Bridge Match 1 - Board 6

Board 6 – Dealer East – EW Vul

My hand: ♠ J 3 ♥ A J 7 2 ♦ 9 7 5 ♣ J T 9 7

East opens 1 diamond and I pass. West bids 1 spade, partner gets in there with 2 hearts and East jumps to 3 spades. I want to let partner know about my hearts and figure we won't go down too many and bid 4 hearts. West then bids 4NT Blackwood. East has 0 or 4 and they settle in 5 spades. Partner leads the T of hearts.

	North ♥ T
		EAST ♠ K T 9 7 ♥ Q 6 ♦ K Q 4 3 2 ♣ K 4
	SOUTH ♠ J 3 ♥ A J 7 2 ♦ 9 7 5 ♣ J T 9 7

West	North	East	South
		1♦	Pass
1♠	2♥	3♠	4♥
4NT1	Pass	5♣2	Pass
5♠	Pass	Pass	Pass
1Ace asking for spades
20 or 4 Aces

T-Q-A-3. I return the J and West ruffs in with the 2 of spades. Partner plays the 5.

Declarer draws trump. 4-8-K-3. 7-J-A-4 of hearts.

Declarer now shifts to clubs. 2-3-K-7.

And now over to diamonds. 2-5-J-6. T-A-3-7. Unless partner has the A of clubs dummy is up. He doesn't. Making 5.

	NORTH ♠ 8 ♥ K T 9 8 5 4 ♦ A 8 6 ♣ Q 8 3
WEST ♠ A Q 6 5 4 2 ♥ 3 ♦ J T ♣ A 6 5 2		EAST ♠ K T 9 7 ♥ Q 6 ♦ K Q 4 3 2 ♣ K 4
	SOUTH ♠ J 3 ♥ A J 7 2 ♦ 9 7 5 ♣ J T 9 7

Professor Jack thinks 4 hearts was a bad idea and would have passed. He has no justification for this. I think white on red it was fine. He also disagrees with returning a heart when I won the A. I don't think it's that unreasonable that partner only had 5 bad hearts for his overcall but maybe I've been playing with Andrew too long. Leading a diamond up to KQ432 which is what Jack wants me to do seems wrong though. Not sure what is right though. He also disagrees with the 7 of clubs since it shows an odd number when I have an even number. He's right, and I didn't even think about it which is a problem, but in this case it didn't matter. I doubt partner cares and maybe declarer does so lying is probably right.


On the replay the auction goes the same until I bid 4H when Jack passes. This allows West to cuebid clubs. East with an aceless minimum doesn't care and signs off in 4S. I wish they actually only had 10 tricks instead of 11 so my bid would have pushed them too high...

In the play Jack returns a heart when he wins the A. I wish Professor Jack and real Jack listened to each other... Not that it matters. Defense takes two aces, declarer takes the rest. Making 5.

Nick: -650
Jack: -650
IMPs: +0 (1 total)