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Slams 09

Vil's Tips - Mon, 03/03/2025 - 10:48am

When was the last time you (successfully) bid game with a combined nine count? And when was the last time you (also successfully) sacrificed against a cold slam, also with a combined nine count? Both those things could have happened on the very first board of our deal from last Tuesday's X-Clubs.

Board 1 from Tuesday 25/02/2025
Dealer N Nil Vul
KAJ52AKQ542A4Q76377Q987652AJT982T9643T354KQ8J9863KJT

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Slams 08

Vil's Tips - Thu, 27/02/2025 - 5:34pm

The temptation of bidding a slam is something that leads many of us astray. It is a double edged sword and one that has to be handled with great care. To make slam bidding easier, the experts have added the ‘super accept’ to the standard repertoire of transfers. The problem with that is that the super accept can carry a weak hand too far, to the extent that a perfectly good (and weak) two-level contract becomes difficult as a three level one. The following deal may or may not have resulted in a slam if the players were playing the ‘super accept’ but I have a better suggestion for anyone interested, one which we have been using successfully for some time. Let’s look at the deal first.

Board 24 from Tuesday 18/02/2025
Dealer W Nil Vul
T9626954AJT52K85K843A8K983A4AJT9752QJ76QJ73QKT632Q74

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