[joshs]

Here are some interesting hands from the finals of the LM pairs (matchpoints):

I will break them into 4 sets:

Hands 1-4:

1. All White: 2'nd seat. Playing Stevie and Peter:
You hold: 9xxx x xx KJT864
2D(0-9 with a major)-P-4C(x-fer to your major)-4D(ACBL defense does not discuss this auction)
x(Hearts)-P-4H-P
P-?

What do you do now and do you agree with the previous pass.

2. Next a defensive problem: You hold K543 65 8 AT9743
2H(weak 2)-P-4H-All Pass

Partner leads the DK dummy comes down with: AJT6 AT82 A9 Q52

Declarer (me) wins the A. Plays the SA dropping the Q and leads the SJ. Do you cover? Can you construct a hand where it matters?

3. Vul vs not You hold: 76 QJ96 Q75 JT87
Weak NT on your left, 2S natural by partner, Neg x on your right, 2N scramble on your left, 3C on your right. Do you bid anything? If you elect to defend xed or undoubled what do you lead?

4. You hold 952 AT82 K985 84
None Vul
Partner opens a 14-16 NT:
1N-P-P-x(4 card major and longer minor)
P-2D(what is your major?)-P-3C(unidiscussed)
P-4C(after a long thought)-?
Do you x?

[Codo]

1. After two obvious passes, I now bid 5 Club pd will see the Diamond tolerance...

2. If declarer really has the singelton in Spade, I see no hand, where it could matter so I will cover.

3. If we play constructive bids against weak NT, I will double 3 Club and lead a trump.

4. I would never double. First reason: They may well bid game if I don´t double. Second reason: LHO has a better hand and a longer suit then he normaly has. So it is really possible, that 4 Club will make.

[FrancesHinden]

2. I cover in case declarer has Qx. Can't see any other reason why it should matter.

3. Close, but I pass and lead a spade.

4. No.

[joshs]

Hands 1 and 2 were gifts:

On hand 1 I bid 5C (questionable) and the opps forgot to x. I bought a below average dummy:
Qxx Qx AJTxxx AQ
And went down 3, but since they forgot to x, it was a good board.


Hand 2 was another gift. Stevie forgot to cover the spade J and it really mattered:

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If he covered, I would have to wast a high trump to get back to dummy to get rid of a club and then I couldn't ruff 3 diamonds high. As it was I made 5.

3. If you led a heart partner would get the defense right. If you xed partner will probably get the defense right. If you didn't x and led a spade, partner thought he was endplayed at trick 2 and compressed our tricks.

The full hand was something like:

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4. I passed and they made 4.