Ted's Bridge World Esoterica

Mirror Hands (3)

—  EVERY DECLARER CAN MAKE 3-NOTRUMP!  —

Starting with the 6-5-2-0 example on the previous page, if we move all the sevens and eights from the 5-card suits into the six-card suits, we then have a layout that just happens to be the most unique bridge hand of them all!

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Strangely enough, there is no deal in which every participant can make 2-notrump.  This is the only mirror-hand configuration (ignoring redundant suit swaps) wherein all players can fulfill any contract other than 1-notrump, which places it on an exalted plateau indeed.  More information regarding the history of this layout is available here:  Dante's Infernal #26

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