Board 4
North Deals | | ♠ | A Q 7 5 | | ♥ | A 3 | | ♦ | K Q 8 | | ♣ | K J 9 2 |
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| ♠ | 10 9 4 | | ♥ | 8 7 5 2 | | ♦ | J 7 6 5 3 | | ♣ | 6 |
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| | | | ♠ | K J 8 2 | | ♥ | 6 4 | | ♦ | A 10 4 2 | | ♣ | 8 7 4 |
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19
1 8
12 | | ♠ | 6 3 | | ♥ | K Q J 10 9 | | ♦ | 9 | | ♣ | A Q 10 5 3 |
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N 6N; N 6♥; NS 6♣; S 5N; S 5♥; NS 2♠; EW 1♦; Par +990
| | North | South | |
| | 1 ♣ | 2 ♦ | |
| | 3 NT | 4 ♣ | |
| | 4 ♦ | 4 ♥ | |
| | 4 ♠ | 4 NT | |
| | 5 ♣ | 6 ♣ | |
| | Pass | | |
Here 3 NT shows the hand with four-clubs (no 2 ♥ rebid) and 18-19 hcp. This is excellent news for south with a good distributional hand. A bid of 4 ♥ would show five hearts and be offering a choice between hearts and no trumps. However with four clubs opposite a slam in clubs is likely to be better. On some auctions there might be a possibility to offer hearts later. Possibly here with great hearts it would be better to show the fifth heart. Clubs is likely to be better only when there is a club ruff going in 6 ♣ (and 6 ♣ can be made).
Cue-bids and key-card Blackwood follow.
Imagine if north had the ♦ A rather than the ♦ KQ. Now 7 ♣ would be good but it would be harder to get there after we waste a level by exploring for the heart fit.
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