Bridge is such a fascinating game. Sometimes everyone at the
table makes bids that fall under the umbrella of acceptance but in the
end, someone must pay. Take a look at this hand.
Scoring: Matchpoints (Pairs)
Hand #33
Dlr
S
Vul
E/W
K98
Q104
KQ87653
AQJ75
52
J9
8654
10643
AJ
A1042
A73
2
K98763
KQJ1092
West
North
East
South
1
1
2
3
4
Pass
4
DBL
All Pass
BIDDING: I was sitting
South and although my hand had only nine high card points, it begged to
be opened. West made a "lead directing" overcall that might be
considered light when vulnerable. North made a normal bid and
East couldn't believe all of the bidding but contented herself with an
invitational raise. Although I had opened with few honor cards,
my distribution demanded another bid so I showed the club suit.
Partner took a preference to hearts and East could not contain herself
and doubled.
PLAY: Since leading an
ace is usually a bad lead, West led the jack of diamonds. The
rest was easy; I played the king and ruffed East's ace. Next, I
ruffed a club to dummy and discarded my spade on the queen of
diamonds. I then led hearts and made five when that suit
behaved. Poor East said to her partner: "You overcalled and I had
three aces". It's difficult to attach blame to anyone on this
hand. I opened light, West overcalled light, North's bid was
reasonable, and poor East had "three aces". Isn't this a great
game?
