27th October – Board 26 (6). East/West Game.
Dealer East.
No matter how much science
you and your favourite partner have written into your bidding methods every now
and again a hand comes along which ultimately ends in little more than a guess.
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North:
S 10 7 4
H J 9 7
D K 3 2
C 10 9 5 4
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West:
S A K J 6
H K 8 4 2
D none
C A K Q 8 3
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East:
S 9 2
H A Q 5
D A Q 9 7 6
C 7 6 2
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South:
S Q 8 5 3
H 10 6 3
D J 10 8 5
4
C J
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1D
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No
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2C
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No
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2D
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No
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2H
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No
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3C
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No
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3S
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No
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4H
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No
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6NT
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End
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Don’t
ask me if that’s the right way to bid these hands but it is all fairly sensible
with East showing five or six diamonds, two or three clubs and three hearts –
and a weak hand! So what is West supposed to do other than bash the slam and
with no suit agreement it has to be no-trumps. The clubs are unkind but with
both major suits behaving nicely it is easy to come to twelve tricks. But you
needn’t really worry if the contract fails because every other pair will be in
the same boat and just about everybody bids some slam or another with twenty
points facing an opener. If East opens 1NT I would Stayman as West, find no fit
and - er – bash 6NT. Better played
by East as it happens because you will most likely get a diamond lead.
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