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#1 User is offline   Bbradley62 

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Posted 2015-January-20, 19:53

After South's 6♦, why can't North count 1♠ + 5♥ + 2♦ + 5♣ = 13 tricks in NT? There's even a small chance that 7♥ could go down on an opening club ruff.
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Posted 2015-January-20, 20:10

Right of course. This is the 3rd hand like this I remember in the past month. There is a problem with the King Ask, often it asks, finds the King that guarantees 13 top tricks, and signs off in something other than 7NT. At least you're in 7, the other two stopped in 6NT.
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Posted 2015-January-21, 00:22

View PostBbradley62, on 2015-January-20, 19:53, said:

After South's 6♦, why can't North count 1♠ + 5♥ + 2♦ + 5♣ = 13 tricks in NT? There's even a small chance that 7♥ could go down on an opening club ruff.


It happened to me tonight. 7 Diamonds, down one when the opening lead is ruffed (from a 7-card unbid suit). 7NT was a rock.
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Posted 2015-January-21, 07:28

View Postmasonbarge, on 2015-January-21, 00:22, said:

It happened to me tonight. 7 Diamonds, down one when the opening lead is ruffed (from a 7-card unbid suit). 7NT was a rock.

I think that this was your hand:
http://www.bridgebas...9045-1421812801

7C, not 7D, but the principle is the thing. South has shown 5 key cards. Neither North nor South can be sure that the Clubs are running, but since you need them to run in 7C, and you are in 7C, you might as well make the same assumption for the purpose of converting to 7N. It is not as if you are going to develop extra tricks by ruffs.
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