High-Level Bidding with a Lot of Table Action!
Playing in a Swiss Team event against strong opponents, you pick up the following, neither vulnerable:
Q954
6 4
Q J 6 5 2
K J.
Partner opens the bidding with 4
. No Namyats, so this is a wide-ranging bid. RHO passes. What is your call?
Let us suppose that you pass. After all, you might be buying the hand. (Diana Reuschlein suggests bidding Blackwood, knowing that they have a heart game. What do you think of that? Think about it before reading on.)
Your LHO, a national champion and a fine player bids 6
! Partner passes and, to your surprise, RHO, another fine player and an old rival, goes into the tank. He actually stands up to look at the other table, determining who your teammates are and who held his cards….. Finally he passes.
Do you save? If you choose to save, LHO will probably pass to show his spade void and you might be facing a 7
call. What will you do then?