A Good Yarborough!
"I have nightmares about Yarboroughs," a casual partner remarked. "I imagine, in my dreams, that partner makes a forcing take-out and I have to bid a 3-card suit with not a point in sight".
"So what happens then?" I enquired.
"Oh partner makes several more forcing bids and we arrive in 7NT doubled but I always wake up in time and never get to count the undertricks".
"A nasty experience," I sympathised. "Let's hope we don't see any Yarboroughs in tonight's session." However, fate was listening and in the very first hand of the night, partner (playing North), picked up:
S 753 H 6432 D 862 C 543Partner looked ill and squirmed in his seat as he thought of numerous possible disasters. My 1H opening was the start of another nightmare for partner as he resolutely refused to succumb to temptation and whispered only a whimpering pass. East joined in the party with a double. Partner fidgeting more intensely as each second passed. Partner however, brightened up when the bidding eventually subsided in 2NT undoubled. The bidding had been:
W N E S 1H - - X 2NT - - -
West led a club and my hand was:
When the opponents each turned up with two hearts, I made: one spade, four hearts, two diamonds and two clubs for 9 tricks. "Sorry," I said to partner, " I never realised your hand was so good. I will bid up next time!" Partner doesn't have nightmares any more!S A1042 H A9875 D AK C AQ
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