The Donut and not the hole

Usually when I play I focus on all my mistakes (the hole) and tend to ignore the good things that happen (the donut).  I made a few mistakes today but we did some very good things too.  I am a naturally brooder (Ray says I would worry about the baggage collection system in Heathrow.)  But I do see the good things too.

Here is a sugary deal.

In second chair with nobody vulnerable I opened 2NT.  Francine but 3♥ and I super-accepted with 4♣.  3♥ here would be a retranfer but Francine thought she had enough to try for a slam opposite and cuebid here ♦K.  I bid 4NT (not usually from the notrump bidder) and Francine showed her 0 keycards.  When I asked about anything extra she decided that while she hadn’t shown here stiff heart 6♥ might be misconstrued and she wanted the strong hand to play the slam so she bid 5NT.  A nice bid really.  I bid 6S which would have played well from either side.  Here is my hand.

Lee ♠ K1063 ♥ A10 ♦ AQJ4 ♣ AK8

Francine ♠ QJ842 ♥ 2 ♦ K5 ♣ Q9762

Francine’s diamond bid was huge for my hand.  Very few pairs reached slam.  Actually most of the match was pretty good and every time we play we find some new things to talk about.

I wonder if we will eventually arrive at a point where we have discussed everything and nothing new comes up in most sessions.  Maybe, not.