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A Well-Bid Hand |
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This week's Deal of the Week is board 2 from Thursday's game.
East Deals
N-S Vul
Although good enough for a strong 2♣, North correctly opts to open 1♥. Two-suited hands require a lot of bidding room to accurately show their distribution. It is very hard to describe these hands after giving up an entire level of bidding.
South responds 1NT (not quite strong enough for 2♣, playing 2/1), and North reverses to 2♠. After South's 2NT, North completes his pattern by rebidding spades.
At this juncture, South knows his partner has five spades. But why did he open 1♥? Because he must have more hearts! North has shown 5-6 distribution in the majors and has room for only two minor suit cards. South raises to 4♠ and North makes a slam try with the 5♦ cue-bid (first-round control). South is more than happy to accept and jumps directly to 6♠.
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The Entire Deal |
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Due to the fortunate lie of the cards, it is virtually impossible to misplay this hand. The doubleton ♠10-9 makes it easy to pick up the spade suit with only one loser. The hearts can be established with one ruff (and the ♥Q is even onside for anyone who takes the finesse instead). You can follow the play with the Bridge Movie on our website. |
