Sunday, October 26, 2014

Bridge Match 3 - Board 23

Board 23 - Dealer South - All Vul

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

My hand: K 7 5 6 5 4 K 4 2 J 7 3 2

West opens 1 heart in second seat. East bids 2 hearts. West goes to 4 hearts. Partner and I stay silent throughout.

Partner leads the 9 of clubs.
NORTH
9
EAST
Q T 8 2
9 7 2
8 7
A Q 8 4
SOUTH
K 7 5
6 5 4
K 4 2
J 7 3 2
WestNorthEastSouth
Pass
1Pass2Pass
4PassPassPass

9-4-J-K. West switches to a spade of all things. A-3-2-5. Then he goes back to clubs. 5-T-Q-2. And another club. 8-3-5 of diamonds-6. Now a diamond. 7-2-Q-6. And another. A-T-8-4. Another diamond gets ruffed. 3-J-2 of hearts-K.

And now he draws trump. 7-4-3-Q. Partner shifts to a spade. 4-Q-K-8 of hearts. Draw more trump. A-K-9-5. T-9 of spades-8 of spades-6. And now declarer is up.

I wish Jack had a claim on offense feature. Making 6.
NORTH
J 9 6 4 3
K Q
J T 6
T 9 6
WEST
A
A J T 8 3
A Q 9 5 3
K 5
EAST
Q T 8 2
9 7 2
8 7
A Q 8 4
SOUTH
K 7 5
6 5 4
K 4 2
J 7 3 2
EW played all the contracts this time. They made 3NT, and 4 hearts 3 times, and 4 hearts up 1 twice, and 4 hearts up 2 twice. I'm not sure how we were supposed to take more than a single trick. Have declarer lead low twice in hearts I guess? Not lead a club to start so I can preserve my 4th round control? I feel like I did nothing wrong and only got 1MP here.


Jack disagrees with my club play on the first trick. And in retrospect, since we're playing Rusinov leads, I guess that makes sense. He should have the T so my covering his 9 with my J is stupid. So we should probably hold them to 5. My bad, Jack!

Ranking after board 23/60: 9/16 with 49.38%

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