21st September – Board 8. Love All. Dealer
West.
If a bid is virtually
redundant why not ascribe to it a specific meaning? East on the hand shown
below had a problem of sorts which could be described with just that reasoning.
North:
S 8 3 2
H K J
D J 10 9 8 4
C J 8 2
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West:
S A Q 6
H A Q 10 9 5
D Q 7 6
C Q 9
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East:
S K 10 4
H 6 4 3 2
D A K 2
C K 10 3
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South:
S J 9 7 5
H 8 7
D 5 3
C A 7 6 5
4
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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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No
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3NT
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No
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No/4H
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End
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Clearly
East wants to be in game after his partner opens the bidding and yet in support
of hearts he has an eight-loser hand. The recommended way of dealing with this
is to reserve a bid of 3NT over the major as to show just this type of hand –
completely flat and about 13 or 14 points. West has a choice of games and
personally I would leave 3NT but it’s a close run thing. The correct way to
play hearts for no losers is to play low to the queen (I think.) This caters
for South having Kx or Kxx. When North wins the king the definite best play
next is to play low to the ten to North’s delight perhaps. Playing teams it
hardly matters losing an extra trick as long as the contract is secure but of
course at pairs it means all the difference in the world.
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