My hand: ♠ K T 8 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ T 4 ♣ K 9 7 6 3
West opens 1NT in second seat. East raises to 3NT. Partner leads the 2 of diamonds.
NORTH ♦ 2 | ||
| EAST ♠ Q 7 6 ♥ A T ♦ Q 9 8 3 ♣ A J 8 4 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ K T 8 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ T 4 ♣ K 9 7 6 3 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass1 | |||
| 1NT | Pass | 3NT | All Pass |
Partner only has between 4 and 6 points, so I doubt we can possibly set this. At any rate, 2-3-T-J. Declarer continues diamonds. A-5-8-4. 6-K-9-5 of hearts. Partner is in and shifts to spades. J-Q-K-5. Does partner have either the A or 9 of spades? I know he can't have the A since he already played 4 points. I think I need to play him for the 9. I return a low spade. 2-4-9-6.
Partner shifts back to a diamond so I guess he started with J-9 doubleton and declarer has A-5-4-3. I couldn't afford to play the T in this layout to stay in, since then my 2 loses the 4th trick to declarer's 3.
Anyway, diamonds. 7-Q-7 of hearts-2 of clubs. Declarer cashes his spade, setting up my T. 7-8-A-2 of hearts. He then cashes 4 hearts and the A of clubs. Making 3.
| NORTH ♠ J 9 ♥ 9 8 6 3 2 ♦ K 7 5 2 ♣ Q 5 | ||
| WEST ♠ A 5 4 3 ♥ K Q J 4 ♦ A J 6 ♣ T 2 | EAST ♠ Q 7 6 ♥ A T ♦ Q 9 8 3 ♣ A J 8 4 | |
| SOUTH ♠ K T 8 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ T 4 ♣ K 9 7 6 3 |
Professor Jack agrees with me all the way!
On the replay everything is identical in the last two tricks. You see, North pitched his low club on the third spade in order to keep 5 hearts to the 9 and this allowed my hand to be squeezed since the club threat was isolated to my hand. So, they make 4.
Nick: -600
Jack: -630
IMPs: +1 (+24 total)
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