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Answer Your hand is not strong enough to respond at the two level. You have to respond 2C, and rebid 3C, on hands that are much stronger than this. You should respond 1NT, to show a hand in the 6-9 range. If partner rebids 2S or 2H, you can bid 3C then. Partner will know that you are weak with long clubs. Awards: 1NT-10, 2C-6, Pass-4. David Bird — Knight Features |
ONE
of my spies at London’s Young Chelsea Club tells me of an amusing deal
played there recently. The two key protagonists were South (an earnest
student of the game) and East (Tony Priday, a famous international
player). West led a club against 3NT and declarer won in the dummy.
Three rounds of spades put East on lead and he switched to a heart. When
West was allowed to win this trick with the ten, she continued with the
heart queen. Declarer won with the ace, cashed dummy’s good spade to
throw a club, and then played a club to the ace. At this stage he had a
guess to make. If West held the ace of diamonds, he should play a
diamond to the king before cashing the last club. If instead East held
the diamond ace, a throw-in in hearts might be possible. The seconds
ticked by and West began to display her impatience. Eventually Priday
leaned forward and showed his A-Q of diamonds and J-9-6 of hearts to
South, implying that there was nothing he could do. Declarer promptly
cashed the king of clubs! ‘Oh dear,’ muttered Priday. If he threw
the diamond queen, declarer would duck a diamond. He threw a heart
instead but was then thrown in with king and another heart to concede a
diamond trick. Game made!
What
would you say now on the West cards?