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This
deal is from the Swiss Teams at Porthcawl
When
you open one spade partner, to your surprise
and delight, responds two notrump showing a
game forcing raise in spades.
Your
bid?
Scroll
down for solution.
This
is a classic hand for the use of exclusion
key card Blackwood. The only two cards
you are interested in are the minor suit
aces.
When
you bid five hearts, partner responds six
clubs showing two key cards outside hearts*
and you can bid the grand slam easily.
Partner's
hand was
9743,
Q, A, AK109873.
*
The responses to exclusion Blackwood are
next step = 0 key cards, 1 step = 1 key card
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Thanks to Raymond Semp for reporting this deal. |
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