28th April – Board 21. North/South. Dealer
North.
The auction might start in
various ways I suppose but that shown below cannot be too wide of the mark.
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North:
S 7 5
H 5 3 2
D J 10 8 6
C J 6 5 3
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West:
S A K J 10 9
H A Q 10
D 9 7 4 3 2
C none
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East:
S Q 8 4 2
H K J 9 4
D none
C A 10 8 4 2
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South:
S 6 3
H 8 7 6
D A K Q 5
C K Q 9 7
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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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No
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1D
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1S
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No
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4D
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No
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4H
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No
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6S
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End
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After
a passed partner I wouldn’t dream of opening that South hand 1NT with two suits
wide open. Best to open 1D if only for lead–directing purposes and see what
happens. Well West will overcall 1S and now East has a monster and is easily
worth 4D, a splinter agreeing spades. West will cue-bid and surely East is
worth a slam now given that his partner is co-operating in such a venture.
After all you have first round control in both minors and the king of hearts is
now known to be working. Perhaps bidding the grand is too much to ask for but
13 tricks are fairly easy to come to. As an aside I would have opened the East
hand 1C because it is playable in three suits and no response can embarrass you
and if that did happen I would overcall 1D on the South cards. I know you are
meant to have a five-carder at least but you so want partner to lead a
diamond…And finally if South did open 1NT West would overcall 2D (Asptro)
leaving East to bid 4D, again a splinter agreeing spades. (Best to stare hard
at partner though.)
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