freyakitten

Three words to describe the most memorable moment of the week (for me, that occurred to me):

Doubled Defensive Beer

Heh heh. Those words again: doubled defensive beer. Playing with someone who pays them. *grin*

The bidding went as follows:
Pass Pass 1C* /**
1D*** Pass 1NT^ Double
All Pass

* Precision, showed a hand that is 150% of average (where average is 10 Goren-style High Card Points - if you have one each of Ace, King, Queen, and Jack, that's 10 HCP)
** We had no systemic bid here to show what I had, but since I know that I'll get another chance to do something, I'm happy to pass and butt in later
*** This response to the 1C shows a hand that is 70% of average or worse
^ This showed a hand with cards fairly evenly distributed between the four suits, no five-card major, and specifically 15-16 HCP

I held:
AK, KJ9x, KQT7, QJx

And declarer was screwed. Dummy held not a single honour card, we racked up +800 when 3NT (+600) can go off.

Finals of the Women's Trials starts tomorrow. At 9:30 am. I am Not Amused.

then there was this one time, at band camp ...

part of me wants to understand, part of me wants to pretend i didn't just try to read it.

Date: 2007-03-27 02:40 am (UTC)

From: (Anonymous)

Re: then there was this one time, at band camp ...

The hand just racked up... Admittedly declarer could have played it for one trick less off, but when the biggest hand at the table (AK, KJxx, KQT7, QJx) is playing their cards immediately after the second biggest hand at the table... Declarer is screwed. I almost always had something bigger, and a card I could play so that partner was on lead (play aways goes clockwise, so if I had been on lead and had nothing useful to lead, declarer would have played last to those tricks, and possibly won them).

Yeah, I fail to make my explanations non-technical *sigh*