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When this hand was played back in 1957,
Edith Kemp (now Edith Freilich) jumped to
6, a premature sacrifice against the
vulnerable game North-South. But South
had too good a hand to simply say double,
and he decided to bid 6. This would have
made after a diamond lead, which Ann
Burnstine (Edith's sister) knew was a
hopeless lead (since her partner held
length in diamonds).

Ann had to choose between the black suits
and selected clubs, perhaps using the old
rule clubs against slams. Declarer finessed
and went one down. Notice that 6 by North
is laydown, and if Edith had bid a little less,
North-South might have had room to explore
that contract. Another idea is for East to bid
6 to direct the club lead. This is a good idea,
except for one thing....if she had bid 6,
chances are the opponents would have
doubled her instead of bidding 6. Or
perhaps worse: Over 6, South can bid 6
and North might bid and make 6!

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