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What should I Bid? - Best enquiry for September 2001

The best submission in September came from Penny Crittle.

Comments:
Playing Pairs, 5-card Standard and better minor. Our doubles are the usual negative style.

And David's Response:
Hi Penny,
How you doing?
This is a tough one. I would rate the possible calls:
2H 5 Pass 3
2NT 2 3H 4
Given that we are playing Pairs, making a slight underbid may work out well. 140 in hearts may beat a whole lot of 3NT going down. If partner's hand is something like 2425, I expect NTs to have no source of tricks.
Pass is a big position. I certainly would not pass at teams but this action could be the big winner here.
The main advantage with 2H is that partner can still make a forward move but is not as precipitate as 3H.

All the best,
David Beauchamp

Penny later advised that partner held:

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