23rd June – Board 23. Game/All. Dealer South.
Slam bidding is more than
just Blackwood and cue-bidding but making the right inferences too.
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North:
S 8
H 9 8 6 5
D A 8 5 2
C Q J 8 3
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West:
S J 4 3 2
H Q J 10 2
D Q 10 9 3
C 9
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East:
S 6 5
H A 4 3
D K J 7 6 4
C 10 6 5
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South:
S A K Q 10
9 7
H K 7
D none
C A K 7 4
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/2D
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No
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2D/2H
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No
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2S
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No
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2NT
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No
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3C
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No
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3D
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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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6C
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End
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The
South hand is surely worth the strongest bid in one’s armoury, be it 2C or 2D
while North’s second bid of 2NT shows some scattered values while denying as
many as three spades or indeed a five card suit. Knowing this, the 3D bid can only
be a cue-bid implicitly agreeing clubs leaving South to look for the perfect
hand opposite. (Two aces and the queen of clubs.) Not surprisingly North fails to oblige but the solid 6C is
an easy make. 6S is just about with the odds but fails to make on this
occasion.
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