Bridge Match 1 - Board 118

Board 118 – Dealer East – EW Vul

My hand: ♠ A T 9 6 2 ♥ A T 4 ♦ 3 ♣ Q J 8 6

East opens 1 diamond. I double. West bids 1 spade and East jumps to 3NT which gets passed out. I lead the 6 of clubs.

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

West	North	East	South
		1♦	Double
1♠	Pass	3NT	All Pass

6-A-2-5. Declarer floats a diamond around. 6-5-7-3. 2-2 of spades-T-4. Q-3 of spades-8-6 of spades. Declarer has 4 more diamonds in hand and stranded himself on board. Presumably he has an entry to his hand (K of clubs) and will make regardless. He does in fact play a club to the K, so I have 4 winners in hand. I pitch my losers and am up when he's out of diamonds. Just in.

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

Professor Jack disagrees with my double. He wants me to just bid 1 spade. I feel like I'm happy if partner wants to play in any of the non-diamond suits so I like doubling.


On the replay my hand overcalls 1 spade. This causes West to bid 1NT. East still goes to 3NT but they're playing it from the other side and don't know to avoid a spade lead. North leads a spade, setting up 2 spade tricks for declarer. Unfortunately it turns out my side can run hearts if they lead the A crashing the stiff Q on board, which they know to do since the stiff Q is open at their table. They take 7 tricks off the top for down 3. Ouch.

Nick: -600
Jack: 300
IMPs: -14 (-20 total)