Cast Aside

3rd May – Board 5: North/South Game.  Dealer North.
It is not often that a minor suit game can be made and the no-trump game can’t when declarer holds stops galore in every suit, but that’s exactly what happened on the deal shown below.




You may not like that 3♥ bid but that’s the way it goes these days. With a high-card raise to 3♥ West would cue bid the opponent’s suit, 3♣, so his actual choice is pre-emptive. If you don’t believe it works you can see that 3♥ will only go two down so that even if it is doubled the loss is just 300 compared with a vulnerable game the other way. In any event such macho posturing will be cast aside as North has an easy raise of his partner’s suit and South will doubtless add one for the road, being significantly stronger than he might be. With the club king onside there are eleven easy tricks but notice that 3NT will fail on the obvious heart lead. Unable to get to dummy to take the club finesse declarer will lose three hearts, a spade and a club.

View the play of the deal:


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  1. Anonymous7 May 2012 at 09:49

    Unfortunately, my partner and I didn't get to play this hand - but I really like the new feature of view the play. Praise and thanks indeed have to go to our web genius. How many more new features are in the wings I wonder?

    Thanks Robin.

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  2. Dave7 May 2012 at 19:10

    Thanks. I have to say this is another really good idea from our webmaster and it's great that you like it. It's best viewed in the new window option when everything becomes larger. Still, we will see what (other) reaction it invokes.

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