Tiny Splinter

Hi all

Here’s a tiny game from last week.

1

pass

2NT1

pass

32

pass

33

pass

4

1. Garozzo
2. relay
3. 8-11 hcp, stiff

After Hoek had shown a mini-splinter in I hardly could suppress my slam ambitions, it looks like a magic fit. But I analyzed Hoek holding the Ace of and both King and Ace in would have entered a normal (11-15) splinter-sequence. So I settled for game. And again there was no play to it.

I like games on very marginal values. Both sides can claim ten tricks in a Major with hands on their backs. But any 5-level contract will suffer defeat on an enemy ruff. I like this kind of symmetry, especially when I’m holding the boss suit.