Board 11
North Deals | | ♠ | A Q 9 5 | | ♥ | K Q 8 2 | | ♦ | A 9 | | ♣ | A 8 6 |
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| ♠ | J 10 8 7 | | ♥ | A 4 | | ♦ | 10 7 5 3 2 | | ♣ | 3 2 |
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| | | | ♠ | K 6 4 3 2 | | ♥ | 10 3 | | ♦ | 8 4 | | ♣ | 9 7 5 4 |
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5 3
13 | | ♠ | — | | ♥ | J 9 7 6 5 | | ♦ | K Q J 6 | | ♣ | K Q J 10 |
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N 6N; NS 6♥; N 6♣; S 5N; S 5♣; NS 4♦; NS 2♠; Par +990
| | North | South | |
| | 1 ♣ | 2 ♦ | |
| | 2 ♥ | 2 ♠ | |
| | 3 ♥ | 3 ♠ | |
| | 4 NT | 5 ♦ | |
| | 6 ♥ | Pass | |
North denies four clubs with 2 ♥. Over that south can show the spade shortage. 2 ♠ shows a spade singleton. Perhaps 3 ♠ showing the void would be better - 3 ♠ is not exclusion as it is below four of our suit. A jump to 4 ♠ would be exclusion. However given no heart fit has been established (from north's perspective), then the partnership needs a clear agreement about which suit has been implicitly agreed.
Here 3 ♥ shows a preference and 3 ♠ is cue. Given the 2 ♠ bid north can tell this is a void since we would not show a shortage then cue the singleton king (we might on a subsequent round of cue-bidding).
The 3 ♥ preference could be made on a 12-14 hand with no spade stopper. With the ♠ AQ wasted north's hand has diminished in value some. However there are still thirteen working points and the ♠ A as a potentially useful pitch.
North needs to cooperate. With four hearts it is easy to take control and find out about key-cards and when one is missing rest in the small slam.
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