Those Special Moments
There are a lot of reasons why people like to play bridge. Its a terrific social activity and you belong to a very special group of people. Most of the time its not really about winning, at least for me. There is usually nothing of real importance to win. The best thing is the enjoyment of each deal. Some of them are magic, some even funny or ironic. A few make me sad or angry. (And then there are the times where it is about the winning … )
Anyway here is an example of a tiny special moment or two from a session with a favorite partner last night. Your hand with everybody vulnerable is:
| South – You |
 QJ764 |
 6 |
 Q1085 |
 K52 |
Partner opens 1 which could be three and you bid 1. West with a great BBO name (Red Baron) doubles, partner passes and East bids 2. I have three choices:
- pass, prudent or mouselike?
- 2
I have five but partner has at most two (no support double) - 3
. (at this point she has to have at least four diamonds).
Well I am no mouse so I bid 3. West bid 4 and partner doubled. One of these doubled games had already made (See later). But I really had no choice but to pass.
I led a small diamond and a ferocious dummy appeared:
| RB’s Ferocious Dummy |
| AK982 |
| AJ97 |
| 2 |
| AJ10 |
Partner won the K and switched to the 10. Were we beating this?
The question was answered in a second. Declarer led a small heart from dummy and partner won the 10. That was quite soothing. Some errors by declarer led to +800. Declarer held 4-4-4-1 with a stiff spade and the Q as his only high card. A 3 bid would have been more circumspect by RB but after the 3 bid perhaps it sounded too competitive for RB. Some times Snoopy has his day.
I think this hand was satisfying because of the roundness of +800, because some opponents are so very aggressive (that’s what you like to do) and because you survived your own overbidding.
Now here is a hand that was very satisfying for someone (not for me). You hold
| Soon To Be Satisfied Opponent |
| 432 |
| AKQ873 |
| K97 |
| 10 |
You are in third chair with nobody vulnerable. Two passes to you. What do you do? What do you do if I am in fourth chair and you want to irritate me?
- Pass – the most friendly bid, giving opponents a nice free ride (nobody is this wimpy)
- 1
. You have a full opening bid with a good suit. Partner will know what to do and your bridge teacher will be happy - 2 That will put it to the opponents. You might some day miss a game but not many days
- 1 I only know a few people who would venture into this territory and most of them aren’t of drinking age
At my table the bid was 3, sock it to you. Do you like that one? So here I am with
| Yours Truly |
| KQ985 |
| 4 |
| 65 |
| AKJ64 |
I have played a system at times where I could bid 4 here to show clubs and spades but that was not on the system card with this partner. I suppose I could pass but (see earlier comment about not being a mouse) I bid 3. LHO bid 4 and partner doubled. Should I pull? Partner probably doesn’t have a heart stack on this auction. She probably doesn’t have a lot of spades. She therefore has minors. 5? Well if you figured that out you would have been right. 5 is likely down one and 4 doubled was gin. Curse you RB.
| Red Baron Victorious |
| AJ76 |
| 9652 |
| Q4 |
| Q83 |
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