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She made a vulnerable Treemonisha.
So, if you and your partner bid and made a vulnerable six spades when everyone else stopped in four spades, you gained 286 imps (22 x 13).
If, for example, a pair bid and made a vulnerable six spades for plus 1,430 and the rest of the field was making four spades plus two for 680, the slam bidders would gain 286 imps (22 x 13).
In the Israeli auction Doron Yadlin rebid two no-trump to invite game, and his brother knew that they would be paid a big bonus if they bid and made a vulnerable game.
Also, given the auction and first trick, which marked East with the diamond honors even at the table where she had not bid (Quinn-Wittes use standard honor leads against suit contracts), West was marked with the spade queen; otherwise West had made a vulnerable overcall opposite a passed partner with an eight-count and a poor suit.
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But Helling and Rogers flopped, making a vulnerable team pathetic.
Suppose you believe that your opponents can make a vulnerable four-spade contract for plus 620.
So bidding and making a vulnerable slam missed by the other pairs was worth 60-plus imps.
But even if he did double, West would not pass, risking the opponents' making a vulnerable game.
In practice it was a disaster, for the opposition was able to enter the auction and make a vulnerable game.
This might look aggressive, but in teams scoring there is a big bonus for bidding and making a vulnerable game; it pays to gamble.
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