Opponents convention card: Dutch Doubleton
Opponents playing strength: Fair
My hand: ♠ K ♥ A 9 5 4 ♦ A T 8 6 ♣ K 5 4 2
East opens 1NT in 2nd chair. They're playing strong no trumps. My hand is pretty good, but I don't have a bid over 1NT. Neither does anyone else. Let's play 1NT!
I lead the 4 of hearts.
| WEST ♠ Q 6 3 2 ♥ 8 7 3 2 ♦ Q 9 ♣ Q T 9 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ K ♥ A 9 5 4 ♦ A T 8 6 ♣ K 5 4 2 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | 1NT | Pass | |
| Pass | Pass |
4-2-6-J. It would appear I chose poorly. East decides to attack clubs. A-2-9-6. But then he goes back to hearts. T-5-3-4 of spades. Q-A-7-4 of diamonds. Partner doesn't like spades, or diamonds. Declarer cashed the A of clubs. I feel like we're not getting anything anywhere. But maybe partner doesn't know his diamonds are useful. I might as well lead through dummy and hope. T-9-K-7.
Partner switches to a club. 3-7-K-T. Declarer now has 7 tricks since my spade K is stiff. They also can get a diamond trick. Maybe they'll set that one up before attacking spades? I don't know what to do. I'll return partner's clubs. 4-Q-2 of diamonds-8.
Huh. Declarer cashes his heart with partner pitching the 8 of spades. Declarer then plays a diamond to set that trick up too. 5-A-Q-3. Declarer then cashes out, discovering my stiff K so he gets the Q of spades too. Making 3.
| NORTH ♠ J T 9 8 7 4 ♥ 6 ♦ K 4 3 2 ♣ 6 3 | ||
| WEST ♠ Q 6 3 2 ♥ 8 7 3 2 ♦ Q 9 ♣ Q T 9 | EAST ♠ A 5 ♥ K Q J T ♦ J 7 5 ♣ A J 8 7 | |
| SOUTH ♠ K ♥ A 9 5 4 ♦ A T 8 6 ♣ K 5 4 2 |
Captain Jack disagrees with a couple of things. I signaled an odd number of clubs, not an even number, which is probably why he fired back a club when he got in. Doh! He also didn't like the diamond shift and wants me to just play passively and fire back a heart. I thought about doing that but decided to hope partner had the KJ of diamonds for some reason.
Ranking after board 45/60: 2/16 with 57.62%
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