23rd May – Board 23: Game All. Dealer South.
The following hand should
be easy to bid to (almost) the right contract but you have to be careful that
you and your partner are both on the same wavelength.
North:
S 5
H Q 10 6 2
D K Q 7 4
C Q 8 7 5
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West:
S A J 8 7 3
H K J 5
D A 6 2
C J 9
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East:
S K Q 9 2
H A 9 8
D 10
C A K 4 3 2
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South:
S 10 6 4
H 7 4 3
D J 9 8 5
3
C 10 6
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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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1S
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No
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2NT
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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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4NT
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No
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5H
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No
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6S
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End
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The
grand slam is just about worth being in although hard to bid with any degree of
certainty but its younger brother should not prove too difficult to aspire to.
2NT is Jacoby, agreeing spades and game forcing. 3S denies a hand in excess of
about 15 points but is stronger than 4S and it also denies a singleton or void.
Then after the mandatory cue-bid or two Roman Keycard confirms that all the
main players are present leading to the obvious slam. So was I part of this
glorious bidding sequence when I held the West cards? Not all. North made a
cheeky double of the 1S opening bid and although partner did bid 2NT it was not
clear whether we were playing system on or not. Partner was but I wasn’t.
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