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[Event "BFP B1 L07 Raising Partners Suit"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "1"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:A7653.T7.J5.AKQ4 KT.9852.AQ96.JT5 QJ98.QJ63.84.763 42.AK4.KT732.982"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
{

With 14 HCPs but an unbalanced hand, North opens 1\S.

South has four spades and 6 HCPs. South raises the spades one level: 2\S. This
shows the fit in spades and 6-9 HCPs.

North adds South's possible maximum 9 HCPs to 14 HCPs to get 23 HCPs. 

This is less than 25 HCPs required for game, so North passes.
}
[Result ""]
{East leads J\C, top of a sequence of 2 club honours.

North wins the first club trick. There are no entries in dummy. North cashes
A\S and plays another spade to clear trumps.

The defence may then take four tricks in the red suits, but eventually North
regains the lead and can win four club tricks and more spade tricks.}
[BCFlags "df"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "58658586588578585785"]
[OptimumScore "NS -100"]
[ParContract "NS 3CX-1; NS 3SX-1"]
[Auction "N"]
1S Pass 2S AP
[OptimumOpeningLeadTable "Leader;Denomination\2R;Result\1R;S\5;H\4;D\5;C"]
N NT 5 A7653 T7   J5    AKQ
N  S 8 A7653 T7   J5    AKQ
N  H 6 A7653 T7   J5    AKQ
N  D 5 A7653 T7   J5    AKQ
N  C 8 A7653 T7   J5    AKQ
E NT 8 -     9852 AQ96  JT5
E  S 5 -     9852 AQ96  JT5
E  H 7 -     9852 AQ96  JT5
E  D 8 -     9852 AQ96  JT5
E  C 5 -     9852 AQ96  JT5
W NT 8 42    AK   KT732 982
W  S 5 42    AK   KT732 982
W  C 5 42    AK   KT732 982
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 8
N  H 6
N  D 5
N  C 8
S NT 5
S  S 8
S  H 6
S  D 5
S  C 8
E NT 8
E  S 5
E  H 7
E  D 8
E  C 5
W NT 8
W  S 5
W  H 7
W  D 8
W  C 5

[Event "BFP B1 L07 Raising Partners Suit"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "2"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:T93.AKT74.Q62.A7 KJ85.83.3.KT9843 76.QJ96.AJ74.J52 AQ42.52.KT985.Q6"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
{

With 13 HCPs and a five-card major, East opens 1\H.

West has four hearts and 9 HCPs. West raises the hearts one level: 2\H. This
shows the fit in hearts and 6-9 HCPs.

East adds West's possible maximum 9 HCPs to 13 HCPs to get 22 HCPs. This is
less than 25 HCPs required for game, so East passes.}
[Result ""]
{

South leads 3\D, singleton.

East plays low from dummy, loses to K\D, but now has all the top diamonds.
North returns a diamond, trumped by South.

The safest lead from South is a heart, even though it's trumps. This gives a
chance of making one or both of the black Kings.   East clears the remaining
trumps, takes three diamond tricks discarding 7\C, and a club trick. Defence
will take two spade tricks.}
[BCFlags "df"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "59468594687497474974"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 4HX-1"]
[Auction "E"]
1H Pass 2H AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination;Result"]
W S 4
W H 9
W D 7
W C 4
W N 7
N S 9
N H 4
N D 6
N C 8
N N 5
E S 4
E H 9
E D 7
E C 4
E N 7
S S 9
S H 4
S D 6
S C 8
S N 5

[Event "BFP B1 L07 Raising Partners Suit"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "3"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:42.A9753.KJ2.A98 KQT9.K62.A64.T54 875.QJT4.QT7.KQ7 AJ63.8.9853.J632"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
{

With 12 HCPs and a five-card major, South opens 1\H.

North has four hearts and 10 HCPs. South raises the hearts two levels (Jump
Raise): 3\H. This shows the fit in hearts and 10-12 HCPs.

North adds South's possible maximum 12 HCPs to 12 HCPs to get 24 HCPs. This is
less than 25 HCPs required for game, so North passes.}
[Result ""]
{

West leads K\S, top of a sequence of two touching honours.

The defence will win two spade tricks, the K\H and the A\D.

Declarer must clear trumps, four tricks, three club tricks and two diamond
tricks for nine altogether.}
[BCFlags "df"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "76966769666747667476"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1"]
[Auction "S"]
1H Pass 3H AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination;Result"]
W S 7
W H 4
W D 7
W C 6
W N 6
N S 6
N H 9
N D 6
N C 6
N N 7
E S 7
E H 4
E D 7
E C 6
E N 6
S S 6
S H 9
S D 6
S C 6
S N 7

[Event "BFP B1 L07 Raising Partners Suit"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "4"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:AQ2.A864.K52.Q82 J54.JT952.T8.KT4 K73.KQ73.A63.J76 T986..QJ974.A953"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
{

With 15 HCPs and a four-card suit, West opens 1\H.

East has four hearts and 13 HCPs. East  adds West's possible minimum 12 HCPs to
13 HCPs to get 25 HCPs. This is the 25+ HCPs required for game. This is a
sign-off bid and West passes.
}
[Result ""]
{North leads 10\D, top of a doubleton. This is to signal the doubleton to
partner hoping to trump a third round in diamonds.

Declarer and dummy are both perfectly balanced hands with four hearts. Declarer
can win three heart tricks, three spade tricks, two diamond tricks and one club
trick for nine.

This is really unlucky, but will happen sometimes. 

The bidding is correct.}
[BCFlags "df"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "56466564668797787977"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 1H+2"]
[Auction "W"]
1H Pass 4H AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination;Result"]
W S 7
W H 9
W D 7
W C 7
W N 8
N S 6
N H 4
N D 6
N C 6
N N 5
E S 7
E H 9
E D 7
E C 7
E N 8
S S 6
S H 4
S D 6
S C 6
S N 5

[Event "BFP B1 L07 Raising Partners Suit"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "5"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:AKJ98.982.KQ9.KT 65.KQ43.T7532.Q7 7432.A7.J86.J652 QT.JT65.A4.A9843"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
{

With 16 HCPs and a five-card suit, North opens 1\S. 

South has four spades and 6 HCPs. South raises the spades one level: 2\S. This
shows the fit in spades and 6-9 HCPs.

North adds South's possible maximum 9 HCPs to 16 HCPs to get 25 HCPs. BUT 6
HCPs added to 16 HCPs is only 22 HCPs.

North raises spades to 3\S. South passes with 6 or 7 HCPs, but raises to game,
4\S with more. South passes.
}
[Result ""]
{East leads K\H, top of a sequence of two touching honours.

Declarer wins A\H, clears trumps in two rounds, plays diamonds to force out the
A\D, loses A\C. That should make 11 tricks. 

It was correct not to bid the game in Spades, however the cards are distributed
well for declarer.}
[BCFlags "df"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "8a5668a5665386753867"]
[OptimumScore "EW -500"]
[ParContract "EW 5HX-3"]
[Auction "N"]
1S Pass 2S Pass
3S AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination;Result"]
W S 3
W H 8
W D 6
W C 7
W N 5
N S 10
N H 5
N D 6
N C 6
N N 8
E S 3
E H 8
E D 6
E C 7
E N 5
S S 10
S H 5
S D 6
S C 6
S N 8

[Event "BFP B1 L07 Raising Partners Suit"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "6"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:KT865.KT.AKT.QT2 7.J753.Q843.J943 AQJ92.Q94.976.A5 43.A862.J52.K876"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
{

With 15 HCPs and a five-card suit, West opens 1\S.

East has five spades and 13 HCPs. East  adds West's possible minimum 12 HCPs to
13 HCPs to get 25 HCPs. This is the 25+ HCPs required for game. West raises to
4\S. This is a sign-off bid and West passes.
}
[Result ""]
{South has three feeble four-card side suits. A trump lead 7\S is unlikely to
do harm ("passive" lead).

West clears trumps and has only the K\C and the A\H to lose.}
[BCFlags "df"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2254522545ab787ab797"]
[OptimumScore "EW 650"]
[ParContract "EW 4S+1"]
[Auction "E"]
1S Pass 4S AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination;Result"]
W S 11
W H 7
W D 9
W C 7
W N 10
N S 2
N H 5
N D 4
N C 5
N N 2
E S 11
E H 7
E D 8
E C 7
E N 10
S S 2
S H 5
S D 4
S C 5
S N 2

[Event "BFP B1 L07 Raising Partners Suit"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "7"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AKJT7.J74.A8.AJ6 Q3.KT86.J64.9853 9842.A9.K92.QT42 65.Q532.QT753.K7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
{

With 18 HCPs and a five-card suit, South opens 1\S. 

North has four spades and 9 HCPs. North raises the spades one level: 2\S. This
shows the fit in spades and 6-9 HCPs.

South adds North's possible maximum 9 HCPs to 18 HCPs to get 27 HCPs. BUT 6
HCPs added to 18 HCPs is only 24 HCPs.

South raises spades to 3\S. North passes with 6 or 7 HCPs, but raises to game,
4\S with more. North bids 4\S.}
[Result ""]
{

West leads 9\C denying honours. 

South gets the lead, clears trumps and has only a heart trick to lose. This
makes twelve tricks, a small slam. This couldn't be predicted on the HCPs alone.}
[BCFlags "9f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "cc88ccc88c1155111550"]
[OptimumScore "NS 1440"]
[ParContract "NS 6N="]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 2S Pass
3S Pass 4S AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination;Result"]
W S 1
W H 5
W D 5
W C 0
W N 1
N S 12
N H 8
N D 8
N C 12
N N 12
E S 1
E H 5
E D 5
E C 1
E N 1
S S 12
S H 8
S D 8
S C 12
S N 12

[Event "BFP B1 L07 Raising Partners Suit"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "8"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:AJT.K92.AJ952.J4 432.A84.6.876532 KQ.QJ3.KT873.KQT 98765.T765.Q4.A9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
{

With 14 HCPs and a balanced hand, West opens 1NT.

With 16 HCPs and a balanced hand, East raises to 3NT.
}
[Result ""]
{North leads the 8\C to show length in clubs but no honours.

West has two Aces to lose and takes 11 tricks,

This give the best possible score to East/West of 460.\n
They can make 11 tricks with diamonds as trumps, but this only scores 400.

This shows it's better to open No Trumps with five of a minor.}
[BCFlags "df"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2532525325b89b8b89b8"]
[OptimumScore "EW 460"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Auction "W"]
1NT Pass 3NT AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination;Result"]
W S 8
W H 9
W D 11
W C 8
W N 11
N S 5
N H 3
N D 2
N C 5
N N 2
E S 8
E H 9
E D 11
E C 8
E N 11
S S 5
S H 3
S D 2
S C 5
S N 2
