Intermediate 24/9/2015 Hand 2

Board 2 East Deals N-S Vul	♠ K Q 8 6 ♥ 10 8 5 ♦ Q 9 ♣ Q 9 8 3
♠ A J 7 4 ♥ 7 ♦ J 10 6 5 2 ♣ 7 6 2	N W E S	♠ 10 5 2 ♥ A J 9 4 ♦ 7 4 3 ♣ K J 10
	♠ 9 3 ♥ K Q 6 3 2 ♦ A K 8 ♣ A 5 4

NS 3N; NS 3♥; NS 2♣; NS 1♠; E 1♦; Par +500: E 4♦×−3

West	North	East	South
		Pass	1 ♥
Pass	1 ♠	Pass	3 NT
All pass

Lead: ♦ J

The standard ACOL rebid is 1 NT not 3 NT! 3 NT is a gross overbid and declarer is lucky when dummy puts down a 9 count. Also lucky that dummy didn't have more points and carry on to slam.

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