11th December – Board 16. East/West Game.
Dealer West.
Some bids seem to go out of
fashion but the demise of the jump shift over partner’s opening seems to me to
be terribly wrong.
North:
S Q 9 7 4 2
H 8 5
D J 5 3
C J 8 6
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West:
S K 3
H 6 4 3
D A K Q 10 9 6
C A 9
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East:
S A J
H A K Q 10 9 2
D 8 7 4 2
C 4
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South:
S 10 8 6 5
H J 7
D none
C K Q 10 7
5 3 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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1D
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No
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2H
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3C
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3D
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No
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4NT
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No
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5C
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No
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5S
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No
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6S
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No
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7D
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End
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See
how easy it all is if East makes a jump shift at his first go, showing a
game-going hand with a good heart suit. (A response of 1H leads to all sorts of
rebid problems with the result that you are always trying to catch up – usually
by manufacturing bids that partner cannot pass.) 4NT asks for key-cards and 5C
shows three. 5S asks for the trump queen and West shows that card plus the king
of spades and now East knows every card in his partner’s hand that matters. I
know 7H or 7NT also make but as far as East is concerned he may want to
establish the hearts with a ruff if partner started with one or two low cards
there. With the right tools the hand is easy – without it less so.
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