Dlr S
Vul None
| ♠ A K Q J 7 | ||
| ♥ J 10 8 4 | ||
| ♦ A 9 | ||
| ♣ 5 4 | ||
| ♠ 9 8 5 | ♠ 10 4 | |
| ♥ K 9 7 6 | ♥ A 5 | |
| ♦ J 10 8 | ♦ K 5 3 | |
| ♣ 10 6 2 | ♣ A K Q 9 8 7 | |
| ♠ 6 3 2 | ||
| ♥ Q 3 2 | ||
| ♦ Q 7 6 4 2 | ||
| ♣ J 3 |
Franco | North | Andy | South |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pass | |||
| Pass | 1NT | All Pass |
[Andy] North pushed the modern notrumpitis to the limit on this one. My experience seems to have shown that when you hold a 6 card running suit over their 1NT, it often works out best to pass. I used to think that was kind of gambling, i.e. hoping they bid 3NT and play there doubled, but really it seems to have a lot going for it beyond that. Anyway, our current agreements constrain my choices to either pass or 3♣, so I preferred the former.
I ran my 4 club tricks, giving declarer an uncomfortable discard at the end. As often happens, declarer chose to keep winners instead of sure stoppers, pitching a diamond and 3 hearts. We then took 4 heart tricks for down 4.
+200 was a cold top. Had declarer chosen to play safe for down two, that would have been worth half the board.
A pretty lousy play I think, to gamble you would miss the heart shift after he just pitched 3 of them. And when -110 is a very possible score.
ReplyDeletePerhaps they were hung up on not having opened 1S, without realizing that they might not buy it in Spades.
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