So today was the last day of the regional and here are a couple more problem hands I had:

Red vs White

QT864 / - / KT8643 / T6

Lefty opened 1NT (16-18) and pard bid 2 Clubs, showing Clubs and a major.  Righty bid 4 Diamonds (Hearts) and I doubled for the lead.  Lefty bid 4 Hearts passed back to me.

Well,  it seems like pard's major is Spades so I bid 4 Spades.  Lefty doubled.  Pard bid 5 Clubs.  I guess his major wasn't Spades.  Righty doubled.  -1400  Lose 14 (this was the penultimate match against the eventual event winners and we lost the match by 1.)

Here's a hand I played in the last match:

xxxx / Qx / AQJ / QJxx

KQTxx / JTx / xx / AKx

I opened 1 Spade.  Pard bid 2 Clubs.  I bid 3 Clubs.  Pard bid 4 Spades.

LHO led a Heart to Righty's King and Ace and RHO led a Spade back.  I played the King and LHO won the Ace and played a Diamond back.  I finessed the Diamond, losing,  and later lost another Spade for down 2.  It seems like partner should have just given me a limit raise, I think.  Do you agree?

Of course, when I say 'I' and 'me' as in 'I doubled for the lead' and 'Lefty bid 4 Hearts back to me' I mean Mike Passell.  Kibitzing this hand made me feel just a tad less eager to pummel myself for the bad set I had yesterday.

And of course, when I say 'I' and 'me' as in 'I finessed the Diamond, losing,' and 'partner should have just given me a limit raise, I think' I'm referring to one of the members of the team that won  the event, who is ordinarily an excellent player but who had an unfortunate blind spot on this board after a long week of bridge.  Luckily, the practice finesse in Diamonds only cost a downtrick (Spades 3-1 offside but Clubs 3-3.)

I didn't play today.  I was on a 5-bagger planning to come in at the half.  I spent most of the morning trying to take a nap and watching Wimbledon (I can't believe I missed the end, McEnroe gave me the impression they were done for the evening when the rain delay at 2-2 in the 5th transpired.)  Our squad almost got a blitz against Tobi Sokolow's squad, but then gave up back-to-back full blitzes, knocking us out of contention in a 6-round event.  So at the suggestion of others on the squad we withdrew and I ended up kibitzing about a dozen boards.  I'm glad I did.  It's nice to be reminded that even the Mike Passells of the world aren't infallible.