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ffs, this has reminded me of the most annoying hand ever. I had 7 trumps over declarers 5, and I ended up conceding 5 trumps tricks defending 1Sx because I could not shorten my trumps enough and ended up having to lead into declarers trumps/letting him ruff things, all the time.

 

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Play started with a club lead, then a diamond to the ace and a club ruffed by declarer, then he played a diamond, so I ruffed and played a heart, and partner played another top heart (discarding a club), then a third heart, which I ruffed and played my fourth club, which declarer ruffed, and now I have two more trumps than him, so he plays a diamond I have to ruff and play a trump and then he played another diamond and I had to ruff and play a trump.

 

PS: the hand is a construction based roughly on my memory of what happened.

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East has levelled us, and I would like a game with him some time.

 

He has overcalled 2 with hearts. Then had the bottle to pass when North doubled, trusting that we would have a monumental screw-up, or failing that, a cold grand.

 

We must be cold for Seven Spades - I rather suspect we have about 19 tricks, but eight down in Two Spades is only 2000.

 

:)

 

I would have bid Three Spades on the first round, which is natural for me. And partner's double shows a balanced hand with no clear direction, since with an unbalanced game force, he just bids a suit.

 

I simply don't believe partner has - AKQJ AKQJT AKQJ. Who doubles Two Spades with that?

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East has levelled us, and I would like a game with him some time.

 

He has overcalled 2 with hearts. Then had the bottle to pass when North doubled, trusting that we would have a monumental screw-up, or failing that, a cold grand.

 

We must be cold for Seven Spades - I rather suspect we have about 19 tricks, but eight down in Two Spades is only 2000.

 

:)

 

I would have bid Three Spades on the first round, which is natural for me. And partner's double shows a balanced hand with no clear direction, since with an unbalanced game force, he just bids a suit.

 

I simply don't believe partner has - AKQJ AKQJT AKQJ. Who doubles Two Spades with that?

 

Eight down doubled vulnerable is 2300

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