E has too many HCP to open a pre-empt and W is void in D and
has stoppers in the other 3 suits. Played in 4H the hand is down 2 for E/W.
Would it make 3 NT?
Vic:
I can understand why both East & West really like their hands. But there are also the realities of point count & fit with partner to consider.
EW have 21 HCPs between the two of them. More often than not that is too few points to make game in anything.
By the time East bids 3D, it should also be clear to both partners that they have a misfit. Once either partner realizes there is a misfit, the winning strategy is to end the auction without going up another level. Probably they are going down. Going up a level promises to only make things worse.
Their void in partners suit (diamonds) makes the West hand weaker. West has also oversold the strength of their hand by "Reversing" to spades. Given that they have done so, I believe the 3rd bid by West should be 3H (promising six) which East should Pass. West could also simply Pass 3D.
Playing in 3NT would be total
carnage, if defended properly.
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