Slam Zone
by Rueful Rabbit on
February 2nd, 2009
Dear Bridge Player,
Fortune favors the brave but it is frequently kind to the foolhardy … thats me!
Here are a few hands from BBO. Playing with Michael McDonagh (Sharkirl)
Dealer |
S |
Vul |
All |
Scoring |
Imp |
Lead |
♠4 |
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 |
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West |
North |
East |
South |
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1♦ |
p |
1♥ |
p |
1NT |
p |
2♣ |
p |
2♦ |
p |
6♦ |
p |
p |
p |
2 Clubs was New Minor Forcing – I thought we agreed 2d to be minimum no feature but it showed 5/6 Diamonds. 1370 in (12.5 imps) as trumps and clubs break with the King onside.
I didn’t apologise because I was playing against a journalist. The fecking Mejia have ruined this country!
In this session, we started out with the following hand which set the tone …
Dealer |
N |
Vul |
– |
Scoring |
Imp |
Lead |
♠7 |
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 |
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♠ |
Void |
♥ |
K753 |
♦ |
AQT732 |
♣ |
J64 |
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West |
North |
East |
South |
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1♣ |
2♠ |
3♦ |
4♠ |
p |
p |
5♣ |
5♠ |
6♣ |
p |
p |
p |