| + | West |
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4 |
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A J 10 6 |
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Q 7 5 |
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K J 8 7 5 |
| + | North |
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J 6 5 3 |
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8 |
|
A 8 2 |
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10 9 6 4 2 |
| South |
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K Q 10 9 7 2 |
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4 2 |
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J 6 4 3 |
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3 |
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Bridge Deal
from the deal bank
You:
South
Dealer:
East
Vulnerability: E-W
Source:
HEX Jones 4806
For use by: Intermediate
Click on "q1" below to see question 1, and on "A1" to see the answer.
- Question
1
Should South overcall, with only 6 points?
- Question
1
Should South overcall, with only 6 points?
Answer
Yes, but South should NOT overcall 1 Spade.
- Question
2
What should South overcall then? Aren't you worried that South is too weak on points?
- Question
2
What should South overcall then? Aren't you worried that South is too weak on points?
Answer
Yes, I know I'm weak on points, but the suit is long - with 6 of them, and it's a good spear, with three honours.
And the vulnerability is in our favour, which suits sacrificial bids.
And it's in magical pre-emptive Spades.
The perfect moment for a "weak jump overcall" in 2 Spades.
- Question
3
East makes a Blackwood Slam enquiry, following his partner's "splinter" response which showed game-going support in Hearts - plus a very short spade suit. (And I can tell you that 12 Hearts makes!). Should you at South have bid any differently?
- Question
3
East makes a Blackwood Slam enquiry, following his partner's "splinter" response which showed game-going support in Hearts - plus a very short spade suit. (And I can tell you that 12 Hearts makes!). Should you at South have bid any differently?
Answer
No. Now is the time to keep on annoying them.
Your partner at North knows you've got 6 spades and has told you he's got a 4-card spade suit - by bidding 4-Spades - the limit of the fit.
Your best bid: by raising the bidding to a sacrificial 5 Spades you'll destroy their bidding system responses to Blackwood, and with any luck prevent them from bidding the Slam that it turns out they'll make, along with its 500 game and 750 point Slam bonus.
And 5 Spades will only go down 3, which even if doubled (surely !!!) is only going to cost you 600 - a nice result compared with the 1400+ they'd get for bidding and making a vulnerable Slam.
- Question
4
Is there anything East can do after your wicked intervention?
- Question
4
Is there anything East can do after your wicked intervention?
Answer
There is an "advanced" bidding response for this situation, called DOPI. With any luck they'll either not know it, not remember it, forget to use it, or have forgotten to agree beforehand that that's what they'll do in this provocative situation. Hoho!
DOPI is a way of telling your partner if you have specifically 0 or 1+ of the 5 keycards your partner asked you about in the 4NT Blackwood question. If they Double your interfering bid, it's 0. If they Pass it's 1. D-0-P-1.
Quite sensible and logical, really.
Provided they know it and have pre-agreed.
And if they have, then declarer can leave the interfering enemy doubled (if responder had no keycards), or if it was a "pass" from responder and if it turns out that "one" keycard is insufficient for the Slam, he can do the doubling himself, since obviously the thieves need to be punished.
In this instance, West has one keycard, the Ace of trumps, and thus would "pass". East would do his arithmetic, and jointly having 4 out of the 5 keycards will press on with the slam bid of 6H.
Other people's bidding
To examine how other people might have bid, look inside box #1 in the right-hand column (>>>), by clicking on the pink "+ button".
The card play
To see a suggested Opening Lead, look inside box #3 on the right (>>>).
Then make a plan! Think for a bit about how you'd play this contract.
Planning questions
If box #4 is there for this deal (>>>), see how others might have planned the play...
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