17th September – Board 15. North/South Game.
Dealer South.
It is a mistake to get too
scientific in the auction when there is a much more suitable bid available as
the following hand shows.
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North:
S A Q 9 5
H K Q 10 3 2
D none
C J 10 9 6
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West:
S 10 7
H A 8
D A Q J 5 4
C A K 5 4
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East:
S K 6
H J 9 6 4
D K 10 7 6
C Q 8 2
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South:
S J 8 4 3
2
H 7 5
D 9 8 3 2
C 7 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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1D
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Dbl/1H
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1NT
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No
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3NT
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End
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What
North bids over the 1D opening is largely a matter of style but these days the
tendency is to bid a five card suit and then later back in with a double to
show extra strength and overall support for any unbid suits. That would
certainly be my choice but whatever North chooses to do East should eschew
supporting diamonds as a waste of time and bid the much more descriptive 1NT
which in these circumstances always shows about 8 or 9 points. West would have
an obvious raise to game and ten tricks are easily available. It is true that
5D would also make but that requires a favourable position of the ace of
spades, which the no-trump game does not.
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