I absolutely love playing 1NT.
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West leads the ♠3, won in dummy with the J. From dummy, I pull a low ♣ to the ♣J to establish the ♣KQ and, with luck, find a safe split. W again wins with the ♣A and returns a low ♣ which only helps me out.
I take the ♥ finesse - the ♥Q winning the trick. Next I probably should've led a low ♦ towards my hand hoping to get E to drop his/her ♦A prematurely. I didn't do that, though. Instead, I saw my 7 tricks and decided to get out. I cashed the ♠A, pulled the remaining ♣ winners, and then tabled the ♥A for my 7th trick.
As it is, a low ♦ exit from dummy actually did get E to drop the ♦A impatiently and secured me an 8th trick.
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1NT IS the toughest contract there is. In SAYC especially, there's no guarantee that you have 20 points, or that either hand is terribly suitable for play in notrump.
That's not to say that the challenge isn't fun....
Hi Warren... Thanks for stopping by.
I understand and agree. NT just seems to make more 'sense' to me and I enjoy the challenge (as you said).
Of course, I'm awful good at failing. :)
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