BorislavS

[hv=pc=n&s=saha6dk654cqjt853&n=sk9hkjt3djt7cak94&d=e&v=b&b=10&a=p1cp1hp3dp4np5hp6cppp]266|200[/hv] Lead: 8♠ This is what happened to me yesterday. I thought it would be interesting for you, too. Now in the original hand, a fourth A♦ was in East and doubleton Q♦ was in west. Also a fifth Q♥ was in East. Knowing this it's obvious how to make, however for the best strategy the only thing you need to make is A♦ and Q♦ to be split between both oponents. Can you see it?

3♥ is not forcing and and my partner may pass. Probably a double would have been my best option, but still finding the slam seems hard

[hv=d=n&v=n&s=sq2hakj93da62ckq9]133|100|Scoring: IMP North opens with 1NT (12-14 HCP balanced) Easts overcalls with 2♠[/hv] So it's likely that we have a slam in hearts or NT (as it turned out we did) but how can we find it? Generally it would be safe to assume that we don't have a stopper in spades as a 1NT opening doesn't require one. I did that and bid 4♥, but it turned out that my partner did have the ♠K and we ended up +2. Other tables, not using ACOL (or weak 1NT) opened with 1♣, 2♣ and 1♦ had no oponent overcalls and played 6♥ or 6♣. My question is, is there a way to find the slam with a weak 1NT opening?