Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Intermediate 3/12/2015 Hand 21

Board 21
North Deals
N-S Vul
♠Q 7 3
♥Q J 6 2
♦6 3
♣J 10 4 3
♠K J 6 5 2
♥5 4
♦A Q J 10 4
♣2
N
WE
S
♠A 10 4
♥A K 8
♦9 8 5
♣A 7 6 5
♠9 8
♥10 9 7 3
♦K 7 2
♣K Q 9 8

EW 7N; EW 7♠; EW 7♦; EW 2♥; EW 2♣; Par −1520

WestNorthEastSouth
 Pass1 ♣Pass
1 ♠Pass1 NTPass
2 ♦Pass3 ♠Pass
4 ♠All pass  
Lead: ♦ 3
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2 comments:

  1. HesitatorDecember 9, 2015 at 10:20 AM

    On the bidding I think East is being a little optimistic with 3S. Assuming this is ACOL 1NT shows 15-17. It's a nice minimum, but has a negative feature being the 4333 and hence no practical ruffing value.

    West needs to explore for slam after 3S. Consider the Perfect Minimum test - AQS, AKH, KD, only 16hcp, yet East has shown a max.

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  2. Wayne BurrowsDecember 9, 2015 at 9:39 PM

    Assuming the 1NT rebid is 15-17 I would bid:

    1C 1S
    1N 3D - for me this shows 55 and game forcing.
    ...

    Even east can imagine slam now. Something like

    KQxxx
    x
    KQJxx
    xx

    Will make 6S reasonable.

    I would then bid 3S and any encouragement from West should lead to slam.

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