3rd March – Board 17: Love All. Dealer North.
Sometimes things are just too good to be true, and indeed East must have thought Christmas had come early when his partner made just the bid he wanted to hear.
West
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North
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East
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South
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2H
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No
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No
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Dbl
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End
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North opened with a weak 2H, perfectly reasonable even if the trump intermediates are a little on the thin side, and this was passed round to West who had a moment of inspiration and doubled – for take-out of course, but East was charmed and was in the unique position of having six trump tricks before the defence even started on anything else. After the smoke had cleared declarer was six down, or -1400 as East/West preferred to call it, but my sympathies are with North. I would not double on that West hand because I would be afraid that partner would leave it in and the subsequent penalty not be adequate compensation for the almost certain slam. Shows what I know. What would I bid? How about 5H! showing a big two-suiter. If partner, after having recovered, bids 6C you simply bid 6D knowing that partner would convert to 6S if his holding in that suit were better. You would know that, wouldn’t you? As an aside one pair bid and made 6H on the E/W cards. You can think about it all day and won’t be able to see how.
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