Trumpace Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Matchpoints. None vul. South dealer. N/S reach 5♦ via the following auction. 1D - (1S) - 2D - (2S)3H - Pass - 4D - Pass5D - All pass. The player in question is West who holds: QT9xx, JT9x, x, Axx These are the four hands: [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sjxxhxxdkt98xcktx&w=sqt9xxhjt9xdxcaxx&e=sakxhxxxdxxxcxxxx&s=sxxhakqxdaqjxcqjx]399|300|Scoring: MatchpointsLead spade.[/hv] West leads a spade, east wins ♠K, ♠A and return a third Spade. Declarer ruffs with the ♦A, and plays the ♣J. At this point west thinks, "Most tables will be in 3NT which is at least -2. So we need at least 2 club tricks. Low it is..." and plays a low club. Declarer wins, draws trumps and then squeezes West between the ♣A and the fourth heart, making 11 tricks. (endposition: 2 hearts and ♣KT in dummy, AKQx hearts in hand. West cannot both hold the ♣A and JT9x of hearts) Was West greedy, bad or just unlucky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 West seems to have forgotten that presumably, NS play a strong NT, so I would just say he is just bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 West was probably GIB... Otherwise all of the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathyab Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Matchpoints. None vul. South dealer. N/S reach 5♦ via the following auction. 1D - (1S) - 2D - (2S)3H - Pass - 4D - Pass5D - All pass. The player in question is West who holds: QT9xx, JT9x, x, Axx These are the four hands: [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sjxxhxxdkt98xcktx&w=sqt9xxhjt9xdxcaxx&e=sakxhxxxdxxxcxxxx&s=sxxhakqxdaqjxcqjx]399|300|Scoring: MatchpointsLead spade.[/hv] West leads a spade, east wins ♠K, ♠A and return a third Spade. Declarer ruffs with the ♦A, and plays the ♣J. At this point west thinks, "Most tables will be in 3NT which is at least -2. So we need at least 2 club tricks. Low it is..." and plays a low club. Declarer wins, draws trumps and then squeezes West between the ♣A and the fourth heart, making 11 tricks. (endposition: 2 hearts and ♣KT in dummy, AKQx hearts in hand. West cannot both hold the ♣A and JT9x of hearts) Was West greedy, bad or just unlucky?A bit unlucky and didn't think it through fully. I doubt if declarer is bidding 5♦ at MP with 2 small spades and ♣Jx[x]. But having said that I wouldn't be too critical of him. He did try to reason it somewhat, while a lot of other players may have gone up with the Ace or played low without giving either play much thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Was West greedy, bad or just unlucky? Just bad. Technically greedy too but I'm willing to overlook that since some greed is normal at mps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 If West thought of the reasoning at the time, I will at least give him credit for thinking along the lines. Of course, as others have mentioned, the reasoning was faulty. However, I think it's a bit harsh to be too critical. On the other hand, it's quite possible that West reasoning was made after the fact to cover up an error, in which case it's a shame that he felt he needed to come up with a reason. We all make errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmunte1 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Definitely bad, declarer knows where ♣A is after 2♠ for partner, who showed already ♠AK, and 1♠ by us. Also it seems that West didn't learn to count tricks and never heard about squeezes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Why does west think that this auction will not be repeated at other tables? How does west even know (at trick three) that south has a balanced hand? At that point south could easily have a 2452 or even 2461 pattern. Generally if your opponents bid a game voluntarily and you set, you will get a pretty decent score. I think ducking the setting trick is a poor tactic even at matchpoint scoring. And in any case, west overcalled and his partner has already shown up with ace-king of his suit. I think south will play west for the club ace (a card east can't even really have, on the bidding) if this is on a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Congrats for the squeeze, well bid and well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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