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EW 2♠; NS 2♥; N 3♦; EW 3♣; EW 1N; S 2♦; Par +100: EW 3♠×−1; EW 4♣×−1
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | Pass | 1 ♠ | Pass |
| 2 ♣ | Dbl | 3 ♣ | All pass |
| Lead: ♦ 2 |
Another table: p p 1 ♠ p 2 ♣ 2 ♥ 3 ♣ ap.
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North bid hearts on one table and doubled on the other ... Which bid is better? Both show more points than they have but distribution is good ...
ReplyDeleteIf you can trust the opponents then after the uncontested auction 1S 2C the opponents will have the majority of the points since the two level response shows 10+. (Although apparently you might need to be wary here as the chief director recently ruled that a two-level response on 5-points by a passed hand did not need an alert so you could get conned.)
ReplyDeleteWhat this means is that the more points you have the fewer your partner will have - say for example you have 17 points in this position then you can almost be sure that your partner is completely broke. Therefore sometimes these strong hands are best to pass unless you have perfect distribution for a bid.
As a consequence, after the two-level response a typical bid could look more like a weak two than a 10-15 hcp overcall. Your aim is to help partner with a lead or maybe to preempt the opponents especially if partner can raise.
Similarly a takeout double is more likely to be effective if you have a distributional hand rather than a more balanced hand with more points.
I think the hand is closer to a double than a 2H overcall. Although with three of your points the sKx sitting under the spade bidder the hand looks a little too weak to me. On the other hand the hearts being headed by the ace make that suit a better suggestion for a lead.
I am not convinced I would take either action. But I think double is better but with the condition that you can only double so long as this is what your partner will expect.
At the table where north bid 2H then south does have a clear raise to 3H. My partner busts their gut to bid 2H and with KQx and some scattered values I really need to find a raise.
Very informative .. Thk u
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