13.08.13 board 7

On this board, 6♣ by West is cold. 6♣ by East or 6♦ by either hand would be good contracts, but go down because of the 5-0♦ break. N-S have a good sacrifice in 6♥; but in practice nobody at Woodberry reached the slam zone. At our table, the bidding started (Dealer South) P-1♦-2♥-*-4♥.

I won't say what happened next at our table. (Young children may be reading this blog!)

I think West should bid 5♣, leaving North and East with difficult decisions.

I have at last managed to get the North hand to print in the correct place, but seem to have lost some formatting in the process.

     

                                                      North

                                                             ♠ J 10 6 2

                                                                   ♥ A J 10 9 6 3

                                                 ♦ -

                                                        ♣ 8 4 3

V West ♠ A 4 3 ♥ - ♦ K J 9 5 3 ♣ K 10 9 5 2	Board 7	V East ♠ K Q 8 5 ♥ Q 7 ♦ Q 10 8 ♣ A Q J 7
	D V South ♠ 9 7 ♥ K 8 5 4 2 ♦ A 7 6 4 2 ♣ 6	6 16 11 7