Opponents convention card: Jack
Opponents playing strength: Excellent
My hand: ♠ A T 7 3 2 ♥ A K T ♦ J T 9 6 3 ♣
I open 1 spade. Partner responds 2 clubs. I bid 2 diamonds and partner jumps to 4 diamonds. Both those bids were alerted which scares me a little, but my gut feeling is we have a lot of points and a big fit here. I bid 4NT. Partner bids 5 diamonds showing 0 or 3 key cards. If he's got 0 then we're in big trouble so I better assume he has 3. That gives us all of them. An awful lot has to go right for us to make 7 here... Partner would need the Q of diamonds and either a stiff spade or the K of spades. I don't know how to ask about that though. I guess I should probably just go for 6.
West leads the Q of hearts.
| NORTH ♠ K Q ♥ 9 3 ♦ A K Q 4 ♣ A Q 9 6 4 | ||
| WEST ♥ Q | ||
| SOUTH ♠ A T 7 3 2 ♥ A K T ♦ J T 9 6 3 ♣ |
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♠ | |||
| Pass | 2♣ | Pass | 2♦1 |
| Pass | 4♦2 | Pass | 4NT3 |
| Pass | 5♦4 | Pass | 6♦ |
| Pass | Pass | Pass | |
| 1Forcing | |||
| 2Slamtry | |||
| 3Ace asking for diamonds | |||
| 40 or 3 aces | |||
Partner has the Q of diamonds and the K of spades. We have 11 top tricks and I can get 2 more by ruffing spades if diamonds split 2-2. There's also a line where if spades split 3-3 (and no one has only 2 clubs) I can just crossruff the hand for 13 tricks. 12 tricks is easy. Regardless of the way to go I should probably start by drawing a round of trump. But first the heart lead... Q-3-7-A. I draw a round of trump. J-2-4-5. And then a second, with West showing out. He pitched a heart.
Ok, if I draw the last trump I have 12 tricks. Actually, after taking 3 spades and ruffing a 4th one I get a 13th trick with my 5th spade unless they split 5-1 or worse. I should just do that. They don't split badly so I actually have 14 tricks. Huzzah!
| NORTH ♠ K Q ♥ 9 3 ♦ A K Q 4 ♣ A Q 9 6 4 | ||
| WEST ♠ 9 8 6 ♥ Q J 8 5 ♦ 2 ♣ J 7 5 3 2 | EAST ♠ J 5 4 ♥ 7 6 4 2 ♦ 8 7 5 ♣ K T 8 | |
| SOUTH ♠ A T 7 3 2 ♥ A K T ♦ J T 9 6 3 ♣ |
4 tables bid 7 diamonds and made. 4 tables bid 6 diamonds and made 7. So we only get 3 MPs.
Jack disagrees with my 4NT bid. He wants me to cuebid hearts. Ok, I can see how that would be a good idea. He then thinks I should have bid 5 hearts over 5 diamonds. Apparently that asks for the Q of trumps. Good to know! Partner then would have responded 6 clubs showing the Q of trumps and a K. That probably would have been enough info for me to risk 7. I went back and tried bidding 4 hearts over 4 diamonds and partner ends up bidding 4NT. I show him 2 keycards, he asks for kings, I show him 1 king, and he ends up bidding 6 spades. That is quite the bid! I'd assume we were massively double fit and actually venture to 7 on the strength of my undisclosed void. Turns out he only has 2 spades which is low for that bid I think, but since spades split 3-3 we'd actually have gotten a top board.
Ranking after board 11/60: 6/16 with 55.84%
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