[obscurans]

At a sectional today:

Scoring: MP

Pass - Pass - 1♠ - Pass
1NT - Pass - 2♥ - Pass
3♥ - Pass - 4♥ - AP

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Sitting South, got a "friendly" ♠ lead; when the 50 struck I knew I was down. Took the K, led another heart to dummy (W took the Q), got a spade ruffed. Next, rammed the rest of the spades through, overruffing twice, ruffing back to hand. Escaped for -1, low (not bottom) score.

Just wondering if I had my 4♥ bid, and was there any better way at this hand. Double dummy says 2♥ or 3♠ limit.

[CSGibson]

with 3-2 hearts you rate to make 4 or 5 a decent chunk of the time, so there's nothing ostensibly wrong with the contract.

You also have a 6-4 with most of the high card points in the suits, that's a very good hand, and worth bidding game IMO. Heck, catch partner with as little as ♠ Kx and ♥ Qxxx, and you have play for game.

[cloa513]

You were also unlucky that West didn`t double like most players would to alert you to the risk.

[jjbrr]

cloa513, on Apr 24 2010, 02:05 AM, said:

You were also unlucky that West didn`t double like most players would to alert you to the risk.

lol?

everything about this hand was normal except the terrible defense and W not doubling after an invitational auction.

[obscurans]

Not sure what the defence should be doing: leading into my suit is probably bad, and trumps might work; once I see the 5-0 leading through W lets me cover their card exactly, so taking the Q might not be so bad (I would draw 3 and ruff once in dummy). Once I'm running the spades, underruffing is the best chance at locking me in the dummy.

An X would make me run to spades unsupported, I hold 6 here and even if there is a stack, it's now onside.

[Bbradley62]

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This post has been edited by Bbradley62: 2010-April-24, 14:24