Hard To Resist

20^th March – Board 18: North/South Game. Dealer East.

Leaving well alone is all very fine but sometimes it is hard to diagnose. Certainly it was for me on the hand shown below.

	North: S K 2 H K 7 3 D J 8 7 6 5 C 6 5 4
West: S 8 5 H 6 2 D Q 9 4 C A J 10 9 7 3		East: S A Q J 3 H J 10 8 5 4 D 3 2 C K 2
	South: S 10 9 7 6 4 H A Q 9 D A K 10 C Q 8

West	North	East	South
		No	1S
No	1NT	No	No
2C	End

North/South bid ably to a reasonable contract and had I passed it out sitting West then almost certainly we would have gained a penalty of anything up to 400 points depending on how the play went. But no! the lure of the six-card suit was hard to resist and while 2C was allowed to make with two overtricks it was scant reward for what might have been. In my defence I can only say I would do the same again!