Board 8
North Deals
None Vul | | ♠ | A 8 4 3 | | ♥ | A Q 8 | | ♦ | A J 10 6 5 | | ♣ | 7 |
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| ♠ | K Q J 5 2 | | ♥ | 9 4 | | ♦ | K 2 | | ♣ | 9 6 5 4 |
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| | | | ♠ | 10 7 6 | | ♥ | 6 5 3 2 | | ♦ | Q 3 | | ♣ | Q 10 3 2 |
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| | ♠ | 9 | | ♥ | K J 10 7 | | ♦ | 9 8 7 4 | | ♣ | A K J 8 |
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| West | North | East | South |
| | 1 ♦ | Pass | 2 ♥ |
| 2 ♠1 | 3 ♦ | Pass | 3 ♠ |
| Pass | 3 NT | All pass | |
- Overcall -- 4+ ♠; 13+ total points
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The opponent's 2 ♠ overcall changes things a little. Normally 3 ♠, a new suit would show a singleton and conveniently we have one here. However it could be possible with two or three small to need to ask for a stopper with a balanced hand.
Notice again north's 3-minor is based on a 15 hcp with the singleton.
There is a good case for north being more optimistic and jump to 4 ♦ rather than 3 ♦ since the hand has improved on the bidding.
Notice how when missing the ♦ KQ that the good slam is hard to bid with the use of key-card (or better kickback at the four level) as these two cards will be found to be missing.
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