31st March – Board 2: N/S Game. Dealer East.
It was strange that no pair managed to reach the laydown grand slam on the hand shown below, but at the risk of sounding out of order I have to say it should have been within everyone’s compass. In fact it was virtually nothing more than doing a few sums.
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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2NT
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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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4NT
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No
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5S
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No
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5NT
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No
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6H
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No
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7NT
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End
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South shows the big balanced hand in whatever way they have agreed and North transfers to spades. A Roman Key Card enquiry then elicits the information that South has all the key players and 5NT asks for king. South owns up to two and now North can count on making eight spades, three other aces and two other kings. Hence 7NT.
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