Opponents convention card: Dutch Doubleton
Opponents playing strength: Advanced
My hand: ♠ A 9 4 ♥ A 8 6 3 2 ♦ 2 ♣ K 8 3 2
Partner opens a weak 1NT in second seat. My 11 points plus his 12-14 is maybe enough for game, and maybe not. Actually, it's probably not. Unless partner has a good heart suit with a maximum. But we can probably make 3 hearts regardless? And it feels like that bid should be invitational for hearts. Yeah, run it. Partner continues to 4 hearts.
West leads the A of clubs.
| NORTH ♠ K J 6 ♥ K Q J T ♦ Q T 9 3 ♣ Q 6 | ||
| WEST ♣ A | ||
| SOUTH ♠ A 9 4 ♥ A 8 6 3 2 ♦ 2 ♣ K 8 3 2 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | 1NT | Pass | 3♥1 |
| Pass | 4♥ | Pass | Pass |
| Pass | |||
| 15 hearts, game forcing | |||
Turns out my bid was game forcing, not invitational. But partner has a 14 count with a killer heart suit, so we should be good to go here. We have one diamond loser, one club loser, and one spade loser. With this opening lead we have 9 winners. I can get an extra trick by ruffing a club, or with a dummy reversal by ruffing 2 diamonds in hand. I can also finesse a spade if it comes down to it. Let's see what they take off the top... A-6-T-3. He shifts to a diamond. 4-9-J-2. And back to a club. J-2-9-Q. Well, having the 9 of clubs drop here means my 8 is set up so I get an extra trick that way. Unless hearts split badly I'm up here.
They split 3-1, so I'm up. Draw 2 rounds of trump, ruff a diamond with the A, draw the last trump, ruff a diamond, cash 2 clubs and 2 spades and the rest of my hearts. Making 5.
| NORTH ♠ K J 6 ♥ K Q J T ♦ Q T 9 3 ♣ Q 6 | ||
| WEST ♠ 7 5 3 ♥ 7 ♦ A 7 5 4 ♣ A 9 7 5 4 | EAST ♠ Q T 8 2 ♥ 9 5 4 ♦ K J 8 6 ♣ J T | |
| SOUTH ♠ A 9 4 ♥ A 8 6 3 2 ♦ 2 ♣ K 8 3 2 |
Jack disagrees with my heart bid because my hand isn't good enough to force to game. He wants me to start with Stayman. I'm not sure a 3-5 major split is good for Stayman, but maybe that's because I learned with strong NTs and transfers.
Ranking after board 20/60: 3/16 with 55.36%
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