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%HRTitleDate 2013.01.29
%HRTitleEvent "Club Championship (double black points)"
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[Event "##Club Championship (double black points)"]
[Site "##MIT/DL Bridge Club"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Board "19"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:KJ96.Q98754.K.Q8 A.KT.AQJ865.K542 QT7542.J63.73.76 83.A2.T942.AJT93"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "6D"]
[Result ""]
{

While I did not play this week, I discovered these two deals from the score
slips.

Getting to this 75% slam with only 26 high card points was worth a great score.
 The auction above is an example of how the slam might be reached.  East might
have tried 3\C, 3\D or 3\S instead of 4\C, either not playing fit-showing
jumps, or wanting 3NT in the picture.  The 50% 3NT is riskier than 6\D, but
garnered 4 of 6 matchpoints, when it made seven.

The declarer in 6\C, drawing trumps immediately, misguessed and made only six. 
The declarer in 6\D had more time to scope out the distribution and brought in
the overtrick for a cold top.  

Bottom score on this deal was letting East-West play 3\H, only +50, and one
pair subsided in 4\D.  Bidding the 25% grand that happens to make on this deal
would have been foolishly greedy, risking the 5 or 6 matchpoints available at 6
of a minor.}
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[Auction "S"]
Pass =1= 1D 2S =2= 4C =3=
5S =4= 6D AP
[Note "1:too many defects for 2\H (bad suit, four spades, defensive minors)"]
[Note "2:weak"]
[Note "3:fit-showing game try"]
[Note "4:if you are going to save, do it immediately: give them the \"last guess\""]
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N  S  7
N  H  6
N  D  0
N  C  0
N NT  0
E  S  6
E  H  7
E  D 13
E  C 13
E NT 13
S  S  7
S  H  6
S  D  0
S  C  0
S NT  0
W  S  6
W  H  7
W  D 13
W  C 13
W NT 13

[Date ""]
[Board "22"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:A52.AKQ765.98.K8 KQ.JT932.AJ643.A JT7..K2.Q9765432 98643.84.QT75.JT"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "5C"]
[Result ""]
{

3NT is cold on a non-diamond lead.  Above is a possible route to 5\C.  If North
jumps to 4\D, East should try 4\H, and South should <i>pass</i> the game he can beat. 
When West removes to 5\C, East must <i>pass</i>.  Why?  Expert players do play
"implied fit" cue bids:  a bid of a new suit a high level shows  a control,
slam interest, and implies a fit for partner's suit.  Could this be one of
those?  No way:

Any hand of modest values with three hearts would have raised to 2\H; a hand
with ten or so points and two hearts would have found something to do over 2\D.
 This is how you act with a long, bad suit - stick it in later, if you get the
chance.

With likely one chance to lead, North may try a spade, putting declarer to the
test.  Declarer must win, noting South's honor, and pitch two spades on top
hearts.  Now the winning line is an unlikely small club from dummy.  South's
\CA goes on air and West ruffs the heart return with the \CQ.  The \CK draws
trump to lead a diamond from dummy.

<i>- Pete Matthews</i>}
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[Auction "E"]
1H 2D =1= Pass =2= Pass
3D =3= Pass 5C AP
[Note "1:likely last chance to bid the only suit you want to play in - dummy ruffs \H after West"]
[Note "2:3\D is pusillanimous - keep the secret or jump to a rich 4\D"]
[Note "3:bid 3NT with a \D stop"]
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N  S  6
N  H  5
N  D  8
N  C  2
N NT  2
E  S  6
E  H  8
E  D  4
E  C 11
E NT  8
S  S  6
S  H  5
S  D  9
S  C  2
S NT  2
W  S  6
W  H  8
W  D  4
W  C 11
W NT  8