Hand of the Week - Monday 10 November Board 3

Hi All

There were numerous contenders for hand of the week, on Thursday there were boards 4, 7, 11 & 20 and on Friday board 19. In a normal week anyone of them would have made the cut.

But the overall outstanding board was on Monday 10th board 3. Unfortunately due to technical issues which affected the scoring of the session it is no longer available to be viewed on our website, but luckily I took a Screenshot so it can be viewed below.

As dealer how often do you open the bidding by bidding a slam? Once in a lifetime or maybe never - but it did happen. S is holding the following:

S. AKQ842

H  -

D AKQJ865

C  -

No losers, so what could go wrong, do you bid 7D, 7S or are you more cautious 6D or 6S. No matter what is lead you win. The only thing which could go wrong would be one of the opps holding 4 Ss headed by J.

After your bid it is pass, pass and pass.

Opening lead is probably A or K of C(screenshot does not show enough opening leads), Dummy lays down hand and it holds AH,  and an entry of 10D plus 2 Ss. You can win opening lead. Lead low D to 10D play AH and discard  low S. Back to your hand and play the remaining cards making 13 tricks. For those bid that bid 6, a little disappointing. Only two people took the bull by the horns and bid 7D.

Colin