North♠K7♥A85♦AK932 ♣K32 |
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West♠98 ♥Q9♦Q754 ♣AQJ87 |
East♠AQJT6432 ♥7♦T6 ♣T5 |
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South♠5♥KJT6432♦J8 ♣964 |
N | E | S | W |
4♠ | Pass | Pass | |
??? |
Heidi's Answer:
Double by North in this auction IS penalty. You would do this with a balanced 1NT opening bid or perhaps what you feel is four tricks. Four Aces would be an example. Careful not to count an AKQ of another suit for three tricks -- they won't all be cashing in 4♠ if Declarer has a singleton! So on this hand North has a perfect Double of 4♠! Hopefully South will "Pass" and 4♠ should go down -- but only by 1 trick. With such a long ♥ suit South might think of bidding 5♥ (in which case North will "Pass") and 5♥ does make but that might take a bit of fancy footwork -- especially if West leads a ♣! So probably playing in 4♠ Doubled would probably be the best realistic place to play.If Double is Penalty then how does one make a Take Out Double of 4♠?
After an opening bid of 4♠ one plays 4NT as a Take Out Double of 4♠. You can have all three remaining suits or even just a two suited hand. Examples: Hand A ♠ ♥AQJ5 ♦AK82♣KQJ86 or perhaps: Hand B ♠ ♥AQJT5 ♦AKJ862
♣86 With Hand B if you start with 4NT and Partner bids 5♣ you intend to bid 5♦ to show you had ♦ and ♥.
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