This
deal
is from the Tollemache qualifying event.
Once
North had opened South knew that slam was a lively
possibility.
He
forced to game with a two heart response and then
showed five-five in hearts and clubs and slam
suitability with his four club bid.
North
gave preference to hearts with his singleton
king. South now checked for key cards and
after finding that two were missing settled for five
hearts.
Burn's
first law says that you should have more trumps than
your opponents. This deal is a sort of
exception, when trumps broke four-three there was no
problem in the play. Three notrump would have
been a safer contract, but if North's spades had
been Axxxx instead of KJxxx then six hearts would
have been a fine contract.
(Burn's
second law says that you can't make three notrump on
a cross ruff).
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