24th May – Board 23. Game All.
Dealer South.
One of the hardest things
in bridge is to know when a bid is forcing or not and here it was imperative
that East/West were on the same wavelength.
North:
S K 10 9 7 6 4
H A 6 5
D 10
C Q J 3
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West:
S Q J 5
H K 7 4 3 2
D A 9 4
C K 10
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East:
S A 2
H none
D K Q 8 7 5 2
C A 9 8 6 2
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South:
S 8 3
H Q J 10 9
8
D J 6 3
C 7 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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No
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1NT
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2S
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3D
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No
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3NT
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No
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4C
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No
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5D
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No
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6D
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End
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3D
in this auction is absolutely forcing and cannot be passed. (Which is why
Lebensohl was invented!) Note also that 1NT is a better bid than 1H on those
West cards being a better overall description of the hand, with the thought of
having to rebid the suit after a 2C response being too ghastly for words.
Similarly 4C is forcing because you never remove a game contract into a
partscore! 5D shows positive support and overall liking of the hand leaving
East in no doubt to bid on to the slam. As it happens all thirteen tricks are
available with the minor suits being well behaved.
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