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HUDSON DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

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Kantar's Rule 20. Use a lead-directing double when the opponents go through Blackwood. If the response to 4NT is a suit you want led, double! Important! 

You hold: ♠ xx ♥ xxx ♦ KQ10x ♣ xxxx 

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West   North   East   South (you) 

1♠      Pass     2♥     Pass 

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3♠      Pass     4♠     Pass 

4NT     Pass     5♦      ? 

Double 5♦ to alert partner you want a diamond lead against an eventual spade contract. At the four level or higher a double of an artificial bid can be made with a strong three or four card suit (KQx(x), KJx(x)). If you don't double 5♦, partner will make a negative inference that you didn't want a diamond lead.

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