No Idea

14th August – Board 7: Game All. Dealer South.

You might think that there should be a way to reach any potential slam which needs just about a 50% chance of success for it to be viable but occasionally there comes a hand which defies such a precept.

	North: S A K 7 5 H Q J 3 D K Q 8 C 10 8 3
West: S 10 9 8 2 H 7 D 10 5 4 C A K Q 7 6		East: S Q J 4 H K 9 D J 9 3 2 C 9 5 4 2
	South: S 6 3 H A 10 8 6 5 4 2 D A 7 6 C J

West	North	East	South
			No
No	1S	No	2H
No	2NT	No	4H
End

I can see absolutely nothing wrong with the above auction but 6H is ok and would be more or less laydown if opener had the same fifteen count but Kxx in hearts instead of QJx. However I have no idea how it might be bid with any degree of confidence. (In passing I hope that nobody opened that South hand with a preempt because that would be too horrible to contemplate. Just because you hold a seven card suit does not mean that it automatically qualifies for a three-level opening.)