My hand: ♠ T ♥ A Q J T 6 5 ♦ Q T 5 ♣ J 4 2
I open 2 hearts. Partner bids 2NT which should ask me for a feature for 3NT. A 10 count with a really solid suit should be feature enough, so I just bid 3NT. Partner pulls to 4 hearts which gets passed out. West leads the 3 of spades.
NORTH ♠ 8 7 ♥ K 7 3 ♦ A 6 4 2 ♣ A K 7 6 | ||
| WEST ♠ 3 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ T ♥ A Q J T 6 5 ♦ Q T 5 ♣ J 4 2 |
| West | North | East | South |
| 2♥1 | |||
| Pass | 2NT2 | Pass | 3NT3 |
| Pass | 4♥ | All Pass | |
| 1Weak Two | |||
| 2Relay | |||
| 2Max w/ no feature | |||
I have 6 hearts, 2 clubs, and a diamond off the top. I can't get a ruff in dummy but I have a chance to build an extra trick in either clubs (East has the Q or 3-3 split) or in diamonds (East has the K or J or 3-3 split). Loserwise I have one spade loser and whatever goes wrong in the minors which could be as many as 2 diamonds and a club.
If hearts split 2-2 I can endplay West by ruffing out the spades and leading anything into him. Probably the anything should be a diamond to the T, since if he wins the J he has to lead a diamond or a club which I will duck to hand, setting up a trick no matter what. That seems like a reasonable preliminary plan and I'll fall back in finesses and 3-3 splits if I can't make that happen.
At any rate, a spade. 3-8-Q-T. East could have lead a diamond to break up my endplay plan but instead cashes the A of spades. Or tries too, anyway. A-Q of hearts-2-7. I draw trump. A-4-3-8. 5-4 of spades-K-2. East still has the 9 of hearts but that doesn't hurt me. I can endplay West, so I lead a diamond. 2-8-T-J. West returns a diamond. 7-4-3-Q. I draw trump and test to see if diamonds are 3-3. They aren't, so I check if the Q of clubs is doubleton. It's not, so I lose a club. Making 4.
| NORTH ♠ 8 7 ♥ K 7 3 ♦ A 6 4 2 ♣ A K 7 6 | ||
| WEST ♠ J 5 4 3 2 ♥ 4 ♦ K J 9 7 ♣ Q T 5 | EAST ♠ A K Q 9 6 ♥ 9 8 2 ♦ 8 3 ♣ 9 8 3 | |
| SOUTH ♠ T ♥ A Q J T 6 5 ♦ Q T 5 ♣ J 4 2 |
Professor Jack disagrees with my opening bid. Apparently it isnt suitable for a weak two opening bid and instead should have been opened 3 hearts. Now, I actually thought this when I was bidding. I really wish someone would explain to me why he thinks this isn't a weak two though, since it's pretty much THE definition of a weak two bid that I was taught.
He then disagrees with my 3NT bid. Apparently QT5 is good enough to show as a feature and he wants me to bid 3 diamonds. I think of a feature as an A or K. Am I wrong here?
On the replay my hand opens 2 hearts as a weak two bid. Maybe something I changed on my convention card makes him think my weak twos need to be really weak? He does show the diamond feature and North goes straight to 4 hearts.
The play starts the same, with a spade and then a spade ruff. Declarer draws two rounds of trump, ending in his hand, and plays a club to the K. A diamond is finesses to the T and J, endplaying West the same as I did. West returns a diamond which is ducked to the Q. Also making 4.
Nick: 420
Jack: 420
IMPs: +0 (+39 total)
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