Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Won't you defend this hand with me partner? (I)

It chagrins me, how, otherwise good players will not take an easy penalty of three spades or four clubs of the opponents, instead, rebidding their shown values, and putting themselves in a tough or hopeless contract.

Case example ONE. From Cross-IMP 12 board tourney.





Dlr: W
Vul: Nil




102

AK10872

K3

QJ2


AQJ4

96

Q1074

A94

973

J5

A86

87653


K865

Q43

J952

K10



The partscore competition was fierce. LHO ONE DIAMOND, partner ONE HEART, Righty PASS, moi TWO DIAMONDS (I meant to bid TWO HEARTS but misclicked, the cue bid was ok if it represented a trump more than I had, values about there.) Lefty TWO SPADES. Partner THREE HEARTS. Righty FOUR DIAMONDS. I now DOUBLE. Lefty passes. Should partner pass or bid FOUR HEARTS? He chose to bid on. I feel sorry about the cue bid, but should my double be a deterrent here? I think so. +500 for -3 is easy.

Instead we went -50.

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