Walking the dog
June Pocock and I made it to the Mixed Pair final with two solid games.
In the first session the second day. The very first deal, Board 1 as West I picked up ♠ AKQ982 ♥ K8 ♦ Void ♣ AKQJ2
Just as I was sorting my hand. My LHO declarer bid 1♦, Partner Pass and RHO bid 1♥ What would you doing?
I decided to take it slow and bid 1 only ♠ sounding weak, trusting that my opponents will keep the auction open and hoping they will double me when I get to my final contract. One reason I didn’t make a takeout double was to protect my ♥ King.
The auction.
The deal.
Bidding and making the slam was good for 48 mps on a 64 tops.
Board 2 was another exciting deal.
You hold : ♠ A3 ♥ AQ54 ♦ A ♣ AKQ863
Much to my surprise June open 1♠.
The lead was the ♥ Jack.
I won in hand with the ♥ Queen. Played three rounds of club to find clubs breaking. If the suit didn’t break I was going to play a heart to dummy’s nine. The slam was worth 46 mps.
As Dealer. You-East hold : ♠ 52 ♥ 93 ♦ AJ643 ♣ A973
Say you Pass, South bid 2♠ Partner Pass and North Pass. Do you balance?
North-South can make 2♠ . We can make 3♦ or 4♣ .
June balanced with 3♦ Made nine tricks for 52 mps.
It was a nice start to our game and we finished with 60% good for 2nd place overall.
June Pocock -Michael Yuen
In the evening session we could not get any traction. Managed only a 50% game, finished in 10th overall.
June played well for the two days and I had a great time.
The winners were Steven Cooper and Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA.
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Unfortunately we sat NS that session and our opponents stuck it to us exactly like you did. 2 lousy boards.
Congrats.
it was random luck that we were east west that session, cards were running our way.
BTW you did very well to re-open that 55 hand. Nice post.
I think Board 2 was I saw in Bulletin. Aukeln-Weland went to 7N with 14 bids or so, Levin responded 7N over 1S.