Bad_Wolf, on 2020-December-14, 18:42, said:
Club bridge is a very strange game, you are south...
Partner leads a small
♦, how do we feel?
Good? Surely people will make more tricks in hearts...
Bad? Perhaps 4
♥ is off when 2
♠ makes...
Well actually neither. West has opened a 5413 with 1
♥ because they "wanted to reverse". But still hearts are better right?
Well sure, but as we said this is a club session. The field played in 1
♠ for the same 8 tricks.
Just another boring flat board.
If I were East I'd get a bottom when I pre-emptively leap in hearts and go down. I don't know what East was thinking not raising hearts or correcting after 2
♠, did they hold a different hand during the bidding? Why would you prefer a 4-1 fit over a 5-4 fit?
This is one of the things I find frustrating with bridge. I do something careless/reckless/stupid, I get the hand of God down on me. Someone else does something completely irrational, they land on their feet.
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