23rd July – Board 11. Love All. Dealer South.
Gerber as a convention is
the most hated by the bridge cognoscenti and quite rightly so. However once in
a blue moon…
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North:
S 9 6
H J 10 8
D 5 3
C K 10 7 6 5 3
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West:
S A 7 5 4
H A 7 5
D 10 6 2
C A J 4
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East:
S K Q J 8 3 2
H K
D K Q J 9 4
C Q
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South:
S 10
H Q 9 6 4
3 2
D A 8 7
C 9 8 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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No
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1NT
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No
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4C
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No
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4NT
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No
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6S
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End
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East
should realise that 6S is likely to be a spread if West has three aces and 4C
in this situation – and this situation only! – asks just that question and the
easy slam is reached. (Although it has to be admitted that 6NT by West is
foolproof while 6S might just run into a diamond ruff on a bad day.) Of course
all this would be stopped if South, quite rightly, opens with a weak two in
hearts. West and North would pass and East would bid 4S leaving West an easy
raise to six.
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