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Grand
Juniors
Two of the young players who won the Junior
World in Bali were Danny Davies and Phil Souter. They were
in the team that came second in the EEC Championships in Greece. They
were in the running for the best bid hand with this offering.
Dealer West. Game all
 A
9 8 4 3 |
K
J 7 5 3 |
 A
Q J 4 |
K
5 |
 A
7 |
5
3 |
 Q
10 |
A
K J 9 |
| Davies |
Souter |
| 1 |
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2NT |
G.F. 4+ spades |
| 3 |
16+ trump/shape enquiry |
3 |
A or K, no singleton |
| 3NT |
Denies A |
4 |
I have it |
| 4 |
Control |
5 |
K |
| 5 |
Control - goes on the
K! |
5 |
K |
| 5NT |
Have you extra length? |
6 |
Yes and 3rd round heart
control |
| 7 |
And I don't need the Q! |
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Another of the few pairs to bid the grand
were Herve Mouiel and Alain Levy who, when I asked their
sequence to the grand, remarked "You're not going to publish this I assume".
It's too easy. Their sequence was
| Mouiel |
Levy |
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| 1 |
2 |
3
was forcing showing a spade control |
| 2
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3
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4
& 4
were cue bids |
| 4 |
4
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4NT= RKC Blackwood |
| 4NT |
5
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5
showed two aces + Q or extra length |
| 5NT |
6
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5NT asking for extra values |
| 7 |
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6
showed the K
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It was also bid by the French mixed team
against the British. In this case the lady forgot the responses to a GSF
and showed two top honours. She was lucky partner held the A
and not the Q!
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