Sunday, October 27, 2013

Bridge Match 2 - Board 24

Board 20 – Dealer West – None Vul

Opponents convention card: Bridge World Standard
Opponents playing strength: Fair

My hand: J 7 6 2 A 7 Q 4 3 2 K 8 5

Partner opens 1 club. We're playing Walsh, so I'm supposed to bypass diamonds with a bad hand. A fairly balanced 10 count  probably qualifies as a bad hand, so I bid 1 spade which gets alerted. Partner bids 1NT, also alerted. I can't see us making game here so I pass.

East leads the 6 of diamonds.

NORTH
A 9 4
K Q J T
K J 9
Q J 3

EAST
6

SOUTH
J 7 6 2
A 7
Q 4 3 2
K 8 5


West North East South
Pass 1 Pass 11
Pass 1NT2 Pass Pass
1Walsh
2Strong NT w/o spades

Right, we're playing weak NT, so he has a better hand than I thought he was going to have since he's have opened 1NT with the weak balanced hand. I wonder if that takes away some of the power from the Walsh convention? Oh well. We have 3 diamonds, 2 clubs, 4 hearts, and a spade. So 10 tricks as soon as I lose those minor suit aces. Maybe they can set up some spades first, but the diamond lead makes that unlikely...

6-2-T-J. I force out the diamond A. East returns a club. So much for them setting up spades first... I win, cash my diamond from hand, and pound out the club A. I cash out. Making 4.


NORTH
♠ A 9 4
K Q J T
K J 9
Q J 3

WEST
Q 8
9 8 6 3 2
T 5
T 9 7 2

EAST
K T 5 3
5 4
A 8 7 6
A 6 4

SOUTH
J 7 6 2
A 7
Q 4 3 2
K 8 5


The other 7 tables played 3NT. Some made 3, some made 4. So this is a solo bottom board.

Captain Jack disagrees with my pass of 1NT. He wants me to bid 3NT since partner has a strong NT hand. Fair enough.

I do wonder what would happen if he was 2-4-2-5 or 2-2-4-5 with 11 points...

Ranking after board 24/60: 8/16 with 51.19%.

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