21st Feb – Board 9: East/West Vul. Dealer North.
‘The five-level belongs to the opposition’ is a pretty good maxim and certainly applied to the hand shown below.
I might actually have opened that North hand with 1
♥ as clearly it is not good enough to reverse on but in any event East will overcall with 1
♠. South is just about good enough to introduce the other major and West should go all the way with a barrage of 4
♠. In these situations you should aim to bid to the same level as the number of trumps you and your partner hold and here there is a known ten-card fit. (Of course you have to be a little wary, especially at adverse vulnerability, but the overall concept is a sound one.) There is no way in a billion years North would not compete with 5
♥ and there the matter should rest with East/West having achieved what they set out to do. 5
♥ should only be one down assuming that West does not make a disastrous opening lead of the jack of diamonds when the contract would actually make. And 4
♠? That will be one down assuming declarer doesn’t have ‘good eyes’ and drop the singleton king of trumps offside.
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