South
|
West
|
North
|
East
|
Pass
|
1
|
Pass |
1
|
Pass
|
3
|
Pass
|
3NT
|
| Pass |
Pass
|
Pass
|
|
South
|
West
|
North
|
East
|
Pass
|
2NT
|
Pass |
6NT
|
Pass
|
Pass
|
Pass
|
|
This
deal
was
from the Higson Cup final.
Very
strong three suited hands are notoriously difficult
to bid. In one room West opened one club and
East responded one diamond on a three card suit
which seems sensible. The West showed a big
fit for diamonds and a shortage in hearts.
East wasn't interested in slam with the honours in
hearts and a lack of aces. West perhaps could
now try a quantitative four notrump, but East's hand
could easily be a lot worse and nine tricks the
limit.
In
the other room Alan Mould solved the problem of
showing the three suited hand by treating it as
balanced and opening two notrump. Gary Hyett
raised that to six notrump. This is a fine
contract. If clubs break then there are eleven
top tricks and the spades will provide a twelfth
trick about 60% of the time, if the spades aren't
behaving then there is always the diamond finesse to
take. Even if the clubs don't break the slam
making is still a significant percentage.
