HOOOORAY AND GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE DISGUSTING AUGUST" SET! (So many with a smorgasbord of no answer) I hope never to see again-and I have looked at or participated here since Viet Nam ended).
first look on prob. A we notice we have almost never seen a better dummy for the "misery preference" to 2
. That means I have a splinter for north's diamonds. I hope he will forgive me for blocking his "blackwood" but he should not hang me for not having mega trumps, his
K-x, and the stiff , but only king-high spades
(i bet HE has the missing spade ace?) ---Five Clubs---Problem B:>> Ahh the ANTI-SPLINTER finally shows up (see my profile) ___-
--Four Diamonds---Problem C:>> Do we see 3 choices? nope.
---Five Clubs---
Problem D:>> OK, west has got me convinced: Partner doesn't have more than 4 clubs, so he must have 4 spades, and/or 3+ hearts so reaching out for a major game is not a wild stab in the dark... ---Three Spades---Problem E:>> My first think is to push with
3 AFTER the opps correct to 3
. The LAW says one of us can make 9 tricks. If the enemy gets to FOUR Hearts before I ever mention my spades, then I have wimped out, and will stay fixed. The temptation to mention those clubs NOW, and hope to later say 3 Spades is tugging at me, but will that suck partner into a definite overbid?
---Pass/Three Clubs??---Problem F:>> A looser of a quizz problem---
WTP ---Three Diamonds---Problem G:>> ...?