Worst trump break I've ever seen
May. 17th, 2013 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackLast night at the university bridge club.
I was defending when I saw the worst trump break I've ever seen: 8-0 spades. I had eight spades, and when RHO bid one spade, everyone passed. I couldn't double because it would have been takeout and I thought it might go down, but not at all certain, since I didn't have many high cards. In fact, opener had 19 points, and made exactly or one down.
The play was very hard work, with me and declarer volleying trumps back and forth to each other. I don't think I played it the best I could have done, but I think we got the best result likely, against fairly good opponents.
The next hand -- I could barely believe it -- was the second worst trump fit I've ever seen: 7-0 spades. This time they got to 3S, and I was praying for them to bid to 4S and get to a contract I felt safe doubling, but they stopped in 3S (which was already ambitious). Again, they just made after a lot of work from both sides :)
I was defending when I saw the worst trump break I've ever seen: 8-0 spades. I had eight spades, and when RHO bid one spade, everyone passed. I couldn't double because it would have been takeout and I thought it might go down, but not at all certain, since I didn't have many high cards. In fact, opener had 19 points, and made exactly or one down.
The play was very hard work, with me and declarer volleying trumps back and forth to each other. I don't think I played it the best I could have done, but I think we got the best result likely, against fairly good opponents.
The next hand -- I could barely believe it -- was the second worst trump fit I've ever seen: 7-0 spades. This time they got to 3S, and I was praying for them to bid to 4S and get to a contract I felt safe doubling, but they stopped in 3S (which was already ambitious). Again, they just made after a lot of work from both sides :)
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Date: 2013-05-17 04:34 pm (UTC)It sounds as though it may have been a great shame for opponents that LHO couldn't find anything to say with, presumably, a singleton or void in partner's suit!
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Date: 2013-05-20 03:19 pm (UTC)But does 5-card majors really help avoid this situation? If you're playing 5-card-majors, isn't the bidding the same except when you have 4432 or 4333 or 3433 and open a 3-card minor (or sometimes, a 2-card club) instead of a four-card major? Isn't that at least as likely to end up with opponent forced to pass with a long suit in your bid suit?
For that matter, they did well enough it was probably better for them than letting me declare in spades :)