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Morning class on defensive technique by creating trump tricks via promotion plays, refusing to over-ruff and uppercuts.

In the afternoon the group went on a Whale Watch Cruise. We saw plenty of whales in groups of twos and threes.

Evening: The Whale Watch Pairs was won by Anya Fabiny – Allison Fallon (N-S) and Joan McLellan – Pat Noble (E-W). How would you handle this problem:

South dealer : Both vulnerable

West	North	East	South
---	---	---	1
2	4	Pass	?

South has:

A J 9 7 6 5 4
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A K 5
A 8 3

The double- jump to game (1 : 4 or 1 : 4 ) is played as weak, with good trump support and normally an unbalanced hand, even when there has been an overcall at the cheapest level. There are no guarantees of course, but with seven trumps, a void in hearts and top controls in the minors, South is entitled to jump to 6 .

This was the full deal:

Thanks to the power of shape, North-South have an easy 6 with only 21 HCP of which the Q is useless. South ruffs the heart lead, draws the missing trump and ruffs the two club losers in dummy. One diamond has to be lost.

The board was played 12 times. Six pairs played in 6 , the top score going to the lucky pair who were doubled in 6 . One was doubled in 4 for +1190 and one was doubled in 5 for +1050, both scoring below average, while the shared bottom score went to 4 +680 four times.