tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314337641002386924.post3906046777868346984..comments2024-03-28T06:17:34.911-04:00Comments on DoubleSqueeze: Play problem from the Eastside Bridge ClubMcKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06326701257198329705noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314337641002386924.post-298178887784858542008-10-07T13:12:00.000-04:002008-10-07T13:12:00.000-04:00At the table, I took the finesse. I'd been countin...At the table, I took the finesse. <BR/><BR/>I'd been counting -- LHO had six spades, three hearts, and two diamonds, therefore only two clubs. Also, he'd shown up with 9 HCP (KQ of spades and A of hearts), so the club queen would have given him 11, more than most folks would have for a weak jump overcall. <BR/><BR/>I was wrong! <BR/><BR/>No, West didn't have the queen of clubs. Yes, I made an overtrick in 5D. But I failed to think about the matchpoint angle of the problem. We were in a great spot, and I'd played it well up to that point. So we were already doing better than most of the field. <BR/><BR/>The traveler for this board read:<BR/><BR/>+130<BR/>+300<BR/>+620<BR/>+140<BR/>+50<BR/>+130<BR/>+150<BR/><BR/>+620 and +600 would have been the same matchpoint score. And if the CQ had been on my left... well, you can see how many matchpoints minus 200 would have been.<BR/><BR/>I've certainly made a weak jump overcall opposite a passed partner with KQT9xx Axx xx Qx before... haven't you?McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326701257198329705noreply@blogger.com