[Fluffy]

There were some 'duplication' in Tenerife, here is first example

Scoring: IMP

S - N
1♠-2NT
3♦-4♣
4♥-7♠

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Here the bidding shows why the Jacoby response should be used with at least 4 trumps: because you make the responder hand the base hand, reaching easilly 7 (althou I guess splinter might end up there also, but probably not as sure).

Scoring: IMP

S - N
1♠-2NT
3♦-4♣
4♥-7♠

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We had some missunderstanding on the bidding (* showed majors for one, and hearts for the other), but the contract wasn't that bad, after a ♦K lead I ruffed in dummy, cashed ♣A+♣K West discarding a ♦, after that I played to assure only 1 off, but I missed a line that would had made as the cards lied, can you see the winning line I missed?.

[FrancesHinden]

Funnily enough, I remember another hand from Tenerife also in the same idiom:

Scoring: MP

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They bid to grand against us.

[Fluffy]

Ooooops sorry, On the 6♣ contract West made the mistake of discarding a ♥, not a ♦. That meant that the standard line of trying to find West with a singleton ♥ honnor should be dismissed. Any other chance?

[Fluffy]

Ok, here the full hand if anyone ever though about solving the problem:

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After a ♦ ruff ♣A+♣K I couldn't imagine ♦s 7-3 after the 1♦ overcall, but if I did, finding the endplay for 12 tricks should had been possible.

[whereagles]

Fluffy, on Jul 3 2005, 08:21 PM, said:

Dealer: South Vul: ???? Scoring: IMP

♠ A109xxx ♥ A109 ♦ Axxx ♣   ♠ KQxxx ♥ Kxx ♦ x ♣ A10xx

S - N 1♠-2NT 3♦-4♣ 4♥-7♠

Here the bidding shows why the Jacoby response should be used with at least 4 trumps: because you make the responder hand the base hand, reaching easilly 7.

That's an upside-down reasoning, gonzalo. If North were opener, South would have bid 2NT as well and you'd hardly get to 7S now.