Hard To Resist



27th July – Board 4: Game All. Dealer West.
It’s not often that hands played at the one-level provoke any interest but the hand shown below did just that – or at least it might have done!


North:
S K J 3 2
H 9 8 3 2
D 9
C A Q 6 4

West:
S Q 10 6 4
H 10 4
D 8 7 2
C J 10 7 3

East:
S A 9 7
H A K Q
D A 10 6 3
C 9 5 2

South:
S 8 5
H J 7 6 5
D K Q J 5 4
C K 8


  West
 North
  East
  South
     No
    No
    1D
    No
     No
    Dbl
    End
   

North could hardly have a more text-book protective double when East’s opening 1D bid is passed round to him and I would have thought that it would be hard to resist converting that take-out double into a penalty one with the South hand. Indeed with 2H a make it is essential to get that magic +200, nearly always a good score at pairs. Sadly nobody played in 1D* and one East played mysteriously in 1C. 

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