Deal No.28, West Dealer, NS Vul
♠ A 6 ♥ Q 7 5 4 ♦ A K 6 4 ♣ K 7 6 |
OPEN ROOM BIDDING |
West... D Roy 1♣ 2♠ Pass Pass |
North.. Choksi Pass Dbl 3♦ ...... |
East... Master 1♠ Pass Pass ...... |
South.. Gupta Pass 2NT Pass ...... |
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♠ Q 8 7 2 ♥ K J 9 ♦ J 10 ♣ A Q 10 2 |
♠ K 10 9 5 ♥ A 6 2 ♦ Q 8 7 5 ♣ 5 3 |
Lead: Result: Score |
♠10 Down 5 NS:-500 |
...... | ...... | |
♠ J 4 3 ♥ 10 8 3 ♦ 9 3 2 ♣ J 9 8 4 |
CLOSE ROOM BIDDING |
West... Venky 1♣ Pass |
North.. Shah 1NT Pass |
East... Prabha Dbl ...... |
South.. Ruia Pass ...... |
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Lead: Result Score |
♠5 Down 3 NS:-800 |
..... | ..... |
This was a high scoring deal. 1Nt is a routine overcall although you can make a case against it almost every alternate hand where you hold 15-18 over an opening bid. This was one hand where it was destined to lead to a big penalty and it did. Sunit did well to Pass first time, but could not resist bidding next time. He was rewarded in a strange manner when opponents did not find the double. Even a vulnerable five-trick set was not good enough. INDIA BLUES lost 7 IMPs in the end.
Deal 28:
7 IMPs to FORMIDABLES
Total : INDIA BLUES: 58
FORMIDABLES: 54
There were two comments on this hand. On Wed, 04/24/2002 - 07:15, spadedeuce wrote,
"funny action by north in open room. Risking missing game by passing over 1Club. And then remembering to compete for the part-score on the next round."
On Mon, 04/29/2002 - 00:11, Ray wrote,
"This is a routine position of To bid or not to bid 1NT? Either way u can loose. My personal experience is you tend to gain more by bidding. Anyway Mr. Paranjape this can be a good problem to carry a sample statistical study on hand simulation principle and come up with some analysis when to bid or not to bid in this type of hand with vulnerability in picture?"
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