Opponents convention card: Dutch Acol
Opponents playing strength: Intermediate
My hand: ♠ J T 7 6 ♥ 4 2 ♦ K T 7 3 ♣ 9 4 3
Partner opens 1 heart in 3rd seat. East overcalls 2 diamonds. My hand is too bad to take an action here so I pass. Partner continues on to 3 clubs and East moves to 3 spades. My hand seems to hit the opponent, not my partner. I understand he's probably got a pretty good hand but I just don't mesh with him at all. I wonder if I should double? I have a trump trick and they've got to be as misfitted as we are. I really don't want partner to bid again. Eh, I also don't want to double them into game. Partner then bids 4 hearts. Fine partner, you win. Everyone passes.
East leads the K of spades.
| NORTH ♠ 9 5 ♥ A Q J 8 7 6 ♦ 8 ♣ A K Q 6 | ||
| EAST ♠ K | ||
| SOUTH ♠ J T 7 6 ♥ 4 2 ♦ K T 7 3 ♣ 9 4 3 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | |||
| Pass | 1♥ | 2♦ | Pass |
| Pass | 3♣1 | 3♠ | Pass |
| Pass | 4♥ | Pass | Pass |
| Pass | |||
| 1Forcing | |||
Well, I sure have 3 losers off the top and I'm missing the K of hearts. Way to bid game all on your own with only 16 points partner. They cash 3 tricks off the top and then lead a 3rd round of spades. I have to ruff it but then I can't even try to finesse hearts. I'm actually going to lose a club, too, unless they split 3-3 because I have no way to get to board and take my K of diamonds. Nothing crazy happens in hearts or clubs and they get those tricks.
Down 2.
| NORTH ♠ 9 5 ♥ A Q J 8 7 6 ♦ 8 ♣ A K Q 6 | ||
| WEST ♠ A 3 2 ♥ T 5 ♦ 6 5 2 ♣ J T 8 7 5 | EAST ♠ K Q 8 4 ♥ K 9 3 ♦ A Q J 9 4 ♣ 2 | |
| SOUTH ♠ J T 7 6 ♥ 4 2 ♦ K T 7 3 ♣ 9 4 3 |
Jack disagrees with my third pass. He thinks I should have doubled them. And I guess I was pretty sure to have at least 2 tricks and partner has been bidding like crazy... He might have 3 tricks? The big thing was East only had 4 spades which surprised me. We probably get to tap them in clubs and then run hearts...
Ranking after board 59/60: 1/16 with 63.44%
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