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 | 1♠1 |
| 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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