| Aylesbury Grand Slam Duplicate Bridge Competition |
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| Hand of the Week 7th April |
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Three slam hands for me to choose from this week. Board 14 sees two pairs making 6HX on just 23 points and I would probably choose this hand were it not that I have a solo slam to look at. Good bidding taking account of shape, something often far more important than points. But almost reluctantly my gaze is drawn to Board 20, where we find our solo slam – 6 Hearts. 32 points available here and West will probably open 2NT with his 21 count, so East, with 11 should get excited enough to push the pair to slam in either major or NT. With an unavoidable trump loser, careful play is needed to bring 6H home and, indeed, the two other pairs in 6H failed. On the face of it, it seems that it depends on both the spade and diamond finesses. However, the spade finesse is an illusion. You can afford to play for the drop (which succeeds as it happens). If that does not work, the third club winner allows dummy’s third spade to be discarded and the suit ruffed good. Hmm. I see that the successful pair received the rather odd lead of the QS, denying them the chance of that particular brilliancy but I award them HotW for sound bidding in reaching the slam. Well done, Lesley and Carol. Oh, and I just noticed: only a 7 card trump fit! Well controlled play to overcome that!
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