Ekren Follow up hand – as promised
N-S
East
N
Kamal Mukhe
♠
AK2
♥
5
♦
KQ865
♣
AJ92
W
Thak
♠
86
♥
AQ107
♦
AJ9
♣
K764
♣ 4
E
Vivek Bhand
♠
J9543
♥
K983
♦
103
♣
Q8
S
Manas Mukhe
♠
Q107
♥
J642
♦
742
♣
1053
At this stage declarer can draw my last trump, and cash his ♦ and ♠ tricks for a total of 7 tricks and down 4. However hoping for something to develop, he played DQ and a 3rd diamond.
N-S
East
N
Kamal Mukhe
♠
AK2
♥
5
♦
86
♣
J
W
Thak
♠
86
♥
AQ107
♦
—
♣
7
♣ 4
E
Vivek Bhand
♠
J54
♥
K983
♦
—
♣
—
S
Manas Mukhe
♠
Q107
♥
J642
♦
—
♣
—
In this position we were able to play ♥ A, ♥ to pd’s king and 3rd ♥ forcing dummy to ruff, and thus declarer was able to get only 2 spades to with his 3 clubs and 1 diamond.
A juicy 1400. Ekren Rocks!!!!
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Remarkable, that 2!H bid!
The bigger problem was that 2N may not have been agreed as lebensohl though they may be playing that over a weak 2 dbl. Still Ekren would have produced a swing since NS might have been in 1N, either making or going -1 vis a vis 3C down 2
Yes, you are right about 2N perhaps not being discussed. Manas probably shd’ve bid it anyway – whether pd takes it as lebensohl or scrambling – both work for him. Did he think it might be taken as natural? We’ll have to ask him.