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 1♠x. 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
	♠ - ♥ 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.