13th January – Board 15: N/S Vul. Dealer South.
I changed my mind about this hand when what at first sight seemed to be reasonable bidding led to a very unreasonable contract. Say you open that West hand 1S and partner, correctly, bids 1NT. What do you do now? 3S isn’t forcing so 4S looks to be the answer – until dummy goes down. So maybe that West hand is worth a two-bid after all and if you are playing Benji Acol then I think the bidding could go as follows:
West
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North
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East
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South
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No
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2C
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No
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2D
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No
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2S
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No
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3D
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No
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4H
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No
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5D
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End
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3D shows at least a five-card suit and 4H is a
splinter agreeing diamonds and showing a void or a singleton. East is unlikely to get too excited but at least the partnership would get to an excellent game. Indeed with trumps breaking 2-2 declarer can make twelve tricks in comfort by setting up the spades. Some pairs made 4S apparently but it would seem that this can only be done if North tries to cash two hearts, setting up the queen in dummy for a club discard.
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