4 on the Floor
This entry was posted on 5/28/2007 11:14 PM and is filed under The Good.
So this is the 4th hand of the '4 hands in a row' series. I'm in a crappy mood because the Sens lost game 1 and I didn't even get to see it (I tried watching it online on CBC but that only works if your IP address is in Canada.) The CBF is still doing a horrendous job of updating the CNTC results in a timely manner. Dan and Susie's blog usually has them up first.
You pick up all red in 4th
A6 / AKJ87543 / - / A86
It goes 1 Spade on your left, 2 Spades on your right.
I think double followed by Heart bids until everyone else passes is normal.
Jeff chose the huge underbid of 3 Hearts. If his void was in Spades, I'd understand it but I don't think it's a wise choice here. I guess he figured that it was unlikely to go all pass. I'm not so sure. The opps might have an 8 card fit (give me 3-2-5-3 or 3-1-5-4 shape and a 3-5 count) no shortness and right around half the deck. Why wouldn't they sell out to 3 Hearts? Maybe he was 'walking the dog'. I think he forgot his leash.
His gamble worked out okay and his Lefty bid 3 Spades. I raised him to 4 Hearts.
He then made the practical bid of 6 Hearts. Sure, 7 might be cold or 6 might have no play, but finding out what he needed to know wasn't likely to happen.
He bought a nice dummy:
T5 / Q92 / A842 / K942
A6 / AKJ87543 / - / A86
There was no squeeze, but +980 was good for 9 IMPs and change. +2070, missed game, +980, +1430 in consecutive boards ... quite a set.