Board 1
North Deals
None Vul | | ♠ | J 9 6 4 | | ♥ | 9 8 5 2 | | ♦ | J 10 | | ♣ | 9 8 6 |
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| ♠ | A 7 5 3 | | ♥ | A 7 6 4 3 | | ♦ | A 3 | | ♣ | 4 3 |
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| | | | ♠ | 10 8 | | ♥ | K J | | ♦ | K 9 7 6 5 2 | | ♣ | A Q 5 |
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| | ♠ | K Q 2 | | ♥ | Q 10 | | ♦ | Q 8 4 | | ♣ | K J 10 7 2 |
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EW 3N; E 3♥; EW 4♦; E 2♠; W 2♥; W 1♠; EW 1♣; Par −400
| West | North | East | South |
| | Pass | 1 ♦ | 2 ♣ |
| 2 ♥ | Pass | 3 ♦ | All pass |
South has a fairly poor hand for a 2C overcall, balanced, lots of quacks, but this sequence has strong pre-empt value and look at the mayhem it can cause.
West should probably make a try for 3 NT by bidding 3S.
On the same bidding at another table the lead was the SK. This looks like a much safer lead. EW have shown an ~ combined 23hcp, so pard has at best ~4hcp. The CQ is thus highly likely to be held by oppo.
Some say the auctions (1D) 2C and (1C) 2D are the best overcalls as they take up a lot of room and both majors are in play so negative doubles are less effective.
ReplyDeleteWith 12 hcp, especially three aces I would bid game opposite a partner who opened unless something really bad happened in the auction. Partner's 3D bid is not that really bad thing when you have Ax.