Saturday, February 19, 2011

Bridge Match 1 - Board 131

Board 131 – Dealer South – EW Vul

My hand: 9 6 5 T 7 5 K 9 8 3 Q 5 3

West opens 1 club in 2nd seat. East responds 1 diamond. I stay silent and they end up signing off in 5 hearts and then wandering to 6 hearts anyway. Intriguing. Partner leads the A of clubs.

NORTH
A


EAST
Q T
A Q 8 3
A Q T 7 4
J 4

SOUTH
9 6 5
T 7 5
K 9 8 3
Q 5 3


West North East South
Pass
1Pass 1 Pass
1Pass 41 Pass
42Pass 4NT3 Pass
54Pass 5 Pass
6Pass Pass Pass
1Control in Diamonds for Hearts
2Control in Spades for Hearts
3Ace Asking for Hearts
4One Ace

A-4-3-7. T-J-Q-K. Declarer plays a third club. 6-2-Q of hearts-5. And now he draws trump. 3-5-K-4. And now a spade. 4-3-T-5. And now a diamond! A-3-5-2. Q-K-6 of hearts-6. Declarer switches to a club. 8-9-A of hearts-6 of spades. He draws another trump. 8-7-9-2. J-7 of spades-4 of diamonds-T. Man, that was risky of him. If partner had the T of hearts he'd have been down the reckless way he played. He is up now, though.


NORTH
8 7 3 2
4 2
J 6 2
A T 9 2

WEST
A K J 4
K J 9 6
5
K 8 7 6

EAST
Q T
A Q 8 3
A Q T 7 4
J 4

SOUTH
9 6 5
T 7 5
K 9 8 3
Q 5 3


Professor Jack disagrees with my club signal. He wants me to signal with the 5 to show the Q. I only want to show the K with an encouraging signal, so I want to play small. He then disagrees with my diamond signal, where I showed odd instead of even. I didn't see any point in signalling correct count either. I'm lying to declarer more than partner here.


On the replay the auction goes the same up until the very end, which West fails to bump the bid to 6 hearts. North doesn't cash his A of clubs and they end up holding them to 5.

Nick: -1430
Jack: -650
IMPs: -13 (-43 total)

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