Misunderstanding with a happy end

[ochinko]

Here is a hand from a recent tourney. I deserve all the flames I could get, but just have to share it. Hands are reordered for convenience.[hv=d=e&v=n&n=s10987432hk2d42c105&w=sqj6hj85d8763c982&e=sakh1063dkq5ca7643&s=s5haq974daj109ckqj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

East opens 1NT. I can't remember how we intervene over opps' NT with this partner, so I bid 2♦ in a semi psychic way. Opps enquire, and I answer that we have no agreement, so 2♦ is natural.

 

After West passes, partner bids 2♥, because she "knows" we play Multilandy.

 

Usually I abandon game ambitions when opps open strong NT, but expecting some real hearts, I blast off to 4♥. Out of 45 tables only one other pair bid up to 4♥, and not surprisingly South was declarer there.

 

The traveller shows that there were opps who scored even worse than ours:

 

East South West North

1♣ - 1♥ - Pass - 1♠

Dbl - 2♦ - Pass - 2♥

Pass - Pass - 3♣ - Pass

Pass - Dbl - Pass - 3♥

Dbl - All pass