Triple 13

Hi all,

My 39th is closing in on me rapidly but celebrating isn’t really on my mind. Triple 13, interprime, semiprime and emirpimes (google challenge), who knows what to expect!? I hope I feel like it next year, perhaps round numbers make for a better party.

Spectre, James Bond instalment #23, I have scheduled sometime this week, I’m looking forward to get blown away.

First board of the evening:

West

North

East

South

 

 

 

11

2

2NT2

pass

43

pass

4NT4

pass

55

pass

56

pass

.. 6

a.p.

 

 

 

1. Only a shadow of a shadow away from a 1 opener
2. fit, usually 4-crd suit, high ODR
3. Splinter, non-minimum
4. RKC
5. 0 or 3 keycards
6. Probe

Kees bids 5 in tempo. What? Is he signing off? Of course not!

Tick-Tock. Tick-Tock. Tick-Tock. Time trickles by as I mentally thumb through our agreements.

The fog clears away, I remember something. 5NT confirms the presence of three keys but denies the possession of trump Queen. With a slight smile I bid 6. Kees gives the auction a stare and then throws the green. 

This was the full deal:

We’re cold for 13. 

I needed one more cycle. One more hard thought about the auction.

1. 5NT shows three keys without trump Queen
2. 6trump shows three with trump Queen

With this hand I could/should have bid 6, showing three keys, trump Queen and second round control in . Kees could have leapt to the grand with confidence, not afraid of some slow loser.