A hand from the County Pairs Final held at Oxford BC on the 25th April 2010.    Abingdon players were well represented in this final.  You are playing with Gillian Lonsdale as usual and having scored 50% in the first half, you sit down to play against Gordon Carroll and Keith Sadler in the second - who are doing substantially better than you are!  The bidding proceeds-

            N                        E                    S                        W

        Them                      Us                Them                    Us

                                      2C                 pass                     5D     

          All pass   

Our 2C club bid shows 11-15 points with 5+ clubs.   Gordon leads the King of hearts and when dummy goes down this is what you see:-

                    Q532
                    A83
                    6
                    AK1032
 

                    A9
                    9
                    KQJ98752
                    54

Well it looks like a hand probably cold for 11 tricks... doesn't it?  How are you going to play this hand?  Can you make more?  It's Pairs!

Make your decision and then click here  to see if you have got it right!  Good luck!
 
 
 

Clive Keep February 2010