Overbid
Deal 5: 27th April 2007 - Dealer South, EW vulnerable
After your contributor had picked himself up amid gales of laughter, he struggled to make 8 tricks : 2 down : 1000 minus !!!!!!!!!!!!
On Table 1 the bidding went:
North makes 8 tricks : 1 down : 50 minus.
The Traveller for this board looks like this:
| NS | EW | Contract | Lead | Tricks | NS+ | EW+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 12 | 3H | AC | 9 | 140 | |
| 7 | 2 | 4S | 10C | 8 | 100 | |
| 9 | 8 | 2H | AS | 8 | 110 | |
| 13 | 10 | 3H | KS | 8 | 50 | |
| 14 | 5 | 2H | 8 | 110 | ||
| 15 | 11 | 2H | AS | 9 | 140 | |
| 16 | 3 | 4S** | xH | 8 | 1000 | |
| 17 | 6 | 1S | 2D | 7 | 80 |
Despite the fact that your contributor was reminded that when in a hole one should stop digging , the evening passed in great friendliness and good humour and it would be interesting to hear your comments on the hand.
Contributed by: Lucena 30/04/07