25th November – Board 17: Love All. Dealer North.
What would you – or did you – open on that North hand? I know some people opened 3C but that is really feeble. It is an old maxim that you should preempt to the right level at the beginning and having done that leave everything up to your partner, and for that reason alone I would be happy to open 4C. Indeed if the vulnerability were in my favour I would consider opening 5C and let the rest of the people at the table sort it out. If you opened 4C I imagine the auction would go as shown below, but in truth there is a lot of guesswork involved in these situations. How about? :
West
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North
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East
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South
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4C
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4S
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5C
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Dbl
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End
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West’s double is a bit speculative and he might leave well alone, but in any event the contract should only fail by one trick as long as East does not try to cash too many spades. (If he does so the ten of spades in dummy becomes a winner and a place for declarer to park his losing heart.) Four spades will make as long as declarer finds the jack of diamonds so five clubs would be a good save. Interestingly nothing can stop South making 3NT! Hard to play in of course if the bidding starts at the four-level.
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