Andrew Robson 25th October 2012

Ref: R7#1

Vulnerability: Neither
N	E	S	W
♠ A K 6 2 ♥ J 6 5 3 ♦ J 10 9 4 ♣ 5	♠ 9 7 4 3 ♥ Q 7 ♦ 2 ♣ A 10 9 6 4 3	♠ J ♥ A K 10 4 2 ♦ A K 5 ♣ Q J 8 7	♠ Q 10 8 5 ♥ 9 8 ♦ Q 8 7 6 3 ♣ K 2
Dealer: South (Both Pairs bidding Simplex)
-	-	3♥ ⁽¹⁾	Pass ⁽²⁾
3♠ ⁽³⁾	Pass ⁽⁴⁾	4♣ ⁽⁵⁾	Pass
4NT ⁽⁶⁾	Pass	5♥ ⁽⁷⁾	Pass
6♥ ⁽⁸⁾	end
Notes when South is Dealer: P18, P0: 18 HCP, bid your longest suit. With one less HCP, this hand would be a Bad Seventeen and better opened at the one-level. P1: 5-card suit but only 7 HCP. 5-13 points and a 4+ card suit. Better to change suit than show support immediately. P2, P17: With a 6-card suit and 6 HCP, East could have opened 2♣, but he is far too weak to overcall South's strong 3-level bid. If balanced with all unbid suits stopped, South could have bid 3NT. Disliking his singleton in North's suit, he bids his other 4+ card suit instead. North likes his singleton club opposite South's 4+ card suit, and shows slam interest with a simple Blackwood bid. South shows two aces. With one ace missing but around 12 points, North takes a punt on the slam.

N-S's slam goes one-off if Eeast leads a trump, and West subsequently switches to a spade to break up the Double Squeeze.