6th Dec – Board 6: East/West Vul.
Dealer East.
Bidding the suit inferred
by the opposition is often a clever way of entering the auction even if it does
give the other side more bidding opportunities.
A double of 1NT is for penalties as everybody knows and shows a strong hand but so too should a double of Stayman or a transfer because either of those bids might be made on abject weakness. If that is the case then you have to be imaginative when trying to describe a hand that wishes to compete and one way of doing this is to bid the suit that the opponent’s have shown. So in the hand above North’s 2
♥ bid is just another way of competing and takes the place of a take-out double. East though has more options available and can pass to show a doubleton in his partner’s suit, double to show three card support and bid the suit to show four cards. Here he will double to show three cards and West will make a game-try, happily accepted by his partner who could hardly have a better hand for the bidding to date.
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