Bridge Match 1 - Board 74

Board 74 – Dealer East – All Vul

My hand: ♠ K Q J 9 6 5 ♥ 8 7 6 3 ♦ K ♣ 8 3

East passes in first chair. Jack had a very similar hand recently and opened it 3 spades despite only having KQJxxx. Maybe if my offsuit K wasn't stiff I'd go for that. More likely I'd still just open 1 spade. I guess I'll just have to deceive partner a little and open 2 spades. West doubles and partner jumps to 4S spades which gets passed out.

West leads the A of hearts.

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

West	North	East	South
		Pass	2♠1
Double	4♠2	All Pass
1Weak two
2Possibly preemptive

Well, I have 3 heart losers, a club loser, and a diamond loser and there isn't a darn thing I can do about it. And since it turns out West has all 5 high cards he just starts by cashing them all. Down 2.

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

Professor Jack disagrees with my bid. Somehow my hand isn't suitable for a weak two and he wants me to pass.


My seat passes on the replay and West opens 1 diamond. North bids 1 spade, South cuebids 3 diamonds, and they settle in 3 spades. Which is pretty obviously down 1.

Nick: -200
Jack: -100
IMPs: -3 (+17 total)