This was my favorite deal from the trials. It illustrates another aspect of:
“One must never make any decisions, form any convictions or seek any values out of context, i.e., apart from or against the total, integrated sum of one’s knowledge.”
Ayn Rand, “The Objectivist Ethics,” The Virtue of Selfishness, 26.
![Adam Wildavsky-Doug Doub](http://csbnews.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Doug-Doub–Adam-Wildavsky.jpg)
This is from the third set of our semi-final against Welland, the 2 seed. Doug and I beat a similar Welland team (Fallenius, Garner, Weinstein) in the finals in 2003. That year they were 4-handed, and it took its toll.
52. Both vul, West deals
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West | North | East | South |
Adam | Weinstein | Doug | Garner |
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Pass | 2![]() |
Pass |
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Pass |
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The End |
I bid 3, a short suit game try, in case Doug could make a move towards slam. If he bids 4
, for instance, I can picture 6
opposite
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AQxxx
xx, making even with 4-1 spades. When he could bid only game I passed.
I won the J and played a diamond to the
10 when South ducked.
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A club was led at the other table on this auction:
West | North | East | South |
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Pass | 2![]() |
Pass |
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Pass |
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Pass |
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Pass |
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The End |
Declarer made the normal percentage play of a diamond to the king, but with no trump lead this cost him only an overtrick. 10 tricks were scored at each table for a push.
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