A jump from 1 to
3 should show 16-18 pts and a card suit. Think the person with 3pts and 4 ♠️
should pass. The opener has a very minimum and not enough to bid at the
3-level. Usually another bid at the 3 level shows about 15 points. So the power
of preempts works again. They bid on
light values, not allowing you to show your hand and that’s why they’re
difficult to play against. You have to chalk those hands up as difficult and
take however many tricks you can take. Just because you open the bidding, it doesn’t
mean you can keep bidding.
Vic:
Wow! A whole bunch of horrible bidding going on here.
East: The spade rebid promises at least a 6-card suit. It also promises at least 16-17 points. East just lied to partner big time. That is not illegal, just bad bridge. EW are vulnerable. If they play the hand doubled & go down, NS accumulates points at 200 (down one) 500 (two) 800 (three) 1100 (four). Going down more than one gives NS (nonvulnerable) more points than they would earn by making game in hearts.
Playing in 4S on this hand, East deserves to go down at least two (possibly three) & that is only because of a major stroke of luck with respect to West spade holding. East 3S bid was slot machine (Ho Chunk) bridge - push the button & cross your fingers you win.
South: The jump to 3H has the same meaning as an Opening 3H bid would have had (preemptive - 7 hearts - weak). Is South weak? Their subsequent 4H bid suggests they may have been kidding about the weak. But the suggestion comes too late to find the heart slam NS deserve to make. That is correct. South can take 12 tricks in hearts. A much better bidding plan for South would have been to DBL (takeout) 1S, then bid 4H next regardless of North response. That tells partner they have a strong hand with a gangbuster heart suit.
West: Given that partner has promised 6 spades & 16-17+ points, west did well to bid 4S.
North: Gold star for sticking with the green card.
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