Here's a hand where my partner GIB played well and my RHO GIB was a total moron:
Dealer North. None Vulnerable. | ||
♠ J ♥ A Q 9 8 ♦ A T 2 ♣ T 8 7 4 | ||
♠ A K 8 5 ♥ 6 4 3 ♦ Q J 6 ♣ Q J 3 | ♠ Q 6 4 2 ♥ T 7 5 ♦ 9 8 7 5 ♣ A 2 | |
♠ T 9 7 3 ♥ K J 2 ♦ K 3 ♣ K 9 6 5 |
There were two passes to me and I had a hand that some people might possibly open in third seat. In fact, looking back over the other 15 results, one actually did open in third seat: 2♠! This was not a huge success and ended up going quietly down 1 for the only negative score in the N/S direction and a loss of 5 imps.
But for me, if I open a substandard hand in third seat, at least the suit must be good (i.e. I want it led). In this case there was no suit I particularly wanted led and the bad 4432 texture was not auspicious.
After three passes, LHO opened 1♣ and thereafter, everyone had something to say. Here is the complete auction:
GIB W | GIB N | GIB E | Me |
p | p | p | |
1♣ | 1♥ | p | 2♥ |
X | p | 3♥ | X |
p | p | 3♠ | p |
4♠ | p | p | X |
Given that I had earlier doubled 3♥ for the lead (i.e. a penalty double), and also I had passed over 3♠, my final double of 4♠ was incontrovertibly a penalty double. According to GIB's post-analysis, they should only be down 4. But GIB E followed up his terrible bidding with some pretty terrible play, not crediting me with four decent spades for my final double. The result was down 5 for 1100 and a 14 imp gain on a nothing hand.
Gotta love those GIBs!
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