I Blame You
This entry was posted on 4/20/2007 3:57 PM and is filed under Assigning Blame.
Let's start with an opening lead problem:
In 2nd seat you pick up:
T765 Q2 86432 72
RHO bids 1 Diamond and the bidding proceeds:
1 Diamond - P - 1 Heart - Dbl
1 Spade - P - 2 Clubs (4SF) - P
3 Hearts - P - 3 Spades - P
4 Hearts - P - 4NT - P
5 Hearts - P - 6 Spades - Dbl
6NT - P - P - Dbl
P - P - P
Prithee, what stabbeth thou? (and why, preferably.)
Edit: David Clement was kind enough to point out that 'YOU' are not on lead, your partner is. So if you led anything at all, you have the same annoying tendency I do (to subconsciously ignore artificial bids when figuring out who is declarer on a given hand.)
If you led anything but a club, you're writing a 4 digit negative number on your card (unless you're one of those cool kids who leaves off the last zero, then it's a 3 digit negative number.)
But in point of fact, the actual auction didn't end thusly. After the double of 6N, it continued P - P - 7H - P - P - X - P - P - P.
The one diamond opener held:
- / AKJ9 / QJ975 / J943
The one heart responder held:
AKJ4 / 87543 / K / AT6
Assign blame.