8th November – Board 16: East/West Vul.
Dealer West.
It doesn’t happen very often that you have a positive desire to play in a suit that an opponent has opened but when it does happen you have to be sure that you and your partner are on the same wavelength.
North must have been charmed to hear his right hand opponent open his seven-card suit but there is nothing to be done for the moment, certainly not to look surprised and ask leading questions. It might seem that East should bid 2
♥ in response to the opening bid but that is a clear mistake, for all that is likely to happen is that you force partner to rebid his suit if he has a minimum opening and cannot reverse, bid NT’s, or support hearts. Justice is done when opener can now reveal his second suit and now is the time for North to enter the bidding. 2
♠ now has to be natural for it cannot be anything else but East will compete with 3
♦, where the bidding should end, although I would have sympathy for any North who bid one more for the road.
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