23rd September – Board 10: Game All. Dealer East.
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North:
S J 9 5
H 10 9 5
D K
C J 10 7 6 5 2
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West:
S K 8 2
H Q 8 3
D Q 9 7 6 4 2
C 3
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East:
S A 10 6 4
H K J 7 6
D A J 3
C K 9
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South:
S Q 7 3
H A 4 2
D 10 8 5
C A Q 8 4
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I would be interested to know what contract was arrived at on the hand shown above. I can only report the result from the one table where I was watching, where a mixture of aggression and perhaps a bit of luck landed E/W a terrific score.
West
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North
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East
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South
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1NT
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No
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2NT
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No
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3C
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No
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3NT
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End
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The auction needs to be explained in that E/W were playing a strong no-trump vulnerable showing 15-17 points and 2NT was a transfer to diamonds. However if you play minor suit transfers you always have the ability to break the transfer below the requested spot and if so you are showing a fit with the suit being announced by partner. Here East was showing a top honour to at least three diamonds and West took a punt at the no-trump game. As you can see with the diamond king obligingly falling early on there is no defence and West’s rather gung-ho approach reaped dividends. Playing a weak no-trump I would expect the auction to fizzle out in a heart partscore.
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