This
deal is from the friendly match between Manchester
and Sussex held earlier this month.
North
opened one club and South responded one heart, West
made a weak jump overcall of two spades, North and
East supported their respective partners.
South with his enormous hand decided that Blackwood
was the way to proceed. When North showed
three key cards (East doubling five diamonds for
some reason) South confidently jumped to seven
hearts. West decided to sacrifice in seven
spades, North passed this round to South who wasn't
to be talked out of a grand so he bid seven notrump.
West
dutifully led a diamond and the contract hinged on
the play in the club suit. South reasoned that
West was more likely to sacrifice with a singleton
club than with queen doubleton and took a second
round club finesse. East had discarded a
diamond on the second heart so that was an unlucky
four down. A small consolation for South was
that West hadn't started with a spade which would
have meant six down.
A
grand slam was bid at four of the twelve tables, a
couple played in six spades doubled for -800 and the
rest played in six hearts.
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