19th May – Board 1: Love All. Dealer North.
In days gone by East would have no problem at all at his first turn. He would make a ‘strong jump overcall’ of 2S, describing his hand pretty accurately and let the rest decide what they wanted to do after that. Nowadays of course most people play weak jump overcalls, especially when not vulnerable, so East is left with a dilemma as to what to do. A simple overcall of 1S runs the risk of playing there when game might be available, so standard technique is to double first and then bid 2S over whatever partner bids. This shows the equivalent of the long forgotten SJO. However when that bid comes back round to North it would be feeble to give in so easily and a take-out double is a stand out. 3H should probably be defeated by a trick, but so should 3S if East/West decide to push on.
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1H
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Dbl
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No
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1NT
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No
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2S
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No
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No
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Dbl
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No
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3H
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End
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I called 2H as West over East's double, as an unusual cue bid and East then bid 3 spades, which I raised to 4 spades. We made an over trick - maybe we were lucky.
ReplyDeleteHow does this stack up?
Peter F
I would have thought 1NT was the more obvious bid after partner doubles 1H? 2H should be reserved for a good hand, and I just do not see how Chris came to 11 tricks. There are clearly 2 clubs, one heart and a diamond to lose at least, and in fact declarer should lose two diamonds with entries to dummy being somewhat lacking. But well done!
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