See no evil, hear no evil...

[OleBerg]

(I)[hv=d=n&v=b&n=sq98432h765dq4cq10&w=s5haq1094dj1082c753&e=saj76hj8dkck98642&s=sk10hk32da97653caj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

The contract was duly doubled. The ♦6 (fourth best) was lead to the ♦D. Curtains.

On hindsight I find the 3nt bid foolish. I believe that my considerations about well-placed cards has some merit, but the hand is no way near extreme enough. The ♦K is a liabilety rather than an asset, and the club-suit is way to bad. But note that the defence cannot keep declarer from eight tricks, and will have to be on their toes, to keep him from nine.

 

(IV)

[hv=d=n&v=b&n=sq98432h765dq4cq10&w=s5haq1094dj1082c753&e=saj76hj8dkck98642&s=sk10hk32da97653caj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

The ♣J was lead. Curtains.

This is the only hand, where I really feel 3nt is the correct bid. Partners take-out double makes it very likely that diamonds will run, and you only need to find partner with a soft ace. Even here, finding partner with a not perfect minimum,,after an understandable wrong blind lead, it sailed home.

 

(II)

[hv=d=n&v=b&n=sq98432h765dq4cq10&w=s5haq1094dj1082c753&e=saj76hj8dkck98642&s=sk10hk32da97653caj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

The♥Q was lead to the king. West captured the second Club, and cashed a high diamond before exiting with a spade. Curtains.

Here I bid 3nt, so that i could go down in 3nt, instead of watching partner go down in 3♣. Well both should have been down, as the defense had a major lapse. I have little sympathy for 3♦; it will often get us to a worse partial, and it will often wrong-side 3nt. East on lead, will be left to his own devices, while west will have a good indication of which major-suit should be attacked. You will not have a hard time convincing me, that pass is the right bid.

 

(III)

[hv=d=n&v=b&n=sq98432h765dq4cq10&w=s5haq1094dj1082c753&e=saj76hj8dkck98642&s=sk10hk32da97653caj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

I didn't bid 3nt on this one, the only one where it is a double-dummy winner. :-)

 

 

I don't really know what all this goes to show (apart from me being a little crazy), but though luck played it's part, they are all cases in favour of the saying:

 

"See no evil, hear no evil, BID 3NT"

[ArtK78]

Where is the bidding? What is the final contract on each hand?

[OleBerg]

Where is the bidding?  What is the final contract on each hand?

See the threads.

 

See no evil, hear no evil, bid 3nt (I-IV)

 

(3nt is the final contract on the first three hands, and should have been it on the fourth.)