Worst Fix?

May 3, 2007
Silver Spring MD
A/X Pairs
Matchpoints

20.	A Q 8 7 5 4 Q J 7 K 5 8 7
K 10 3 K 5 J 8 A J 10 5 4 2		J A 9 6 4 3 2 7 4 3 2 9 6
Both Vul	9 6 2 10 8 A Q 10 9 6 K Q 3

Shore West 2 ¹ Pass

North 2 Dbl??

Gill East 3 ² All Pass

South Pass??

1. 10-15 5+ clubs, no 4M
2. I know they have 9+ spades, so this is pretty much auto

3 x by West
Down 1 — NS +200

We've all been fixed from time to time, but this one was particularly painful. First, South passes an 11-count with 3-card support for his partner's bid suit. Then North finds a reopening double that's beyond ridiculous, and South still passes. To top it all off, North from that hand finds a TRUMP LEAD, instead of the completely normal Q. It's bad enough when one person takes a flyer and gets you, but this one required multiple ridiculous decisions by the opponents.