13th March – Board 7: Game All.
Dealer South.
The following hand caused
problems for no real reason except perhaps that a little bidding theory was
missing.
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North:
S K J 10 8 6 5 3
H 8
D 8
C A 9 8 4
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West:
S Q 2
H J 6
D Q J 4 2
C Q J 10 6 5
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East:
S A 4
H K 10 7 4
D A 9 6 5
C K 7 2
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South:
S 9 7
H A Q 9 5
3 2
D K 10 7 3
C 3
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West
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North
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East
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South
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2H
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No
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2S
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End
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2H
is fine as a weak two opener and in much the same way 2S is a fine response.
However it is not forcing! You show a strong hand and find out more about the
make-up of a weak two opening by relaying with 2NT but any actual suit bid
without a jump should be treated as limited. Here I know that North/South can
make ten tricks in spades but that is well against the odds and only happens
because the layout of the adverse cards is so benign.
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