How do you beat 3 hearts?

[jh51]

[hv=d=e&v=e&n=s63h86dk873ct9852&w=sq842h93djt62cj76&e=skj5hakqjt742d9c3&s=sat97h5daq54cakq4]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv]

 

Can anyone figure out how my partner and I defeated 3♥ on this hand? No, declarer did not revoke.

[pooltuna]

[hv=d=e&v=e&n=s63h86dk873ct9852&w=sq842h93djt62cj76&e=skj5hakqjt742d9c3&s=sat97h5daq54cakq4]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv]

 

Can anyone figure out how my partner and I defeated 3♥ on this hand? No, declarer did not revoke.

declarer has to discard 2♠ on 2 minor suit winners ["OH MY! I thought I was playing NT"] :)

[mohitz]

Can anyone figure out how my partner and I defeated 3♥ on this hand? No, declarer did not revoke.

NO :)

[matmat]

you played against morons? well done.

[kayin801]

Obv after ruffing the 2nd round of clubs declarer took his/her 8 winners to escape for down 1.

[Trumpace]

SA, S ruff, minor, S ruff, other minor. Easy.

[rbforster]

SA, S ruff, minor, S ruff, other minor. Easy.

and then your partner pitches his second spade when declarer draws trump, hoping no one noticed the revoke?

[jh51]

No one has figured this out yet. Our opponents were decent NLM players - one of them became LM with the points from this sectional event. Still there was a serious error by the opponents that doomed the contract. I have no idea what the opponent was thinking at the time of the error.

[matmat]

OMG! one of them became a LIFE MASTER? that's AMAZING!

[billw55]

Our opponents were decent NLM players

I'm interested to see an explanation consistent with this claim :)

[gnasher]

You sat East-West.

[billw55]

You sat East-West.

best guess so far :)

 

something like:

 

1♥ - x - p - 2♣ -

2♥ - 3♥ - ppp (lol) ?

[jh51]

You sat East-West.

Bingo. North apparntly forgot that they were playing western cue bids after I had opened and rebid hearts. Down 6 for second top in the NLM pairs. Top was 4♥X making by East. Everyone else was in a part score, making (some EW in hearts, some NS in clubs)

 

North-South actually won the event (NLM pairs), but this hand did not help.

 

As far as I knew during the bidding, 4♥ had no play. South had doubled for takeout, so I might well have had no tricks outside of hearts. So I took what I was sure to be at least 200 and gave up on the heart game.

[jh51]

You sat East-West.

best guess so far :)

 

something like:

 

1♥ - x - p - 2♣ -

2♥ - 3♥ - ppp (lol) ?

That was the exact bidding sequence.

[jdonn]

So you went +300 for an awful board?

 

Anyway I think this hand totally justifies the ACBL increasing the requirements for life master.

 

Now that I see your later post, almost every E/W missed 4♥? Wtf??

[billw55]

That was the exact bidding sequence.

including the lol?

[jh51]

So you went +300 for an awful board?

 

Anyway I think this hand totally justifies the ACBL increasing the requirements for life master.

 

Now that I see your later post, almost every E/W missed 4♥? Wtf??

+300 was a good board - only one pair was better.

 

I had played against this pair fairly often in this and other tournaments. Early in December, they tied for the 3rd most master points won at a NLM sectional. (I was second due to some stupid mistakes - one of which was taking too long at lunch and returning too late for the afternoon session.) This hand was atypical of their play. I would not be too hard on them just for this one hand.

 

It is quite easy to miss 4♥. You pretty much have to decide to bid it vulnerable with south showing a power house. Where are you going to get your tricks outside of the 8 hearts? If west does not have a spade honor, east can be made to lead away from his spades repeatedly. minor suit honors, if any, in west's hand are likely to be wasted.

[jh51]

That was the exact bidding sequence.

including the lol?

Not until after I claimed.

[billw55]

This hand was atypical of their play. I would not be too hard on them just for this one hand.

Yeah, anyone can just space out once in a while.

 

The other week at a club game, first board of the afternoon, my partner opened 1♣ and righty put in 2NT, unusual. My not-yet-in-gear brain parsed that as 1♦ and 1♥, and I casually laid down the 1♠ card. The director laughed at me a little.

[jjbrr]

It is quite easy to miss 4♥.

I admit I find it quite difficult to not get to 4♥ with 8 solid and KJx in another suit.

[manudude03]

I'd be making pretty damn sure im in at least 4♥ when I have play opposite nearly all hands as long as it has an ace (Axx void xxxxx xxxxx is pretty much cold....) and I'm cold barring a ruff opposite any hand with the ♠Q.

 

OTOH, 5♣ looks easy for NS.

[Fluffy]

you led ♠10 and declarer played north to have ♠Ax ducking the next round and keeping the heart entry in dummy

 

wait that only brings 4 defensive tricks :(

 

that's the est I could sorry

[jh51]

I'd be making pretty damn sure im in at least 4♥ when I have play opposite nearly all hands as long as it has an ace (Axx void xxxxx xxxxx is pretty much cold....) and I'm cold barring a ruff opposite any hand with the ♠Q.

 

OTOH, 5♣ looks easy for NS.

at 5♣ you lose a trick in each suit except trump

 

With south bidding strongly, and partner silent, how is one to expect that partner has the Q♠ Any old Ace does not bring the contract to 10 tricks, only the A♠. Without a spade honor in east's hand, west needs a minor suit A or K (with south holding the A and ducking or else East has to have an entry) and North must have a spade honor (and you have to guess which one it is. After south's takeout double, I would not have been surprised to find him with AQxx of spades.

 

I was prepared to bid to 3♥ when red, and would have bid to 4♥ white. North's pass let me off the hook as I figured I was guarenteed a plus score vs a likely minus.