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An extraordinary hand in the informal beginners session

#1 User is offline   AL78 

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Posted 2022-November-21, 16:22

The beginners are taught Acol, 3 weaks twos, weak NT.



I think this only went one down which would have been a good sac against an EW game except that despite the combined 27 HCP and a nine card heart fit, they have no game on. Quite a freaky hand.
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Posted 2022-November-21, 17:14

Should go -2, E needs to overtake the first diamond and shift to a trump
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Posted 2022-November-21, 22:59

Yes, extraordinary! Undeterred by partner's three passes at red/white, the beginner South recognizes the value of 6601 distribution and bids his best suit three times. Just think what would have happened if he knew about the unusual no-trump lol :)

Good hand to post as it teaches beginners that high card points are not the only criteria for assessing a hand.
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