Round 8.
Board 23. Both vul. Dealer S.
Q52
K42
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A987642
KT987 AJ4
JT6 9875
K832 AQ54
5 T3
63
AQ3
JT976
KQJ
South opened 1D and North responded 2C. When South then raised this to 3C,
soon North was declaring 5C to this contract. There was nothing to the play
and really nothing we could do. We just had to collect -600 and 10.5/51.

Board 24. None vul. Dealer W.
7654
52
A95
AK98
T93 QJ82
AQJ4 97
862 J4
T53 QJ742
AK
KT863
KQT73
6
If the bidding in previous hand did not sound very convincing, it might be
that this pair is just aggressive. Since with this NS card, they bid to the
hopeless 6D. Against that Fred led a S and declarer won per force. He led a C
to the A and led a H up to his K. Fred won the A and cashed another. I still
had the DJ to overruff the H and that was down 2. 44/51.