I also got a club lead, played the queen and my inexperienced RHO covered. Now I ran my clubs and diamonds and caught LHO in a spade-heart squeeze, making 7.
Mike, in the recent Delaware Regional we had 5 teams in the top bracket on the day my team entered. We played an entire day to eliminate one of the teams. Our team lost in the semis and then won third place. In the third/fourth place match we played ...
So sorry to hear of Ivar's passing. I played quite a bit with him in Delaware when he came back to bridge after his first wife passed away. One highlight I remember was a 76% game we had in a Sectional Open Pairs. Echoing Richard Popper's statement above ...
FWIW, at the table I doubled, and partner bid 2H, holding Q763, A874, A4, K95. Making 3 with some help from the defense for a good score as those in 1NT took only 7 tricks. If I had passed, what should partner do? He likely would have passed, and we ...
Roland, you must know my partners. Steve, my point was that as little as the right 5-count makes slam. Partner could easily have the king of diamonds or ace of hearts as well. Or, he could have the hand that Roland suggests, but either way bidding 3C should get you ...