Re: TWO Matchpoint Disasters; Apportion the Blame (IGNORE previous post!!)

On Aug 31, 2:57?pm, Will in New Haven
<bill.re...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 31, 1:50 am, ste...@xxxxxxx wrote:





Hi Everyone

You are playing in a matchpoint game, and incur the following two
disasters. Your agreed-upon "overall style" is SAYC with super-light
opening bids and
takeout doubles, and sound competitive bids. How would you apportion
the blame?

HAND # 1 (none vulnerable)

1097
KQxx
A7x
xxx

K8 Axxxxx
AJ9x 107xx
1098x x
97x 10x

QJ
8
KQJxx
AKQJ8

South West North East
1D pass 1H 1S
2C 2S 3D 3S
4D DBL (all pass)

Trick 1: KS, x, A, J
Trick 2: 10C, A, x, x

Declarer draws trumps and concedes AH. Result: 4D doubled makes 5, E-
W -610

I don't like the 1S bid, the 2S bid or the 3S bid. On the other hand,
all that action on nothing seems to have caused NS to miss a cold 3NT.
The double of 4D, which seems obviously correct unless you are playing
"bad overcalls only," turns the profit back into a perilous situation.
East's overtaking the Spade King is understandable, given West's silly
raise to two in the suit. So I call it Sixty percent to East. East did
more bad things but West's actions contributed to the last one.


Describing the 2S bid as 'silly' seems OTT to me; West is under the,
understandable, misapprehension that East had a 1S bid over 1H.
What do you propose that West bids that is demonstrably superior to
2S?







HAND # 2 (N-S are vulnerable, E-W are not)

Q8x
97x
AJ7x
A9x

9xxx K
J AKxxxx
Q108xx 9
QJx K108xx

AJ107x
Q108
Kxx
7x

West North East South
pass pass 1H 1S
DBL pass 3C pass
pass 3S pass pass
DBL [all pass]

90% to West. East's jump to 3C might not be to everybody's taste but
it looks right to me.

I agree that West's double was aggressive, but if the DJ had been in
the South hand, it would have brought all the matchpoints.

Dave Flower



Will in New Haven

--

"If you can't find the mousie at the table in the first few minutes,
check your own breath for cheese."
Feather, in _Poker for Cats_





Trick 1: JH, x, K, 8
Trick 2: AH, 10, 6C, 7
Trick 3: 3H, Q, 2S, 9
Trick 4: QC, A, 8, x

Declarer draws trumps, finesses JD for the 9th trick

Result: 3S doubles making 3, E-W -730

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