Bridge 07/08/2008

Eric and Wayne

The date is 07/08/2008

The players are:

North East South West
Eric Wayne Nick MarkH
J 10 3 2
A 8 6 5 4
A 6
J 10
A Q 7 4

N

W         E

S

6
J 7 K 10 3 2
10 3 K J 8 2
A Q 8 6 3 K 9 4 2
K 9 8 5
Q 9
Q 9 7 5 4
7 5

Bidding was as follows:

West North East South
1♣ 2 3 pass
4♣ pass pass pass

An A was then led.

The score turned out to be 4

Wayne replies ‘I was only following the chart.’
I think that he should have bid 2 to indicate ‘a new suit’.
But I made it anyway.

A K J 7
Q 8 4
J 9 8 7
Q 4
2

N

W         E

S

Q 10 9 6 5 4 3
K 9 6 5 3
A K Q 10 6 5 3 4 2
7 3 A J
8
A J 10 7 2
K 10 9 8 6 5 2

Bidding was as follows:

North East South West
1♠ 2♠ double 3
pass pass 3 4
pass pass pass pass

A K♠ was then led.

The score turned out to be -2

Wayne replies ‘I bid it wrong.’

A 10 3 2
K
J 5 4
A J 10 4 3
K 9 5 4

N

W         E

S

7
10 8 7 2 A J 6 5 3
Q 8 K 10 9 3
K 8 7 9 6 5
Q J 8 6
Q 9 4
A 7 6 2
Q 2

Bidding was as follows:

East South West North
pass pass pass 1♣
double redouble pass pass
1 redouble pass 2♣
pass 2 pass pass
pass pass pass pass

A 2 was then led.

The score turned out to be 2

K 9 8 5
A 5
K Q 4 2
K 10 2
J 7 6 3 2

N

W         E

S

Q 10 4
9 8 7 4 K J 6
9 A 10 3
J 6 4 A 9 7 5
A
Q 10 3 2
J 8 7 6 5
Q 8 3

Bidding was as follows:

South West North East
pass pass 1 1♠
3 3♠ double 3nt
double pass pass pass

A 6 was then led.

The score turned out to be -4

Wayne replies ‘This is weird.’

9 6
10
A K 10 9 3
Q J 10 9 4
J 7 2

N

W         E

S

K 5 3
7 5 4 3 A K Q J 9
7 5 4 J
A 8 5 7 6 3 2
A Q 10 8 4
8 6 2
Q 8 6 2
K

Bidding was as follows:

West North East South
pass 1♣ 1 1♠
pass 2♣ pass 2♠
pass pass pass pass

A 4 was then led.