6th Dec – Board 14: Love All.
Dealer East.
It is important I think to
make a 2NT rebid after partner has responded in a new suit at the two-level as
game forcing. The reason behind this being that responder can now show
three-card support for opener’s first suit if he so wishes and still be in a
forcing situation.
With his completely balanced hand North should eschew any possible 5-3 heart fit and go for the no-trump game instead which has the merit of having nine tricks on top. However some pairs arrived in 4
♥ and that needs a certain amount of luck to make. With no chance of making an extra trick in either diamonds or spades declarer should aim to make a second club trick and the correct way to do this would be to lead a club to the nine, hoping to draw either the king or queen from East. Then a subsequent finesse of the jack will provide the extra trick assuming West holds the other big honour. I think the chances of this line working are about 37.5% making the heart game very inferior to 3NT. But can you see that a clever clogs sitting West has a chance to shine? When a low club is led from the South hand supposing West plays the queen! Might not declarer now think that West holds both the queen and the king and later play small to the jack?
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