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Answer The hand is too strong for a 1NT overcall, which shows 15-18 points. You should start with a take-out double, intending to rebid in no-trumps. Over 1S you will rebid 1NT. Partner will then place you with a hand that was too strong to overcall 1NT directly. Over a response of 2C or 2D you will rebid 2NT, conveying the same meaning. Most players use an immediate overcall of 2NT to show the minor suits. Awards: Double - 10, 2NT (if played as natural) - 10, 2D/2C - 3. — Knight Features |
WHAT
would you bid on those North cards? It is a poor method to use 2C as a
rescue bid, on a weak hand with long clubs. Nowadays, most players treat
such bids as constructive, investigating whether a game is possible. On
this occasion South held only 6 points and the bidding came to a halt in
2S. How would you play this contract when West leads a heart to the jack
and East switches to a trump? Realising that he would not be allowed a
heart ruff, declarer drew trumps and played a club to the 10 and jack.
East cashed two more hearts and played a fourth heart. South ruffed in
hand and tried a diamond to the king. East won with the ace and played
the diamond queen. Declarer ruffed and played off all his trumps,
reducing everyone to just two cards. West had thrown one club already,
to retain his diamond guard. When declarer led a club at Trick 12, he
had to guess whether East had started with K-J bare of clubs, or the
bare jack of clubs along with A-Q-J-x of diamonds. Surely with such good
diamonds East would have rebid 2D instead of 2H! Declarer rose with the
ace and dropped the bare king offside. Contract made.
What
would you say on the West cards?