Weekly Hand Analysis - Glenna Shannahan - December 27, 2021- Bidding with a void in a major

 

Question: This hand made 11 tricks.  How do you bid this when the majors are short?

Glenna:

  1st, I should say North should know their partner has few points and probably not a suit of their own. The 2nd thing they should think is that the opponent opened the bidding and N has 20 some points in his hand so partner will NOT raise him. There are two ways to get South to bid: 1. N could bid 2 ♠️ showing ♥️ and a minor. When S bids, N would correct to some number of ♥️. The other method is to make a take out double (TOX) which S must respond to and the N could bid 2 ♥️ and S should realize his partner has a ton of points and I would raise ♥️ even though, I have only 2.  N has game in his own hand, but must get partner’s cooperation and not just leap off to 4—there could be a slam!

Hope this helps,

Glenna