Bridge Match 2 - Board 53

Board 53 - Dealer North - NS Vul

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

My hand: ♠ 8 5 3 ♥ Q 7 4 ♦ Q 7 6 4 ♣ J 9 6

Partner opens 1 spade in first chair. I have a flat, terrible 5 count but I do have 3 spades so I can find a 2 spades bid. West interferes with 3 clubs and partner goes crazy and jumps to 4 spades. East and I pass but West is having nothing to do with this and goes to 5 clubs. Partner pulls out the double and I really can't pull it.

Partner leads the Ace of Diamonds.

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

West	North	East	South
	1♠	Pass	2♠
3♣	4♠	Pass	Pass
5♣	Double1	Pass	Pass
Pass
1Penalty

A-5-7-8. Partner decides to draw trump now after seeing dummy. Q-4-6-A. Declarer cashes a diamond. K-3-J-4. Then he draws trump instead of ruffing a diamond... That seems wrong? K-2 of spades-8-9. Declarer has 5 more trump in hand but hopefully partner has the high cards in the other suits?

Declarer fires out a spade. 6-Q-4-3. Partner shifts back to diamonds. 2-2 of hearts-Q-9. I see no reason to not fire back a diamond. 6-2 of clubs-T-3 of hearts. Another spade to partner. T-A-J-5. Partner tries to cash the A of hearts but declarer ruffs it. Declarer then cashes a spade and fires a club to my J. I have now been endplayed into playing out a heart. But declarer only has trump left so that doesn't much matter.

Down 3, doubled.

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

Three tables actually play 5 clubs doubled, though one of them only took 4 tricks. The other tables did things like making 4 clubs, or making 4 clubs doubled, or making 4 in 3 clubs. Our side went down 1 in 2 spades or down 2 in 3 spades. So we get 11 MPs.


Jack agrees with me all the way!

Ranking after board 53/60: 1/16 with 61.99%