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6S scores extra IMPs, UI, England

#21 User is offline   weejonnie 

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Posted 2017-January-24, 17:48

I think the key thing is:

Does the slow 6 demonstrably suggest 6 over pass? Note that South knows that North would be going to 6 had the response been 5, which I assume is 1 Ace, and so can infer the 3 controls that North actually has.

The TD thought so. presumably the AC didn't.

(South has a source of tricks that North does not know about - that is worth more than the facile 'spades > clubs')
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Posted 2017-February-07, 16:52

View PostZelandakh, on 2017-January-23, 10:56, said:

May I ask who N-S were and who was sitting on the AC?


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Posted 2017-February-07, 17:03

View Postweejonnie, on 2017-January-24, 17:48, said:

Note that South knows that North would be going to 6 had the response been 5, which I assume is 1 Ace, and so can infer the 3 controls that North actually has.


Not necessarily. From South's point of view, North could have a strong hand with 3-card spade support which was intending to stop in 5 opposite one key card. Or she could have made the (not unreasonable) assumption that her partner would normally hold at least 2 key cards for his jump to 4 and wanted to find whether he held a third key card for grand slam purposes. Or, if they were playing "1430" responses to RKCB then she could in fact stop in 5 opposite one key card.
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