Excellent auction
by Mike Yuen on
August 14th, 2009
The other day Pamela Nisbet and Karen Cumpstone held the following hands, had a nice auction.
| Pamela |  |
Karen | |||
| ♠ | A10862 | ♠ | QJ75 | ||
| ♥ | 3 | ♥ | 9654 | ||
| ♦ | QJ6 | ♦ | K43 | ||
| ♣ | A1098 | ♣ | KQ | ||
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | Pass | Pass | |
| 1♠ | Dbl | 2♦* | 2♥ |
| 2♠ | Pass | 4♠ | Pass |
| Pass | Pass |
*Two diamond was four card limit raise in spade.
Karen was listening to the auction, deduced that her minor suit cards were working and that Pamela must have short hearts. So she bid the spade game at her next turn.
This was the complete deal.
| Dealer: North
Vul: None |
North | ||||
| ♠ | K4 | ||||
| ♥ | J1087 | ||||
| ♦ | A92 | ||||
| ♣ | J654 | ||||
| Pamela | |
Karen | |||
| ♠ | A10862 | ♠ | QJ75 | ||
| ♥ | 3 | ♥ | 9654 | ||
| ♦ | QJ6 | ♦ | K43 | ||
| ♣ | A1098 | ♣ | KQ | ||
| South | |||||
| ♠ | 93 | ||||
| ♥ | AKQ2 | ||||
| ♦ | 10875 | ||||
| ♣ | 732 | ||||
There was nothing to the play, Pamela lost the spade king, a heart and the diamond ace. Making 10 tricks and plus 420.
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HI Michael, Karen and I actually play that 2D is constructive or better with 4 trumps – my 2S suggested an opening hand as Karen correctly interpreted and her deduction of the short hearts as well was right.