Set 25 Results
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Board 1, East deals, North bids spades, nobody vul
7 4
A K 10 3
J 4 3
A K 10 4
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6 5
9 8 2
A K 10 9 2
Q J 3
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Scores for Board 1 :
4/5
: 10
4
:8
5
:7
3
:6
4
:5
2NT: 4
3NT: 2
The key here is to avoid 3NT. Assuming West opens 1NT and North overalls 2
, East will find it useful to be using lebensohl. His 3NT (if playing FADS) will get West to remove to 4
. East might pass, but will probably try 4
. Facing a passed partner, West might pass this or could try 4
.
Board 2: East deals, North bids 2
A 7 6 2
3
A J 9 7
Q 7 6 2
Scores for Board 2:
6
:10
5/7
:7
3NT: 6
4NT: 4
Will East open? With 1
or 1
? Neither of these is obvious, so it is hard to predict the outcome of this deal. If East opens 1
, West responds 1
, North bids 2
passed back to West who bids 3
. East will now like his hand, but reaching six is far from obvious.
Board 3, West deals, Both Vul
A 5 4
A K
A J
A K Q 10 7 3
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K 9 8
J 10 9 7 4
K 7 2
J 9
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Scores for Board 3:
7
:10
6NT: 7
6
: 6
7NT: 5
6
: 4
5NT:3
5
: 2
7
: 1
After 2
-2
(waiting)-3
, East has a tough call. If available, he might try a quantitative 4NT, over which West can just jump to 7
.
Board 4, East deals, Nobody vul
5 4
10 7
K J 10 6
K 8 7 5 4
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A J 10
A K Q 4 3
A 2
A 9 2
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Scores for Board 4:
6
: 10
3NT: 7
5
:6
4NT: 6
4
:5
5NT: 5
5
:4
This is a tough one. The club slam is pretty much on 3-2 clubs, so worthwhile. The likely start is: 2
-2
-2
-3
-3NT-4
. This makes lots of assumptions. Many pairs will play 3
as a 2nd negative. Even so, this could be the auction; West's 4
would cancel the message of 3
and convert it to natural (how can West have a second negative and only diamonds and remove 3NT)? Now East might make a move with 4
to reach the decent club slam. Like I said--not easy.
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