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Originally Posted by Harry the Horse
You played like Jansma. Jc is for the ace, and they will play a heart or a spade back, so you will lose a diamond in the end.
Better to win the lead in dummy and run Jc right away. Then win in hand, unblock cK, and use the two spade entries to ruff a club in hand (queen drops) and cash the Tc.
Great hand. I missed the extra chance of Qxx as well.
On the big minor 2 suiter...unlucky that they bid (and made) 6NT. BAM is an excruciating game.
When I have played day 2 of the Reisinger and gotten my head beaten in, I am reminded of this.
BAM is fun when you are on one of the better teams (as I am when we play the mixed BAM) and torture when you aren't. That is why the game died out at the sectional/regional level about 45 years ago. For whatever reason, it remains on the national schedule all these years later.
It's a little like poker was a long time ago: Limit games were the king at cash, but no limit for the WSOP.