25th September – Board 23. Game All. Dealer
South.
If a small slam depends
upon a finesse and nothing more then it should certainly be bid at teams where
you stand to gain more than you stand to lose. Playing pairs however the
decision is much more arbitrary for half the time you will get a good result
and half the time you won’t, depending upon the location of one card.
North:
S 9 6 4 2
H A 9 6 3
D 10 5 2
C 9 4
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West:
S A Q 8
H 10 8 5
D A Q J 6
C A K 7
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East:
S 10 7 3
H K Q 7
D K 9
C Q J 10 5 2
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South:
S K J 5
H J 4 2
D 8 7 4 3
C 8 6 3
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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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2C
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No
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2D
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No
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2NT
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No
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4S
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No
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4NT
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End
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Once
West has shown a balanced 19/20 points I think East should make a move whatever
form of the game you are playing and the only question is ‘How do I do that?’ I
like to reserve a bid of 4NT as old-fashioned Blackwood with a 4S bid as
quantitative (as I have mentioned before I dare say) because 4S is a redundant
bid. With such a balanced hand West has a difficult decision but certainly if
he had another diamond (say) then he would be worth 6NT, which would be an easy
make. As it happens 6NT would make on the actual layout because both the king
of spades and the ace of hearts are well placed for declarer.
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