Question:
Bid at 6C went down 2 doubled. How should this hand have
been bid?
Mark:
I can understand North's enthusiasm at being dealt that
beautiful hand. A jump shift is aggressive, but acceptable with that North
hand. After that, N needs to consider 2 caution signs: First of all, having bid
the full value of the hand and maybe then some, you now want to remember you
are on a minimum for what you've said so far. The second red flag is the fact
that there is a misfit. North might be trying to put the brakes on with 4NT,
but it looks like Blackwood to South, and now there is no longer a plus score
available to N-S.
Both N and S could take a more conservative view.
North might just bid 4 hearts over 4 clubs, showing 5-5 or better. S would pass
or go to 4 spades. Neither contract is a sure thing, but might be made. Also,
South, smelling a bad misfit and being minimum for actions so far; also having
a pretty good diamond stopper, could try to stop at 3NT rather than cruise past
it with 4 clubs. You just can't afford to bid out the distribution. Even 3NT is
far from a sure thing. Misfit hands can be nasty.
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