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Wrong black jack

By chip My Real Name big star Featured Noozer
Published: 23 November 2007 12:01 am

I sat down to watch a few hands the first day of the Masters LM pairs in San Francisco (where it is currently wonderful: sunny and in the  60's). Came across an interesting bidding hand with some play points.


Partner's 1D  opening is precision, so 11-15 HCP. His 4H is a good club raise with a singleton or void in hearts. Partner could still be relatively short in diamonds such as 4-1-3-5. East's 5D is probably a lead director with diamond honors (though a void is possible, partner could be 2-0-6-5 or even 2-0-7-4).

Over 5D I can DBL to show limited interest in bidding on, P to show some slam interest, or bid 5H to show my ace and force to slam. Forcing to slam is too much with the threatening diamond lead, so the choice is really between pass and DBL. South actually passed, though I think DBL would have been wiser (if partner passes over 5H showing interest even opposite your discouraging DBL, you might then bid a slam). The auction continued as below getting to a poor slam. The diamond 5 is led. Main chance is 3-3 diamonds, but might as well play ace and another (no need to go down 2 if diamonds are 5-1). When diamonds didn't split declarer tried to sneak the 9S  by, but West alertly covered. Down 1. Note though that if we move the spade jack from West to North (instead of the useless club jack) slam makes.

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