[blml] Broken the second rule of war [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Harald Skjæran]

On 16/02/07, richard.hills at immi.gov.au <richard.hills at immi.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Imps
> Dlr: East
> Vul: North-South
>
> The bidding has gone:
>
> SOUTH     WEST      NORTH     EAST
> ---       ---       ---       1C (1)
> Pass      1H (2)    Pass      1S (3)
> Pass      3H (4)    Pass      3S (5)
> Pass      4H (6)    Pass      4NT(7)
> Pass      5C (8)    Pass      ?
>
> (1) Swedish Club, 11-13 balanced or 17+ hcp any
> (2) 8+ hcp, spades or balanced
> (3) 17+ hcp, relay
> (4) 11-13 hcp, 4=1=4=4
> (5) Controls?
> (6) 4 controls (ace = 2, king = 1) + maximum
> (7) Spiral Scan: initially asks for spade king
> (8) No spade king
>
> You, East, hold:
>
> AKT82
> ---
> KT7
> AQJT5
>
> Do you believe partner's bidding?
> If not, what contract do you guess?

I'd certainly be curios to opponents both passing even at red with 12
hearts between them. But since I've got no clue to what wheel might
have fallen off, I'd stick to what partner has showed.

So I'll continue bidding on the assumption that parnter is
??xx-A-A??x-xxxx 11-13.
He's got to have a queen in S or D, possibly both. I'd just bid 6S (or
6C), expecting to stand a good chance to make if partner's got what
he's told me. I see abolutely no reason to try to guess a contract
under the assumption that a wheel fell off somewhere. That's never
good for the partnership morale - what if everything is fine and I
screw up by guessing something is wrong? I'll rather take my poison.

-- 
Kind regards,
Harald Skjæran

>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
> National Training Branch, DIAC
> 02 6225 6285
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