HCL Pairs Finals – a sorry tale of lost opportunities, poor decisions and more.. – morning session
Opponents bid a good 4♥ against us on marginal values that most of the field stayed out of. With the lucky lie of cards there was no way to defend. Towards the end of morning session, getting a bit desperate, I bid what I knew to be a semi gambling slam. We had sufficient tricks, but were missing ♦ AK. We hadn’t made any cue bids though, and if they failed to find the lead the slam would make. They made no such mistake however, cashing the two tricks straight away.
We were bang in the middle of the field, with an exactly 50% score at the end of morning session.. stories of afternoon session in next article.
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On the last board (Board 1) why didn’t North double the multi 2D? I suppose you play the double as values, with generally 3-3 + in the majors.
He can safely stay out of the auction after that, having announced his values.
I suspect his double of 3H was for penalties.
He missed doubling 2d, which is what he should be doing. Now when he heard 3H he got worried about losing a partial. It wasn’t for penalty..