My hand: ♠ Q J ♥ K Q T 8 3 ♦ 5 4 ♣ Q 7 6 4
East opens 1NT in 4th seat. I bid 2 hearts and partner bids 2NT which I assume is asking for my minor. I bid 3 clubs. West gets in there with 3 spades, partner bids 4 clubs and East goes to 4 spades which gets passed out.
Partner leads the A of hearts.
NORTH ♥ A | ||
| EAST ♠ K 5 2 ♥ J 5 4 ♦ A Q J 8 ♣ A 8 3 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ Q J ♥ K Q T 8 3 ♦ 5 4 ♣ Q 7 6 4 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | |||
| Pass | Pass | 1NT | 2♥1 |
| Pass | 2NT2 | Pass | 3♣ |
| 3♠ | 4♣ | 4♠ | All Pass |
| 1Cappelletti | |||
| 2Relay | |||
A-4-T-7. Partner shifts to a club, so hearts are likely 5-4-3-1. 2-A-4-J. Declarer draws trump. 2-Q-A-4. 9-8-5-J. I'm in, and I bet partner still has the T of spades. I cash a heart. K-2-5 of clubs-5. And another. Q-6-9 of clubs-J. 3-9-3 of spades-K of spades.
Declarer goes back to clubs. 3-6-6 of spades-T. And now a diamond through. 6-2-8-5. Ruff another club back, and finesse diamonds again. Declarer is up. Down 1.
| NORTH ♠ 8 4 3 ♥ A ♦ K 7 3 2 ♣ K T 9 5 2 | ||
| WEST ♠ A T 9 7 6 ♥ 9 7 6 2 ♦ T 9 6 ♣ J | EAST ♠ K 5 2 ♥ J 5 4 ♦ A Q J 8 ♣ A 8 3 | |
| SOUTH ♠ Q J ♥ K Q T 8 3 ♦ 5 4 ♣ Q 7 6 4 |
Professor Jack disagrees with my heart signal at trick 1. I played the T because he yells at me for not playing high enough and now I play high enough and he yells at me for playing too high. He would have played the 8 and with any other partner I would have played the 8 as well. I just played the T to please him.
He then disagrees with my club signal, saying I should encourage from Q764 after dummy wins the A. My concern is finding an entry to give partner a ruff so I think encouraging should show the K, which is why I played low. I could be wrong though.
On the replay my hand bids 2 hearts which is natural. This causes West to get in with 2 spades and partner to pass, leading to them playing 2 spades. My chair signals with the 8 and therefore has the high heart on the 4th round of hearts. This will let his partner keep a trump which should help them take an extra trick. Only problem is North ruffs anyway, with the 4, and dummy overruffs with the 5. So they end up making 3.
Nick: 50
Jack: -140
IMPs: +5 (+27 total)
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