2nd May – Board 16: East/West Vul. Dealer
West.
Did you all bid the grand
slam on board 16? I know Tony and Chris did and thought they had a good
sequence.
North:
S 7
H K J 10 4 3
D K 9
C A K Q J 2
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West:
S J 6 4 3
H Q 8 6
D 10 5 2
C 9 5 3
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East:
S 10 8 5
H 7 5 2
D J 8 4
C 10 7 6 4
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South:
S A K Q 9
2
H A 9
D A Q 7 6
3
C 8
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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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1H
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No
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1S
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No
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3C
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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
did well not to force with 2S originally because you should never force with a
two-suiter, but North is just about worth a game force of 3C. 4NT ostensibly
agrees clubs and the response shows the top three honours. 5NT asks for any
extra kings and 6H shows both red kings. All those known points just comes to
15 and North must hold two or three more for his 3C bid so South could bid 7NT
with a fair degree of confidence. Grand slams are seldom easy to bid because
there is so much at stake if they go wrong so full marks if you went all the
way.
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