Wednesday Play at The Hutt (06)
This week there were a number of interesting deals but I want to revisit last week’s deal because there were a number of responses to my request for bidding suggestions. Let’s take a look at the East-West hands again.
Board 17 Dealer N Nil Vul
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A5
T32
AKT6
AJ86The bidding should start the same way every time. But after that, the possibilities are numerous.
In any discussion with partner when bidding a hand, you need to keep in mind that there will always be one person who starts the conversation, and after that it becomes a discussion about where a partnership can go, and how to get there. Here, East will start the conversation after North passes. No problem for East: East has the required point count to open discussions, and East’s longest suit is spades, so East opens 1S. West has enough to enter in discussion, in fact more, enough for game. How to go from there?
The first step is automatic and all my responders bid 2C. But then? Here are some options after 1S-2C:
1S-2C-2S-4S An easy and sensible auction, suggested by Barbara
1S-2C-2S-3D-3S-4S John’s contribution, I did like West’s bidding!
1S-2C-3C-4S not one that I would agree with despite the club fit, though it might well lead to a good slam.
1S-2C-3S-4S Diana thinks East’s hand is better than just a 2S rebid. Fair enough
And one that a more advanced player has suggested:
1S-2C-2S-3D-4C-4NT-5H-6S. Thank you for that, Mike, but our Newbies are not at that level yet!
Now, a declarer play hand from Wednesday 24/02/2021
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You are West, open 1NT and partner raises to 3NT. North leads the five of clubs. How would you play this? Some answers please.
