Practical Bridge Discussion with a Midwest Accent!

Contract Bridge Themes with a Midwest Accent!

Filed under: Solutions — Jeff Miller @ 5:28 pm

I am deferring the “solution” to this one because District 8’s excellent publication, The Advocate, is using it in their bidding contest.

Let us first see what their expert panel says, and then revisit the question.

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I would find it difficult to pass this hand at the table, and I pass out far more than my share of deals. I sympathize with the desire to open above the 1 level. 2H neither expresses the hand’s values nor shuts out the spades, but 4H feels like too much. (Note that LHO may be able to double 4H for penalty on this particular auction, depending on your opponents’ agreements, since he is a passed hand. He isn’t going ot double 3H for penalty.) I think 3H has a lot going for it. If partner bids 3NT, I will bid 4C next. (That’s the vig…we may find clubs.) If partner passes, I suspect we weren’t making 4.

December 21, 2008 Christopher Monsour