3rd May – Board 10: Game All. Dealer East.
South was doubtless
delighted when he picked up his hand on the deal shown below but sometimes
things do not work out quite as planned. There are a myriad of permutations
that the bidding might take and I unashamedly produce an auction that results
in a makeable game, hindsight of course being the main factor. Nevertheless
there are several points of interest.
The standard way of dealing with a very strong hand after an opponent has bid in front of you is to double first even though its make-up might not be composed of the ideal requirements such a double promises. The theory of course is that partner will make a minimum response if he is forced to bid at all and then you can introduce your main suit, assuming it is not the same as partner’s. And with a balanced hand in excess of 18 points you would rebid in no-trumps to get this message across. So South will no doubt be surprised to hear his partner make a jump bid in reply to his double and for the opener to bid again! After all how many points can a pack of cards contain? If North stands the double of 3
♦ I think declarer can come to seven tricks so that +500 represents scant reward, but in reality North will probably give his heart suit another airing. If South bids 3NT now he will hit the jackpot but he might be tempted to bid game in hearts and then his fortunes will take a turn for the worse. At least they should, for careful defence will set this contract by one trick.
View the play of the deal:
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