9th August – Board 8: Love All. Dealer West.
Although we are supposed to
obey partner’s instructions at the bridge table there does occasionally come a
time when we feel we can strike out on our own, being at the same time aware of
course that if things do not go as planned we will find partner with a less
than sympathetic ear. By far the most common of these situations is when we
show more enthusiasm than is demanded after a transfer.
When East aims to transfer to 2
♥ via 2
♦ West should be charmed for the truth is he could hardly be better. A maximum no-trump call allied to four trumps should encourage him to bid one more for the road allowing his partner on this hand to take up the slack, and the virtually lay down game is reached on minimum values. Some pairs play that a transfer break into a new suit shows a worthless doubleton in that suit, an idea I like. So on the hand above if West had a club less and a diamond more he would bid 3
♣ over 2
♦. Without such a holding just bid one more of the known suit than is necessary.
You say: "Some pairs play that a transfer break into a new suit shows a worthless doubleton in that suit"
ReplyDeleteWhy would you not break the transfer in any case with the shown hand - isn't it still showing poor clubs? Why is it important that the break shows just a doubleton?
You would and should break the transfer with the hand shown but sometimes you can make life easier for the responder in making his mind up as to whether to go for game or not. Suppose as responder you had something like: SAx HKJxxx Dxx Cxxxx. Partner opens 1NT and bids 3H over your 2D transfer. Would you go on? Probably not, and you would be right if opener had: SKxxx HAQxx DAJ Cxxx because you would lose three clubs and a diamond. But now make opener's hand: SKxxx HAQxx DAJx Cxx. With this he would bid 3C over 2D and now you could bid the good game because you know there are only two club losers and all opener's points are working.
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