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!
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