GRAND SLAM – SMALL SLAM SWING 13 IMPS

 

 

#4	K 3			W	N	E	S
D: W	A K J 9 6			P	1H	P	1S
V: ALL	K			P	2C	P	2D
	Q T 9 7 3			P	3C	P	4C
9 4		8 6 5 2		P	4D	X	4N
Q T 8 7 5		3 2		P	5C	P	5D
J 7 5 3		Q T 9 8 4		P	7C	P	P
8 2		5 4		P
	A Q J T 7
	4			P	1H	P	1S
	A 6 2			P	2C	P	2D
	A K J 6			P	3C	P	6C
				P	P	P

 

THE PLAY OF THE HAND, OF COURSE, IS A TRIVIAL MATTER

IF YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN LIGHT IN 3RD SEAT,

THEN 2S HAS LOTS MORE GOING FOR IT THAN 1S

10 IMP GAME – PART-SCORE SWING

#9	Q J 7			W	N	E	S
D: N	J T 7 3			-	P	P	P
V: E-W	T 9 6			1D	P	P	P
	A 8 6
K		8 6 5 3		-	P	P	1S
A Q 6		K 9 2		X	2H	P	2S
A K 8 7 2		4 3		X	P	2N	P
K Q J 9		T 7 4 2		3S	P	4S	P
	A T 9 4 2			5C	P	P	P
	8 5 4
	Q J 5
	5 3

 

QUITE CURIOUS, BUT IF SOUTH PASSES AND WEST OPENS 2NT, NORTH JUST MIGHT LEAD THE SPADE Q FROM Q-J-X TO SET 3NT!