Wirt K9 J43 KQ109764 A Me AT8753 92 A5 J83 |
Wirt 1 3 Pass All Pass |
Rodwell Pass Pass Pass |
Me 1 Pass 3? |
Meckstroth 2 3 Dbl |
Meckstroth leads the top two hearts, Rodwell following with the 5 and 7 (udca).
Now Meckstroth continues with the
Here is the complete deal.
Dlr: North | Wirt | |||
Vul: E-W | K9 | |||
J43 | ||||
Meckstroth | KQ109764 | Rodwell | ||
QJ62 | A | 4 | ||
AKQ865 | 107 | |||
8 | South | J32 | ||
64 | A108753 | KQ109752 | ||
92 | ||||
A5 | ||||
J83 |
Since
Meckstroth had a lot of hearts and probably some club stuff, I decided
not to lead a spade to the nine, but to lead a spade to the king,
intending to finesse through Rodwell (unless he showed up with a stiff
honor). This works when spades are 3-2 (ha) or when Rodwell does has a
stiff honor. Well, Rodwell showed out and I was royally screwed. -300
was a horrific result.
In retrospect, it looks like Meckstroth was trying to find Rodwell with
the
This was the good board.
Dlr: West | Wirt | |||
Vul: None | Q5 | |||
9854 | ||||
Meckstroth | AJ932 | Rodwell | ||
K10864 | 65 | J2 | ||
AQ | 1K10762 | |||
108 | Me | Q654 | ||
KJ97 | A973 | 82 | ||
J3 | ||||
K7 | ||||
AQ1043 |
Meckstroth 1 2 |
Wirt Pass Pass |
Rodwell 1NT* 2 |
Me Pass All Pass |
Against
Meckstroth KJ97 |
|
Me AQ104 |
Meckstroth led the jack. I took my queen and
played back the
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