12th April – Board 13. Game All. Dealer
North.
Disappointingly only one
pair bid to the good heart slam on the board featured below but it really
shouldn’t have been that difficult.
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North:
S A K 10 9 8
H J 10 7
D 9
C A J 6 5
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West:
S 7 5
H K 8 2
D 10 7 6 5
C Q 7 4 2
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East:
S Q J 4 3 2
H 6
D K Q J 8 4
C 8 3
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South:
S 6
H A Q 9 5
4 3
D A 3 2
C K 10 9
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1S
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No
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2H
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No
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4D
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No
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4NT
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No
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5H
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No
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6H
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End
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Once
South has shown a five-card heart suit North is surely justified in bidding
game and he might as well do it by bidding 4D, a splinter showing a singleton
in the suit. South now should be charmed as he has the ideal holding in that
suit, plus an extra trump and a club stop should that suit be led. So
everyone’s favourite convention it is and with enough key-cards the slam is
bid. There should be no difficulty in the play of course with declarer coming
to 2 spades, 5 hearts, 1 diamond and 2 ruffs and 2 clubs.
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