Junior 14/9/2015 Hand 7

Board 7 South Deals Both Vul	♠ 9 ♥ J 7 6 2 ♦ A K J 4 3 ♣ A K J
♠ A J 8 ♥ K 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ 8 7 5 4 2	N W E S	♠ 7 5 3 ♥ A Q 10 9 ♦ 10 9 6 ♣ Q 10 6
	♠ K Q 10 6 4 2 ♥ 8 5 4 ♦ Q 7 ♣ 9 3

NS 2N; NS 2♠; NS 2♥; NS 2♦; Par +120

West	North	East	South
			2 ♠
All pass

Lead= 8D

Close decision by North. North has 4 tricks or "cover" cards, while South has a 5 or 6 trick playing hand. Being Vul South should have something like the above. An invite is possibly called for. Some partnerships play 2 NT as an enquiry bid as to how good is the weak 2.

Good diamond lead

At another table the bidding went: p p 1D p 1S p 2S p 3S ap. North has no reason to support spades, but does have sufficient values to reverse with 2H showing presumably 5 diamonds and 4 hearts and >opening hand values.

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