Big Slam Magazine - Flipbook - Page 73
Over half the Open field bid slam here, with Bill
Powell and Marjorie Askew reaching 7}.
Maybe the East hand is a bit too strong to open a
15-17 notrump?
Perhaps the West players even suggested as
much after they routinely raised 1NT to game.
4] is touch and go on three rounds of hearts.
You could draw two rounds of trumps and take
the ruffing finesse but that's odds against.
Better is to work on clubs. Even so, you still have
to leave a trump outstanding when you play diamonds from the top.