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yesterday I played the semi-finals of the Belgian Pairs, we qualified for the finals and so we are with the best 22 pairs in my country
Here are a few hands which were very interesting imo:Scoring: MP
The bidding went:
1♦ - 1♠ - 2♥ - 3♥*
pass - 3♠ - 4♥ - pass
pass - 4♠ - pass - pass
Dbl - pass - 5♥ - Dbl
all pass
I was sitting in West, and I was wondering weither or not to show an invitational support hand. Eventually with 3♥ I showed good support and game invite. Partner with his 4 card ♠ decided to bid only 3♠ (since he had only a 4 card), but he was a maximum anyway. When opps bid 4♥, he bid 4♠ in the hope they would double and we'd make a top score. They did Double, but South countered with 5♥, which was already too late, and he went down 3, for an easy +500 for us. Afterwards, our opps were astonished by my partner's bidding: he bid 3 times ♠ with only a 4 card and a longer sidesuit! Lucky he did, because 4♠ is just made, and 5♣ has no chance.
Scoring: MP
The bidding went:
pass? - 1♠ - pass - 2♦
Dbl - pass - 2♥ - Dbl
pass - 2♠ - pass - 3♣
pass - 5♣ - all pass
2♥ was clearly made, and best my partner bid 2♠ (we play 4 card Majors, so this only promissed a 5 card in some cases). I still don't understand why East didn't open the auction, but we ended up in 5♣+1. IF my partner would've opened 1♣ we would surely be in 6♣, because of a different bidding sequence:
1♣* - 3♣*
3♦* - 3♠*
4♣* - 4♦*
6♣...
3♠ shows exact 0-4-5-4 hand and GF
4♦ shows 3/0 keycards
opener only relays
However, I think his bid was best, open with weak hands 1M when 5-6 distribution, because we can 'never' find a 5-3 fit Major when he'd open 1m...
Scoring: MP
I played only 4♠ (west) following the bidding:
1♠ - pass - 2♥ - pass
3♦ - pass - 4♠ - pass
long thinking pause and all pass
With open cards it's obvious how to play, you'll lose only 1 trick in ♦. But when you see only 26 cards, you have to make a decision. After a few tricks I played ♦A and I saw ♦Q fall under it. Now I had to make a decision: small to the J or small to small and let the K drop. I choose wrong and made only +1 for a very bad score, since most people were in 6♠= and only 1 was in 4♠+2... Just 2 boards later I came up with the same problem (I had Axxx vs Jxxx) and that time I made the right decision: A and small to small
.Hopefully next week I can say I played some nice hands as well, and that I'm Belgian champion
If we don't make such mistakes we should end up pretty high next week. As usual I had my good moments and my bad ones