p - p - 1N - 2H
2N - p - 3C
SA led
JT7
852
K7
KJ965
Q32
K64
A654
AQ3
1. West cashes SA
2. West cashes SK
3. West plays S8, all following
Been a while since I've seen this theme.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
3/27 - missed a few squeezes
2H p 2N x
3D p 3H
D4 led
AJ9 AQx A987x J9
xx KJxxxx JTx xx
1. diamond won by E's Q
2. CK cashed
3. CA won by west
4. small spade, won by dummy's ace
J9 AQx A987 --
x KJxxxx Jx --
On the second hand, I was declaring 3N. Defense took two tricks, then I claimed the balance. A recount of my top tricks showed that I only had 10. Then I asked, "Red suit squeeze?" The squeeze was on. How many tricks am I entitled to?
Monday, March 19, 2012
3/18 casual: play 3N
1N 2H
2S 3D
3N
DQ led
KJxxx Q Axxx xxx
Ax KJxx xx AQJxx
You duck the diamond, overtaken by RHO's K. RHO continues another high diamond. It looks like they are 5-2.
You win the 2nd round in dummy, then take a winning club finesse. Now what?
Monday, March 5, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Stanford 2/14
We have xxx Qxx A63 Axxx. RHO deals and opens 1S. I doubled for fun (yes it's retarded but I was bored)
(1S) - x - (xx) - 2D
(3C) - p - (3N)
Partner leads the D5.
---------AKTxx
---------T9x
---------Q
---------KQJT
-----------------------xxx
-----------------------Qxx
-----------------------A63
-----------------------Axxx
----------
----------
----------(closed
---------- hand)
D5 Q A 2
D6 8 T Hx
H2 9 Q A
Cx x x A
Now what?
...
Perhaps I was supposed to duck clubs until partner could discard. Sorry, I wasn't looking at the club spot. Damn, maybe that was the answer.
No, if partner pitches a diamond we may not have enough tricks to beat it. I think partner's club spot has to be suit preference!!!!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
a very interesting ending
Spades are trump, the end position is that dummy has a trump and a master diamond (the beer) and my hand has a trump and a small diamond.
Opponents are void in both spades in diamonds. On the 12th trick, my LHO is in, and in order to score the beer, I had to ruff and ruff.
Maybe it isn't that interesting to you, but I was the one who beered.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Monterey 1/5 - Pretend you're filling in
w/r partner opens 2N, you have -- QJ7x xxx KJTxxx
2N - (3S) - 4H - (4S)
x - (p) - ?
Yes, you bid 4H. Now what?
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