Deanrover Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 6 entrants including the illustrious Fred and Sheri. After a good start which hand me in a solid second place behind the wonderful Rain, I drop off with lots of bad boards. My previous board the opposition made 5 ♣ doubled and I am now down in 4th. I am 200 points behind Fred, and 1000 behind Sheri, with 2 minutes on the clock. I look down and see ♠ A9♥ 98765♦ AT72♣ KJ All vul, 2 passes to me. Not looking good for the big swing I need. I open 1 ♥, LHO overcalls 2♣, partner now surprises me with 4 ♣ splinter, I don't get greedy and settle for 4♥ LHO now doubles, and RHO takes out to 5♣ ! I need points so I gamble with a double, partner now bids 5 ♥ and RHO doubles! Well, if I make this I will go above Fred, but if I make it redoubled I might overtake Sheri! REDOUBLE! West leads the 9 ♦ and partner tables the paltry ♠ QJT863♥ KQ42♦ 863♣ ------ Ugh. Well at least I can just run the clock down rather than taking the brutal - score that is due my way. But, hang on. What if one guy has a singleton diamond and the Ace of ♥ and I only lose one trump trick? I play a heart to the Queen, both follow, neither with the Ace. Hmmm. I run the ♠ Queen, and West takes it. Oh well. Whats this? He reutrned the Ace of clubs! I ruff that and return to hand with the Ace of ♠. Now I play a ♥, West pops up with the Ace, and returns a ♣. I check the clock. We are in the final minute, I am not sure exactly how long I have left but ***** I am going to make this thing, please dont let me time out. I have never clicked a mouse faster. Diamond discard from dummy, taking it with the King in hand. Draw the remaining trump, curse the lack of a claim feature, and run my winners. +1200 baby! The tournament ends and I beat both of Bridge Base's founders! I ended up seond and won a (sadly theoretical) 20 cents. MBTs are fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanrover Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 [hv=d=n&v=a&n=sqjt863hkq42d863c&w=sk2haj3d9caq75432&e=s754htdkqj54ct986&s=sa9h98765dat72ckj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - Pass Pass 1♥ 2♣ 4♣! Dbl 4♥ Dbl Pass 5♣ Dbl Pass 5♥ Dbl RDbl Pass Pass Pass D9 D3 DJ DA H6 H3 HQ HT SQ S4 S9 SK CA H2 CT CJ S3 S7 SA S2 H5 HA H4 D5 C7 D6 C9 CK H7 HJ HK C8 SJ S5 D2 C2 ST D4 D7 C3 S8 C6 DT CQ D8 DK H8 C4 H9 C5 S6 DQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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