Deal 6 |
♠ 6 5 ♥ A Q 9 5 3 ♦ K Q 6 3 ♣ Q 9 |
South opens 1♠ and North, with 14 points, responds 2♥. Note that North is not permitted to make this bid without a 5-card or longer ♥ suit. South, knowing that North has 5, bids 3♥ to confirm the trump suit. North has a minimum strength hand with no slam aspirations, so he uses Fast Arrival and bids 4♥. South is also satisfied to just play at game. 2/1 is a good bidding method, and here, 4♥ is a good contract. But you can see that it is not a laydown - there is no bidding system that will always reach 100% contracts. In this hand a 3-3 ♦ split will provide the 10th trick, or if that fails, taking 2 ♠ finesses provides a 75% chance of success. Deal 7 |
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♠ A J 10 7 4 ♥ K 10 7 ♦ A 9 5 ♣ 7 2 |