[Old York]

Scoring: IMP

1♥-4♥

LEAD DK
PLAN THE PLAY

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For reasons known only to himself, third opponent propels you into the heart game. 4♠ is laydown.
We were playing 4cM (Acol)

Plan the play

Tony

[ONEferBRID]

sigh... in 4H
Duck opening lead.
Planning to eventually ruff losing ♦ in dummy.
Only losing 1♦, 1♣, and perhaps 1♥ if a 4-1 split.

If a 4-1 split, you will find out on the 2nd Rnd of trumps;
then run your ♠.

Edit... only take 2 Rnds of trumps ... then run ♠.

[ONEferBRID]

Side Issue: The bidding.
If I understand it correctly, using Kaplan Inversion, Opener's 2S! rebid is a true reverse: shape and strength:

1H - 1S! ( 0 - 4s )
2S! - 4S

[Old York]

Acol bidding should be 100% natural here

1♥ opening shows 5+card suit or 15-19hcp bal or 4441 (singleton club)

1♥-1♠-4♠ would be 100% normal

I saw 10 top tricks unless trumps 4-1, then 4 losers 1♥, 2♦, 1♣

So I won the lead and returned a Diamond, playing for the ruff if trumps fail
West switched to Club, and I ruffed the Club return
Then I went into autopilot, guess what happened when I tried to ruff a Diamond in dummy...... 1 down when both majors were 3-2

http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer...0037-1258449239

If partner's bidding had not upset me so much, I should easily make

What are the odds against BOTH minors breaking 6-2?
17% of 17% ?

Karapet would be proud of this hand (Victor Mollo books)

Tony >reaching for prozac<

[hanp]

Old York, on Nov 26 2009, 07:37 PM, said:

If partner's bidding had not upset me so much, I should easily make an overtrick.

Corrected your sentence. Anyway, good lesson not to let yourself be distracted by things that have already happened.

What is 1H - 1S - 4C in acol?

[Old York]

True Hanp, the splinter bid would have been much better, might have missed a slam

I still worry about that 4♥ bid, it is totally unjustifiable and 2 hands later, this advanced player opened 4♥ in first seat with this:

♠52 ♥AKQJ96 ♦AK72 ♣A

making 12 tricks, 6♦ would be virtually 100%, and 6♥ only needed ♠Ace onside

To paraphrase Kipling, it is not easy to keep your head when all about are losing theirs

http://en.wikipedia....%80%94#The_poem

Tony