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The Sweetest Slam
Machine Alive
by Bernard
Marcoux, Sainte-Adèle, Québec
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You have :
Kxxx
A
AKxx
AJ9x
You open 1.
You LHO
Part. RHO
1 1
2 p
2 says : I have at
least a limit-raise in diamonds. You like that. So you bid 3.
You LHO
Part. RHO
1 1
2 p
3 p
3 p
Partner comes back to
3 : Enough said, I have a limit-raise, not more.
You are not done.
You LHO
Part. RHO
1 1
2 p
3 p
3 p
3 p 3
3 first asks for a
heart stopper. But you know you will continue if ever 3NT is
the response. Partner makes you even happier: 3 says No heart
stopper, but I have a nice card in spades, i.e. the Ace
obviously. You like that a lot.
You LHO
Part. RHO
1 1
2 p
3 p
3 p
3 p
3 p
4
4 is the infamous
KBRKCB (Kick-back Roman Key-card Blackwood), very, very useful
and space-saving. For adults only.
You LHO
Part. RHO
1 1
2 p
3 p
3 p
3 p
3 p
4 p 4
1rst step : 1 or 4. So
you ask for the trump Queen.
You LHO
Part. RHO
1 1
2 p
3 p
3 p
3 p
3 p
4 p
4 p
5 p 5NT
4NT would be to play.
5NT says : trump Queen, no king elsewhere.
You LHO
Part. RHO
1 1
2 p
3 p
3 p
3 p
3 p
4 p
4 p
5 p
5NT p
6
Dummy
Ax
7xxx
Q10xxx
Qx
You
Kxxx
A
AKxx
AJ9x
Optimistic evaluation by dummy ?
When we explain losing trick count, we tell
students that, when they think of making a limit-raise, there
are real limit-raises and false limit-raises. A false
limit-raise is a hand with the right point count, but with more
than 8 losers. The LTC of 8 losers confirms the real value of a
limit-raise.
My wife does the contrary. She counts losers
first, then points J.
Can’t argue with success, they say in the
USA.
27 points total, 6 making 7, the club King
onside and the 10 falling on 3 rounds, clear top.
In real life, after my 3, my partner, always
the optimist, did not come back to 3, to calm me down. No,
sir.
3 appeared on the table, getting me really excited.
The sweetest slam machine is not a gadget.
It is not a convention.
The sweetest slam machine is my wife J.
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