Wednesday, March 25, 2009

An eccentric 2NT leads to slam, (or lessons I learnt from Moss, Greco, Hampson)




Dlr:
Vul:




972

K52

Q96

AKQ9


void

JT983

J75

JT732

643

Q76

AT842

64


AKQJT85

A4

K3

85



Not Vul versus VUL, in first seat, I opened the South hand TWO NOTRUMP (ostensibly (20-21))!! Partner raised to SIX NOTRUMP, and Righty feeling offended, doubled this cold contract. After the heart lead, and an excruciating number of spades, my lefty had already pitched his club guard away for the overtrick. It remained to total up the score +1330. 100%. ACtually the prosaic 6S = was worth 50% and 6NT making six undoubled would have been worth 80%

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