I was watching a few hands played in an expert team game on BBO yesterday. At both tables the East-West pair had some problems bidding this hand.
Nobody was vulnerable and South started it off with a pass. West opened with 1. Here is what happened at one table. Let’s follow along as East.
West | North | East | South |
pass | |||
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pass | 2 ![]() |
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3![]() |
pass | 3![]() |
pass |
3 ![]() |
pass | 4![]() |
pass |
5![]() |
pass | ? |
East 2 bid was game forcing and West 3
showed a good hand with diamonds and clubs. East showed diamond support and West’s 3
bid showed a first or second round spade control. I like East’s 4
bid. It suggests to me that East is still looking for controls. You might ask why East doesn’t just bid Blackwood since if he has enough aces slam is quite a good possibility. We will see why in a minute. What would you do over 5
?
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West had bid all he had. The heart void didn’t look that great. So he signed off in the diamond game. And now I think East made a mistake. He bid the slam anyway.
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