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6 clubs or 7 notrumps - which do you prefer?

#1 User is offline   Kaapo 

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Posted 2006-August-12, 14:25

This board was played on BBO on August 12th:
Scoring: IMP

I had a bidding accident with my partner and we landed on 6♣: I read partner for 3-5-1-4 and then thought he'd counted his controls wrong, so I signed off in the small slam. A heart was lead, and my partner had the pleasure to play in a 4-1 fit. Of course, it was laydown, with trumps breaking.

Interesting, eh?

Not really. What makes the deal interesting is the fact that 7NT makes:
Say, the ♣J is led. Declarer wins, takes ♥A, ♥Q, then ♦AK and ♣KQ, pitching diamonds. Declarer returns to hand in hearts.


This is what's left:
Scoring: IMP

I had a bidding accident with my partner and we landed on 6♣: I read partner for 3-5-1-4 and then thought he'd counted his controls wrong, so I signed off in the small slam. A heart was lead, and my partner had the pleasure to play in a 4-1 fit. Of course, it was laydown, with trumps breaking.

Interesting, eh?

Not really. What makes the deal interesting is the fact that 7NT makes:
Say, the ♣J is led. Declarer wins, takes ♥A, ♥Q, then ♦AK and ♣KQ, pitching diamonds. Declarer returns to hand in hearts.

Declarer cashes the last two hearts, and East must rid a spade or two. If he discards a spade and a club, the end position (with West yet to play) is:
Scoring: IMP

I had a bidding accident with my partner and we landed on 6♣: I read partner for 3-5-1-4 and then thought he'd counted his controls wrong, so I signed off in the small slam. A heart was lead, and my partner had the pleasure to play in a 4-1 fit. Of course, it was laydown, with trumps breaking.

Interesting, eh?

Not really. What makes the deal interesting is the fact that 7NT makes:
Say, the ♣J is led. Declarer wins, takes ♥A, ♥Q, then ♦AK and ♣KQ, pitching diamonds. Declarer returns to hand in hearts.

West must throw a ♠ in order to keep the club guard.

If East, instead, throws 2 Spades, a Spade to ace drops the queen and lets declarer finesse.

But me, I'm a bad partner, I didn't let my partner enjoy this treat. :blink:
I just discovered a truly remarkable bidding system!
Sadly, this margin was too small to contain it.
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Posted 2006-August-15, 08:36

Look at it this way: everybody that has read a book on compound double squeezes would have made 7NT. But who else would have bid and made 6♣!? :)
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