Monday, March 30, 2009

Rushing in where angels fear to tread

See how you would develop the bidding on this hand. FOURTH SEAT, ALL VUL, S:Q 8 2 H: J 8 6 3 D: A K 9 C: A J 9.
Lefty ONE HEART, Partner ONE SPADE, Righty TWO CLUBS. Your bid?
I prefer a cue TWO HEARTS to TWO SPADES, Lefty passes, partner bids TWO SPADES (a minimum? ) RHO bids THREE CLUBS.
Your bid? We may be on for FOUR SPADES. How much is the penalty likely to be? I like my Diamond controls both on defense and offense. The lack of a fourth spade says defend, I chose DOUBLE. all passing. The full hand.




Dlr: W
Vul: All




KJ10654

A109

J4

87




A7

KQ542

Q7632

3



93

7

1085

KQ106542




Q82

J863

AK9

AJ9




By attacking spades and taking our diamond ruff, we got DAK, D ruff, one spade, one heart, and two clubs for down three doubled, or 800. Since we have game, this was worth 5 odd IMPS.

An interesting bidding decision, and a unusually brutal punishment for a sevenbagger opposite a opener.

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