Saturday, January 10, 2015

Bridge Match 3 - Board 48

Board 48 - Dealer West - EW Vul

Opponents convention card: Dutch Doubleton
Opponents playing strength: Good

My hand: K J 8 5 4 9 A K 8 5 4 3 2

East opens 1 heart in 3rd seat. I overcall 1 spade. West bids 2 spades as a constructive raise, partner passes, and East bids 3 spades. ALL THE SPADES! This one shows control in spades for hearts. They cuebid some more and end up settling in 6 hearts.

East should have a singleton A of spades for the cuebidding. He should also have a stiff diamond. I'm not sure I believe their cuebids. I lead the K of diamonds.
WEST
T
Q J 8 7
9 7 4 3
A J 9 5
SOUTH
K J 8 5 4
9
A K 8 5
4 3 2
WestNorthEastSouth
PassPass11
21Pass32Pass
43Pass44Double5
4Pass46Pass
5Pass6Pass
PassPass
1Constructive raise
2Control in spades for hearts
3Control in clubs for hearts
4Control in diamonds for hearts
5Penalty
6Control in spades for hearts

K-3-6-Q. Well, it is looking like stiff Q of diamonds after all. But I can't see a reason to play any other cards and I'm not setting up dummy so I try to cash another diamond. It gets ruffed. Then he draws trump, runs clubs, cashes a spade, and ruffs a spade. And is up, actually. Making 6.
NORTH
Q 9 7 3
4 2
J T 6 2
8 7 6
WEST
T
Q J 8 7
9 7 4 3
A J 9 5
EAST
A 6 2
A K T 6 5 3
Q
K Q T
SOUTH
K J 8 5 4
9
A K 8 5
4 3 2
Every table takes 6 tricks in hearts. But somehow 6 of the tables fail to find a slam. So we only get 1 MP.


Jack mildly disagrees with my double of 4 diamonds. Because he thinks it's a penalty double. It has to be lead directional. (They might end up in 6NT or something and he needs to know about my AK of diamonds. He also disagrees with leading the A of diamonds at trick 2. He'd rather I lead a low diamond. That's insane. If East is false carding from QJ tight it loses the contract! He also gets bitter at my signaling after I knew they had 12 tricks and was just playing the hand out.

Ranking after board 48/60: 12/16 with 48.07%

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