Bridge Match 3 - Board 54

Board 54 - Dealer East - EW Vul

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

My hand: ♠ 8 6 4 ♥ 9 7 2 ♦ A 3 ♣ K T 9 6 5

West opens 1 club in 3rd seat. Partner bids 1 diamond. East bids 1 spade. With no real red suit to speak of I can't really bid here, so I pass. West bids 1NT which gets passed around to me. I wonder if 2 clubs would make sense as a bid here... They're not playing doubleton club so probably not? Sure, let's play 1NT.

Partner leads the T of diamonds.

	NORTH ♦ T
		EAST ♠ A K 7 5 3 ♥ 8 5 4 ♦ Q J 6 ♣ 7 2
	SOUTH ♠ 8 6 4 ♥ 9 7 2 ♦ A 3 ♣ K T 9 6 5

West	North	East	South
		Pass	Pass
1♣	1♦	1♠	Pass
1NT	Pass	Pass	Pass

T-J-A-7. Partner should have at least 5 diamonds for his overcall which means I should really return a diamond and hope he has an entry somewhere else. 3-4-K-6. 9-Q-2 of hearts-2. Declarer shifts to hearts. 4-7-A-6. And then to spades. 9-2-3-4. I don't like when the 9 wins a trick... And another. T-Q-K-6. Declarer then cashes a heart and 3 spades. Partner didn't keep a 5th diamond so he has to give them the A of clubs at the end. Making 3.

	NORTH ♠ Q 2 ♥ Q J 6 ♦ K T 9 8 5 ♣ J 8 4
WEST ♠ J T 9 ♥ A K T 3 ♦ 7 4 2 ♣ A Q 3		EAST ♠ A K 7 5 3 ♥ 8 5 4 ♦ Q J 6 ♣ 7 2
	SOUTH ♠ 8 6 4 ♥ 9 7 2 ♦ A 3 ♣ K T 9 6 5

There are a wide variety of results this time around. EW played all the contracts with 3 people making 4 spades, 1 person going down 1 in 4 spades, 1 person is 2 spades making 4, 2 people in 1NT making 4, and us in 1NT making 3. This means we get 12 MPs! Mostly because declarer screwed up and gave us an extra trick for no reason, but I'll take it.


Jack agrees with me all the way!

Ranking after board 54/60: 8/16 with 51.06%