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Answer Whether or not you play that a fourth-suit bid is forcing to game in general, it is certainly so when made at the three level. You have the strength to aim for a slam but no fit has been found. The best idea is to keep the bidding low with 3D. This makes it easy for partner to express support for one of your suits. You can head for a slam later, when you know whether there is a fit somewhere. Awards: 3D-10, 3S-7, 4NT-5, 3NT-3. — Knight Features |
The
deal comes from the Lederer Memorial Trophy in London, won for the third
time in a row by Zia Mahmood’s All-Star team. How would you play the
small slam in spades after West leads the ten of clubs and East’s
queen falls under dummy’s ace? Several successful declarers drew
trumps in two rounds and then cashed the ace and king of hearts,
throwing a diamond and a club from the South hand. They next played the
jack and king of clubs and ruffed the fourth round of clubs, eliminating
that suit. A trump to dummy was followed by the ten of diamonds, run to
the West hand. After winning the trick, West had no good card to play. A
diamond return would run into South’s A-J tenace. A third round of
hearts would give a ruff-and-discard, allowing declarer to ruff in his
hand and throw the last diamond from dummy. The technique employed is
known as ‘elimination play’. By removing one or more suits from the
scene, you can force a defender to assist you in one of the remaining
suits. Here the trumps, hearts and clubs were eliminated and West was
forced to assist declarer in diamonds. Almost every session you play
will offer someone a possible elimination play. Look out for it whenever
you have a big trump fit.
A
rebid of 2H is forcing in your system and partner continues with a bid
in the fourth suit. What would you say now?