23rd April–Board 10. Game All. Dealer East.
Grand slams are always hard
to bid with 100% assurance and usually it comes down to trusting partner.
North:
S 10 7 6 5
H K J 9 5
D 5 4 3
C J 10
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West:
S A Q 9 4 2
H 10
D none
C Q 7 6 5 4 3 2
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East:
S K
H A Q 3 2
D A 10 9 8 2
C A K 9
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South:
S J 8 3
H 8 7 6 4
D K Q J 7
6
C 8
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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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2C
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No
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2H
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No
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2S
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No
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3C
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No
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3S
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No
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4NT
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No
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5D
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No
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7C
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End
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A
reverse after a two-level response is game forcing which means that there is no
reason at all why East should go leaping and bounding in the initial stages of
the bidding. He shows his likely 1-4-5-3 shape and West’s 3S rebid shows five
spades and therefore at least six clubs as he bid clubs first. A check up shows
that there are no key players absent and as West was prepared to go to the
two-level initially (rather than bid 1S on a weaker hand), East should have no
qualms about going all the way. 7C is cold with declarer just needing to ruff
one spade in dummy but rather annoyingly so is 7NT – although that requires a
successful heart finesse.
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