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EW fail to end up in the best fit — to put it mildly... | N/EW | | | | | ♠ | K Q J 10 6 5
|  | ♠ | A 8 3
| | ♥ | 2
| ♥ | J 10 9 8
| | ♦ | 8 7 6
| ♦ | A 3 2
| | ♣ | Q 8 4
| ♣ | K J 9
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| West | North | East | South |
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| 2♦1 | pass | 4♥ | pass | | pass | pass | | |
1 Multicoloured; usually weak two in a major East didn't make 4♥. The trump suit in particular gave him some problems...
West: 'I thought that you wanted to play 4♥.'
East: 'I wanted to offer you a choice between 4♥ and 4♠.'
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'But you invited for game, didn't you?' ** |
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EW end up too high. | W/NS | | | | | ♠ | A 10 7 6 3 | | ♠ | K 8 5 | | ♥ | K 6 5 | ♥ | Q J 8 4 | | ♦ | K Q 7 2 | ♦ | J 9 3 | | ♣ | 3 | ♣ | Q 10 2 |
| West | North | East | South |
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| 1♠ | 2♣ | 2♠ | 3♣ | | 3♠ | pass | 4♠ | pass | | pass | pass | | |
4♠ is defeated by one trick.
'I preferred playing 3♠ rather than defending, that's why I bid 3♠', says West.
'I though you invited for game', says East, 'and I have a maximum hand, so...' Who erred? |
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Was West's raise a mistake? ** |
| W/All | | | | | ♠ | Q J 10 8
| | ♠ | 7 2
| | ♥ | A J
| ♥ | K Q 7 3 2
| | ♦ | A J 7
| ♦ | 4
| | ♣ | A 8 7 3
| ♣ | K Q 9 6 2
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| West | North | East | South |
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| 1NT | pass | 2♦ | pass | | 2♥ | pass | 3♣ | pass | | 4♣ | pass | 5♣ | pass | | pass | pass | | |
Playing matchpoint pairs EW end up in the wrong game. East makes 11 tricks in his 5♣ contract (NS start off cashing the ♠AK) but +600 gives EW a bottom. Virtually all other EW-pairs bid 3NT and effortlessly they make 11 tricks as well, scoring +660. Even if NS had not started cashing the ♠AK against 5♣ — East would have made 12 tricks then, scoring +620 — EW would have had a bottom. East: 'Why didn't you bid 3NT over 3♣? After all, you have guards in diamonds and spades.'
West: 'I thought you were interested in a club slam, that's why I raised your suit.'
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Failed to find the fit ** |
| ♠ | J 7 5 | | ♠ | 8 2 | | ♥ | A Q J 6 5 | ♥ | K 3 2 | | ♦ | Q 5 | ♦ | A K 10 8 4 | | ♣ | K 8 3
| ♣ | Q J 2 |
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| 1♥1 | pass | 2♦ | pass | | 2NT | pass | 3NT | pass | | pass | pass | | |
1 Four-card heart suit possible 3NT is not the best game, to state it politely: NS cash four spades (fortunately the suit was 4-4...) and the ♣A. 4♥ would have been a piece of cake.
East: 'Why didn't you rebid your five-card heart suit?'
West: 'By bidding 2NT I wanted to show a minimum, balanced hand.'
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| ♠ | K 9 5 4 | | ♠ | A Q 10 6 | | ♥ | K 8 7 6 | ♥ | A 9 3 | | ♦ | 9 | ♦ | Q 5 | | ♣ | K Q 7 4 | ♣ | A J 10 3 |
| West | North | East | South |
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| — | 3♦ | double | pass | | 4♥ | pass | pass | pass |
NS keep on playing diamonds and the heart suit is 4-2. Declarer West loses control of the trump suit and ends up down (needlessly by the way, read on).
West: 'I had to jump, since if I were to bid 3♥ or 3♠, I would show a weak hand of 0-8 HCP. You would pass with 15-18 HCP and we would miss game. I hoped for you to have both major suits. And if not, I could still have guessed the right major suit.'
East: 'I couldn't correct to 4♠, since I couldn't tell you had four spades as well. As far as I'm concerned, you could have had a very long heart suit.'
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In an uncommon bidding sequence EW go astray. | ♠ | Q 6 4 | | ♠ | 10 8 5 3 | | ♥ | A 10 8 4 3 | ♥ | - | | ♦ | K 7 | ♦ | A Q 9 5 4 3 | | ♣ | A 8 2 | ♣ | 5 4 3 |
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1♥ | pass | 1♠ | pass | | 1NT | pass | 2♦ | pass | | 2♠ | pass | pass | pass |
In 2♠ East suffers a two trick defeat whereas he would have made 2♦ easily (he might even have made an overtrick there). West: 'I gave suit preference for your first suit; quite normal.'
East: 'But my diamond suit was much longer.'
West: 'How was I to know?'
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