A
deal from an online match.
After
East opened one heart South bid two hearts to show
five spades and a five card minor. West
doubled, presumably to show a heart raise.
North,
Phil Taylor, despite only holding five points,
decided to bid four spades with a useful void and
fitting cards for whichever minor South held.
East
now bid five hearts and the bidding came back to
North. Two conflicting mantras apply
here; "the five level belongs to the
opponents" and "bid one more with a void".
North
bid five spades expecting it either to make or to be
a cheap save; West doubled this hopefully.
There
was little to the play. After two hearts were
ruffed by North and trumps drawn it only remained to
find West with the diamond king.
In
the other room the auction was as follows
This
auction was a bit of a mystery, South's three
diamonds seems to show five-five in spades and
diamonds, but North apparently interpreted it as
diamonds. The upshot was that East played
in five hearts doubled. There wasn't much
to the play of this either. A double
doubled game swing scoring 17 imps.
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