4th December – Board 20. Game All. Dealer
West.
The weak no-trump is fast
losing popularity when vulnerable and looking at the hand below it is not hard
to see why.
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North:
S A Q 9 6 3
H Q
D A K 9 8 4
C Q 8
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West:
S K 8 5
H A J 10 7
D Q 7 5
C K 7 3
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East:
S J 10 7
H 9 6 4
D 10 6 3
C J 6 5 4
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South:
S 4 2
H K 8 5 3
2
D J 2
C A 10 9 2
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1NT
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Dbl
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End
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It
shouldn’t matter that North has a distributional hand because longer suits make
greater numbers of tricks! East has nowhere to go and any attempt at a rescue
manoeuvre would end in even greater disaster so failure to double would be a
missed opportunity. Playing a strong no-trump West would open a club most
likely and North would doubtless wade in with a two-suited overcall, which
would probably end with South declaring 3NT. An easy make of course but nowhere
near as good as collecting at least 800 from 1NT doubled.
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