[EricK]

Playing pairs last night, I got into a shaky 3NT (misfitting 12 opposite 12), which needed quite a few finesses and friendly breaks etc to make. About half way through the hand, I thought, "I'm actually making this". That didn't really"feel right" (if you know what I mean) so I carefully counted and recounted my tricks taken and winners left, but got to nine every time. So I ran for home with those 9 tricks. When I said "just making", the defense pointed out I had ony made 8 tricks - unusually for me, I had one of the early tricks turned the wrong way. When we looked at the traveller everybody else in NT had only made 7 tricks. And I would have too if I had tried to take an extra trick!

Does anybody else have any stories of mistakes whcih turned out well after all?

[rogerclee]

One time I was playing a live IMP game and picked up a good hand, something like ♠QTxxx ♥Axx ♦KQx ♣Kx.

Partner opened 1♠, I bid Jacoby 2NT, and at some point partner bid blackwood. Now I bid 5♥, two keycards without the queen!

Partner bid 7♠ off a keycard. The trump suit? ♠AJ9xxxx opposite ♠QTxxx. Our teammates were impressed.

[Apollo81]

Scoring: MP

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Auction: 1NT-(p)-3♠*-(p)-4♠-(p)-6NT!!
*4-1-4-4 or similar (oops)

Lead: ♣K

Result: +990