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A hand from the
Chester Bowl event at Deva on 23rd October.
North-South vulnerable Dealer South
How do you bid this
hand after partner has overcalled the opening one diamond bid with one
heart?
This is not an easy
hand to bid. You could start with two notrump showing a good
raise in hearts or two diamonds if two notrump would be natural in your
system. Then a jump to five clubs would be exclusion key card
Blackwood. All this is fairly complicated and accident
prone. John Currie solved the problem by raising to six hearts,
giving up on a grand slam and hoping that there would be a reasonable
play for six.
Partner's hand was
on a diamond lead he rose with the ace, played two top hearts (they split 3-1) and then started on the spades. The hand with three hearts also had two spades, so the diamond loser went on the third spade and slam made. Only one other pair bid the slam. |
