Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Making the newspapers

Playing bridge online with Notzia tonight, I had a chance to make a newspaper play. I held:
J 10 4 2 10 2 -- A K J 9 6 5 2

I passed and left-hand opponent bid 1. Notzia passed and RHO bid 2. I jammed the bidding with 4. LHO bid 4 and RHO bid 4NT. LHO responded 5 and RHO bid slam -- 6.

I was all set to lead my 2. On a good day, Notzia would win it and give me a diamond ruff. In fact, here were all four hands:

6
9 6 4
Q 9 8 7 6 2
Q 7 4
A Q 9 8 7 5 K 3
A J 3 K Q 8 7 5
J 4 A K 10 5 3
10 8 3
J 10 4 2
10 2
---
A K J 9 6 5 2

Unfortunately, I had a partner who was thinking. He was pretty sure I didn't open 3 because I had a flaw (such as four spades) -- otherwise, the bidding didn't make sense. So, he took the sacrifice in 7 which was doubled.

I guessed the hand well to only go down 500 for a 4.75 IMP loss. I don't mind losing the IMPs, but I hate to lose the newspaper play. If I can't make the newspapers, at least I can make my own blog.

The board was played at 68 different tables, and you can see all the results here.

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