11. Slam dunk!

West Deals
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♠

Q J 8 3

♥

Q 4

♦

A 9 7 5 2

♣

10 5

♠

K 5

♥

K 5 

♦

8 6 4

♣

A K 9 7 6 4    

♠

A 6 2

♥

A 9 8 3 2

♦

10

♣

Q 8 3 2

 

♠

10 9 7 4

♥

J 10 7 6

♦

K Q J 3

♣

J


In a nation-wide Simultaneous Pairs event, very few pairs reached 6♣ which is surprising. One pair that did were helped by North over-calling West’s 1♣ with 1♦ on that awful suit, but he paid for it, since when South went to 4♦ over East’s 4♣ West knew East had one diamond at most, so punted 6♣.