EricK Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Playing pairs last night, I got into a shaky 3NT (misfitting 12 opposite 12), which needed quite a few finesses and friendly breaks etc to make. About half way through the hand, I thought, "I'm actually making this". That didn't really"feel right" (if you know what I mean) so I carefully counted and recounted my tricks taken and winners left, but got to nine every time. So I ran for home with those 9 tricks. When I said "just making", the defense pointed out I had ony made 8 tricks - unusually for me, I had one of the early tricks turned the wrong way. When we looked at the traveller everybody else in NT had only made 7 tricks. And I would have too if I had tried to take an extra trick! Does anybody else have any stories of mistakes whcih turned out well after all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 One time I was playing a live IMP game and picked up a good hand, something like ♠QTxxx ♥Axx ♦KQx ♣Kx. Partner opened 1♠, I bid Jacoby 2NT, and at some point partner bid blackwood. Now I bid 5♥, two keycards without the queen! Partner bid 7♠ off a keycard. The trump suit? ♠AJ9xxxx opposite ♠QTxxx. Our teammates were impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sjhqxxxdaqjtcjxxx&w=sxxxxhxdxxckqt9xx&e=sq9xhktxxxdxxxxca&s=sakt8xhaj9dkxxcxx]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] Auction: 1NT-(p)-3♠*-(p)-4♠-(p)-6NT!!*4-1-4-4 or similar (oops) Lead: ♣K Result: +990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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