Weekly Hand Analysis - Glenna Shannahan - December 20, 2021- A non-balancing seat

 

Question: East is the balancing seat.  When does East decide to bid to keep the auction going?

[Editor's Note:  You are said to be “balancing” when you are in the pass out seat after a bid by your left-hand opponent (LHO). 

West           North    East      South 

1♣               Pass       Pass       ?

In this example, South is in the balancing seat.]

Glenna:

E’s hand does NOT qualify for interference. You should have a good 6-card suit or a 5-5 or 5-4 hand with all your points in your long suit. If E’s ♣️ were AKJTxx, he could bid 2 ♣️ , but should pass with this very, very bad hand. That is, unless he wants to go down 500 or 800 against a 1NT contract! In the real world, ♣️ would be doubled!!

Thanks,

Glenna