The weirdest top I’ve achieved
came from this hand. I was in Holland playing in a local club with my
wife's father. Any local club in Holland has a big bar in the center.
You pick a drinking card and fill it during the game. The first round
you start with coffee and then you move on to beer(s) and then stronger
stuff. My father in law was a real drinker. His Bridge performance was
in inverse ratio to his drinking... The last board of the tourney was
this:
The bidding:
* Wake up!
** No bomb will wake me up
After my opponents found the diamond fit, I should have doubled.
However, a quick glance at my partner proved that he was already half
asleep (with much alcohol in his blood). I needed to find a bid to wake
him up so I chose a cue bid of 3♦,
which didn’t do the job as he passed with no hesitation. "Shall we
close on 1 down?" I asked. "Ney (=No)", said my opponents, insensitive
to my humor. They cross ruffed the first 8 tricks in the majors. As
they had nothing more to ruff, they won only 2 more trump tricks and a
club. 3♦
minus 7 was worth 350 points for them, a huge trauma for me and... a
top for us! When we opened the score sheet we saw one score of 400 (5♦) and the rest were 550 (5♦ doubled).
"You don't stand a chance against our bidding system", muttered my
partner in his sleep.
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