Weekly Hand Analysis - Glenna Shanahan - Monday, January 11, 2021 - Looks like a Slam

 

Glenna:

  Sometimes people make 6 but there’ s really not a good (scientific) way to know it’s there. This hand isn’t so clear cut that 12 tricks are there for the taking. Sometimes we don’t bid 6, but say after that no way could we get too high. That is recognizing that while it makes 6, no one would ever bid it. Both E and W have 13 points so 6 should never be bid—it’s what I call a “Magic Hand”. If we lived in a perfect world where we knew EVERYThing: 

   W                       N                           E                            S

                              P                            1D                         1H

   1S                       2H                         2S                          3H

   4 D                     p                            4S                          p

   4N                      p                            5H                         p

   6S                       P                            P                            P

I would probably think some unwarranted communication had been passed. No one bids 6 with only 26 points between them—some people can’t get to game with 26 total points! A small slam needs 32 or 33 depending on whether it’s a suit or NT and a Grand Salam (all the tricks) needs at least 37 and a long suit. This hand is only worth GAME!

Glenna