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[Event "Newton Individuals, Jan 5-6, 2013"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "1"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East "M.R."]
[South "Pete"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:J75.K73.K943.T96 9432.Q865.JT6.Q7 AK6.AJT4.Q.AK832 QT8.92.A8752.J54"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
[Result ""]
{My most outrageous psychic opening in a couple of decades (and my only psyche
of the tournament) worked to perfection.  Why West would lead fourth highest
against that auction is a mystery to me, but I was pleased to rake in 11
tricks.

East was a colorful character, known to me only as the Mad Russian, who
populates these individual events.  He called the director to complain about my
psyche, without recourse.  West weighed in with a complaint that she had heard
a similar complaint about me from another table.  I piped up to complain about
that falsehood.  Quite a brouhaha.

This set the stage for the next afternoon, when I sat down with some
trepidation to partner M.R. for a round.

<i>                                  (see board 2)</i>

Before the dummy came down, M.R. announced this was "an impossible auction: 
don't ask a question, if you don't need the answer."  This was definitely an
unlikely auction, but I intended to bid 6NT if M.R. had shown a feature (which
should promise a good hand).  I played the hand conservatively for 11 tricks,
eschewing the both the losing spade finesse and the winning endplay against
West.

M.R. asked if 6\D could be made.  That contract is about the same as 6NT,
except that it would be declared by M.R. - not a possibility I would ever
consider.  When playing with a weaker partner in an individual, grab every
contract you can.}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1D Pass
2D Pass 3NT AP
[Play "W"]
D5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "2"]
[West ""]
[North "M.R."]
[East ""]
[South "Pete"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:964.87.AQT965.87 T3.Q6542.J82.Q32 AKJ5.AKT9.K7.AJ4 Q872.J3.43.KT965"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
[Result ""]
{

On the last board of the round, I decided to strike first...}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[Auction "N"]
2D Pass 2NT Pass
3D Pass 3NT AP
[Play "W"]
CT

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "3"]
[West ""]
[North "M.R."]
[East ""]
[South "Pete"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:8765.J.KQJT84.K7 AKJ9.K93.2.JT953 T2.Q762.A93.A864 Q43.AT854.765.Q2"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
[Result ""]
{I rebid 3\S, hoping for a spade game - with me declaring, of course.  M.R. had
made a game try, but did not bid game when I showed a max with spades.  Since I
had no wasted spade values, my singleton heart and club king must be gold, so I
pushed on to 5\D.

M.R. went on the offensive, saying I could not bid like that.  I probably asked
what happened to the hand he held during the bidding.  He said he just wanted
to know if I had a feature! No mild manners this round.  The opponents lead no
trumps, so I was one down.}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[Auction "S"]
2D X 2NT 3H
3S Pass 4D Pass
5D AP
[BCNote ""]
