The date is 07/08/2008
The players are:
| North | East | South | West |
| Eric | Wayne | Nick | MarkH |
| ♠ | J 10 3 2 | ||||
| ♥ | A 8 6 5 4 | ||||
| ♦ | A 6 | ||||
| ♣ | J 10 | ||||
| ♠ | A Q 7 4 |
N W E S |
♠ | 6 | |
| ♥ | J 7 | ♥ | K 10 3 2 | ||
| ♦ | 10 3 | ♦ | K J 8 2 | ||
| ♣ | A Q 8 6 3 | ♣ | K 9 4 2 | ||
| ♠ | K 9 8 5 | ||||
| ♥ | Q 9 | ||||
| ♦ | Q 9 7 5 4 | ||||
| ♣ | 7 5 | ||||
Bidding was as follows:
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♣ | 2♥ | 3♦ | pass |
| 4♣ | pass | pass | pass |
An A♦ was then led.
The score turned out to be 4
Wayne replies ‘I was only following the chart.’
I think that he should have bid 2♦ to indicate ‘a new suit’.
But I made it anyway.
| ♠ | A K J 7 | ||||
| ♥ | Q 8 4 | ||||
| ♦ | J 9 8 7 | ||||
| ♣ | Q 4 | ||||
| ♠ | 2 |
N W E S |
♠ | Q 10 9 6 5 4 3 | |
| ♥ | K 9 6 | ♥ | 5 3 | ||
| ♦ | A K Q 10 6 5 3 | ♦ | 4 2 | ||
| ♣ | 7 3 | ♣ | A J | ||
| ♠ | 8 | ||||
| ♥ | A J 10 7 2 | ||||
| ♦ | |||||
| ♣ | K 10 9 8 6 5 2 | ||||
Bidding was as follows:
| North | East | South | West |
| 1♠ | 2♠ | double | 3♦ |
| pass | pass | 3♥ | 4♦ |
| pass | pass | pass | pass |
A K♠ was then led.
The score turned out to be -2
Wayne replies ‘I bid it wrong.’
| ♠ | A 10 3 2 | ||||
| ♥ | K | ||||
| ♦ | J 5 4 | ||||
| ♣ | A J 10 4 3 | ||||
| ♠ | K 9 5 4 |
N W E S |
♠ | 7 | |
| ♥ | 10 8 7 2 | ♥ | A J 6 5 3 | ||
| ♦ | Q 8 | ♦ | K 10 9 3 | ||
| ♣ | K 8 7 | ♣ | 9 6 5 | ||
| ♠ | Q J 8 6 | ||||
| ♥ | Q 9 4 | ||||
| ♦ | A 7 6 2 | ||||
| ♣ | Q 2 | ||||
Bidding was as follows:
| East | South | West | North |
| pass | pass | pass | 1♣ |
| double | redouble | pass | pass |
| 1♥ | redouble | pass | 2♣ |
| pass | 2♦ | pass | pass |
| pass | pass | pass | pass |
A 2♥ was then led.
The score turned out to be 2
| ♠ | K 9 8 5 | ||||
| ♥ | A 5 | ||||
| ♦ | K Q 4 2 | ||||
| ♣ | K 10 2 | ||||
| ♠ | J 7 6 3 2 |
N W E S |
♠ | Q 10 4 | |
| ♥ | 9 8 7 4 | ♥ | K J 6 | ||
| ♦ | 9 | ♦ | A 10 3 | ||
| ♣ | J 6 4 | ♣ | A 9 7 5 | ||
| ♠ | A | ||||
| ♥ | Q 10 3 2 | ||||
| ♦ | J 8 7 6 5 | ||||
| ♣ | Q 8 3 | ||||
Bidding was as follows:
| South | West | North | East |
| pass | pass | 1♦ | 1♠ |
| 3♦ | 3♠ | double | 3nt |
| double | pass | pass | pass |
A 6♦ was then led.
The score turned out to be -4
Wayne replies ‘This is weird.’
| ♠ | 9 6 | ||||
| ♥ | 10 | ||||
| ♦ | A K 10 9 3 | ||||
| ♣ | Q J 10 9 4 | ||||
| ♠ | J 7 2 |
N W E S |
♠ | K 5 3 | |
| ♥ | 7 5 4 3 | ♥ | A K Q J 9 | ||
| ♦ | 7 5 4 | ♦ | J | ||
| ♣ | A 8 5 | ♣ | 7 6 3 2 | ||
| ♠ | A Q 10 8 4 | ||||
| ♥ | 8 6 2 | ||||
| ♦ | Q 8 6 2 | ||||
| ♣ | K | ||||
Bidding was as follows:
| West | North | East | South |
| pass | 1♣ | 1♥ | 1♠ |
| pass | 2♣ | pass | 2♠ |
| pass | pass | pass | pass |
A 4♦ was then led.