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The Perfect Storm
The genuine expert knows the importance of table demeanor. Winning the hand must often take a back seat to winning the post mortem. The diamond opener and 1H response are unexceptionable. Justin's 3H rebid is arguable, but his other choice is an underbid of 2H and, being aggressive, he chooses the overbid. Gee wants to go slamming opposite the jump raise. He could cue the spades, giving Justin a chance to show a club holding; or support diamonds belatedly; or just bid Key Card Blackwood, keeping his partner completely in the dark. He bids Key Card Blackwood. Justin shows his ace, and Gee follows with 5NT, asking for specific kings and guaranteeing the rest of the key cards. Trouble is, he doesn't have the rest of the keycards; N/S are a couple short. Justin shows his CK, as instructed, with East doubling for a club lead, and Gee signs off in 6H. Justin promptly bids the grand, which makes sense. His diamond suit is likely worth five tricks. And even if it's only good for four, his stiff CK is now worth a trick. Add in a club ruff and you're already at 12; the CQ, a fifth heart, the SK or a second club ruff will produce a 13th. Whether East's failure to double is from pity, shock, or inattention is not for me to say. As the dummy comes down the specs begin to stir: Spec #1: what's going on here!!!!! OK. You've miscounted key cards and put the partnership in a hopeless slam (whether small or large is of little consequence when you're off two aces). An ordinary player might apologize or keep his counsel. Only the expert understands that this is the time for a blistering offensive in the post mortem: Gerard: 3H? Gee closes the table, remarking, "I am sick and tired of it all." Maybe so. But I never get tired of this stuff.
When we see "lessons available online," does that mean
that the advertiser wants to give or receive lessons?
Well, I am led to believe that G has devised his new Blackwood
system which has a total of five keycards and the trump king (which does not count
as a keycard). As to the mystery identity of the 5th keycard, it is way beyond our
humble abilities to grasp this enigmatic convention. Any suggestions for the name of
this new convention?
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