Opponents convention card: Majeure cinquième
Opponents playing strength: Advanced
My hand: ♠ T 8 4 ♥ 9 3 ♦ J 7 6 ♣ A Q T 9 7
West opens 1 diamond in second seat, partner doubles, and East bids 1 spade. I've got something worth telling partner about so I bid 2 clubs. It gets passed back around to East who bids 2 diamonds. Which gets passed out.
Partner leads the 4 of clubs.
| NORTH ♣ 4 | ||
| EAST ♠ K Q 8 7 2 ♥ J 8 7 ♦ K 9 5 ♣ 6 3 | ||
| SOUTH ♠ T 8 4 ♥ 9 3 ♦ J 7 6 ♣ A Q T 9 7 |
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | |||
| 1♦ | Pass | 1♠ | 2♣ |
| Pass | Pass | 2♦ | Pass |
| Pass | Pass |
4-3-A-2. I can play more clubs and try to run dummy out of trump but that feels wrong. I can draw trump first? Or I can hope from the bidding that partner has good hearts and wants me to return them through declarer. That sounds like a plan. 9-5-K-7. Partner cashes another heart. A-8-3-2. And then he hooks me up with a ruff. T-J-6 of diamonds-4.
Ok, it feels like declarer should have the Q of hearts still, so I want to get into partner's hand for him to pound through another heart for me to ruff. (Or at least force dummy to ruff high and maybe get a trump promotion for partner.) Clubs is really the best bet for having that happen, and I want to make sure partner takes the trick, so I lead low. 7-K-8-6. Oh well. Declarer draws two rounds of trump and then plays a spade to partner's ace. And then declarer is up. Making 2.
| NORTH ♠ A J 3 ♥ A K T 6 ♦ 8 4 ♣ J 8 5 4 | ||
| WEST ♠ 6 5 ♥ Q 5 4 2 ♦ A Q T 3 2 ♣ K 2 | EAST ♠ K Q 8 7 2 ♥ J 8 7 ♦ K 9 5 ♣ 6 3 | |
| SOUTH ♠ T 8 4 ♥ 9 3 ♦ J 7 6 ♣ A Q T 9 7 |
Jack disagrees with my pass over 2 diamonds. He wants me to bid 3 clubs on my own. I don't think it's my position to be making that bid. There's no reason to assume his double of 1 diamond actually shows 4 clubs. It's much safer for me to bid clubs once and then let him take over if he likes clubs.
Ranking after board 51/60: 9/16 with 50%
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