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This
is another slam hand from the Llandudno Swiss Pairs.
This
was the auction at our table, the rebid of two
notrump showed 18-19 points, East's three spades
showed five plus spades and his raise to four
notrump was quantitative. West with his
maximum and five good diamonds bid six
diamonds. Although a reasonable contract, the
five-one diamond break and king of hearts offside
scuppered this.
The
best contract looks to be six notrump by East.
But to make it it has to be played carefully.
On a spade lead for example, East must play a club
to the queen at trick two, then the ace and jack of
spades. North returns a club say, then East
must cash the clubs and the ace of hearts to squeeze
North out of the fifth diamond or his spade
guard. If East mistakenly plays a diamond to
the jack at trick two North can return a diamond
when in with the queen of spades, this breaks up the
squeeze. An initial diamond lead will beat six
notrump as North can then play a second diamond to
break up the squeeze. Six of twenty pairs
played six notrump, two tried six diamonds, no-one
was successful.
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