Something happened at yesterday's game that strongly reminded me of a hand that I played over a year ago. Just like the hand back then, one of the opponents was the director and I was the declarer. We were in a game contract--5 diamonds this time instead of 3NT--but otherwise everything was the same. When dummy came down I made a plan; everything worked and I made 6. I was feeling good and looked over at my partner, Mimi, who gave me a happy smile. I was thinking about how we might have bid slam when the director turned to me just as she had over a year ago.
"You should have been in spades," she said.
Sigh. Of course she was right, both yesterday and a year ago. I don't remember what happened last time, but this time I was in love with my seven beautiful diamonds. I rebid them even though I had three of my partner's spades. I need to keep in mind what Jerry Helms said at the tournament in Louisville: It's not what you have and it's not what your partner has; it's what you both have together. Easier said than done sometimes, at least for me.
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