Most hands are interesting, some are amusing.
K983
A964
7643
3
Dealer, on your right, passes, and of course you pass. Things heat up:
1!D on y=your left, 2
by partner, pass on your right, you pass.
LHO doubles, two more passes.
Red against White, but partner tends to be optimistic with is overcalls.
I chose XX. For rescue. I hope.
Pass on my left, partner bids 2
, double on my right.
Well, that might well be natural. I pass, two more passes,partner will be playing 2
X.
The
J is led, I put down dummy, I will now crawl around to partners hand. Here is what partner saw:
Dummy:
K983
A964
7643
3
Partner:
J2
Q2
KQ52
AQ754
Could be worse. It gets better. The J is taken by the A on declarer's right, the
9 comes back, partner puts up the K and sees LHO follow with the T. The opponents tend to fly straight, so this shows the exact shape. The 1
was on a 4=4=3=2 shape, giving her partner 3=3=2=5. It all fits. Moreover, they are playing a 15-17 no trump, so the 1
was on 12-14. That's quite a bit of info to have after two tricks.
Partner ended up down 1 for an average (!) board. I have no quarrel with that, but with the right choices it can be made. These right choices do not seem obvious to me.