1850

Game all
Dealer West

• 76
• Q75
• J
• K986532

• AK109843
• 94
• 65
• Q7

N

W

E

S

• 5
• AK10832
• K1094
• J10

• QJ2
• J6
• AQ8732
• A4

West

North

East

South

Paul

 

Jonathan

 

Julian

 

Cath

3

Pass

Pass

3NT

Pass

Pass

X

?

My team guessed much better than our opponents on this board from the Pachabo (where the scoring is an unusual mixture of aggregate and point-a-board).

Holding the South cards, you view to try 3NT when left-hand opponent's pre-empt is passed round to you. This gets doubled on your right, now what?

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The auction started the same way at both tables. Against us, South decided to run to 4, but unluckily she found East at home in diamonds, and lost 1100 (she could have got out for 800 if she'd ruffed the third heart with a middle trump). For us, Cath bravely stood the double, and the contract turned out to be unbeatable. Julian passed too (which looks right to me). West led a heart, which would have taken nine tricks if East had had a second spade. But he had only one of them, so he ducked at trick one and Cath cashed her nine tricks, reasonably refusing the diamond finesse.