Mad Bart was most known for his "bidding habits"; Big 7 was reknowned for winning those everelusive beer cards, no matter how remote the chance; Sewcraits, although bearded heavily, played with the wisdom of saints (i.e. the force) on his side; Boo was a mysteriously quiet, but quite fine Bridge player, but some have said that he's just a giant chicken that wears a UWBC TShirt.
| Vul: All Nice and Red Dlr: Mad Bart |
BIG 7 (dummy) Q 6 10 9 A K 7 6 A Q J 7 2 | ||||||
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MAD BART Pass 1 3NT |
SEWCRAITS Pass Pass All Pass |
BIG 7 1 2 |
BOO Pass Pass |
SEWCRAITS 7 5 3 K Q 7 6 3 9 5 2 K 3 |
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BOO A 10 9 8 8 4 2 Q 4 3 9 8 5 | |
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Opening Lead: 6 | MAD BART K J 4 2 A J 5 J 10 8 10 6 4 | ||||||
10, 2 and
5(?). Perhaps
Mad Bart should have won the first trick in hand to
attack clubs immediately, but he was somewhat prone to
odd behaviours.
A low spade to the K got
him back to hand, after which he attacked
clubs by leading the 10,
which held, and followed with a small club
to pull West's K.
The Mad One then shifted to the Q to establish
his eleventh trick when Boo won the A.
Boo led the 9 to set up his
8 and Mad Bart paused for thought.
He eyes bugged out because he saw that the count
was rectified (whatever that meant). He won
the J pitching a diamond
from dummy and cashed two of dummy's good clubs Boo parting with
a heart, South pitching a diamond and Sewcraits giving up two hearts.
This was the position with dummy to lead:
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When Mad Bart cashed dummy's final club, Boo painlessly pecked out
a heart, the mad one let a diamond go, but Sewcraits could not part
with a heart, and so wisely reduced himself to 2 diamonds. Mad Bart
now led the 10 from dummy and
Boo knew his goose was cooked. He
could either give up the 8 to promote the
mad one's 4 or a diamond
to promote dummy's 7.
Out of spite, he gave up the 8, denying the
sad.. uh.. mad one his beer card. Interestingly enough, if Boo had returned a heart instead of a spade, then Mad Bart could not have squeezed to make 6, and could only have made 11 tricks as the cards lay.
| BIG 7 (dummy) - 10 A K 7 2 | ||
| SEWCRAITS - K Q 9 5 2 - |
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BOO 8 8 Q 4 3 - |
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| MAD BART 4 A J J 10 - |