{"id":86755,"date":"2024-03-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/?p=86755"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T13:45:47","slug":"analysis-by-india-natt-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/analysis-by-india-natt-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis by India Natt \u2013 February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Header_AnalysesIndia-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78242\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Did you play India Natt&#8217;s tournament in February? In this article, England&#8217;s India Natt shares her top tips with you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-f305203\" data-block-id=\"f305203\"><style>.stk-f305203{height:20px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"India Natt&#039;s Tournament of February 4, 2024\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aO3TFNDCfsA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-801a135\" data-block-id=\"801a135\"><style>.stk-801a135{height:20px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image1-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86760\" style=\"width:449px;height:424px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A hand where it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to stop the slam. I knew that Partner couldn\u2019t have the &#x2666;A because I had an ace and West had still bid a slam after Blackwood. And I knew that West had the &#x2660;K because he couldn\u2019t have bid Blackwood without a &#x2660; cue (and if he\u2019d had a singleton, that would have given Partner &#x2660;KQJT9x, which he would have bid!). Therefore, Declarer would be able to throw the third &#x2660; on the &#x2666;A and our &#x2660;A was onside for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-c5298b0\" data-block-id=\"c5298b0\"><style>.stk-c5298b0{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-2fbf1e2\" data-block-id=\"2fbf1e2\"><style>.stk-2fbf1e2{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image2-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86761\" style=\"width:447px;height:436px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Points of interest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Working out Declarer\u2019s shape. <\/em>I knew 5&#x2660;4&#x2665; from the bidding. Partner\u2019s lead showed an even number of &#x2663;, giving Declarer 2 or 4 &#x2663;. Then I saw Partner\u2019s count signal in &#x2660;, showing 2. Once I saw Declarer\u2019s &#x2666;K, I could put the information together: he was 6&#x2660;4&#x2665;1&#x2666;2&#x2663; initially.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Usefulness of singleton in Partner\u2019s suit.<\/em> A singleton &#x2666; should be a liability for Declarer here; sadly, it was the &#x2666;K today, meaning that one ruff in hand established Dummy\u2019s suit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Ruffs do not always help.<\/em> My partner ruffing twice did not actually help. The first ruff was useful but the second one did away with his trump trick, so it was just swapping tricks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-0fc1452\" data-block-id=\"0fc1452\"><style>.stk-0fc1452{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-159a41b\" data-block-id=\"159a41b\"><style>.stk-159a41b{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image3-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86762\" style=\"width:436px;height:401px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Bidding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2&#x2663; was a nice, obstructive bid. Bids ranking one step below the opponents\u2019 suit are normally good for this because they take up the maximum amount of space. Notice that West did indeed only have 3-4 in the majors here rather than the expected 4-4: that\u2019s just what he had to do given that I had taken away the bidding space. East had both majors; imagine if West\u2019s majors were the other way around here (4 &#x2660; and 3 &#x2665;)\u2026 How would West find the 4-4 &#x2660; fit then over East\u2019s 2&#x2665; rebid?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Play<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After leading the &#x2663;A and seeing Partner\u2019s &#x2663;T, it looked like the &#x2663; layout was as it was today, in which case it might have been important to play two more rounds of &#x2663; to get Partner to ruff Dummy\u2019s established &#x2663;J. If Declarer is 3&#x2660;4&#x2665;4&#x2666;2, the &#x2663; might provide a discard for his third &#x2666;! As well as preventing Declarer from setting up the &#x2663;J by force, shortening Declarer\u2019s trump holding might incite him to finesse the wrong way round in &#x2665; when he holds &#x2665;KT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The alternative was to switch to a &#x2660; to try to set up our trick in that suit when Partner held the &#x2660;K: that might have needed to happen now if Declarer had been 2&#x2660;4&#x2665;5&#x2666;2 because otherwise, on the third &#x2663;, Declarer could have ruffed, drawn trumps and set up his &#x2666;: even if that involved us taking a trick, the &#x2660;A in Dummy would still be intact in that scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding out whether three rounds of &#x2663; or a &#x2660; switch on Trick 2 is better overall is too complicated due to the vast number of possible hands here. I went for the &#x2660; switch today but either would have worked on this layout; might be a good one for a simulator!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-77e04b2\" data-block-id=\"77e04b2\"><style>.stk-77e04b2{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-92ecdca\" data-block-id=\"92ecdca\"><style>.stk-92ecdca{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Partner found a nice &#x2663; switch on Trick 2 here but I didn\u2019t have much to do with my hand except for one point near the end of the hand. When Declarer played a low &#x2666; to the dummy, this was the position:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image4-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86763\" style=\"width:449px;height:429px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Declarer had shown up with &#x2660;AQ and &#x2663;J already, so he certainly didn\u2019t need to have the &#x2666;K but it was possible. Was it dangerous to play low given that the &#x2666;Q would then be an entry to Dummy\u2019s winning &#x2665;8? Well, no. I knew that Declarer had initially been 6&#x2660;1&#x2665;3&#x2666;3&#x2663;, so if he had started with &#x2666;Kxx, throwing the third &#x2666; would not help him or prevent us from taking our &#x2666;A at the end. I played low to allow my partner to win if he had the &#x2666;K or &#x2666;KJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-132df97\" data-block-id=\"132df97\"><style>.stk-132df97{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-740e186\" data-block-id=\"740e186\"><style>.stk-740e186{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 5<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image5-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86764\" style=\"width:411px;height:391px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Things to note here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>\u201cEight, ever; nine, never\u201d is a guideline for when you don\u2019t have much information about the layout. <\/em>Given the opponents\u2019 timid bidding in their ten-card fit, it did not look like the &#x2666; were 5-5; West\u2019s &#x2666;7 on Trick 1 might also indicate an even number (though some people play this as suit preference: ask your opponents what they do if they are humans). It looked like the &#x2666; were 6-4, making it more likely that East had one spade and West had three, so finesse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Did you spot the sneaky potential for not losing a &#x2665;<\/em> <em>trick? <\/em>If you play a &#x2665; to the dummy early on and East ducks, you may be able to throw your &#x2665;K on the fourth round of &#x2663;. When I made this play, I checked first of all that I wasn\u2019t potentially going down in my contract if this failed to go as planned. A good habit to be in: it\u2019s annoying to make a risky play for 12 tricks and then end up making 9!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-628dc89\" data-block-id=\"628dc89\"><style>.stk-628dc89{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-906c9e1\" data-block-id=\"906c9e1\"><style>.stk-906c9e1{height:11px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 6<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image6-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86765\" style=\"width:408px;height:391px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It felt like there was not much for me to do here once I had counted the points and realised that Partner had at most a Q. But I gave myself the best possible chance of another trick by clearing the &#x2665; in case a ruff fell into my lap \u2013 it could have been that Declarer was 5-5 with only 10 HCP; then, if Partner had had the &#x2665;K, this would be the right play\u2026 unlikely. There is another unlikely scenario where Partner holds the &#x2666;Q and is 5-5 in the majors and you need to play a &#x2666; now before the &#x2666; trick disappears. Not a decision to lose sleep over!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-b4a7469\" data-block-id=\"b4a7469\"><style>.stk-b4a7469{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-f473c28\" data-block-id=\"f473c28\"><style>.stk-f473c28{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 7<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image7-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86767\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:408px;height:349px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Bidding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three possible rebids with this hand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2&#x2663;. 12-18 HCP, 5&#x2666;4&#x2663;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2NT. 18-19 HCP, balanced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3&#x2663;. GF, 5&#x2666;4&#x2663;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each has pros and cons and appears more or less attractive depending on how the auction proceeds after 1&#x2666;. On this occasion, left-hand opponent (LHO) overcalled 1&#x2665; and Partner bid my singleton, both of which devalued the hand \u2013 game-forcing no longer seemed best. With my two potential &#x2665; stoppers, I chose 2NT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Play<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The play was really interesting. West led the &#x2665;5 to my &#x2665;J and I had three main concerns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Unblocking the &#x2660;. <\/em>I was pretty low on entries to the dummy: only the &#x2663;A was certain. So, I would need to cash the &#x2660; early and choose carefully what to discard from my hand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Finding the &#x2663;Q and handling the suit. <\/em>It was not safe to finesse into East\u2019s hand, as he would be able to play a &#x2665; through my doubleton King and then West would cash the next four tricks. However, my lack of entries to the dummy was rearing its head yet again\u2026 If I played the &#x2663;5 to the &#x2663;A and then took a finesse, I would have no sure entry back to the dummy to repeat the finesse or finesse in &#x2666;\u2026 so perhaps playing the &#x2663;J would afford me more flexibility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The position of the &#x2666;K<\/em>. Given West\u2019s overcall, he needed to have another honour as well as the &#x2665;AQ. If the &#x2663; finesse worked, then West would have to hold the &#x2666;K and therefore playing a &#x2666; to the &#x2666;J would provide me with an entry to the dummy for the second &#x2663; finesse. But if the &#x2663; finesse lost, I would not be able to fall back on the &#x2666; finesse against East with no entry back to the dummy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I unblocked the &#x2660;A and played the &#x2663;J, which fetched West\u2019s &#x2663;Q; I won with the &#x2663;A and my troubles were over: now, I could strip-squeeze West for 12 tricks if he had the &#x2666;K as well as the &#x2665;AQ! I ran my &#x2660; and &#x2663;; here was the end position:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image8-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86768\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:437px;height:409px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I played the &#x2665;K, which West was forced to win with his &#x2665;A. Now, he had to play a &#x2666; into my AQ tenace!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-b662376\" data-block-id=\"b662376\"><style>.stk-b662376{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-0f65546\" data-block-id=\"0f65546\"><style>.stk-0f65546{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 8<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image9-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86769\" style=\"width:437px;height:409px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This contract was normal but rather hopeless! Once it transpired that East had &#x2660;QT9xx (which did appear to be the case on the lead), I could no longer afford to play on &#x2663; and had to finesse into the safe hand in the red suits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a bit of psychology on this hand; try getting into West\u2019s head. If you make the natural move of finessing in &#x2666; first and that loses, West has to choose whether to switch to &#x2665; or &#x2663;. Looking at &#x2665;AQ5 and &#x2663;J72 in the dummy, it was pretty clear that a &#x2663; would be coming back, which would quickly create an entry to East\u2019s hand for him to cash the &#x2660;. I chose to use West\u2019s knowledge of my hand against him. Jumping to 3NT over the 1&#x2666; opening had denied a four-card major and almost guaranteed &#x2663; length. Therefore, if I started with a losing &#x2665; finesse, Dummy would no longer have a scary holding in the suit and West would know it wasn\u2019t my long suit, so he might well try returning a &#x2665;, keeping my &#x2663; stop intact to give me a chance to try the &#x2666;. This worked as a ploy \u2013 but on the layout, I still had to lose to both the &#x2665;K and &#x2666;Q, so I still couldn\u2019t make the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-bad5231\" data-block-id=\"bad5231\"><style>.stk-bad5231{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-895f2e2\" data-block-id=\"895f2e2\"><style>.stk-895f2e2{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 9<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image10-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86770\" style=\"width:451px;height:433px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Only the bidding was of interest here as the &#x2663; lead gave me 13 top tricks. With the South hand (shown at the top, here), as it is semi-balanced with 15 HCP, you need to decide how to treat it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1NT opening. 15-17 balanced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&#x2666; then 2&#x2666;. 11-15 HCP, &#x2666; single-suiter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&#x2666; then 3&#x2666;. (15)16-18 HCP, &#x2666; single-suiter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I discounted opening 1NT due to my non-existent &#x2665; stop and anti-positional &#x2663; stop. After 1&#x2666;, once 1&#x2665; came back, my hand had not improved: I did not have a helpful holding in my partner\u2019s suit, so upgrading seemed incongruous. So, 2&#x2666; it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that, I was delighted when the quantitative 4NT came back because my decision was easy. Not only did I have a maximum for my actions so far, I couldn\u2019t have a better hand: any improvement would have bumped me up to a 3&#x2666; rebid. So, raising to 6NT was clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-e93c213\" data-block-id=\"e93c213\"><style>.stk-e93c213{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-81c17c9\" data-block-id=\"81c17c9\"><style>.stk-81c17c9{height:10px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deal 10<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image11-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86771\" style=\"width:439px;height:414px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This one was sad: a perfectly sensible contract that relied on East having the &#x2666;A. Actually better than 50% on this occasion, as West had shown six &#x2665; in the bidding and therefore had less space for &#x2666; in his hand. The correct way to play is to duck twice in &#x2665; to exhaust East\u2019s holding in the suit and play a &#x2666; to push out the &#x2666;A. Unfortunately, it was not to be today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-567fd79\" data-block-id=\"567fd79\"><style>.stk-567fd79{height:30px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What did you think about this article?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Share your opinion in the Comments section!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you play India Natt&#8217;s tournament in February? In this article, England&#8217;s India Natt shares her top tips with you. Deal 1 A hand where it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to stop the slam. I knew that Partner couldn\u2019t have the &#x2666;A because I had an ace and West had still bid a slam after Blackwood. And I knew that West had the &#x2660;K because he couldn\u2019t have bid Blackwood without a &#x2660; cue (and if he\u2019d had a singleton, that would have given Partner &#x2660;KQJT9x, which he would have bid!). 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