The food was fabulous and the weather was woeful in steamy New Orleans last week. Here is one of my favorite hands from the Mixed Board-a-Match Teams. Not much of a hand, mind you, but the type that can be action-oriented at the right vulnerability:
♠ void
♥ J9652
♦ J9
♣ J97432
It was the second board of a tense round against young opponents clearly proud of their intricate big club system with transfer responses, etc. At favorable vul., LHO opened 1 club and partner, Bob, overcalled 1 heart. RHO made a slow bid of 2 hearts, and while LHO was clearly thinking about what the bid meant before alerting it, I took the matter into my own hands.
Certain that they could make a vulnerable game (or even slam!) in spades, I jumped to 5 hearts, taking away most of their bidding spade and presenting LHO with a dilemma. The best she could do was double. RHO passed reluctantly and the king of clubs was led.
♠ void
♥ J9652
♦ J9
♣ J97432
♠ J752
♥ KQ1087
♦ 6
♣ A106
Needless to say, we won the board with our score of minus 100 as the opponents can make 6 spades (or 6 NT). Their hands were: AK10/A4/KQ10854/Q8 opposite Q98643/3/A732/K5.
It often pays to interfere with a precision or big club bidding system--sometimes Big Time!
See you at the table!
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