other potential lead. If he takes the spade finesse I get to get a ruff. It seems very wrong for him to try it, but it might have worked. What I did sure didn't.

NORTH
K 5 3
6 4
A T 8 6 5
T 7 3

WEST
A Q J 8 7 4
Q J T 3

A 6 4

EAST
T 9 2
A K 9 7 2
4 3
K Q 8

SOUTH
♠ 6
8 5
K Q J 9 7 2
J 9 5 2


7 of the EW pairs played 6 hearts making 6. The last one played 6 spades making 6. 7 MPs for everyone!


Captain Jack disagrees with my club play. He wants me to play high to show an even number. I feel like I did exactly that by playing the 5. He wants the 9. The 9 is a little too high for my liking...

Ranking after board 30/60: 3/16 with 55.24%

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