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Which is the worst call?  

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  1. 1. Which is the worst call?

    • South's 1S opening (open a minor with a balanced hand!)
      0
    • North's 2D response (bid 2C with 2443!)
      1
    • North's 2D response (bid a forcing notrump with this hand!)
      1
    • South's 3D rebid (slow down the auction with 2S!)
      24
    • South's 3D rebid (rebid 2NT on a balanced hand!)
      7
    • North's 3H call (bid 3NT with a balanced hand!)
      13
    • South's 4D call (bid 3S to keep 3NT in the picture!)
      7
    • Something else
      1
    • All the calls were great, just unlucky
      0
    • Auction was too awful for words
      3

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gnasher

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Just taking a step outside the box for a minute, what do you do when opener has 4♦ and responds 3♦? Where do you go from here? Exactly the same problem with only one person to blame! You then have to go back to the 2♦ bid as the root of the problem?

With KJTxx,Qx,AKxx,xx, South should bid 3♠ over 3♥. Then he might pass 3NT, but if he doesn't responder will put him back to 4♠ anyway.

 

With KJTxx,Qxx,AKxx,x, again South should bid 3♠ over 3♥, but this time he definitely won't pass 3NT.

 

3NT is the best contract opposite these hands because of ♣10, which gives us a guaranteed stop, and because we have enough high-card strength to make 3NT on a club lead without needing any spade tricks. Those are both things that North might have considered before he bid 3♥.

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barryallen

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Just taking a step outside the box for a minute, what do you do when opener has 4♦ and responds 3♦? Where do you go from here? Exactly the same problem with only one person to blame! You then have to go back to the 2♦ bid as the root of the problem?

With KJTxx,Qx,AKxx,xx, South should bid 3♠ over 3♥. Then he might pass 3NT, but if he doesn't responder will put him back to 4♠ anyway.

 

With KJTxx,Qxx,AKxx,x, again South should bid 3♠ over 3♥, but this time he definitely won't pass 3NT.

 

3NT is the best contract opposite these hands because of ♣10, which gives us a guaranteed stop, and because we have enough high-card strength to make 3NT on a club lead without needing any spade tricks. Those are both things that North might have considered before he bid 3♥.

There is always the problem of bypassing 3NT on the search for slam in a minor, ending up in an inferior contract costing points. With just a small bit of foresight you can solve all these issues and make things easy for both you and partner subsequently.

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