What should I Bid? - Best enquiry for January 2008

The best submission for January came from Jenny Lee.

 Hand: All vulnerable, dealer North, the partnership held:

87  -  AKQ643  AQ1065

5  AQJ53  J109  KJ42

Bidding:	West	North	East	South
		2	Pass	Pass
	3	Pass	5	Pass
	Pass	Pass

Comments:    Our basic system is Standard. 6  was cold. If West had doubled I would have left it. How should we have bid it?

Sartaj's Reply:

Hi Jenny,

East's raise to 5 seems reasonable. East could splinter by bidding 4  but there is an element of ambiguity in a jump like that at this high level and a danger of partnership misunderstanding.

However, West doesn't seem to have done enough justice to their hand. On the given auction a raise to 6 seems indicated as A and K are enough to make 6  and the East hand could easily have more for their jump raise.

There is also scope for a "system" fix. Tony and I play that after a 2 opening by the opponents:

3 = stopper ask
4/ = that suit and spades, 5/5 like Michaels
4 = both minors and a high card rich hand
4NT = both minors but just a distributional hand

On this hand, with our methods, the West hand can bid 4 and East has a comfortable 6 over that.

Enjoy bridging
Sartaj Hans

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