Board 9 from the Slam Dunk evening game on Tue 24 Aug 2021 - what do you bid? Whether you open this hand 1C or 2, 3, 4 or 5C might make all the difference.
All the tables played this hand in a slam contract, but the results were nonetheless dispersed. The pairs playing 6C shared a bottom board. Even bidding and making 7C did not get you the prize.
You needed to bid and make 7NT to get a good score - and three tables did, including club members Len Evershed and Bruce McDonald who won the night with a great score of 67.41%. Click on Read More below to see the full hand - and their bidding.
This is one of the hands selected for this Slam Dunk game - designed to challenge keen players with situations like competitive bidding, preempts and slam hands - and some where declarer finds unexpected distributions or other issues they need to adjust for.
Two of the hands are provided by leading bridge players and teachers - and come with their expert commentary - after the game. Check last week's hand record and commentary.
If this sounds like something you would like to try, partner up and register for the7.30pm Slam Dunk BBO game at 7.15pm on Tuesday nights. On BBO head to Competitive | All Tournaments and search for either PenBC or Slam Dunk to find this short (two hours), stimulating game that we offer each week. Any inquiries to David Farmer on
