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I always teach that "once
you preempt you don't voluntarily bid again." On the
other hand, another rule is: "rules are made to be
broken." This deal comes from the Open Board-A-Match that
our team won in San Francisco (2007).
With nobody vulnerable, I dealt with :
|
♠
|
Q |
|
♥
|
A J 10 8 5 4 |
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♦
|
Q 9 6 4 |
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♣
|
10 8 |
I opened 2♥--that
was routine.
LHO passed, partner passed, and RHO balanced
with a double. I passed and LHO bid 2♠,
passed back to me.
Time to break the rules. Rather than settle
for +50 a trick (or worse, -110), I decided to take action.
Maybe we could make 3♦
or 3♥.
Maybe partner could penalize them. I doubled!
This couldn't be penalty, of course. It had to
be "takeout/cards." If partner passed, I'd have plenty
of defense. If he pulled to clubs, I'd correct to diamonds. No,
this isn't in the "book" but it just felt right.
After my double, LHO passed and partner took
out to 3♥.
RHO bid 3♠.
Hurray! This is what I live for--to push them from two to
three. This went around to partner, who doubled. The auction
was:
| South (me) |
West |
North |
East |
| 2♥ |
Pass |
Pass |
Double |
| Pass |
2♠ |
Pass |
Pass |
| Double! |
Pass |
3♥ |
3♠ |
| Pass |
Pass |
Double |
(All Pass) |
Partner led a small trump, and this was the
full deal:
|
|
|
North |
Dlr: South
Vul: None
|
|
♠
|
8
7 6 4 2 |
|
♥
|
K |
|
♦
|
A
K 10 5 |
|
♣ |
K
4 3 |
|
|
|
|
West
|
|
|
East
|
|
♠
|
J
10 9 |
♠
|
A
K 5 3 |
|
♥
|
Q
9 7 2 |
♥
|
6
3 |
|
♦
|
J
7 2 |
♦
|
8
3 |
|
♣
|
9
7 2 |
♣ |
A
Q J 6 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South |
|
♠
|
Q |
|
♥
|
A
J 10 8 5 4 |
|
♦
|
Q
9 6 4 |
| ♣ |
10
8 |
Declarer was broke. And he did not enjoy the
play. He played low from dummy at trick one (yes, we can
see that rising would have been better). I won my singleton ♠Q
and played a diamond to partner.
Partner played another trump, and declarer won
it in his hand (his only entry). He took a club finesse, but
couldn't repeat the finesse.
He ended up with only 2 club tricks and 3 trump
tricks for down 4, minus 800.
At the other table, our teammates bid the
East-West cards to 3S but weren't doubled. They were down 4 on the
same defense, but delighted to win the board for -200.
Notice that David chose well to bid 3♥,
which would have made 140--scoring more than the 130 we are
entitled to in diamonds. Also, note that following normal
procedure (passing out 2♠)
would have lost us the board.
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