Author: Larry Cohen
Date of publish: 9/16/2017
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Deal 1: East Deals, E-W Vul.
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Scores:
6:10
5:5
7:3
After Easts 1 and West's 1
, East might choose to ignore the spades (due to his flat shape and poor spades). West could just sign-off in 4
, but if he uses new minor and finds a heart fit, he might then self-splinter (if possible) in spades. Something like: 1
-1
-1NT-2
-2
-3
. East's hand is now tremendous; he could use RKC (even if West can show 2 with and a void, East should be content to stop in 6--as many pairs might stop in game). If East rebids 1
, it is harder to reach this excellent slam (I'd guess it to be about 90%).
Deal 2: West Deals, E-W Vul.
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Scores:
6: 10
5: 6
1: 3
If West starts with 2, it rates to go:2
-2
-2
-2NT-3
. If East raises to 4
, West might pass. If East bids 4
, that should be a control-bid raise (too late for diamonds)--but it isn't clear he is worth it. If he does bid 4
, West will RKC into the great slam. If West starts with 1
, well ... you see the score listed.
Deal 3: West deals, N-S Vul.
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Scores:
7NT: 10
7: 9
7: 8
6NT: 6
6: 5
6:4
Games: 1
Over East's 2 (assuming 2NT tops out at 21), West doesn't have enough for 3
. Assuming he waits with 2
, does he have a way to show minors (maybe 3
) after the 2NT rebid? If so, East would/should show clubs. West maybe uses 5
next as Exclusion RKC? Not an easy one!
Deal 4: East Deals, Nobody Vul.
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Scores:
6NT: 10
6: 9
6: 8
5NT: 5
4: 4
5: 3
After East's 1NT, it is a matter of methods. How does West show 5 clubs and 4 spades? If he does, East has a beautiful hand fora club slam and likely he will take over at some point with a keycard ask. Knowing everything is present except for 1 keycard, perhaps he can take a stab at 6NT.