My hand: ♠ A T 6 5 ♥ 9 ♦ K J T 7 6 ♣ 9 8 5
West opens 1 club in 4th seat. East responds 1 heart and I double. West bids 1NT, partner bids 2 spades, and East goes to 3 hearts. West continues to 4 hearts which partner doubles. I lead the J of diamonds.
WEST ♠ Q 8 4 ♥ K 6 5 ♦ A Q 3 ♣ K T 6 3 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ A T 6 5 ♥ 9 ♦ K J T 7 6 ♣ 9 8 5 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | Pass | Pass | |
| 1♣ | Pass | 1♥ | Double1 |
| 1NT | 2♠ | 3♥ | Pass |
| 4♥ | Double2 | All Pass | |
| 14-5 Spades, 4 Diamonds | |||
| 2Penalty | |||
J-Q-5-4. Declarer shifts to spades. 4-3-K-A. I go back to diamonds. T-A-2 of hearts-2. Partner cashes the A of clubs. A-2-5-3. And then shifts to a spade. 9-J-5-8. Declarer draws some trump. 3-9-K-7. 5-J-A-6 of diamonds. And back to spades, as declarer somehow has a 3rd spade. 2-6-Q-7. Partner bid spades with 3 small?
Dummy now leads a club. 6-7-4 of hearts-9. Declarer is now forced to play a diamond for me. 8-K-3-4 of clubs. Maybe we can take another trick if partner can overruff dummy's 6 of hearts so I return another diamond. 7-6 of hearts-Q of hearts-9. Partner exits a club. Q-8 of hearts-8-T. Declarer has another trump. Down 2, doubled.
| NORTH ♠ 9 7 3 ♥ Q J 7 2 ♦ 5 ♣ A Q J 7 4 | ||
| WEST ♠ Q 8 4 ♥ K 6 5 ♦ A Q 3 ♣ K T 6 3 | EAST ♠ K J 2 ♥ A T 8 4 3 ♦ 9 8 4 2 ♣ 2 | |
| SOUTH ♠ A T 6 5 ♥ 9 ♦ K J T 7 6 ♣ 9 8 5 |
Professor Jack disagrees with my double. Apparently this double shows precisely 4-5 spades and 4 diamonds. He'd rather I bid 1NT.
He also disagrees with my opening lead. He wants me to lead partner's 'suit' and cash the A of spades.
On the replay my hand passes twice, but then finds a 2 spade bid after the opponents have bid 1C-1H-1NT-2D. West goes to 3 hearts, North makes the 'preemptive' 3 spades bid which gets passed out. Defense doesn't draw trump so declarer gets to score all his little spades on a cross ruff. Down 1.
Nick: 500
Jack: -100
IMPs: 12 (+28 total)
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