Sometimes, they just get you …
by Jeff Lehman on
January 20th, 2012
Might be a good thing I enjoy bridge so much, because sometimes you just can’t score.
| Dealer: N #21 Vul: NS |
North ♠ AKJ94 ♥ 95 ♦ AJ8 ♣ A42 |
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| West ♠ QT5 ♥ KJT42 ♦ T72 ♣ T6 |
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East ♠ 8632 ♥ AQ83 ♦ Q9 ♣ Q93 |
| South ♠ 7 ♥ 76 ♦ K6543 ♣ KJ875 |
| West | North | East | South |
| — | 1♠ | P | 2♦ |
| P | 3♣ | P | 4♣ |
| P | 4♦ | P | 5♣ |
| All pass |
No, I don’t understand the auction, either, but we have no defense against 5 of a minor and -600 was a 0 on a 9 top.
| Dealer: E #14 Vul: None |
North ♠ J9 ♥ KQ96 ♦ QJ72 ♣ 862 |
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| West ♠ 43 ♥ A532 ♦ T643 ♣ T97 |
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East ♠ AKQ72 ♥ J ♦ 95 ♣ AJ543 |
| South ♠ T865 ♥ T874 ♦ AK8 ♣ KQ |
| West | North | East | South |
| — | P | 1♠ | Dbl |
| P | 2♥ | 3♣ | 3♥ |
| All pass |
South is clearly a man without fear. We couldn’t touch 3♥ and -140 was another 0.
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On #1, the auction is weird, but this should be pretty standard contract.
1NT – 3D (5/5 minors, invitational)
Now, opener knows he’s wide-open in hearts and should bid 5D.
Where they got you was by opening 1S, and still managing to find their game.
1S – 1NT (forcing)
and opener has a rebid problem. 2NT should show 18-19 and anything else
is an underbid.
“South is clearly a man without fear.”
I’ve found that South has fear, fear of defending and players like that will do *anything* to avoid that.
You said it, Mojo.