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Sectional Matchpoint Pairs
Nov. 12th, 2007 04:48 pmLove those 10:30 AM starts. Especially when pard is a half hour late, after driving 300,000 miles from Fresno (and forgot to pay the entry).
6) 2nd, favorable
P-3S-P-4S, P-P-P
J KQ5 AJ983 A542
KQ97652 A3 76 J8
They lead C6. Over to you.
a) It could be stiff, so you don't want to duck to RHO and see the second club ruffed.
b) It could be doubleton, so you might want to win the first club, cash three hearts pitching your club loser, and play trumps.
c) It could be 3rd best, and you might want to play trumps before giving someone a heart ruff.
I won CA, SJ (RHO dropped the ten), HA, SQ (RHO pitched), and drove out SA. C, C, and S8 was promoted. Sigh.
13) 3rd, both
K75 K6 J8 AQJ942
P-P-1N-P, 2C-P-2D-X, XX-P-P-P
Pard tabled AT43 843 A962 K8. Deep finesse would only make two (+760) but I eked out a few overtricks for my second +1560 this year. That matchpointed pretty well. RHO was quite philosophical about it, comforting her partner who committed the double with QJ82 AT97 KQT5 5. She's a keeper.
17) 3rd, none
Q7 JT3 AKT8 AQ53
P-1N, 2D-2H, 2N-4H, P
They led a trump:
T65 AK976 J62 J7
Q7 JT3 AKT8 AQ53
It looked like the trump finesse was off, so I hopped HA and...what? I can't afford to draw a trumps and lose a diamond because they'd cash three spades. I didn't have the tempo to ruff a spade. I wasn't sure I could afford a club loser, but it seemed like my best shot, so I won DA and lead a club, LHO hopping CK to play another heart. I dropped the HQ, unblocked CJ, drew the last trump and cashed two clubs pitching spades. Then I played spades to take the (losing) diamond finesse, making four.
6) 2nd, favorable
P-3S-P-4S, P-P-P
J KQ5 AJ983 A542
KQ97652 A3 76 J8
They lead C6. Over to you.
a) It could be stiff, so you don't want to duck to RHO and see the second club ruffed.
b) It could be doubleton, so you might want to win the first club, cash three hearts pitching your club loser, and play trumps.
c) It could be 3rd best, and you might want to play trumps before giving someone a heart ruff.
I won CA, SJ (RHO dropped the ten), HA, SQ (RHO pitched), and drove out SA. C, C, and S8 was promoted. Sigh.
13) 3rd, both
K75 K6 J8 AQJ942
P-P-1N-P, 2C-P-2D-X, XX-P-P-P
Pard tabled AT43 843 A962 K8. Deep finesse would only make two (+760) but I eked out a few overtricks for my second +1560 this year. That matchpointed pretty well. RHO was quite philosophical about it, comforting her partner who committed the double with QJ82 AT97 KQT5 5. She's a keeper.
17) 3rd, none
Q7 JT3 AKT8 AQ53
P-1N, 2D-2H, 2N-4H, P
They led a trump:
T65 AK976 J62 J7
Q7 JT3 AKT8 AQ53
It looked like the trump finesse was off, so I hopped HA and...what? I can't afford to draw a trumps and lose a diamond because they'd cash three spades. I didn't have the tempo to ruff a spade. I wasn't sure I could afford a club loser, but it seemed like my best shot, so I won DA and lead a club, LHO hopping CK to play another heart. I dropped the HQ, unblocked CJ, drew the last trump and cashed two clubs pitching spades. Then I played spades to take the (losing) diamond finesse, making four.
