Moral victory

Hi all

Though we tied 15-15 against our arch rivals BCO4, the moral victory was ours. By one whole imp. There were several nice games, a grand in , a couple of nice partials, but let me ask you a question:

West
T63
93
K9752
KT5
West
North
East
South
 
1
1
2
2
pass
pass
3
pass
3
pass
pass
???
 
 
 
 

How greedy are you? Remember it’s teams.

I wonder what hurt most, that declarer got home without breaking a sweat or the doubled overtrick?

There’s something nifty about this game. Game in is on ice for the opponents. Look here:

North Dealer
– Vul
North
A752
AT854
83
AJ
West
T63
93
K9752
KT5
East
KQJ84
KQJ72
862
South
9
6
AQJT64
Q9743

Let’s assume West leads a (as good as anything). You take it and immediately ruff a . Finesse in , ruff another , cross to the Ace, Ace as well and a ruffed. Now if you ruff a in dummy this will be the position:

North Dealer
– Vul
North
7
T85
8
West
K9752
East
not
important
.
.
South
AQJ
Q9

Play a loser from dummy, discard a winning yourself and West has to ruff. Next he will tackle trumps for you. Repeat the trick by playing your last from hand. Drumroll…: Eleven icy cold tricks.