[blml] Réf. : Re: Sergeant Pepper [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Alain Gottcheiner]

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WEST      NORTH     EAST      SOUTH
          Dorothy             Richard
---       ---       ---       1D
2C(1)     Dble(2)   Pass(3)   Pass
2S(4)     3C(5)     Pass      Pass
Pass
 
(1) Assumed to have been correctly alerted and explained
by East to Dorothy as 8-11 hcp, 5/5 in the majors.
 
(2) Lead-directing, showing clubs, but not alertable in
Australia.
 
(3) Since East forgot the partnership agreement at the
table, East is assumed to have forgotten the hypothetical
correct explanation they just gave, so is passing their
partner's "natural" overcall rather than giving a
preference to spades opposite partner's actual major two-
suiter.
 
(4) If there had been zero unauthorised information - if,
for example, this deal had been played behind screens -
the only logical assumptions on this auction for West are
that either:
 
    (a) East intended their pass of the double to show
        equal length in spades and hearts, asking West to
        bid their stronger major, or
 
    (b) East has forgotten the 2C convention.
 
 
Not quite. There is also (c), "I want to play this contract", with XX =
choose your best major.
BTW, that's how I play it after 1NT (2C=majors) X.
Without MI, pass would be logical. Why can't East hold  xx - x - Axx -
KJ9xxxx, with North holding AQ10x ?
 
Best regards
 
     Alain
 
 
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