This was my final hand of the session, a couple of evenings ago. Pairs MPs, ten tables. Playing Acol.
NS vul, dealer S; I was sitting W.
♠AKQx
♥Qx
♦10
♣KQJ10xx
Bidding started with:
(pass)/1♣/(1♦)/1♥
(pass)/1♠/(pass)/4♥
(pass)/?
4♥ clearly showed plenty of hearts, so I wasn't about to stop there! If I could locate the missing Aces and the K♥, a slam would be definitely on the cards - but my partner and I only play simple Blackwood. Nevertheless I bid 4NT and partner showed two Aces. Now I had a guess for 6♥ but I thought to myself - it's the last hand of the evening, let's let rip!
Opponents led A♦, and followed with a club: we were missing the K♥ but luckily it was onside, with partner holding seven hearts, and the slam made. It occurs to me, if the finesse had failed and South had held up their King for one round, we'd have been in trouble even in 4♥.
Oh well - sometimes I like to talk about the good things in life, as well as the not-so-good! That was a top for us - only one other table bid the slam and they went down (not sure how). And a top for us in the session as a whole - which pretty much floored me

Next time it'll be back to normal....
