a 30 HCP deck?

[Antrax]

Matchpoints, all vul.

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Your call? mine was the wrong one. My garbled thoughts and the outcome in the spoiler below.

 

Figuring north for 3 hearts and nothing much beyond that for his raise, that leaves partner with two hearts that constitute a stopper. So it must be Ax. So count the K of hearts. Six working HCP opposite partner's supposed 18 dictated a double, looking for our potential 4-4 spade fit. Partner bid the spade game and went down 3 when N turned up with 15 HCP and S turned up with an inconvenient club void

 

How bad was my call?

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

 

Pass.

 

Regarding your thoughs: Ax vs. Kx is duplication, so neither card is pulling full weight.

And if you are a believer in the Law, the honors in their suit are downgrading factors.

They have a 9 card fit, you will have a 8 card fit, but the 8 card fit may turn out to be

clubs.

 

I dont think X is terrible and can work out, but it is a call with a -EV, which you can do,

if you need a swing.

 

With kind regard

Marlowe

[the_dude]

It seems almost impossible partner has Ax of Hearts .. that hand is a takeout double. So either RHO raised on 2 (not impossible on BBO) or partner has something like AQ doubleton of hearts and bad spades - and he thought 2NT was most descriptive.

 

In either case .. we are facing terrible duplication in the heart suit .. its hard to believe we are making anything. Pass seems best and hope they go down.