One of many that I got wrong on Sunday's NAP qualifier
MPs r/w 7642 Q AJ53 ATxx
(2S) - p - (p) - x
(p) - ?
I didn't want to guess which minor to bid, and I felt like my singleton HQ was very defensive. I elected to pass. Zia's advice of "avoid zeroes" crossed my mind, but when else but matchpoints do you make speculative doubles of partials?
Declarer ended up making exactly 2. I think I did the wrong thing by passing with such bad trumps (we make 4C), but it felt a bit unlucky. Declarer had a max, dummy had a good hand (10 count, Kx of trumps, a side ace), and we still nearly beat it. I just needed a bigger diamond SPOT to have nicked it one. Besides, why shouldn't partner's minors be reversed, and 3C is down a couple while 3D is the one that makes 4?
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Does 2NT mean anything (choose a minor?!), and is it red/white or white/red, meaning -1 (100) still loses to 3m making (110)?
ReplyDeleteEither way, 2SX making is a disaster, and your trumps are weak...