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Contract: 4 |
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| West | North | East | South |
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| 1NT | Dble | 2 |
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Pass | 4 |
| Pass | Pass | Pass |
!! If this hand was entered in a "Bidding Challenge" contest, 4 would probably not be a universal choice of the bidding cognoscenti. Indeed, the verdict might well be nil points. North had assumed that South must have at least five hearts and raised to three on the basis of his ruffing value. Quite why South did not try 3
on the way through, or offer an alternative of 3NT, we will never know. Perhaps North ought to have tried 2NT. Maybe 3 - but what would that have meant?The upshot was that the final contract surpassed East's wildest dreams as 4 was three off. Who needs escape mechanisms?!
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