| Dealer: N Vul: Both |
North ♠ K105 ♥ J10987 ♦ 54 ♣ 983 |
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| West ♠ Qxxx ♥ KQxx ♦ Axxx ♣ x |
East ♠ AJxxx ♥ Axx ♦ KQ ♣ Qxx |
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| South ♠ 2 ♥ 3 ♦ J9xxx ♣ AKJxxx |
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| Bidding: | P-1S-2NT-3S P-4S-5C(?)-P P-5S-P-P 6C(!)-X-P-P P | HTML Bridge Hand Layout Creator |
2NT is the minors, so I have already shown my hand. Since we are playing min-max Michaels, partner said he thought my 5C bid was promising a monster distributional hand. That is not the hand I have, to put it mildly.
I played 6C doubled for down 3, but because no one bid the spade slam, -800 was a bad board for us.
On the other hand, overbidding worked out well for us on this hand. My four small spades and singleton diamond convinced me to take a shot at 3H. I ended up playing the hand at 5H and made it when west got end-played into leading clubs for me (or giving me a ruff-and-sluff).
| Dealer: W Vul: EW |
pard ♠ ♥ AK10x ♦ KQJxxx ♣ Jxx |
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| West ♠ KQxxx ♥ Qxx ♦ xxx ♣ Ax |
East ♠ AJxx ♥ Jx ♦ xxx ♣ Qxxx |
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| me ♠ xxxx ♥ xxxx ♦ A ♣ K10xx |
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| Bidding: | 1S-X-2S-3H 3S-4H-4S-P P-5H | HTML Bridge Hand Layout Creator |
Hi, Lak,
ReplyDeleteDoes West have only a doubleton diamond on second hand?
On first hand, I think the combination of strength and length differential between the minors would have caused me to simply overcall 2C: after all, I do not want partner to prefer diamonds on three small support over clubs on two small support. (Btw, your West's 3S call looks like a serious underbid to me. Really, there is very little I support of EW auction after the opening bid .. and even then some players might choose to have opened 15-17 1NT.)
Your call as advancer on second hand is a tough one. 2NT (if "two places to play") seems a reasonable choice, rewarded if doubler is, for example, 1=3=5=4 or the like. I am old-fashioned (maybe "out of touch"?) and would not consider a responsive double, as I prefer to play that would show both minors and deny four hearts. I strongly agree with your judgment not to let the opponents play 2S; the issue is how to compete to our best three level partial.
Diamonds were 3-3, but West had a doubleton club. Thanks for catching that.
DeleteGood point on over-calling 2C.