Opponents convention card: Dutch Doubleton
Opponents playing strength: Good
My hand: ♠ T 7 ♥ A ♦ J 9 7 6 5 3 ♣ Q J T 9
It's two passes to me, and I have a really sketchy preempt here. Jack empty sixth while red is unappealing, but they're also red and the odds of them having a major game are pretty likely I would think. Part of me wants to lie a little and go all the way to the 3 level here. I think Byung might do that! And if it was white on red I really would do that. But in this case I think I need to start at 2 and leave any craziness to partner if he has diamonds to match. West doubles my bid, partner raises to 3 diamonds, and East passes. West doesn't give up and bids 4 hearts. Unfortunately it seems like they got to their game after all. I sure don't feel comfortable saccing in 5 diamonds doubled, so I let it sit.
Partner leads the A of diamonds.
| NORTH ♦ A | ||
| EAST ♠ K J 9 8 6 5 ♥ 9 7 5 ♦ 4 2 ♣ 7 3 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ T 7 ♥ A ♦ J 9 7 6 5 3 ♣ Q J T 9 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | Pass | 2♦1 | |
| Double | 3♦2 | Pass | Pass |
| 4♥3 | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| 1Weak two | |||
| 2Preemptive | |||
| 3Strong, new suit after double | |||
A-2-3-K. That K either means declarer started with KQ doubleton or that partner only raised to 3 with AQT8 support. We'll need to have a talk if that's the case. Partner shifts to a spade. 4-5-7-A. Declarer draws trump. 2-8-9-A. I think my hope now is partner somehow has the A of clubs and we can finesse declarer's K? Or are we trying to cut communication in spades? If partner has 3 trump he can keep declarer from ever getting to dummy once declarer is out of spades. That sounds good. T-Q-2-6. There's one spade left, hopefully partner has it. But that would make him 3-3-4-3? And declarer therefore 2-6-1-4? Or maybe 3-3-3-4 against 2-6-2-3? Actually, those both seem reasonable enough. Declarer draws some trump. 3-4-5-5 of diamonds. Then he fires back a diamond. 4-6-T of hearts-8.
Partner, I am officially disappointed in you. Declarer then cashes a club. A-8-7-9. And plays another. 5-2-7-Q. Leading a diamond back would be a ruff and sluff, so I guess I play a club. J-6-4-7 of hearts. Declarer is finally in those glorious spades... And he ruffs it. Turns out he was 2-7-1-3. They make exactly 4.
And I'd like to note that we only go down one trick in 5 diamonds. And you know who knows that to be true? JACK! It was on him to make a more aggressive action than one single diamond raise with AQT8 and an outside K. There are SO MANY TRICKS available on a hand like this.
| NORTH ♠ 4 3 2 ♥ 8 4 ♦ A Q T 8 ♣ K 8 4 2 | ||
| WEST ♠ A Q ♥ K Q J T 6 3 2 ♦ K ♣ A 6 5 | EAST ♠ K J 9 8 6 5 ♥ 9 7 5 ♦ 4 2 ♣ 7 3 | |
| SOUTH ♠ T 7 ♥ A ♦ J 9 7 6 5 3 ♣ Q J T 9 |
Jack disagrees with my 2 diamond opener. My suit sucks, so I should pass. I agree that my suit sucks, but in 3rd seat with 3 cards in the majors I think you still have to bid something. Then Jack disagrees with my spade return when I got in with the A of hearts. At that point I was still expecting him to only have 3 diamonds and constructed a hand where cutting spade communication was important. He wants me to return a club, which wins under the under construction where declarer has the K of clubs. Well, wins is a bit strong there? I guess at some point partner might get in and need to exit a club which gives them the club king when they don't deserve it? Maybe the key is we're playing MPs here, so not giving them an overtrick is a fine plan and the club return has the chance of doing that...
Ranking after board 29/60: 5/16 with 53.69%
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