> Board 4 (both vul)
wheaties: "I thought it was fairly standard expert practice to
cuebid the stopper you have when the opps have shown two suits and the
partner****p might be exploring 3NT as a final contract."
Good point, and we had discussed this, but by happenstance we were on
the same (faulty) wavelength as
partner held: KQ75 - KJ10652 Q95
Unfortunately that was not adequate for 3NT on a heart lead and spade
switch. I didn't think much of it (and in fact -200 was an average)
but partner was, shall we say, antsy to know why we weren't in 5D.
Obviously a second double would have been much more successful.
> Board 5 (opps vul)
wheaties: "It appears declarer is headed for -1 no matter what you
do."
Well, _almost_ no matter what you do. Partner, perhaps a bit cheesed
from my bidding failure on the last hand, apparently decided not to
play me not to have been sharp enough to duck a diamond honor in
tempo. So he cashed the spade ace, lest he lose it. Not optimal, as
my hand was 93 A97632 Q852 4. (Yes, declarer could have played it
better.)
> Board 6 (your side vul)
Eric: "RHO is guessing and from my hand I think he guessed wrong."
Well, yes and no. Turns out, 4H was a make our way! Partner's hand:
1086 AKQ9652 A2 7. (He insists this is what I should expect for an
unfavorable vul third seat 4H opener.) Although hearts were 4-1,
diamonds were 3-3 and the spade ace was onside. +500 wasn't going to
score well anyway, but it would have saved a little last-board
humiliation at least.
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