Early round hand

On the 1st day we had two 57s to qualify in 5th place of 78 qualifiers. This deal was not one of our successes. Andy was North, I was South. David Grainger/Ari Greenberg were East/West.

Board 8
Dlr W
Vl None

		♠	A K 10 9 7 6
		♥	10 9 6
		♦	K 5
		♣	10 3
♠	2			♠	Q 8
♥	8 3 2			♥	A K Q J 7 5 4
♦	Q 10 9 8 6			♦	3
♣	A K 7 6			♣	Q J 8
		♠	J 5 4 3
		♥
		♦	A J 7 4 2
		♣	9 5 4 2

Ari	Andy	David	Franco
West	North	East	South
Pass	1♠	2 ♥	4♠
5♥	Pass	Pass	Dbl
All Pass

We managed to hold it to 5.

Assign the blame. My thoughts below.


I think:

a) Ari made a big 5♥bid. Not sure what he's supposed to do.

b) Ari's difficulty highlights the value of South bidding 4♠ instead of some lower fit jump involving partner.

c) I think North has a clear 5♠ bid.

d) I think I also had a somewhat clear 5♠ bid.


[Andy:]

Nice to start off with what might be the worst thing I did :)

You at least have somewhat of a problem. I had an automatic 5S bid. The only thing I can think of is that he took so long to bid 5H that he talked me out of it [Ari did take a long time--FB]. Even after you doubled I wanted to bid 5S, but I didn't think I could because you took a long time to double.