A Bit of a Misunderstanding
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 6 3 2 |
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 K Q 10 7 5 |
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 10 9 7 3 2 |
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| A 10 9 5 |
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8 |
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| 6 5 | |
Q 9 7 4 3 |
| A 9 8 6 | |
J 4 2 |
| Q J 8 | |
A 6 5 4 |
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| K Q J 7 4 |
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A K J 10 8 2 |
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3 |
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K |
| Vul: N-S |
| West | North | East | South |
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2 NT |
Pass |
4 NT |
| Pass |
5 |
Pass |
6 |
| Dbl |
All |
pass |
Playing in a doubled slam missing three aces is no one's idea of an exciting hand, particularly when the only void on the hand is your partner's void in your trump suit! Disaster!
Evidently North was playing that an opening 2 no bid was unusual for the minors while South was not and was playing that as a pretty straight bid. Looking at South's hand, it's certainly understandable that he'd drive to slam -- though it's not so understandable that he'd select the best trump suit and not give his partner a chance to show preference.
Four no should be "quantitative" there, though since North doesn't want to treat it as either Blackwood or quantitative, he's sort of trapped. In any event, in Roman Key Card, 5 clubs means zero or 3 aces, and South evidently read that as three, naturally. And so the disaster.
I guess you'd better get clear on what your conventional bids mean!