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At the recent Canadian Seniors’ Team Championship. In the last round of the round robin match, bidding and making this grand slam, helped our side win the round robin by 2VPs, with it the rights to chose our semi final opponent.
Round 9. Board 17. Dealer North. None vulnerable.
Playing with Maurice, I was East ♠ AQ ♥ A432 ♦ A53 ♣ AQ75
This was the auction.
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | 2 NT | Pass | |
| 3 ♠* | Pass | 3 NT* | Pass |
| 4 ♣* | Pass | 4 ♥* | Pass |
| 4 NT* | Pass | 5 ♥* | Pass |
| 7 ♣ | Pass | Pass | Pass |
*3♠ -Minor suit slam try, 3♠ forces 3NT.
*3NT -Relay.
*4♣ -Five clubs and four diamonds.
*4♥ -Mini key cards for clubs.
*4NT -One key card in clubs.
*5♥ -We have all the key cards, grand slam try, ask for outside kings.
These were the hands.
| Dealer: North
Vul: None |
North | ||||
| ♠ | K106542 | ||||
| ♥ | 875 | ||||
| ♦ | 6 | ||||
| ♣ | J96 | ||||
| West Maurice |  |
East Michael | |||
| ♠ | 98 | ♠ | AQ | ||
| ♥ | KQ | ♥ | A432 | ||
| ♦ | KQJ10 | ♦ | A53 | ||
| ♣ | K10432 | ♣ | AQ75 | ||
| South | |||||
| ♠ | J73 | ||||
| ♥ | J1096 | ||||
| ♦ | 98742 | ||||
| ♣ | 8 | ||||
The lead was the five of spade. Maurice won the ace, tested trumps and claimed thirteen tricks, making seven clubs.
We won 9 imps as our opponents were in six no-trump making seven.
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Nicely done.
Feels great when a hand comes up that fits into one of our toys