16th June – Board 11: Love All. Dealer South.
It’s all very well adopting a ‘bid at all costs’ policy but in such an eventuality you have to know when to put on the brakes. Several pairs on the hand shown below bid freely to 3NT with results ranging to down five to just making! I know I may be a bit old-fashioned but I am not happy with opening that West hand, with the grim prospect of having to rebid such a tatty suit after partner responds 2D. (You cannot, of course, reverse into 3C as that would be showing upwards of 16 points and would be game-forcing to boot.) However if I were to open I would expect the auction to go as shown below:
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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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1H
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No
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2D
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No
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2H
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No
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3D
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End
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As an aside I would say that if I was sitting East following three passes then I would open 3D. A preemptive bid fourth in hand must be slightly stronger than the norm but expresses fears that a one-level opening might attract an overcall.
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