06 November 2010

Sometimes you fix and sometimes you get fixed

This post is about the latter. Here's a hand:
Vul: All
Dealer: South
A T 7 6 4
K Q
K T 9
6 5 4
K 5 2
8 7 5 3
J 6 2
9 7 3
Q J 8
A J T 9
A Q 5
A Q 8
9 3
6 4 2
8 7 4 3
K J T 2
I was sitting South and passed as did West. My partner opening a spade and East doubled, so far the same auction as the rest of the room. Only it stopped, right there in 1x. It's not a bad spot, 2 spades, 1 heart, 2 diamonds and a club loser saw us collecting +160.
At every other table West bid 2, East raised to 4 or 3NT and went 2 or more down. Grumble grumble grumble. Is it worse when they don't do it on purpose?

Here's another hand, this story is a bit different because this is a genuine good play that I didn't anticipate, here's your 6 contract (disclaimer: we missed 6 and played in game but lets pretend).

A K 7
K 9 6 4
K 9
K 8 3 2



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A J 7 3 2
Q 8 5 2
A J T 7
Partner opened 1, East tried 1, I responded 2 and over partners raised to game I didn't push. Lead Q. It's reasonably clear that the goal should be to make 12 tricks but just how is up for debate. I chose to set up my hand by pitching 2 clubs on the spades and ruffing two diamonds in the dummy. Seems to work for 2-2 hearts or 3-1 with 3 on my left and I like it because I'm useless at finding club queens.

I won the spade pitching a club and pulled a heart, East played the Queen (nice!) and I won Ace. I continued a diamond to the King and Ace and on the spade return I dispatched another club (feeling good), returned to hand via a diamond to the Queen, ruff a diamond (getting ready to claim), club to the Ace ruffing my 4th diamond over ruffed (oh noes!).

A K 7
K 9 6 4
K 9
K 8 3 2
Q J 9 5
8 5
T 7 6 4
9 6 4



T 8 6 4 3 2
Q T
A J 3
Q 5
-
A J 7 3 2
Q 8 5 2
A J T 7
Well done Pavla. I didn't see it coming and there was only my lonely +650 on the sheet with all the +680s and +980s.

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