Non-vul vs Vul. IMPs Dealer West
This hand is from a
Manchester Division 1 league match played in September. Your
partner opens a game forcing two clubs and then rebids your second
suit. What is your plan now?
Normally it is better
for the strong hand to bid RKCB, and it is usually considered bad to
bid
RKCB with a small doubleton in case there are two cashing tricks in
that suit when a key card is
missing. This hand can sensibly bid RKCB despite holding two
small doubletons. Once partner has opened two clubs it can
be guaranteed that the strong hand will have first or second round
controls in spades and diamonds. You hope
to find partner with four key cards, the trump queen and an outside
king, then you can count thirteen tricks.
Disappointingly in response to RKCB partner showed only three key cards and six hearts was the limit. Partner held
At the other table the South hand raised three hearts to four hearts and North passed, worried that he may never have an entry to get to any club winners. |