My partner and I are playing against some new faces at a sectional tournament in the penultimate round. The afternoon has been somewhat torturous. We've had plenty of bad luck and not enough good cards to really do much.
Our best auction of the day brings us to a 6 Hearts contract which I very delicately play. The contract is ice cold, and it sort of feels that way, but I make sure to protect myself against the rare spade break that would allow me to set myself. This careful play (coupled with the long auction) would eventually earn us a few snarky remarks from our opponents at the next table who were impatiently waiting for us.
Two hands later, this same careful play was totally thrown out the window on a hand that looked like my cat could have played it.
I misplayed it and went down.
My cat would have made overtricks.
