S
South (Me)
♠
AK10x
♥
KQx
♦
Q10xx
♣
Jx
W
West
N
North
E
East
S
Me
1♥
Pass
1NT
?
What would you now bid?
We are at favorable vulnerability and the bidding, if one can trust the opponents, seemed to indicate that partner was likely to have length in spades. I bid 2S, which was passed out.
This did not play very well, to put it mildly, as the hand turned out to be:
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Vul: E-W
Dlr: West
N
North
♠
9x
♥
A9xxx
♦
xx
♣
Qxxx
.
W
West
♠
xx
♥
J10xxx
♦
AKJx
♣
Ax
Lead: ♣A
E
East
♠
QJxxx
♥
—
♦
xxx
♣
K10xxx
.
S
South
♠
AK10x
♥
KQx
♦
Q10xx
♣
Jx
.
Double, which shows a takeout double of one heart, seems normal. Partner will tend to show four spades before a minor and then you find your fit.
ReplyDeleteBidding two spades directly gives LHO an easy penalty double if he hold five hearts and four spades.
Why should partner have length in spades? Granted, I am expecting RHO to have fewer than four spades and for LHO to have fewer than five spades ... but that still seems to me to be a long way from expecting partner to have length in spades.
ReplyDeleteAfter pass, my choice with South hand, West will rebid 2D and what will East do, given his weird choice to bid 1NT on the first round? For a good player, a second round 2S call would not show spades, but would instead show a super hand in support of diamonds.
Perhaps I am being overly skeptical here, but since you say that the opponents are two good players in a club game, is it possible that East might have picked up something about your tendencies that caused him to lay a trap with the weird 1NT response?