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

West	North	East	South
			Pass
1♥	Pass	2♥	Pass
4♥	Pass	Pass	Pass

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%