No Reason

21st May–Board 5. North/South Game. Dealer North.

It’s always very exciting to pick up a big hand but one must not wish key cards into partner’s hand in an effort to make it even more so.

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

West	North	East	South
	2C/2D	No	2D/2H
No	2S	No	3H
No	3S	No	4H
End

North will surely open whatever his system’s ‘big’ bid is and South will give the appropriate denial. From then on it’s an exchange of the majors and North must be the first to yield. There is no reason at all why South should hold any high card at all and if he did he would surely have been more enterprising in the bidding. And I can tell you something that years of experience has taught me – 7-2-2-2 hands are always a disappointment!