Tuesday, 19 December 2017

Fit Jumps Opener 18-19 Balanced 171220 Hand 15

Board 15
North Deals
♠A J 2
♥A Q 7 4
♦K 7
♣A J 8 2
♠K 9 6 4 3
♥8 5
♦Q J 8 6 5 3
♣—
N
WE
S
♠10 8 7 5
♥10 6 2
♦9
♣K 10 7 6 4
19
6    3
12
♠Q
♥K J 9 3
♦A 10 4 2
♣Q 9 5 3

S 6♥; NS 5N; N 5♥; NS 5♣; S 3♦; N 2♦; Par +980

 NorthSouth 
 1 ♣2 ♦ 
 4 ♥4 NT 
 5 ♦5 ♠ 
 6 ♦6 ♥ 
 Pass  
6 ♥ by North
Lead: ♣ 4
Down 1 — NS −50

Over 4 ♥ south's choices are a 4 ♠ cue-bid, the 4 NT bid shown here, or a raise to 5 ♥.

Our style is to cue to show serious slam interest with a problem somewhere. Otherwise we need to bid a 4 NT key-card ask or a quantitative raise to 5 ♥. Perhaps that agreement needs a rethink for this particular sort of auction where there is no opportunity to cue below game.

Even though slam is hopeless on this layout it is a reasonable contract with more normal breaks.


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