But there were a lot of other interesting hands:
Here is a link to myhands. I hope It will not vanish some day.
#1 We pushed them to a slam by our preempts. When dummy came down I was very happy, because I was sure, that they missed 7. I couldn't know, that Hue bid 5 hearts without club K.
Yvon was right not to sac with 6 spades. He has a lot of defense. -9.93 IMP
#3 This time Hue was punished for his vulnerable overcall and we had the better end of it.
I realized the opportunity to double once more and Yvon made a wise decision to pass my takeout double for penalties. We got all our for 3 down and scored 11 IMPs for this 800.
Club 8 by Yvon was a nice signal showing no interest in clubs. Now I knew definitely that the heart A was a singleton.
#7 This was probably the decisive hand of the whole match. We had recovered from the loss in #1 and I was in avery good mood. Perhaps I was too hilarious and though I underestimated the opponents. I hoped to catapult them out of 3NT by my double. If I only had been silent. He would probably go down with the diamond finesse against Yvon.
So I threw probably 16 but at least 7 IMPs out of the window.
#8 contains some interesting bidding questions. 1) My hand doesn't qualify for an opening. If the J were in spades Jxxx,xx,AKxxxx,x the rule of 18 could applied, but this hand I should pass. 2) I was afraid to rebid 1 spade with this scarcy suit. But would Hue have led a spade after 1D - 1H - 1S - 2C - 2D - 3NT? 3) Was 4NT RKCB for diamonds? What about 4 diamonds as minorwood?? Or is 4D game invite?? Questions over questions, and I had the unluck of the uncapable. Not the luck of the capable today. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
#9 I was thinking about this damned #7 and made the next big mistake. I forgot that my 3NT by our agreement showed not a strong balanced but a solid 6+ spade suit.
So I blew another 12 IMPs into the wind. I'm sure I hadn't forgotten the convention, if I had'n thought about this #7.
#12 costed us another 13 IMps when I guessed to finesse in the wrong red suit. I should have known better. LHO would never lead from Jxxx(x) against dummy's 1 heart bid.
So I blew at least 32 IMPs and the whole match.
There is an old German saying: "Übermut tut selten gut."
(Pride comes before fall)
I got what I deserved. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
