Covered in Ugly
This entry was posted on 4/20/2007 3:16 PM and is filed under The Ugly.
Same set, you pick up in 4th seat at unfavorable:
J743 / A752 / AJ / AJ6
3 passes to you and ?
I REALLY wanted to downgrade this hand. 3 Aces = good, 3 Jacks = bad, AJ tight = bad, no spots = bad. But opps will probably lead a minor and I want lefty on lead if they do. And we're red at IMPs so I bid a reluctant 1NT.
Bruce raised me to 3, LHO led the king of hearts (Doh!) and dummy tracked:
AQ / J6 / T8763 / K983
So I counted tricks. 2 spades max. 1 heart max. 4 clubs max. Looks like I need 2 diamond tricks. If righty has KQx, I might make LOTS of diamonds.
I ducked a couple of hearts (RHO pitched a spade on the 3rd heart,) hooked the spade queen (winning), and played a diamond to the jack, hoping against hope that righty started with kq.
I think it was the 'I knew I should have downgraded this hand' in my head that made me throw this cold contract out the window. Sigh.
If you haven't figured it out already, the King of Spades was onside DOUBLETON, so my '2 Spades max' calculation was off by 1. If you play righty for the Queen of clubs (which seems normal, I think) or even if you play for righty to have the queen and ten of clubs, you're home with 3 spades, 1 heart, 4 clubs, and the diamond ace. Ugh.
LHO:
K6 / KQT98 / Q94 / 542
RHO:
T9852 / 43 / K52 / QT7