Bridge Match 1 - Board 89

Board 89 – Dealer North – EW Vul

My hand: ♠ A T 3 ♥ K Q 9 4 ♦ K J ♣ J 9 5 4

I open 1 club in third seat. Partner responds 1 diamond. I bid 1NT which gets passed out. West leads the 3 of hearts.

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

West	North	East	South
	Pass	Pass	1♣
Pass	1♦1	Pass	1NT2
Pass	Pass	Pass
1Walsh
2Walsh

I have 4 heart tricks and 1 spade trick. I can set up 3 diamond tricks and 2 club tricks. The club tricks take more work to set up, so I will attack diamonds. But first, the heart lead. 3-T-7-4. I shift to diamonds. 3-9-K-2. J-4-6-5. Guess it's time to play clubs. 4-3-T-Q.

East is in and fires out a spade. 2-3-Q-5. 6-7-J-T. K-A-4-9. Time to cash out. I win 3 hearts and lose the rest. Making 1.

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

Professor Jack disagrees with my club shift and would have just cashed out hearts. Not sure what difference it makes.


On the replay they play 1NT as well, but they play it from the North hand since they aren't playing Walsh. This also pinpoints spades as the right suit to lead. It doesn't end up mattering as they make exactly 1 as well.

Nick: 90
Jack: 90
IMPs: 0 (+24 total)