Bridge Match 1 - Board 106

Board 106 – Dealer East – All Vul

My hand: ♠ K J 9 4 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ T 8 3 2 ♣ 9 3

West opens 1NT in 3rd chair. East bids Stayman, West shows 4 hearts and East invites with 3 hearts which gets passed out. Partner leads the K of clubs.

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

West	North	East	South
		Pass	Pass
1NT	Pass	2♣1	Pass
2♥	Pass	3♥	All Pass
1Stayman

K-2-3-A. East draws trumps. J-8-2-5. 3-A-4-6. Oh partner. Why? Partner cashes the Q of clubs. Q-4-9-8. Then he shifts to a spade. 7-Q-K-A. More trump. 9-T-Q-4 of spades. Dummy plays a club. 7-3 of spades-J-5. Oh partner. Why? And another club. T-6-2 of spades-2 of diamonds. Now he shifts to diamonds. 4-7-J-3. A spade, which I win with the J. 5-J-8-6. Declarzr is up. Making 4.

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

Professor Jack agrees with me all the way. I disagree with him though. Way to set up a club ruff for me but let my trump get drawn first. Way to cash your high clubs and set up declarer's middle clubs. Bah!


On the replay the auction is the same but West accepts and goes to 4 hearts. This is good if the defense is the same. It starts the same with the club K lead. Declarer starts by drawing trump leading the K, not the J. This convinces North to not hold up, so he wins and gives his partner a ruff. Declarer still has a spade loser so they're down 1. (I back things up and make declarer start with a low trump. He makes.)

Nick: -170
Jack: 100
IMPs: -7 (-1 total)