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What would you say now on the West cards? It is a close decision to respond in spades or notrumps. The good hearts just tip the balance in favour of INT, which shows some values. If you choose to respond in spades you should bid 2S, showing 8-10 points, rather than IS which might be based on a yarborough.
Awards: INT-10,2S-9, 2NT-5, IS-4. David Bird — Knight
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The
deal comes from a club match in Australia. South’s 2S was a Tartan
Two, showing 6-10 points and a two suiter including spades. West’s 3S
overcall asked partner to bid 3NT if he held a spade stop. North’s
double of this overcall was poorly judged. Why give the opponents a
chance to find their diamond fit? He should have bid 4S straight away.
Fortune was with him when he was allowed to bid 4S on the next round and
this contract was doubled. (If East reads his partner for a solid minor
suit, this can only be diamonds and he should have bid 5D instead of
doubling 4S.) West led the ace of diamonds and the doubled spade game
was easily made. Only a very accurate, and unlikely, defence can beat
4S. West must lead a low club to East’s king and East must then switch
to a diamond, ruffed in the dummy. When a trump is led from the table,
East must duck. He can then win the second round of trumps and play a
second round of diamonds. Whether declarer ruffs in the dummy or in his
hand, he cannot survive.
