geofspa Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 [hv=d=w&v=n&s=sqt3h973d6ckj7632]133|100|Scoring: RubberBidding 1♣ x p p?p[/hv] The could we do better will come a little later :) The other day playing high stakes rubber bridge (not really it was social bridge) I converted my partners takeout double into a penalty. My question here is - should I convert partners T/O double ? I have a weak hand but my clubs are nice ... even if sitting under opener. I believe I should here bite the bullet and bid 1♥ [hv=d=w&v=n&n=sa52haqt6dakq4cq9&w=sk76hkj8dt97cat54&e=sj984h542dj8532c8&s=sqt3h973d6ckj7632]399|300|Scoring: RubberThe play1 n ♣Q 8 2 52 n ♦Q 2 6 T 3 n ♦K 3 ♣3 74 s ♥9 J Q 25 n ♦A 8 ♥7 96 n ♥A 4 3 87 n ♥T 5 ♣6 K8 s ♠3 7 A 49 n ♥6 ♠8 ♣7 ♣T10 w ♠K 5 9 T11 w ♣A 9 ♦J J12 w ♣4 ♦4 ♦5 K13 s ♠Q 6 2 J [/hv] Honestly I do not know why West opened the bidding - we were playing the first game in a rubber so there were no part scores on the board. In the play my partner berated me for trumping her ♦K at trick 3 (Never trump partners winners?). Although I did argue that if I trump this I can lead hearts through declarer. We managed to take 10 tricks for a nice little 800 above the line. Did we do as well as we could have expected, and could declarer have done better than he did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 i think you can keep declarer to 2 tricks, maybe 1? three rounds of diamonds, pitching spades, spade ace, spade ruff, heart through, spade ruff, heart through, third heart [hv=n=sh6d4cq9&w=shdcat54&e=sjhdj8c8&s=shdckj76]399|300|[/hv]now comes north's last diamond. you ruff high declarer can either underruff, at which point you lead through their ATx into p's Q9or oferruff, in which case they lead out of Txx into p's Q9 and your Jxx, you winning the rest of the tricks... so 1CX-6? what is that? 1400? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Passing with this is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Passing looks right.You shouldn't ruff the ♦K but rather pitch one of your possible losers, i.e. a heart. (If ruffing and leading a heart through gains a trick in the heart suit, you did nothing more than breaking even compared to pitching a heart.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 passing is ok, but 1♥ is fine as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 I would pass. If passing is right, you win big. If not, you have not doubled them into game, so if you do go minus, it will not be a huge minus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 i think you can keep declarer to 2 tricks, maybe 1? three rounds of diamonds, pitching spades, spade ace, spade ruff, heart through, spade ruff, heart through, third heart Dealer: ????? Vul: ???? Scoring: Unknown ♠ [space] ♥ 6 ♦ 4 ♣ Q9 ♠ [space] ♥ [space] ♦ [space] ♣ AT54 ♠ J ♥ [space] ♦ J8 ♣ 8 ♠ [space] ♥ [space] ♦ [space] ♣ KJ76 now comes north's last diamond. you ruff high declarer can either underruff, at which point you lead through their ATx into p's Q9or oferruff, in which case they lead out of Txx into p's Q9 and your Jxx, you winning the rest of the tricks... so 1CX-6? what is that? 1400? While you would hold declarer to 1 trick on your given defense, once partner led the club Q, it is no longer possible. The club Q is not an unreasonable start for the defense and once it has been led, the best you can down is hold declarer to two tricks for +1100. Partner should continue with the club 9 at trick 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 The club Q is not an unreasonable start for the defense and once it has been led, the best you can down is hold declarer to two tricks for +1100. Partner should continue with the club 9 at trick 2. given a holding of AKQx in a side suit, i think the queen of trump can wait until at least trick 2 at which point it becomes clear that dummy is not ruffing anything, so why lead trumps into declarer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantumcat Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Yeah because partner obviously has a few trumps, probably your queen and even the nine will be made into tricks. And you have control everywhere, so unless each of the opponents has a void somewhere, you have to be given control back very soon and you can always lead the trumps then if it looks right. I like your defence matmat, well thought out :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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