7th September – Board 1. Love All. Dealer
North.
I think South has a pretty
straightforward approach on today’s featured hand when partner preempts at a
high level, with West the one feeling hard done by!
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North:
S K Q 9 7 6 4 3 2
H J 4 3
D Q 8
C none
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West:
S none
H A K Q 10 9 7
D 6 5 4 3
C J 3 2
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East:
S J 10 8 5
H 8 6 5
D J 7
C Q 8 7 4
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South:
S A
H 2
D A K 10 9
2
C A K 10 9
6 5
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West
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North
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East
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South
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4S
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No
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4NT
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No
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5D
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No
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6S
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End
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Although
it’s unlikely that North would have an ace outside a semi-solid suit I cant see
any harm in South asking via everyone’s favourite bid. Not unexpectedly South
has to settle on the small slam and the spotlight then falls on East. A heart
lead actually takes the contract two down because West can play two rounds of
the suit forcing declarer to ruff in dummy and giving his partner two trump
tricks. However on a minor suit lead declarer can win, find out the bad news in
trumps after playing the ace and then cash minor suit winners from the top
discarding hearts from hand. A frustrated East will have to follow suit four
times and then ruff with the trump he was always going to make anyway!
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