28th July – Board 13. Game All. Dealer North.
It’s all too easy to get
carried away sometimes when we ‘wish’ our partner to hold the right cards but
then is the time to remain level-headed.
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North:
S 4
H A Q 9 7 6 3
D K J 9 3
C 10 2
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West:
S 10 9 8
H K 2
D 5 4
C Q 9 7 5 4 3
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East:
S A K Q 5 3 2
H 5 4
D A Q 8 7 6
C none
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South:
S J 7 6
H J 10 8
D 10 2
C A K J 8
6
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1H
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1S
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2C
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No
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2H
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3D
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3H
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No
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No
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3S
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End
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If
you are tempted to bid 4S over 1H I would understand that (because I would be
tempted myself) but when you realise that partner needs little for 6D to be a
make it surely must be better to go slowly. North might of course bid 2D at his
second turn but a good rule of thumb with a 6-4 hand is to repeat the
six-carder with a weak hand but bid the four-card suit with better than
minimum. East tries and tries to get some support from partner and although he
is close to bidding 4S the fact that his only major asset is not liable to win
a trick must necessitate caution. Nine tricks is the limit of the hand against
anything but bizarre defence.
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