It feels good to get to the Ace level once more on IntoBridge. In my age and maybe due to my unsatisfying sleep, I make lots of silly mistakes, especially when playing online. So, it feels well to have some success.
The hand above is interesting. I won it making 4NT+1. The bidding is Acol, and you may wonder why we did not play in spades. In Acol, however, repeating the spades is only explained as 5-7 spades. I don't want to play in a 5-2 fit if we have values in all other suits. The spades might deliver tricks in NT, but they will not deliver extra ruffs in dummy. By double dummy analysis, 11 tricks can be made in spades and in NT.
Lia tells me that it would bid 3NT instead of 3♥, which ends the bidding. I am not sure if a human player on North would not go into 4♠ with this unbalanced hand.
The longer you look at that hand, the less likely is a slam. And the bidding above discourages the slam too. If you are brave, you can try a quantitative 4NT, which North will pass. Yet, many players plaid 6NT or 6♠ going down one to three times.
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