My hand: ♠ A ♥ J 9 8 7 2 ♦ 8 ♣ K J T 9 8 7
Partner passes and East open 1 diamond. I hope 2NT is unusual showing 5-5 or better in hearts and clubs. West then jumps to 5 diamonds. Partner doubles, presumably for penalty. I don't know that I trust his penalty doubles but I don't really feel like heading to 5 hearts or 6 clubs. I lead the J of clubs.
West ♠ 9 8 3 2 ♥ A 6 4 3 ♦ A Q 4 2 ♣ 3 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ A ♥ J 9 8 7 2 ♦ 8 ♣ K J T 9 8 7 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | 1♦ | 2NT1 | |
| 5♦ | Double2 | All Pass | |
| 15-5 Hearts and Clubs | |||
| 2Penalty | |||
J-3-6-A. Declarer starts drawing trump. J-8-2-K. Partner decides to draw trump too. T-5-7 of clubs-Q.
Dummy leads a heart off board. 3-5 of spades-K-2. I wonder why partner didn't ruff. I guess both opponents have 4 hearts so I get a heart trick eventually if he never ruffs. Another heart. 5-7-A-3 of diamonds. Ruffing the ace is good; it doesn't cost me my heart.
Partner draws more trump. 6-9-8 of clubs-A. Declarer goes back to hearts. 4-4 of clubs-Q-8.
Then he exits a club. 2-9-4 of diamonds-5. Dummy plays a spade. 2-4-Q-A.
I cash my J of hearts. J-6-T of spades-T. Then I cash the 13th heart. 9-3 of spades-Q of clubs-7 of spades. Is declarer out of trump? What is he doing? Whatever it is, I cash the high club. K-8 of spades-7 of diamonds-6 of spades. Partner then cashes his high spade. Down 5, doubled.
| NORTH ♠ K T 5 4 ♥ ♦ K T 7 6 3 ♣ Q 6 5 4 | ||
| WEST ♠ 9 8 3 2 ♥ A 6 4 3 ♦ A Q 4 2 ♣ 3 | EAST ♠ Q J 7 6 ♥ K Q T 5 ♦ J 9 5 ♣ A 2 | |
| SOUTH ♠ A ♥ J 9 8 7 2 ♦ 8 ♣ K J T 9 8 7 |
He also disagrees with my club pitch and would pitch a heart instead. I did cash that heart, but I guess I could have cashed clubs too. Whatever, I stand by those choices.
The auction is sadly the same on the replay. I was hoping for a big hand. The play is different since my hand leads the A of spades. He then shifts to the 2 of hearts which forces his partner to ruff. North cashes the K of spades, my hand pitching a club. My hand then ruffs a spade. Then they ruff a heart. They try to ruff another spade but South is out of trump. They take the K of diamonds as well but nothing else. Down 4, doubled. I'm surprised at how much one extra undertrick is worth, so I guess this was a decently big hand anyway.
Nick: 1400
Jack: 1100
IMPs: +7 (-19 total)
It looks like you can make 5 clubs, and you might well have been doubled. That would be a pretty fantastic result too. You can even make 6 clubs on the right lead, though I don't know how likely that is.
ReplyDeleteWe're not vulnerable so 5C doubled is only worth 550. 6C is only 620. 6C doubled even is only 790. I think they'd rather we made 6C doubled...
ReplyDelete1400 is a really amazing score. I don't know why he jumped all the way to 5 with a Roman 10 count, especially since they're not playing short club.