14th January – Board 23. Game All. Dealer
South.
As mentioned many times
before, decisions at the 5-level are notoriously difficult to get right on a
regular basis and the hand shown below was no exception.
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North:
S 5 4 3 2
H 9 2
D K 9 4 2
C J 5 3
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West:
S 8 5
H K J 8 6 5 4
D Q 10
C Q 9 4
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East:
S K Q J 9 7
H A Q 10 7
D J 8 6 5
C none
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South:
S A 10
H 3
D A 7 3
C A K 10 8
7 6 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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2C
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2H
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No
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4H
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5C
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No
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No
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???
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South
is so right to bid 5C because 4H is cold but just see how hard it is for East
to double that contract which is two off trivially. Nevertheless -500 for
North/South is par but I have a sneaky feeling I would be bidding 5H on that
East hand which is one off in top tricks – assuming the defence takes them!
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