3rd February – Board 19: E/W Game. Dealer South.
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If anyone bid a slam on the hand shown above then well done, but I know it was missed at several tables where West refused to support his partner’s long suit. Indeed that East hand is nowhere near as powerful facing a only doubleton heart and although I really do sympathise with West’s lack of ambition I think it is misplaced, because aces and kings lend themselves very well to a suit contract. So I think the bidding should go:-
West
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North
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East
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South
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No
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1NT
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No
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2D
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No
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2H
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No
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3D
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No
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3H
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No
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3S
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No
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4C
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No
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4D
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No
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4 S
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No
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6H
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End
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I am a strong believer that when a responder to 1NT bids two suits then game has to be reached, so in the above sequence 3D is game forcing. West can/should support hearts, and now an exchange of cue-bids should enable the slam to be reached. Even with the poor heart break the slam is cast-iron needing as it does only a successful finesse in just one of the red suits.
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