Relay Precision vs Natural
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Relay Precision vs Natural
Let's take a hand from the 47th European Bridge Teams Championships, Open Teams, Round 18, Sweden vs Italy
Board 3. Dealer South. E/W vulnerable
-------S 8
-------H A Q J 6
-------D K Q
-------C A K J 8 5 4
S K 10 6 4 2--------S 9 5
H K 7 2-------------H 9 5 4 3
D A 9 5 4 3---------D J 7 6 2
C ------------------C 9 3 2
-------S A Q J 7 3
-------H 10 8
-------D 10 8
-------C Q 10 7 6
The bidding in the open room went:
West North East South
Duboin Bertheau Bocchi Nystrom
-------------1S*
P - 2C* - P - 2H*
P - 2S* - P - 3D*
P - 3H* - P - 3NT*
P - 4C* - P - 4H*
P - 6C - Allpass
Unless you're a fan of Peter Bertheau-Fredrik Nystrom, you will need the following:
1S: 10-15 HCP, 5+S, usually not 5332 10 hcp
2C: GF, relay
2H: 5 card S, minimum, no shortness
2S: Relay
3D: Any 5422
3H: Relay
3NT: 5-2-2-4
4C: asking for top cards, using zz point responses. A=3 K=2 Q=1
4H: one Ace, two Queens
Well done Sweden for bidding the slam. Now the closed room:
West North East South
Fredin Lauria Lindkvist Versace
-------------P
1S - X - P - 1NT
P - 3C - P - 4S*
P - 6C - Allpass
South passed as we would normally do, and West opened 1S. That did not sound like a good start for going to slam, but we have Lauria and Versace here. A jump rebid in clubs, a jump to 4S (presumably a fit jump, with good spades) and a leap to 6C was all they needed.
Push board.
Moral of the story?
You can find your slams without modern machinery, stay natural and spare yourself from the memory work.
Board 3. Dealer South. E/W vulnerable
-------S 8
-------H A Q J 6
-------D K Q
-------C A K J 8 5 4
S K 10 6 4 2--------S 9 5
H K 7 2-------------H 9 5 4 3
D A 9 5 4 3---------D J 7 6 2
C ------------------C 9 3 2
-------S A Q J 7 3
-------H 10 8
-------D 10 8
-------C Q 10 7 6
The bidding in the open room went:
West North East South
Duboin Bertheau Bocchi Nystrom
-------------1S*
P - 2C* - P - 2H*
P - 2S* - P - 3D*
P - 3H* - P - 3NT*
P - 4C* - P - 4H*
P - 6C - Allpass
Unless you're a fan of Peter Bertheau-Fredrik Nystrom, you will need the following:
1S: 10-15 HCP, 5+S, usually not 5332 10 hcp
2C: GF, relay
2H: 5 card S, minimum, no shortness
2S: Relay
3D: Any 5422
3H: Relay
3NT: 5-2-2-4
4C: asking for top cards, using zz point responses. A=3 K=2 Q=1
4H: one Ace, two Queens
Well done Sweden for bidding the slam. Now the closed room:
West North East South
Fredin Lauria Lindkvist Versace
-------------P
1S - X - P - 1NT
P - 3C - P - 4S*
P - 6C - Allpass
South passed as we would normally do, and West opened 1S. That did not sound like a good start for going to slam, but we have Lauria and Versace here. A jump rebid in clubs, a jump to 4S (presumably a fit jump, with good spades) and a leap to 6C was all they needed.
Push board.
Moral of the story?
You can find your slams without modern machinery, stay natural and spare yourself from the memory work.
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