Brian Davies
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This was a contested auction anyway, so I don’t think that the term Pudding Raise applies. Even if the auction were 1C-(1D)-3NT, I see no reason why it should promise club support.
Hi Julian, the North hand is rather more than a minimum. Would you open the North hand if the DK were the D2?
Now 4S is more marginal, but just within the odds perhaps?
The South hand has eight losers and looks like a 1S-3S limit raise to me – unless you are very conservative in your opening bids.
This was our defence as well.
If you go up with king of diamonds on the first round, I think that you probably take the contract three off. But I can’t see a reason why you would do that.
But you need to go up with the ace of hearts on the first round and switch to a spade. This takes away declarer’s entry to hand before the diamonds are set up. Alternatively, North needs to duck the first round of diamonds – declarer would probably then continue clubs, but will be a trick short.
Frustrating one for us!
Alas, declarer plays the three of hearts, not an honour. Are you still playing the ace of hearts and switching to a spade?
Hi Ken,
David Stevenson has answered the alert question: http://blog.bernardmageebridge.com/forums/topic/alerting-3/
As John suggests, it is worth re-watching the big seminar.
It isn’t quite consistent with the convention card because the convention card has “2D = 23+ or Game-forcing” whereas the big seminar suggests that 2D be played as “always game forcing” with the sequence 2D-2H-2NT showing 25+ points. Unfortunately, there is no standard approach and you will need to agree the point range with your partner, but the recommendations in the big seminar do make a lot of sense.
Declarer didn’t win the trick. Declarer played the queen and partner won with the ace.
Partner switches to the two of hearts…
Fair enough.
You play the two of spades (reverse attitude) and declarer wins with the jack. At trick two, declarer leads the four of clubs, two from partner, ace from dummy.
Thoughts?
In Bernard’s methods there are three strong opening bids:
2NT – 20-22 balanced or semi-balanced.
2C is either
- 23-24 balanced.
- A hand that is too strong to open at the one level because you are worried partner might pass. It will usually be 18 or more points and at least 8 playing tricks (9 playing tricks if your suit is a minor).
2D is either
- 25 or more balanced.
- A hand that is will make game without any help from your partner.
Hi Anne,
I think that when you hold a 5332 distribution, with a five-card major, it is actually quite a close decision and sometimes you would score better by passing, but sometimes you would score better by transferring.
Your method is not a silly one. But in the long run, you will probably do a little better, on average, if you transfer. You could try and be scientific, but I would advise that you always transfer and save your brain-power for other problems!
Good luck
