mike777 Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Thanks Matt for posting some interesting hands. As you said your partner was newish to the game I really think the problem on these 3 hands were your partner's choice of bids. I think he/she had the problem on these hands. As for hand 4 and the D lead being normal? I see it won for you but I did not see anyone pick that lead, what was your thought process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdfg2k Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I believe partner undervalued his hand quite a bit That is the understatement of the century. Jxx of trumps? Stiff spade? For the life of me, I can't understand why your partner didn't bid RKC. Both of his suits have extra trick taking ability and opposite you showing 4 key cards you have to be gin for 7 and 3 key cards you have to be gin for 6. If you have less than 3 key cards, you have a mighty strange 3H bid. Boy, I'd almost say you fielded a psyche (not really, but it feels that way, in retrospect). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Thanks Matt for posting some interesting hands. As you said your partner was newish to the game I really think the problem on these 3 hands were your partner's choice of bids. I think he/she had the problem on these hands. As for hand 4 and the D lead being normal? I see it won for you but I did not see anyone pick that lead, what was your thought process? Look back, I picked it :) (and I think someone else did before me) and I thought it was normal too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted May 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 As for hand 4 and the D lead being normal? I see it won for you but I did not see anyone pick that lead, what was your thought process? Well it was MPs, so clubs were out. I thought a spade was rolling over to die. So, it was which red suit. Leading a ♥ gambles on partner having A, K, J, or singleton. All possibilities of course. Leading a diamond is a bit more complicated. I was quite lucky here that partner had AK. But he could also have the ♦A and ♠A (ducking the first round), or he could have KQ or he could have QT, etc. I don't know. I just felt a diamond was a fairly neutral lead that was not likely to blow a trick. Of course it's possible to blow a trick, just thought it was better odds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 1: I do recall saying I would have bid 3♠ over 2♥. *Doing a victory dance*2: Move two of your partner's hearts to spades and he bid correctly. Here he was underbidding MASSIVELY.3: I note 4NT is even higher than you want to be, though this has more to do with partner's overbidding. He is not worth a game force on a 12 count with absolutely no spot cards or redeeming features of any kind.4: Great minds think alike hehe.5: Who says five of a minor is wrong at matchpoints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 1. My pard is sitting for my double with a 4=1=5=3? Bad partner, bad.... 2. Pard's 4♥ is a little wimpish, but I haven't shown AK-7th, Ace yet. Oh well, alls well that ends well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Board 1, the T/O Double Hand:♠AKT8♥6♦KT843♣Q76 (P) - P - (1♥) - X(2♥) - 2♠ - (3♥) - P!? Overcaller has extras on this auction w/ 15 Support Points opposite what is likely to be 10 playing points (after all, Advancer made a Free Bid) and should compete with 3S (or bid 4D or possibly cue bid 4H if a die hard LTC fan). Passing put impossible pressure on Advancer. Who, not surprisingly, got it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 1/. xrather than 3 spades 2/. 4 spades3/. pass4/. Q hearts5/. ruff a low D and lose a heart on k spades back to hand with club ruff another low D back with club (hope it is 2/2 split) and play aD see what happens as to play from there if qD is any good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkle Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Board 3 - This hand was just a matter of style and what is your "box". As I mentioned above, I rated this hand to be too good for a 15-17 balanced hand. To me it was 18-19. So I bid 4NT. Unfortunately, partner alerted and bid 5♥, so my only choice left was 6NT, which wasn't a success. [hv=d=e&v=n&n=s98ha764daq6cq763&w=s74ht2dkj83ckjt92&e=st652hqj95dt42c84&s=sakqj3hk83d975ca5]399|300|Scoring: MP1♠ - 2♣2NT - 3NT4NT - 5♥6NT - All Pass[/hv] Did they lead a diamond? If not maybe this should be a play problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted May 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Did they lead a diamond? If not maybe this should be a play problem. Actually they did lead a diamond. (I had to look it up.) But I'd be interested in your line for 12 on a non-diamond lead. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suokko Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 DD solution is simple but how to see that single dummy? ♣+♦ sqz, lead first ♣ to Q and if that holds then can duck a ♥ for count. Not a great slam :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkle Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Did they lead a diamond? If not maybe this should be a play problem. Actually they did lead a diamond. (I had to look it up.) But I'd be interested in your line for 12 on a non-diamond lead. :) Never mind. It doesn't work. At the table you can hope lefty wins his CK early and set up a double squeeze. Double dummy he can duck the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 DD solution is simple but how to see that single dummy? ♣+♦ sqz, lead first ♣ to Q and if that holds then can duck a ♥ for count. Not a great slam :)I don't believe this works. I welcome someone to prove me wrong, but I can't figure out a way to make after this that gets around the minor suit blockage and misplaced heart threat. Show me the end position? I was also considering some sort of squeeze without the count, but again I don't see anything that works. A lot of neat positions can be reached though. Of course if they win the first club then you have your double squeeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Thanks for sharing these hands Matt. Partner proved to be more a beginner than I thought (bidding 4H on the reverse hand, and taking the 4NT bid as blackwood seem the worst). I disagree with Phil though. Partner descirbed her hand with the take-out double, and when we double she should pass. We can easily have ♥J109x on this auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowerline Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Thanks for all the replies. Now come the actual hands. Board 1 - You had a partscore competitive decision. I had actually contemplated bidding 3♠ over 2♥. I certainly would have bid 2♠ had RHO passed. Anyway, I contemplated the three choices offered: pass, double, and 3♠. I chose the worst one: double. Here is the complete deal: [hv=d=e&v=n&n=sakt8h6dkt843cq76&w=sj53hakj853dj75ca&e=s96hq742dq2cj8542&s=sq742ht9da96ckt93]399|300|Scoring: MP(P) - P - (1♥) - X(2♥) - 2♠ - (3♥) - P(P) - X - All pass[/hv] As you can see, to defeat 4♠, south has to cash his ♣A and then underlead his hearts.I chose pass because with the actual hand partner should have bid 3♠ IMHO. I'm not sure if I would have bid 4♠ if he did though... There was probably a big score difference between +170 and -140? A lot more, I guess, than between -140 and -530... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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