DO NOT DOUBLE PARTSCORES WHEN PLAYING TEAMS. Here is Geir Helgemo somehow fooling his expert opponents into defending like total muppets…
The bidding was only the beginning of Geir’s wizardry. He managed to bid not one but both of his three-card suits, North giving desperate preference to 2♥. The opps were then led a very merry dance. West led a trump and East won his ♥K and switched to the ♦7 covered by the ♦10. On the bidding this couldn’t be a singleton (South couldn’t have five diamonds and bid two other suits) so West put in the ♦Jack, won in dummy with the King. Next Geir played a cheeky trump towards his hand and when East reasonably ducked, won the Queen! Two tricks.
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