Author: Larry Cohen
Date of publish: 06/27/2009
Level: All Levels
The 2009 Las Vegas regional produced a plethora of deals to write about. It was good bridge weather in June (100 degrees outside)--didn't want to be outdoors at all!
My worst bridge moment came against veteran player Hamish Bennett. I was in 6
with this trump suit:
A K 9 2
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J 8 7 6 4
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I led a trump from hand to the ace and the queen fell from Hamish on my right.
![Hamish Bennett](/uploaded/product/33b0b471-b469-4955-91e8-716295037d83.jpg)
Hamish Bennett
Late in the play, I ruffed something high (with the
J) in hand.
Then, I took a "marked" finesse to dummy's
9.
You guessed it--Hamish had dropped the Q from Q10 doubleton--a classic falsecard.
I fell for it and went -100 (we had lost another trick already). I told him, "nice play."
He told me that he made the same falsecard 50 years ago against a famous player that didn't take it as well. He called Bennett a %&$*%$ -&%*&$#-ing Hamish. (That thought crossed my mind).
![09 Vegas Regional](/uploaded/product/ac5f5b39-2c55-43d8-8ad2-09e2ad59854f.jpg)
09 Vegas RegionalThe Regional went well (see the results) for our team (photograph here). Also, it produced this long list of interesting and instructive deals:
1) Bergen Grand -- all levels
2) When in Doubt -- all levels
3) Are These Experts? -- ADVANCED
4) Good Declarer, Good Defender -- Intermediate
5) Tricky Trick 1 -- ADVANCED
6) Freak -- all levels