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41 - SEPTEMBER 2023

41 - SEPTEMBER 2023

BALANCE!

In matchpoint pairs, it is almost always opportune to balance when the opponents have found a fit and still stop at the two-level. However – and you have certainly seen that in regular Club tournaments – many players do not…

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DOUBLE UPPERCUT

An uppercut is a technique of trump promotion.

Take this layout of trumps:

♠ 5432
♠ J6■ ♠ Q7
♠ AK1098

If West leads a suit in which East and declarer are both void, and East ruffs with the Queen, declarer can overruff with the King but West’s Jack is now promoted. 

Here’s a double uppercut from a past Lords-Commons match:

WNES
3♠
4♣(1) 4♠(2)
(1) There’s a case for gambling 3NT (prepared to run to 4♣ if doubled).
(2) Tempting to double 4♣, although North expects his four quick tricks in the red suits to enable partner to make 4 Spades. Certainly, the vulnerability favors bidding 4♠, hungry for the vulnerable game bonus and not expecting a commensurate penalty from doubling the non-vulnerable 4♣.

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