by Bob Lipton <boblipton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 4, 2008 at 08:02 AM
Nick Hughes - notebook wrote:
> S/EW
> Q3 A8
> J932 AKT65
> AJT8 KQ74
> AQ7 84
>
> WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
> 2S
> X no 3S
> 4H 4S
> 5D 5H
> 5NT 6D
> no
>
> This made on the heart hook.
>
> 4H was okay though West started to think that bidding suits up the line
> would have been wiser.
>
> 4S sounded like it agreed hearts but but East could have a big 2-3-4-4
> or similar, so West showed the second suit.
>
> 5H revealed 4S as a cue so West felt obliged to press on with CA,
> offering a choice.
>
> If the contract offends, give someone the HQ. Then how would you bid it?
The contract does not offend me -- I would have probably wound up in 6H,
which depends on the heart hook as well as the club hook -- and if the
bidding is a bit shaky towards slam, well, that's the effect of the
pre-empt. And if the after-effects of this hand caused you to put too
much or too little reliance on your partner's bidding -- why then, it's
done its work.
Bob
