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What should I Bid? - Best enquiry for May 2001 The
best May submission came from Neil Ewart. ª xx ©
A9xxx ¨ Qx §
Kxxx | At
unfavourable vulnerability | Bidding:
| West
| North
| East | South |
| 1C | P | 1H | 1S | | 3C | 3S | ? | |
Comments: Don't laugh Beauchamp! I have a variety of views
already. The bid I made did not meet with the approval of my partner!! And
David's Response: Hi Neil, There seem to be two options with this
hand: 1. Commit the hand to clubs and bid 5 clubs. This will often make, but
it looks to me that if partner has a doubleton heart (not the king), this may
be down one. 2. Double- if this shows a flexible hand, partner with Ax or
Kx can bid 3NT. I expect that this contract will have nine fast tricks. Partner
is not likely to pass the double and if he/she passes with say J10x,x,AKJ,AQJxxx,
they will go down quite a lot on a heart lead. The only downside of this action
is that partner won't play me for 4-card club support. Please let me know
what the full hand was. By the way, did you double? All the best,
David Beauchamp What
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