10th November – Board 2: North/South Vul. Dealer East.
I remember now why I gave up playing pairs many years ago. It was because of hands like the one shown below where a number of perceived injustices can lead to a humiliating result.
West
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North
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East
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South
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1NT
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No
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2C
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No
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2S
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No
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3NT
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No
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No
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Dbl
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End
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The bidding went as shown with South resisting the temptation to overcall with 2S initially, although I am not totally sure why. This would have posed a problem for West who would do best to double and enter 200 on their scorecard although many people play a double as for take-out in that position. However when South passed West not unnaturally employed another well-known convention and hearing that her partner had spades and not hearts settled for the obvious 3NT. But South was having none of it and doubled, even though East was known to have four spades, and I suppose that at pairs if you are shooting for tops this is a risk worth taking. It certainly was in this case as a bemused declarer lost the first six tricks.
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