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7th June – Board 12: North/South Vul.  Dealer West.
6-4 hands are a constant source of worry because the holder has to decide whether to rebid his six card suit before owning up to the four carder, understanding of course that the opportunity to do so may never come. I think a simple rule is that if there is a great disparity between the two suits then the second should initially be ignored, otherwise just bid the hand as though you were 5-4.



I don’t see why East shouldn’t own up to holding a diamond suit as soon as he can and the very fact that he does so makes West’s jump preference to 3H an easier bid to find. It would be naïve to think of that West hand as only being worth nine points. After all it has potentially quite a few tricks in spades, three trumps opposite a known five card suit (at least) and the diamond holding could hardly be better. In any event it is an eight loser hand so that at least should justify any aggressive action. Even with the bad trump break the play should prove no problem; declarer can aim to ruff two diamonds in dummy, losing in all just two trumps and a spade.
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  1. Robin9 June 2012 at 10:23

    Just to clarify, is West an eight loser because you are subtracting one for the trump fit?

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    Well I never did. Thanks.

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