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Bridge
 North’s
take-out double of 3D was eccentric. With such a good spades there was
little point in asking partner to choose trumps. He should have bid
4S. Nor was there much point in East’s redouble. The purpose of a
redouble is to show a high point-count and thereby allow partner to
double if he has trump length. Here East intended to double himself
and his redouble might warn the opponents not to bid too high. South
rightly chose to respond in the major suit, bidding 3H. West passed
and North should now have bid either 3S or 4S. The fact that partner
had shown hearts could only improve his chances in a spade contract.
We now come to the worst bid — East’s 3NT. There was no reason to
expect a side-suit entry to partner’s diamonds. Nor could he expect
West’s diamonds to be solid. The defenders would hold up their
diamond stopper to kill the dummy and he could expect to go about four
down. A bid of 5D would be better. South ended in 4H doubled. He won
the diamond lead and played the spade king, covered and ruffed. A club
ruff provided the entry for a diamond discard on the spade king. He
then played a trump to the king to score two doubled overtricks. Life
in the fast lane!
 What
rebid will you make?
Answer
You are worth going to
game but the chance of a worthwhile slam is negligible. You should,
therefore, raise to 4S. It is pointless to give away information (and
possibly encourage your partner to go past the safe level of 4S) by
rebidding 4H.
AWARDS: 4S — 10, 4H
— 4, 4NT — 3.
David Bird —
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