Question: West could have supported East's heart bid on the first bid but chose to show spades. By bidding spades West forces East to bid again and then can support East's hearts. Is that the proper order of bidding?
Mark:
West's bidding is not quite standard or correct, but OK in several respects. It conveys a minimum bid with no interest in going further. Can't argue with that. It tends to show no enthusiasm for hearts and probably just 2 card support. That I don't really agree with. There's a pretty good chance that E-W landed on their feet.
Most of the time 2 hearts will make or at worst go down 1. N-S should be bidding 3 diamonds, making 3, rarely 4. From the auction, everyone knows that each side has about half the points in the deck. That's a time to avoid letting the opponents play on the 2 level. You need to take a risk to get to your own good contract or push them into negative territory. The outcome here should illustrate that point.
As for West's bidding, the right bid is an immediate raise of 2
hearts. You know there's an 8 card fit and you have no special feature or
distribution to suggest you can make game. Making the most accurate descriptive
bid is best and let's your partner judge what to do if there is competition or
if they have extra strength and a second suit. The actual bidding
gave away information that could have let North know that
bidding 3 diamonds is fairly safe.
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