Your most memorable hands

[Ant590]

I don't remember the hand, but after I had been playing about three months I remember realising that playing on my weakest (honorless) suit in 3NT might tempt the opps into playing something more appealing back at me.

 

The player kibitzing me (echognome), perked up and helped me through the rest of the hand; I believe I had accidentally also rectified the count for some kind of squeeze at the same time :)

[Free]

My most memorable psych was against a strong 1♣ opening. I bid 3♦ on a singleton, partner bid 3♠ FNJ w00t!

 

One I remember against me was I think ewj passing in 1st seat, and then after pass-pass-pass-1NT he bid 5♦. I had 10HCP so what was I supposed to do but Dbl? He made 5♦ easily with an 9 card suit and 14HCP, bastard... :)

 

One of the most memorable hands happened not long ago. I ended up in 5♥ in a 5-1 split (AKJT9 vs x) after some bidding misunderstanding, and I needed ♥ 5-2 to make (check my blog) since the Q was offside.

[gwnn]

My most memorable psych was against a strong 1♣ opening. I bid 3♦ on a singleton, partner bid 3♠ FNJ w00t!

:)

[ggwhiz]

Chicago 2006 Spingold, my buddies boss Miguel wanted a taste of the action playing with his old University pard and both 20 years removed from competition.

 

My pard and I joined while the 3 of them formed a pair and survived the first cut to play against the George Jacobs squad.

 

Later in the match, Zia opened 2♠, intermediate with 10-14 hcp's and Miguel overcalled 3♥ red.

 

That came around to his University pard looking at

 

♠Axx, ♥xx, ♦AQJxx ♣AKx

 

He had been warned that these guys were pretty good and to be careful and desperately had to go to the can so he bid 6♥ and turned the dummy duties over to a kibitzer.

 

Miguel had 7♥ to the King and out, just in when he won a ♦finesse at trick one and the ♥ were 2-2 wih the Ace in the pocket.

 

When Scott got back from the can, he said " How would 7nt do." and Zia said "Poorly or worse depending on the lead".

 

Early in the match, I had made 6♠ on a 4-4 fit despite a 5-0 trump split by guessing the distribution and George Jacobs had gone down one in 4♠. Recorded by agreement at their table as down one in 6♠.

 

Just at this moment, George who was sitting out arrived with Zia's book, got him to autograph it and presented it to Miguel.

[Fluffy]

(check my blog) since the Q was offside.

WTF your blog is up again? why didn't you tell us before?.

 

 

Talking about psyches, this one I also posted before I guess, playing with my grandfather on the local about 15 years ago, I had something like 9xx 10xxx xx 9xxx in third position.

 

 

ps-(ps)-1NT-(X)

XX-(ps)-2♣-(X)

XX-(ps)-2♥-(2NT)

X-(ps)-3♣-(X)

XX-(ps)-3♥-(3NT)

X-(ps)-

 

at this point I just though it was better to leave it.

 

It happens that not only partner didn't know what was going on, but also declarer, who made inverse fineses against me untill he was down one.

 

When the hand finished grandpa asked me specifically why didn't I pass 2♣ XX?, kind of resulting lol.

 

 

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Non vul vs vul in third I psyched 1♠ with doubleton, LHO doubled, partner raised to 4, and RHO bid 5♥. At this point I doubled with 4 weak hearts to avoid playing a hopeless 5♠. Partner took about 1 minute before finally passing, and I of couse led a spade.

 

Partner, a matematician, looked at dummy, opened his eyes, then shaked his head, then looked at dummy, then opened his eyes, then shaked his head again.

 

He later told me that when he did the math, it turned out that declarer must have -1 spades and that he though he was doin the math wrong <_<

 

5♥ doubled went 1 miracoulous down, but RHO told me that he would avenge this. And in fact he did with another psych some 10 years later!

[jdeegan]

^_^ I still remember my all time favorite hand. It was may years ago. I had just finished school and was teaching at a small southern college. A well-known regional player, a bookie named Roger, approached me at a sectional tournament and recruited me to play as his partner in a set game for money. I never knew the real stakes, but my part was 5 cents a point with Roger paying my share in case we lost.

 

The game took place on a Sunday afternoon in the back room of a roadhouse somewhere between Memphis and Jackson. Our opponents were two well-dressed middle-aged men introduced to me only as Mr. K and Calvin. The game was Chicago with dealer vul. After about an hour we were up by +25. I was sitting South when this hand came along:

[hv=d=w&v=e&s=skqjt9xxhdkj987xc]133|100|Scoring: Chicago

1♥-P-2♣-P!!!

3♦-P-3♥-3♠

4♣-4♠-6♥-6♠

7♥-P-P-7♠

DBL -P-P-P[/hv]

 

Tension was pretty high by the time the auction was over. I don't think the two opponents expected me to do any operating. My LHO was now on lead with this hand:

[hv=d=w&v=e&s=skqjt9xxhdkj987xc]133|100|Scoring: Chicago

1♥-P-2♣-P!!!

3♦-P-3♥-3♠

4♣-4♠-6♥-6♠

7♥-P-P-7♠

DBL -P-P-P[/hv]

 

After an emotional review of the auction West led the ♦ ace. The full hand:

 

[hv=d=w&v=e&n=saxxxhxxxxdcxxxxx&w=shaqtxxxdaqtxcaxx&e=sxxhkjxdxxxckqjtx&s=skqjtxxxhdkj987xc]399|300|Scoring: Chicago

1♥-P-2♣-P

3♦-P-3♥-3♠

4♣-4♠-6♥-6♠

7♥-P-P-7♠

DBL-P-P-P[/hv]

 

I managed to play the ♦ suit correctly. Making seven.

 

We finished that wheel and the game broke up prematurely. Roger paid me my winnings and tipped me $100 to boot.

[the hog]

My most amusing hand was in a BAM event, playing Symmetric Relay

NV v Vul pd opened S in first seat. Next hand tanked and passed. I held something like

xxx x Qxxxx xxxx. What to do? I bid NT game forcing relay, and hoped to be able to drop pd in a forcing auction at some stage. Next hand tanked and passed; partner passed!! All pass.

Before lho led, I asked "Did you psyche pd?" When he replied yes, I put my cards back in the holder and said, "Ok 7 off" All agreed and pd thought I had spat the dummy.

This was a bit of overkill as partners at the other table bid and made 7H. 7S would also make. The look on pd's face when we scored up was priceless.

[ggwhiz]

Years ago, Sal and his pard went to their first tournament in Toronto straight out of University and arrived just in time to play the friday Midnight Speedball pairs.

 

First round, they sat down against some cute girls and when the round was called, he told the new east west, "Oh, there's a skip".

 

Did that every round until the movement blew up and the Director threw all four of them out of the entire tournament. His first Regional lasted about 8 hands but he still thinks it's the best one he's ever been to.

[Mr. Dodgy]

Good stories here :P

 

Most memorable for me (so far) is I guess about 3 years ago, getting flogged as expected in the Grand National Pairs qualifying.

 

Playing against a pair who have represented nationally, I made a frisky and doubtless foolish lead-directing double on ♥KQx and out. LHO tanked for 5 minutes before redoubling, and I had to run to my ♦xxxxx, doubled, down 5 or 6. -1400 in a Butler!

 

I was astonished that I had managed to put such a thorn in LHO's side as to have caused such a long deliberation. I was even more shocked to end up gaining an IMP on the board - the rest of the room was making 1430 the other way.

[Cyberyeti]

To add a couple more, 25 years ago, I opened 1N with Q10 to 8 diamonds and a few cards, and we finished in 3N.

 

Dummy decked with a stiff diamond, RHO won the opening lead, looked at his ♦AJ9, cashed the ace on which his partner played the king, then led the J, oops.

 

The other was playing in the Mind sports olympiad final, and contriving to play in a 5-5 fit undoubled at the 2 level against Zia/Chemla with a combined 15 count.

[Rodney26]

Flight A Pairs I had:

 

♠Qxx

♥Kx

♦JT97

♣A7xx

 

RHO opened: (1♠)-p-(2♦)-p

(2NT) -p - (3NT) - all pass

 

Something told me to try the heart king and dummy was beautiful.

 

♠xxx

♥Jxx

♦AKQ8

♣KJx

 

Declarer had ♠AKxxx ♥Ax ♦xx ♣Qxxx and won the first trick, played a club toward the board and we were +200 where 4♠ was easy.

 

The coup de grace and reason I enjoyed this one most of all was that declarer was Mr. 6♦ from the Spingold.

[PassedOut]

I remember lots of wonderful deals, some of them triumphs, some of them disasters, and some so funny I still laugh to think of them. Here is a funny one:

 

Dummy

♠ 8-5-3

♥ Q-J-4

♦ Q-J-10

♣ 8-6-5-2

 

Me

♠ A-K-Q-9-6-2

♥ A-7-5

♦ A-8-7

♣ 4

 

In a matchpoint duplicate I played 4♠ after an uncontested auction. I ruffed the second club, then drew trumps in three rounds, my LHO having started with three.

 

In my hand, I cashed the heart ace and my LHO played his singleton king. When the diamond finesse worked, I had two overtricks. No big deal, but my LHO angrily asked me, "Why did you play the ace of hearts?"

 

I explained that I expected to lose a heart trick but planned to use the later heart entry to try the diamond finesse. He was not buying it for a minute though, even after a couple more detailed explanations. Finally I gave up and said, "Next time hold your cards back."

 

"I thought so!" he shouted.

 

I couldn't help but remember this deal when reading about stiff kings that you other posters mentioned.

:rolleyes:

[Flameous]

One nice deal was at the local club here where opps where bidding in all peace until I had the opportunity to double 5♠ RKC answer with something like KQxx x xxx Qxxxx, quick 7♥ followed by 7♠s by partner who starts laughing... not often is your first bid seven spades. It was an excellent result for us as 7♥s was laydown.

 

Couple of weeks later with same partner there is a similar auction, but this time I double 5♦ with a void. Now comes 6♥s followed by 7♦s from partner. Doubled -11 vulnerable...3200... 6♥s was making all around but is down with the ♦ lead. :rolleyes:

 

There was also one funny accident playing precision with other partner. After 1C opening and plenty of relays and some relay break too we have no longer any idea what is happening and we land in 5♠ in 4-2 fit. Funniest thing was that it made even though trumps were 5-2 and no one had bid any slam. (which makes in any of the other three suits or NT)

[Dirk Kuijt]

Not the most memorable hand, but the most screwed up tournament.

 

Playing in college, 40+ years ago, two things happened.

 

First, rather more people showed up than expected. Good, right? Well, the director only had one set of boards, so, for the only time in my life, I played one board per round.

 

Second, at least one person sitting N/S was a novice at scoring. This was back in the days of travelers. Instead of putting his pair's score on the line for his pair number, he put it on the highest available line, which meant that his pair's score moved all around the traveler.

 

It took a long time to get the results that night.

[ggwhiz]

In a Regional KO I played 7♠ after an uncontested auction. Lynn Deas led a 7th best club and with 17 possibe lines of play, I immediately got myself over ruffed in clubs for down one and the other 16 lines would have worked.

 

It was a push as Rodwell fell into the same kind of trap at the other table.

 

Later in the bar, Curis Cheek was on the cell with Hyordis, looked up at Rodwell and said "There is a name for your line of play in Icelandic. Fishkrrrr!"

[Simplicity]

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At one of the first events i ever played there was a deal much like the one above. I was partnering Mickyb in a speedball and this was the final deal. Mike opened 6♥ in a shameful attempt to win a prize for a making slam reached in the least number of bids.

 

The ♦A was cashed at T1 and spade continued. There was then a a frenzied cashing of winners from hand to reach:

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The final heart was played and RHO, perhaps in a rush for dinner, played the ♠K before there was chance to call a card from dummy. Turns out she thought she was hopelessly squeezed anyway. One of them psuedo anti-positional squeezes we think. priceless.

[Free]

My most memorable psych was against a strong 1♣ opening.  I bid 3♦ on a singleton, partner bid 3♠ FNJ w00t!

:(

Perhaps I didn't explain this well enough. I had a 3-4-1-5 distribution, and partner had 6♠-4♦, so we found our 9 card fit. Obviously I passed. ;)

[pirate22]

They say "Lightning never strikes in the same place twice"

 

twice-on seperate years- having opened a suit,and opps have doubled and the subsequent bidding by them, arrive in 3n/t undoubled.partner leads my suit,and the furious declarer,shifts in his seat {UI}:) and with a switch by me eventually ,we have collected all 13 tricks.

 

Another situ at my first congress playing against 2 Internationals {now Deceased)

and we were alerted by the opps at the previous table prior to moving,that they were internationals (my knees were shaking}..im dealer and pick up a flat 21 points.hand was sorted.i counted from left to right,and double checked from Right to left.yes 21 ---Pass.it then went pass--pass 1n/t.

pass passed out.

Those days opps playing 12-14 n/t Acol. well i led from my longest dummy went down with flat hand 3/4 points-we bounced back and forth,but at trick 9,the declarer was getting huffy-with her 12 and dummys crap,she could not wait to get the Traveller out........Very nice for us as E/W 1n/t by north -50.

all the otherscores were 3n/t by E/W - 50.

punch line is later when session over having a beer I asked my partner what should i open with 21 points ?????????? why "well we play 2n/t 20-22"dont we, with 21 what should i open.

 

Rubber bridge for money--This is two words with similar meanings.

GREED---------AVARICE. having arrived in a n/t slam-missing 2 ace's {as we all do} and x by the person holding them,they underled one of them,allowing me to wrap it up...... The word is Avarice. Bridge is a wondefull GAME

[1eyedjack]

the Traveller out........Very nice for us as E/W 1n/t by north -50.

all the otherscores were 3n/t by E/W - 50.

This reminds me a bit of a colleague who left our area, and visited us after a period away, at which he regaled us with some stories of bridge in his new locality. The first week he was there, he bid and made a ridiculous (and ridiculously defended) 3NT. Scored up, and moved on.

 

A week later, he looked up the result and noticed that the scorer had, without referring to any of the players at the table, changed the scored result to 3NT making the other way (for a flat board, consistent with 3NT making the other way at all other tables).

 

Livid with this, he sought out the opponents from that previous week, to get their agreement to have the score reinstated, and they denied all knowledge of it. :)

[bd71]

[hv=d=s&n=saxxxhkqtxdxxxcax&s=sxhxdajxxckqxxxxx]133|200|2nd to last board of GNT match. We know we desperately need swings.

 

1♣ 1♥

3♣ 3N

5♣ 6♣

 

Making when LHO leads K♠, ♠ ruff, LHO goes up with A♥ on lead towards dummy, clubs split 2-2, and J♥ drops tripleton giving me sufficient diamond discards.

 

Making the unlikely Vul small slam gave us an adrenaline rush going into the last hand...which was flat. And we lost by 50 IMP.

 

But a fun hand...

[/hv]

[manudude03]

Funniest hand I can remember on BBO is when partner and I had a misunderstanding about G/B 2NT, which led to me playing 2N with:[hv=d=w&v=e&n=saqxhjxxdkj9xxcxx&s=sxxhxxxdxxckjtxxx]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

 

Trying to get as many tricks as I could salvage, I got a spade lead, which the Q won, played a club towards the J, which loses to the Q. Now it looks like I'm a long way off, then suddenly West cashes the ♣A and plays a third club! I cashed my clubs and played a diamond to the J which held, cashed the ♠A and exited a spade. Turned out that West had brought himself down to KT A AQ, meaning he was forced to win the ♠K and had to give me the last trick in diamonds allowing me to make. Meanwhile the field were making 3N (usually +1) the other way!

 

 

My most amusing offline hand was with another misunderstanding, this time with multi. I'm sitting with xxx x AKTxx Axxx, partner opens 2D (multi), doubled by RHO. I pass, 2H by LHO, partner passes. 3C by RHO. I then decide partner must have spades, so bid 3S. This was passed out and when partner put down Axxxxx of hearts, I start to fear what kind of fit we were in, then partner put down AJxx in spades.

 

[hv=d=w&v=e&n=saqxhjxxdkj9xxcxx&s=sxxhxxxdxxckjtxxx]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

 

I received a club lead, won with the ace, cashed ♦AK, ruffed a club, ♥A, ruffed a heart, ruffed a club, heart ruffed by RHO and overruffed, club ruffed high by LHO, overruffed with A. ruffed another heart and now defence can't stop me from taking another trump (LHO has the T, if RHO ruffs low, I score my 9, if ruffs high, it promotes my ♠J).

 

 

Another multi hand that I laugh at, I open a slightly conservative 2D multi with T9xxxxxx K x AQx, passed by LHO, partner bids 2S p/c, doubled by RHO. They were playing 2-way doubles, I pass and LHO decides its a penalty double with her stiff. Partner's hand was KQJ xxxx Axx xxx and we were playing 2S with 7 sure trump tricks and 2 aces. Just for kicks, the club finesse worked too. It's the only time I can recall being in a doubled partscore with an 11 card fit.

[alansc]

[hv=n=sakxhakqjxdakxcax&s=sj98xxhxxdxxxckxx]133|200|[/hv]

 

Against Meckwell, got to 7S where the defense knew I had nothing.

Rodwell led a spade, I won the A, went to my hand and ran the SJ. Rodwell led a spade from Qxx knowing the AK would show up in dummy I will never forget the look on his face. Probably ducking at trick 1 is better.