Early Christmas

6^th March – Board 3: East/West Game. Dealer South.

The purists would argue that South’s suit wasn’t strong enough in intermediates for an opening weak two, but in the heat of battle I suspect that idea would soon be disregarded.

	North: S Q 5 4 3 H none D J 9 8 4 3 C K Q J 3
West: S A K 8 7 H 8 7 D A Q 2 C 9 7 4 2		East: S 10 2 H A Q J 10 2 D 7 5 C A 8 6 5
	South: S J 9 6 H K 9 6 5 4 3 D K 10 6 C 10

West	North	East	South
			2H
Dbl	End

East must have thought that Christmas had come early when his partner doubled a weak 2H bid. For take-out of course but who could resist turning that into a penalty double! According to deep finesse – the computer who analyses these deals – declarer will fail by five tricks giving away a penalty of 1100 points. Ironically that same computer program deems that the only game East/West can make is – 4H!!