The humor:
We study squeezes, coups, etc.. I practical play it is often something very different.
Details:
The board was played 9 times, one other pair got to 6
, undoubled, making 7. So, if partner had not doubled and if I would have founds a club lead (partner has the A, declarer the K) then we beat one pair. If partner does not double and I lead something other than a club, we tie one pair, lose to the others. If we sac in 6
it goes for 800 (down 3 vul) we beating the one pair in the vul slam. Now of course beating one pair is better than beating no pairs, but, well, but I think this is a fairly common situation in bridge.
Lho's cards are
void
7652
AKQT($#
J7
Declarer has a six card heart suit headed by the AKQ so once she gets the lead she has more tricks than she knows what to do with.
Q J 9 5
J 4
6 2
A 9 8 6 2
void 4 2
7 6 5 2 A K Q 10 8 3
A K Q 10 9 4 3 8
J 7 K 10 5 4
A K 10 8 7 6 3
9
J 7 5
Q 3
Looking more closely, I see that we in fact got 9% on this board. There were two sections, and I guess they scored across the sections. In the other section there was also a 6
X making 7, and there was a 5
XX making 7, hence our positive score.
I enjoy reviewing boards that I have played to see where I might have done better. On this one, I absolve myself. In chess, we are theoretically in complete control, play better and win. In bridge odd things happen. It's a feature of bridge that I like.