K4 N E S W Contract: 2♠ by South ♠ AKQ76 1♠ P Vulnerability: ?? ♥ 983 2♥ P 2♠ . . . ♦ Opening Lead: ♣J T95 ♣ Losers: 0♠ 0♥ 2/3♦ 2♣ A Two Over One 752 Q3 ♠ ♠ Game force auction, T2 J943 ♥ ♥ shut down by South’s An illustration of the power AQ65 T42 ♦ ♦ immediate 2-level of a Two Over One auction 3 AK73 J842 rebid, showing a capable of being abandoned ♣ ♣ weak 6-card major when opener admits having AJT986 ♠ opening. a very weak hand with a 85 ♥ major suit. KJ7 That’s OK with North, ♦ with lots of losers, a Q6 Probably making 2♠, but not ♣ minimum Two Over much more than that. One response, a nice Spade holding, too. 932 N E S W Contract: 7NT by West ♠ Vulnerability: ?? T83 1♥ ♥ T942 P 2♦ P 2NT ♦ Opening Lead: ♣K KQ8 P 3♦ P 3NT ♣ Losers: 0♠ 0♥ 0♦ 0♣ P 4NT P 5♥ P 7NT . . . KT4 A8 ♠ ♠ Q7 ♥ ♥ And so they do the top 14 – 5 AKQJ63 Once East finds that ♦ ♦ 4 tricks. all the Aces are in AT96 742 ♣ ♣ hand, he figures his 6 QJ765 ♠ Diamond tricks will 965 ♥ make it all the way to 87 ♦ the Grand Slam. J53 ♣ A Two Over One auction.
3 ♠ K4 ♥ AKQ76 ♦ 983 ♣ T95 ♠ 752 ♠ Q3 ♥ T2 ♥ J943 ♦ AQ65 ♦ T42 ♣ AK73 ♣ J842 ♠ AJT986 ♥ 85 ♦ KJ7 ♣ Q6 N E S W 1♠ P 2♥ P 2♠ . . . A Two Over One Game force auction, shut down by South’s immediate 2-level rebid, showing a weak 6-card major opening. That’s OK with North, with lots of losers, a minimum Two Over One response, a nice Spade holding, too. Contract: 2♠ by South Vulnerability: ?? Opening Lead: ♣J Losers: 0♠ 0♥ 2/3♦ 2♣ An illustration of the power of a Two Over One auction capable of being abandoned when opener admits having a very weak hand with a major suit. Probably making 2♠, but not much more than that. 4 ♠ 932 ♥ T83 ♦ T942 ♣ KQ8 ♠ KT4 ♠ A8 ♥ ♥ Q7 ♦ 5 ♦ AKQJ63 ♣ AT96 ♣ 742 ♠ QJ765 ♥ 965 ♦ 87 ♣ J53 N E S W 1♥ P 2♦ P 2NT P 3♦ P 3NT P 4NT P 5♥ P 7NT . . . Once East finds that all the Aces are in hand, he figures his 6 Diamond tricks will make it all the way to the Grand Slam. A Two Over One auction. Contract: 7NT by West Vulnerability: ?? Opening Lead: ♣K Losers: 0♠ 0♥ 0♦ 0♣ And so they do – the top 14 tricks.
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