Careful what you say...

Silver Spring MD
WBL Unit Game - GNT Qualifier
IMPs

This may be the worst performance I've seen by an X pair, both in the bidding and the play.


S J 9 4
H J 10 8
D K Q
C K J 10 8 2
S A K
H A K 9 4 3 2
D A 9 7 6
C 3
[W - E] S Q 10 8 7 6 5 3 2
H 6
D 8 5 4 2
C
Both Vul S
H Q 7 5
D J 10 3
C A Q 9 7 6 5 4



West
1 H
3 H
4 NT³
7 S4

Noble
North
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass


East
2 S¹
4 S²
5 C

Me
South
Pass
Pass
Pass
1. Described as strong
2. Most ethical bid EVER
3. Of course now you bid keycard
4. This is the "my partner can't count to 1" bid

7 S by East
Down 1 — NS +100 — NS +17

So I led the C A from South and as dummy went down West commented on how she didn't know why she didn't just bid 6S. Noble jokingly said "Hey, maybe she'll ruff it." Yeah that wasn't so funny when she actually did. She played to the H A and ruffed a heart. Now she played a trump to the A and played the H K from dummy, thought for a minute, then ruffed it. Now when she crosses back to the S K in dummy, she can't get back to her hand to draw the last trump. So she plays a heart and now Noble can ruff one of her heart winners with the S J. Down 1!