Had a crazy 15 board set with Jeff on Saturday (22nd) and since I'm a few days behind in my posts, I'll pick a few of the more interesting hands from that set to catch up.

Unfavorable 2nd

983 / A9843 / K8 / A73

Pass to you.

 

I kibitzed local Platinum Life Master George Pisk at the Sectional on Friday and he opens just about every AAK hand, which is the modern style for a lot of players.  But I'm not sold on that practice yet.  Give me a couple of tens and AK in my 5 card suit and maybe we'll talk.  I passed.

Jeff opened 1 Diamond in 4th.  I bid 1 Heart.  He bid 2 Clubs.

Now what?

I've got the values for 2NT but no Spade stopper.  Is that what 4th suit shows by a passed hand or would it show a huge hand for Clubs (similar to 1H - 1N - 2C - 2S)?  I'm not sure and my preference is always to make a mildly flawed unambiguous bid to a seemingly correct if partner is miraculously on the same wavelength but totally ambiguous bid.  I made the strange-looking raise to 3 Clubs. 

I didn't consider the false-preference to 2 Diamonds because it doesn't suggest an 11 count and Jeff could be 5-4 in the minors either way, so we could end up in a 4-2 fit.

Jeff bid 3NT passed around to my Lefty, who whipped.

Lefty held:

A74 / KQT4 / 95 / J986

I'd kibitzed Tobi Sokolow at the Sectional on Thursday and she'd made a similar double with QJ98 of Hearts and the AK of Spades.  It worked out better for her than it did for my LHO.

His partner obediently led the 7 of Hearts and Jeff turned his 9 top tricks into 10 when the defense slipped at trick 2.

983 / A9843 / K8 / A73

QJ6 / J / AQJ76 / KQ54

+950 was worth 9 IMPs and change.  Maybe I should have sent it back.

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