6th June – Board 19: East/West
Vul. Dealer South.
We all like to bid makeable
slams but must beware that we don’t get carried away just because we hold more
points than partner might expect.
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North:
S 10 8 6 4 3
H 4 2
D K 10 7
C J 8 5
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West:
S A J
H Q 10 9 8 6 3
D 8 4
C A K 10
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East:
S K Q 9
H A K J
D J 5 2
C Q 7 3 2
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South:
S 7 5 2
H 7 5
D A Q 9 6
3
C 9 6 4
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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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2C
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No
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2H
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No
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4H
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End
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I
know that East hand looks jolly inviting after partner has opened the bidding
but the reality is that after partner makes a minimum rebid it is still a seven
loser hand. In any event it is hard to see how to progress safely and Galloping
Blackwood is certainly not the answer and should never be bid with an unbid
suit of two or more losers – diamonds in this case. Here once you get the
response of 5S – two key cards and the queen of trumps – you are already too
high. Of course that is from a purist’s point of view because in actual fact
the slam was bid and made when North failed – understandably – to find the
diamond lead. What was strange however was that the hand was played in a heart
contract at every table and without exception everybody made exactly twelve
tricks. Why is that strange? Well because without a diamond lead there are thirteen
tricks ‘on top’ once the clubs break and on a diamond lead there are two
obvious losers.
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