Opponents convention card: Bridge World Standard 2001
Opponents playing strength: Advanced
My hand: ♠ Q 9 7 ♥ A 5 ♦ 5 4 2 ♣ Q T 9 6 3
West opens 1 club, partner overcalls 1 spade, and East makes a negative double. I bid 2 spades, West bids 3 hearts, partner passes, and East goes to 4 hearts. I feel like they've got to have overbid here but I don't know if doubling makes sense. Doubling pretty much only serves to break ties when the same result happens at other tables. Costing us points if they make, earning us points if they go down. I don't really see a line to make setting them really likely, so I pass.
Partner leads the T of spades.
| NORTH ♠ T | ||
| EAST ♠ A 3 ♥ 9 8 7 4 ♦ A T 9 7 3 ♣ A 4 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ Q 9 7 ♥ A 5 ♦ 5 4 2 ♣ Q T 9 6 3 |
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♣ | 1♠ | Double1 | 2♠ |
| 3♥ | Pass | 4♥ | Pass |
| Pass | Pass | ||
| 1Negative | |||
T-3-Q-K. Declarer cashes another spade. 2-4-A-7. Then he draws some trump. 4-5-T-J. Partner shifts to a club. 2-4-Q-K. I sure am glad I didn't double! Declarer draws more trump. 2-K-7-A. Hurray for crashing honours. I throw declarer on board with another club. 3-7-8-A. Declarer draws more trump. 8-6 of clubs-3-6. Ok, so it wasn't that our honours crashed... It's that partner thought it more likely declarer was trying to steal a trick than that I started with Ax of trump. *sigh*
Anyway, declarer has the top 3 diamonds so he's actually up. Making 5.
| NORTH ♠ J T 8 6 4 ♥ K J 6 ♦ J 6 ♣ J 8 2 | ||
| WEST ♠ K 5 2 ♥ Q T 3 2 ♦ K Q 8 ♣ K 7 5 | EAST ♠ A 3 ♥ 9 8 7 4 ♦ A T 9 7 3 ♣ A 4 | |
| SOUTH ♠ Q 9 7 ♥ A 5 ♦ 5 4 2 ♣ Q T 9 6 3 |
Captain Jack agrees with me all the way! I feel like either he shouldn't like my play of low from Ax of hearts or he shouldn't have run out the K on the second round from KJ6. I also think his hand is pretty smelly for an overcall of any kind...
Ranking after board 16/60: 5/16 with 54.91%
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