[DrTodd13]

It is a rare day when you get doubled in a contract vul versus nv, go down 5 and still get a good score.

If anybody has ever watched me and foobar play, you'll know we play a forcing pass system with a 1♥ FERT. In a serious competition, we'd play 2/1 at this vulnerability but since it is just for fun anyway we're crazy and play FP here as well. We have some regular opps who really love to whack our 1♥ FERT whenever possible and they thought they had their chance today. I had Jxx 9xxx xx xxxx in first seat so I opened 1♥. LHO doubles (bal T/O with 3 or 4 ♥ or any big hand). My partner passes which usually shows 4+♥ and RHO thinks a long time then passes as well. RHO thought this was the time to punish us with his 15 count and AKxxx of ♥'s. Fortunately, for me, dummy came down with xx QJT xxxxx Jxx and it took about 2 seconds to figure out opps were cold for 8NT...errr...make that 7NT. 2♥ tricks giving up the rest for a nominal 3 IMP gain.

[Fluffy]

I had something fun at tenerife, our opponents were at 2♠X, an my partner, wich very rarelly happens to him, misscounted a key suit, and gave away 3 tricks, you can thinkg thecost for giving away 3 doubled tricks should vary from 15 to 28 IMPs or so, but not this time, they still got 4 off in 2♠ for +800, instead of the deserved 1700 (making only the trump ace), so we won 9 instead of 16, just 7 IMP difference in the end.

[Free]

Funniest one I've ever seen: overcall with Axxx of ♠s, he plays 1♠*-6 NV, other table 6♠= V. A 1 imp gain

[Fluffy]

Also 3♠ -9 450 against 480 in ♠ .