Acol at BBO
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Acol at BBO
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| Dealer
East All Vulnerable |
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 A 7 6 4 K 4 3 A K 9 J 10 3 |
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9 8 7 6 2 10 6 2 Q 9 8 7 |
10 9 5 3 J Q 7 5 3 A K 4 2
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| K Q 8 2 A Q 10 5 J 8 4 6 5 |
| North DickHy 2 3NT |
East boris3161 Pass Pass Pass |
South blue iris 1NT 2 4
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West aingeal Pass Pass All Pass |
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wackojack
writes -
Here
is a hand very skillfully played by blue iris (Ann) on 23 November.
Bidding:
Whether
or not North should use Stayman with this 4333
distribution is a matter for debate. On
some occasions a 4-4 fit can provide 2 extra tricks
over a no trump contract when there is a wide open suit for the
opponents to run. On other occasions particularly when there
is a bad trump break, 3NT is the only makable
contract. Notice that Ann converted 3NT
after showing a 4 card heart suit to 4 spades, knowing that her partner
must have a 4 card spade suit for his Stayman bid.
Play:
West
led 7clubs taken by East with the King, who returned Ace and another
club which was ruffed low by Ann. Next, Ann played
King of spades, West dropping the Jack. Now a crucial
play: the 8 of spades to the Ace with West throwing
a heart. I will come back to that later.
Next a
small heart through East's singleton Jack to the
Queen, a diamond to the King and then the King of
hearts. Notice that it is no good East ruffing and
leading a club, because Ann can ruff this in dummy, draw the last trump
and claim. So East discarded a club, but this only delayed
the execution when Ann led another heart. This time East
ruffed and returned his last trump for South to take with the
Queen in her hand and play Ace of hearts parking the losing
diamond and then claiming. Going back to
Ann's play of the trumps at trick 5. Had she played the Queen
from her hand instead of playing small to the Ace in dummy, then she
would not have been able to get back to her hand after playing hearts
because East can hold off ruffing until the 3rd round.
A hand
expertly played and a lesson to us all.
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