mn|SKY Club & Larry Cohen|tu||
cr|155|cb|164|cg|1155|
cr|264|cb|2255|cg|2255|
cr|364|cb|364|cg|3255|
cr|4255|cb|464|cg|464|
cr|590|cb|5180|cg|5130|
cr|6255|cb|6255|cg|6255|
cr|7120|cb|7255|cg|80|
fh|170|ff|1Times New Roman|fi|1y|fb|1y|fu||
fh|250|ff|2Times New Roman|fi|2y|fb|2y|fu||
fh|379|ff|3Arial|fi||fb||fu||
fh|410|ff|4Arial|fi||fb|4y|fu||
fm|1|
fm|2|
fm|3|
fm|4|
bt||bg|1|nt||fp|1|
cs|5|3d|3|at|


^-{ SKY CLUB & Larry Cohen }
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|cs|5|fp|2|3d|3|at|^-{ Deal of the week
Series III - Deal I }
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|fp|4|ht|y|at|^- The analyses are kindly made and shared for you by Larry Cohen.
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|cs|2|ht|b|fp|2|at|^-{INTRODUCTION}
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|fp||at|Welcome to the first deal of four in the third series.  |pg||

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|fp||at|This deal begins a series of four that address the follow-ups after a negative double.

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bg|6|st||qx|Board1|3d||ah|SKY&&Larry|ah|S III - D I|
pn|South,West,You,East,South,West,North,East|md|3SAKJ3HA53D86C6542,S76HK42DQJT9C9873,SQT98H76DAK754CKJ|sv|0|sk|n|nt||ht|c|at|You have an easy 1@D opening bid.  |pg||mb|1d|pg||mb|1h|nt||ht|c|at|After the 1@H overcall, |pg||mb|d|at|partner makes a negative double.  |pg||nt||ht|c|at|Standard bidding, this shows exactly 4 spades. |pg||at|Not 3, not 5.  With 5 or more, partner would have bid 1@S.  |pg||at|With fewer than 4 he would not have doubled.|pg||mb|2h|nt||ht|c|at|When RHO raises to 2@H, |pg||at|what should you do? |pg||
nt||cq|3|lb|*mYour call is?^Pass~Double~2@S~3@D^3|mb|2s|nt||ht|c|at|You should bid 2@S. |pg||at|This "free" bid does not promise extra values. |pg||at|It shows a minimum hand (like raising 1@S to 2@S). |pg||mb|p4sppp|nt||ht|c|at|Partner raises to 4@S |pg||pc|hq|at|and you are treated to the lead of the @HQ.|pg||nt||ht|c|at|As usual, the thinking in a suit contract should be : "What tricks might I LOSE?" |pg||hc|h6|nt||ht|c|at|Here, you have to lose a heart, |pg||lc|h6|hs|nc|at|and maybe two clubs. |pg||ls|nc|hs|ndsd|at|The big issue is the diamonds.|pg||ls|ndsd|nt||ht|c|at|You will need to set up the suit by ruffing them in dummy. |pg||hs|ed|at|That brings us to the next question: Should you draw trumps? |pg||nt||ht|c|at|The answer is: NO |pg||hc|ha|nt||ht|c|at|Win the heart lead (or hold up - not likely to matter). |pg||lc|ha|pc|hahh|pg||nt||ht|c|at|Next, work on diamonds. |pg||at|What if they are 5-1? |pg||at|? You'd be in big trouble, anyway, so don't worry about that. |pg||hc|dak|nt||ht|c|at|After the @DAK cash,  |pg||lc|dak|pc|dddad|pg||
pc|dkddd|pg||hs|nd|hc|sa|at|play another diamond and trump HIGH in dummy (with the ace). |pg||ls|nd|lc|sa|pc|dhsad|pg||nt||ht|c|at|This will make it easier to get back and forth. |pg||hc|s3t|at|Now, play the @S3 to your @s10  |pg||
lc|s3t|pc|sssts|pg||
hs|nd|hc|sk|at|and trump another diamond - high again. |pg||
ls|nd|lc|sk|pc|dhskd|pg||
hs|nsss|nt||ht|c|at|At this point, you can draw trumps and claim your contract. |pg||
ls|nsss|pc|sssqs|pg||
pc|sccc|pg||
mc|10|pg||nt||ht|c|at|If overtricks are important (like at matchpoints), |pg||up|8|hs|ncsc|at|you might want to make a club play at some point |pg||ls|ncsc|hs|ncec|sk|y|at| - but as you can see, on this deal you are doomed to lose 2 club tricks no matter what. |pg||ls|ed|ls|ncec|up|24|nt||ht|c|at|Any declarers who draw trump prematurely will go down in 4@S.

What happened in SKY CLUB's tournament in BBO:

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